Anyone else on a diet and struggling?

Tink2

jansus wrote: »

I'm really enjoying making pizza with a tortilla as a base.
The hairy bikers diet book has one for less than 300 calories, they are delicious and if others are eating a shop bought hefty calorie one you don't feel like your missing out.

Which book is it in please, the original or the second one?

jansus

Tink2 wrote: »

Which book is it in please, the original or the second one?

I think it's the second the one with the yellow cover

Tink2

jansus wrote: »

I think it's the second the one with the yellow cover

Yeah got it, thank you

JBD

Tink2 wrote: »

Bench space = kitchen top, we don't have 9 inches spare

How can you not have 9 inches of worktop in your kitchen? How do you (or your partner ) manage to cook anything if you don't have that small amount of space?

nickyhutch

JBD wrote: »

How can you not have 9 inches of worktop in your kitchen? How do you (or your partner ) manage to cook anything if you don't have that small amount of space?

She does have it. It's just provocation/trolling so that we respond. And it works. DOH.

JBD

nickyhutch wrote: »

She does have it. It's just provocation/trolling so that we respond. And it works. DOH.

Yeah, you're probably right. Best not to get too involved in these threads.

WantToBeSE

nickyhutch wrote: »

She does have it. It's just provocation/trolling so that we respond. And it works. DOH.

I totally agree. I have a very tiny kitchen, with only about 12" of workspace. But I can manage to make a bl00dy pizza easily. I suspect that Tink likes to think she cant, so that she can carry on eating junk without feeling guilty.

ab.da54

I thought, Tink2, that you previously had done some baking so think in terms of the space you used for that project when considering making pizza bases. The amount of space needed is relatively small, I believe.

Of course, if the preference is shop bought pizza bases, you should stick to what you are comfortable with but store, for future, the idea that it is possible to make them, if you so choose.

Is your partner still in sabotage mode?

Tink2

JBD wrote: »

How can you not have 9 inches of worktop in your kitchen? How do you (or your partner ) manage to cook anything if you don't have that small amount of space?

He does it either on a tray on his knee or a tray on the floor or a tray on the settee

ab.da54 wrote: »

I thought, Tink2, that you previously had done some baking so think in terms of the space you used for that project when considering making pizza bases. The amount of space needed is relatively small, I believe.

Of course, if the preference is shop bought pizza bases, you should stick to what you are comfortable with but store, for future, the idea that it is possible to make them, if you so choose.

Is your partner still in sabotage mode?

No he's not

~Chameleon~

nickyhutch wrote: »

I go 6 days a week.....
I've so much spare time now that he's not living here that I'm never out of the place. I work full time but go every evening and most of Saturday morning. I do cardio, weights, HIT, circuits, boot camp, PT group sessions and Body Pump. Sounds a lot but it's just my routine these days. If I can't go in the evening for some reason, I'll make an effort to go early doors before work.

Just be careful that you're not overdoing it. Placing so much stress on the body can raise cortisol levels which are detrimental to fat loss. I used to be the same as you, often doing 2-3 classes back to back. I still do with spin sessions but I do more short, intense exercise now with weights, HIIT etc (30-45mins a day) and make sure I have two days per week where I'm not doing anything involving weights (spin doesn't count ) plus one full rest day per week.