I got the book and have even posted on here re what to shop for, well I am going to the Lakes for a quiet break on my own (wish I could take the cats) and I will go on some short walks AND just cannot hold off temptation off the delicious pub meals to fend off any chills, and also Christmas is coming and I want to enjoy a nice week off so one new year resolution I will make now and keep is to start the first week of Jan AND being off for a week during Christmas will give me plenty of time to prepare properly and do some advance cooking the main change I have implemented is I cut out bread as of two weeks ago and hardly miss it and take the almond milk shake in the recipe sections to work very nice , greek youghurt , berries (though I do sieve it as raspberries are very bitty ) mmmmmmmmmmm

Hi
I found a brilliant cottage that I rent where my cat is very welcome – excellent solution, we’ve been about six times now. Sussex rather than the lakes – I don’t think she’d like sitting in the car for that long!
Well done on the bread – why not trying adding potatoes to the exclusions? (and not replacing them with rice/pasta 🙂 )
By the time it gets to Januaty you’ll be almost there!
Have a good holiday

hi Frog
to be honest I have virtually cut out pots and rice/pasta I have wholewheat pasta sometimes and brown rice BUT its only because I still have some in the cupboard and don’t like to bin things unless they are bad (which rice and pasta don’t), but I am weaning off these things and although the new year will be hard I can have a good run for at least eight weeks and voila see how I go from there.