Monthly Archives: January 2012

Loving my Fitbit !

Much to my amazement I have just packed away all my slimming world books, something I thought I would never do, but thanks to a little gadget called a fitbit I will not be needing slimming world any more.

Geoff bought me the Fitbit for Christmas, I love gadgets so was excited about having another one to play with, although I was quite adamant that I would not be counting calories…..  BUT how wrong could I be !

Now into my 4th week , having lost half a stone, I find myself quite addicted to my little fitbit and counting calories 🙂 Its really opened my eyes to a few things, I love the fact that I can actually eat anything I want too and its me that’s in control.

I had been so worried about having to give my gym membership up but not any more as I now walk every day,because I want to get my fitbit steps in and the  more steps I do means the more calories I can eat 🙂

This wonderful little gadget costs just £80 which may seem expensive but compared to slimming world its remarkably cheap.

Another thing I have discovered by counting calories, is just how many calories are in some of the so called free to eat slimming world recipes 🙁

Just 4kg away from my target weight and I am convinced with the help of fitbit it will be easier than ever to maintain, the new slimming world magazine is due out soon too but I wont be needing  it 🙂

 

 

 

 

Magic !

Ever since I moved into my house, the loo roll holder and towel rail have been hanging off the bathroom wall, to say this annoyed/stressed me is an understatement 🙁

On my return from Les Gets it was annoying me even more, then I had this brain wave of an idea 🙂

So off I went to purchase a tube of no nails glue, plus a new bathroom set.

The end result is a great looking bathroom set, which I don’t think will ever move, I am sure the wall will come down before the loo roll holder and towel rail will.

Now I am wondering how I can remove the old mirror and replace it with the matching mirror

Just a shame I cannot glue my out door fence together too.!!!

 

West Stow Country Park

With Geoff still away in Les Gets my plan for the weekend was to stay home and save some petrol, but it didn’t quite work out that way..

I received an e-mail from a friend, who was hoping to catch up with me,on my usual Sunday walk with The Cambridge Rambling Club.

I only go on these walks from Cambridge as the location is usually too far from Kings Lynn, but desperate to catch up with my friend , the walking group and have a good walk, I broke my rule and decided to go from here…

Luckily the walk was not impossible to get too, in fact it was just over an hours drive to West Stow Country park, well worth the effort too 🙂

Larry led us on a fantastic 15 mile walk with very little mud for this time of year and considering how cloudy and damp it had been in the week, it was great to blow the cobwebs away and get out on a nice sunny winters day.

Our route took us by a Water Tower that had been converted into a stunning looking house , which amazingly was featured on Britain’s empty homes this morning.

I may not have saved any petrol but I had a fantastic day and chatted non stop for around 5 hours !

West Stow Country park with CRC at EveryTrail

Highlights from Les Gets

As usual I had a totally Fantastic time skiing in Les Gets, the snow was lovely and the sun fantastic 🙂

A few things made it extra special this year….

Kay

Firstly our friends Kay and Anthony are working over near Les Gets for the season, running Ski Wizards, not only did we go to the wizards castle for dinner but I also went out to ski with Kay on 2 afternoons, for many reasons this was fabulous for me 🙂

Sally, Gail and Louise

Secondly we caught up with our friends Gail and Thierry, its always great to see them, Gail and her daughter Louise managed an afternoon skiing with us and Thierry was brave enough to give me a ski lesson, trying to improve my technique as I tend to ski using my hips rather than my knees 🙁 . I learnt a great deal and will have to practise lots next year.

Finally I was treated to a fantastic 5 course evening meal at La Grande Ourse,which is a family run restaurant on Mont Chèry at an altitude of 1750metres (5742 feet)  overlooking the picturesque mountain village of Les Gets ,to get there was an experience in its self, About 15 diners had booked for the meal and transport was on the pisten bully straight up Mont Chery !

The menu was amazing,thankfully it was a clear night so the views were also amazing.

starter at La Grande Ourse

This evenings menu was slightly different, so for my main course I had an Ostrich fillet served on a homemade rosti with a butternut squash sauce, then for dessert Ross the Chef made me, my very own Creme Brulee, which was divine !

A totally wonderful evening with fantastic food and such a fabulous experience too 🙂

Then after all this fantastic fun I came home to discover that I had managed to loose 2lb in weight too, all thanks to my wonderful Fitbit , which I am sure I will blog about soon 🙂

It was really sad to leave everyone to come home But work was calling 🙁

 

 

 

New Additions…

Two lovely new additions to my Beach hut collection……

First a beautiful Christmas Card , made especially for me ! Beach Huts at Old Hunstanton in the snow last year

 

 

 

 

 

Then I was offered a painting at a price I could not refuse, especially as it was by an Artist who did 2 of my other paintings , I also had the perfect spot for it, in my new home 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Relaxing in the Sun..

Sally Gail and Louise

The sun has been wonderful and the skiing brilliant, today we managed 13 lifts and as many ski runs, enjoying the afternoon skiing with friends too.

Courgette Lasagne

In the evenings we have started watching Downton Abbey series 2 , which I missed when it was first shown on tv , as we were in Turkey …. and we are still fitting in a fitbit walk, I cannot wait to see what those scales say when I return home.

We are also enjoying some nice home cooked meals, its amazing what you can manage in a small kitchen with a small Rowenta oven.

Vegetable Crumble

Last night we had Courgette Lasagne and this evening it was vegetable crumble, both recipes came from the BBC Good Food site.

Tomorrow should be another great sunny day and we have plans to ski with more friends.

Oh and Geoff is benefiting for my massage skills 🙂

 

 

Waiting for the Sunshine

This will be my 6th year out in Les Gets skiing but even so I still get very anxious when we go out for the first run or two.

So this afternoon when we set off up Mont Chery I was worrying about wether I would remember how to ski, by the time we reached La Grande Ourse it was almost zero visability which didn’t help 🙁

After a Vin Chaud, its seemed the cloud had cleared a little so we decided to make our way down the mountain, I was slow and careful but the snow was good and I quite enjoyed it, so off we went back up, only to discover that the visability had deteriated even more…….

So we called it a day and hope the predicted sunshine arrives tomorrow 🙂

We then decided to go for a quick FitBit walk to burn some calories, which is a very addictive little gadget, it will be interesting to see what difference it makes to my weight over the next month or so.

To finish the evening off we met up with some friends for an apres ski drink at Barbylone and yes it was all in our calories allowence :-).

Anthony and Kay then returned home with us for some dinner, before they left we arranged to meet up later in the week for some skiing 🙂

 

 

A 30 day Challange

Tonight I had my last piece of cake for a while as I am going to start 2012 off with a small challange, for the next month at least I am not going to eat any cake…

last bit of cake for 30 days

As I love baking this could be difficult, but then again I can still bake then give it away to some lucky person 🙂

They do say it takes 30 days to break a habbit  and walking in Turkey certainly helped me break my addiction to bread,so it will be interesting to see how I get on with the Cake ban.

I most enjoy a piece of cake after our Sunday walks so I will have to find something else to replace the cake… maybe yoghurt as I love mullerlights but have stopped buying them as they are so expensive.

What would you have instead of cake  ????