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  • bubbs
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    joedenise said:
    The most I've eve been out - 1.5lb over top end.  Don't think I can lose that much by Wednesday🤣🤣🤣 but we'll see.  According my scales I wasn't that far out but hey ho!  Will weigh again at home Wednesday and then decide whether it's worth the risk.  

    Chicken and chips are in the oven now - certainly need dinner a bit earlier tonight with not having had a lot to eat today.

    Oh that's a bummer, can't ypu book a holiday? I would have 🤣🤣
    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:
  • bubbs
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    Glad you had a nice lunch Maman, enjoy footie!!
    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:
  • bubbs
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    Tea 😋😋😋😋..


    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:
  • joedenise
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    edited 5 November 2021 at 6:59PM
    bubbs said:
    joedenise said:
    The most I've eve been out - 1.5lb over top end.  Don't think I can lose that much by Wednesday🤣🤣🤣 but we'll see.  According my scales I wasn't that far out but hey ho!  Will weigh again at home Wednesday and then decide whether it's worth the risk.  

    Chicken and chips are in the oven now - certainly need dinner a bit earlier tonight with not having had a lot to eat today.

    Oh that's a bummer, can't ypu book a holiday? I would have 🤣🤣
    Not really.  I'm away in Lanzarote the following week for 2 weeks and then back for less than a week and off to France for a month and you're only allowed 6 weeks holiday a year!  I booked holiday for New Year's Eve (8 weeks from today!)


  • bubbs
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    joedenise said:
    bubbs said:
    joedenise said:
    The most I've eve been out - 1.5lb over top end.  Don't think I can lose that much by Wednesday🤣🤣🤣 but we'll see.  According my scales I wasn't that far out but hey ho!  Will weigh again at home Wednesday and then decide whether it's worth the risk.  

    Chicken and chips are in the oven now - certainly need dinner a bit earlier tonight with not having had a lot to eat today.

    Oh that's a bummer, can't ypu book a holiday? I would have 🤣🤣
    Not really.  I'm away in Lanzarote the following week for 2 weeks and then back for less than a week and off to France for a month and you're only allowed 6 weeks holiday a year!  I booked holiday for New Year's Eve (8 weeks from today!)


    That's a nuisance damm !!
    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:
  • joedenise
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    edited 6 November 2021 at 9:14AM
    Morning all, it's going to be another dry day so going to get some washing done and hopefully dried on the line although it's quite cloudy.

    Today's plan:

    B - fry up with sausages - P; S; F; 2
    L - stuffed peppers; HEA2; S; F
    D - lasagne; garlic bread - P; S; F; 1 (cheese sauce made with cottage cheese)

    HEA1 - milk
    HEA2 - mozarella
    Syns - sausages 2; butter 2; parmasan 1

    Have a good day everyone!

    PS. Forgot to say - I've got access back to the website.  My consultant sent me a text just after 9.30pm last night to say she'd only just finished work so presumably it was because she hadn't input my weight so that was why I couldn't get onto the website!

  • maman
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    I remember you telling me that things aren't updated until the consultants get to do their admin @joedenise. You were obviously correct. I was surprised as I thought our card numbers/scales were directly linked to SW.

    I was well behaved yesterday and, because of staying alcohol free, I probably didn't use any more syns than an average Friday. The main thing was that I enjoyed every mouthful of the courgette fritters so the syns were worth it.  Saw a win at football too so all good. 😁

    How do you make cottage cheese sauce @joedenise? Have you made it before? I'm very happy with the 1.5 x HEA + tbsp of cornflour one that I've been using. If I hadn't already defrosted the chicken, I could fancy lasagne tonight. 😋


    Not much planned today. I might go to the next little town later as there are a few things carried over on my shopping list which Aldi haven't had recently so wondering if there's a supply problem.  Lazy garlic was one and I know Lidl usually have that. 

    Today's EE plan-
    B- NAS grapefruit squash, baked beans (F), bacon, fried egg (P), HEB toast, HEA milk
    L- JP (F), cottage cheese (P), beetroot (S)
    D- UB sweet and sour chicken (P,S), brown rice and maybe chips (F)
    Syns- UB sauce 1.5, weekend wine😁
  • joedenise
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    I think it shows that SW is only linked to the SW consultants IPads, which of course are supplied by SW!

    It's a recipe I found on here years ago but have never actually used before!  Think it was on a thread about 2004 but it's in my "Cheap Recipes" document!

    Low fat cheese sauce:

    if you want to make a cheese sauce, or white sauce for a lasagne and dont want it too fatty or carby from the flour, try blending 1 cup of cottage cheese, one small egg, a bit of pepper and a small amount of low-fat extra mature cheddar.  

    Its quite good for you, and it takes about 2 mins to make!

    I'm going to add a bit of mustard powder to it as well as I think that helps to being out the flavour of the cheese.  I'm also going to use parmasan rather than cheddar so that I can get away with using less!  I'm going to use 20g for enough for 2 of us.

    Will let you know later how successful it is.
  • Jellybaby
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    Afternoon gang, just jumping in quickly to record a 1.5 lb loss this morning 🙂 now you know means I’ll keep on track and won’t go crazy with wine syns later!  

    I’d have your lasagne Denise but without the cottage cheese ! I’ve tried it in various forms and nope, just can’t eat it.  Steak for me tonight which I’m not really excited about but it’s defrosted now. Loads of veg and probably a few chips. DS is going out so a nice chilled night hopefully.


  • Suffolksue
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    +1/2 for me today 
    after another week of antibiotics and a nasty reaction to my Covid Booster (1st time I’ve ever reacted to a vaccine) I’ll take it !
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