Healthy Revolutionaries!

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Oh Okay, hardly original. :)

But describes us all. :)

Me today,

B- apple, yogurt, cashew nuts and honey
L- salmon and salad
D- honey sesame chicken legs with a greek salad.

O&DW FRs!

Oh hazel well done on your crisp avoidance.
'tis a skill.

Morning all.

Slight insomnia here so trying to get a bit of MNetting work done before the rest of the house wakes.

Well, I can report a 2 pound weight loss. :) Huzzah!

Tweaking... this week I will not have milk in my coffee. I drink between 5-7cups a day and 1/3 is milk. So black coffee all the way for me.

Oooh.... have just had a fox look through our dining room window to see why the light is on. :) I am amazed the dogs are not going crazy.

Hope you all have truly lovely days.

Ooh Amanda where are you going on holiday? I missed that post earlier. we haven’t booked a break away yet.

Well done on the loss wellies! I stepped on the scales yesterday and saw a 2lb loss but back up to 9st 8lbs this morning so that’s a 0lb loss this week. Grr. I’ve definitely got water retention though – my face is huge! And covered in spots

I have lost an inch from my waist though and my stomach is definitely less bloated.

Yesterday:
B - cornflakes, skimmed milk (a teeny sprinkling of sugar)
L - ham and egg salad (massive salad, actually)
D – breaded lemon sole with oven chips and veg
S – dry crackers, decaf tea, water, sparkling water with pink grapefruit, sparkling water with mango, 2 x lime and soda

Didn’t manage exercise but I did go to the pub and avoid alcohol!

Today:
B – pain au chocolat
L – chilli
D – lamb curry with rice and poppadums
S – I have dry crackers again so hopefully just those!

Today's tweak? Drink a bit more water.

Going to attempt some exercise when I get home tonight then I’ll be suffering another sober night in the pub. I won’t stay out long though because I can’t be arsed to. Once I've got the first weekend sober out the way, I know it'll be easier.

I’ve noticed exactly how unfit I’ve got and I hate it. DH asked if I’d ran home from the post office the other day. Er no, walked at usual speed. Just a bit out of breath Must do something about that.

Morning Ladies,

Well done Hazel on avoiding crisps, well done Wellies on two pounds weight loss. Well done Amanda on getting back into fasting (your favourite thing);

I have just weighed in and...........2lbs off!!

Phew. Sorry I haven't been posting foods for the day for awhile but have been busy. Will try harder.

Your obviously loosing though Hazel. Showing up in inches off is very very good. YAY!!

Hi Milly! Congrats on the loss. :)

I am in bed already with a cup of tea. All snuggly and warm. Mmmmm. Bliss.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

Well done milly
wellies . We have house guests for a week so I'm up later than I want to be. Ate a bit too much today. But still no chocolate, and didn't binge at the picnic.

Right...me today.
Bucket of tea
one M & S Apple Hot Cross bun generously spread with welsh salty butter
Maple and Vanilla Bean Frothy coffee
One generous piece of Morrisons Fresh Cream with Strawberry Sponge Cake
small portion of homemade Chicken and Coconut curry with yoghurt, fresh coriander leaves and chutney with a popadom

O and a lot more buckets of tea ha ha!

Being tucked up in bed and snuggly sounds lovely Wellies.
How nice, a house guest Amanda . Hope you have a fun week ahead.

I do hope you can see my little silly pictures. Im rather enjoying this new picture thingy.

I can see the picture! It is very cute. Love meerkats.

Can you share the recie of the chicken and coconut curry? It sounds delish.

enjoy the guests Amanda.

I am off to a birthday party today.. lunchtime party. Am very nervous as it is much farther than I have ever driven before. 4 hours each way. With 3 Dcs. NOT my idea of fun tbh, but needs must.

Yes milly the pictures there, and cute.

Good luck wellies I hate long drives. Hate kotorway driving tbh. But I always feel impressed with myself once I've done it (sad, I know)

Well I love my guest. But I'm suffering. The re-jig of rooms is fine for a night or two but its tough for a week as I've got dd in with me now and nowhere to escape
DH is in bed. I want to go upstairs and drop a real one of those comedy anvils on his head.
It's hard to not snack when I'm this tired. I'm going to struggle to eat properly. Luckily I have one work day next week so I can fast.

Ooh picnic amanda! That sounds yum. A week with a house guest though?! I don't envy you. How is your DD? Sorry you're still so tired xx

wellies hope today goes ok. Weirdly, I'm fine with driving long distances and on motorways but I hate being a passenger maybe that's just my DHs driving

Milly I am of the hot cross bun with butter. I want this now!

Didn't do quite as well yesterday:
B – pain au chocolat
L – chilli
D – lamb curry with rice and poppadums
S – 3 dry crackers, fruit, bag of low fat crisps. No alcohol though! Didn't manage any exercise either.

Today is the real alcohol test. As predicted, friend wants to go to pub mid-afternoon so I'm going to sit there with a bloody lime and soda whilst she and my DH drink copious amounts of beer and wine. GAH! Although DH has said he won't drink much oh look, a flying pig

I'm at work this morning with plenty to do, then home to tidy up and let the chooks roam the garden for a bit. Want to get some washing done and I do intend to get on the x-trainer for a bit. Then pub where I will say "I'm going to have the chicken salad" and I'll end up ordering the fish finger sandwich with chips Hopefully a night in tonight. Tomorrow we're visiting my mum and DMIL. Pointless trying to do anything else as weather supposed to be awful.

Enjoying not drinking though. I'm getting up earlier, feeling brighter and I'm definitely less bloated. Shame my skin is awful at the moment. I'm hoping it's the toxins releasing themselves from my body but I'm guessing it's hormonal. Boo.

DD is ok thank you.
She's just a bit wakeful. I've been using what is now a "futon" (double bed with legs removed) in DS's old room (he's in her room) so I can co sleep when the going gets tough. But now that room is unavailable. So it's just a bit harder to manage. Plus no tv of course, for fear of waking her.
Normally I love ppl to stay over but on this particular occasion, and with the length of time, it's a bit of a stress for me tbh.
Algarve for hols. DS is super excited.

So far today I have eaten two coconut macaroons and half a buttered hot cross bun.
Plus two v strong coffees.
Need more coffe but am scared of the palpitations.

Been to go yet?

If you a ttc it's probably a good idea to have a chat about the severe pain you seem to get with ovulation. Might be nothing (you're not used to ovulating as youve been on the pill) but its always useful to check

over your holiday. Sounds wonderful!

Hugs for now though, sounds a bit stressful. Is your guest helping with your DCs during the day?

You know where we are if you need to vent

I've got an appointment booked with the gynae specialist GP on the 17th

Well done. Good luck.

Hello! Glad you have a Dr appointment Hazel. :)

How was the weekend for everybody?

I am fine... back from the epic drive. It was absolutely fine in the end, just long and very tiring. Gorgeous hot buffet at the party and I ate loads. :)

Back to normal yesterday more or less. Made banana bread and ate that for lunch. beef stew for dinner with lots of veg. I had a couple of glasses of wine though. So I am really going to be back to normal today.

Morning wellies sounds like you had a nice weekend!

Mine was ok, but had epic tantrum yesterday as I’d washed the only 2 pairs of jeans that fit and therefore had nothing to wear. DH ended up going to visit his mum without me Still, I used the time well. Yes, Ladies…

I EXERCISED!

Food:
Saturday:
B – scrambled egg
L – cheese and brown sauce sandwich
D – spicy southern fried chicken fillets with chips (this was surprisingly nice actually!)
S – crackers with lime pickle, hot chocolate

Went to the pub (for 4 bloody hours) and stuck to soft drinks. Was very proud of myself! Rewarded myself with a night on the sofa catching up with masterchef.

Sunday:
B – scrambled egg with grilled streaky bacon
L – crackers with lime pickle
D – prawn curry with rice
E – 15 mins X-trainer, weights, squats, sit ups
S – hot chocolate

Unfortunately I’m still weighing in at 9st 8lbs. Why am I not losing weight despite lowering my calorie intake by a reasonable amount? Water retention, maybe? How do I solve that?

I have lost 1 inch off waist, put 0.5 inch on hips and 0.5 loss from thighs.

Aim for this week is to exercise daily and up fruit and veg intake. Today:

B – cornflakes (30g) with a teeny sprinkling of sugar and skimmed milk.

L – tuna and sweetcorn pasta with mayo
D – prawn curry with poppadums
S – I am going to cut the hot chocolate tonight and I have cucumber and crackers at work.
E – aim for tonight is 16 minutes on x-trainer (slowly slowly catchy monkey), weights, squats and abs.

So, honest opinions on what I’ve been eating? Anything I can do better? I’m going to try to leave work on time tonight and get to the greengrocer. Fancying some pink grapefruit for breakfasts and some veg to munch on during the day. Also want to do some funkier salads – so pomegranate, cauliflower, beans, etc. I get bored of lettuce, tomato and cucumber.

I’ll be happy to lose half a stone, especially if I’m toning at the same time. I’d prefer to lose a stone but I’m going to stick to small targets to not feel overwhelmed. I’m keeping up the no alcohol thing until the end of the month at least. I’m enjoying sleeping properly and not making a tit out of myself

Well done Hazel and wellies

hazel you need to be patient.

I know amanda I like to see instant results though

Your menus sound good to me Hazel (and considering I have been sitting and staying at 10 stone 12, not sure can advise on losing weight! )

4 hours in a pub on softdrinks while everyone else gets sozzled is not my idea of fun. Respect hazel for sitting through it!

I am happily returning to alcohol-free today. Slept badly last night after some wine. Got up at 4 brooding as I discovered a person I sometimes work with has screwed a project up and thought they could scapegoat me by saying I had not met a deadline. Utter rubbish but she does not know I am still in contact with the client so I assume thought she could get away with it. I think people know the truth, (she has form) but I despise that sort of moral cowardice.

Oh ppl can be sooo annoying Wellies
I wish I could report alcohol free here. I am thankfully limited by bf, but I have succumbed to a glass of red for enjoyment to numb the emotional pain today.
OMG. This is a plague house. I cannot adequately describe the stress of trying to prevent he spread of infection tbh. And this is valuable holiday time too. I'm on my knees (andnot in a good way
But I managed to skip lunch. I like making myself have those longer breaks between meals. It's part of what I've picked up from fasting.
Anyho.
Bf: toast and marmalade
L: nothing
D: roast chicken etc.
S: red wine, 1 glass.

Very very well done Hazel

Thanks!

Admittedly, I'm refusing to sit through it tonight. They've asked if we want to go out for curry and it'll involve alcohol so I've said no because I'm not sure I have the willpower after today besides, I've got prawn curry in the fridge at home I don't mind going to the pub for a soft drink but sitting through a meal with them all downing wine? No thank you.

I've done well with food today - 4 dry crackers instead of a bag of crisps today. Proud of myself!

Ooh wellies that would really, really wind me up!

amanda so sorry you're living in a plague house! Sounds extremely stressful. Any chance of another glass of red tonight? To numb the pain further

Still at work and really not feeling up for exercising when I get home, but that's just me being lazy. Not drank enough water today either. not done enough work either but lets not talk about that

Chicken and Coconut curry.

Fry two yellow peppers and one chopped apple till soft. I use olive oil.
Add diced chicken breast
cook till done.
Add two tablespoons of curry powder of your choice and one sachet of solid coconut and stir till mixed in . I also add cumin, black onion seeds and cardamom seeds
Add water (depending on how many your cooking for and how many chicken breasts you used etc) some broccoli and desiccated coconut
(tablespoon) chopped apricots (dried) and fresh ginger root. leave to reduce (cook on low)
When it is cooked and chicken is soft take off the heat .
Serve with rice, fresh washed coriander leaves and mint leaves, greek yoghurt, chutney, lime pickle and mint yoghurt sauce.
Pappadoms and Naan breads.

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You could add onion in the beginning of course but I don't as there is onion powder in curry powder.

Hi everyone.

Amanda hope everyone in your house is alot better?

Hazel good for you for turning down the social activities. I am also procrastinating madly on work. I hate myself when I do that. Grrrr. It is vaguely sunny out there.

ThanksMilly. :) i am going to make that tomorrow. It sounds gorgeous! I will keep you posted. Just yum. I have been craving curries lately! I tried to persuade DH to have takeaway last weekend but he turned it down -this sounds a very great deal yummier.

Me today;

B- 1 slice toast with ham and butter. 1 handful grapes
L- smoked salmon and rocket sandwich. 1 pear
S-1 slice bread with ham (again!)
D- mushroom risotto and salad.

Still doing well with the no alcohol and hopefully it is starting to show on the scales- did a sneaky weigh in and I am down another pound. Hope to report a decent loss on Friday!

Onwards and downwards. :)