General Chat

Great Jude.

No it doesn't bother me what people eat and I never was a great drinker. I was always the nominated driver. Used to go mad and have a shandy when I got home, so no alcohol when out is normal for me.

Never been a big snacker of chocolate or crisps etc. and cakes and pudds were special occasions only.

This is why it was so frustrating with the weight I slowly put on over the years.

Was out to a Thai New Year do on Sunday wished the chicken I ate had been spiced a little as I ate a chicken salad. Last night out for meal and saw a Rod Stewart tribute who put on a really good show, ate some lovely lamb and pork with guess what - salad. Luckily I really like salad and it tastes great here.

Am out tonight for a meal with friends think it'll be a grilled fish and it's curry and quiz night Wednesday.

Thursday I'm catering here so I think I'll have an omelette, usually tomatoes and mushrooms with a small amount of grated cheese (strong mature cheddar).

Did the washing this morning - loved putting out the size 10 clothes. :-D

Keep going Jude once you start needing smaller clothes you'll feel you're getting somewhere. :-) <3

Morning...still the same as yesterday,but thats ok.
Steak and salad this evening :-) :-)

Pat...size 10 wow, well done you, l don't want to get to that anymore, but a 12/14 would be great :-) :-)

On the subject of watching others eat yummies etc....l'm sort of ok with it but vic will bring in doughnuts/cakes sometimes and that is tempting and blinky annoying, wish he would'nt do it!!!!

You do eat well, love omelettes, might do one later or tomorrow.

jude

I must admit Jude you have inspired me to also have a go with the same diet. I find it heartening that I can actually have an extra piece of potato and it doesn't matter.

We have our own hens so that is useful :-)

K....yeh good on you:)

l love spuds and eggs and B-beans, also salad. Any meat is ok too as long as there is no fat on it and only use Fry Spray....my fall down is the glass of vino...:((

Keep us updated on how you get on :-)
Are these some of your hens in your avatar?? would love a few too but not allowed where we live now :-| :-(


jude

Yes - That is Dorcas and Rye. We also have two commercial breed hens and one cross bred. They follow me everywhere and have an armed truce with our cat.

I bought myself a low cal spray and have used it when poaching eggs. I very rarely drink so that is good. My downfall is chocolate :-( however I find giving it up easier than just reducing it :-)

Morning:)

Lost 1/2 lb......better than nought l say :-) :-)

Just received in the post a SW 2013/14 Starter pack, l bought it from e--y. It has all the info l need :-) :-)

K....Dorcas & Rye....love the names. They sound lovely :-) :-)
One of the cashiers at supermarket in town has chickens, she has often told me about the noisy cockerel and the upset neighbours :-|

jude

Yehhh another lb gone:))))


jude :-)

And 5lbs in my first week! Out for a meal tonight and hopefully will have fish and veg

Yahooo well done K.....keep up the good work ;-) ;-)

another 1 lb for me this morning ;-) ;-)

and l had a glass of wine yesterday with w/spoons chick strips and salad....but was very good for rest of day. ate loads of strawberries with a little bit of sugar too.

Now today is the problem...we have roasted belly pork, l wont add any fat, but will have to add some to the spuds and parsnips, maybe l can keep mine separate :-(

Have a good day everyone :-)

jude

Oops 1lb on this morning....that was the roast pork and spuds!!

Probably :-) I am trying to stick to only weighing once a week then all the ups and downs even themselves out!

Thats probably a good idea......but can l leave it for a week...ooo dunna :-| :-0

jude

:-|

Not going to tell you...he he he....lol ;-)

Sorry to be a pain but l am back :-) :-) :-)

Been abit of a struggle to lose weight this past week, now weigh 11st 6lbs...from 12 stone in a month, so l'm ok about that. Need to get to grips with a few aspects of the diet and get Vic trained not to add butter and milk to things.
l won't give up thats for sure :-)

jude

Sounds good Jude. I lost 2 pounds last week, but OH not too good at the moment so trying some things to tempt him which may also tempt me sadly!!!

Kay

Thats good too K, having someone thats poorly is an extra worry, especially when you are trying to encourage them to eat, so concentrating on dieting is'nt easy....keep up with what ever it is you are doing as you have still lost 2lbs :-) :-)

The other day l made aload of pasta, added a tin of tuna, onion, tin chopped toms and garlic, ate some for days on the trot and froze the rest. Today l had some more and added baked beans...really nice and everything in it is FREE. l had salad with it before :-) :-)

jude :-)

Sounds a nice recipe.

To date my favourite is potato and onion cut into chunks and roasted with the spray. For the last 20 mins put in some small tomatoes, sugar snap peas, salmon fillet and the juice/zest of a lemon. Mouth watering :-) Followed by frozen raspberries with fat free vanilla yoghurt

Kay

Morning;)

K..that sounds liscious too, how long do you cook gor?

It was w/anniversary Thursday so l had the works whilst out for s meal and still 11 st 6 this am :-)...must concentrate next week on losing more :))))

jude

I cook it for over an hour, but it really variable as our Rayburn has is not always as fast as a normal cooker so I wait until the onions and pots are cooked before putting on the rest.

I managed 2 pounds this week amazingly after eating at a friends one night but he did serve baked cod. Only 8 pounds to catch you up. The hot weather helps with salad and fruit for lunch being wonderful and all the exercise from gardening

Kay

Morning:)

Its been slow have only lost 1lb since last post, weight been up and down but not more than 11st 7lbs....still keeping at it and weighing myself every morning..lol

will be trying the salmon dish today:)

jude :-)