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robpw2

happy valentines day to everyone
b egg beans and bacon
l jacket chili and cheese (hea)
t gammon slimming world chips and carrots/peas

2 hi life light bars (heb) plus nat yog and fruit for
me today

Blodwen

Morning all,

stef240377 wrote: »

Good morning all, not long back from the drs and asked the vital question - Does inflammation reduce weight loss? Gp point blank said no, despite me reading up online that it does so really fed up over this. <>

One of the primary causes of long-term weight gain is inflammation.
Inflammation is the tinder that creates a firestorm of metabolic and circulatory problems that ultimately mitigate your weight loss attempts. If you want weight loss to be PERMANENT, you have to deal with the underlying problems. Controlling inflammation is VITAL for weight loss and long term weight management.

Stef - right, I asked OH about the above and we ended up having quite a long discussion about it. The long and the short of it is that it's likely the GP is right, inflammation isn't making a great deal of difference to your losses. We had a look at a few things online that say that it does, and as well as seeming to have an agenda (most seem to be pushing some form of diet) and not referencing any of their information, they seem to have got the process the wrong way round. If, as they suggest, inflammation leads to fat accumulation then it would stand to reason that this inflammation would also prevent fat loss. However it is the other way round, it is the fat that comes first and leads to inflammation, so that theory doesn't hold. Also, since obesity causes a mild inflammatory state (fat cells secrete pro-inflammatory agents) it would suggest that anyone who is obese would struggle to lose weight for this reason, which isn't the case. I understand you may have other conditions which cause inflammation but according to the research there is nothing to suggest this would interfere with weight loss. I'm sorry that isn't what you want to hear and I can't offer any suggestions - personally I would take the fish oils anyway for other reasons and you can see for yourself if they make a difference to you personally.

TakeItEazy wrote: »

Does the Omega 3 actually do anything for keratosis pilaris? My son has it and even though it doesn't bother him it would be great if something could make it fade a bit. He was given a cream when he was much younger but that didn't work so we haven't bothered with anything else.

As I said, I've had KP for years but didn't really start trying to find ways to clear it up until last year. I'm not sure how much effect the fish oils had as I combined this with a number of other techniques but it has now almost disappeared, so I'll tell you what I've been doing:
- 1 x omega 3 capsule per day
- rubbing the affected area with a dry loofah once or twice a week before a shower for about 30 secs, to remove the keratin plugs. This looks a bit brutal as it goes bright red (I do it quite hard) but doesn't hurt, looks fine after a shower and I think this is the thing that really makes the difference
- I don't use any shower gel or anything on it in the shower, just water as any detergents will dry the skin out and make it worse
- Use urea cream (Eucerin) once a week after a shower, and either this or a thick moisturiser for dry skin after every other shower. Eucerin is good but expensive and doesn't smell that nice; I like Aldi's Lacura for mature skin - cheap (1.39 for 500ml I think), thick, does a great job and smells like Drumstick lollies!

It has made such a difference to me - I've had it since I was a teenager so am made up by how much it has disappeared, plus even though the above sounds like a bit of a faff it's all second nature now. Let me know if your son tries it and how he gets on

Right, surgery closed, back to the old dieting lark! EE for me today:

B: 2 x small toast (B), 60g Lowlow spread (A), ham, pineapple
L: L/O beef stir fry and rice, satsuma
T: Beef stir fry and rice
S: Yogurt (1), milk for drinks (4)

Have a good day all!

wizkid1

Mines an E E Day Today
Breakie
B & A Porridge fruit
S Fruit
L Soup., s/w Quiche scallops lettuce toms beetroot, Fruit
S 2 biscuits 4 syns
D Burger mash carrots peas gravy fruit
Supper soup 6 glasses of water

fannyanna

Banjo - good luck with the weigh in.

Ceecee - brilliant attitude!

Blodwen - that's really interesting stuff.

maman

robpw2 wrote: »

happy valentines day to everyone
b egg beans and bacon
l jacket chili and cheese (hea)
t gammon slimming world chips and carrots/peas

2 hi life light bars (heb) plus nat yog and fruit for
me today

Not sure which plan this is rob. For EE (or any of them) it's very low on SFs (carrots, onions in chilli?). HTH

WI for me today and I'm closer to my target range but not close enough so still had to pay:(

macpep1

Banjo_Bear wrote: »

Looks like I WILL have a SW friendly Valentines after all. My wife has just texted me that she is going to a works do on Valentines. Apart from the short notice, I'm peeved, I mean what sort of works Valentines do is that where no spouses/partners allowed?

:lipsrseal:lipsrseal:lipsrseal ditto what others have said I too will be alone on valentines with my beef in black bean sauce, but DH is working then he plays pool on a Thursday night.

Gaz23 wrote: »

I think the kebabs are quite low in syns for starters and chapatti instead of nann bread!

Im cooking a lamb and vegetable pilaf tonight syn free too! ill stick the recipe up tomorrow!

I am not a lover of lamb but last lamb rogan josh I made was lovely, its a lot of faff but well worth it and OH loves it. Not keen on kebabs, am treating myself to pakora for sure and will stick to tomato based curry dishes, never thought of chapatti, will see if they have any,never noticed before but probably because I wasn't looking

Meal planner was popular, was very busy at work yesterday sending emails :rotfl:
Fannyanna & Travellinglight - well done on your losses :T
CeeCee - PM me your email so I can send you planner x

Todays EE Menu

B- Pineapple, melon, berries, nat yoghurt
L - Dyno Rod Soup, melon, pineapple
D - Beef in black bean sauce (1 syn), rice
S - Banana & toffee muller
A & B 3 x SS Ryvita, 3 LCL & little S milk for couple of coffees

I was pleased with myself last night, as its usually a Wed DH & I sit & watch our programme & I have my wine - not a drop passed my lips so total syns for yesterday was 3

robpw2

maman wrote: »

Not sure which plan this is rob. For EE (or any of them) it's very low on SFs (carrots, onions in chilli?). HTH

WI for me today and I'm closer to my target range but not close enough so still had to pay:(

my chili has musrooms , leeks peppers onions etc in it , i made it last night just reusing it ..

robpw2

the chilli comes with a salsa too tomatoes and onions .. lots of super foods

Banjo_Bear

Recorded 2 lb loss at WI today, which I feel is okayish.

The valentine treat was a mini packet of Lovehearts. They'll do for my DD. I was fearful it was going to be Joe's sausage again.

Strange day today. I mean that I'm feeling strange. Wife gave me a Valentine gift this morning of 6 bars of chilli dark chocolate. I'm okay with that I'll just have a couple of squares now and again and syn them.

B. muller light vanilla yog with summer fruits.
L. Leftover chicken stew with wholemeal sub roll HExB
D. Lots of fillet steak, salad leaves including my favourite - Lambs Lettuce. Champagne and chilli choc - what the 'eck

robpw2

Banjo_Bear wrote: »

Recorded 2 lb loss at WI today, which I feel is okayish.

The valentine treat was a mini packet of Lovehearts. They'll do for my DD. I was fearful it was going to be Joe's sausage again.

Strange day today. I mean that I'm feeling strange. Wife gave me a Valentine gift this morning of 6 bars of chilli dark chocolate. I'm okay with that I'll just have a couple of squares now and again and syn them.

B. muller light vanilla yog with summer fruits.
L. Leftover chicken stew with wholemeal sub roll HExB
D. Lots of fillet steak, salad leaves including my favourite - Lambs Lettuce. Champagne and chilli choc - what the 'eck

6 bars of chili chocolate sounds ... er nice ....