January 2016

"If you are reading this, you survived too!"

It's Thursday 28th January 2016!! What a great start to 2016 it has been! I have survived and so have you. It's been a long month, I have trained every week, changed my bad habits, been very good with Slimming World by following plan strictly. Feeling much better in myself.

Pay Day tomorrow too! Then weigh day Saturday morning, I am excited!

We are heading off to London in February, hotel and train tickets are all booked! First City Break together and we can't contain the excitement. Countdown is on. Plans so far; London Eye, Madame Tussaud's, Visit friends and drink the night away with cocktails and great company.

Just a short note for today, but I will back this week with hopefully some great news to share with you all. 

toni x

Slimming World Recipes 

"Help yourselves"

Last night I thought I would cook some more batch food for the last half of the week. So after nosing through the Slimming World Facebook Group which I am a member of, I saw someone had posted a curry using the Mayflower Boxed Curry Powders! Bare in mind, this was 9pm on a Tuesday night, but as I was wide awake I thought I would get it cooked up ready! 

Ingredients

• Mayflower Medium Curry Powder
• Diced Turkey Breast
• Button Mushrooms
• Baby Corn
• Cauliflower/Broccoli
• Carrots
• 460ml of Water
• Fry Light
• Basmati Rice

Method

Spray a frying pan with fry light, place over medium heat. Add diced turkey breast to pan and cook until cooked right through. Add basmati rice to pan of boiling water, I choose to steam the vegetables above the rice but you can fry these off or boil them.  

Remove the Turkey from the pan once cooked, put aside while making the sauce.

Add the water to the pan along with 1/3 of the Mayflower Curry Powder. Whisk over low/medium heat until sauce thickens. Simmer for 2 minutes.

Add Turkey and steamed vegetables back into the pan, mix with the sauce and simmer for another 2 minutes. Serve hot with fluffy white basmati rice. 

I made three portions out of the above ingredients, 4 syns per portion! Enjoy :)

toni x

 

Week 1 

"Smashed It!"

All week I have been excited for weigh day, I was eating the extra fruit, drinking more water and upping my body magic round the office with a big clean in the week. 

It paid off! 5lbs off on the 16th January! What a great start to the New Year!

I have stuck to the plan religiously, using my Syns when I needed a treat, some days I have them left over but wasn't using them just for the sake of it. Making meals from scratch, dropping the Mayonnaise as I used to smoother my food with it. Drinking less milk and eating less cheese. 

This week my aim is for a 2lb loss to get my half stone award. To start me off, last night I made a cottage pie with a sweet potato mash topping which will last me until Wednesday, but knowing I have food ready for me when I get home from the gym or work makes this 10 times easier to stick to it and follow my plan. 

Cottage Pie (Syn Free & Serves 4)
Extra lean beef mince, onions, mushrooms, carrots, cauliflower & broccoli cooked with mixed dry herbs, Worcester sauce, oxo cubes, finally topped with sweet potato mash and black pepper!

It's nearly the weekend!

"TBT"

Good Morning fellow bloggers! So the past few days I have been focusing a lot on my health and happiness. I have attended the gym for classes, watched what I have been eating and created a lot of fresh tasty meals following my Slimming World plan. I am feeling very positive for this Saturday's weigh in, followed by 9am Bootcamp at the Energie Gym, bare in mind I haven't been for over a year. Safe to say my muscles and body are aching at the thought.

Earlier on this month, James and I booked a week all inclusive in Tenerife for the three of us so I am determined to get back in shape and back on the right track with my health. My target is to feel comfortable in my body again, I'm not setting target by the figure on the scales as we all know along with the exercise and walking my body shop will change and muscle mass will increase. 

Here is a photo I found of myself from 2013/2014 time, when I was training once maybe twice daily, I was focused and disciplined. I felt good when I was dressed up and ready to hit the tiles! I need that attitude back again, I need to fit back into this dress. My goals are set, just need to keep it up. 

Croeso!

Take a look around, Enjoy!

I have been contemplating starting a blog since last summer, it has only taken me 7 months to finally get started. I am not obsessed with make up products, followers, clothing etc but I am slightly obsessed with redecorating the home. If I am online shopping, 9 out of 10 times I am purchasing new tea towels or heart shape pepper pots for the kitchen!

Instagram is where it all started for me. I followed one lass from London, who had some followers with same interests as me. So as we all do I had a stalk at her living room, kitchen, then her mothers friends bathroom design. I knew I needed to start browsing for bargains and ideas on DIY for the home. 

Hopefully you will learn from my tips on my blog, and any ideas you may have please share.

Any questions or if just to say Hello, fire away :)!

Toni Leanne x