Is OS bad for me?

Katmc2k

Yeah if its the creamy kind of soup you're after I would stick to root veg or what I would call winter veg. Sometimes simple ones like potato and onion are just as nice as more exotic ones like roast pepper and sweet potato.

with the: "mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, courgette, onions, tomatoes and small red pepper" I would use everything except the mushrooms-they make a lovely soup of their own.

Justie has given good advice for making broth type soup which I'm not good at, so you could use the beans and peas etc in that. It's really trial and error though, you'll soon learn what works and what doesn't and the ones that don't work so well will probably still be edible. One tip is-I ALWAYS add fresh garlic because its very good for you-just add a pinch of parsley to combat the breath issues

And Justie's right about Kallo stock cubes they are excellent, despite being Organic they are often the cheapest-I first discovered them in Aldi or Lidl. Oh, and if the soup isn't for a vegetarian remember you could add chicken or ham stock to make it more flavoursome.

I feel just like Delia Smith. How those who have eaten my cooking would laugh...

boo81

bluemoon wrote: »

I wonder if you'd like the book 'French Women Don't Get Fat'. I got it from the library on a whim and the approach to food really struck a chord with me, more so than the more structured diets with 'good' and 'bad' foods. A lot of it is really common sense things that we all know, but somehow ignore or forget.

Thanks so much for the recommendation bluemoon, I found the book for £3 on ebay and decided to buy. Ive now finished it and although it is common sense it does give some great advice and recipes in a non patronising way. Basically it highlights the fact you can eat well and enjoy it but to think about your food and make compensations because you cant expect to have everything and still lose weight!

It has made me feel better and not so guilty about my choices, ive started at the gym 3 times a week and when im woth my boyfriend I really push myself. I found myself wandering around the supermarket at the choclate and cakes out of habit but not really wanting anything. Ive taken on the advice of the author and switched to darker chocolate too, ive never liked the 70% stuff but bournville dark (the new one in the really dark brown packaging) is 60% and is really nice. You dont want to scoff the lot and just staves off that sweet craving.

I feel my outlook has changed thanks to advice on here. I weigh my breakfast each morning and have cut down my portions filling up with more veg sometimes, I keep very low cal snacks in the car so im not tempted by buying food on the way home, I go to the gym and really enjoy it, I think more about what is going in and keep a mental tally of my "compensations". My next step is using the stairs at work every morning and changing some of my lunch items next week after ive been shopping.

Thanks guys, no big changes in weight yet but ill be patient as I already feel better and more hopeful that I can get rid of some of my excess wobbly bits!

boo81

I have heard about it toots, thank you. Its not for me as I dont need to lose a huge amount and want to learn to find the balance so im not yoyo-ing all the time.

Im feeling the effect of the gym and really just concentrating on whats important and how to make little compensations. The cambridge diet is very strict and really doesnt appeal though im sure it works for people its just not my kind of thing.

boo81

This was posted on the Moneysaving Old Style forum and because it went off topic to talking about diets it got moved here by a moderator!

Old style refers to cooking from scratch really

melancholly

my 'diet' tip is to make sure that your house isn't too warm!! i'm not saying live in a freezer, but i'm in an old house that gets chilly in the winter and i swear just keeping my temperature up burns off calories. i eat a lot of pasta (and a lot more than 2oz a portion:$) and once a month there are a few chocolate filled days! luckily, my weight is quite stable these days - i used to yo-yo a lot when i did a lot more exercise because if i missed it for a week then i'd gain weight! i'm not advocating being lazy btw - i was doing stupid (unhealthy!) levels of exercise (13ish times a week) and stopped to regain a life outside of the gym.