Week 2 Day 1

So, I made the mac and cheese on Tuesday.. John thought it was delicious but all I could taste was mustard (which I really, really don't like, ack!). Needless to say he finished mine off for me. Guess it's my fault for not omitting the mustard powder, but it didn't smell of anything and I didn't think I'd be able to taste it! That being said, I'll definitely be making it again, just with a lot less mustard powder..

The texture and cheesiness of it was really nice and it was really easy to make. I might try the cheese sauce with cauliflower in the future, that would probably be really tasty! We had the chilli again last night, still as amazing as it was the first time. Yummm.

I also weighed myself yesterday and I've lost a pound. I know it's not a great amount but it's a step in the right direction. I've also lost an inch from my waist and half an inch from my under bust and hips which I wasn't expecting! So I'm really pleased with that. Wahoo!


Moving on! A little over a month ago I got a new position in my workplace. My job now consists of putting sweets and treats (and cosmetics) out across all the floors in my store. It's a very busy retail store and sweets are rather heavy when you're lugging around an entire cage full of them so I'm hoping it's burning a fair few cals.. I thought seeing all these sweets every day would make me want to stuff my face with them but surprisingly, it hasn't. That being said, I don't very often have cravings for sweets. My weakness, you see, is chocolate. So you can imagine my horror when this morning I was faced with 720 bags of my very favouritest chocolate.

MaltEaster Bunnies, you delicious little devils. I reminded myself I'd given up chocolate for lent so I couldn't have any anyway.. then I told myself 'as soon as lent's over though, you can have one!'. But then I knew once I had one, I'd want another. And another. And some other chocolate. And before I'd even know it, I'd have eaten all of my Easter eggs, John's Easter eggs and I'd be on the way to the shop for some more bloody bunnies. In that horrifying vision I realised something I wasn't even taking notice of; I actually didn't want any bunnies at all. I think that maybe because I haven't eaten chocolate for a few weeks that I'm just not craving it. I know they're delicious and scrummy and mouth wateringly tasty, but as long as I don't think about how delicious or how scrummy or just how god damn mouth watering they are, I don't think I'll want any. I hope that's the case anyway..

Lunch today was a lazy one! Weight Watchers steam in the microwave chicken chop suey. I'm so glad I have these for when I come home from work and I'm just feeling too tired to cook.

Speaking of tired.. I am very and should probably head to bed. Two more sleeps 'til blueberry pancakes!

Week 1 Day 6

I am currently six days into my 12 week transformation challenge and although I don't think there are any noticeable changes on the outside, there has definitely been some on the inside. My boyfriend John is currently out for the evening at an MMA class; this would usually mean raiding the fridge and cupboard repeatedly for something devilishly delicious and telling myself 'this one thing is only xx calories! One is okay!', followed by me not being able to stop at just one. A packet of Oreos later and whoops.. major sugar cravings.
Tonight though, I haven't ventured into the kitchen or even thought about snacking. I'm surprisingly not hungry at the moment. Result!

So, a little recap of the last few days. Upon starting BTFC, John bought me a little something that has turned out to be an amazing help:

I like experimenting with food and making healthier versions of my favourite meals which is exactly what this book does. I've cooked a meal from this book every night for dinner and they have all been amazingly yummy and nutritious (my boyfriend and sister thought so too!). So far we've had the spaghetti bolognese, chilli con carne, fish and chips, sticky honey Chinese pork with noodles and chicken korma. All big hits! Tonight we're having mac and cheese and I have very high, mouth watering hopes for it.

And there's not just dinners! I usually have crumpets for breakfast before rushing out to work, but on Saturday I made these beauties;

super scrummy blueberry pancakes. I cannot wait until next Saturday to have some more, gahhhhhhh. Yum yum yum.

 I also found myself relating to Nadia a lot when she talked about sneaking food, snacking whilst cooking, thinking calories don't count if you've consumed them in secret.. It made me realise that these were bad habits that I really needed to kick. I've focused a lot on doing that for the past week and I think I've done it! Now, to keep it long term..

For lunches I've been making my own healthy version of fried rice, but replacing the rice with bulgar wheat and adding lots of veg. It really doesn't taste like it's good for you but it is! So filling too!

It's a favourite in our house! :)

I'm still having desserts too. I'm in love with Weight Watchers Chocolate Eclairs, yummmm. 83 calories and ridiculously tasty. Bliss! Popcorn is another favourite. Nice and hot from the microwave and 400 calories for a whole big bowl (which I share with John of course).

And that's pretty much the last six days.. time to go make some mac and cheese :)