15th July – a great day with neice, healthier choices made!

Hello!  Hope you are all well.

What do you think?  Bee or hoverfly?  Or something else entirely?

Only thought about fags three times today.  6 days a non smoker!

Today has been a great day with Fia, no arguing, complete engagement in her work, even help throughout every stage of pizza making!

A bit of background, Fia comes from a household that hates food, even food never tried!  There have been hidden vegetables, hangry afternoons on times she’s refused to eat “hated” lunch foods despite liking them previously and screaming abdabs!

Sofia has also spent the entire lockdown believing she should not be doing any school work!  She has been an incredibly difficult girl to every single adult, every single day, every single lesson!  She hates me working with her cos when she starts I ignore her, don’t let her move from the table, don’t let her do anything.  She is used to people giving up, screaming at her, and letting her have her own way, she doesn’t know how to deal with me sitting next to her and completely ignoring her.  She gives up with “fine!  I’ll do it!”  And then produces OK work.

Yeah…  I am definitely the wicked aunt! 

And yet…  today has been such a joy for her and us!  Not even any fibbing today!  It really has been a wonderful day 😊

Paul and i have rediscovered one of our regular parks through Fia!  My rule with kids and country parks is this, providing safe to do so, they can run free, but they must be able to see me and Paul at all times.  Today Fia wanted to be a leader, and so we followed her through the woods in the park. 

It was great!!!!  We normally go round the outskirts, which is a fairly flat path, the woods however…  WOW!  Full of lots of tiny hills!  I think its for bikes, my legs got a great workout!  Next time paul and I go, we’re taking our poles, a much more interesting walk!

Here’s just a couple of pics.

Given Sofia’s reluctance with food, we always make a pizza when she’s here, she likes adding her toppings and enjoys feeling like she’s cooking.  I encourage this to the max!  Pizza might be unhealthy, but getting comfy in a kitchen is valuable!  When she asked for Pizza this morning I told her she would be making the dough as well, not leaving it to me.  And she did – happily, she even smelled a few dried herbs and added them to the dough! 

There was no healthy stuff on Fia’s (again her mum has a hatred of fruit and veg, and has instilled this on each and every child), but I’ve managed to get grapes, cucumber, a bit of sweet pepper and a fruit juice down her today.

So, apart from bragging about my wonderful day, nothing much else to add, so I’ll get on with the info.

Sleep – URGH! This morning was a struggle!

Fluid – 3 cups of tea, 3 glasses of water, 200ml milk, 1 can cherry Pepsi max.  I’ll have another glass of water this evening, so that will be over 1.3l just in water.

Exercise – yes, I did the hasfit youtube strength programme today.

And of course our walk.

Food – yesterday I prepped mine and pauls fruit and nuts for the week, so breakfast is 75g dried fruits (thats 2.5 portions) and 40g natural nuts.

For lunch we had greek salad, Moroccan couscous, Maltese bread, hummus and a bit of chicken.

For dinner… gulp! So, chicken, sweetcorn, pineapple, onion, mushroom, garlic puree, mozzarella. I couldn’t resist salami, so had a small amount. Toppings are fine, the flour, oil and cheese is the problem! Mind you.. cheese has put me over 3 dairy portions, so thats a bonus 😁

And my challenges? Here’s my new board!

There we go, a great day 😊