morning ladies
busy cleaning but keep stopping cos its still hot here i have a pair of old leggings and tshirt when i do my mega clean and i noticed they looked less fitted shall we say today my booty fills less of them !!!
off out later to m and s for BSD goodies so going to take my time and read every label !!! not holding out much hipe for too much tho !!
now whats all this about waitrose and ice cream did i miss something ??
and lucky going back to thursday next week for weigh in so may have a little cheeky weigh tues a bit of an apperitif !!!

Oh Eps, that weight gain could be for a multitude of reasons, ranging from being a woman to needing a good poo (sorry, but it’s the truth… as Peter Kay said when discussing slimming clubs ‘A pound? I sh*t a pound!) You can’t go through the rest of your life denying yourself treats or you could crack and REALLY undo all your good work, and at least you know they’re good teats too. I doubt very, very much that it’s anything to do with your crumble. Are you eating enough? Despite hitting the 800 cals regularly? Has your body hit a plateau? Maybe it needs a bit of a kickstart again? I know it’s hard not to be despondant though, but try not to, and I certainly wouldn’t start denying myself. I would definitely finish the crumble. And you must enjoy it, you’ve fancied it for so long. Chin up chookie, it’s a long journey ahead of us, it’s a forever journey for some of us, so these ups and downs will level out 🙂 x

‘and at least you know they’re good teats too’. I cannot explain damn you autocorrect better than that. And the thing is, there is no autocorrect, as I am manually typing this. There is no excuse. Let the filth commence… even if it is accidental.

Tokyo? You missed the ice cream? Go back a page to 29 and read last night’s exchanges! The links and everything are there, and to get a pound off!

True, thanks Lucky😘 Think mix of plateau and eating bit over 800 and too many carbs yesterday mixed with being full of 💩 (Hopefully😂😂😂) Will sort it out!💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

It’s epic triumph Friday and it’s nearly Janet’s birthday so keep those successes, cake or otherwise, coming!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hee heeeeeee teat treats, low carb, high protein, satisfaction guaranteed 😹😹😹😹

A pint of pure water weighs a pound and a quarter. As lucky says, it could just be not going to the loo!

It’s the trend that matters anyway, so long as it’s not another .3 tomorrow and another after that!

Anyway, back to normal conversations of this thread. I’ve got the gun show on display for the ladies in the office today. Wearing a slim fit Oxford shirt that I haven’t work for ages as it used to be popping at the seams! It feels a bit baggy now, apart from around the guns of course 😉

Ha ha ha oooo Timmy, the slim fit Oxford, the ladies are in for a treat 😹😹👏🏻👏🏻💋

It’s pink as well. Showing that I’m touch with my feminine side or some such tosh

I so wish I could do decent emoticons on my PC. I want to do a poo. On my screen. That entire sentence needs deleting and starting again.

We will do this Friday like a BOSS, ladies (and gentlemen, if Timmy is in the shadows with his speedos and David Dickenson ‘hue’). And yes, we will have Janey’s early Birthday party.

I had a little success, well two actually earlier this week… a bit cringey (for me anyway). I might have posted about one, I had a bath… no big deal maybe, but my hips weren’t touching the sides of the bath, blocking the bath water from moving about. And, I also managed to cut my own toenails. My absolutely wonderful husband has to cut them and varnish them usually as I just couldn’t bend to do it with all the flab. I did it myself 🙂 Which was a good job really as they were starting to get a bit…gnarly. I had feet like a Griffin…

Speak of the devil 😉

No comment on ‘teat treats’ It’s too early, isn’t it???

Did I just read that? You want to do a poo on the screen???!!

Cut and paste this 💩💩💩💩

Well done on the shirt win, Timmy 🙂 Are all the ladies swooning around you, like that bloke in the Diet Coke ad?

Oh, and you know my graphic description of myself yesterday? Well, my nose is now peeling, so we can amend it to red and white nose.

Yes, you did just read that. No, I don’t want to crap on my screen, I want to do a poo emoticon. But I’m on a PC.

💩💩💩💩

Spot on!

Yeah swooning all over the place. It’s like a scene out of a horror film. Bodies everywhere.

Well… ok. Enjoy your work orgy 😉 I’m going to crack on now for an hour or so. ‘Or so’ being the key words in that sentence… could be three minutes, could be three hundred.

I don’t know, I’m out of circulation for less than an hour and there’s pooh on the screen and guns out in the office!

In my continuing (unwitting) experiment on how sick can Greek yoghurt make me feel I can now add Ocado brand to the list of culprits. Maaaaaaan have I felt ill for the last 45 mins or so 😷 There must be different processes involved in making the stuff. I’ve got 2 bigs tubs of it in the fridge 😱

I don’t like the consistency of the Greek stuff. Too thick. Have you tried just normal full fat natural yoghurt?

Yeo Valley do a massive tub that lasts me a whole week.

I have no problems with Waitrose, Morrisons, Aldi or Tesco versions.. Weird eh?! Put those guns away, your staff are being put off their concentration! Definitely don’t strip off and start limping tyres around in practice for your calendar shoot 😆😆

Very odd. There must be something different in it? Maybe its the bacteria they use to make the yog??

Well I Googled it (because Google knows everything) and it seem quite common that some people get a reaction to some brands. What I’m not clear on is why. Some sites state lactose intolerance (although Greek yog has less than most yogs and no other dairy affects me), some cite the bacteria involved in production. Seems to be trial and error on sorting it out though 🙁

And apparently if it is down to bacteria, the stomach cramps are a good thing as it means your body is expelling bad stuff.. gee thanks, I don’t really want to feel like death after I eat it!! Now.. who can I give my other pot to…?

The cat. Greek vomit…

Have you got chickens? They’d probably eat it. My chickens eat everything. Spiders, slugs, curry (not chicken curry, that would be weird). They go absolutely mental for sweetcorn. Saying that, they go equally mental for spiders and ants.

Dear me, no. Can you imagine what sort of vomit would ensue from 950g of Greek yoghurt in a cat… I’d have to move house. Without the cat.

My boy’s father has chickens but I’d probably get reported if I sneaked down to the allotments bearing tubs of yoghurt!

Actually I suppose I could make a yoghurt based curry as that wold cook the bacteria out???

Anyway, enough of that.. I’m off to the kitchen to make the cake!

‘No, the cat comes WITH the house.’ 😀

What’s on the menu for everyone today, then? Hubby wanted King Prawn salad tonight and I was a bit meh about it so I found some smoked salmon in the fridge for me, win! Nice easy tea for us tonight! Need to sort my packed lunch out for tomorrow so I don’t get tempted by the lovely, lovely food on offer there. Hopefully these chocolate cakes will be good… have you started yours Janey?

Put sweetcorn and spiders in the yoghurt and they’d smash it in.

And that answers my question. I’ve just cleaned my kitchen ready to mess up again 🙂

Timmy that sounds… delicious!

Breakfast was nuts, yog and berries. As per usual. No idea what I’ll have for lunch. I’m getting a bit bored of salad. Might go to sainsburys and see if they’ve got any anitpasti.

No idea about tea either. I’m off to the outlaws this evening for the weekend. The missus is already there with the kids. I’ve told her to forwarn her parents that I’m not eating carbs, and I’m bringing my trusty bucket of peanut butter and ryvita for a snack later.

oooo I’d love chickens!! Really!

I suspect the neighbours would complain though :-))) Centre of the city living. Maybe someday!

Hmm.. not sure what for lunch, which in itself is a dangerous situation to be in. Soup of some sort I think. I am usually the expert on packed lunches though if anyone wants any (suspect) tips 🙂 Usually green salads with tuna, scallion, yellow peppers, radishes and some fishy stuff. Or chicken… Maybe I need to get more adventurous…

I don’t know Timmy, that sounds quite a sensible breakfast to me??? Hardly living dangerously 😉 Breakfast was nuts, geddit?? I know, crap 💩💩💩💩 joke. I’m capitalising on the fact that salad is going down a treat atm. This will be the fourth time this week.

Haha ‘suspect tips’ Eps, love it. I’m going to do a lunch box of mixed salad and chicken tikka and a drizzle of hot sauce. Black Nandos or Sriracha. One of my Hemsley flat baps. And a chocolate muffin. Will take a few nuts and some celery for munching on just in case. The children want to eat at the ground. I don’t blame them.

well i am having a bit if a morning of it !!! in future i shall stay in bed on friday !!! been to m and s and picked a few low carb things up popcorn of all things !!!! little bags of salted popcorn !! 10 g carbs but may just do for a treat !!!and some mini poppadoms crisps !!!!
and i am also been is it “trolled ” on a website !!!
i have put my opinion on a post written and all merry hell has broke loose !!!!!
should just have said nothing !!!!!!!!
is that my bed i hear calling !!!!

Oh God Tokyo, Fridays are becoming a disaster! Oh bugger, was it something controversial you were giving your opinion on? Best sometimes to just shake your head and let the keyboard warriors tear themselves apart. Stay here. We’ll be nice to you 🙂

Noooo.. Tokyo, don’t take to your bed again! Ignore trolls – everyone is entitled to an opinion. Just because it isn’t theirs is not your problem!

The cake is in the oven! It looks like a cake, but I have to be honest, you wouldn’t want to lick the bowl (is that a euphemism?!) 40 mins till I see what the oily goop metamorphoses into. My boy came home, saw me cooking, and said ‘ it’s not going to be like those brownies again is it?’. When I reassured him it was a Nigella recipe ‘just like the Guinness cake’, he cheered up a little 😉

Now.. lunch. What do I need to use up? I have humus and cottage cheese.. ooh and some crackers from yesterday. Add a bit of salad (I eat it EVERY DAY) and I’m sorted! Although Timmy’s antipasti sound nice.. *wistful sigh*

Hey Tokyo, stand tall and ignore to negativity out there. Just because the trolls are writing, doesn’t mean you have to either read or take on their comments. You are as entitled as anyone, to your own opinion. Don’t permit this negativity to poison your life. Try to take a little time out for some mindfulness, to help get yourself refocused. Stick with us here and we’ll be sure to offer a hand up, rather than squashing you down.

Take care and have a great w/e.

i wrote something trying to correct a persons posts regarding what i went through last year someone was quoting stats and figures that just were not true and i have corrected them and in the process kicked a great big blinking hornets nest of quite nasty opinions !!!
its not like here all safe and warm i tell you !!!!!! blinking ladies !!!
back to BSD matters what have i missed ??

Present company excepted, women are a pain in the ****! That’s why I am the only woman in my office!!!

Well, the cake is looking pretty good although still not cooked through (always the same with Nigella recipes) Annoyingly I forgot to leave a bit of the mix to cook seperately for tasting purposes.. do you think anyone will notice if a cut a small slice?! 😀

I don’t think you’ve missed too much Tokyo, I still haven’t made my cakes yet, youngest is bored to tears, so I’ve promised him we’ll plan and book our camping trip in a mo, just need to check my diary and see what dates aren’t taken with something.

I agree with you Janey, completely. Some women are shocking. I am very, very selective where my female friends are concerned. I don’t care that I’ve only got a few of them living locally, I’d rather quality than quantity. Never been one for standing on the school yard being false and fickle. Like to know who I can trust. Three of my closest friends I actually met online, two I’ve met, one I haven’t yet. Nobody has yet been murdered. Result.

Yes, they will notice. Unless you take a good quarter of it, cover it in yellow fondant icing… Bingo! Pacman cake!

You’re welcome.

Well I couldn’t find an antipasti thing in M&S so I had a quinoa and spelt nutty thing with soy sauce and ginger. Lush. And, I also had…… wait for it…… a scotch egg! Boom. Big protein hit. Feel full now.

I’ve got a small pot of cashews in case I feel peckish this afternoon.

hee hee all you lady haters :-))))) I find it’s people in general that can be quite annoying really – Is that better? 😉

You could slice it down the middle Janey, and then remove a good chunk for tasting purposes, and then put icing in the middle ;-)))

Or take a couple of mm from around the entire edge so it’s still a circle?

It’s still cooking.. come on cake! There IS a lovely chocolatey cake smell in the house though, which is promising.

Most of my working life has been in male orientated industries (handy for husbands!) and I much prefer it to the bitchiness of an office full of women. The one job I had where that was the case (inside sales manager for a well known buggy manufacturer) was just cattiness central! And I also avoid yummy mummies at the school gate!!

cake is DONE. I’m leaving it to settle a bit in the oven – it’s almost moussey consistence.. but cooked!

I’m liking Timmy’s idea of trimming the circumference.. that’s a man’s logic lol…

Well I was going to say about man logic, but I’m scared of you lot so I didn’t.

Eps, as a general rule I don’t like people, children, babies, animals, insects and several (most) celebrities. It’s a catch-all situation. It’d be easier to tell you who I like rather than who I don’t. Hubby goes mad at me. He’d get on with a tree, him. But women can be shocking. I was sat behind a trio on Sports Day and some poor bo was copping it (like that? Can’t do the accent on the o though lol) the bitchiness was shocking and whenever any of the in-crowd were passing it was all ‘Hiya!’ and kisses on both cheeks. Sort of behaviour they should have left behind on the school yard. No thanks. I’ve always got on better with men, but I get on much better with women online. My husband however, monopolises my RL female friends. If they phone up to speak to me, he’s on the phone with them for a good half hour before I get the phone 🙂

Fingers crossed on the cake Janey, I’m sure it’ll be fine. It’s Nigella.

A bit broke of the edge ‘while I was checking it’. IT TASTES OF PROPER CAKE! Nigella, we love you still :*

Just crossing my fingers that swapping satan’s sugar for coconut version is ok..

Yayyyyyyyyy! Did you do a like for like swap Janey? It’s very sweet isn’t it?

I don’t know about you, but that’s a proper cake to me! Yum! If I could be bothered I’d make ganache. But it’s too hot and will be in the car for 3+ hours so I’m not risking it.

Yes, like for like swap plus a sprinkle of stevia as coconut sugar is apparently less sweet..