New possibilities

For anyone that doesn't know I've started a new business the link is at the top of the page.  Why you ask yourself?  I want to meet new people is my first response and I want to have fun doing it what better way than to help help a host run a chocolate party and to introduce people to wonderful products, but ultimately I want to have fun.  But wait I hear you say aren't you on a diet?  Yes I am and I'm actively trying to watch what I eat but at the same time I love food and I've always always had a soft spot for chocolate and tasting is about tasting not pigging out because I feel deprived.  The last week I've been dreaming in chocolate, thinking about the endless possibilities, one of my instant ideas is to take it and pair it with bacon.  Not a new idea I know but something that just sounds fun and maybe introducing the idea at a party.  I seriously cannot wait for my supplies to arrive and I may have to experiment a little before then.  I strongly urge you to contact me about setting up your own party.  No really other than just a few things that can be dipped in chocolate and the possibility of getting some great discounts or even some items what do you have to loose?  Nothing, and you get to have a wonderful evening with friends!

I'm also going to be hosting my own party in a couple of weeks.  I've got so many ideas floating around my head it's not even funny.  Another brainwave I had was the possibility of pairing up chocolate with wine and beer (you heard me beer!).  Now wine and chocolate is a no brainer and I know certain recipes work with a fabulous raspberry beer so I'm wondering what else I can pair up.  I'm just so excited by the possibilities, almost to the point of not having enough space to rave about it.

Now onto other things, weight and diet all things in moderation I have to repeat this mantra over and over and over to remind myself that I really want to loose this weight to feel and look good.  I no longer want to be hiding away from the camera and dreading looking at myself.  I am planning on getting a full length mirror at some point for the hall so I can actually see all of me (not to mention hiding up an untidy spot).  I am also constantly reminding myself of the nightmare of flying when you are overweight.  Lets face it flying isn't that much fun, and it's even less fun if you are squeezing yourself into a seat.  Now because we have two girls and two adults we can take up a row and spill over into their seats without disturbing anyone or taking up their space, but trust me the seats are no luxury and there is nothing like the side digging into your hip to keep you awake on a 10 hour flight.

I'm not beating myself up when I don't manage to fit in exercise but I am trying to keep moving more than I have been.  I count a trip to the store as some kind of exercise both in patience and walking and lifting of weights.  I count every trip to the grocery store where I come out with what is on my list and not indulging in extras that will add to the bill or the lbs a success.  I try so hard to stick to my list, I know what I'm doing meal wise for a whole week and it helps, I know how much most items cost at the store and I get pretty good in the estimates for the week.  Now the weight this week hasn't been melting away as much as I would like it to so I guess I will need to start working a bit harder to get the lbs off.  I need to increase the exercise a little bit and just try to do something every day.

I want to thank everyone who has been giving me support.  I know I cannot do this alone, for now I'm doing ok, I have my evenings last night I wanted more food when I was watching tv, so I tried to go for left over broccoli from dinner rather than the crackers.  I'm trying to use smaller plates and eat smaller portions.  I'm loving celery with a few blue cheese crumbles!  At least I keep reminding myself that's what I want hehe.

I'm thinking about planning my business and trying to set some energy into that and what I can do to try and get it up and running so instead of not doing anything of an evening I can be doing something fun that I hope I will enjoy to no end.

I also want to share with you a couple of the most amazing recipes from this week...first off was last nights chicken fingers with curried ketchup.  I can honestly say dinner was ready within 30 minutes and most of that was waiting on the chicken to finish cooking!  My chicken looks fantastic and the dipping sauce was really tasty.  If you were really stuck on time you could just make the ketchup and cook store bought fingers.

Another fabulous dinner was Lime-in-the-coconut drumsticks, yum.  I'm just about trying new things!  This coming week I'm making a Tom Yum Goong Soup, I'll let you know.  Along with the chocolate I've been craving and dreaming about thai and asian cuisine along with indian so I'm looking at trying to incorporate them into the menus over the next few weeks.  I'm also yearning lamb too so we shall see it's always a challenge to balance the menus and cravings and budgets, for example this week I wanted desperately to have a salmon dish, however as it's the hubbys bday he got to choose a meal, and I had to work around that and jiggle a few things