Sushi Making Madness!

Yesterday, I decided to do something really different and make sushi. I used tuna and salmon to put in the middle.
It tasted really good but I think I went a bit overboard on the wasabi! Up the nose it went! I felt really bad as it was the first time that Jon had ever had maki so I felt a little under pressure! He still liked it even though the stuff was so eye watering!
I've still got loads of sushi rice which I think I will use for ddinner as it is nice and sticky.
I don't know why I have gotten into the Japanese way of cooking. It's probably the Bento Boxes! It's Japanese food for the time being and then I will mix it up. Then I'll have a nice selection of recipes to do for dinner.

One more pound down!

I'm down to 188lbs now which I think is really good... just 34lbs to go...

Everyone's Bentoing Mad!

I've been reading a website called the food pornographer (http://www.thefoodpornographer.com) which is basically a site of a woman who takes pictures of all of the food that she eats and describes it (hence the porn).
Anyway, she very frequently talks about her lunch which she carries in a bento box which is pictured. They are amazing so I thought that I would buy one. The one in picture is the one I have bought.
I can't wait to get this so I can start doing my own funky bento lunches. The idea is that you just buy stuff to put in each segment but you can also use leftovers from the night before. You should try googling Bento Boxes and view the images as tere are some amazingly creative designs with different colours and shapes.
Once my Bento box arrives I will take a picture of my first creation.

Also, because of The Food Pornographer (who will now be referred to as TFP) I have decided to start being a bit more adventurous with what I cook for dinner. I definately have the ability, I just dont really put too much effort into cooking which is really bad. I'm not working at the moment so I would like to take this time to show that I would be a really good housewife. So what I am going to do is plaan my meals, and then take a picture of them and post it one here. What about the diet I hear you yell... well, the things that I make wont be too engulfed in fat so should be okay. I'll try and work out a couple of recipes and put them on here and then comment on them. It's not just a reason to copy TFP but we can then go back to a recipe and know what rating we gave it and what it looked like. My OH's parents do this but they just write it in the cook book that they got the recipe book from.
I did also buy a recipe keeper from Amazon about 2 weeks ago but it still hasn't arrived. That should be really useful when it does.

Hopefully, I'll have something to put on here soon!

Best Show Ever

Last week me and my fiance went to Cardiff to see Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds! It was amazing!
You may not be aware of this version but is was made in 1979 to be a musical version of the famous story. It was so good!
Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues) was a little lack lustre. He didn't look like he wanted to be there really. But he still made the show amazing.
Jennifer Ellison really did my nut playing Beth. She kept on slipping into some sort of weird american accent.
Apart from that, the show was amazing and I would very much reccommend that you see it or at least by the DVD!

I'm so wokless!

I haven't updated this for ages and the only reason I did this now is because I was watching Run's House and Diggy has one of this blogs too so I thought I should update!

Well, it's been a while since I have updated this and I am down to 189lbs which is 13 and a half stone. Now, I don't think I will get down to 11stone by September as that is in just 10 weeks but I would like to lose one more stone for the time being. To be honest, I am looking at myself now and thinking that I am starting to look good so that's nice. My dad no longer thinks I'm fat which is a bonus!

I'll get my fiancee to take a picture later as I tried doing it using a mirror but it diddn't really work very well. I did finally take my waist measurement though.
I'm 33 inches around the waist. Not really sure what I want to get that down to really. Maybe between 28 and 30 inches.

I really want to start going swimming or something. I have a really bad back and shoulder at the moment so I think doing that with a gentle breaststroke would help my shoulder and help me lose weight too. It's way too hot to do jogging or anything like that because I don't have any shorts that fit me sso I would have to wear jogging bottoms. I have, however, bought some trousers in size 14 to take on holiday so I better be that size by then!

Ooh, on a happier note, my stepmum gave me a load of her old clothes that are too ssmall for her. They are all about a size 16 and a lot are way too big for me. I literally have to hold them up! Woo hoo!

New diet!

So I have decided to start the SlimFast diet as it is a nice and simple low calorie diet. I started on Tuesday and had my first weigh in today (v. short week) and I have lost 4lbs! That takes me down to 197lbs so I am so happy that I am under 200lbs. So here is a picture of me currently.

On my way to the Race for life 2009!

So I'm now down to 14st 7lbs! I'm really happy with that. Quite a few people have noticed that I look slimmer. Although I did go to my Stepmum's birthday party last week and there were a load of family members there that hadn't seen me in years and they just kept going on about how I had put on so much weight! How rude! It really upset me alot because I have lost 21lbs so far and I was actally feeling good about myself.
Anyway, they are just being negative and I am happy with my progress.
I spoke to my mum last week and she has agreed to do the race for life with me. I'm really looking forward to it actually. I went to the gym today and jogged 1km without stopping. I'm gonna increase the distance I run each time I go. At the speed I am jogging, I can do 1 km in ten minutes. Tomorrow, I am gonna go in and do 1.5km. That should take me about 15 mins. The race is 5km so it should take 50 mins at that speed. The only problem is that I get really bored of running and my legs start to hurt. That's why I'm gonna do it in increments. Hopefully I will be able to at least jog the whole distance.

So I have 4lbs to lose to get under 200lbs and I am really looking forward to that. Hopefully I will get there soon. I have just over 27 weeks to lose 49lbs. That means that I need to lose just under 2lbs each week. I don't count any decimals so we'll see if I can do it.