Paying the Price

You know how sometimes you have a bit of a blowout and you get on the scales the next day, almost scared to look, but somehow you managed to get away with it, maybe even dropped half a pound or so? Well today wasn’t one of those days. Up to 15 stone 2.8 (212.8 pounds). I took it like a woman – figured I deserved it. Back on track today. Ignored the belgian chocolates, truffles, and stollen that were in the kitchen at work and just ate my own healthy food. Ive decided to add my daily eating and exercise tally to the stats at the top of the sidebar so it’s all there in technicolour when I’ve been baaad.

I did have a really nice juice for breakfast. I think I’ll give you the recipe. It was from the book “Superjuice: Juicing for Health and Healing by Michael van Straten”. It was called a Life Saver. Simply, 3 apples, 2 oranges, an unwaxed lemon, and 2 handfuls of iceberg lettuce. Loads of vitamin C and folic acid, some vitamin A, iron, calcium, masses of potassium, and a good helping of flavonoids. The lettuce also contains lactones which are calming, for when you’re tense, anxious, and irritable. Altogether, good for reviving that sinking feeling. Plus it taste fabulous. Really refreshing. It’s a great book – full of lovely ideas with ingredients that would never have crossed your mind in a million years. Highly recommended. I’ll add it to my books page at some point.