Afternoon ladies
Sorry to have been MIA for a few days - all of the stuff with DS towards the back end of last week drained me, we also had a busy weekend and I just needed to retreat a little. DS broke my heart a bit at the weekend, his emotions were too big for him, he was struggling with every little thing and getting super worked up, and eventually declared he felt he had no love in his life 😓thankfully he seems happier now and we appear to have reassured him that we love the bloody bones of him, even if we do have to tell him off or try and rein in his behaviour sometimes. As we've all acknowledged on the thread/s before - PARENTING IS HARD.
Anyway...
I've tried to catch up on the thread but it does go so quickly, so I can't remember who has said or done what - but thank you to everyone who had kind words on Friday, and sending lots of love, encouragement and support to all of you here. I really do treasure this group/thread for the supportive nature, both in terms of our collective goal and with life in general ❤
I can't decide whether weekend was horrendous or not from a diet front. We had a fairly large, long and boozy 'farewell' bbq for some of our best friends who are off to travel the world next week. Just did some simple bog-standard bbq'd meats but some really lovely sides (if I do say so myself) - I made some mini stuffed potato skins, a peach salsa to go with halloumi, roast med veg cous cous, crushed roasted new pots, and a couple of simple salads. It was delicious, probably too calorific (especially with the prosecco flowing), and we had leftovers for a small family bbq the following day. I definitely felt the bloat from the bread, crisps and dips, and wine yesterday.
On the flip side of that, I didn't drink Friday/Sunday (which I usually do), we didn't get takeaway, and the hosting was fairly labour intensive/step heavy. I also had a day out yesterday which was full on walking/being on your feet for five hours (in the sunshine as well, yelp ).
I don't feel like I'm mentally 'on it', the heat doesn't help, nor does the aforementioned mental drain, but I'm going to try and do my best to not stray too far off plan (and not chastise myself if I do).
Yesterday's meals:
Lunch was a mexican sweet potato salad bowl from the Co-op with some 'pop chips'
Dinner was leftover bolognese pasta bake and a salad
Snacks - teas, an oat latte, and a (sadly entire) pack of fruit pastilles
Today:
Lunch - two eggs scrambled with mushrooms, yellow pepper, cherry toms and 30g super strong cheddar, topped with some rocket. Followed by low fat (because it's all Aldi has atm) Greek yoghurt with pomegranate.
Dinner - homemade veggie curry with rice - no naan for me! (I'd normally have mango chutney but I've literally just realised we don't have any)
Snacks - just tea, hopefully
And water, water, water!