Week One

Week one has come and gone. I must say I'm feeling a whole heap better, I'm not constantly feeling bloated or like I wanna throw up because I stuffed myself silly.

I still have my cravings - chocolate and chips and pretty much anything salty, which goes into overdrive when it's that time of the month....grr!!!

I tend to eat rubbish when I'm tired - another trigger.

I noticed when I don't take my water bottle, I will buy a fizzy drink instead - which is a complete waste of money. I drink more water then I drink coke zero these days

I eat breakfast, skip lunch which isn't good and then dinner which I try and eat early in the day and of late I haven't had the last cuppa and bikkie just before going to bed. I know doing this is bad but it became a very bad habit and one I'm still working on quiting.

I don't particularly like exercising these days mainly because of the way I feel after but I understand it's a necessary. So instead I try and get out and do things in the garden, weeding, making improvements building up a bit of a sweat. But with the weather improving you just never know - I may and it's not a promise go for a walk...lol.

I've managed to keep writing in my smash book about what's happening foodwise - woop, woop. I was so sure I would have given up by now.

Week two here I come - what you got in store for me

My Junk Journal

I created this journal because I'm sick of being FAT. I try and laugh it off but i'm really not happy, I don't know too many FAT people who are completely happy physically. You just can't do stuff, some things just seem to take sooo much more effort - grrrr!!!

I want to be able to put on a pair of shorts and not have to readjust them a thousand times while out. I don't want to have to go to the next size up and the fact that I can go out and buy the next size up is no incentive AT ALL!! I want to be able to buy a top that falls over my bum and not sit on it so I have to keep pulling it down ....can I hear an AMEN!!

I don't want to have to suck my guts in when sitting at Fast food places with fixed seating - ya'll know what I mean...lol. I pretty much put back on what I had taken so long to take off...grrr!!!

Now back to the why I created my junk journal. As you've probably guessed its about my journey to a better healthier me. I didn't want to make it a year long thing which I would probably lose interest in by the second day. I wanted to do it over a couple of months, taking it day by day, adding snippets of what is going on in my head and maybe getting some insight on the why I eat what I eat and when I eat.

Hope you stick around for a few laughs and a lot of tears.

Little Miss Cupcake

I had some spare cupcakes over from an order I had just finished for a friend at work and Little Miss Cupcake had been pestering most of the afternoon and night to help out. So as a reward for her patience I let her pipe her one with buttercream icing and sprinkles.

Little Miss Gardener

While I was outside re-potting some store bought lettuce Little Miss A came outside and wanted to help. She had spied a pink pot and HAD to use it. So I helped her pour some potting mix into it with a small spade, use her finger to poke holes, drop the seeds in the holes and cover them. I gave her a little drink bottle to water them and no surprise - one swig for the pot and one swig for her...lol. She was so attentive and helpful, can't wait to see her face when they start growing.


After planting her Sweetcorn and Bean seeds we went inside to make labels for her pots. I have some super sized ice block sticks and I helped her write the words and then she drew a picture of each at the bottom.

Next step was to go outside and label each pot. The pink pot is for Beans and the green pot is for Sweetcorn.


Here she is holding her Beans pot

Here she is holding her Sweetcorn pot

Baking Challenge - #1

Apple Cake with Lemon Icing I got this recipe of a blog but can't remember which one now. Using simple ingredients that can be easily found in your pantry.

Ingredients:
4 Eggs
2 C of Sugar
3 tsp of Vanilla Essence
1 C of Oil (any kind)
2 C of Flour
4 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Ground Ginger
1/2 tsp Cinnamon
2 C freshly chopped apples - sprinkled with sugar
Pecan nuts - recipe doesn't specify how many

Method
Combing eggs, sugar, vanilla and oil
Add flour, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger
Fold in apples and nuts (I used walnut pieces)
Pour into greased or lined tin and bake aprox 1hour or until done

Ice or not to ice up to you - I used lemon icing and then sprinkled shredded coconut over the top

Feedback:
Texture nice and moist but I think next time I'll add a bit more cinnamon to boost up the flavour.

Baking challenge revival.

I'm going to revive my baking challenge again. I'm doing the odd bit of catering here and there so its a good time to start challenging myself again. So I hope you pop in from time to time to see what I've been up to and I'll also be adding the odd picture to facebook.

Catering Gig

from left to right: Chocolate Crunch, Chocolate Cake, Carrot Cake and Chocolate Crunch

Had my first catering gig last week and the feedback was awesome. Here's a photo my niece took of the what I had baked for a shared morning tea from some staff who were leaving.