Lose Weight 13

Lois_Lane

Lainie75 wrote: »

i dont know if any of you have relations in your family that have simliar problems , if so please let me know .

sorry i know it wasnt about diet etc.

Lainie x

Hi Lainie - my son went through a very difficult phase that started when he was 13, and he demonstrated some of the behaviours that you've mentioned in your post, however your son's behaviour sounds more extreme. I hope you get some support - I hope for your's and his sake that it doesn't turn out to be mental illness, but if it does there are lots of things that can be done that will help. It may all be tied in with puberty, so rest assured, teenagers do get through it and come out the other side as human beings.

LL

Lois_Lane

oops_a_daisy wrote: »

Im a Quorn convert too for mince due to my DD not liking beef mince :rolleyes:

I've gone right off beef mince recently, and now I wonder if it's because I started eating Quorn. I could almost be a veggie, but I couldn't give up bacon!

2 weeks to go till I go on holiday - please please please let it stop raining for then :rotfl: and please please please let me lose the weight I need to by then too

I've got my fingers crossed for you (makes it difficult to type though!)

LL

bargain_babe

Had a mad, busy week full of work, childrens birthdays, pizza hut and a KFC takeaway!! OMG must sort myself out. Didn't even have a night free to go to aquafit or to get weighed. (dread what the scales would have said!) Anyhow well done to everyone else who have better control over their mouths than i have!
Will probably put on next week, but must pull myself back on track now.
Take care everyone x

p.s. I love quorn too, it's so nice to eat a spog bol without chewing any grisly bits!

Red1708

petrichor wrote: »

I think this is the one Lubo. It does sound rather strange, but I think it's worth a go.

xxxx

yes that's the one. I know it sounds strange but it's really yummy and hey it's very low in syns........just the job when that sweet craving kicks in :rotfl:

ajaxgeezer

Lois_Lane wrote: »

Basket case springs to mind....

...at least that means I'm not in a minority around here

Red1708

I like quorn too but as Lois says it really is best when mixed with out things. It does mean however that I can do curries, bolognaise chilli etc without using syns I like the sausages too but the burgers are disgusting

ajaxgeezer

petrichor wrote: »

Morning Peeps :j

The cous cous cake recipe can be found in the Losing Weight Recipes thread, it's where the other one for chickpea cake is too. (Lois did put a link to it at the start of this thread but must admit I missed it there too - This is Lois... :wall: )...

.....oops sorry Lois . Must admit to not having looked at all of the links. Do you have both variations there, the mincemeat one and the lemon? I know it was re-synned over the last year or so so I'll do some digging around before I commit to a value - don't wanna be posting inaccuracies if I can help it.

(EDIT - Just looked at the couscous cake in the recipe thread and it's miles different to either of the ones I have at home.)

ajaxgeezer

Red1708 wrote: »

I like quorn too but as Lois says it really is best when mixed with out things. It does mean however that I can do curries, bolognaise chilli etc without using syns I like the sausages too but the burgers are disgusting

.... have to agree to disagree there. I've never found a variety of burger that I didn't like.

ajaxgeezer

oops_a_daisy wrote: »

breakfast is cornflakes and for lunches I have a slimfast bar, snacks are grapes,apples, bananas or cherries. Drink 6-8 glasses of water per day. No alcohol apart form Saturday - what is the lowest calorie alcoholic drink ? does anybody know ?

.... I think the concensus across all plans is for vodka with a diet mixer.

ajaxgeezer

Here's something I posted on the OS board a few months ago - thought it deserved a place here too

QUORN SAUSAGES AND BAKED BEAN BAKE

Ingredients:
675g potatoes, peeled and quartered.
1 pack Quorn Sausages, whichever are on offer at your store
Fry Light
2 medium onions, chopped
2 cans baked beans
2 tsp chilli powder*
168g reduced fat cheddar cheese


OK, here's how I do it:
Stick the oven on at gas mark 6, or 200C/400F for you posh lot.
Boil the potatoes until they are soft. While the potatoes are boiling, grill the sausages for 10 mins or so, turning them as necessary. With the potatoes and sausages on the go, fry off the chopped onions until they are soft. Get an oven proof dish and when the sausages are cooked, chop them up into thick slices, about 6 to a banger, and throw them into the dish. Empty the contents of the two tins of beans over the sausages, add the chili powder* and mix it well. Flatten it off. Add the fried onions and spread over the mixture, then cover this with the cheese, grated or sliced. Drain the potatoes, add seasoning* and mash them up, then spreead the potatoes over everything else. Spray the top with Fry Light to give it a crispy cover.

Chuck it in the oven for half an hour, and put the golf* on the telly. When wifey comes home, retrieve from oven and serve it hot with whatever you like (how else would salad work with beans and mash!!!) or on its own.

* According to taste.

A quarter of this lot is free on green as long as you use the cheese as a HEa.

It's essentially nothing more than sausage and mash with beans.... one of those where the sum is better than the individual parts, and it's here I will say a thanks to Suzanne Saunders as she sent it in to SW - I've only typed it out.

It's even Moneysaving..... Spuds and beans - cheap as chips!