The Big Fat List and the Days of Doom (TM)

[BlooferLady]

You lot! Over 'ere! Sorry for taking liberties with the previous thread: I am no good with suspense, and it was like looking at a gigantic throbbing pustulating boil and not being able to squeeze it

Well if it's going to help me lose weight here we go: Today's food:

Breakfast: Muesli (2xHEB), pouring yogurt (4 syns annoyingly)
Lunch: pasta with roast veg and tinned tuna
Snack: frozen yogurt with fresh raspberries & strawberries and (ahem) chocolate buttons. (many syns)
Snack: 2x Oreos (5 syns)
Dinner: risotto with veg and parmesan (HEA)
Dessert: strawberries

The frozen yogurt ambushed me. It was a self service place where you choose your flavour and add toppings. It was 0% fat . I have had a bitch of a day and was starting to dream of pizza. But I am resisting that after the frozen yog. I cannot break that badly on my second day.

Your food day sounds lovely muser and more power to you for ignoring the pizza! Any chance you can fool your tasted tomorrow with a homemade pan-baked, brown flour, heavy on the tomatoes number?

Tasted = tastebuds

Oh god had such a busy day and missed so much.

I can say hand on heart that I've been 100% honest and posted what I've been shoving in my mouth. Other than the glass ( or 3) of fizz that's in my hand now. Bloody lovely of mum to bring it over so couldn't say no! Bloof you r Dod meal sounds lush!

Took DD swimming today. It was so fun and lovely to see her enjoying a new activity. Did pilates too so had am active day. Will either swim or gym tomorrow. I'm shattered now!! And craving sweet food tonight...

Morning all.
Managed to avoid choc etc yesterday but did have two glasses of champs. Oh well, was a lovely treat.

Exercise: gym /swim
b: eggs of some sort
l: jacket pot and beans
d: steak, sw Chips and veg

oops wailing baby, I'll be back...

Morning Cheesy! Well done on the choc resistance! The champers sounds lovely. I favour a martini treat. Makes me feel human some'ow..

RIGHT. I feel yesterday was unsatisfactory. My portions were a bit too big and I snacked on things. Even though I counted all the syns I still felt a bit out of control (it was retrospective counting!). Hope for a more controlled day today.

B - yogurt, fruit, cereal (HEB)
L - Baked salmon, roast veg cous cous, oranges, coffee
D - spanish omelette, green salad, fruit salad.

And I am going to eat a bar of fruit and nut Dairy Milk tonight as a reward for reaching 5,000 words (12 syns)

hi everyone, bloof You're inspiring me with your cous cous meals and I really must pick some up. I used to buy it in Oxfam as they had this delicious Palestinian big, hard, brown (oooer missus!) grained stuff - so much tastier but that was in Belgium and I'm not going across the border just for cous cous!

I had rather a nice day yesterday. My work is doing a "global health challenge" thing and I signed up about a month ago hoping it would motivate me (plus they were giving out free pedometers ) - anyway, got an email yesterday saying I was randomly selected for a $100 bonus! OK, it won't be changing our lives drastically and I've had to put the yacht on hold - but - whaddya reckon? New gym clothes?

I'm still on liquidy type stuff so have had greek yog, honey, raspberries & blueberries just now and am stuffed.to.the.gills.

I have asked my boyfriend to buy me mascarpone so I can smear it over strawberries tonight. He will not in a million years know what this means and I full expect to return home to find "cheese in a can". :(

An unrepentant hello from work. My companies HR haven't bothered to sort my new contract out yet so I'm rebelling by arsing about on the internet and sloping off at lunchtime to start an epic trip back to UK. DH booked it and it involves a very long stop in Amsterdam. He doesn't factor travelling with kid in very well to travel plans, the utter plank!

ducky and any others, do get along to the dentist and set good examples for your kids . Is it still really hard to find NHS dentists though? If you are really phobic, mention it and you should have some more care taken with you (if it is a nice dentist, if they won't then try another one).

stinky utter sympathies for the clothes shitness. The rational part of you knows that sizing is a total crapshoot depending on which factory made it and no reflection of reality but still you're left with an outfit still to find and feeling glum. Hope you found something stunning instead.

Alps I know those bridges! I -find- found! (keep forgetting I've moved) driving in NL utterly poo; nearly always 100 limits or a massive traffic jam so joyless. The quirky way of reporting jams by length only and not by whether they are static or moving I also found weird. I think Roomie doesn't have to pay again and it covers until she hits her target weight but today, after just under 2 weeks on this "diet" (starvation plan) she has lost over 4kg... I'm jealous of the loss but not the methods. Woo to free bonus cash too! New gym kit is OK but I would probably splash on a treat- babysitter and night out with fella or something like that.

OnlyAPhase Glad the garden and teeth are getting sorted. Do you stick dangling CDs around your veg patch to keep the birds off? No idea if that works but my parents do it religiously. Mostly all those free DVD from the newspapers.

Mandalee Good idea for the writing down food. I will try that this week and see how it goes. .

Muser ...So long as the chocolate buttons were Dairy Milks and not some vile immitations. If you're going to slip off the wagon, at least make it for something worth the while. But oreos? I find those really too sugary so can resist (but not bourbons sadly).

Bloof Glad the opus magnus is under way. Your food lists are also making me very hungry. DOD particularly but even the normal days.

Cheese How long is your mum staying for? I could only manage a week with mine before it was too much and I wanted my space back. I'm really in awe of how much activity you're doing with a 12-weeker- it took longer than that before I felt all my pelvic bits were in any way roughly back to the right places.

Alps and any other horsey gels. One of the really senior women at my work is back now after her first kid. She had a c-sec and got back on a horse at 4 weeks after birth... the utter nutter. She is also back to skinny wretch size already (6 months later)

I was back on at 6 weeks post c-section and it did hurt... but not as badly as I thought it would. Most painful bit, and I still need to keep an eye on this, is when dismounting and banging the scar against the knee rolls. I am not a skinny wretch though - although I may have eaten one.

I would like Bloofer's food today and also some mascarpone Pony. Mmmm. Sounds good.

On the pizza, I could attempt to make something healthy, but it wouldn't be what I wanted. I need to stop treating a bad day with food. Pizza doesn't make the baby stop crying or go to sleep. And it doesn't really make me feel better about the crying. It's a rubbish "treat".

Food today:

Breakfast: muesli and pouring yogurt + fresh strawberries
Lunch: the rest of the pasta with roast veg & tuna
Dinner: TBC. Is blokey's turn to cook.

I am also hoping to get out for a walk at some point. But I have to sit in and wait for bloody useless DHL to come and pick up my broken Kindle. "Anytime between 9-5pm madam. No we can't be more precise than that."

Tossers.

I have the same problem Muser, I eat when I am having a bad day, I eat when I am worried, I eat when I am bored etc etc etc

I did a lot of "eating" during therapy - for me it's always been about over-eating when things are going shit. I "eat my feelings" - when actually what I need to do is talk/cry or call someone a cock. I'm better at it than I was - but I know exactly where muser is coming from, it's a "cheap pick-me-up" - but as she says, it won't make the baby stop crying and it won't get you a promotion and it won't change your family. :(

Never looked at it that way Alpine but definitely reckon I do the same thing, I am not very good at expressing my feelings or my wants/needs.

Pony d'you need me to post you some emergency cous-cous rations?!

Incidentally I am very up for recipe sharing activities to keep me us all motivated - if anyone has anything syn-free/healthy to post please do! In that spirit, this is the salmon and couscous thing, which we have quite a lot (including when there are guests) - it is FREE on an EE Day.

Roast red onion, aubergine and cherry tomatoes (or whatever you want) in frylight, and whatever seasonings you like (I used dried chilli flakes and dried thyme). After 20 minutes sit salmon fillets on top, seasoned with salt & pepper. Cook until the salmon is done. Meanwhile cook your cous-cous. When the salmon is cooked, lift it off the veg onto a warm plate, and tumble the cous-cous and chopped fresh herbs into the tray of roasted veg and mungle it all up until the grains are coated with the veg and their juices. Plonk the salmon back on top of the cous-cous and inhale greedily serve with lemon all on it. Is bloody lovely. Btw I don't habitually eat such massive meals at lunchtime but the OM will be on a night shift, which mucks things round rather....

Am totally with y'all on the emotional eating thing. Food is the answer to everything, far as I'm concerned, for me and all my friends (ie, if someone is going through upset/celebration/tiredness/illness, there is a cake for every occasion).

It's hard to know how to lose weight and address eating habits without losing essential parts of yourself IYSWIM. I want to still be me - including the 'me' that turns up with red velvet cakes when the going gets rough - but not suffer for it. Ho hum.

My therapist explained as in it really is a physical "keeping it inside of you", you are literally "swallowing" your feelings. E.g., for me, a tub of ben & jerry's usually means I feel put upon, or someone's made me feel insignificant - although I'm yet to ascertain which flavour goes with which insult! I'll eat pizza if I'm "angry" with myself, because of the band it won't stay down, so I'll throw up maybe 10 times over the course of an hour, but still keep trying to eat it - and of course what I'm doing is punishing myself physically (as good as drawing a knife down my arm) for something which someone else has done or said to make me feel bad about myself.

So there ya go girls! "Thinnies" are either cold-hearted beeyatches who don't give a damn what anyone else thinks about them - or they're abusing themselves in a non-calorific way. :( Although I'm guessing a few are just well emotionally balanced. The caaaaaaaahs!

c4ro I see where you're coming from completely. We're going to Wales next month, but it's a straight drive to Dunkirk, on the ferry and then driving onwards. If I had to hang around an airport I think after about 45 minutes I'd stand on my chair and scream "I'VE GOT A BOMB!". Anything for a nice quiet room, quiet coffee and quiet ciggie!

Right, I need a volunteer for next week's List of Doom please as I won't be around.

I'm off to a Scottish island for a few days of peace and not cooking my own meals (such a treat these days!) and there will be No Internet. In fact I don't think there is even a phone there, let alone mobile coverage. There will instead be a great deal of fresh air, white sanded beaches, dramatic scenery and possibly some otters.

I'll do it as penance for the huge Chinese I've just hoffed. Have a lovely hol, sounds awesome.

Off to a not child friendly wedding 2mw. Cannot be arsed!

Can I come to Only? Sounds amazing.

So, today's meals were as planned, with dinner being steak and roast veg (bloody measly steak too). HOWEVER I met up with some fellow mums for a walk and an afternoon coffee. Except we are Bad Mothers and afternoon coffee became an afternoon glass of wine. Large glass of wine. And I ended up ordering a dessert as well as I was starving. But I have synned everything today, in the spirit of honesty. I figure I'm on about 35 or something.

I will be better tomorrow. Oh yes.

Oh Only that sounds incredible . The Highlands & Islands are my favourite place on earth. I'd quite like my ashes scattered on Iona but that would be rather a trial for the OM at what I hope would already be a rather trying time. Have a very lovely and well-deserved rest, chica.

Thanks for listing Cheesy! You = star. I don't think I'll be volunteering for anything for another month, I'm afraid. I had a supervision today and had the genuine thrilled of seeing my supervisor turn visibly pale when he realised how soon my deadline is

your afternoon sounds The Lushness, Muse, and should I ever be a mother I shall model my days on yours...

I have eaten as planned today, except I decided not to have the choc bar at 12 syns and instead have a martini at 5, as I have had no exercise. This has nothing to do with my grim determination to be nearer the top of the Big Fat List next Day of Doom (tm)

I have planned tomorrow's food, and shall write out here in case I forget by the morning and go and buy the ingredients for roast goose followed by lemon meringue pie. This is not, actually, all that unlikely, sadly....

Extra Easy Day:

B - apple stewed with honey (HEB plus 2 syns)
L - chicken noodle stir-fry, fruit salad
D - courgette and bean stew with feta (HEA), followed by a martini probably (5 syns)

I am now going to try reading The Scariest Book of All Fucking Time. No joking, I lie reading it looking over my shoulder scared out my wits there might be a demonic monk locked in the wardrobe committing acts of cannibalism or something

I have had about 5 hours' sleep!

The OM came in off a night shift all wired and full of anecdote, then proceeded to lie on my side of the bed refusing to move in case we disturbed the puss, and snored like a tractor . Still, it means I'm up bright & early to study I 'spose

Now then, look, some advice pliz thanx. I am coming up to my period, which is usually preceded by a good 10 days of PMT and corresponding bloatage. Has anyone ever discovered a means of preventing water retention? Do diuretics work? And if they do, are they really unhealthy and best avoided? Only I can't face 2 consecutive weeks of no loss, or even gain, which is by no means unlikely....

And happy weekend you 'orrible lot! What y'all got planned? Spill your exciting trips out that I may live vicariously through you

onlyaphase Tell us where you're going - we're Scottish island mad here.

bloof I am amazed ! JB got in off his night shift at just after 5 and didn't wake me up! Normally he regales me with "fascinating" anecdotes. As a reward I will allow him to sleep.

Yes, diuretics are bad to the bone. But I see where you're coming from. :( I have been known to limit my liquid intake the day before a weigh-in.

No bank holiday here - ours will be thursday. I'm trying to get organised (i.e., dressed) and am taking the baby in to town where he will get his first haircut - either that or he'll scream furiously and I'll come home and give him a number 2 with the bikini clippers. This afternoon I'm going riding with a couple of friends and tomorrow morning gym. Tomorrow afternoon more riding hopefully whilst he watches F1.

Morning all. Waves at bloofer glad someone else has been awake since stupid o'clock!

I can tell you this (due to my RL job) diuretics don't work for PMT based bloating unfortunately. Plus it's not worth the side effects!you can exercise more, drink plenty of water and cut bk on salt. Rubbish innit? I wouldn't worry. The combination of Chinese takeaway and fizz means I'll gain this week.

Off to a wedding today with our baby. Invite specifically said no children but she's too little to leave. The invite also said if babies cry remove them from the church immediately. So I'll be running out with every squeak. Got my bootiful bright pink 4inch heels out. Oh how I love high heels and it'll be the first time I've worn them since got preggers.irrational excitement I know.
Still hoping today will be fun. Oh, and to add insult to injury, just found out dh has booked us into the travelodge on the edge of an A road. Where did naughty weekends in 5star hotels go. I'm a massive hotel snob, I can't help it. I don't do less than 4 star dahling!!!

Have a lovely Saturday one and all!

Lucky bint . He'd had to throw someone off a bus and was consequently both wired and annoyed .

Ooo I hadn't though of limiting liquid intake - and I suspect that I ought not to go down that road. Apart from anything else, to the Bloofer bowels, that's a sure-fire way to not poo for a week. Hmph. I might get some nice friendly herbal water pills that probably won't actually do anything. I NEARLY ordered some of that Capsiplex stuff the other day. the things I will nearly do to be top of the list. How's the band Pony? Are you managing to eat enough to feel well and bonny?

I look forward to anecdotes about the haircut