Two gains two weeks running :( Back above 11 stone again, at 154.4lb. I'm eating far too much junk and just snacking way too much. I really need to print out some pictures for snack-resistance. Was thinking of an old picture of me at my fattest and one where I look slimmer, plus a sign saying simply "GET A DRINK INSTEAD" to stick on the kitchen door. I snack on the chocolate buttons for R's potty training... and on crackers, rice cakes, as well as fruit and veg. Simply speaking, I'm eating too much.
I'm generally feeling quite low and isolated as well which doesn't help.
Monday 27 February 2012
Saturday 18 February 2012
Roast aubergine and sweet potato soup
Something I have been enjoying doing to help the weight loss effort is making soup for my lunches. I do one big batch which usually makes 6 portions and I do a different one each week. If I had time to do several batches within days of each other I would fill the freezer with different types of soup. I will try and make new soups every now and then using vegetables I don't often use!
Yesterday I made aubergine (egg plant) and sweet potato soup. Here's the rough recipe.
Ingredients.
3 aubergines halved lengthways
1 White onion and 1 red onion chopped finely
1 large carrot peeled, halved (or cut into 3 if very large)and each half sliced into 3 bits
2 peeled sweet potatoes, sliced thickly.
5 closed cup mushrooms
1 vegetable stock cube
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon thyme
Garlic powder (or fresh garlic) to taste
Water
Oil
Place the aubergines flat bit down on an oiled tray (or two!). Fill the gaps with the carrot and sweet potato. Brush with oil. Roast in the oven at 200 celcius for half an hour or so, turning half way through. Take them out and leave them to cool.
Fry up the onion (and garlic if using fresh) until soft.
Take the sweet potato and carrot and add them to the onion. Get a spoon or table knife and scoop the aubergine flesh from the skin and add
it to the onion. Chop the mushroom finely and add that too. Crumble a vegetable stock cube over and add enough water to completely cover the vegetables. Add the bay leaf, thyme and garlic powder (unless you've used fresh) and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until all the vegetables (particularly the carrots) are soft.
Remove the bay leaf and transfer the mixture to a blender, working in batches if necessary. I needed to add extra water afterwards as the soup was very thick.
Yesterday I made aubergine (egg plant) and sweet potato soup. Here's the rough recipe.
Ingredients.
3 aubergines halved lengthways
1 White onion and 1 red onion chopped finely
1 large carrot peeled, halved (or cut into 3 if very large)and each half sliced into 3 bits
2 peeled sweet potatoes, sliced thickly.
5 closed cup mushrooms
1 vegetable stock cube
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon thyme
Garlic powder (or fresh garlic) to taste
Water
Oil
Place the aubergines flat bit down on an oiled tray (or two!). Fill the gaps with the carrot and sweet potato. Brush with oil. Roast in the oven at 200 celcius for half an hour or so, turning half way through. Take them out and leave them to cool.
Fry up the onion (and garlic if using fresh) until soft.
Take the sweet potato and carrot and add them to the onion. Get a spoon or table knife and scoop the aubergine flesh from the skin and add
it to the onion. Chop the mushroom finely and add that too. Crumble a vegetable stock cube over and add enough water to completely cover the vegetables. Add the bay leaf, thyme and garlic powder (unless you've used fresh) and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until all the vegetables (particularly the carrots) are soft.
Remove the bay leaf and transfer the mixture to a blender, working in batches if necessary. I needed to add extra water afterwards as the soup was very thick.
Monday 13 February 2012
Quite pleased
With a maintain this week. Was hoping for a loss to be under 150lb, but I'm still 152.2 which is GREAT considering I had a meal out, a takeaway and a MASSIVE (but omg sooooo divine!!) chocolate brownie at a local country park cafe. As well as a few bad days. I've not recorded my days on MFP recently but I'm slowly getting to know how much food I can eat to lose weight. I would like to lose some more weight this month, as I would like to start out at the lowest weight possible before I get pregnant. If I do get pregnant this month the baby will be born near Robert's birthday, which is a little disconcerting, and makes me wonder if it might be best to hold off until a few months time, or even until we go on holiday in June. Which will of course give me time to get down to my target weight and enjoy it for a while before I "spoil" it with growing a baby in my belly haha!
So, 152.2lb this week, 12.2lb to lose to my "see how I feel" goal. Almost 55lb lost in 16 months. Would love to get down to 60lb lost in a month's time. That would be a good feeling, and I would be my lowest ever weight I remember being.
So, 152.2lb this week, 12.2lb to lose to my "see how I feel" goal. Almost 55lb lost in 16 months. Would love to get down to 60lb lost in a month's time. That would be a good feeling, and I would be my lowest ever weight I remember being.
Monday 6 February 2012
2nd loss
Two weeks running I have had weight losses. :) haven't done that for months I think, so pretty chuffed! I seem to have found my groove with My Fitness Pal. I weighed in 2lb lighter this morning than I did last Monday. And last Monday I was 3.8lb lighter than the Monday before. I now weigh 152.6lb which is 10 stone 12.6lb. I would like to get down to 10 stone 10 or lighter next week. Very much hoping to be my target weight by June when we go on holiday, that is if I'm not pregnant by then!
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