Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2022 - 2nd Quarter

otb666

@basketcase i just zap spuds in microwave for a few minutes and add salt and butter and a bit of grated cheese Seems to help with my crisp cravings and very quick.  I read somewhere on mse old style that you could survive on this alone

basketcase

@otb666

Ah, thanks.  I thought it was like a fakeaway thing.  Still sounds good though!  Also a way to use up very small spuds, she says virtuously...

basketcase

On the subject of substitutes

I very often see recipes - soups/curries/stews and, especially vegetarian meals - that suggest bulking up with tomatoes ("yummy and one of your 5 a day")

Unfortunately for me, they make me ill.  I do use red lentils a lot for this, but is there anything else?  I'm thinking in particular of what can replace the garlic butter I use to replace the tomato on pizza?

For anyone like me who feels much better for not eating wheat - stomach pains, migraines, joints swelling like arthritis etc - I think I've got this covered.

I tend to use cornflour to thicken gravies, make sauces etc. It makes lighter sauces and freezes better than a traditional roux and it's good for making berry coulis too.

I try to look on the bright side.  GF bread, pastry and especially pizza dough and croissants being awful is a Good Thing.  Think of all the butter, cheese and other goodies you pile on  - especially if it's a croissant.  Then I go into a quiet room and cry...

leftatthetrafficlights

@basketcase - can you have red peppers? If you roast them and whizz them they're a lovely base for pizzas 😉

Brie

I've seen pizzas with creme fraiche instead of tomatoes - would the half fat type work?  

Bulking up - I love courgettes and onions so will pile those in.  Courgettes in a pasta sauce are lovely - or roasted with onions, peppers, mushrooms all rubbed with a bit of olive oil and a good dollop of herbs are great.  I add a few new potatoes which I try to avoid and the OH likes those.

Frith

Brunch - hummus and celery 
Tea - will be meatballs and tomato sauce in a wrap 

Brambling

Old Style Weight Loss Challenge 2022 - 2nd Quarter

01/04/22 - 30/06/22

Imperial (lbs) please let me know if you want to raise in kilos

Allmannerofthings -/14
Basketcase -/6
Bluegreen143  10.5/14  /  /   /  /  /  /    
Brambling 7/10  STS /  / STS /  /  /  / STS /     
Brie -/7 STS / STS
CCW007 1.5/10   
Candii -/14
Ditty1234 4/10     /  / STS
Dustydigger 4/6   / 
Frith 21/28. /    /  /    /    
General_Grant 2/7  /  / STS / STS 
Gingerlily 16.5/17  /  /    /   / 
Honeythewitch 7.5/6  /  / 
Hoosrice -/14
Izzybee 4/9   /  /    /  /  / STS
Jennystarpepper 5/10 STS /    /  / 
Leftatthetrafficlights 6/14  /  /STS /   
longhill 14.5/20   /  /    /  /  /    
Marycanary 2/14. STS /  /  / STS 
Millicent 20/21  /  /  /  / STS /  /  /STS 
moneyowen 3/10  / STS /    
otb666 0/9-  /   
Sammyjammy 4/11    
SIRENS 4/14  /  /  /STS /  / 
SuffolkSue 6/8  /  / STS /   /  /  / 
Sunfl0w3r 1/10  / STS / STS / STS
Zafiro1982 3.5/14  / 
Ziggy2004 3/14  / STS /   

Kilos
Angelica123 0.5/4   /  / STS /   
LilacPotato -/6


Key
   = 1lb loss (or kilo)
   = 1/2lb loss (or kilo)
   = 1lb gain (or kilo)
   = 1/2lb gain (or kilo)

Brambling

Well done on losses and STS this week 👏

Basketcase I have put pesto on pizzas rather than tomato sauce, you have to be wary of calories but a little goes a long way. When I was at school we were taught to use cornflour in sauces if we were going to freeze as it stopped them splitting, but that was a long time ago 😁 

I hope everyone is having a good weekend 🙂

moneyowen

Good morning everyone

Changing my weigh in day from a Monday morning to Sunday morning due to early appointments on a Monday over the next six week.  Weigh in this morning -1lb

basketcase I am gluten intolerant haven't been able to eat anything with gluten for the past 7 years.  I make all my gravies and sauces with rice flour it works really well.
Bread used to be my downfall before going gluten free but now I eat just two small pieces of schar seeded loaf a day  and I don't really miss it or pastries anymore

Well done for all the losses and sts

Gingerlily

Hi
Well done losers and sts’s.

I’m gluten intolerant ☹️ ( and constantly moan about it lol ). I only have bread when I’m desperate for toast once in awhile, have discovered how to make croissants more edible for me but the textures are not the same. Theres a long list of cakes and biscuits that are very acceptable to me though 🙄

Yesterday 
Breakfast: coconut chia pud, blob of yoghurt, fruits of the forest; 2 creamy coffees
Main meal (at restaurant) tandoori mixed grill {chicken tandoori, tikka and garlic tikka, fish tikka, lamb sheesh} kachumber salad {tomatoes, onion, cucumber, grated carrot, red cabbage}, mint yoghurt sauce; masala tea without sugar 
After: 1 x gin, soda and lime

Think I managed quite well eating out. I usually have wine with food but purposely avoided as I can’t stick to just 1 glass. Didn’t need another gin soda as 1st went straight to head!  

Today
Breakfast: dippy eggs and crispy streaky bacon soldiers: 2 x coffee with cream
Main meal: coronation chicken salad, ham mustard cheese rolls, smoked salmon lemon mayo pinwheels, cucumber cream cheese thins; strawberries and clotted cream