So I quashed the marzipan craving with a 65p 170cal Thorntons 'Chocolate Almond Marzipan Bar'. And then I went and made the most amazing Mediterranean Fish Stew ever. I chopped up the chorizo to sautee with the onions, carrots, and peppers, so I didn't have to add any oil, and then simmered it all up with chopped tomatoes, garlic and paprika until it was all rich and silky. Then I added white fish, I used pollock because it was cheap at my supermarket, to poach for a few minutes and then the prawns to warm through. Topped with chopped coriander, chives, and a few basil leaves.
The best thing? Less than 250cal per serving, and that's a good filling bowlful. I even made wholemeal flatbreads to bump the servings by a couple hundred calories, because I had the space to.
The chorizo made it so tasty, and now I have half the sausage left in the fridge to slither into all sorts of things. Mushooms fried up with chorizo is NOM.
In other news, myself and a couple of friends from dancing have decided we should go to the gym together, so I have - for the first time ever - bought gym membership. It's pretty damn cheap because it's with my uni. So anyway, my only experience with gyms before are hideous school sessions with overbearing teachers, humid, sweaty rooms, and hideous mirrors broadcasting my red-faced, sweaty, panting failure to the whole room. But I'm feeling pretty keen to dip my toes into the gym again, now that I know I have some basic fitness and I'm not about to fall off the treadmill.
Well, I may well fall off the treadmill, but it will be down to my own clumsiness and not lack of fitness.
Moreover, guess who lost 2 pounds last week, and another 2 this week?
Fuck yes.
Oh, your soup is gorgeous! I'm not quite ready for full-fledged cooking at the moment (and seafood prep scares me!) but I can always look. If you have a nice gym (meaning one where you don't expect people to be working out in a sports bra drenched in body oil ala Bally Total Fitness - those creep me out) it's a fantastic way to get moving. Even if you do fall off the treadmill - don't worry, you're not the first one to do it, and you won't be the last :) Congrats on the 4 pounds!
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