Archive for the 'babble' Category

2009: and so it begins. Again.
Sunday, January 4th, 2009

So, the first official weigh-in on ye olde scales of doome™ was today. I stepped on as soon as I was awake.
I don’t know why I chose a Saturday. I should have done it on the 1st; I’m used to Thursdays. But no matter. I chose today. I think I’ve [...]

’tis the season to be a fatty, fa la la la laaa, la la la la
Monday, December 22nd, 2008

So, just so y’all know I haven’t died and gone to Super-Morbidly Obese heaven (which, I reckon, would be filled with treadmills and Extra Light Philadelphia cream cheese, and I’d actually feel like using the treadmill - although, if I had space in the house and the money to buy a treadmill, I would totally [...]

week one: success!
Sunday, October 26th, 2008

So, I rejoined Weight Watchers last week, and, quite simply, it was a fabulous success.
Since Thursday, not so great, but it’s That Time Of The Month, so I’m feeling pretty craptacular, actually! But I managed to not buy a tub of ice cream when I went to Tesco this arvo. I settled for [...]

idiocy of the day:
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

I work very late on a Tuesday night, sometimes. Tonight was one of those times; I went from 1.30pm this afternoon to 9.30pm this evening without a single lick of food.
I got home tonight, and Mum had made this lovely, beautiful, tasty home-made beef stew for tea, and I started eating it. Then [...]

oven roasted garlic, butternut squash… and me
Sunday, October 19th, 2008

I’ve got to say, that one of my absolutely favourite side dishes since I bought the Cook Yourself Thin cookbook, has been oven roasted garlic, butternut squash and red onions. Absolutely delicious; I can’t get over how sweet onion is when it’s oven-roasted.
Divine!
And what I usually do with the garlic, is I peel it. [...]