Food shop!

Low Carb, High Fat - as recommended by the Swedish Government!

New year, new diet

If you have been following me for a while or since last January anyway you will know I am a big fan of the January diet.  Particularly needed this year!!!

Well this year I am trying the Low Carbohydrate, High Fat diet (LCHF).  Or as I prefer to think of it, less of a diet and more of a lifestyle change.

And the good news about this year's diet is that it has science behind it.

"Eat less saturated fat: that has been the take-home message from the U.S. government for the past 30 years. But while Americans have dutifully reduced the percentage of daily calories from saturated fat since 1970, the obesity rate during that time has more than doubled, diabetes has tripled, and heart disease is still the country’s biggest killer. Now a spate of new research, including a meta-analysis of nearly two dozen studies, suggests a reason why: investigators may have picked the wrong culprit. Processed carbohydrates, which many Americans eat today in place of fat, may increase the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease more than fat does."  (From Scientific America)

If you are interested in reading more about it, see here but in the meantime check out a summary of what I ate today:

Nuts, seeds, cream (in coffee all day, plus in dinner), chicken, eggs, mayonaise, sparkling water, bacon lardons, parmesan cheese.

It seems CRAZY doesn't it.  

But the research behind this diet says that fats are not to be feared, that it is the sugar that is the poison.

Christmas 2013

Memories are made of these

Christmas/New Year's dress

Posting for pure posterity the beautiful dress that my mother bought for me - which I wore on Christmas Day and today for dinner in my mother's.  She has great taste and a great eye!

Nice neighbour....

This morning our neighbour Bill Cooper photographer, dropped a beautiful surprise into our letterbox.

This is Harry staring wistfully into Billy's window.  Isn't it great?!

Cereal Killers Movie

So (obviously) over Christmas I haven't stopped eating...and still haven't stopped yet!!!!

My plan is to go on a diet on the 2nd of January.

A friend of mine sent me a link to a film which I have just finished watching.  I'd thoroughly reccomend it.  It is an hour long, but it is the best hour you can spend.  When you see what sugars do to your body it will change your way of thinking...

Watch Cereal Killers Movie from this link

Let me know what you think!  I will keep you updated how my NEW diet goes from 2nd of Jan.

Yankee Candle, Blanchardstown

I cycled over to the Blanchardstown Towncentre today.  So nice to get off the couch and out on the bike!

As my Christmas Cookie yankee candle had just burned out I decided I would treat myself to a new one.

40% off all Christmas candles!

I bought a giftset of three, normally €24 but reduced to €15

I do like Yankee :-)  This is my current collection.  

On the left is Vanilla Lime which is my absolutely favourite - reminds me of Key West (lime pie!!!)