Nobody is perfect in the kitchen
Even professionals have to throw an occasional dish out, so don't beat yourself up on it.
Unless you burned the Weetabix, because THAT is just plain bad. If that's the case, you should probably quit cooking them.
It actually makes me wonder what you DID do now
When I worked in a VERY expensive restaurant on the coast, one of our cooks loved to play (harmless) pranks on the other staff members. One time she added a little arrowroot to some water that had been set to boil; it basically works like a thickener in minutes. When he got back, she told him his sauce had "reduced" and was gaining a nice texture.
The look was priceless
Just to be clear, she had also set up another pot of water for him, so he could have his boiling water ready
LOL! I bet that was a great look.
I think I may have made my chicken cacciatore taste bad because I rushed cooking the onions, and because I decided I was ready to change to chicken breasts even though I've always preferred the thighs. Then I put a little raw onion in my salad and forgot it was there and actually ate it, so I could still taste it 12 hours later and I couldn't drink my morning coffee.
Who couldn't love a woman with her priorities in order ??
Well I hope they're right. I am still trying.
Yeah, my friend is a professional chef with his own radio show in St. Louis. The first time he ever cooked at college he decided to make 4 alarm chilli. He had the bright idea of using stew meat. The end result was chilli with meat roughly the consistency of bubble gum. We all make a mess of it sometimes. Good job of keepying your food on track though.
Thanks Cannon. I am not especially renowned for great cooking and tend to rely on simple foods - lucky I like them - and the tried and true. However, I have tried to be a bit more positive about my time in the kitchen since I started trying to eat in a more healthy way and lose weight. I do trust the food I've prepared a great deal more than anyone else's.
So Saturday I ate much as usual except I had a teaspoonful of my daughter's caramel slice when we stopped for a cappucino. I don't feel guilty because it was such a small amount, but that I bothered to do it says something about this being a time for caution I guess. I think being too busy and getting a bit stressed, plus two days without exercise probably made me a little more vulnerable. I did eat a bit weirdly at dinner because my husband cooked. It was nice but then I didn't take much of it so I was looking for extra food. I ended up having a bowl of weetbix with lots of peaches, then I went to a little shopping centre that stays open late and bought some more. I found that kind of interesting because of course I have done that many times in the past and have a very good idea of how many different types of chocolate I could find there. Saturday I bought a bunch of sugar snap peas and fresh bean shoots. I came home and ate all the bean shoots and 200 gm of sugar snap peas (82 cal I think)
I managed to finally get back to my tae bo tape Saturday evening, and though I was interrupted after 15 minutes, later another space fortunately turned up during the evening and I started it again and got finished. That made me feel really good. I am still cautious about some of the more bouncy moves but it's nice having the instructor on the tape really helping push through the strenuous sections. I do still get interested in the way those people hook me in despite just being a recording.
Today was a pretty good day. I made myself a toasted wholemeal roll with cheese, tomato, mushrooms, and olives for lunch. That was really yummy and deliberately designed by me to fit in with what I felt like instead of just being easy to grab.
I went for a walk in some nearby bush with my husband this afternoon. It was raining lightly but in a way that made it more pleasant rather than awkward. We were looking out for orchids so not walking too fast. The orchids there are small and the ones that bloom at this time are not too special looking, but it was interesting. A few other pretty flowers are starting to bloom. Not a good walk for exercise but good for the spirit. Then this evening I was short of time, so I combined watching/listening to Big Brother with the bodyweight exercises and ran for short, fast bursts on the trampoline in between each type of exercise. I don't know if that is especially useful but I thought it was just as likely an improvement on doing one thing then the other. Years ago when I was going regularly to a gym we did circuit training like that - with trampolines between each machine. Anyway it certainly kept me feeling sweaty tonight. Or was that because everyone else was just watching TV so the heater was on full bore? At least with just the family there I didn't have to wear much.
I also did a weekly weigh in yesterday. I weigh the same as last Saturday. I figured that was right because the scales and I have come to a sort of agreement. I have been weighing myself first thing every morning and that figure didn't really drop during the week either. Nicely it was down 0.5 kg this morning though, and I'm sure I've been eating less calories than I'm expending, so I'm comfortable that things are progressing all right.
I'm not posting my food and calories right now as I'm still short of time. I still think it has value for me though and hopefully I'll start again soon. I was noticing that the diary still has the power to influence my own behaviour in a positive way. I don't really think it's because I think other people will tut tut if I get off track. It's more that if I am thinking about trying to weasel out of doing what I think I should, I'm then also thinking about how inadequate I would think those thoughts would look if I typed them up, and how I just wouldn't want to post them.
