2023 Year of health

[Alien]

I miss going to work as we had so many healthy options
For breakfast, if I don't bring my own I will get egg bagel, egg scramble with tomateo and advocado
For lunch I had huge choice of salads and bowls around, or sushi, burrito bowls if I fancy something bigger.
My step count was so much easier

Being at home so much isn't really helping me at all . We were also so lucky to have small kitchen set up with fridges enough for everyone. You could get hot meal and reheated - as nice soup or something from M&S healthier ranges too

[Princess Ariel]

Originally Posted by Alien

I miss going to work as we had so many healthy options
For breakfast, if I don't bring my own I will get egg bagel, egg scramble with tomateo and advocado
For lunch I had huge choice of salads and bowls around, or sushi, burrito bowls if I fancy something bigger.
My step count was so much easier

Being at home so much isn't really helping me at all . We were also so lucky to have small kitchen set up with fridges enough for everyone. You could get hot meal and reheated - as nice soup or something from M&S healthier ranges too

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I was off work for 6 months last year as my mum had terminal cancer, I agree it was so easy to get into really unhealthy eating habits, I was definitely comfort eating and would order McDonald’s/greggs/Starbucks etc for lunch! I had no routine.

I’ve got my motivation back now, being back at work has really helped with that but as I’m a nurse my breaks tend to be sporadic, sometimes I get to 4/5pm without eating anything, then I snack on rubbish because I’m so hungry but I’m really trying not to do that anymore and try to eat at normal times.

[Alien]

Dinners planned for next week, I will make groceries shopping list tonight

oily fish day Sunday - Mackerel fillet with gremonala Hairy Dieters new recipe to try
pressure cooker day Monday - beef massman with new potatoes - new recipe to try
Mexican day Tuesday - sheet pan fajita, skinny taste, old favorite
rice day Wednesday - Indian spiced chicken and broccoli fried rice - old favorite
pasta day Thursday - rich and meaty Bolognese hair dieters - old recipe

I try to have the new recipes easy to do or during the weekend, and not too many nights. I love having a template plan as its soooo much easier to decide on weekly menu. Instead of thinking what will we have, we are limited/guided to make a rice choice, pasta choice etc.

[Rescuer]

Weighed in this morning and I’ve lost 20lb since the start of December, down to 11 stone for the first time in at least 20 years 😂

Really hoping my diabetic level has really improved when I test at the start of next month fingers crossed 🤞

[Alien]

What amazing success - huge well done to you! Impressive, considering you went through Christmas in the middle!

[Rescuer]

We had seafood from M&S and made a sort of seafood pasta but with courgette noodles. Really nice. paleoleap/seafood-zucchini-pasta/

[Alien]

I think I am going to make this
realfood.tesco/recipes/r...parma-ham.html

They were just off loading a lot of fish in Tesco and I couldn't resist getting some. I put some in the freezer but left monkfish, mackerel and trout for the next few days.

Trying to decide between this for lunches next week
slimmingeats/blog/ch...d-lentil-curry
and this
slimmingeats/blog/co...t-potato-curry
for lunches for next week. My chicken was so over cooked/dry last week - I need something more juicy

[Rescuer]

That monkfish recipe looks fab. I often do cod with Parma ham.

If you are looking for a good side and like green beans, these are awesome. pinchofnom/recipes/crispy-green-beans/

[Alien]

Repeat recipe for me but made fresh batch of home made chia jam

bordbia.ie/recipes/fruit...erry-chia-jam/
gordonramsay/gr/reci...chia-seed-jam/

3 weeks since I started with it and tracking, 4.3kg down.

[Alien]

I end up with over 18000 steps yesterday as we were out and about in the city. With slight wedge boots, I have forgotten what wearing normal shoes is like

Scale is 10lbs down since the star in total now, but I am going to forget anything else and focus on 1lbs goal this week.

Zumba tonight.

Breakfast - egg scramble with tomatoes and avocado
Lunch - Chicken sweet potato lentil curry from slimming eats, wholegrain rice and need to decide on some veg - maybe spinach will go well
Dinner -Parma ham wrapped monkfish as posted above
Snack - youghurt, banana, berries smoothie with some flax seeds

Treat in the evening if I feel like it - to be decided. I may do some oaty fruity bake or the chocolate orange balls again

Any goals for the week?
Menu & workout for the day?