I’m back on diet. I exceeded 57kg, my waistline does not exist, bread, cheese, pasta, wine, cakes, sweet stuff- I welcome it all, no limits. Having just turned 45 I think it’s far too early to let myself go and stop caring, so I went back to Choda’s team. Last time I managed to shed about 3,5 kg, but to be honest I treated the diet quite loosely. This time I accept the fact I must eat less. I opted for a “mediterranean diet” for 2 months, started last Monday and this morning realized it works. After 5 days I’m only 0,5 lighter, but it’s early days. Again, I don’t follow the script religiously, more like a guidance. Diet or not, I need my food to look attractive and taste well, otherwise it won’t work.

So this evening I made myself a plate of food which turned out to be the best meal I have eaten all week. Truth be told, I doubled the amount of prawns (50 g of prawns?……!!), but weighed my orzo, chucked in as much spinach as I fancied and made it delicious. What helped, was a delicious, proper tomato sauce bubbling away in a separate pan for Florek and Izzie, I borrowed 3 tbps of it and mixed it through my orzo and spinach, which was already wilted on olive oil with some garlic and seasoned with salt. Prawns were lightly marinated in garlic, chili, salt and olive oil, I grilled them quickly and ended up with a lovely, light supper, full of flavour, good for me and roughly according to the diet. And I’ll be keeping this recipe.

One of the lunch options I loved and had twice this week was a crunchy salad made with iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, olives,sweetcorn, torn mozzarella and freshly toasted croutons made with brown bread with a little olive oil and garlic. It was supposed to be dressed with vinaigrette, but I just drizzled some olive oil and some balsamic vinegar, a sprinkle of sea salt and I enjoyed it a lot. A keeper, too.

I can do it, I think. I have a better idea this time how things work, I’m more determined and if I do manage to shed 5kg by mid March, I will be treating myself to a pair of Levi’s jeans again. 🙂