Slimming World - a Christmas countdown!

dizzyk

fitorbust wrote: »

I've been up for hours - yawn.
My nephew who is 13 was rushed into hospital (LGI) last night as he has some shunts in his brain and they had blocked. He has had surgery and is sleeping it off now. I can never sleep when these things happen - he has been ok for about 5 years now so this has been a shock. Hopefully all is well.
Must go and get dressed....
L x

Oh I really hope all is welland hes on the mend real soon hun......LGI are great tho - they did my Brain Ops and the surgeons and nursing staff really are amazing, hes in good hands x x

TakeItEazy wrote: »

Hope hes ok and on the mend, my little great niece has been in and out of hospital the last few months with febral convulsions so know how stressful any sort of hospital trip can be [[[hugs]]]]



Any other ideas for the base of a quiche? I tried the mash [not that keen], had thin sliced potato this week [was better] is there anything else that people have tried and succeeded with?

Have you tried ham as a base ? (using it as HEB if doing green?)

I sometimes pan fry chopped onion & potatoe in frylight with peppers then put that in as a base just for a bit of a different texture/taste

Pennylane

Just about to serve up a delicious Sunday roast. I've made (for 4) Roast Chicken, Roast potatoes (in Frylite) Broad beans, cabbage, peas & carrots, stuffing balls (which I'll syn), yorkshire puds (syns) and gravy (syns).

I have not had my Cappuccino this morning to save some syns and I'll have free fruit for pud.

I have been on an 8 mile bike ride this morning so I reckon I deserve it!

poohbear59

Mrs M I love the clothes you have ordered. I have ordered some clothes from La Redoute. I am hoping to find something to wear for a wedding next month.

hugs fitorbust, I hope your nephew is okay now.

I haven't been very good at writing down what I am eating but managed to avoid putting on weight this week.
Basically I try to do too much from memoryand despite paying for SW online I am not following it properly. So today is yet another LB moment for weight loss.

Today I have had
Breakfast:
28g porridges made with water and 100ml semi skimmed milk, a banana and a clementine.
1 licorice allsort! 1/2 syn

Dinner is minced beef, potatoes, brocolli, carrots and parsnip. And gravy! 1 syn, Spelt flour dumpling made with 28g spelt flour and 1tsp oil 4.5 syns

dizzyk

Just had this Email from my Aunt.....so thought you guys may want to know about it? I thought about posting it somewhere else on here but not sure which board - any ideas??????

Hi All,
Please see below:

Postal Scam:

Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching - it has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are making people aware of the following scam:

A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a Premium rate number).

DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize.

If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £315 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 020 7239 6655.

For more information, see the Crime Stoppers website:
http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/crime-prevention/helping-prevent-crime/scams/postal-delivery-scam

TakeItEazy

Thanks for that Dizzy [and the quiche] will copy it and facebook it if thats ok? Can imagine the likes of my mum would phone that number thinking she has a parcel so thanks again.

gunsandbanjos

Hugs fitorbust, my daughter has been in and out of hospital since she was born, lost count of the number of ops she has has so i know how stressful these things are. Hope he recovers soon.

Dizzy - the postal scam is an urban myth, check out the 'praise, vent and warning board' there is a thread on it. It resurfaces every year in some guise or other.

Found the thread here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/294447 save you trawling the boards for it.

Vixie_Pixie

Hi all :wave:

I've been off plan since friday (it was my birthday yesterday and it always turns into a long weekend!) Will be back on plan as from 2mro!! (Damn curry and churros.. not together mind lol)

Mrs M those dresses are gorgeous! I've tried the first black on on myself (i have a yours near me ) and it is sooo flattering - and comfortable! I ended up getting the dress but in a different colour for my friend's wedding!

am off to enjoy my roast dinner!

dizzyk

TakeItEazy wrote: »

Thanks for that Dizzy [and the quiche] will copy it and facebook it if thats ok? Can imagine the likes of my mum would phone that number thinking she has a parcel so thanks again.

I thought of my MIL straight away, we arrived at her house the other day as she was on the phone to some guy who was telling her her laptop was sending messages out that it had probs (the scam thats going about at the mo) she had the laptop open and was doing exactly what he was asking :eek: Mr Dizzy took the phone and told him exactly where to shove it and he hung up....then rung back trying again so we told him we were phoning the police....scary tho that she nearly got had (luckily she isnt actually on the internet and only uses it for playing patience on )

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Dizzy - the postal scam is an urban myth, check out the 'praise, vent and warning board' there is a thread on it. It resurfaces every year in some guise or other.

Found the thread here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/294447 save you trawling the boards for it.

Thanks for that G&B Looked pretty convincing! ( I never actually went on the crimestoppers site tho )
Ive never seen it before..... with the scare we had with MIL I assumed this was another we needed to be wary of. x x

sarymclary

autumnflower wrote: »

I woldnt mind making it from scratch, howver it's just too expensive to buy all the seperate things for it on a student budget. I can't really justify spend £10 on just sauces, even if it will work out cheaper in the long run. I literally have no basic things in the cupboards, I have viniger, brown and red sauce, mayo, chilli mayo and salad cream. That is totally it :rotfl:

I spotted this online today, and thought of you.

http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/homeware/christmas-gifts/14/4?extra=sch&n=homeware&pid=733-538&returnurl=/shop/cat-gifts-gattpromotion-christmas-48%3fx%3d1%26nxti%3d11%26nxtv%3d29100%23733-538&bct=%26quot;Shop%20By%20Product%26quot;%26nbsp;%26gt;%26nbsp;Gifts%26nbsp;%26gt;%26nbsp;Christmas

Looks like a good selection for £20.

Or this one, for £10

http://www.next.co.uk/shopping/homeware/christmas-gifts/14/3?extra=sch&n=homeware&pid=721-160&returnurl=/shop/cat-gifts-gattpromotion-christmas-72%3fx%3d1%26nxti%3d11%26nxtv%3d29100%23721-160&bct=%26quot;Shop%20By%20Product%26quot;%26nbsp;%26gt;%26nbsp;Gifts%26nbsp;%26gt;%26nbsp;Christmas

TakeItEazy

gunsandbanjos wrote: »

Dizzy - the postal scam is an urban myth, check out the 'praise, vent and warning board' there is a thread on it. It resurfaces every year in some guise or other.

Found the thread here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/294447 save you trawling the boards for it.

Scam or not I emailed it to my Mum, it won't hurt to make her think before she phones things shes not sure of

Dizzy glad you got there to help your MIL, my mum often gets phone calls about things she has no idea about so anything that makes her think before she does is ok by me.