Fire & Smoke - On the Go Chicken Chunks!

For the chicken lovers (definitely me!), here's some new individual pots (75g) of pre cooked chicken chunks in three flavours from Henry Denny's Grill! SO handy to have for your lunch bag or just to throw in the fridge for an emergency salad or stir fry, or just eat from the pot as you go!

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Fire & Smoke On The Go Chicken Chunks - Sweet Heat, per 75g serv - 1SP

Fire & Smoke On The Go Chicken Chunks - Smokin' BBQ, per 75g serv - 1SP

Fire & Smoke On The Go Chicken Chunks - Fire Grilled, per 75g serv - 1SP

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When you woke up this morning...

When you woke up this morning, what did you really think about your journey to being a healthy version of you? Did you have the obligatory 'I'll start again cause it's Monday' moan? Did you jump out of bed half an hour earlier and hit the gym? (fair play if you did!) Did you have a blow out at the weekend? Fall into the chipper on the way home from the match/pub/cinema? Hoover a full Kit Kat watching The Fall? Well if you did, you did and what's done is done... You can't get that time back and you certainly can't change what happened, but you can just 'let it go' as Elsa says and not spoil today with regrets, 'What ifs?' and 'If only...'  Start this morning and every morning with a clean slate... not feeling guilty about how you 'should' have been... it is what it is, and you have the power to grab today by the horns and give it a good shake up! Come on Monday, let's be having you!

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October #wwphotoaday challenge!

Yup... OCTOBER! ALREADY! The photo challenge for October is up over on Instagram... join in every day or just do the days you like! It's all about sharing the weightloss love, getting some tips and tricks and having a good nosy at what everyone else does! Just use the hashtag #wwphotoaday and you'll be in fabulous company! 

You'll find me >>> HERE <<<  

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Sparkling ICE drinks...

I know fizzy drinks are bad for us and I know the diet ones are no better than the full sugar ones but some days you just want something fizzy! These flavoured sparkling waters from Sparkling ICE have only 12 calories and hit the spot! SmartPoints are for the 500ml bottle! 

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Sparkling ICE, Black Raspberry, 500ml - 1SP

Sparkling ICE, Orange Mango, 500ml - 1SP

Sparkling ICE, Peach Nectarine, 500ml - 1SP

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*ding... ugh... ding* Round 4

I could start this post with a list of excuses... Being sick last week, being PMT'd this week, being busy at work... but I didn't track... I didn't move my butt as much as I usually do and as much as I rant about drinking water, I didn't listen to my own advice this week... so not surprisingly I'm up... I have this button in my head that I press, after a few weeks of doing well and I think I know it all... I don't track properly, I faff along thinking I'll be grand, and even though I knew I was going to be up... I had suspected 2... not 5.5! Was I tempted to binge out last night watching the bake off? Absolutely... but I've learned that it really doesn't help... and I know my gold card is still a long way off but if I keep feckin' about I'm never going to get there... ever... and that makes me sad... 

Last week I spoke to my doctor for the first time about skin removal... she said, if I keep going as I am, I should think about adding myself to the waiting list fairly soon... Blood pressure was good, blood sugars were normal, weight was down... she's delighted with me and for me! That conversation went through my head last night, when I was mulling my gain over and over... Is it always going to be one step forward, two steps back? Why can't I just get back in the zone? There is no reason.. I'm just standing in my own way like I did for so many years! So, I gave myself a good talking to! 

If there's one thing about JQ and I, we're all about the honesty, good or bad we fess up, what's the point otherwise?! It's not easy, it's not... every single pound we've lost on our journeys, we've had to work hard for... We both love to socialise and enjoy life, pizza is a food group in our world... and when we're in charge, calories will be free! Free for EVERYONE! (I mean if Trump can get as far as he has, we can certainly run for office next time it comes around! I'm happy to share the white house with him, it's HUGE! Plus think of the shopping in Washington!) But until then we're sticking to it... we've given each other a good talking to, lectures all round! There's 4 weeks left in this challenge, and the big 'C' is nigh so it's a loss every week! EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK! I'm determined to kick his skinny ass! Send all the happy tracking karma... 

I've added my forfeit to the pot! Remember we're doing this for our lovely leader and friend Catherine so if you'd like to donate to the cause we'd love that! >>> HERE <<<

and don't for get to cheer on her fab 'Cheerleaders' over on Facebook! >>> HERE <<< 

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Soups on the go...

Yup, soup season is back... and not everyone is a Masterchef at making soup, so there'll be some more posts on ready made soups coming up on the blog... Here's three versions I spotted in Lidl this week which can be popped in the microwave at 400g per pot, you'd get two lunches out of each one! easy! 

Anyone tried them out?

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Deluxe Sri Lankan Style Chicken Soup 

per 200g half pot - 5SP

per 400g pot - 10 SP

Deluxe Garden Pea & Irish Ham Soup 

per 200g half pot - 5SP

per 400g pot - 11 SP

Deluxe Sri Lankan Style Chicken Soup 

per 200g half pot - 5SP

per 400g pot - 9 SP

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The seeds of doubt are sprouting...

It's that wobbly time of the year... not the belly wobbles (well that too, but in fairness that's all year round!) In the next few weeks, people will either knuckle down and make headway into a mini goal that they've set for themselves in time for the big 'C' OR they will sigh and say, 'I've SO much going... I'll never get down to 6 stone by then anyway... what's the point.. sure I'll start again in January and 2017 will be MY YEAR!!!' I've already heard it! The seeds of doubt are sprouting...

Let's just take a look at how far you've already come... look at the photo that sent you through the door of your first class, you're not that person any more and you've worked hard to change that picture... the 'hilarious' comment from some eejit that made you cry but yet it spurred you on to do something about it, you're just waiting for them to say it again! No one knows what you've been through, no one except you... no one knows the daily battles that you face, just you! Don't doubt yourself now... if you don't want to set your goal as a number on the scales, and honestly, sometimes that can add so much pressure and you feel like a failure when you don't get there, then set it as a feeling... how do you want to feel on 'C' day? Frumpy? Tired? lazy? Then make your goal 'I wanna sparkle on 'C' day' ... Set your goal as the energy you want to have to boogie the night away on New Years Eve... add in an extra walk during the week to make sure you're still rockin' to Wham and Mariah at 4am on the 1st of January (just me?!) ... 

Every journey is different and every journey is personal... Don't compare yours to anyone else... 

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