5% gone!

Its official. I did my first weigh in after a week of this journey, and have dropped 7lbs, which is 5% of my total. I'm very pleased with that.

Its bank holiday monday, which I had forgotten about. We have had a great weekend. On Saturday we went out for breakfast to our fave little cafe, and instead of double egg, chips, beans and mushrooms that I usually have, I had egg and mushrooms in a baguette with no butter. I also didn't help the girls finish their breakfast, which is where alot of my extra calories come from. That waste not want not philosophy is rubbish - its still wasted food, whether I leave it on the plate or stuff it in my mouth. I don't need it, so nit is still a waste.

We went shopping in town, and managed to get everything we were after, and ended up at the Garden centre with a car full of plants. I love my garden, and I also love the exercise it gives me, lugging plant pots about. We planted some, and have more to do in the week. Eva was on a mission to see how much gravel she could eat...you would think that after the first mouthful she would think 'Hmm, not tasty' but she ploughed on regardless. Grace made a brand new friend, a worm called Wormy who she made a little house for in a plant pot, with leaves for a bed and everything. She sobbed dramatically when I said she wasn't allowed to a) lick him and b) take him to bed with her. He got let go with much declarations of love and friendship, she was heartbroken to leave him.

Sunday we went to see one of Mart's cousins, who was having a celebration day to welcome their new baby son. It was lovely, they planted a Rowan tree as his name is Rowan, and did a time capsule for him. Grace and Eva loved seeing their cousin Nathan, and all the other little ones, and they had great fun peering into the garden pond and spotting a giant octopus and a crocodile apparently. I didn't go mad at the buffet table, just some egg sandwiches and 3 Hula Hoops.

Mart and I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark last night, and had an Indian. Well he did, I had my usual, 4 Poppadoms, some mango chutney and an onion salad - well, I like it! I stink today, which is very attractive.

So one week in, and I'm doing OK.