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Hexb and all my syns left as I'll be honest I never weighed it but I know it was too big 😂Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:0 -
Oh that baked apple looks delicious Bubbs!Yesterday I decided to buy scales as now having to provide more support to my parents I’m not sure when I’ll get back to class. I’ll need to rejoin and I don’t want to start at one group then have to chop and change classes. Anyway the new scales declared I’m two pounds heavier and my mum’s scales are wrong :'( I even had DS trying both and the new ones are correct.Today’s food has been a bit ‘who cares’ but I’ve drawn a line and normal service will resume.1
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It was lovely 😋😋Jellybaby said:Oh that baked apple looks delicious Bubbs!Yesterday I decided to buy scales as now having to provide more support to my parents I’m not sure when I’ll get back to class. I’ll need to rejoin and I don’t want to start at one group then have to chop and change classes. Anyway the new scales declared I’m two pounds heavier and my mum’s scales are wrong :'( I even had DS trying both and the new ones are correct.Today’s food has been a bit ‘who cares’ but I’ve drawn a line and normal service will resume.
That's good the line has been drawn, onwards and downwards
Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:1 -
🤞for the cheaper option @joedenise with your shoulder. Not just for the money, of course, but because it's a less invasive procedure.
Scales vary so much @Jellybaby. They're just numbers, but now you know what you're working from. Now you're not going to a group, just keep posting and ask for any syn values or anything else you need to know.
Not heard from @TakeItEazy or @Suffolksue for a few weeks. They normally check in at weekends. Hope you're both OK if you're lurking. 😊1 -
Sorry was just reading.
have had a recurring wee infection and a bit unwell,
sts last week and didn’t go yesterday ,but new antibiotics seem to be kicking in now and feeling a bit better ,
dont seem to have gained any but none off either
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Hope you feel better soon @Suffolksue. STS is fine until you're up to getting back to it. 🤗1
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Sorry to hear you've been unwell recently @Suffolksue, wee infections can be so painful. Well done on maintaining while you've been unwell.
Thought I'd just pop on while breakfast is cooking and post my menu for today:
B - Almond baked oats; mixed fruit; yoghurt - HEB; P; S; F; 1
L - leek and barley soup (from freezer) - S; F
D - chana masala, rice - P; S; F
HEA - milk
HEB - oats
Syns - flaked almonds 1
Just realised it's a Green day so could have another HEA and HEB if I wanted but will wait and see. May need something this evening with having dinner early - need to have it about 5pm!
Have a good day everyone.
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Morning all, hope your appointment goes well this evening @joedenise. Beginning to brighten up here but still damp with a cold wind.
Feeling quite enthusiastic and motivated this morning! Today's plan:
B - 45g bran flakes HEXB, Muller Greek yoghurt, strawberries and raspberries
L - Halloumi HEXA1 (and possibly 2), huge salad and pickles
D - SW sausages, homemade chips and beans
Syns - 0.5 yoghurt, 2 beetroot in dressing
I don't really enjoy my coffee black but need the HEXA for halloumi that needs using up. Similar to SW sausages, won't buy again but using up in MSE style
Have a good day all.1 -
I may have had pizza last night! But you what, I don't care, it was delicious, it is a small Sicilian restaurant, only holds about 20 people, so very authentic, apparently been there about 40 years, so clearly has a good standard. It is in a little side street and was obviously impacted by closures, but has also got the added problem of the road now being a LTN, so people cannot be bothered to go there now, which is a shame.
On the plus side for my syns, we turned down extra! Waitress asked if we wanted some to take with us, they had an order for 8 pizzas which did not get collected!
Have a good week everyone, good luck this evening Denise.A smile costs little but creates much
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