NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS BEING SLIM FEELS

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started at almost 11 7
now just over 10

if you go onto twitter you can see dhs VILE knee op

sore throat like razors, glands all swollen. (actually all glands all swollen, i'm a lymphatic systemarama... oooh, didn't know i had glands there etc...)

still, if i don't eat anything today it might make up for atrocious biffage yesterday. fruit pastilled (for throat) biffed, chocolate biscuits biffed, bread biffed and HULA HOOPS. felt quite sick thereafter.

Oooooh no sore thraots are the worst. I had my tonsils out a year ago it was the best thing ever. I managed to put weight on while recuperating though. Damn those mini eggs.

tsk, throats. Rub Vicks all over your neck it really does help.

I love falafel, chibi.

Are they good for protein then?

Laughed at R4 today - on about how there is a recipe for a toast sandwich in Mrs Beeton - one thin slice of toast, two thick slices of white bread and salt and pepper.

I thought "yum".

gosh, that thread, poor achilles.

Yes, poor Achilles. Helped by you. Yay Aitch!

it does sound like her medical care was good, actually, so, y'know... some credit there as well.

Coco - am Nov 6th! DH is Nov 4th so he gets a day to run round finding me a better present than the one he's already bought

DM - sorry you're ill: thank god you're not freezing to death in a tent somewhere in the pouring rain eh? Hope you get better soon.

Is Su leading the answers to the qs?

Am not posting my diet for Friday (biffed on Maoms - no didnt make me happy, made me high as a kite on sugar and then slightly sick and in a blue funk when off sugar high) - cant even remember what I ate yesterday apart from Su salad for dinner (was yummy) plus couple of glasses of white wine and a G&slimline T. I generally eat tonnes more than anyone else on this thread I think - probably why am plateauing for months now. Though am working on portion control so while eat lots eat lots of little portions - now just need to pull back on eating lots..

Whoever asked, no weighing yourself daily isnt healthy - but I guess it is good in that it really brings it home to you how much your weight can vary during 24/48/etc hours and how scales arent the be all and end all. WWs recommending weighing in once a week only. Would suggest you need the same conditions to weighin each week too (same time, same clothes/no clothes etc) so the variances cant be too much.

Bobs- if you need carbs to fill you up, have some. But not loads - think 30% of your intake should be carbs, rest protein (suggested between 40-50%) and fruit/veg. Portion moderation is the way forward. And banning yourself from pret during the weekdays will help with the avoiding accidental biffage. Nuts are good - but I'm talking crazy liz-hurley type portions (didnt she used to diet by eating 12 almonds during the course of the day and then a tiny salad for dinner or something like that - literally all you can have are one or two nuts a go). Try combining carb and protein to fill you up for snacks - like oatcake/ryvita and reduced fat/home made homous. Evening snacks - pickled stuff or crudites - will soon bore you to death of evening snackage. I'm an emotional eater too - can keep it in check if I can get out to exercise otherwise dive head first into the nearest biffing food. Must find a different release mechanism for when cant get to gym/classes.

Q: do you find scales make a big differnce? Should you just stick to the one set? How reliable is the wii fit scale? I am thinking of trying it out. NO IDEA RE WIFIT - YES I WONDER IF OLD FASHIONED MECHANICAL SCALES ARE BEST.

What do you snack on in the evenings NOTHING - RAISINS IF PUSHED

• What can I have a bread replacement for lunch as I make sarnies a lot for picnics with girls and soup is not always practical to eat whiel walking round HAVE BREAD WITH SALAD ONLY?

Enjoy the credit, Su'll be back in a minute and you'll have to post your food consumption for the past two days. She is then holding a Q & A session. Be afraid, be very afraid.

I THINK one thing that helped me was INCREASING the veg ratio at tea a LOT.
last night we hac chiken breast with stif fried savoy cabbage and purple spouting
plate was RAMMED

have had MASSES of baguette and butter for lunch tho

dinky, that is fantastic advice.

I love pickled gherkins - and pickled eggs, come to think of it.

Hard to resist fistfuls of nuts - wonder whether it's worth avoiding them altogether?

Pret is a Thursday thing -it's the day I work at our shop, and it's just around the corner. But M&S not far away, and that's probably a better option.

Right - Bobbie's Pret Embargo starts here!

it was a whole packed of those wee m and s butter biscuits with chocolate on. i wolfed.

Do I mean embargo?

if there is NO SUITABLE lunch anywhere - say stuck in mac ds then DONT HAVE ANY
have a drink and a piece of fruit till you are in a biff free safe haven

Yup - you mean embargo Bobs and glad you found my two pennysworht helpful. I think nuts are ok - but instead of taking a pack could you divide a pack up into portions (say 10 cashews or almonds or whatever is a portion) and only one of those is your allocation for the day. M&S definitely has better stuff for you to snack on - they do fruit pots/crudite type thingies with homous etc so may work better.

Lol at Su's mcd advice.

Don't have any lunch??

no and no chuffing nuts
wtf are oyu lot ON?
nuts are fat.
if oyu miss lunch then the moemnt will pass and you can have a bigger tea

M&S also do count on us.

Very useful.

they do grill their burgers you know.

Does drinking lots of water really help or is it a myth?

Lol at the moment will pass.

The Bobbie will pass out more like.

Nuts prob important for veggies.

But agree need to ration.

Pig on them.

I never eat special diet food. I am agin it.

nuts schmuts

nO WAY
dunno re water.
i have a diet coke for lunch - that helps
as does first glass of wine on empty tum

Su - nuts are an important source of protein for veggies like Bobs. Agree the rest of us who are non-veggies should avoid nuts like plague (everyone other than Bobs and other veggies - remember when you see a nut they are the divvils food).

Drinking lots of water does help i think - fills you up and all those trips to the loo mean you have less time to stick your hand in the biscuit tin