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nm123_2

Bananasplit wrote: »

Thanks everyone.
nm I think I'll give the mustard a miss though :rotfl:

Honestly, it's nice - just makes a bit more flavoursome, doesn't taste very mustardy at all - specially as you only use 1/2 a teaspoon...

Bananasplit

nm123 wrote: »

Honestly, it's nice - just makes a bit more flavoursome, doesn't taste very mustardy at all - specially as you only use 1/2 a teaspoon...

The tiniest bit of mustard (or pepper for that matter) and i can taste it :rotfl: I'm just not a mustardy type of gal.
I'm sure I can find a substitue for it. My mother does get those low cal dressings maybe I could put that into it

shopaholic232

thanks for the reply victory, i have been trying to cut down on bad foods but its not easy thats why i thought if i came on here it wud help with the support of other dieters and keep me motivated

nm123_2

Bananasplit wrote: »

The tiniest bit of mustard (or pepper for that matter) and i can taste it :rotfl: I'm just not a mustardy type of gal.
I'm sure I can find a substitue for it. My mother does get those low cal dressings maybe I could put that into it

Salad dressing would probably do the trick... Or balsamic vinegar... Enjoy

Brighton_belle

welcome back efrieze - great to have you here once more. Corr,10lbs eh!!! Anyway, you've made a great start with 14lbs lost and you knowyou shifted it before and you will do it again.

Victory - what a dreadful experience for you both. And how weird, going in to meltdown so uncharacterisyically having been great in the morning and laters. Glad he bounced back thouh - you must hav wondered what on earth was going on. I shall be twice as sympatheic now is I see a poor parent with a child in meltdown (I was already careful not to show disapproval, becasue you never know what might be going on at home).

Shopaholic: what do you enjoy eating? It is good to build in healthy treats you look forward too as well as cutting out more junky stuff - so you don't feel deprived.

A sts AGAIN for me please granny.

well done nnm & banana & kpc & victory & granny:j:j.
Welcome hazza too - sory haven't heard of the plan you are trying, but it sounds healthy, by cutting out too much fat and sugar, and if it enthuses you to exercise more then that is half the battle. Let us know how it goes.
Sounds the right decsion Mazza re the holiday - close shave!!
dmv - hope you had a great shop.
Victory - I think sary's interview was when you were in Spain?

Granny, and any teachers out there with advice - my mum is giving a talk to 10yr olds at a school on the 21st , about her experience of being evacuated in the war. I'm taking her as I always loved her stories. Any advice or suggestions on how to fill 30-45 mins not just 'talking'? The teacher has left it up to her, so maybe just talking is ok but any tips welcome. Is there a particular curriculum remit that is being met here?

sarymclary

victory - check out my post #985 to hear about my interview. I've subsequently been told that the person they selected, instead of me is a bit of a divvy.

It was such a lovely day here today, so I was out doing some gardening while it's still enjoyable. I've got seedlings for winter plants already sprouting, so new life out there to look forward to.

I didn't get to cycle today, as I did yesterday when I did 3 miles, but I'm hoping to tomorrow. OH and I have discussed tonight that we want to do more exercise, so I've suggested an evening cycle to do more cardio work. It'll be enjoyable too.

BB - I hope you don't mind me suggesting about the evacuation talk, but my 2 youngest have both done WWII and the evacuation process in their classes. I would suggest your mum covers things like being given her name tag, having to have her gas mask, the process of meeting her evacuee family, going to a new school, and how she felt. How far away did she have to go? How did she keep in touch with her parents, etc. Mentioning rationing, and the difference in food available, and how little there was. Mine do a day trip where they go on a bus to be evacuated for the day, and are given old fashioned names, along with a name tag, and a gas mask box. My 11 y/o thought it was hillarious that he was called Stanley, and they had a lunch of bread and jam - which I thought was probably quite a luxurious meal, and he was delighted because he loves to eat that. Anyway, just my thoughts, but I'm sure Granny has more specific ideas.

Brighton_belle

No, that's great thanks Sary. Mum's already written over 30,000 words about this time in her life , that I typed up for her, which was why the teacher (her grandson's wife) asked her to give the talk, so she certainly covers all of that, but it's helpful to have ideas of particular things to pick out. Her memory of food in the war is far from depravation though and she never went hungry. She would have considered just bread and jam for lunch quite meagre I think and she was from an average working class home. It pobably helped that her mum knew all the local shop keepers fom childhood... and she was evacuated to a farm.
There was obviously far less variety than we have now. She has plenty to say on the torments of sweet rationing though:D She and a friend decide to stockpile... and ate it all in the first evening:rotfl:.
She has very vivid tales on being bombed too so should be able to keep them entertained. I just wondered if there was a best way to present it. I believe there will be a question and answer session at the end.

grannynise

Well done to Cazzy, SOTW with her 2 lb loss.

Congratualtions to every one who has posted - whether it was a loss, a gain or a STS. Some of our new arrivals seem to have fallen off the radar already - so just carrying on posting seems an achievement in itself!

fredsnail

Please put me down for a STS though I've not weighed this week.

grannynise

BB what a lovely mum you have! I'm sure the children will think it's fascinating to listen to her. If she wants them to participate other than by just asking her questions maybe she could challenge them to think of things that would have been different when she was their age. Little things like nothing made from plastic, no yogurt, no tights, no 'exotic' veg like aubergines and peppers. They are generally much more astonished by those ordinary everyday differences which they don't expect at all.