I had my fourth weigh in with Jenny Craig today. Unfortunately I have not lost any weight, I have stayed the same. But I am not disheartened , after speaking to my consultant, I am going to tweak a couple of things. One of which is I have not been eating my breakfast early enough, so I have promised myself to eat it with the girls, first thing in the morning. I must put more importance on this.
I have been walking lots more, and added an app onto my phone to count steps. On one walk that a friend and I went on, we did nearly 5,500 steps. With the school run on top, I am easily doing 12,000 steps in a day.
Now as its summer, I have been experimenting with salads. As I really think the key to keeping with the plan is to mix up the menu. This is especially true of the evening meals, as I need the side dishes whether they are salad or vegetables to work for me and the rest of the family.
Here is what I came up with this week:
Fennel and Broccoli Salad
- A bag of salad
- Steamed broccoli – put straight into cold water to retain the colour and cool.
- Finely sliced fennel
Dressing
- Balsamic vinegar (I recommend buying the better quality vinegar, it really make a huge difference)
- Dash of Belvoir Ginger cordial
- Finely chopped chilli
- Salt & Pepper
It was really delicious, I put pine nuts in as well, for everyone else. Unfortunately my camera won’t let me download the photograph. I think my memory card is playing up. I’ll update the image as soon as I can.
Thank you for reading
You’re doing really well A, to stay the same is an achievement in itself. I found this week the hardest to stay focused (icecream in the garden, chips on the beach, oops!). Your fennel and broccoli salad sounds delicious, especially the dressing. Definitely one I’ll be trying xx
I think the warm weather really makes it tricky. I’m trying to be more adventurous with the salads. Have you got any good ones M? The dressing was fab, I was quite pleased with myself 😉