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petrichor

ajaxgeezer wrote: »

......the book will tell you which vegetables/fruits are free. We've debated the merits of "free" veg on here and I think the concensus was that they are only free when fresh. Don't even mention the "Great Tinned Tomatoes Bloodbath Of 2007" - small children were trampled in the exodus.

As a rule of thumb, if vegetables taste crap (eg lettuce, celery) then they are free. If they are nice though (spuds, parsnips) then you count the points. Potatoes are a point per 90g, parsnips a point per 100g.

Ah! I'm sorry, didn't put it as clear as I meant to . The silly thing that I did was to give points to the free stuff, I could not accept a bowl of no point soup for example, my scientific brain just wouldn't allow it Perhaps if I had, I may have had success with it as I suppose they take this all into account when devising the plans.

Having said all this, a heck of a lot of people have found a new lease of life by losing weight with them :j and I certainly don't want to disparage any of it ...

xxxx

ajaxgeezer

petrichor wrote: »

Ah! I'm sorry, didn't put it as clear as I meant to . The silly thing that I did was to give points to the free stuff, I could not accept a bowl of no point soup for example, my scientific brain just wouldn't allow it

......it's all in the fibre and naturalness of it. No harm in having a 20kcal tomato if you're gonna get rid of it an hour later and use those calories up walking to the little pet's room

That, and also the fact that to even reach half a point you need about 35 calories in the food to start with.... makes many vegetables very difficult to point up.

QT2006

Thanks for the response all...u guys are the BEST!

victory

hi peeps:D had to knock off work early as water was coming into the shop right onto the lights so came home early:D going to leave the job, can't believethe boss won, feel deflated that she has the upper card as in the boss and I am the worker but not blowing my own trumpet but I am very goodat what I do, no one has complaints of my work but the boss resents it, sees it as a threat to hers and takes it out on me so she wins, I loose and I am very annoyed I let it happen(no we can't get on because the boss sees herself above and beyond me) I have tried being nice, talking about her only, trying to change the atmosphere in the work place but no, the boss wants none of it, just me gone!!

I need to keep the peace for a bit longer as I need a reference, so even then she has my life in her hands:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Just eating jeruselem artichokes, cut them fine enough, frylight them and they look like crisps and taste lovely:D

poohbear59

Hi everyone, Thanks for helping me to stay sane yesterday about my weight gain. I went to the pool but because the weather is so atrocious there was hardly anyone there today. I did my exercises and came home absolutely starving and totally shattered so I had a tin of low fat chunky soup and a slice of wholemeal bread. I was still hungry later so made myself a bowl of flavoured cous cous. Because the drugs are making me really zombie like I forgot breakfast today which is not a good start to the day.

victory it sounds like a classic case of the boss feeling threatened, is there anyone else you can trust to talk to about it?

Right my new resolution is that TODAY is the first day of my healthy living regime and I am not going to look back at where I was in December but work towards a healthier future. Small plates, healthy meals and snacks and exercise alongside sensible pacing.

Suggs

Well it made me smile.



Hope all ok with you people, pixie, hows the hangover??? Victory, sorry, is it a small place your working in? KPC I hate apprasials too, its a confidence thing for me I was gobsmacked when I got a good one. Actually the whole thing is tied in with how I lost my last job, I briefly touched on it in 'my story'

QT2006

I have take on what you have all said, with all the encouragement and advice! Thanks BB and petrichor, and everyone else for the advice.

ajax, they are still doing the free reg it seems, http://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/plan/mtg/promos.aspx
and don't worry I don't have any problem going to one meeting then disappearing! I have you guys if I need help with the points, and have my scales at home!

Beanie lou I did google WW and found lotsa stuff, it is £4.95 per week and reg. is free at the mo

KPC, i will look in the vouchers thread...but can I sign up for WW online, for just one week? or do I just pay when I get there for that week?


Also does anyone know if this free WW online week trial is genuine, is it really free for a week, if so I can sign up and that means I will have time to prepare myself before the next meeting (which is on wednesdays).

https://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/signup/StepOne.aspxhttps://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/signup/StepOne.aspx

I think I will need to go and buy a set of kitchen scales, to start weighing food, as I have no idea what 100g would look like..lol, do anyone have a good one, that is cheap!

Well as I said the meetings are in wednesdays evening, altho I don't know exactly where it is and there is no number on the site, so I hope I can find it ok!!

beanielou

QT~I just bought cheepie scales from Argos.
The ScSlimmers ones are about £20 ~ Im not that dedicated.
No, really scales are just scales to me.

Is there not a map thingy on the site?

Sorry about the job victory
Will it not bethe other boss who gives you the reference?

victory

yes beanilou it will be the other boss that gives me the reference, my H says talk to her as we get on great, maybe that is adding more fuel to the fire because once Imwas talking to her and the other one marched over and cut the conversation short in a very childish manner, suggs yes very small place, three bosses , one great ,one not and the other is the other's MIL:D the head office are on the end of the phone but don't bother us much so no one else to talk to apart from the good one who is on her hols at present but then her loyalties may lie with her, not sure on that one:rolleyes:

No solution that I can see, the more you are nice to her the more she sees that she has nothing to complain about but can't stand it:D

Brighton_belle

QT2006 wrote: »

I think I will need to go and buy a set of kitchen scales, to start weighing food, as I have no idea what 100g would look like..lol, do anyone have a good one, that is cheap!


QT I would only bother with digital ones: it is important to be accurate and cheap dials are difficult to read.
argos is selling these for £9.99 at the mo:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8403331/Trail/searchtext%3EKITCHEN+SCALES.htm

For cooking you can zero the dial after each added ingredient - useful tool.