Reaching in the Gold Direction: 2014 Plan!

Hello! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

Just a quick blog post to share a few things!!

Here are a few NSVs over the past few days!

1.I went for a walk on Christmas day!! woo go me!!! :) I got a gym membership as a present from my sister!! So, I went to the gym today and managed to run for 6mins straight on threadmilland I walked fast for the rest and swam 8 lengths! Very pleased with myself. :)

2. I also weighed myself on gym scales and I have stayed the same over Christmas? omg is that possible?! Hopefully I can keep that sts or maybe even lose! Who knows?? Anyways even small gain is manageable... I am in control and thats all that matters. Atleast I can say I have defo changed my ways and there is no going back to the way I was last year!

Christmas 2012:Christmas 2013

Christmas 2014 will be at goal.

3. I even managed to do the unthinkable... I opened the box of roses on Christmas Day for guests and did not eat a single sweet, a second box was opened and there is still half a tin under the tree but I am firmly saying the two letter word NO!!!!

4. I am delighted with myself as I type I still have 8pp left from my 49 till Sunday evening. I have had loads of treats so I do not feel deprived!

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This blogs post recipes include what we did with our turkey and ham left-overs!

Easy Peasy Mexican Turkey and Ham One Pan Paella

9pp per person

36pp shared with 4 9pp per serving

Ingredients:

250g Turkey 10pp

140g Ham 6pp

Old el paso one pan paella mix 20pp (1/4 is 5pp)

Peppers and Onions

Method:

Follow steps on box!

*Note: 4x 165g chicken fillets can be used instead and points will be the same.

Individual Creamy Turkey and Ham Pie

12pp per person

To make sauce:

Ingredients:

1 packet of knor chicken soup made up with 400mls of alpro unsweetened almond milk shared with 4 people

or 1/4 of pack and 100mls of alpro unsweetened almond milk (3pp per person)

120mls of ww cream or 30mls of per person

50g Turkey per person (2pp)

70g Ham (3pp)

Tsp sage

Sprinkle salt and pepper

Method:

Make up soup with milk until lumps combined. Add cream and herbs and stir. Chop ham/turkey and put in bottom of dish/plate. Pour sauce over meat. Place pie lid on top.

To make pastry lid for one person (4pp)

Ingredients

10g low fat spread (1pp)

30g flour (3pp)

2 tsp water

Method:

Combline spread into flour until like crumbs. Add water gradually. Roll out to make lid for top of pie. Pierce lid with fork to allow steam to escape when cooking. Bake 30mins at 180.

This is the mixture inside without lid.

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Here is a tip if you fancy a cheese board with wine but don't to break the points bank.

My Cheese Board 5pp

10g Brie (1pp)

10g Blue Cheese (1pp)

20g Oakwood (1pp)

2 Tesco water crackers (1pp)

10g Tuc mini Snax crackers sour cream and onion (1pp)

1 glass of Natureo wine (bottle is 4pp I had a glass left over)

Weigh out everything. Wrap cheese/crackers up and put away before you sit down to enjoy so not to be tempted to eat more!

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So 2013 has been an eventful year and decided to see if I could list few good things that have happened/I achieved or started!

1. I got laser eye surgery!...woo no more speccy 4eyes!

2. I travelled to a new city -Edinburgh and also to Spain again!

3. I climbed the highest mountain in Ireland -Carrauntoohill!

4. I have lost 1 and half since June in dribs and drabs gaining and losing all the time.oops.

5. I threw a 50th party for the most amazing mammy in the world!

6. I fit back into a size 10 trousers.

7. I was chosen to do a sponsored post graduate in RCSI.

8. I got engaged to the bestest man in the world! :) :)

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So here is my 2014 plan/resolutions that I am starting now! :)

1. I plan to get to goal!

(Hopefully lose aprox 22lbs... its 50 weeks til 15th Dec 2014 week before Christmas 2014... so if my calculations are correct if I loose 1/2 lb every week I will loose 25lbs exceeding my goal!... thats if I don't lose more than 1/2 some weeks and allowing for some bad weeks with gains as well... nobody is perfecto!)