Meal ideas - Pan fired steak with savoury mash

Here's another little simple yet delicious meal which I enjoyed very much for dinner tonight. Hear a little oil in a heavy-bottomed frying pan on a medium/high heat. Place the steak in the pan and cook the steak for 1 min on each side in order to seal in the juices. Turn the heat down to medium, and continue to cook for a further 1-2 mins (medium) or 3-4 mins (for well done) turning once.
Slice a medium potato and boil in a pot of water. Drain of excess water and add some butter, bacon, garlic and herbs. As an optional extra (and because I am a mouse :P) I also added a handful of cheddar cheese. Mash the potato together with the extra ingredients until creamy. Transfer steak and potatoes to a plate and enjoy :)

Diary entry - 30 July 2012

Dear diary,

Today was a bad day. It started of well, toast for breakfast, a ham sandwich and yogurt for lunch. But then came dinner!!! You have to understand diary, it was a busy day, I was run off my feet doing washing and ironing and cleaning and sowing and knitting and baking, I just got the urge and I had to answer the cries of my tummy. So, I caved in, and had.....a KFC....and you know what....it was delicious :))) hihihihi.....

Ok, in all honesty, this is something I believe is required in order to prevent yourself from going like insane. Personally speaking, I find that if I completely stop eating somthing which I love, then I am going to want that thing even more, until eventually I snap and fall off the wagon. So I like to enjoy an occasional treat, and tonight it was KFC. However, in sticking with my dieting plans, I did not eat as much as I used too. In fact, there is still some left over which I shall enjoy tomorrow (if it survives that long :P).

Ideas for meals

I have been asked a lot recently about what I eat during my diet, so I thought that I would occasionally share with you some meals I have enjoyed during the day. Dinner tonight consisted of a chicken breast with reggae reggae sauce (oven cooked), an alfred bartlett rooster potato (slightly cooked in the microwave, then covered in butter and dipped in salt, then finished in the oven) and some peas, carrots, sweetcorn and green beans (boiled). Simple to make and delicious to eat :D

29 July 2012 - long overdue update

As I said in my opening post...some of this posts have come from another blog of mine. Therefore, there is a huge jump in the time line of my diet from my last post, to now. In fact, wekk 6 (which was my last post) was actually 2 months ago. I have just finished week 15. My total weight loss so far is 53lbs (or 24 kilos). I know right??

Now that I have created this dedicated blog for the diet, I will keep it more up to date, I promise.

Onwards and downards :)

6 week update...

So after 6 weeks of healthy eating I have managed to lose 27lbs (just over 12 kilos for those who prefer it :P).

what a journey it has been. I have had tough days, easy days and somewhere in the middle days, but with the right mind set I have overcome. I have been tempted with goodies, and you know what, I have enjoyed goodies. I have been tempted with take-aways, and you know what, I have enjoyed take-aways. I have been tempted with every food stuff you can imagine, and you know what, I have enjoyed them all :))) I just do not enjoy them in the same quantity as I used too - hehehehe.

So onwards and downwards :)) almost half way there, and I really can't wait to get into the second stage of the plan as then I will start a physical regime to go along with the healthy eating. Honestly looking forward to that....no really, I can't wait.....geeez...who am I trying to kid.....hihihihi

4 week update...

Satruday past marked 4 weeks since I began to "diet" and I am pleased to say at that point I had lost 21lbs (9.5 kilos). Not bad for a months work. Some people ask me am I not missing anything, sweets, chocolate, junk food in general. Well the answer is simply no, cause I am not abstaining from them completely. My belief is why starve yourself from something you know you enjoy? For me personally, doing that will only lead me to want it even more. So I allow myself a treat from time to time just not to the same degree as I used to. This doesn't work for everyone I know, but as I send in an earlier post, it all comes down to will power.

Anyways, onwards and downwards :))

Dieting, or something like it

There are many diets out there. Ones that reduce carbs, ones that reduce calories, ones that reduce fat and there are others that reduce eating period!! But which one to chose???

Well I am by means no expert on the subject, so please do not expect a scientific analysis of the do's and don't of dieting. What I will say is this, I fundamentally believe that no matter which diet you choose, it all comes down to one thing, will power. Without this, you are on a rocky course before you even start.

On 21 April 2012, I started to diet (again :P) and no, before you ask, I am not following any particular diet plan and therefore I cannot offer any reccomendations. Not that I would either, cause in the end, I also believe that what works for one person, may not work for another. Anyways, my chosen path is to watch what I eat, and in particular, the amount of food I eat. This path is one that I have chosen before when I lost a shed load of weight, but unfortunately I did not have the will power to maintain it and therefore put back on all the weight that I had lost. A friend once told me that it's all about finding a balance, and personally speaking I could not agree more. And not just a balance with the foods I eat, but also my lifestyle, this is a very important point, so get up Kudos, and get active!!

This blog is intended primarily as a diary of how the diet is going. Actually, some of this post's here started off on another blog of mine. But I decided to make a more specified blog, dedicated to my diet, in order to share stories and encouragement and maybe even ideas for meals. Please feel free to comment on the blog, and remember, YOU CAN DO IT YOU KNOW :)))