hooray very well done

Yes it was the maple one. I bought a bottle the other day for a teaspoon or something ridiculous, in a recipe. Used to love maple syrup on pancakes, wonder what it’s like on chickpea wraps??? Or is that asking too much from the chickpea wrap?

Thank you Josie 🙂 How are you doing, are you winning?

what is a cup generally anyone know

The nemesis of the British cook, Josie, that’s what a cup is lol. For one, I think US cups are different to our cup sizes (anyone confirm??) but if you dig around enough online you can find what a cup of a certain foodstuff is in grams

Heavens to Betsy, where are you all? And I don’t want to hear anything about you having lives outside of this thread, thank you very much!

I’ve just done 65 minutes on the treadmill. 8863 steps done today, not too bad, getting there! I do, very foolishly, walk barefoot on it, and my feet were starting to burn otherwise I think I could have probably done another ten minutes or so… feet up now with a litre of water, and another couple of pages of my book 🙂

Oo great!! Barefoot and all! Next you’ll be doing it starkers like Janey 😹

I have been cooking up a storm, beetroot falafel done in the muffin cups (tasty but a bit dry I thought?) and Bills crumble with rhubarb and apple and raspberries!!😱😱😱 won’t have it until tomorrow though as as usual no calories left 😂💪🏽 Also made mini non bsd one at the same time for oh, had forgotten how to make so was probably a bit enthusiastic with the butter 😳😂

Walk time now, though I could sleep..

I know, they’re bloody burning me Eps! I don’t know about the naked bit though, don’t think the children would appreciate it. I’ve already come face to face with my 12 year old twice now, running (yes, running) the seven or so steps from the bathroom to my bedroom and I have, in his words – ruined his childhood. Oh, and it was also something he could never unsee, apparently. So, I think I need to remain clothed. Until at least September 😉

Oooooooooh you finally get your crumble!!! 😀 What a lovely Friday treat for you! So, OH’s is basically fruit swimming in butter, then? 😉

8863 to beat Eps 😉 Go on, have a nice little walk, really earn your crumble tomorrow.

I’m enjoying goats cheese and my S&P crackers, and a snifter of red wine! Yum! Ratatouille with chicken was ‘well done’ thanks to OH’s usual appalling timekeeping but was nice anyway. Very caramelised. Altho, surely we should avoid caramel lol

Go easy on the wine! Don’t want a BSD hangover! You’ve got a cake to bake tomorrow, remember?

I’m guessing you mean burned, should be ok 😉 Haven’t made ratatouille for years! Not since I binned everything-intolerent friend who survived on fresh air, water, and dust.

I’m in the middle of my quarterly visit to damnyouautocorrect and I am in TEARS here. I’ve had to clean my bin lids three times already because of the tear splashes. It’s my usual go-to when I’m feeling a bit down, it’s actually a novelty to be reading it in a good mood!

well this working is really interferring with my posting on here!!
by the time i get on at night i have missed it all and no ones around all busy walking or baking or reading or making candles!!
i send good thoughts and prayers for baking friday i pray the saints of baking will watch over you all and look what i found on a proper saint website !!!! ha ha !!! patron saint of BSD

Saint Hildegard
1098-1179

Feast Day: September 17

St. Hildegard is not officially the patron saint of anything. But a mystic nun who wrote recipes and developed a nutritional philosophy belongs on any list of Catholic saints associated with the culinary arts.

St. Hildegard’s interest in the healing properties of food makes her a very modern saint. To promote health and cheerfulness and to slow the aging process, St. Hildegard recommended a diet high in foods she considered most nutritious (spelt, fennel, chestnuts, chickpeas, meat from animals fed grass and hay, certain fruits and vegetables) and low in harmful ones (strawberries, eel, refined sugar, and sausage, to name a few). Among her dietary principles were that breakfast should be eaten late and served warm, and that a walk should be taken after dinner.

A brilliant woman, she also invented an alphabet, composed sacred music, founded monasteries, wrote books on medicine and botany, spoke out against corruption, travelled through Germany as a preacher and healer, and corresponded with popes and emperors. Never formally canonized, St. Hildegard was recently named by Pope Benedict a Doctor of the Church, one of only four women to be so named.

St. Hildegard’s recipe for “Cookies of Joy” is still used today. She encouraged bakers to eat the cookies often: “They will reduce the bad humors, enrich the blood, and fortify the nerves,” she wrote.

http://www.loyolapress.com/~/media/Images/Loyola%20Press/ocf-articles/arts-faith/FF_SAINTS_HILDEGARDE-250.ashx?la=en&hash=47B452152495CD558E8B919B2458B5A349837BBB

Yaaay good walk, tired now. Tasted crumble omg it is actually really nice!!! Had to go back through all our crazy chats to find the recipe which wS really easy anyway. Didn’t make enough crumble to cover the rhubarb and raspberry but seriously nice! Not like crumble, more like a coconut something but definitely not a fail 😂💪🏽💪🏽

What’s autocorrect thing?

Janey wine and cheese yuuuum

I only had a splash of red wine to accompany the cheese. BSD hangover need not come tomorrow morning. As you say, I have a cake to bake!

Yes what IS AUTOCORRECT?

Ooo st. Hildegard sounds quite the lady! I find biscuits in general good for the humors😝😂👍

Wow Tokyo, that’s fab! I love Saints (seriously!) although most of my experience has been with Saint Jude. The patron of hopeless cases, and of things almost despaired of. We could have done with him last Friday I think. And Saint Anthony for finding lost things. Saint Hildegarde sounds like a cracker, she can be an honorary #bsdbabe 🙂

Yay Eps, glad you had a recipe win! I bet you can’t wait for tomorrow now. I found a crumble topping think it was ground almond, butter and coconut sugar. More importantly, did you beat my steps? Bet you did, didn’t you?

Seriously both of you about the autocorrect??? You know how phones and… usually Apple items love correcting things that you type in messages, texts etc? Making the most innocent thing random or filthy? Well, sometimes you don’t notice and post or send… there’s a whole website of phone and message screen grabs from DYAC moments! Damn you autocorrect dot com, no spaces. God, it’s picked me up many a time when I’ve been low, it’s hilarious!

so far i have lost 15 1/2 lbs but have t2 diabetes so seem to be really tired a lot of the time, don’t do much walking as i am too tired when i finish work and decide what to cook its then too late. But the diet is the easiest to follow strangely and seems ok to follow it doesn’t seem worth cheating. I don’t follow the plan so much but do keep within the calories. I have many clothes that now fit but am concerned that they will be too big soon and then i will have to buy more. Oh well

thanks for that i will google it

Ate some and now I feel sick. Ah well..that ll teach me! Not too badly over anyway as falafel was low enough.

Ooo yes I do know autocorrect but didn’t know there was a website ha ha ah good so tears of laughter so! I thought you were doing car tax online or something 😹

9190 steps yaaaayyyy

It was you who was wondering about some tablet causing tiredness ages back on the thread, wasn’t it Josie? Was it Met something? Did you ever go and see your GP about it? It is really easy to follow, I find the hardest part is the weighing and adding up, that’s time consuming. But my cravings are very few and far between, I’m enjoying the weight loss too much at the moment, and I’ve had years and years of eating things I shouldn’t have. It’s a small price to pay though, right? I can’t wait until I need to buy a whole new wardrobe, but I’m quite a few stones off that happening yet 🙂

Lucky is not speaking to Eps tonight. Can someone tell Eps that Lucky is not speaking to her? Please?

Pfffffffffffft.

Haaaa haaaaaaaa

Tomorrow’s another day dear 😂😂💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Just kidding, well done 🙂 My knee is aching off, I’ve had it up all night, on a pillow and had to take a painkiller. Couldn’t do any more if I wanted too lol.

Eps, you have zero restraint! That was for tomorrow! Tsk 😉

I know but it looked nice And it does t even have any added sugar in it, just coconut flour, coconut oil and dessiccated coconut so it’s almost a health food 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂

Should we share the latest discovery Lucky?………

Yes indeed, tomorrow is another day. One in which I am probably not going to be able to walk… lol. Ah well, no pain no gain, right Eps? Right????? Come on, Smartcoach me! 😉

It was your discovery Janey, you can do the honours 🙂 Don a garment of smugness first, and Eps? Sit down for this revelation…

it was me i have spoken to the doctor who says its about the diabetes not the tablets. 2000mg a day seem like a huge dose to me, but i am not medical so what do i know. I am not so diligent as you i weigh very little, i think that if i don’t lose weight then i will start to weigh things. As i seem to eat mostly veg and cauliflower cous cous and hummus and carrot for lunch it seems ok for the moment. I also have many targets so have been 16 st something 15 stone something and looking forward to being 14 stone something within the next couple of weeks hopefully.

Tell meeee!

(Yes sister you will beat all odds again tomorrow and boldly walk where no lady has walked before but mind your knee as knees are useful)

Deep breath… This is momentous…

Google OPPO ice cream… And then thank me for making life worth living BSD style ☺️

If it’s working for you then there’s no need to change anything, that’s the way I look at it. I don’t count the carbs, but because I try and eat the allowed foods I think I’m doing ok on that score. But last week, when I had a stay the same weight? My instinct says it was exercise and not carbs. So I’ve tried to move more this week, and yep, the scales have moved too. Me too on the 14 stone something, another 9lb to go I think, and I’ve lost 17, 16 and 15 stone behind (hopefully) never to be seen again!

I’ve no idea on the dosage of the tablet, plus I’m not diabetic. I’m a firm believer in gut feelings though. If it doesn’t feel right, see what you can find on the internet.

And! Read these reviews!!

http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=382284

Ooooo wow!!! That looks great!!! I’m not sure we have it here though, maybe in Holland And b? Will definitely have to research!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

We do have this though: http://nobo.ie/ very very tasty bit 50g =100 calories 😹😹😹 no bó means no cow (bó in Irish 👏👏)

Cos it has no milk not because they snuck in some slabs of steak 😹😹😹

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA loon!

H&B over here, definitely! I didn’t realise you were in Ireland 🙂 Hey, how do you pronounce bó? I’m fascinated with languages and the similarities between them. Cow is buwch in Welsh, pronounce be-you-and then the ch that only the Welsh can do without spitting. Closest thing I can think is the ch in loch.

Wow – looks amazing, am off to Waitrose tomorrow!
Thanks Janey and Lucky

If you can’t get any, I’ll post you some over, shall I? 😉

Hello Frog 🙂 Nice to see you again 🙂

It was all Janey’s find, what a little star. We owe her everything. Unless it’s nasty and then we can whisper about her behind her back.

if you go to their own website, there is a £1 off voucher – click on it quick, it doesn’t come back!
stores listed include Waitrose, co-op, holland and barratt, budgens

Hee hee yes send me ice cream💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

Bó is like bow as in a bow in your hair. And it doesn’t work as an insult btw 😂

Sleep time! I really am neglecting real life with this forum, like our own Pokemon go – bonuses when you find the bsd friendly ice cream 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😹 Friday tomorrow yaaaaayyyy!!!

Ice cream looks good 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦Waitrose here I come

Yes, I grabbed mine as soon as!

Ah right, as simple as that Eps. There’s me with my fancy new-fangled language which makes people spit. I could make it work as an insult with a profanity or two behind it 😉 Well yes, if you had been participating in real life tonight, the ice cream might have passed you by! Never to be mentioned and eaten in secret. You might have thought that Oppo was a slang for opportunity if we mentioned it. You never know!

Night night and yayyyy Friday for those who it feels like a Friday to. Every day since the schools closed has felt like a Friday to me. I won’t know if I’m on my head or my backside now for the next six to seven weeks, what day it is, what month it is even…

I’m off to bed too, I’m battling to keep my eyes open. See you all tomorrow 😀 Sweet dreams!

I think a lot of people are going to be descending on Waitrose tomorrow, Gymgirl! I’ve used Waitrose more in this last six weeks than I have in the x amount of years it’s been open here! It used to be a Co-op, and if I went in twice a year it was something. Heck sausages, ice cream that’s BSD friendly, and Fage! I heart Waitrose now!

Always a better class of shopper in Waitrose !!!! Never see a waitrose customer in Uggs and pyjamas

Ooh I’m going to Waitrose later, I’ll see f there is any left. Thanks for the tip.
Feeling pleased with myself as I’ve been at my target weight for a month now, maintaining by doing 5 days of ‘normal’ eating but still low carb and 2 days of 800.
Lucky Maneki, are you a Welsh speaker? Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg. Tipin bach!
Have a good weekend everyone. Stay in there!

Morning everyone
well weigh day here and i can report even tho i did over indulged on my portion sizes last weekend i have noted a 0.6 kg loss or a 1.3 lbs in old money i am now 0.4 kg off my first major goal !!!
so quite no very pleased with that i have to say also another inch off waist and bust !! it may be time for a twirly wirly cinderella moment later in a few items of clothing that still have tags on !!!!
instead of baking for me as today i am home ( oh no i hear you cry she will be on here all day )!!
aah yes i cry i am back ready to double entendre with janey and lucky !!!
so a good start to a day and at the end of five weeks i have lost 6.1kg and at least 4 inches from bust 6/7 from waist and the hardest i always find to shift 4 from hips
with that i am pleased !!!!!

Morning all! First and foremost…

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy Tokyo, well done! See, I knew you wouldn’t have blown it because even though you ate more, you ate sensibly! You’ll definitely, definitely have your first goal by next week (are you sticking to Friday or going back to Thursday?) if not already by your cheeky mid week weigh in! You’re so, so close now! Inch loss is incredible too, if not more impressive than the kilo loss tbh, 7 from waist? I bet that’s taken you down a good couple of trouser/skirt sizes?

I will be round and about today yes, I need to bake a batch of cupcakes (get me!) and I’ve also promised my son he could make his favourite lemon drizzle cake (Tana Ramsay’s, definitely NOT BSD legal…) and of course, I need to pop to Waitrose for some OPPO… aside from that I am here circulating, with a duster in one hand, a rubbish bag in another, and a brush shoved… under my arm 🙂 It’s a nice and cool one today and I weigh the same as yesterday which I’m thrilled at as I still worry it could be some sort of fluke lol. Here’s to a better Friday than last! More ‘For the Win! Friday’ than ‘Epic Fail Friday’ today please, everyone! Let the double intendres begin! (Where’s Timmy…)

Huge well done again Tokyo 🙂

Morning all, especially to the rapidly decreasing Tokyo! I’m enjoying breakfast in the garden. When I say enjoying, I’m actually fighting the cat off my yoghurt and berries. She likes a bit of Greek (so to speak!) and likes to muscle in. Busy day ahead. In between purportedly working from home I need to clean up, pack my boy’s stuff for his 2.5 week trip to IW, get ready for my weekend away, take said boy to barbers (otherwise my dad will tell me he looks scruffy) and BAKE THE CAKE. Oh and find my pot of Oppo! Salted caramel had my name on it. No hissy fits today anyone – it’s going to MTF (Major Triumph Friday) 👍🏼🎉😃😋🍰🎂

Hahaha Lucky, anyone would think we write our posts together!!!

Gymgirl – this could actually happen in our local Waitrose. You wouldn’t believe what you could find in there when it’s your only supermarket without a bus/car journey lol. Not joking… hehe. But no, even that is too much for me, and I rarely make an effort on ‘normal’ days. How is the back today? I hope you’re resting as much as you can and taking advantage of any help!

Bore da Bissel! Dw i’n siarad Cymraeg 🙂 Although I’m bilingual, English is my first language, I was raised with one English and one Welsh parent, and my husband is English as well. I take my hat off to ANYONE learning the language because it is hard, and especially so when you haven’t been learning it from being very, very young. Are you learning via WLPAN? My husband was before a steady stream of ill health (still going 8 years later…). I still can’t remember the right mutations and things… 🙂

Morning Janey! I know, and we’ve both got a day of it ahead of us too! Although yours… what in God’s name, woman?? You haven’t packed yet??? Are you insane? Don’t answer that…

Yep, I’m veering towards the salted caramel too. Not a huge mint ice cream lover, although I was when I was younger. Someone in the reviews said it went lovely with apple crumble and as that’s on the ‘make list’ for poor hubby! I’d imagine that the vanilla would go nicely with a slightly warmed up chocolate cupcake too. This, my friend, could be a gamechanger, you do realise that?

Yay to the losses Tokyo, wahooooo.

And Friday happiness.

I’ve learnt a valuable lesson (for the millionth time).. Up .3kg this morning but there you go, no crumble, even BSD adapted for me!!! Especially if not well within 800 calories. Unsurprising I guess!! Wonder does this meAn I can’t ever eat more calories again though??? Scary thoughts. Or maybe too many carbs in rhubarb and two apples.. Though I only had two spoonfuls (your Honour)

Anyway, not to worry, it’ll be a great fridY and Saturday and Sunday and by Monday I’ll have lost again, yes I will!!

Sigh. But no strops anyway, just resignation at very least l😂😂 and calm acceptance at best 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻