@Hippywannabe we’re staying in Hyvinkaa, about an hour outside Helsinki. Please let me know any tips - we want to check out Helsinki city museum (geek) and also the moomin museum (double geek) but apart from that have no plans! Yikes, must be tough with no gall bladder.
@SageYourResoluteOracle the honour will be all mine 
it feels like a million years away until I’ll have to make that tough choice between horny or scrawny. Or arse vs face. Currently it’s chunky vs funky - I’ve put the weight on and realised that I need to make more effort in my appearance. Bigger dresses and smaller pants helped me feel ok about myself over the last month or so but at my rate of weight gain I’ll be busting the new outfits and be well and truly a size 14. Great effort on the long walk - I love walking but with ankle biters it’s more a case of going nowhere slowly.
@Pavonia - yay, you’re excited! That’s a really good sign, that enthusiasm will carry you through the toughest bits (she says with blind optimism).
@PinkHeart5914 you stayed away from the Christmas biscuits - good job!
@LadyWobbleton eek, hope DD is better soon. Look forward to seeing your food diary when you’re ready.
@HippoPotOMoose - is it wrong that I keep writing HippoPotOMousse? glad to see you back and hope you find a way that works for you. Can you build in small treats to the plan? I must admit I am shocked that my sugar cravings have been so easy to manage on the low carb high fat diet. I thought I would be sobbing by the biscuit tin but actually don’t fancy one at all. Maybe because I’m so terrified that with all the fat I’m eating I would literally pop into a lard ball on legs if I add carbs in.
@DownstairsMixUp I’ve dug my Fitbit out and will charge it tonight. I literally have no plans for NYE, think will stay off the booze and try to get an early night which OH is a bit miffed about. But I’m exhausted so need to catch up ready for —coping with two insane kids on my own on Tuesday— work on Wednesday. Hope you have more exciting plans than me! I did buy slim tonic so can go for a gin and slim at a push... although would like to do the two weeks strict on this diet if poss before —boozing— having a tipple again.
@Butternutissquashed - well done on the park run, and great to hear your determination!
Today did the food shop which cost £110 (and it was Lidl!) - we normally —spend— aim for £350 a month for all 5 of us, so hoping this might see us through two weeks at a stretch.
I found the diet book in the boot and don’t think the green beans were cheating.
However I accidentally ate half a grape when clearing out the fridge 
and bought some stuffed peppers which I thought were low carb then realised I had picked up a different pack which were 9.7g of carbs per 100g. Damn you pepperdews. I ate two before I realised, hopefully that won’t throw the scales. Although the scales aren’t going anywhere at the moment.
B: two slices of smoked salmon with cream cheese
S: Decaf coffee with cream, small handful smoked nuts
L: smoked fish and chorizo leftovers with creamed spinach and two stuffed pepperdew
S: decaf coffee with cream and small handful of olives
Dinner is meant to be fake shepherds pie with cauliflower mash but let’s see if I have the energy to make it... Definitely suffering from carb flu 