Chocolate has got to me the number one gift on Valentine’s day. I’m sure flowers come a close second, but who hasn’t bought a big box of chocolates for a loved one, with a quiet hope they might get shared out? Yep, guilty. Chris and I are both chocoholics, although I’m probably the worst. No Dairy Milk is safe in the house if I know it’s there.
I’m trying to be good at the moment - it’s my birthday in March and I’ve still got 10 pounds to lose. I’ve been searching for the easiest (i.e non-depriving) way to lose weight. Low carb, 5:2, calorie counting. But really I know that I’ve just got to reigning in the gorging and getting my butt off the sofa. The problem is, I get really grumpy if I can’t eat the odd bit of naughty stuff. I don’t mind being good - especially during the week, so long as I’ve regulary got something to look forward to. Like a treat day a week. Not one treat a week. I want a whole day. So the weight loss is going a little slow at the moment. The exercise situation is improving though. I’ve had a gruelling PT session this week, an early morning power walk and we went out for a family badminton session yesterday. Doing something fun with the whole family definitely helps to make it feel like treat rather than torture.
Chris and I have agreed not to buy each other chocolates for Valentines. A card maybe, or a homemade gift??, and a nice meal that we’ll cook together once the kids are in bed. But no big boxes of chocolates to completely derail us. Especially considering pancake day, Chinese new year and my mum’s birthday all fall in the same week. Maybe I should just sign myself up for one of those bootcamp retreats for the whole week and avoid temptation altogether! Will we be making these Nutella and Strawberry French Toast Hearts on Valentines day? Well considering I’ve already made them once, and we all jumped on them forks-in-hand once I’d photographed, then maybe not. But I’m not ruling them out completely. ????❤️????
The Valentines Nutella French Toast Hearts Recipe:
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