So, how did it go?

As we reluctantly ease back into work mode after a lazy Easter weekend, W & I are pleased to note that we both lost a little weight over the weekend. We did indulge in a few, small easter eggs and sundry other foods such as a lovely bacon/egg breakfast and a couple of takeaways and visits to food outlets in CW (Canal Walk Shopping Centre, Century City)

We realise that it’s not about ‘dieting’. It’s about consciously making choices (indulging our love of chocolate which we seldom do) and then simply re-focussing on what we know is the right eating regime for us.

In past years, I – for one – would have polished off lots  of marshmallow eggs and any/all hollow eggs that came my way! The huge Easter egg market set up in CW was a sight to behold and I did buy a box of Lindor 60% balls. I dished them out very quickly! I could have polished off the lot by myself without much trouble but in truth I had no real desire to do that.

My glucose levels did not go haywire and we will soon see if there were any real spikes this week. I was due to go for my bi-annual fasting HbA1c test this morning but am fighting a cold that I picked up yesterday. Got up at 2am and swallowed a mega dose of Vit C so have had to postpone the test until tomorrow morning.

I will also make sure we both have our bottles of ice water on our desks – something that we tend to forget. So vitally important!

I have not posted about what I drink – I will try to do that this evening. At boarding school in the village made world famous by Alan Paton, Ixopo, a huge treat was to be ‘let out of’ hostel on a Saturday morning. We girls would all troop down to the village and settle in the ‘tea room’ and check out the boys while consuming large helpings of slap chips, hamburgers and Coca Cola!

Old habits die hard and if I was unwise I would still happily consume greasy burgers, fries and coke all these years later. Such is the influence of childhood habits!

Would love to hear how your Easter weekend went?

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Jottings … 1

Cannot believe it is 10 days since I have had a mo’ to write anything here! Sorry about that!

WHAT a week it has been so far. Several 18 hour working days and one truly memorable one of 25 hours straight. I kid you not. The good thing – if there could ever be a good thing about working those hours – is that I have cleared some really horrible  sludge from the pipes. I feel rejuvenated and ready to tackle the rest of my workload!

Just some thoughts I have been having in planning my weekend. I am, for a change, taking some me time chilling and doing nothing at all to save the world for a few days!

I want to play a bit with some of my badly neglected hobbies – maybe do a scrapbook page or some nice beadwork. I’ll see. It feels good to have decided to park off with nothing allowed on the schedule! Great fun will be an Easter egg hunt with our granddaughter on Sunday morning! Just how I will resist eating up the whole lot is another story!

A big grocery shop is also on the cards and, as always, I will be on the lookout for ‘weight-loss friendly’ items. My choices are always the ‘lite’ versions; chutney, tomato sauce and especially mayonnaise are examples. Nutritional information on food lables is very enlightening – I recommend it! One ‘rule’ I have is never to buy cheese that has more than 24g fat to 100g of product.

Try these small innovations – it all helps on your journey weight loss and a healthy lifestyle!