Off to Adelaide ....

More salad plate lunches...

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I was excited to get my WW order in the mail.  A beautiful recipe book; a journal to record my efforts (It is all recorded on the app but if feels good to write out what I’m eating and how I’m feeling); an eating out guide, listing popular restaurants and foods you may buy while out and about; a Shop guide which lists thousands of products and their smart points and two packets of WW Choc hazelnut bites which are 1 sp each. They are very yummy!

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For dinner Wednesday night, we had chicken schnitzel, potato and parsnip mash and I roasted all of these veggies.  Zero points for these! 

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 I split two chicken breasts (500gms) into 4 thinner pieces then coated in flour then egg then panko crumbs.  I didn’t have parmesan or fresh chives which was meant to go in the crumbs also.  Then I cooked two at a time in 1 teaspoon of olive oil, crisping up the first side the most then flipping them for another two minutes. I then transferred them to a baking tray to finish cooking in the oven.   They were delicious and tender.  It just goes to show that they don’t neec to be dripping in oil!

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Thursday lunch, the other two schnitzels were chopped up and used in our Mountain bread wraps. Yummo!

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We got away late to Adelaide and arrived at 8.30pm...Gus is going to the Adelaide 500 motor racing and there is a Bridal expo on so us girls will go and have a squizzy there.

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Beautiful sunset as we came through the hills....

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Kirby’s fiancé Nate, had dinner ready. Scrummy, healthy balsamic, mustard pork fillet, expertly cooked with cous cous, asparagus, brocollini and sweet potato chips. So good!

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I did have a few wines so blew my points for the day but I’ve been very good all week.  No alcohol Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and only 1 glass of pinot noir on Wednesday.  

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Two boiled eggs (0), 1 slice light rye toast (3) and dairy spread (2)...

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One thing I love about the city is that you can always get an appointment pretty much straight away.   I hopped online at 8am and booked a physiotherapy appointment for 10am.  If I rang one that comes to our town (no resident physio), they are usually booked out a month in advance.  Mount Gambier, I’d probably be looking at 1-2 weeks.

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I’ve been having trouble with my neck and muscle spasms which feel like a red hot poker digging into my neck and shoulder and it’s become worse as the week has gone by.

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So I went to Balance Physio, on The Parade and saw a nice girl, Prue.  She worked on my neck muscles with intense massage and a heat cream.  She found my sore spot!

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(Web pic) 

 I then had some dry needling (acupuncture) down the right side of my neck and shoulder, about 6 needles, I think.  After that, she strapped my neck and shoulder with tape.  She also gave me a 12 hour heat pad to use when we travel home.  Prue believes my neck pain is a combination of every day stress, ‘mouse hand’ - clenching the computer mouse which radiates up my arm, screen use and general degeneration due to age and probable arthritis in my neck.  I do know that when we go on holidays, the strain goes away...

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So, I’m taking it easy this afternoon, watching a bit of tv.

Cheers - Joolz xx