Hello Dear Reader,

I know I could ask Google this question, but I’ll take your theories first. Why does calorie reduction make us cold? It might be why I’m always cold. It might be because I’m 50 and my thermostat is packing up bit by bit! Somedays I don’t feel cold and other days I think I’m in the Arctic and everyone else is hot. My theory, my thermostat’s packed up!

We called into our local supermarket last night and every reduced label was 19p! I bought for packs of chicken for 19p each, a piece of fillet steak for 19p and guacamole, salso and tzikiki for 19p a pot too. I knew I had a cupboard full of spices, some peppers and onions and decided to make DB and #1 son some fajitas. All I had to buy full price was the wraps. They didn’t have any gluten free wraps so I just plonked my spicy chicken on a pile of lettuce. I’m not getting on too well with carbs at the moment. I found a gluten free restaurant inside the Maritime Inn on the Barbican in Plymouth and met DB there for a quick lunch. We went just as a total novelty that I could sit down with him and eat anything I wanted, now that’s rare! We had a small baguette each with steak and onion (£4.95 each! but as I said, it was tested as a novelty) each and at the time, that GF baguette was brilliant! I then suffered for twenty four hours of griping agony with a hot water bottle across my abdomen wishing I’d not eaten it. I was probably in as much pain from the guilt of spending so much money on two crusty filled baguettes!

I’m laying off the starch!

I sauted the chicken with sliced onions and peppers in spray oil. When cooked, I seasoned it with chilli, cumin, paprika and cayenne, about a quarter of a teaspoon each. The chaps had wraps with guacamole, tzikiki and some salsa. All wrapped up and eaten by them.

This kills me, I love guacamole and tzikiki but both are dripping with fat and calories! None for me, that’s a lie……..I licked the spoons when I served it! Feel guilty about that too. When I get weighed at slimming club, if I’ve gained weight then I shall blame the guacamole……………couldn’t have been the baguette as my body spent twenty four hours expelling anything I’d eaten before I had time to digest or absorb it! p.s if anyone hears about a transplant service for entire digestive systems then let me know as mine it totally jiggered!

As my thermostat’s broken, I’m going to sit by the woodburner whilst DB leans out of the window sweating wearing nothing but his undies!

Until tomorrow,

Love Froogs xxxx