The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.

 

 

LOSS of 100grams this week.


Better than a poke in the eye with a blunt stick (as my Dad used to say).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So that is a loss of 1.5kg in two weeks which is pretty darn good considering this week is Aunty Flo

 

week. Normally, I mysteriously gain about 2 kilos with her arrival so a LOSS is some sort of Bermuda Triangle freakiness.



My 'danger' foods are sweets. I have a sweet tooth.



You could wack a bowl of Doritos in front of my face & I'd be all "meh. Wha evs" but put a bowl of lollies, cake, bickies, cream bun, tart or chockies in front of me & my eyes glaze over, a string of drool appears

 

 

out of the corner of my mouth and my sugar craving glands go into overdrive.



What has helped me this past fortnight is FINDING A WW FRIENDLY SUBSTITUTE.



As with most sugar addicts my perilous time is mid afternoon from about 3 until 5. This is when, on my drive home, I start to hear the siren song of the Brighton Bakery.

It whispers on the breeze to me "Viiiiiicckeeeeee Mmmmmm Neeeenish Tarrrrrrt. Mmmmmmmm Caramelllll Tarrrrrrrrt Come and taaaaaaste the sugary goodnesssssssss".



I have taken to popping a Chromium Picolinate tablet (which sounds like something out of the show Breaking Bad )around 2pm in the hope that it might suck the sugar craving out.

Around 3pm I have a cup of the Jarrah Choc Mint Madness hot chockie drink and at 3.3pm I have a tub of yogurt with WW fruit in it.

This seems to be working a treat (mmmmmmm treat).

My other saviour (can I get a hallelujah) is Skinny Cow Ice cream tubs.

Holey Moley Mother of Gumby are these delicious?!!!!

How can they only be 2pp each?!!

They are so creamy and divine. They are probably made of paint thinners & pig hooves but I don't care.

If in the afternoon (even after having my yogurt & hot chockie) I am STILL handkering for something & am tempted to stop at the bakery or a servo and buy something naughty, I mentally slap myself on the wrist -

"No Vicki. You have a yummy yummy Skinny Cow treat at home for after din dins".

This tends to be enough for my wonky brain to come to its senses & drive on by.



I also have cut up watermelon in the fridge so that while I am cooking dinner I can have a couple of slices to tide me over.



My last weapon in my artillery in my war against the evil sweets is DIET SOFTDRINK.

I add this last because it's not my favourite. I don't like artificial sweeteners & reckon they are bad for ya gutz and bits.

I really only drink the fizz if I go to a party. The Kirks Sugar Free Creaming Soda, Schweppes Sugar Free Agrum Citrus and Saxbys Diet Ginger Beer are my picks. They don't seem to have that hideous saccharine aftertaste that a lot of them have.



I still have raw sugar in my coffee because I reckon those sugar substitutes taste like bloody poison. Gross.


So, hopefully if I continue to follow my plan, my graph will continue to go down.


This weekend TBF & I are taking our nieces to White water World so I will no doubt accumulate some activity points walking up the steps to the water slides.

I shall be wearing my sexy 1930s style neck to knee swimmers (rashie & boardies) as to not blind or horrify the youngsters.



xoxoxoxoxo



PS: I am after yummy SALAD recipes. Please share.