Weight loss the old style way part 3.

BigMummaF

Just a quick look brought up these bits of info. I wasn't sure how much I could 'edit' them, but have tried to high-light the bits I thought you'd find most helpful.

From Delia:-
http://www.deliaonline.com/ingredients/oil,166,IN.html
Groundnut oil
An excellent all-rounder with the advantage of having no marked flavour yet at the same time being quite luscious. It is perfect for making mayonnaise, with just a little olive oil added for flavour, and it’s an extremely useful oil for cooking – oriental dishes in particular, because with these the flavour of olive oil is alien and too strong. Warning: because groundnut oil is made from peanuts, people who suffer from any nut allergy should avoid it (and warn anyone cooking for them as well).


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundnut_oil
Peanut oil (arachis oil) is an organic oil derived from peanuts, noted to have the slight aroma and taste of its parent legume. In the UK it is marketed as 'Groundnut Oil'.
It is often used in South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine much as olive oil is used in the Mediterranean. Peanut oil is appreciated for its high smoke point relative to many other cooking oils. Its major component fatty acids are palmitic acid, oleic acid, and linoleic acid. The oil also contains some 6–8% (total) of arachidic acid, arachidonic acid, behenic acid, lignoceric acid and other fatty acids.
Commercial peanut oil will not cause an allergic reaction because the allergen is a protein, not a fat; however, the cold pressed and organic oils will. They are presumably less filtered, retaining some peanut proteins for the sake of flavor and nutrition.

I did these bits in red cuz of the direct opposing information Soz guys...I'm just copying it....


National Edible Oil Distributors Association:-
http://www.neoda.org.uk/pages/articlesGroundnutOil.html
The oil is extremely robust, fries at a high temperature and has a characteristic slightly nutty taste although it is odourless.
Groundnuts contain 40-50% fat and 24-35% proteins. Groundnuts are pressed to derive the oil. The protein-rich press residues are used as animal feed. Groundnut oil is a good source of monounsaturated fats which help to decrease the LDL (bad) cholesterol in the blood and help to increase the HDL (good) cholesterol. Groundnut oil also has a moderate content of polyunsaturated fatty acids at 29% with a moderately low level of saturates at 22%.
Food allergies are caused by the protein components of food. Edible oils and fats in the EU undergo extensive refining processing which removes virtually all protein from the oil. It was always thought unlikely that refined groundnut oil could be allergenic and this has now been scientifically tested. Research has shown that refined groundnut oil would not cause reactions for the overwhelming majority of peanut allergic individuals and if any reaction did occur, it would almost certainly be mild. As predicted, the research did show, however, that unrefined oil could cause a reaction in some people, so should be avoided by those with peanut allergy.

HelenYorkshire

Meanmarie - you sound like me! I have good months (salads) and bad months (chocolate, cake, chocolate cake ). We'll make it in the end

Caterina - isn't there a "mostly music" option on the Davina dvd?

Today's food: no breakfast, early lunch was wholemeal spaghetti with HM tomato and veg sauce. Early tea, 2 veggie sausages with some more of the sauce, didn't finish the plate though.
Which probably means the chocolate eclair shouldn't have been munched to be honest they were supermarket-bought, and weren't that nice. Trouble is that means I'll be after some baking time later, I'll have to resist!
Am having visions of HM hobnobs though...:eek:

I've decided not to buy any meat / fish - partly because of cost, partly because if I don't eat meat, I'll have more room for veggies!
Ditto soya milk - it's now cheaper and lasts ages in the cupboard.

So any recipes other than "random veg in tomato sauce / curry / soup" will be particularly welcome. I wouldn't mind experimenting with Chinese / Asian foods, as I've those shops nearby, would save the trip to tesco...

I'd offer recipes to you guys but they're pretty much random if I hit a particularly good combination I'll let you know though!

MRSMCAWBER

Evening all

well my meals changed :rotfl: ended up with :-

• 2 thin slices of HM bread and 2 extra lean bacon medallions and a squidge of tommy sauce for brekkie -made by hubby :j wait till i move back to the Uk im back to organic streaky nommy ... i have to have my bacon "wobbly though"
• lunch was 2 slices of toast.... and an orange and apple
• and I have just had jacket potato, cottage cheese, beetroot, onion and kraut salat

So pretty much a carb fest really .... but apart from a yog or a piece of fruit-thats me done for the day

Have been sat looking through some old good food, olive etc for april/may looking for some inspiration -have about 4 years worth ... found some nice bits n bobs i will post over the next few days...

Helen yorkshire... I think im sliding back toward veggie options more at the moment -was veggie and vegan for many years before the lure of the bacon butty got me
I think i find it easier to do meals with meat -but we do have a small amount in relation to the rest of the meal.
I think once things start appearing in the garden and tubs outside it will be even more tempting to just have veggies and the like...
The Asian shops are really good for buying big amounts of staples -cheaply aren't they :T
Don't know if you are growing veggies but what about some pak/bok choi and that kind of thing in tubs-because they are never cheap in the shops and are lovely straight from the garden quickly stirfried with a little sesame oil or oyster sauce mmmmm... i have some seeds coming from my lovely mum

Whilst i think about it folks(yes i do sometimes :rotfl: )... i was reading one of my mags today..and do you know you can grow quinoa :eek: ...don't ask me what i thought it was, or where it comes from (although i have 2 tubs in the cupboard).... but you can grow your own -never has my gob been so smacked :rotfl:

Since folks are mentioning fry lite and the likes... has anyone else noticed how it welds to bakeware like a rubbery film??? I stopped using it yonks ago because not only did it ruin my tins but i was wondering what it could do to your inards if it welds to metal :rotfl:

Rosewood... im sure your visitors bring bad weather with them

Suzid.. i always wanted to write a cookery book with all the old stuff in my mum cooked us as kids and that i stil do -but Its very rare for me to do weights n measures..i tend to "concoct"..and then when someone wants a recipe i try weighing out what i would normally use and end up in such a mess and with every pot, pan and utensil out :rotfl:

Caterina... I used to really like davina...but now she is like a spitting image puppet of herself ...she drives me mad

Taplady...hope you have had a nice day off and hope mrT is feeling better

Saversarn... wouldn't panic about the bread... good chance my explanation was doolally... would have made sense to me..but probably not to anyone "normal" :rotfl: Since i started doing that recipe it has never failed me...wait for it..tomorrows will go t*ts up
Let me know if you need me to clarify my waffling

Marie... hope you are being kinder to yourself

Newlywed.... hope you are better now and back with us

Cheerfulness.. hope you have had a lovely day

woohoo frogga..where ever you are.. hope all is well at the pond

M.E, recovering, keiss and anyone else i have missed..hope you are all about soon

right i will get of for now...have a great evening everyone

meanmarie

Evening all,

Thank you all for the kind remarks and encouragement, this morning had bit of a chat with DDs3 & 4 and they both reckon that I am retaining a huge amount of fluid and that it might be a good idea to shock my system by giving carbs a miss for a week or so....this morning I had piece of roast chicken, skin and all with coffee for breakfast, then had lamb chop, peas, carrots, parsnip, leek and a medium spud (!)for dinner...have since had 8 chocs, apple, pear and am about to dig into a couple of pints of water...don't feel hungry but have eaten a lot of veg and tried the 32 chews as much as I could.

Talk to-morrow, but where is that b***dy frog...I miss her

Marie

Kentish_Maid_2

Pooh - just lost long post. Anyhoo - to summarise, I am Mrs Maid, need to join you lovely mad bunch - need to lose the weight.
Am at least 6stone over weight - BMI says I should be dead!!! :eek:
Will weigh on Monday and start then (am on a promise of a chinese tomorrow so Monday it is). Will give you more details of my in future post.

Am ploughing through the thread - am up to mid Feb. You are all inspirational. I like chocolate, carbs and wine - god the wine, it has to go!!
Toodle pip
x

purpleivy

Hi

Chose sensibly for the Indian takeaway, lamb tikka, a little spoonful of ds's rice, sm spoon of dd's mushroom balti. salad, 1/2 poppadom, Ben and Jerry's to finish. Really not much of anything. I'd like to have proper appetite really, but it's coming.

Is recovering around?

We eat much more veggie now that dd is veggie. Much easier, better for us too I suppose, though I know what you mean about the planning being easier sometimes with meat. I sometimes struggle to make food interesting with veggie food.

droopydrawers_2

Hello everyone,

Purpleivy, hope you're feeling better very soon.

Cheerfulness - good luck with your own personal mini challenge. If the enthusiasm, focus and determination I spotted in your post this morning is anything to go by, that 4 1/2 pounds will be dropping off at a rate of knots if it knows what's good for it! We're all behind you, go for it!:T

Pleased to say I've leapt back on the wagon today after a very up and down week, and today I'm not too embarrased to tell you what I've eaten.....

B - porridge

L - tin of tomatoes and 2 lean rashers bacon on toast (tiny scrape of butter)

D - mushroom omlette with salad, 1 piece wholemeal, blueberry yog

banana, grapes

If only I could be this saintly every day....ah well!:p

See you tomorrow folks!

heavenfire

hi anyone still awake and online?

recovering_spendaholic

Hello everyone - just a quick post because computer is broken and has been all week - keep trying to post and it just jumps off the site onto home page. Haven't read through all the thread yet but well done to losers. I lost 5lbs at weigh in today. Will post more when computer fixed - have to end this post now before the flippin thing shuts down on me again!

homealone_2

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Morning all ...in fact have 2

Lost 2.5lbs this week :j so im now 14st 13.5lbs... so no longer a 15st something person:D ....so thats 6st and 0.5lb gone and 4st 3.5lbs left to shift so im in a super duper happy mood....oooh oooh and i have hit my may day target too :j

Have to nip out in a moment as i am in dire need of some fruit and my yogs ...so that will be and hours or so exercise....

Meals today:-

• Brekkie... not hungry yet so think i will have a yogurt when i get back
• lunch... some kind of salad
• dinner.. doing a moussaka based thing with layers of grated potato in and feta on top.. will post recipe when i have made it just in case anyone wants it. Mum made one using a packet mix she had in..told me what it was basically -so im going to recreate a from scratch version

Home alone...what a nightmare, would you be able to break your meals up into say 6 smaller ones so that you still can eat when you are awake at all hours? probably something you have allready tried i bet but thought i'd suggest it -just in case

KuneKune..i used to have the same problem...now when i finish typing i hold down the shift key and press the direction buttons so that all the writting goes black... then press ctrl and C which copies it..then post your message and if it doesn't appear start a new message and press ctrl and V and it will paste the whole message on for you ...saves re-typing

well i didn't meant to post yet :rotfl: ..but will get off shoping and finish the rest of my message when i get back fro the shops
good luck to everyone weighing in today

thanks, am pleased to report a 3lb loss for week 1 so on top of moon. trying not to think of the 6 stone 10lbs left. not really sure if it is achievable at all. wanted at first to get down to 10 stone 2 lbs but i was 18 then and it was before all 3 kids and 2 miscarriages and at 44 think maybe that a touch unrealistic so had a re-think and decided to try for the 12 stone i was up until i was about 30 and from then till until 2003 when i was about 40 i swung between 12 and 13 and a half stone. i got down to about 13 stone for my wedding june 2003 when i injured my back and within one year i gained 3 stone and then when i next looked i was 17 stone until that fateful day last week when i looked and discovered i had gained another 2 stone in 3 months. the day after this i was told by specalist that yes one of my medications did have weight gain as a side effect (bit late to tell me now) well anyhow i was then 19 stone 4 when i last reanted on here and am now 19 stone 1. what do think is a realistice weight to aim for is 12 stone being realistic or not enough and how on earth have you managed to lose so much you are my inspiration and am keeping very close eye on you, well done :T