A New Diet for the SINKS Mummy

Rules for the new diet:

1. No cheese or other dairy food unless it's extremely low fat
2. No chocolate (ouch)
3. No tea because it tastes funny
4. No fried food
5. No sausages
6. Basically, no fat

You might think that I am on this diet to lose weight. At 45 kg (that's around 100 pounds for US readers) I don't think that's the problem. I've actually lost about 3.5 kg in the past 6 weeks. I really did eat too much Brie that time (see Here We Go Again - a previous post). The problem is that if I eat any of the above I get a terrible pain and need painkillers. I've had heaps of tests and will see a specialist on Sep 15. To minimise the need for codeine I've adopted the above diet.

The hardest is the chocolate! Every time we get chocolate I've been removing my share and stashing it in the fridge for when doctors finally work out the problem and fix it. Be warned Q family, I know exactly how much is there!

The stash was considerably added to this week. Our local city's Exhibition was this week and Hubby's work friend helped out by purchasing some chocolate sample bags for us. I haven't been to the Exhibition since I was about 16. Walking around a crowded showground in freezing cold August wind, trying to keep track of 4 children and spending a huge amount of money doesn't appeal to me. Some years ago Hubby asked another work friend if he was taking his 4 children to the "Ekka". Steve mentioned that he could open his wallet and empty it's contents into the W.C. and push the button. He said if he was to go to the Ekka he would be just as broke afterwards but with considerably more stress.

I was interested in the various bits and pieces that accompanied the chocolate in the show bags. One item was a small keychain light with some rather interesting "Engrish" on the packaging to enlighten us as to its features:

1) Adopt to exceed high LED. Lamplight divides into: white, blue, green, bonus, yellow, orange, and purple colour examine currency. (Could someone please explain the colour "bonus"?)
2) Choose high capacity to deduct type battery. (Er, perhaps to extinguish battery?)
3) Taste housing LOGO. Can print, it is to promote sell, the best option of advertising gift. (The funny thing is, the device had absolutely no printing and no LOGO on it. And I'd rather be able to taste the chocolate than the housing LOGO - could be slightly metallic flavoured.)

Roll on Sep 15.