Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

SingleSue

Today I am trudging through toffee...or at least that is what it feels like. I can barely keep my body upright and even when I do, it feels like I am just going to collapse down again and trying to walk any distance, even the few feet from my bedroom to the loo leaves me completely exhausted.

Mind you, both boys now dropped back at university so less rushing around needed, goodness knows how I am going to get the shopping today though, doubt I would even make the downstairs let alone out the door, to the car etc. Think I might see if there are any spaces for delivery today although that doesn't help for lunch (hadn't been able to get out for shopping late last week, no bread or handy items to use!)

Thank goodness he is going in to college with a friend who has a car, saved me the morning rusharound to get him to the bus stop.

michaels

PasturesNew wrote: »

It's not easy you know! Loving pie ... and scoffing in general. Wishing to perpetually eat pizza, crisps, sweeties .... I have to exercise severe restraint when in the presence of food for sale. Then I have to mindfully restrict my consumption.... all while fooling myself that these are my choices

It's easy to scoff, scoff, scoff.
It'd be easy to "by habit" put a 6-pack of crisps, some sweeties, other goodies in the basket each and every time I enter a shop.

It's only through self-deprivation that I stand a chance.

On balance though, I feel better to feel deprived, than to buy/eat what I want and feel chumpy.

I was always a bit chumpy - 71Kg in 2004... but I lost it then and have managed to mostly keep it off since. I weigh myself 4x a year and my top limit is 60Kg for seriously taking on board that I need to cut back again.

Nothing wrong with a few curves

And all that nervous energy expended over the sound of football should also keep the pounds off.....

Doozergirl

You've got this, Sue.

Rest up, book that delivery and raid the larder for a random lunch.

Can youngest (and friend) pick something else up later if delivery can't come until tomorrow?

PasturesNew

Some things I always keep in the cupboard as they're "meals when you CBA".... packets of instant custard, instant noodles, cans of pineapple, cans of creamed rice. They're things that need nothing else with them, so they're winners.

Instant noodles and half a tin of peas are good if one's feeling like making a little effort.

I've even been known to just eat half a packet of stuffing, made up with boiled water and left on the side for 10-15 minutes before nuking it for 2 minutes. Eaten out of the pyrex jug I make it in, with the fork I originally used to mix it with.

Microwaving oven chips has become a favourite since I realised "you can do that" and I've had the freezer.

chris_m

I've just received a letter from HMRC.

It would appear that the horned and cloven-hooved one went to work on his ice skates today :beer:

Conrad

chris_m wrote: »

I have printed that off (and saved it) for future reference, it sounds delicious.

Chris, I forgot, wrap the pork loin in Parma ham, then the cling film !!


I will go in an edit the post.

chris_m

Conrad wrote: »

Chris, I forgot, wrap the pork loin in Parma ham, then the cling film !!

Parma ham? Good heavens, just that on its own would bust PN's food budget for the week

Conrad

PasturesNew wrote: »

Black pud. Never had it, gross to even think it exists.
No thanks.


That one meal probably cost what I spend on food for a fortnight!

We were a house of 6, 4 hungry wolf Boys, only Dad worked, Mum cooked on a very tight budget, but always tasty and healthy.

We lived on a council estate for a while and though people were 'poor' and on benefits, a lot of them ate nothing but costly takeaways so we always felt we were missing out.


Glad to say I can afford the occasional takeaway or make a nice meal now

Conrad

chris_m wrote: »

Parma ham? Good heavens, just that on its own would bust PN's food budget for the week

Someone we know, always on about her low weekly food budget (a bulk buyer of lentils and other humble, Birkenstock knitters 'Puritan' foods), but what she never mentions is her 3 pedigree dogs that must cost a fortune and expel a lot of emissions, lol

oldandhappy

chris_m wrote: »

Parma ham? Good heavens, just that on its own would bust PN's food budget for the week

not from lidls its called black forest ham and is really delish and very reasonably priced we get the same here in France which we use a lot of in cooking..BW Dianne

our well behaved relatives and been taken to the airport this afternoon:j