Beautiful

California is so stunning. Our little town of Carpinteria reminds me of Radiator Springs or Stars Hillow. I managed a day nearly on plan yesterday. A couple of bites and no writes but for the most part it was pretty good. I had butternut squash again (yaay!) Also had some cookie dough halo top ice-cream […]

Dressing on holiday

A hot holiday is always so appealing but when you are not the size you want to be, dressing for the weather can cause a conundrum or worse a closet tear. (So American now 😂.) Winter layering can create wonderful illusions but it’s a lot harder in summer clothes eh? I have always had fat […]

Made it

I would say that wasn’t the worst experience of my life. 😂. Both boys were good with only a few wobbles so we had no complaints. Neither child slept for more than an hour but it did mean they both slept quite well until about 5am California time in our first stop. My 2 year […]

Nightmare 🙈

Posts might be a bit sporadic whilst away as time and internet allows! Lots of nice food pics coming though for sure! Got to the airport last night to stay at the Premier Inn and neither child wanted to sleep. The eldest in the end gave us a seconds warning that he was about to […]

Calm before the storm

I didn’t make it to weigh in yesterday. I was full of good intentions but it didn’t happen so my next weigh in will be 11th November. This is scary to me as I need a regular weigh in to keep me in check but I am focusing on the feeling of stepping on the […]

Pushing through the boredom

I don’t know if everyone is the same but a few months into a diet and I get so bored. I’m fairly well trained these days so know the dangers of quiting and how quickly my body absorbs the bad food I eat. No danger of completely falling off the wagon but I just get […]

For fun

Ahhh I discovered weightandthings.com! You put your weight or weight lost/to go in and it gives you funny comparisons. So my weight lost so far is 27 basketballs. My weight to go 711 roses. Whilst it is just a bit of fun, I love it in group when the leader brings the fat. Helen had […]

Time to dust off the fitbit

Annette has worked her magic and I’m slowly starting to feel less like an ironing board. Time to get the fitbit charged and get back to walking my 10,000 a day. I think it’s going to seem really hard again but I’m loving the feature where you can put a photo behind the stats 😍. […]

The best time

I got lots of activity points last night at “fireball” in Leeds. We were all 15 years old again watching our favourite bands live. Mad Caddies and Reel Big Fish were incredible and didn’t disappoint as always. Dancing is actually a really good calorie burner if you really go for it. Google informs me upwards […]

Back to basics

In my determination to be good on holiday, I want to bottle how bad I feel this morning after a day off plan and remember it next time I want a full day off. 🤢. Everything in moderation would be fine but for some stupid reason I turn into a kid in a sweet shop […]