Hi everyone!
As far as raw vegetables go, I usually have a salad every day. I like raw carrots too. I like vegetables cooked al dente or steamed, so I suppose that's healthier than boiling them to death. Anne - your dip sounds lovely, I might try that.

We had a lovely evening for Mum's birthday, we all enjoyed ourselves and the hotel made a big fuss of the birthday girl. The food was yummy, but I was able to choose fairly healthy options. My starter was Grilled Haloumi with roasted asparagus & salad leaves - gave some of the Haloumi to my son, cos his starter was miniscule, and it meant I didn't eat it all! Then I had citrus sorbet and my main course was seared Sea Bass with tiger prawns in a lime & mango dressing, this was served with vegetables and was absolutely delicious! Of course I had a pudding too - after all I was working on the 80/20 rule! - chocolate & hazelnut terrine, which was out of this world. You'll be relieved that I didn't have cream with it! By the way my athletic B had spotted dick with custard! Must confess there were choccies with coffee, only had one though! Oh - and the cake was lovely, very rich couldn't eat all my slice and gave the icing to GS. Also had 2 glasses white wine and a glass of bubbly - so that wasn't too bad either.

I wore my lovely navy silk Coast wrap dress - and did feel slim!

I'm eating out again tonight!!!! Lady Lions this time! it is really unusual for me to eat out, let alone twice in the same week, unless on holiday of course.

Hope you all have a good day whatever you are doing.