Axe the avoirdupois in August aka the 7 pound club :-D

tara747

hethmar wrote: »

Well, I think we should use any comments like that to spur us on and choke them like mad when we turn up our new slim selves.

Comments like what hethmar?

The_Dragon

I went to weigh in today (a day earlier than last week) and I put a pound on :mad:, annoyed but not overly concerned as it is TOTM and I normally put some weight on then! OUr menu for the week is sort of planned (might need a bit of tweaking mid week!) and I am back tracking my food (had a Boots Shapers Sandwich and Shapers sparkling ginger beer and that is already 320 kcals :eek:)

I think the comments to ignore and stick two metaphorical fingers up at are the ones from "well meaning" family members that are actually rather denigrating!

hethmar

Well, felt a bit low yesterday so I decided we could have a takeaway. I weighed in this morning and Im the same weight as yesterday so hopefully it wont go up.

I think we all need a little treat now and then.

hethmar

tara747 wrote: »

Comments like what hethmar?

Sorry tara, see posts 199 and 200.

jessicamb

hmm been a slow week here - been going to fitness classes but although Im getting a lot fitter and I can feel hints of muscles where there were only wobbly bits I havent lost as much weight as I would have liked. Hopefully the rule about muscle weighing more than fat is true and it will all come off at once soon.

coffeeholic_2

More exercise this week but my food choices haven't exactly gone as planned :rolleyes:

Will see what delights my WI brings tomorrow :eek:

poshstock66

Hi all, well my oven has packed up on me, so cooking for the foreseable future is going to be challenging to say the least! I do have a microwave, but it cant do everything!
Any ideas what to cook anyone???

hethmar

Frozen WW ready meals

lightisfading

Pasta can be cooked in the micro. Just put in a bowl, cover with boiling water and nuke til done (about 5 mins? I think?). Best to get the smaller pasta shapes for this. Homemade pasta sauce is a lot nicer but you can get by on jarred - just check the labels carefully for cals. Add tuna/sweetcorn etc. In fact veggie mince (quorn) just needs heating so you could defrost/heat that in micro, add sauce and have spaghetti/pasta bolognese.

Quorn chicken pieces - microwave with veggies, stir in stir fry sauce, serve with noodles (all noodles, especially the thinner ones, will 'cook' in a bowl of boiling water - you may need to refresh the water if you get thicker noodles but rice noodles etc definitely cook fine like this.

'Beanfeast' or asda own brand 'savoury mince' - dried savoury mince stuff that you cook with just water (same aisle as dried beans etc and can be done in the micro i think?) topped with mash made from potatoes steamed in micro. = shepherds pie type thing (ok no crispy crust but needs must!)

Jacket potatoes with normal toppings (tuna mayo, beans, etc).

Chilli - canned beans + steamed veggies + quorn/meat (if you can micro it?), then I used Asda's chilli sauce which is fairly low cal, serve with jacket pots or make it quite dry and serve in wraps, fajita style.


Sorry about all the veggie stuff but I am But the good thing is quorn etc only require heating, not cooking, so well suited for micro cooking.

tara747

poshstock66 wrote: »

Hi all, well my oven has packed up on me, so cooking for the foreseable future is going to be challenging to say the least! I do have a microwave, but it cant do everything!
Any ideas what to cook anyone???

Beans on toast

Salads

Soup

Er...

OK, I know you can make scrambled eggs etc in the m/w but it's not the same!!!!