Weight loss the old style way part 3.

saversarn

Hi Folks,

Welcome back Nix's, glad you decided to return to the fold before we really started to hunt you down;) Now as you put that 8lb on in half an hour I expect it will desert you fairly speedily too:rolleyes:
Hi Lisa come on board, listen to MrsM she talks sense(almost always:p anyway!) We have a selection of mindsets here and a wide variety of weights from unhappily obese right through to Taplady (target weight but I'm not jealous.....honest). Come and be our friend- any problem we can't help with we will try and distract you from!
B- HM smoothie
L-Krisprolls and homous blueberries and apple
D- Mushroom omlette salad and maybe a bowl of sugar puffs when I get in- those darn omlettes take so long to cook
Pedometer news Got up at 06.30 and did 4000 steps before breakfast(i'm still in the honeymoon period) Short walk at lunch current status 7271:T
I'm going to walk this fat off:A
Enjoy your Monday xxx

queenpig

Afternoonie

Hope everyones day is going great!!

Kids off but at leat I have them to my self:D Iknow I said I wont get a chance to work out i think the children are seeing to that them self I'm having to jumping up every 5 minutes to sort out a fight or go to see where they have vanished to, twice I have mopped the dogs water up, at least 4 times I have took them off the arm of the chair (they like to look out the window) My daughter has just pushed the dirty laundery basket it from the kitchen into here:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: WHY?????? So if they keep this up lol.

B - Crunchy nut.

L cheese salad

t curry and rice

snacks tea coffe, apple and a yogurt some more fruit i think,.

jackie_w

Hello,

Hope you are all doing well. Ive been okay, not too bad, but, not too brilliant either, BUT, im eating alot better than I was which has to be good.

Ive only had breakfast today which was Cornflakes, and ive have loads of tea. I was at my Mums earlier, and she gave me 2 chocci biscuits (well it would have been rude to refuse:D ).

Today for dinner, is HM soup with HM bread speaking of which Mrs M, could you give me some recipes for soup ie chicken and sweetcorn, and chicken and rice if you dont mind. Id be ever so grateful .

I havent wrote out any meal plans for ages, I just look in the cupboards and think right, ive got this, this and that, so this is what I'll make, however, today, Imgoing to change that and write out a meal plan for the rest of the week.

Alfiesmum Ive got a treadmill too, and im afraid to say, I never use it. its not that I cant be bothered, its really just the time. I love the treadmill (okay okay, I hear you all saying "IS SHE MAD"), but, I do. As long as ive got my mp3 player with my music, thats me, I could walk and walk on it for hours . Its just the time I dont have at the moment. DS isnt at nursery yet, doesnt go until September, so I cant use it during the day, then at night, by the time I get the homework done for other DS, then get their dinner, then baths etc, ats after 8.30 before Ive got any time to myself, and by then, I just think its too late, so, I dont bother. However, I know when DS#2 goes to nursery it will be used all the time.

Oh well, enough of my ramblings.

Speak to you all soon.

Jackie

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there Jackie_W

Will start typing now..not the fastest typer in the world

I know you wanted to avoid using cornflour where possible.. The chicken n sweetcorn i do does use cornflour.. i will post the proper recipe in a moment, but i do my own -cheaper version -which hubby prefers-so i will post that too .
On most soups i use lentils, split peas etc as they make lovely thick soups -plus they are good for us

This one is one i haven't tried yet -but i should as hubby loves lemon....

AVGOLEMONO SOUP
Serves 4
per serving -1.5WW points - 93 cals

• 900ml/ 1.5pt chicken stock
• 50g /2oz long grain rice -rinsed
• 3 egg yolks
• 2-4tbs lemon juice
• chopped pasrley
• seasoning

1. pour the stock into a pan, heat until simmering
2. add the rice and half cover -cook for about 12 mins until the rice is just tender
3. season
4. whisk the egg yolksand add 2tbs lemon juice
5. whisk until smooth n bubbly
6. add a ladle of the soup and whisk again
7. remove soup from heat and slowly whisk in the egg mix, it should thicken slightly
8. taste and add more lemon/seasoning if required

This soup is likely to curdle if re-heated..which is a shame ...
it does look rather nice though and i would be tempted to add a bit of shredded chicken and a few frozen peas

MRSMCAWBER

CHICKEN N SWEETCORN SOUP
serves 4
per serving -2WW points -128cals

• 200g chicken breast
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 egg whites
• 750ml chicken stock
• 250g creamed sweetcorn
• 1tbs cornflour
• 2 tsp soy sauce
• 2 spring onions- sliced finely

1. place chicken in processor and blitz until finely chopped
2. add salt
3. lightly beat the egg whites in a bowl until foamy
4. fold into chicken
5. bring chicken stock to the boil
6. and add creamed corn
7. dissolve cornflour with a little cold water
8. add to soup and stir over a low heat until thickened
9. reduce heat and add the chicken mix -breaking up with a whisk
10. allow to heat through -without boiling
11. season to taste with soy sauce

This really is a lovely soup -and hubby reckons better than the takeaway one

Right my cheaper version is,

• boil your chicken carcass to make stock as normal and strain.. place back on heat, grab a tin of sweetcorn (tip it into a blender with its liquid and blitz)-if you have a lot of stock then i use 2 tins.
• tip it into the stock, and heat through, thicken with cornflour -again how much depends on how much stock you have...
• season, i add all the little bits from the chicken when i strip the meat off,
• and i also throw a handfull of frozen peas in and the darker bits of the spring onions
• plenty of soy sauce -although this will lose the lovely yellow colour

I also do these recipes but break up some fine noodles into at the stock point so they have chance to cook:D

hope that helps..will type up some more soup recipes..although my own are generally "make it ups as i go along":p

boo81

Thought some of you might be interested to know that I made an approach to a nutritionist. Ive not felt quite right about my general diet for a while. I eat what others would call a balanced diet and have never really been that bad and yet my weight creeps up. Im not a small eater though im not one for huge portions either and somehow it didnt tally.

Ive found a lady and had a quick chat explaining things over email and she has some very precise feelings about what is causing my problems and how certain issues are related. Its £45 for a consultation and £15 for repeat ones with constant telephone or email support alongside this and often doesnt see people more than twice. It would be nice to get some answers and so im planning to go fairly soon. I do trust her as she is also working for BUPA and she doesnt sound hippy-ish

Feeling like im not a hypochondriac after all and my nagging feelings may actually be something.

frogga

saversarn wrote: »

I'm feeling very mellow and I love each and every one of you

Oh Please!

saversarn

frogga wrote: »

Oh Please!

It was the wine:rolleyes:

frogga

Well I hope now you've sobered up now!

Welcome Lisa :beer: I must point out though that this lot are a bunch of nutters so if you're looking for "sensible" you've come to the wrong place mate

Still being good and really looking forward to WD on the 3rd March to see how much I've lost :j Reckon it will be at least 6 stone cause I've been really good!

jackie_w

Those soup recipes look delicious.:j :j :j

I will defo try them out.

thank you so much for posting them.

Jackie