Wednesday 15th February 2017

I have recently had a long period of depression and anxiety and haven't been sleeping. I decided to stop taking my medication at the weekend (Well I say decided, it was more forgot for a couple of days) and I started to sleep better and that in turn has helped my mood no end. I wouldn't suggest anyone try this, you should always take advice from your doctor. I definitely have needed my medication and would not have been able to get through the last 9 or 10 months without it, but the time was right for me to start to come off of it.

Being the school holidays, my days don't tend to run to a set plan (much to the dismay of my husband and eldest son who are both autistic) and today was no different. I didn't set my alarm and woke up late, which on most other days wouldn't matter, but today was my Pilates class.  I had half my breakfast and rushed down to the local church with about two minutes to spare 😌

This is only my second class so I'm still learning what things mean, but it's a very relaxed class of which I am the baby and I really enjoyed it. I tried a different class last summer and hurt for two weeks afterwards, this is such an improvement. It is nice to be able to not worry about anything apart from my breathing and if my pelvic floor is in the right position 😲.  

Apart from that my day was spent rearranging furniture which was a lot harder than my exercise class.

Relaxed this evening watching an episode of Bones with the kids and once they had gone to bed playing Final Fantasy Xiv Online for a bit of escapism😉

Have included today's menu and a recipe for Stuffed peppers below.

Cas 💕

Healthy Extras: 45g Blueberry wheats HEb and 350ml Skimmed Milk HEa   

Drinks outside of meals:  Tea with milk from allowance, Ribena Light   

Total Syns: 7                                                                                    

Breakfast  

45g Blueberry Wheats HEa                                                                  
0% fat Danone Actimel Yogurt drink 1 1/2 syns                                   Banana                                                                                 
Clementine                                                                                         Tea with milk from  HEa allowance

Lunch                                                                                          

Veggie Scrambled Egg                                                                   Cherry Tomatoes                                                                             Plums

Nas Lime Cordial with Diet Lemonade

Dinner

Stuffed Peppers (Recipe below)
Boiled New Potatoes
Salad
Strawberries, raspberries and Blackberries with Mullerlightsmooth caramel yogurt sprinkled with dark chocolate

Nas Lime Cordial with Diet Lemonade

Supper

Hot milk taken from HEa daily allowance
Mr Kipling French Fancy 5 1/2 syns










Stuffed Peppers (adapted from the recipe on the SW page)
Serves 5

Ingredients

5 Large Peppers
500g 5%or less fat Beef Mince
1 Large Onion, chopped
2 Cloves of Garlic, finely chopped
200g Mushrooms quartered
4 tomatoes diced
2tsps Dried Oregano
1tsp Chilli Powder
3tbsps Passata
Salt
Pepper
Frylight

Method

Preheat oven to Gas Mark 6.

Fry the onion and garlic in a little frylight until soft. Add the mince and cook until browned. add the mushrooms, toimatoes, passata, chilli powder and oregano. Season to taste.simmer for 10 minutes or until reduced.

Cut the tops off the peppers and scoop out the seeds. Stand the peppers in an ovenproof dish (with a couple of inches of water in the bottom) so they will fit nicely to keep them upright.

Fill the peppers with the mince and cover with foil,

Bake in the oven for for 20 minutes.

Remove foil and bake for a further 10 minutes.