Chuffed

I lost another two pounds yesterday. I am chuffed to bits with this result. Mary stayed the same. We did have a longer dog walk last night and the night before I went for a jog with the wii. It seems that maintaining a steady diet maintains a steady weight. At the moment this is slowly dropping, but goes up for every big meal and down when I stick to smaller portions. I know this is obvious, but understanding what that feels like when you have eaten the food is really knowing your limits. I now know what is too much and I can normally predict when I am going to lose weight by the diet alone. Tonight we are supposed to be going swimming after my daughter's football training session. A normal start to the day, 7:15 coffee with milk and sugar. I started eating an apple, but it didn't taste right, so I chucked it in the bin. Maybe the couple of mouthfuls I had would kick start my metabolism. 8:15 pack of crisps and a cup of black decaf with sugar. 10am cup of black decaf with sugar. 11:30 ham sandwich with a cup of soup. 3pm cup of black decaf with sugar. 5:30pm steak and chips with peas. At football training Mary and I had a cup of tea with milk and I had sugar too. We came back and did a bit of shopping, but didn't go swimming after all, then onto the weigh in. Today I lost another two pounds and Mary lost a pound too. To celebrate I made another batch of soup. I changed the recipe this time an I believe I have it right now. I had a ramekin of soup instead of a bowl this time, and that is me being sensible for once. Mary tried a bit and she ended up having four or five spoonfuls as it was so nice. She didn't like my previous attempt as it was too strong in flavour. So beef and tomato soup is basically 2 of everything. put a pint of water in a saucepan and add 2 beef stock cubes, 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 2 big knobs of butter, 2 tablespoons of tomato puree and bring it to the boil stirring occasionally to mix the ingredients and melt all the butter. Leave to simmer at a lower heat for about 5 minutes, then serve. You can leave it to cool then bottle it and keep it in the fridge for a couple of days. When you fancy a bowl just put in the microwave on full power for 2 minutes to heat a fairly large bowl. A small portion would be about half of a mug full and this makes a great snack when you are waiting for a meal. Nuke it for one minute on full power. If you know it is going to be a few hours, then this can fill the gap and it is light. Alternatively have a mug full with a sandwich for a nice simple lunch. I think the ingredients to make about 4 pints of soup cost about £1. It is hard to say precisely as have a big bottle of soy sauce and that would probably be enough for about 16 gallons of soup, same with the butter. Anyway lets just say it is cheap and easy to make, light to eat and great as a snack. "Souper" chuffed now.