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…

Tried on three pairs of trousers this morning, previously too small, all fit comfortably now – yippee!!
Have a boot full of unwanted stuff to take to a village charity sale – double plus, a bit of decluttering and raising funds for a good cause.
Booked two lots of flights – one for a friend’s wedding in Edinburgh and one to go out to our apartment in Turkey in September.

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.

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

Timmy that sounds… delicious!

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

‘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?

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!

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.

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.

The cat. Greek vomit…

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…?

Hi, noticed you have had no replies. Hope you are still enthusiastic and sticking with it. Let us all know your progress.

Sante (French for cheers)

Denise

11 lbs is 22 packs of butter, try carrying that around, although it might melt in the heatwave.

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

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 😆😆

Thanks Ziggy
Yes I am pleased with the progress.
It has not been as easy in this second week to lose as much as the first. The number of trips to the toilet for a pee have reduced dramatically though. I think the fluid loss is starting to balance out.
Your weight loss is mightily impressive. I started with a lot more weight to shift and there is a tendency that if you weigh more you lose more initially. It should be interesting in the next few weeks to see how things progress for us both.

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 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 😱

Wow Middleage1 – that is nearly a stone!

So glad that you and I (cause we started at approximately the same time) didn’t have a competition between ourselves. Well Done, you must feel chuffed!

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.

Spot on!

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

💩💩💩💩

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.

Cut and paste this 💩💩💩💩

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

I became an uncle again for the 14th time this morning (that makes 17 cousins including my 3)
I’m in a shirt today that I had stopped wearing because it was way too tight
2 more weeks until holiday!

Speak of the devil 😉

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

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…

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

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

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 😉

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

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!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

‘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!

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

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 !!!

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 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Totally agree captainlynne is our guiding light.😊🌷😊

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?

My son slept until 0730
My sewing last night resulted in a more wearable shrug 🙂
I’m going to make pancakes in a minute yummy.

Captain Lynne, I have popped into your clubhouse for a bit of insight and what an inspiration you are. I am only on week 4, 11.5 pounds gone (I don’t like the word ‘lost’ , it sounds like you are trying to find it). Looking forward to my first stone off. I can’t imagine how it feels to be 10 something. Last time I was that weight was 16 years ago.
Please keep posting even when you get to target weight. You are helping us all, even us newbies.

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… 🙂

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

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) 👍🏼🎉😃😋🍰🎂

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 🙂

I’m not too often hungry so it isn’t a big problem, nuts won’t spike the blood sugar. I love almond milk and use it most days for my breakfast shake 🙂 You sound very disciplined and I’m sure you will do well on this diet! I don’t do the long fasting thing as I like my breakfast too much! I also have issues with dizziness so I shouldn’t go too long without food really. usually dinner is done by 6-7, and I don’t often eat after that but we do ocasionally have our dinner later. Breakfast on work days is 0630, fri-sun, it’s later. I know if I was a little more disciplined or willing to fast longer that my results might be faster, but I’m happy with it being slower (for now anyway)

I’m really viewing this as a change of lifestyle for me so having 3 meals and occasional snacks makes it sustainable, as does baking with almond flour and trying different lots of new things.

I’ve lost weight pretty much every week for 12 weeks, I don’t recall even staying the same although I may have done and forgotten! Some weeks are only 1/2lb but it’s going down and I find this so easy so to continue is also easy!

So here we are on Friday and I’m snuggled with my son for our gentler start to the day, pondering the day ahead and remembering some very strange dreams! There was a weird one with 2 colleagues that I only remember snippets of, and one where I didn’t turn up for work as I was taking my daughter to a psychiatrist lol, and then I was working in a shopping mall. I don’t usually remember as much but I think I just dozed since my husband left for work.

Today I might wear my newly taken in top and my shrug with the longer arms 🙂

I also got some new work uniform. My tops were too baggy so I ordered smaller ones (they fit) and some of you may remember me complaining about my trousers- when they are either loose or tight the zip falls down! so the ones I’m wearing currently are 2 sizes smaller than where I started, and they are past the perfect window, they aren’t really too big yet but the zip is falling down so I ordered a size smaller again. I tried them on and although they are too tight they do go on and fasten so I’m not far from being able to wear them. I only ordered one pair and I will make do as I know I will need to go down in size again down the line. BSD gives me the confidence that it will happen 🙂 I don’t have to pay for my work clothes but I don’t want to order too much either, I know my manager won’t worry about the odd restock but if he saw me ordering 2 pairs every month or two he would be asking. Having said that I doubt he would mind as our employer does promote improving our own health.

I might make some almond flour pancakes today as I haven’t had any in a while. I’m making toad in the hole for the kids and cauli pizza for myself and my husband for dinner. Not sure about lunch but I will think of something at the time.

Right I best go and amuse my son, have a lovely day 🙂

No chance of that she’s very damaged, we have to treat her like a handicapped person, and she’s 6 so we have reached the extent of the modification in her behaviour . It was my mistake didn’t allow for the unexpected stress for her. We have used a dog whisperer in the past. So we know how to deal with her. Took my mind of eating for a while, hehe hope you have a good day
Regards jan

22/07/16

Week 2
Day 5

BMI: 28.3
Weight: 17 Stone 7 Pound (111Kg)

Hi starcyl. Please don’t be disheartened, although I know how you feel. It’s like you are doing pretty much everything you are supposed to be doing , so why is it not working. I too found week 3 showing no weight loss. I was hovering at 10-11 pound loss. Then yesterday I really upped my water intake (that’s all I did differently). Whether it was that or just that the low calories finally started to shift something, but I was down a pound today. I know what the scales say shouldn’t affect my mood but it certainly helps when you see them move in the right direction.
Hang in there and good luck with the work do. Let us know how you get on. After all, we are in this for the long haul.