It’s been a while since I last blogged, how naughty of me.

As I mentioned in my last post I did count my calories obsessively for about a week just to get an idea of what I was eating and making sure nothing had slipped – I checked the packages of everything, even the things I thought for sure I knew and I weighed everything also.

I am pleased to say there were no major surprises. The crab sticks that I thought were 12 calories each are actually 18 calories each but other than that everything was about what I had been counting it as – phew.

I now have a book containing all the ‘common’ calories in the foods I eat regularly so as long as I keep my portion sizes in control I am good to go