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Morning all we're very boring when it comes to decorating houses, all the rooms are the same buttermilk colour except the kitchen which is a soft willow green. The reason we like buttermilk is it makes the rooms look like it's sunny even in the middle of winter and makes us feel warmer, isn't the human brain odd? Cheers Lyn x.

SpikyHedgehog

Popperwell wrote: »

Generally Mrs C and Mar,
If your daily pattern of life is up early in the morning, work or doing something during the day and to bed at a usualy time. I think that you are spot on.

Certainly about going to bed and giving your body a lot of work trying to digest what you have eaten(this could be another reason why people don't feel hungry when they wake and avoid Breakfast. We all now that the clue is in the name of that first meal of the day.

I suppose it's ok having the main meal at night as long as you are allowing 3-4 hours between eating and going to bed. Then again if you have it earlier in the day, your tasks will burn it off and as said give you energy.

And originally, many used to only have a small bowl of cereal or a slice of toast as a put off at supper to get you through the night with a warm milky drink.

Makes sense to me...

You are probably better having smaller portions and having a few meals spread across the day.

Good examples of eating but being at our healthiest and leanest probably are looking at what we ate during the war and we were also better off eating less.

Pops, Errant Husband is a shift worker (currently 2 days shifts of 12 hours, 2 night shifts of 12 hours, 4 days off - it's been worse) so reads with interest information about working & eating at night. No links, but the idea is basically, humans are naturally diurnal, so working at night is generally not good for our.health, nor is eating at night.

fuddle wrote: »

Primark have childrens PJ's for £5 again. Very fluffy these ones are and good to see some cheaper as the cheapest I could see a few weeks back were £8. Very happy there.

Also Alfie's nail clipping normally costs us £10 at the vets. I have done it myself today so that's been a saving. I should say that his nails don't grow long because he isn't walked (he is!) it's just that I take him over the fields in the mud (he's in his element sniffing) as opposed to walking the abrasive paths. So another DIY lesson learned that will cost us zilch.

Having the bean enchiladas a cauli cheese tonight :rotfl: DH isn't happy.

EVOO cleaning method. I've been doing it for about 3 months and will never go back. I just wondered if the olive oil takes off waterproof mascara? I thought it might be sensible to replace mine when it's ran out with the waterproof stuff as I have it on my brows :rotfl:

I only buy waterproof mascara & it gets mine off fine - I love EVOO! My skin looks so much better now.

Molly41 wrote: »

Yes we used to spend hours with DS2 driving in the dead of night - oh the memories x

Is it the actual curry paste that has iron in or the meat that goes with? I ask this as Im horribly anaemic atm and trying to avoid another transfusion as I have some weird antibodies. Im sick to death of eating beef as Im more inclined towards vegetarianism but see meat more as a medicine.
I would really appreciate any suggestions for non meat dishes that have good iron content. Also Im eating ready meals as I have no energy so simple foods would be better. Thanks.

My mum always used to give us a spoonful of black treacle, & she still has it & raisins in her porridge.

GreyQueen

prepareathome wrote: »

I am reading but at moment not sure where my life is going to take me and so not going to bore anyone, but here is anyone needs me

Hugs and Love to all xxx

Was noticing you weren't posting and wondering how things were going with you. Hope you come back to the thread soon, and the the SHTF one.

Pooky wrote: »

Did a meter reading and thanks to the solar panels we've only used £1.17 worth of electric this quarter :T. Gas usage was low too so now £200 in credit :j. I love it when a plan comes together!

:j That's AWESOME. Never mind exporting the excess to the grid, getting the bills down that low is a fantastic result when you got the panels free.

mardatha wrote: »

I like colour - in the 60s and 70s my house was a riot of colours, once the (very snotty) health visitor said that's why my baby wasn't sleeping, because her room was too colourful :rotfl: I said what - she can see it in the dark? wow ! :rotfl:

LMAO, I would've liked to ahve seen her face. Read somewhere that babies and young children really like and respond to primary colours so it's crazy that when we decorate for them we tend to favour pastels.

I've been off the whole interweb for 36 hours (go, me!) as spent all yesterday nipping in and out (flu clinic-lottie-pal-shopping) and was essentially on the go from 9 am until 6 pm and when I did stop it was a case of crash! and I was in bed by 9.30 pm sleeping the sleep of the just.

Especially as I had been woken just before 4 am by some bliddy teen drama queen and her inamorato dissecting their relationship at the top of their lungs right outside my flat. Could hear windows slamming closed in the flats above. Tell ya, if I'd've been up there I would've considered the trajectory and, if favourable, given them a jug of water for their troubles. Grrr!

Re foods, I very much need to have protein in the morning or I'm hollow-hungry a couple of hours later and get the wobbles. My Dad has the same kind of metabolism. Meals which are very carby like breakfast cereals just don't sustain me and if I have a lot of carby stuff I just want to curl up and go to sleep like a dormouse.

Funnily enough, back when Eat Right For Your Type was the diet fashion, I read what it said for Blood Type O and it exactly tallied with my experience. Got nothing against vegetables but I like them as an adjunct to fats and proteins, and am as weak as water if fed a plate of salad.

Right, gonna get me an omelette and chop up a pepper to have in it and that will see me sustained for some allotmenteering later on.

I was up there for 2 hours yesterday and didn't kill a single slug so really have to catch up today.

Have a good Sunday, GQ xx

2tonsils

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

Mrs Chip, the Low Carb adviser, how ironic :rotfl:.

I will admit that I would find Lcing a lot harder on our now reduced budget, as I used to have a lot of meat, cheese and fish.

Having said that, if you are not too fussy about what you eat there is plenty you can do.

One of the most delicious things I used to to make was a pasta bake.
I used to buy Dreamfields LC pasta online, it is delicious but expensive. Boots used to do a L pasta which was ok.

Anyway to make the bake I would fry off 250g minced beef or lamb and add to a couple of fried and sliced leeks with a couple of crushed garlic cloves. I added a can of chopped toms (if you look around you can find them about 2 -2.5 carbs per 100g) and sundried tom paste and dried herbs and simmer until done, much like chilli or cottage pie mix. Cook the pasta off till just underdone and mix or layer with the meat. I would use mayo to add a layer like lasanga sauce, or put it in in blobs. (remember on LC fat is good). Ditto with grated cheese - it was very freeform! cheese on the top and bake in oven . I had it with salad, and it did me several meals. You can add any spices or herbs or lc veg as you fancy, and if you cant get the pasta then layers of fried aubergine or courgette would be fine.

I also use to sir fry a lot of veg, particularly shredded sprouts and cabbage, as this gave them a different dimension. I made bubble and squeak replacing the potato with mashed swede. Mushrooms are LC and great fried with butter and garlic, very tasty.

To be honest, main meals were fairly easy for me as I love all the things you can have on L and am not so bothered about potatoes, rice bread etc. What was hard was being out and about as finding LC on the hoof was a bit harder. It meant that more planning was needed for packed lunches etc.

Fuddle - add my one to the list of bliddy fussy boogers! Mine picks the kidney beans out of chilli :mad: But to be fair he eats an awful lot more now than he did when we first married, but he still won't eat beetroot, cause he was forced to eat it in primary school and it made him sick in the bath :rotfl:.

Great post! Finding things to eat when you are out and about and doing Low carb eating is nearly as difficult as finding something gluten free when you are on your travels.

Unfortunately most food that is eaten as snacks or when traveling is carb based, and since most of those things used to make them like wheat, barley, rye etc are all on my banned list due to the celiac disease.

I have had to eat the strangest combinations ever while on my travels, much to the amazement and disgust of my fellow travellers. When flying I usually pack a prawn or chicken salad to eat, but then I have the problem of the people around me asking where I got it from because it looks and smells better than their aircraft meal or crisps and chocolate.

I have been known to buy a packet of feta cheese at our local airport and eat that on the plane, along with a tin of sardines and a handful of almonds.

If I visit the UK I usually have some fruit in my handbag, a bag of nuts to nibble and other emergency rations in case I can't get hold of anything to eat.

Bridlington was wonderful as I had a half lobster , a pot of brown crab meat and a bag of winkles while the others happily munched on their battered fish and chip shop chips. I can't eat anything with normal batter (unless I want a trip to A and E!) and can't have the chips unless they are cooked in a separate oil that has never been used for batter. I also react to malt vinegar!

It really makes you think about the lack of decent healthy snacks and food and how carb based foods have become the norm for everyone to eat. I don't suppose most people even think about it when they grab a sandwich or sausage roll when they are out and about.

fuddle

Babies love the contrast between black and white too. I made a cardboard mobile when youngest was a baby. Black and white dots and stripes, she would always look at it. Mar, health visitors grate on me for that very reason. I've never had one that didn't come across patronising or condescending to me. I know they are doing their job but to come into your home and instruct the way they do is irksome. I'm a trained nursery nurse for gawds sakes. Ooops, laid some ghosts to rest there.

My decorating style is muted creams, beiges with accents of purples at the moment. My kitchen is olive green with red and white accents. Our bedroom is floral but in a brown and masculine way. I like woods, oak in particular. I have to make do with wood effect right now but not bothered as the only real oak thing I have is my dining table... complete with black permanent marker from DD :eek: My real oak days will come

Spending the day tidying all the spaces so I don't feel stressed when I have to leave for work ( :j ) in the morning I've trousers to take down and the girls are going to make flapjack for packed lunches. Lasagne (with lentils and grated carrot ) and a side of broccoli for tea.

2tonsils

Mrs_Chip wrote: »

That's exactly it Byatt, if it works for you it's brilliant. Such a shame that so many people will not even consider LC because of the negative publicity - I think an awful lot of those people on meds for type II diabetes could control it by cutting their carb intake. The diet my mum was given was full of the worst sort of carbs for someone who was insulin resistant - so she ended up on very large doses of medication which ruined her health.

Mrs Chip I could not agree more, you are giving out some great information on herexxx

I was having a problem with my thyroid so they made me do an insulin resistance test......I had been on low carb for a long time and they made me go back on them for a week before being tested. I went to the lab and they made me drink nearly a pint of glucose syrup then sit still for two hours before they took a blood sample again.

I have never felt as sick in my whole life and the sudden shot of sugar into my blood stream made me hyper and I wasn't allowed to move. Even the doctor came out to sympathise with me...and warned me that if I moved or was sick we would have to do it all again. LOL

It showed that I was not insulin resistant and my body coped really well with it. It also showed that I had a blood glucose level most can only dream of for the three months before the test. So they told me to go back to what I had been eating before the test and I would never have to take it again....thank God for that! They found out soon after that my thyroid problem was caused by my celiac disease being untreated (as they did not believe I had it when I first suggested it!!!! GRRRRRRR!!!):mad:

I get most of my carbs now from sweet potato, veggies and a little fruit.:D

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FUDDLE - the most important thing to do before you go off to your squeaky clean nice new job tomorrow is to remember to fill the kettle and set up the tea making necessities, it's a priority thing you'll need when you come home before any other considerations. Will be thinking of you but am sure you'll be so good in the position, if you've any energy left after work let us know how it went Cheers Lyn xx.

SpikyHedgehog

mardatha wrote: »

My whole house is heavy woodchip LOL the family make jokes about it, but I like to change colours often cos I get bored and this way its easy. All doors and woodwork are pale soft grey as white always goes yellow, and the walls just now are a mix of soft pale sweet pea-type colours. One is in ones sweet pea period. Before, they were very pale soft pinks blues and greys.
I like colour - in the 60s and 70s my house was a riot of colours, once the (very snotty) health visitor said that's why my baby wasn't sleeping, because her room was too colourful :rotfl: I said what - she can see it in the dark? wow ! :rotfl:

Mar, your house sounds lovely! Think I'm going to share the grey woodwork with myself ;-)

2t, I think it's because anyone that does need different food gives up asking & takes it with them :-(

fuddle

MrsL can I call you Lyn? You know me, try stopping me reporting back :rotfl:

Did someone say a short time back that Tesco have Christmas and Halloween things online? I can't find 'em :cool: Can you direct me at all?

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Yes please I'd love it if you did Fuddle, would be very nice Cheers Lyn xxx.