Well, I'm back in the land of the living...ish!
So sorry to have neglected you lovely ladies, though it does look as if you have been very good in my absence.
Dinny - sorry you've not had an email yet, been abit out of action but am back in saddle now so will email shortly.
Cadders - admirable that you didn't have even one little QS! Well done you. How right you are about the smell. I always find that the killer if I'm trying to eat a sensible meal while DDs are tucking into sauage and chips or some other delicacy.
LOL at your carrot sticks and oatcakes! It'll be plain rice cakes and bowl fulls of fresh air next.
I like a glass of wine or three on a Fri (and Sat) night, too, though havn't been partaking at all while being ill - when I can't stand the thought of a glass of wine, that's when I know I'm sick. Been trying to mix it with soda or alternate with glass of water to reduce intake (and hangover!)
Sugar - I haven't forgotten about sending you an email (in fact had nearly finished one to you on Tuesday night when accidentally closed and lost email - probably just as well since was largely drug induced!). Wolfgirl has added you to the spreadsheet and I will update your figures along with everyone elses this week.
How did you get on last night at friends. I reckon, if you have managed to be good all week then you deserve to go for it at the posh restaurant! We're not going to be able to be good all the time, life just doesn't happen that way. The idea behind this diet is (I think) that it shows us that if we are sensible we can lose weight and while we know that being naughty now and then (even if it is for 3 nights in a row) probably isn't going to do our waistband much good, we also aren't trying to kid ourselves that we can exist on a lettuce leaf and one of Cadelaide's carrot sticks. We all need a treat/comfort food occasionally otherwise we'd go mad but we know that we can be good for the other 4 or 5 or 6 days a week. Enjoy the restaurant. We will all be waiting (with drooling faces) to quiz you on it!
KPT - Hope you are still doing well. Have you hung that party dress up somewhere you can see it for a bit of motivation? We know you can do it. We want to see photos of you from your parties looking stunning. My problem with wine is that I start getting munchies after one glass so it's not just the alcohol but the nibbles that go with it. If, like me, you can't resist the nibbles, make sure you have some nice fruit like strawbs ready in the fridge to munch on. They go really nice with wine or champagne if you are that way inclined.
Peachy - Sounds like you needed a bit of cadresistance for those chocs, lady! Big slap on wrists. But you're going to make up for it by being good over the weekend, aren't you?!
Can you please send me a copy of your certificate, please sweetie so I can forward to this week's leading lady? Thanks very much.
Hope everyone else is going well this week - NBL, Fruity, IzzyWizzy, NAB, DMM, Christie et al...
So...after being vitually convinced that I had lost at least half a stone whilst being ill and eating next to nothing (if you don't count the odd packet of crisps and chips which were of course medicinal and nibbling on DDs meals), when I weighed myself on Wed morning (couldn't do it on Tues) I had lost...drum roll, please...one pound!!! I've been losing 1 or 2 lbs each week for the last few weeks now so, just goes to show that starving yourself is not the way to go but proper portions of healthy food, no nibbling and a bit of exercise does work and is a lot more fun!