We have a beach babe! Yay Pd11! Enjoy your hols – you’re still on track with food 🙂

I had eggs, salmon and rocket for breakfast – great start to the day!

Oppo can be found in Waitrose, some Co op and H&B. If you visit the Oppo website you can get a £1 off voucher for your first try! Salted caramel is to be recommended! We have an Oppo intern who visits this thread occasionally (how’s it going, RunforFun?) so she likes to hear our feedback!

I’m still here, child number 3 decided he needed a shower… unprompted. I would have complained but the event is on a par with ‘hell freezing over’ so I decided to let it go.

Morning Eps! Thank you for your non-discriminatory support, it means a lot 🙂 What are you doing with the turnip? I’m attempting a ‘corned beef hash’ this weekend with it.

BSD Turnip Day, this is getting more and more Blackadder isn’t it? It’s got us moving more anyway, hasn’t it Janey?

Oppo – Co-op, Waitrose, Budgens and Holland and Barrett. Not all of them though. It’s only our local co-op that has it and they only stock 2 flavours. You can find where sells it local to you here http://www.oppoicecream.co.uk/storefinder/

Chickpea wraps either turn out great or awful for me, no happy medium. Last time I made them I got three out of a whole batch of batter. Sounds like you’re back on plan 🙂

I burn in patches too, arms and face go lovely and brown, everywhere else burns. Probably due to the fact that my legs haven’t had an airing in public since the late 90’s. Curse you weight gain. Curse you.

Yep, not too sure I want to duel Tokyo now, tbh. Seeing the step count she pulls in at work has been a bit of an eye opener fo’ sho’…

tokyo here!! on a break at work but by time ibreadceverything it timevto bloody go back !!!
no jawbone for me today i had to smuggle wearing it yesterday so not today !!
but if i was i would whoop your asses!!!

Morning all how it going,

Official weigh day for me, only a disappointing .1 of a kg oh wow is me, but I’ve slipped twice this week, and have also really upped my exercise, gardening a little running, strength, and today spring cleaning the house, major big time, thank goodness I have lost nearly two stone it makes it so much easier to do as I have the energy, and I can squeeze into smaller spaces. Going to get seriously focused this week I am aiming for four pounds loss. I have four more weigh days until a big family wedding in Norfolk, and I want to be the slimmest sister.

Re the duel as this wonderful forum is always so non judgemental, I think in the mood of equanimity to all we should aim for lucky and janey to be mutual duel buddies, and most definitely both winners.

I’m still not sure whether I want one of those jawbone bands on my arm, it will spoil my couturier image hehe, but I use the pacer app, so I am thinking of starting a BSD group on there if anyone is interested, then you can pace your steps, cals etc on there, if anyone is up for it.

Wishing you all a positive and productive BSD day. 👋👋👋

Cor Tokyo your work sounds a bit strict,

Morning campers. Went for a swim last night. First mile of front crawl without stopping in over 12 months. Well chuffed.

Down to 89.2kg this morning too. Woohoo!

Those speedos will be looking fine Timmy! How long till your hols?

I have sold my yoghurt maker and sachets.. for a profit! Just call me Del Boy 🙂

Hello!

Welcome everyone new!

I’m still here and have been trying to keep up with the thread! It’s quite hard when I’m so busy at work!

Work helps with the eating at its given me a better routine and I can’t snack at the office but it also doesn’t help. Last night we had a team social which involved pizza and cake.. I ate a little of both but part of this for me is to be in control of my eating and not binge on things like that, which I didn’t! 🙂 I shouldn’t of had it but I did do a workout, played a rounders match and did 17,000 steps!

Right everyone I have created a group on the pacer app which you can download free from the App Store if you have a phone that can do that. The group I have created is called BSD peeps international and has the BSD 800 book as the profile page, I am the only member on there obviously at the mo, but I am looking for exercise buddies, to jolly us along to our targets, anyone interested!
Love jan

Huge congrats timmy you will be our own david gandy ( see prada or D and G add)!!
and not sure anyone would want a jawbone inside them i work in theatres !! but at least if they did they could have miles monitored!!!!
i am taking bets on the winner in the janey and lucky stakes turning into a real BSD john mccririck !!!!
maybe i shall guve them both pep talks !!! move your blinking feets !!!!!

Joy of joys! Can now get into three pairs of many and varied trouser wardrobe.( some never even out of their bags)
Til recently,only one pair fitted,and another pair fastened with a struggle then promptly burst open as soon as i moved.
Only someone who lives in trousers will know how good it feels to have three pairs that are comfortable and hang properly! ( i never reveal the legs LUCKY,like you said). Wore lovely dress and jacket to DDs wedding but dress was sooo long ( to hide chubby cuffed ankles) i looked like i was gliding along on castors! And i was walking her down the aisle! 😁 A wonderful day but spoilt a little by my own inability to keep to pre wedding diet..the stress of it all made me eat MORE..if only i had known of BSD then! X

I’m back! We were flagging with three stores to go and decided to abandon the children with the eldest tomorrow to finish off!

We’ll have to have a weekend duel, Tokyo? Or do daily ones, you can do just 24 hour ones, let me know 🙂

It’s still a quarter of a pound off in old money, Jan, and it all goes towards the big total so far, doesn’t it? I know it’s disappointing but try and let it spur you on to this next week with a renewed determination.

Well done Timmy, you’re getting closer now!

Janey, I salute you. I am never able to do that, I always make a loss.

Hi Runforfun, you didn’t go over the top, which is good 🙂 And I’m sure the 17,000 steps helped counteract it a bit 😉

Does your phone have to be connected online for the app thing to work Jan, is it only iPhone? I’m only on a small data package so I only use the internet on my phone when I’m checking emails while out. Plus, I don’t carry my phone on my person ever, it’s either on the table or in my handbag so it probably would be redundant for me.

My feet haven’t stopped moving, I went up every aisle of every shop, even the aisles I didn’t need! Now I have to keep everything, tidy my kitchen before I start kebabbing! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nom.

I understand that Yowzer, I’m a trouser girl (although did bite the bullet and buy a few Joe Brown’s dresses before my 40th) and I have pair upon pair from size 16 up to 20 waiting for me to fit in! I am in 20 jeans now, and they’re going baggy, but no two sizes are the same are they? Well done! That can be as much a boost as a number on a scale, if not more! That’s the BSD in action, not stats!

Right, offski. Laters 🙂

Yowser Bril re the trousers yep know that feeling, but cor blimey don’t tell us you are tagged hehe, around both ankles re the cuffs, but really our only crime is to dare to put two fingers up to the carb and low fat peeps, so good going, we are in it for the long haul so keep encouraging us with your posts.

Love jan

I had a shake thing for breakfast (yogurt, green tea, blueberries, flax seeds) . Had home made soup for lunch with a banana and a babybel.

Was taken to Costa’s by a client. Only had black coffee despite the temptation on offer 🙂

Congrats on the trousers, Yowzers! It’s great to find previously forgotten items that now fit! I have a suit in the wardrobe that I’ve never managed to get into the trousers of, so may give that a try soon!

Just had Waitrose freekeh, chickpea and kale salad for lunch. Very yummy and legal. No idea what freekeh actually is tho?!

Lucky Re the phone, it works on any phone that uploads apps, and I’m not aware I am using Internet, as the pacer works offline, so to get that onto the group I will have to see if that happens offline as well. Well why don’t you start putting it in your pocket, then you can have j.b duels and pacer races. Wey hey multitasking, all while you are compiling the recipe thread, chatting to half a dozen people at once, not sure how you do that do you memorise it all or write it all down before you reply, but impressed I am, oh and looking after hubby and darlings, and looking after the house, clearing up the freezer gravel, and organising a holiday. Woo worn out now, of for hot water and a slice of lemon.🍋🍋🍋

Gavin isn’t that the best feeling, you win the award for the day, of resisting temptation.👼👼👼 yeah

Thanks LUCKY JAN JANEY X oh gosh Jan i didnt think of cuffed equalling tagged😱 I have fat ankles..i think I might have a touch of oedema if a touch is poss!
GAVIN well done on resisting..those Costa goodies are practically totally irresistible! X ps there was something you said elsewhere Gav that i related to..gahhhh..cant think what it was now,..goldfish brain! X

Well done on the trouser front Yowzer👖👖
I’ m sat in a Costa now surrounded by screaming kids!!!! well done Gavin I succumbed to the yoghurt thingy they do for my late lunch 187 calories but sugars are a bit high still it could have been a chocolate muffin although I may buy one to use ear plugs .
Has anyone else got a Fitbit that would like to join a Lucky/ Janey style duel ?

happy to do a duel but a bit scared about going up against Gymgirl51! Oh what the hell, lets go for it.

Lucky – you are a star. Feel a Madonna song coming on…Keep me amused all day at work and motivated. You should defo write a sitcom about the bsd.

Great day today. Went from obese to overweight (albeit still miles overweight). Still progress is progress and 30lbs down thus far.

Thanks GG (GymGirl) x!
IRISHGIRL yes our Lucky shd be writing books and sitcoms ..definitely a talented girl x
I think going from obese to overweight must be marvellous for self esteem..
And 30 lbs down is fab..imagine hauling six 5 lb bags of spuds with you everywhere you go? Must feel wonderful to have put all those spuds down! X👍🏻👍🏻

Hi Irishgirl will look for you on my Fitbit what’s your username on it ?

Darn it, I think Lucky has won this week’s duel 🙁

Am waiting for her to get home and sync her steps but she’s at least 5000 ahead of me for the 7 days.

Well done…but it’s the first of many!! Victory will be mine! Muahahahahahahaha

I’m back – Well done Gavin on resisting temptation! I have a confession, I have never, EVER been to one of these big coffee shops, Starbucks, Costa, Caffe Nero etc 🙂 Whenever I look at the prices I think ‘I can get a jar for that…’ LOL.

Well, Janey, I don’t know if this helps, but hubby has told me we’re getting freekeh tonight… 😉 heh. Heh heh. Heh. Fnarr.

I’ll have a look later then Jan, only thing is I am wearing harem pants a lot, but I’ll try. Slip it in my bra or something. And before you ask, yes, the iPad mini would fit in my bra if need be. Lol. I’ve just finished the chicken, MFP lost my recipe once, chicken is marinating, I have accurate nutritional info, photos have been taken, first blog post goes live tonight. Downside, there is no hope of bread being made tonight. What a bloody ordeal it was, scanning everything. TWICE!!

Irish girl – cool song! I was a huge Madonna fan in my youth (I say, like I’m 94). You must be my lucky staaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar 🙂 And huge well done on the BMI change, I bet you feel on top of the world!!! I still have exactly 50lbs left to go before I get that honour, but I will do it.

Sorry if I’ve missed anyone or anything, don’t think there was anything else, was there…

… ah yes. Janey. Well done 😉 You’re a star too, and you weren’t that far behind me AND you work full time AND you don’t have a treadmill AND you’ve had crap weather. I think we should share the honours 😀 5000 steps is nothing, it’s 50 minutes walking.

And I might let you win next time.

Hi GG – it is Shove (long story and I won’t go into it). An Irish pronunciation thing!!

Lucky and Yowser – many thanks for the kind messages. Dead chuffed and does give me the motivation to keep going. You will both definitely get there.

Lucky – I love Madonna too but she has gone a bit odd the last few years… But 80s and 90s Madonna was the biz.

You’ll ‘let’ me win????? Let? Me???

I used to love Madonna back in the day, but she’s 150 years old now, and has done far too much yoga to be good for her. Move over and let Gaga et al in!!

My sentiments exactly about Madge. Her stuff up to and including Erotica was the best. Wasn’t much of a fan of Frozen/Music/Ray of Light era, she redeemed herself ever so slightly with Confessions on a Dancefloor.

Yes old woman, I’ll let you *smiles sweetly*

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo fighting talk…

Off to make chickpea wraps. Pray for me. Or I’m having a naan bread with it. I will. I will HAVE a naan bread with it.

MOVE AWAY FROM THE NAAN!

I’m not sure why your chickpea wraps are so inconsistent though.. how long do you leave the mix before you cook it?

Hi greenjanet, Lucky, Yowser49, Gymgirl51

Thanks for all your messages. All I can say is that I can from memory, recall every item that sat behind the glass display in Costa’s 🙂

I’m calling the experience a virtual taste – feels good, but totally harmless 🙂

Yowser49 – congrats on the trousers 🙂

greenjanet – a reduction is a reduction so well done! Going to check that app out now.

Timmy – amazing , well done 🙂

If I missed anyone, apologies. This thread moves faster that I can drink a glass of water 🙂

Thanks GAVINFABL!
Oh iknow what you mean..i feel like i have cake displays practically tattoed to my inner eyelids, i can look at them somlong! No cals or carbs in lookin tho,so no harm done like you said X😋😋😋😋😋

I do it straight away Janey, I like them fresh. Made an entire batch successfully tonight, well, half a batch. I opened the wrong side of the lid on the pepper pot and instead of the shaker, I poured about half a tub in 🙁 Sieved it out as best I can but they are going to be peppery 🙁 Probably too peppery. Ah well, maybe they’ll be inedible 🙂 Calories saved! The children’s kebabs are under the grill now, gawd faff!!!! Next time I’ll marinate the whole thigh or breast.

Ah that’s where you may be slipping up. You should leave the beds N/water mix for at least 20 mins to thicken up then add the oil just as you’re about to cook. The longer you leave it the more stable the mix gets!

That should read BESAN

Just finished dinner. Another bolognese and courgetty. With a small piece of cheese and one cashew nut 🙂

Had to have an espresso to help fill the hunger.

Lucky – you mentioned a blog. Have you got the link ?

I’ve updated my profile with a permanent link to my diet blog posts. The header photo on my blog is a picture taken by me near where I live, of 2 of my Labradors. I have a younger one too.

Hi Irish girl friend request accepted bring on the steps

Thanks Janey! I’ll try that next time. They worked out ok this time, for once. Maybe it was the added 750g of ground black pepper? Who knows!

Just published the first post Gavin 🙂
http://luckymanekibsd.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/recipe-success-middle-eastern-chicken.html

There we go, another blog for me to neglect.

Looking forward to looking at that LUCKY!
Have just finished Man Down..am up to date now,can watch the one to ight and know whats going on! Xx

Hi Lucky – great first post. Theach kebab looked amazing 🙂

Have just looked! The food looks great and you look even better! Hehe! I had a feeling you looked a bit like you actually do! Which one of yr babies are you holding!? Going back to read frazzled shell when ive made a cuppa x

Thanks Gavin it was pretty darned good if I say so myself! It had four thumbs up anyway 🙂

Ah that’s my big baby, 21 in September, that’s an old, old photo and sadly I don’t have the skin or the figure any more! Just put it up to inspire me and remember. I’m still in there somewhere! Just not silencing her with pizza any more 🙂 Still brunette… and still have brown eyes though… 😛

I haven’t updated Frazzled Shell for ages!

What have I missed Lucky, not sure what you are all on about

my god lucky your becoming a legend in your own lifetime !!!
janey we may need to do an intervention !!! i will grab the top you grab the bottom and run with her very quickly that will get are jawbones working and we shall beat lucky in the steps duel!!
are you including your disasters too lucky or maybe i dhould create that seeing as i had so much more if those!!!
confession time i succumbed today not too the loving arms of mr pitt but to a chocolate lime from thirntons someone brought them into work and they kept calling me ” come here come here eat me eat me”!! so i blinkin well did only one mind but was delish!!! so now i shall say three hail marys and two hows uour fathers!!!!!

Just want to say I had a very lush dinner from the 800 book the chicken and apricot burgers, I made it into a meatloaf shape and doubled up the quantities, so 3 portions to freeze, it came out at 255 portion and 12 carbs, with some stir fried spring onions and courgettes, very delist. I am actually satisfied for the first time for days. Yeah. Going to be a dRling goody two shoes this week I am aiming for a 4 lb loss, getting a grip.👼👼👼well for today anyway

One chocolate lime does not a failure make, Tokyo! Enjoying a little treat is still allowed.. Just don’t eat the whole box!

Butternut spag Bol cooking away. I’m getting timed out on making the courgette bread again tonight.. There’s not enough hours in the day 😩 On the plus side, 7000 steps today! I may have lost the initial battle, but I haven’t lost the war!!

Yep Tokyo, disasters are getting included too 🙂 Shame I didn’t take a photo of my smoked mackerel kedgeree with cauliflower rice… *retch*.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Thorntons. Lovely. Never tried a lime one! Used to love the Viennese Truffles they did, and then they brought out a bar… then B&M started stocking them nearly out of date, and that’s how I put the last two stone on 😉

That sounds lovely Jan 🙂 I need to take another look through some of these book recipes.

No bread here either Janey. I needed two ingredients for two loaves that were in two different shops. That I didn’t go to. I didn’t have time anyway with the faffy kebabs. Easy peasy Spanish Meatballs tomorrow, anyway, can do that with my eyes closed. And butternut squash spaghetti, picked some up in Marks, not so easy to get hold of here, Tesco never seem to have it, nor our immediately local Morrisons, and I’ve not seen it in our Waitrose yet either.

aha my dear janey i shall be taking the pair of you on tomorrow i shall be wearing the band of righteousness and may accessories it with some pants of persistence and boots of brillantness too!!!!!
weigh day tomorrow then one week left till 8 week final and as the sat nav says re calculate although away for a few days once i hit the 8 week mark !! good timing who would have thought it !!!!
i shall be thoroughly enjoying my treats whilst away !!!

Oooooooooooooooh are we duelling? Send me a request when you’re up (or I will if I’m up before you) and once we’ve accepted, GAME ON! Can we have a three way one???

how do i send a request ? its me your talking too remember phito posting gate !!!!

I’ll send the request then lol… 😉