I really have to try and get past this idea that food is a treat, it is fuel for my body...but through the years I (like so many others I'm sure) have come to see it as something to treat myself with when I have been good ('Oh, you were such a good girl at the dentist...here have a sweetie' said my Grandma). It is also something to make me feel better when I am feeling down. I know I am not alone in using food like this, but the trouble is that unless I can try and break these feelings then denying myself the naughty but nice foods is always going to feel like a punishment.
Anyway, I am going to try and get back on track today (although I have already had one blip) but with our holiday away to Jersey coming up quickly (we are heading off on Friday for a night in the hotel at Liverpool airport, then flying out on Saturday) it almost feels like what is the point, as the chances of me sticking to any healthy eating ideal whilst over at this point is unbelievable at best, self denial at worse. Anyway, we will see how things go...but I will be honest and say I am not sure if I will make it up to the end of the week with the blog the way my mindset is.
It is not that I don't want to be 'good' and stick at it, but more a case of there being temptations around the house that seem to always be calling to me... :-/
Still, on with today's blog...
Up at 7.40am
Went out and gave the chickens their food and water, then checked the poly tunnel. So many tomatoes ready in there, I really must do something about them!
Today is supposed to be a fine and hot day, so ideal to make it bed change day. So far three lots of washing done and all out on the line (it is good having blankets instead of quilts as they can be washed, but the down side is that they can be washed...lol), will start re-making the bed when I have finished writing this.
Walked the dog and collected the eggs. Dolly seems to have decided that she is broody, so I put her in the next door run to her fellow chickens, but when I went down later it seemed that she had decided being on her own wasn't for her and had escaped the run and was wandering around looking for a way back into the main one with the others. I opened the door and obliged her...will have to keep an eye on her though, don't want her getting fixated like Judy did.
Picked a very large bowl of tomatoes (about 2kg), oven roasted them with some onion for a while then put them all in my biggest pot to simmer away to a hopefully lovely tomato sauce. If all goes well I will be able to freeze some portions for future meals...lasagne etc
Over the weekend I did keep busy, one of the things I did was to sort out my stockroom/cupboard. It was totally packed with stuff, including lots of saved packaging for re-use. Eco friendly perhaps, but it did mean that every time I needed to get something from there I had to move half of the boxes and bublewrap etc out. Even the walk way to get to the cupboard have become over run with stuff.
Behind all that stuff is the door to my stockroom!
Piles of boxes, bubble wrap and used padded envelopes etc, all taken from the cupboard...and what has been stopping me getting to my stock.
So anyway, I managed to get things sorted out, threw some stuff away and generally re-organised the rest so that now I can open the door without everything falling out. The bedroom in general know just needs a good dust and tidy. So I will be taking an allergy tablet and heading in there to do that as well as make the bed in a minute.
As regards food today, it has been as follows...(presented as is, with no comment)
Around 9.30am - Two eggs scrambled and combined with some fried tomatoes and onions.
2.30pm - A piece of sponge cake with buttercream and jam, with a cup of Earl Grey tea (black, no sugar)
3.20pm - Two hobnobs and a mini Snickers bar ice cream
I will update later...but for now off to the bedroom...
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