a new approach

I’ve been thinking I can’t do this weight loss thing on my own. I just can’t be strong with Mr T around and whether he knows it or not he is my partner in crime simply because I just suck big time when it comes to willpower. He is the complete body opposite of me. He’s tall and extra sk slim. I’m short and dumpy. His metabolism is through the roof, mine’s struggling to get off the floor. I’m not blaming Mr T ok. It is all me. It’s just that he makes it so easy to give in all the time.

So tonight we are going to talk. All about me. God help me I’m going to let him see my weightwatchers journal that I keep online. I’m going to get him familiar with points, tracking, portion sizes etc. He’s going to learn all about the Plan. He’s going to learn it so well that our topic of conversation will start with – how many points is that. He’s going to make sure that I do the tready ever night to earn bonus points so that I can sit down with him in the evening and have a glass of wine with him. He is going to go through the recipes with me and we’ll decide and plan our meals for the week before we go get groceries. He can find meals that will get him back in the kitchen cooking. Basically he is going to be my willpower, my voice of conscious until I can get a grip on it myself.

There’s another reason. We are back to the two of us and Josh at home now. The past couple of weeks have been tense and stressful. We have both been worn out, stressed and grumpy with each other. We have both been sick. No two ways about it – the cause has been stress. We haven’t eaten properly and our bodies have rebelled. We need to start re-evaluating our lifestyle. I want him to learn that eating healthy tastes just as good if not better than his KFC, McDonald’s and steak and mushroom pies. So he needs to learn different ways of cooking and creating.

I’ve been searching through the recipes this morning and found a few that will be good for him to start with.


Chicken Cacciatore




Beef Stroganoff




Italian Spicy Chicken




I have no doubt Mr T will become my ally.


I feel rather peaceful and strangely content. I really like it. Tomorrow I have to go on a course which I totally forgot about. I don't know why I get myself into these things. The upside is it is in Taupo and Mr T is coming with me and we're having a night away.

I'm going straight home after work tonight and hope to be able to upload some photos before Mr T gets home.

I'm really looking forward to the weekend.

Have fun everyone ....

Ciao