We’re just back from a holiday in Yorkshire with Andy’s extended family – we stayed in a wing of a country mansion house which was AMAZING, with plenty of space for the kids to run around. The party included Andy’s parents, his brother + wife + two daughters (aged 2, and 6 months), his sister + husband + two sons (aged 4, and 5 months) and the two of us. It was great fun but it was mental! The kids had a ball, and much as they are lovely we are very glad to be home in our quiet, kid-free house! I think it’s safe to say we’re in no rush to have kids after this experience!
While we were away we did some sightseeing, visited a few museums (plus York Minster which I think is the most gorgeous building ever), but mostly Andy and I relaxed and read books while the others ran around with the kids. But I think the thing we all did most was……….ATE!!! My goodness, this family knows how to indulge on holiday! It was my first trip away with the in-laws and I have to say they don’t hold back! I think I ate enough to feed a small army most days, and that is not including the obligatory tray-bakes that were brought along. It was great fun, but by the end I was craving vegetables and feeling like a whale!
So I was dreading the Sunday weigh-in today…and rightly so. I’m up 2.5lb on my pre-holiday weight and in a disastrous new stone bracket.
Now, I’ve been reading food blogs for a while now, and lots of healthy living-style blogs, and I’ve always thought how nice it would be to be able to eat like that, but because most of the blogs are American I don’t know what half of the stuff they eat is (EVOO, anyone? Cilantro? Garbanzo beans? What?!??!?), and a lot of the other stuff we just don’t get here in the UK (squashes mostly) so I’ve always just admired from afar. I know this is a poor excuse for not eating well, but people, I need snacky things! Healthy ones at that. And mostly the stuff mentioned on these blogs is not available.
BUT I have recently come across a really good BRITISH HEALTHY BLOG!!! Now don’t get excited, I know there are hundreds out there, not least Dietgirl who I have been reading for years (I’m counting her as British now!), but I had not come across any about whom I thought ‘wow, I want to eat like you eat!’. Anyway I’ve started reading this blog, and after reading a few entries, I thought, why can’t I eat like this? There’s absolutely no reason. None at all. It’s totally up to me that I eat rubbish and feel sluggish and am overweight. It really doesn’t help that I’ve been off work for ages with a crazy back thing (although don’t worry, I seem to have a very mild version) and a lot of back pain so haven’t been able to exercise, but really there’s no excuse for eating like Homer Simpson.
So, to this end, I have decided it’s about time I stopped faffing about and got on with this business of being healthy and getting to a healthy weight. Yes, I know, that’s what this blog is supposed to be about, but I’ve still been wasting time. So, starting today, I’ll be posting what I eat, plus exercise when I can get back to it (might try swimming at the mo), with a rough calorie total, and weigh-in results on Sundays. Haven’t quite worked up the nerve to put the MASSIVE number of my current weight up there, but in due course I may reveal it!
Also I promise to put some photos up here at some point, all words is well dull.
So that’s it! I’ll try and write about stuff here more often (it’s a good outlet for frustration) and post what I’m eating as often as I can. And hopefully, at LONG FRICKIN’ LAST I’ll start to see some progress!
