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Yah Jelly
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He has everything we used to have but no pizza, i now i have the pizza and not the other 🤣maman said:
So, what does Mr Bubbs have when you're having pitta pizza? Or do you just sprinkle the cheese on after it's cooked? 🤔bubbs said:
The reason we don't have it is the cooked cheese upsets dh's tummy 🙄maman said:Great idea to make a pitta pizza rather than buy one in @bubbs. Glad you enjoyed it. 😋
I've worked out that my next WI is a week on Thursday so must have 12 good days until then. 🤞 nothing happens to throw me off course.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 -
Yaaaaaaaaaa and about bloody time 🤣 let's see if we can repeat next week 🙄beanielou said:Yah Jelly
Funny thing is i feel like i have lost quite a bit last few weeks 😏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 -
😂😂 I’m going for it Bubbs! I’ve only got two weeks until DS1 gets here then it will be a month of being good when I can eek!1
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That's great that it's only two weeks until your son gets back. I bet you can't wait. 😁Jellybaby said:😂😂 I’m going for it Bubbs! I’ve only got two weeks until DS1 gets here then it will be a month of being good when I can eek!
Obviously, you will want to celebrate but I'm sure you can come up with some delicious meals that are SW friendly when eating at home. 🤔1 -
Morning all,
Food looks lovely as always @bubbs
I adapted a recipe from G00d Housekeeping mag last night. We had cubed roasted potatoes with baked haddock. I then stirfried some prawns and green beans in spray oil and lemon juice, and poured over the top. It was lush and very light. Original recipe used potted shrimps and samphire but couldn't get any samphire.
Got up super-early and went to a local boot fair. Took a small flask of coffee and a hi fi with me. Very busy c.200 sellers. Got a few bits including some vintage pyrex
Food today:
B - SW sausages, poached egg, WM toast x 1, hi fi bar - HEB
L - not sure - we are going to look at sofas so depends how long we take! If home, I'll have lo bolognaise.
D - roast gammon, SW roast potatoes, carrots, green beans - P, S
HEA - milk
HEA - babybel light
Syns - None planned
Have a good day everyone,
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Morning all

Good lucky Jelly you can do it
That does sound nice CoxySealed 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 -
That's my sort of meal @Coxy11, just the sort of thing I'd order in a restaurant😋. Unfortunately my DH doesn't eat prawns so I wouldn't do it at home.☹
That's great willpower to not eat the other things from picky tea while MrB is having them @bubbs. Respect!😇
I portioned up the Bolognese and soup for the freezer this morning and kept some out for lunch. I put just one potato in the soup this time but it's mainly lentils and Speed veg (carrots, leeks, onions) so very close to SP.
I'm thinking I might go to WI this week instead of putting it off to the last moment. If, in the unlikely event, I'm still in target range (I have just 0.5lbs to spare) then all well and good. If not, then perhaps it will spur me on to be extra good during grace week. I'm trying to think ahead as it's about 2 months before I go away and I need to make sure that the next WI gives me time to claw back holiday gains.
Today's EE plan-
B- HEB toast, fried eggs (P), tomatoes and mushrooms (S), HEA milk for drinks
L- lentil soup (P,S,F), mackerel in mustard sauce (P), salad (S)
D- beef in 'red wine' (P,S), SW roast potatoes (F), BNS, red cabbage, green cabbage, cauli, broccoli, swede & carrot mash (S)
Syns- cornflour 1, weekend wine😊0 -
Sofa shopping took longer than we thought so DH had a toastie and coffee in a coffee outlet and I got a pep$i max and a bag of sweet and salty popcorn - 6.5 syns but figured any cake or toastie would have been much worse. Had some crabsticks and my babybels once we got home. Dinner is nearly ready and it smells lovely

I bought a pineapple corer when we were out. Figure I spend £1.15 on a small tub of pineapple at least twice a week, so this way I can buy a whole pineapple and core/segment it myself. Will pay for itself in a few weeks.
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Maman i am an 👼👼 thought you knew that 🤣🤣
Coxy hope you found what ou was looking for in the end.
Today i have had tuna salad for lunch
Banging massive roast for tea 😋
Baked pple and mincemeat hexb for pudding in a bitSealed 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
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