Lent, denial and all that.....

Another catch up today as the time seems to fly by! Monday was almost all good! I started the day with chilled rice topped with juicy berries. The rice makes a change from yoghurt and is more filling I find.

On Sunday I had made my lunch so it was ready to grab in the morning. I found the recipe in 100 Extra Easy Days and have tweaked it a little on occasion but potatoes with mayonnaise and other things thrown in is really delicious (1syn for the tiny amount of Mayo needed). This time I put in some crispy bacon, spring onions and peppers. Sometimes I add chopped apple to bulk it out more but not today.

Finished off yet again with a Liberte yoghurt and a pear!

Today I was drawn by something new to focus on good things in life - 100happydays. The idea is that for each of the next 100 days you post a photo of what has made you happy that day. You can list on a variety of platforms and I have selected Twitter. Day 1 and 2 are up - check them out - @thatsmymum - if you tweet! For those on fb you will find the link to the site on my page. Why not give it a go? Spread some happiness! My challenge to myself is for none of the 100 photos to be food! Wonder how long I can last?

Evening dinner was easy as I had a bowl of the soup from Sunday and then some cheese and crackers (HEa and HEb in one go!)

I treated myself to a Curly Wurly during the evening.(6 syns). Well...... Why not?

So on to Tuesday. Not so well prepared today. Same breakfast as yesterday. Well there was rice to
finish! Just as delicious I might add and teamed it up with an amaretto coffee!

Had to trot off to the doctor. For a memory test so lunch was late again. What a joke the test was! Count back from 20. What year/month is it? Say the months of the year backwards etc. A
few simple questions and there I was in a panic that I might be faced with some kind of Kim's Game
test. I never was much good at that even at school and fresh! Anyway, I had made myself a kind of crustless quiche with eggs, cheese (HEa), peppers and mushrooms. Had that with some salad. I wish I could say I enjoyed it! I fancied the idea the evening before but I couldn't finish it all and I'm afraid it left me feeling rather nauseous. Now that could have been down to the new tablets I walked out of the surgery with. Not that I went there for anything other than a memory test, but they managed to shoehorn in a check on medication and prescribe yet something else.

The nausea kept going all evening so I will see what happens today. Perhaps it wasn't the quiche. Dinner was pretty plain which was a good idea as I did manage to finish it. As it was Shrove Tuesday pancakes were on order. I made them and knew from the outset that I would not resist, so I had one and the first scrappy one that comes out of the pan. SW says around 5 syns per pancake so I reckon that must have been about 8 syns. I only had lemon and sweetener on them! No Nutella Natasha!!!
Had a HiFi as my HEb during the evening.

So, Lent. What should I give up, if anything? Is there any point in setting myself up to fail? Won't I then feel bad about myself? Or is that a defeatist attitude? On reflection I think I will have a go at giving up cheese as it is one of my downfalls. Wish me luck!