It's 2012 and my life has been no less than transformed over the past 12 months. It's been a rollercoaster like no other but my little one is now 6 months old and it's a new year, and this year I've made real resolutions. Now these resolutions, I hope, are the kind I can, and will, stick to; they're manageable and realistic - fingers crossed! and this blog should help me record the journey.
Without any further ado here are my New Years Resolutions 2012
1/Eat Healthily - no more binging on chocolate and cake - from now on I need to set a good example for my little one.
2/Lose 20lbs - although I've lost 22lbs since having Evan, I still can't fit into the majority of my clothes!
3/Exercise regularly - again this is about setting a good example and also ensuring I look after my body.
4/bake once a week - I love baking and it's something I never find time to do.
5/Make and enjoy a Sunday family dinner on Sundays spent at home - making sure we have family time
6/Have a bath and pamper myself on Sunday evenings - I spend most of my time running about o it's important I find time to loo after myself mentally and physcally
7/Give myself a break - Give myself a pat on the back once in a while.
So this blog, I hope, will help me see what I've achieved and complete resolution number 7. So what have I done so far, well...
Last Saturday (NYE) I made a cherry and Walnut cake - a rich butter cake with cherrys and walnuts thrown in - yummy! and this week I attempted an american recipe for apple and walnut cake. It's delicious but calorific!! Took a long time to bake and burnt slightly on the edges as a result but looked and tasted awesome. I made a glaze from runny icing which worked really well.
so 10/10 for baking so far.
Last Sunday I made my first roast; roast beef, parsnips, potatoes and carrots and yorkshires - I'm so proud. It was lovely although baby fell asleep just as lunch was ready so he missed it - oh well - more for mummy and daddy!! This week I made a fish pie and Evan loved it - he wolfed it down and had some cake (minus walnuts) for pudding - greedy boy! Was so lovely to sit down together for a proper meal.
So I'm doing well on the food front! Ticks for no 4 and 5.
The healthy eating and therefore weight loss is all going according to plan, and I've done loads of excercise this week; Yoga DVD on Mon, cross-trainer on Tues, post pregnancy DVD weds, and Zumba Thurs - so that's no's 1, 2, and 3 ticked off.
Last week I took a bath on Sunday and moisturized and painted my nails and epilated - OMFG - epilating is so painful!! But I gritted my teeth and got through the pain and hurrah I have smooth legs!!! Just got out of the bath today and have repainted my nails - red with white hearts - and braved the epilator again - not too bad this time. So that's no 6 sorted.
That only leaves no 7 - so yey well done me - tick for no 7.
hat an excellent week!!! :-)
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