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petrichor · 30 June 2007 at 8:45AM

Oh and by the way gorgeous gonzo lost yesterday

...

...so it's to plan B - Rafa to win...

xxxx

ajaxgeezer · 30 June 2007 at 10:11AM

I've just been to Tesco and noticed that they have Ryvita Minis on an offer of 5-for-£2 (normally 48p each). They are a B choice on green and original, so well handy.

dellybelly_2 · 30 June 2007 at 10:12AM

petrichor wrote: »

I would love to plan my menus too! The other week I mentioned this and Lois you said you managed to do it (I'd told you that I would buy stuff and have to throw stuff out of the fridge to make way for it ) so perhaps you could enlighten us please? Do you plan before you buy or vice verse? etc etc I went on the OS board and they seemed too advanced for me and I was far too ashamed to ask for help , I would prefer to keep it in the family .

Pet, I usually print out a copy of my calender from Microsoft outlook but google e-mail accounts have a really good one too. You can print out a 1 week view or 1 month.. .I prefer to plan a week or two's menus in advance as any more would be boring. As for planning / buying. I usually do a combination of both. I try to use up stuff that I already have in the cupboards, but get stuff in for a bit of variety. The best thing about menu planning is you finish with a shopping list (cos you only buy the ingredient's for your week's meals that you don't already have at home) and there's where you save money. Go to the supermarket with your list and you only buy exactly what's on it.

There's meals that we usually have each week -roast on sunday, the leftover chicken makes curry on monday (If I was a true OS moneysaver, the chicken bones would make soup for lunch on Monday too but bleugh!). I've seen the OS menu planners. They would usually post something like this:

Sunday: Roast Chicken, veg & potatoes
Monday: Chicken Curry & Rice
Tuesday : Spicy Quorn Pasta Bake
Wednesday: Stew
Thursday: Fish fingers, chips & beans
Friday: HM Pizza & wedges
Saturday: Chicken Fahitas.

If you're really good, you can plan breakfast, lunch, dinner & snacks and calorie count them - it does take the hassle out of what you're having to eat since you already know.

HTH

bargain_babe · 30 June 2007 at 10:43AM

hi all, please can I join the July challenge. I lost another 3lb this week so it was 3lb last week and 3lb this week - not bad for me! Anyhow the chocs have been eaten and Im not having any more!
July 5lb Challenge:
Lois Lane
Ajaxgeezer
mistywoo
Tallgirl
Sa1sysoo
Suggs
Honey
Bindiboo
Just Starting
Petrichor
emptypocketz
Brighton belle
Poohbear
Dellybelly
bargain babe

catch you all later!

retiredlady · 30 June 2007 at 11:10AM

Hi guys, I would like to go on the monthly challenge again too please:)

I tried an experiment last week which seems to have worked well for me as I lost 4.5 pounds. I am on the SW diet and was losing slowly but steadily. HOWEVER with the amount I still weigh I know I could safely be losing more than 1 to 1.5 pound a week. (I still need to lose over 10 stone:eek: and have already lost 6 stone:T ). I worked it out that it would take me to 2010 to lose all the weight I needed to.:(

Anyway to make a long story short, what I did last week was count calories within my SW diet plan. I stayed between 1500 and 1800 calories on both red and green days. When I worked out the calories I had been having before (all free SW foods) I had been having between 3 - 4000 a day:eek: !

Amazingly I still did lose weight on that, albeit slower than I would have liked!

So now I am trying my new method and am hoping for a slightly more timely result.

Thanks for all the wonderful posts once again - I do like to read them every day to strengthen my resolve:T :T :j !

All the best
Marion

Lois Lane
Ajaxgeezer
mistywoo
Tallgirl
Sa1sysoo
Suggs
Honey
Bindiboo
Just Starting
Petrichor
emptypocketz
Brighton belle
Poohbear
Dellybelly
bargain babe
retiredlady (Marion)

Lois_Lane · 30 June 2007 at 11:39AM

petrichor wrote: »

I would love to plan my menus too! The other week I mentioned this and Lois you said you managed to do it (I'd told you that I would buy stuff and have to throw stuff out of the fridge to make way for it ) so perhaps you could enlighten us please? Do you plan before you buy or vice verse? etc etc I went on the OS board and they seemed too advanced for me and I was far too ashamed to ask for help , I would prefer to keep it in the family .

Apart from dieting, which is the only thing that I seem to be in control of, everything else seems to be going t*ts up at the moment

xxxx

Hi Petrichor - I do exactly as Delly does ^ ^ see above. I print a calendar for each month, and then fill in main meals for a week at a time. I shop on line with Sainsbury's, my deliveries are scheduled for Wednesday evenings, so I have to complete my shop by Tuesday at 9pm, and my usual job on a Monday evening is to check what's in the freezer and try to persuade DH to give me some suggestions for meals for the following week, then I write out a list and make a shopping list, taking into account what's already in the freezer/cupboards.

I stick quite closely to my menu when I'm shopping, but if there are special offers for things that we eat I buy them for the freezer. Things like chicken breasts and salmon fillets are nearly always on a buy 2 packs for £x basis so I generally buy those in bulk.

The other thing I do is make double quantities of some meals - specially if I'm using the slow cooker - then freeze half for future use.

The menu/calendar is stuck to the side of the fridge with a magnet, and by the end of the month there are often arrows criss crossing it where I've swapped meals around - I'll have to scan one and post it for a laugh!

LL

Lois_Lane · 30 June 2007 at 11:51AM

retiredlady wrote: »

Hi guys, I would like to go on the monthly challenge again too please:)

I tried an experiment last week which seems to have worked well for me as I lost 4.5 pounds. I am on the SW diet and was losing slowly but steadily. HOWEVER with the amount I still weigh I know I could safely be losing more than 1 to 1.5 pound a week. (I still need to lose over 10 stone:eek: and have already lost 6 stone:T ). I worked it out that it would take me to 2010 to lose all the weight I needed to.:(

Anyway to make a long story short, what I did last week was count calories within my SW diet plan. I stayed between 1500 and 1800 calories on both red and green days. When I worked out the calories I had been having before (all free SW foods) I had been having between 3 - 4000 a day:eek: !

Amazingly I still did lose weight on that, albeit slower than I would have liked!

So now I am trying my new method and am hoping for a slightly more timely result.

Thanks for all the wonderful posts once again - I do like to read them every day to strengthen my resolve:T :T :j !

All the best
Marion

Hi Marion

I switched from SW to calorie counting a couple of months ago, and for the first couple of weeks I was still following SW and counting the calories. Like you, I was shocked how many calories you can eat and stay within the SW free food, yet it does work - I lost 6.5 stone doing it and I've got a friend who lost 8 stone.

The mystery is why it works, and I know some people on this thread have been sceptical about it, but I can only speculate that it must be how the red and green days operate. SW have obviously done their research to work out the eating plans so they work.

Having now switched to calorie counting I'm not following SW to the letter anymore, and I've reduced my portion sizes and I don't eat as many snacks - fruit can mount up the calories very quickly so I restrict that, and sometimes I would have a HE left over in the evening and have something to eat in order to use it up. I've knocked evening eating on the head now, unless I'm genuinely hungry - I can't sleep with a rumbling tum!

I do still find myself sticking to measured amounts of bread, potatoes and cheese, but I've increased the amount of breakfast cereal I have (50g - what a luxury!!)

Good luck with your remaining target - stick with us, you can do it if you think of it in small chunks.

LL

p.s. I'm procrastinating - I've got a pile of things I want to list on ebay and I've done 4 so far and I'm bored!

honey28 · 30 June 2007 at 12:45PM

Hi delly - the wedding I am doing bridesmaid at is on 11th July too - Where is your wedding

Went out for few drinks with DH last night, good to get out. Had 2 Irish coffees though

Brighton_belle · 30 June 2007 at 12:55PM

Hi Ajax, not a quorn fan myself (regretably) but give this one a go:
feeds four
puree 200g onions, 3 cloves garlic,3cm fresh garlic,1 tsp each ground chilli, cinnimon,cardamon seeds, tumeric, & 4 cloves.
Add to slow cooker 500g quorn (if meat eater chop up whole chicken , pre seal in pan in 1 tblsp groundnut oil = 1.5 syns per portion if on SW)
add 2 chopped tomatoes, 1 tsp canderel (or other sugar sub), 1 tsp garam masala, salt and pepper & purree. Cook.
1 hr before ready add 1 x 150ml yeo valley full fat yog (only .5 syn per portion - worth it for creaminess).
Serve it with salad or green veg or can add 400g potatoes to slow cooker if you want. I don't.
Enjoy
:beer:

Retired lady - thanks for suggestions on combining SW with calorie counting. I've never calorie counted before but with my weight loss slowing I may look at this is due course.
Petrichor: I do exactly the same as Delli and lois and have a 2 week rolling menu - makes life so much easier even if you are not trying to lose weight. Then you have an exact shopping list and only have in the house what you need. I also bulk cook so I have my own 'ready meals' for the nights that don't work out as planned.
BB

Brighton_belle · 30 June 2007 at 1:03PM

Can anyone tell me how I add my weight loss or whatever to the bottom of my messages like some of you have ? Thanks
BB

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