Anyone got a nice spaghetti and meatballs recipe?

cheerfulness4

Hi everyone,

Spent yet another £11.87 on shopping. Can't remember what off hand but there's no treats in so it must have been essentials....oh and definitely more loo rolls. :rolleyes: I decided to try the more expensive ones again...despite doing my own trial in the past, but no, they disappeared just as quickly off the holder so they're back to basic.

Got lots of reduced meat and fruit & veg, so that was something.

carolt2

Popped to tesco today on my way to visit OH mum and spent a total of £3.60. Only bought some fresh fruit and tv guide.
Am trying to leave it as long as possible til next shop probably will go on friday morning after I have dropped OH off at work.

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TheBees wrote: »

OMG! :eek: I went back to Weight Watchers tonight for the first time since the beginning of December. I'm a gold member which means that I've got to my goal weight and can go for free as long as I stay within 5lbs of my target weight. Well, surprise, surprise as I suspected I've put 6lbs on! My excuse is that I was ill over Christmas and New Year with a nasty virus and haven't been running with my friend since the end of November. I know I can lose the 6lbs in a few weeks but I now feel like I've got a double challenge to plan meals for the family that will keep within our grocery budget but also are low fat and low on points so I can lose a couple pounds a week! :mad: I refuse to buy branded WW products and we all eat the same meal so OH will probably lose a few pounds too! (not that he's got any to lose anyway!)

Any tips from other WW members or dieters would be helpful. I wonder how many points there are in my home made fairy cakes for instance as I don't want to start buying branded WW products.

Thanks

Hi TheBees

It's not easy to do the low grocery budget and eat low fat foods. I followed the Rosemary Conley approach until I reached my target weight and am now trying to maintain whilst keeping within my grocery budget.

So that I can monitor my calorie intake and cost of homemade cooking I tend to calculate the calories and cost of everything.

A few of the recipes that you can find on this thread have the following calories (assuming I have calculated them correctly)

Twinks Hobnobs 100 cals per biscuit (if you make 40 from the quantities in the recipe)
Economical fruit cake 355 cals per 100g (25g is a reasonable portion)
Banana loaf 260 cals per 100g (50g portion)
Marble cake 482 cals per 100g (25g portion)

HTH

FFM

mhe

wen to HomeBArgains today - i love that store - and spent £16.xx on cleaning products and wine. Now some of you might think this is an excessive amount but i was pleased with how much id saved. I bought Parazone potty wipes for 39p - im going to use them on the loo instead of the ordinary parazone wipes i usualy but for £1/something. I kind of got carried away and bought loads of packs cos what they have one week is not what they have another week. If any of you have a HomeBargain near you go and look for thye bargains!!!:T :T

Janeryan

Hi the Bees

This is a good thread you might like to try-several of the grocery challenge peole are there already and there's always room for some more!

Week 3 update for me-spent £55.73

Keep going everyone-half way there now!!

mhe

Hi the bees
Im doing WW at the moment. Im sitting at my computer drinking a glass of red wine as its my bday today and wondering how ill work the points off for next week !!!
Im also on the weightlosstheoldstyle board - come and join us as we fess to what we have eaten that day and share the highs and lows of weight loss

MHE

Bobbykins

MHE.....
happy birthday 2 u
happy birthday 2 u
happy birthday m h ee-ee
happy birthday 2 u

Have some WW birthday cake:-

:bdaycake:

and enjoy your wine!

mhe

Thanks Bobbykins it a wolfblass - 3.49 from homebargains should be 5.99 and very delish!!

Bobbykins

oooh luverly...we had a bottle of that over the weekend (for we, read me:o ) It was gorgeous. Unfortunately, I paid £6.99 for it in Mr T!!:eek: :eek: :eek: , we don't have a homebargains anywhere round here (sob, sob)

mhe

Bobbykins - i live in cheshire too. Im in Warrington were are you cas there are homebargains near by to me