Day three of super healthy eating and I found the egg and toast kept me going almost til lunch so I ate a banana and apple about half 11. Pasta with salmon flakes and phili light cheese with chilli for lunch with a pot of superfree fruit, a Muller lite and a diet coke. Another stir fry for tea using up the other half a bag of veg and beansprouts with extra spinach, mushrooms and chicken. I ate half before my boxercise class and half after and have treated myself to a little Lindor chocolate this eve! So far, so good and that included 4 days in a row walking the kids to school. Hopefully tomorrow and the weekend will be as good and the scales will scream a happy number on Monday!
Designer for
- A Trip Down Memory Lane
- Created by ATDML
- Scrapbook Magazine
« December 2012 | Main | February 2013 »
January 2013
January 31, 2013
January 30, 2013
Days 1&2 meal plan
Day two of following a healthy meal plan per the Slimming World app to kiclstart this last bit of weightloss. I forgot to photograph my lunch today but here is my yesterday, weetabix, ss milk and banana for breakfast, tuna in lime mayo dressing on a jkt spud with a mixed salad and beef stir fry for tea. Yum!!
January 28, 2013
A public committment
I am publically committing myself to share my food consumed for 7 days in a bid to ensure I stick to my plan.
I will photograph each of my three meals and blog each day starting tomorrow what I have eaten and extra exercise I have taken. I signed up for a 6-week countdown at Slimming World tonight and I am guns blazing to achieve my target weight ideally within the 6 weeks, averaging at just over 2lb a week I should manage it if I can keep focussed, avoid life's curveballs and keep myself happy. I do have marathon training starting this week too for my next night hike in May of walking 26.2 miles of the Moonwalk (and no I am not doing in backwards!)
Went grocery shopping tonight and am all set for a 7-day meal plan to follow... watch this space!!
January 27, 2013
January Scrapping - Carta Bella
A rather mad photo I grant you that but it really does make me smile! It was taken New Years eve and I was still feeling rather under the weather but that doesn't come across when I look at this. It says fun, laughter and friendship to me and makes me smile. This was one of the classes I taught earlier this month at ScrapMates Enfield crop, inspired by the many banner layouts I see on Pinterest. I also rather loved the mini pegs and the warm tones of the Carta Bella papers.
These papers from the Beautiful Moments collection are currently reduced over at ATDML - go grab yourself a bargain if you fancy recreating this page or one are inspired by the colours.
January 25, 2013
What a fabulous city! New York, New York
Manhatten skyline from the Staten Island Ferry
Not sure what we didn't see in our three days/nights in New York celebrating my husbands 40th birthday. We ate in style, walked MILES, saw Downtown on Saturday, Midtown on Sunday, and Uptown and Central Park on Sunday. I have over 300 photos to browse through of my own + what hubby took + whatever we have on our phones when we snapped a site quickly, so naturally it is going to take a while to sort through them all. I do have a few immediate faves though... plenty more to follow!
The very vibrant and lively Time Square
Stunning Central Park (it even tried to snow a little!)
Hubby and I on Staten Island (Manhatten behind us)
January 24, 2013
ATDML Jan 13 DTGallery - Simple Stories
Well January is fast running away from us, but if it is taking the wintery weather with it then I don't really mind!. Earlier this month I said I had been busy working on design team projects and I can now share my Simple Stories pages for the ATDML website.
First up this fun layout that I actually designed for my crop in November of last year. I had great fun punching out the dots and layering them on the page and backing the punched out elements with patterned papers, simple but effective technique that I picked up from Shimelle.com.
Next the other layout created for this same crop event, this time making use of the really cute polaroid elements of the Simple Stories papers.
Another page of Mr Cardle, again using those polaroid elements.
These are great for simple multi-photo pages and effective at the same time meaning quick pages which sometimes is what you need! Hey, they don't call it Simple Stories for nothing!
With the school line that I must say is very American themed with its phrasing I managed to make a minibook with using the less wordy side (avoiding the americanisms) and my youngest will be filling this with tales of his second year at Primary school.
Plenty more eye candy using Simple Stories papers over on the website - cLICK HERE to go take a peak!!
January 16, 2013
A winter wonderland minibook
A very brief post on the eve of my husbands 40th birthday and shortly before our mini break to New York "sans enfants!" Wanted to share photos of minibook I designed for my crop last month using October Afternoon papers from their Make it Merry and Farmgirl collections (currently 20% of in the ATDML store)
Plenty photos of this book that folds out like a wallet and holds four "pages" for additional photos and journalling (which I will add as soon as I can find my journalling that I wrote down somewhere safe!!)
January 09, 2013
January 06, 2013
End of Week 1
Well it's the end of week 1 in Jan 2013, I'm back at work, kids still off school so not quite the usual routine but I have been out and about desperately trying to shake off the last of my poorlyness (not sure that is even a word!) that has insisted on hanging around for some time!
I had the day off work on Friday to go and see Loose Women filmed live, in the audience, with guest stars Matt Cardle (you've all heard of him right?...lol!) and Claire Balding. Both great on the show which was a heap of fun, especially seeing all the fun and pranks on set in the advert breaks (audience dancing Gangnam style for Janet Street Porter!) We hung around after the show in the hope of seeing Matt and getting my album signed (I missed the official album signings last year when Jamie was sick) and luckily the gorgeous man stopped for the few fans who were waiting. Got a hug, another photo (well a girl can never have too many) and my album signed too! Happy Ann. Oh and if you have the latest issue of The Scrapbook Magazine you will have seen my "wishes do come true" layout in there featuring the lovely man himself!
After Caroline and I grabbed a late lunch at TGi, mmm, Jack Daniels ribs - divine and then I relaxed at home watching movies on the TV. Talking of movies I have seen Playing the Game this week which is the latest offering from Gerard Butler. Bit of a non-film really, not tempted to see again nor by on DVD even though he is in it!. Also saw The Hobbit on Wednesday with hubby in 3D and the effects were pretty cool I have to say. Next week it's Life of Pi (3D again) and Pitch Perfect (for a second time but with my daughter this time). I am determined to make the most of my Unlimited card and see at least two or three films a month.
I have started a few layouts this week too - all design team or crop classes so I will not be able to share until next week. I am excited to be looking at the new CHA releases too and what the scrapbooking industry has to offer us later this month for new goodies. I have already chosen one new range to design with at the ATDML retreat in April, very exciting!!
Hope you've all had a great start to your new year!