A cake in each hand does NOT count as a balanced diet! Join the SHINEY healthy eating thread for weight loss sucess (& idle chit chat about DTs bum)!

[NormaSknockers]

Welcome one & all to our 24th healthy eating thread!

If you want to loose or maintain weight or you just want a healthier diet you've come to the right thread! Shiney is our illustrious leader & can tell you 101 things to do with a QF!

We're a friendly bunch so come & join in but hold on to your knickers as we move fast - just dive in we don't bite but we do like to chat about David Tennants bum

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you are funny Mitts.

Sorry to hear you are having a rough time of it, BoF. Who'd have thought that the angel in your profile pic could cause so much distress

I have bitten the bullet and gone back onto Atkins. My breath smells; I am fucking starving and I feel dizzy but I am sure to be losing vital organs weight

DIB, does atkins always work for you?
I could eat cheese and steak all day, but last time I tried it I didn't lose anything.

Hows DD, BOF?

TMW, you have been a crazeee badger tonight, am loving that phrase, we normally say box of frogs, but badgers are far cooler.

Custy has lost LOADS of weight on Atkins, if you see her around ask her, she knows loads about it.

Evening all,

Sorry I disappeared, DD had swimming then DH treated us to Pizza Hut where I definately didn't stuff myself or help DD with her ice-cream factory dessert a salad

BOF sorry to hear about DD How is she now?

Personally I don't believe that Atkins is healthy or indeed safe, but I haven't researched it that much (because I couldn't live without pasta and potatoes).

Gnocchi for dinner - the recipe is not very diet-y but I didn't eat much all day. Do you want to know the recipe anyway?

BoF - has dd calmed down now and are you ok. I used to find the best advice was to find a quiet corner and cry if i needed a relase of emotion after meltdowns like that. its horrid. I hope you can unpick what the problem was. Have they had a supply teacher at school. that still throws ds, although life with that devil child seems to be less often now he has started school. I wish i had wise words for you after you wise words when i have needed it but i have none.

Trill: do you remember the lady who died from the soup diet because she wasnt eating any carbohydrates and it lead to organ failure. Atkins can result in a similar situation as the body cant process fat and protein in the same way as carbohydrates and the body will start breaking down muscles and there is a build up of toxic by products which can lead to organ failure. short sharpe bursts can be ok but not advisable as it doesnt take long for ketoacidosis to kick in and from there is can be rapid descent into problems depending on the individual.

DIB are you feeling better then the other night?

parents evening was lovely. it is so nice to hear about the angel child after dealing with the devil child of the last 4 1/2years. Ds is loving school and it on the whole suits him. Although he apparently nearly mad his teacher cry because he told her he was rubbish at reading. He is top of the class. So they have given him easier books to help build his confidence. And are hoping when they start the small group work he will start to build his confidence up when he realises how good he is compared to his fellow class mate. It is so nice to have positive things being said for a chance. Am proud of the boy. He has been trying really hard since the devil child day on sunday. So happy about the return to sleep meds. So it Ds.

Trills I couldn't live without carbs - I just couldn't do it! My auntie tried the Atkins (along with several other diets) for years, she finally found something that worked for her.....Divorce Can't say I'd go that far to loose weight

Right I'm off to bed! Nighty night all

Night norma!

evening shiney. hows it going? are you feeling any better about the childcare?

going to follow the tumble weed to bed. need to be up super early tomo so am giving up. Night all.

I should go to bed soon too, have to get up early and do lots of work tomorrow before the meeting. Grr.

Night all

Atkins works well for me because I tend to binge on carbs. I stick to lots of fresh meat and veg with no starchy or refined foods and the two times I have been on before my weight, skin and hair improved dramatically.

Tis a sad fact that whilst I adore carbs, they don't feel the same way about me

at Einstein's fabulous reports

Feeling much better thanks DEM.

It was decidedly odd - I had a swollen, tender tummy, swollen boobs and felt vv nauseous. I was terrified that I might be pg, but a test last week (and AF yesterday) proved otherwise. I've barely had a proper period since getting pg with dd (over two years ago) so had forgotten the symptoms

I have been trying to create a wedding album on photobox for the past three days and have completed less than a quarter of the day . It is hard.

Every now and again I do rather wish I was even a tiny bit artistic.

G'night ladies

Morning all!

Got to get DD ready for nursery then driving lesson straight after, really can't be arsed today!

Haven't dare weigh in yet, will weigh in shortly when I've plucked up the courage!

DIB it's great when you find something that works for you, I thought about Atkins but I know after 2 days I'll be screaming for carbs

DEM, well done your boy! That is lovely that he is doing so well.

DIB, see this is my fatal flaw. I think atkins and I automatically think "Cheese and steak", perhaps I should low carb it and do lean meat and green vegetables, far healthier.
Can you still have wine?

Would love that gnocchi recipe Trills (for before I start low carbing it, obv ), love gnocchi.

Hope everyone is well, DS1 has woken up all refreshed and full of beans. He slept from 5pm last night to 6.30am and seems fine. He desperately wants to go to school, so am going to send him.