dietdevil: Cheesecake..................yummmmmmmmmmm

dietdevil: Cheesecake..................yummmmmmmmmmm: So I knew having that slab  I mean slice of baked cheesecake was a mistake yesterday. It's the first thing I thought about this morning and...

Cheesecake..................yummmmmmmmmmm

So I knew having that slab  I mean slice of baked cheesecake was a mistake yesterday. It's the first thing I thought about this morning and nothing was going to stop me from making one of my own.

I went on the BBC Good Food website and found what was basically the easiest recipe and this was the result. I made a basic vanilla cheesecake and sprinkled raspberries over the biscuit base and then sieved and drizzled pureed raspberries over the top before  baking it.

 

I have just sampled some and it is delicious! I had to go out and my hubby said that Martha had been 'hanging round the fridge' while I wasn't it but now it is well and truly ready to eat.

Martha goes to Cardiff tomorrow so I am going to get her to eat as much as possible before then. I have promised my neighbour Gill a slice and my friend Leanne who is I believe, making coffee cake today and  we are going to do an illicit cake swap tomorrow.

 

''But what about the diet?'' I hear you all roar!

 

I am not 'in the zone' today. Depending on how much of this bad boy is left and how much coffee cake I get in exchange there is every possibility that I will not be in the zone tomorrow either.

 It's true and it sucks.

 

It is also Halloween today. I have got a poster saying 'no trick or treaters' to stick on my door primarily because I dont want the dogs barking every 2 minutes.

Mutley has already eaten a lightbulb today and I have spent the afternoon finding big lumps of glass and I feel that a few ghouls and witches may tip him over the edge. My friend Loraine has her grand children visiting though and has asked if they can come down so I have said yes but only to them!

 

Back in the good old days in Northumberland we would carve turnips 'bagies' and stick a candle in them and go and ask for a 'penny for halloween'.  A couple of days later we would dress an old teddy in rags and go and knock on the same doors and ask for 'a penny for the guy'.

There was no pumpkins, no fancy dress and possibly quite a lot of blood lost during the bagie carving but it wasn't the Americanised commercial bonanza that it is now.

 

 I think that it's sad that everything has become all American.

 

Even baked cheesecake is Amercian .................but that is one thing I will forgive.

dietdevil: What a cracking day!

dietdevil: What a cracking day!: So it's October half term and the town is packed. I had a wander around and snapped this pic from the top of the steps beside the Pedn Olva...

What a cracking day!

So it's October half term and the town is packed. I had a wander around and snapped this pic from the top of the steps beside the Pedn Olva Hotel.

 

The sea is of the deepest blue and the sun is out. Everyone seems relatively happy and it was nice to be out in it for a while.

 

I didn't leave the house yesterday on account of my migraine - or was it because I had 2 huge glasses of merlot on Sunday????

 

Martha is getting excited about going to stay with her big sister in Cardiff on Thursday and I am still trying to get my head round some much needed healthy eating.

 

I have just had a slice of baked cheesecake from the Cornish deli in Chapel Street so it's not going too well today. I am hoping it will click into place at some point in the next few days but at the moment I have too many things happening in my head ,

 

Tomorrow is another day - I skived off fat club this morning as I think a plus sign in my book would have dented my already fragile ego.

 

Onwards and downwards for the future - I hope.

dietdevil: I don't know what time it is

dietdevil: I don't know what time it is: So  as the clocks went back last night  we technically gain an extra hour. Dogs and cats do not understand this concept so I was up even ...

I don't know what time it is

So  as the clocks went back last night  we technically gain an extra hour.

Dogs and cats do not understand this concept so I was up even earlier than ever. Hattie also apparently doesn't understand this either as she texted me to ask what time it was when she woke up.

 

I have done very little today other than invoice people and complain about how cold it is. It is now 5.55pm and it's pitch black. I want wine but I never drink before 6pm so I will wait another 5 minutes.

 

I am also back on my 'diet' again after having eaten anything and everything yesterday. I honestly don't know what got into me but today I have been angelic.

I think it was the fact that my scales said +3 this morning that spurred me into action. I will need a miracle to lose that 3 pounds before Tuesday but if I lose one of them I will be content as I had initially set myself a target of a pound a week ansd that means I am bang on track.

 

Lovely roast pork for dinner tonight with potatoes , carrots and lovely lovely SPROUTS and some wine and the X Factor - that's what cold dark Sundays are all about.

 

I also have a bar of Cadbury's bubbly minty chocolate whcih I am hoping Martha will eat or the dogs will steal.....................

dietdevil: Keep calm and don't shout.

dietdevil: Keep calm and don't shout.: So today the town is busy again. Yesterday Island Road looked like this .................     and it was right at the bottom of it th...