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Happy Friday the 13^th everybody :)

Another week coming to a close – is it me or is 2013 just flying by? I mean Tesco are well and truly stocked up on the scandalously high PP Christmas treats…feels like the tree only came down a short while ago!

Anywho, I hope everyone had a great week both in general but also weight watcher wise! All the lovely mammies and daddies back to routine now the lovely kiddies are back to school, the cooler weather oh and the RAIN!

Personally, I had a good week! Only arrived home from the Netherlands yesterday morning, was like a zombie on the aircoach trip from Dublin to Cork but I had a little stash to keep me busy :D

While away I stuck to the WW plan I’d say about 96% of the time, I continued my 30 day squat challenge and also got a few jogs in. But, for some reason I had a horrible feeling inside that I may actually be up in weight at my WI today. I didn't deserve to be but I was really REALLY worried as I just couldn't handle seeing a gain! So much so I nearly stopped myself using my dailies yesterday and living on zero foods…don’t worry I copped on fairly lively when I saw the air hostess was selling rice krispie cereal bars….got 2 ;)

So I enjoyed a nice relaxing evening when I got home, was very tired so I felt I needed my beloved Sky+, I know it had missed me soo much :P Oh course 10pm came and I realized ‘awh you dope Grá, you’ve been diet drinks all day no bloody water and the WI tomorrow’ needless to say 2 1lt bottles were filled fairly lively with a dash of sugar free Mi-Wadi tropical! Felt I was going to blow when I dragged myself upstairs to bed!

Got myself up and lay in bed pondering about the ‘what if I was up’ scenario, didn't like the thoughts but I got dressed and I was like ‘damm girl you look slimmer anyway’ so I did what I did before when I thought I would be up but felt slimmer if that makes sense, I took a photo :) When I did this before a WI about a month back I thought I was going to be up…I was down 5lbs…so maybe taking the photo was good luck ;)

Hopped in my little Yaris and drove to Mitchelstown to face those scales! Was really looking forward to seeing my leader and all the girls despite the outcome! The slow mount of the scales happened, I had my head down unable to look at the screen for the fear of a +…..I was down 1lb! I was actually down ‘’Do a little dance’’ :P I then worked out that I am 8.5lbs away from GOAL……like 8.5…..that is sooo close!!! Surely I will achieve it by November 28^th so I can ring in my 23^rd birthday in style J

'I'm so excited and I just can't hide it'

I guess what this rant is trying to put across is that we all have events/holidays and so forth in which we fear that we don’t have the willpower to stick to the plan, we say ‘awh well what is the point I'm just going to have a gain’! We can all still enjoy ourselves without overdoing it, you just need to be savvy about your choices!

Temi and I went to Amsterdam for the day on Wednesday. I had 26PP left for the day after my breakfast. I’d have been happy to have gone to Subway and get a ham salad bowl with light mayo for 5PP but I knew this would not satisfy Temi as my goodness can that boy eat and eat and not gain, but in saying that he eats good filling foods! Anyway I had to make a choice when we entered this adorable little steakhouse…would I say ‘screw the PP’s’ or ‘right let’s see how I can have a nice WW friendly meal’. The poor waiter was asked to give us a ‘few more minutes’ about 5 times as I just couldn't decide. The final decision was to start with a delicious starter of prawn skewers with a dash of sweet chilli sauce on a bed of salad YUM

Followed by a lovely grilled chicken salad on a bed of salad with a side order of chips *forgot to take a pic of the chips, literally about 6 of them but soo yum* :)

Oh and a sneaky strawberry daiquiri...I was on holidays after all ;)

I had all this for 23PP and had 3PP left over to have some porridge when we got back home oh and lots of fruit J

I had a great holiday…I didn't feel food deprived…I exercised as much as I could…I had fun…I felt confident and I'm still 1lb lighter J

If I can do it so can you!

Hope everyone will have a lovely weekend, I'm taking part in my first ever official ‘I am going to jog this’ race on Sunday in Cork City! Looking forward to it but my only aim is to keep jogging no matter what the pace!

Now I'm off to make some spiced carrot and cauliflower soup…NOM! 

Click on this link for the recipe --- > http://www.lulabellaskitchen.com/1/previous/8.html

Until next time,

Grá :)