Like many other people I started my 2020 with pure excitement and enthusiasm to eat better and be healthier!

First food shop of the new decade, an easy online shop (obviously actually leaving my house and walking to the shops was too much effort seen as I was about to start my health journey via food and Not exercise 🙈) going in feeling strong and impassioned…..whacking all the veg and salad into that little basket, rainbow colours, organic, tropical and package free!

Soon realising that I have to wait until tomorrow for the healthy food to arrive, i figured it would be cost effective and environmentally friendly to eat the Christmas leftovers….. well, what can I say…… Little Miss LP had a previously home cooked frozen Shepard’s pie and some veg, leaving nothing for myself and Mr P, apart from the dreaded Christmas leftovers, a feast of crackers, cheese, crisps and chocolate, sooo much Chocolate!! Mountains of it, white, Milk, Dark, Nuts…. every variety imaginable, even some old Easter eggs lurking about 🤷‍♀️ At least if I eat it all now then I could really start my health journey with no temptation I thought to myself! But no, behind every cupboard door is more chocolate, every nook and cranny in the fridge is another tiny celebration left over from Christmas, there is enough to feed a bus load of hormonal women for a year…….my New Years resolution is hanging in the balance.

New day, new woman! Food shopping delivered, my kitchen island could be a Marks and Sparks advert, Bloody brilliant! Getting Little Miss LP involved with the cooking is giving me even more motivation and reason to be healthy….. watching mummy, slicing, dicing, helping to stir and season. Together we made soups, cottage pie, salads, fish cakes the lot! Portioned off for the week to make sure we stay on track, Meals filled with all the goodness to make your soul dance, Feeling like nigella, I am winning!!

Then The fridge calls me from the other side of the kitchen, stacks of chocolate waiting to be eaten….. and my willpower disappears as fast as a glass of Prosecco on a Friday night! I now frequently find my self hiding behind the fridge door so Little Miss LP doesn’t witness my bad habits…… chocolate covered fingers and pockets full of wrappers. There’s just no helping me.

I have come to the realisation that for me there just isn’t a bad time to have chocolate, after dinner, in bed, even a little sugary boost before breakfast, I always fancy something sweet. 70% dark by hotel chocolate being my current fave! So my conclusion is as long as I can keep up my healthy eating and motivation to make better meals for me and my little family then I will continue to indulge in the chocolatey goodness that lives in the fridge 😋 What is your guilty pleasure that you just can’t live without?

Mrs LP x