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Weight loss the old style way part 3.

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  • mhe
    mhe Posts: 418 Forumite
    MEANMARIE - congrats. I have 3 boys and would have loved a girl/

    JAckie-w (((hugs)))

    NIX143 - KICK - take a picnic!!!

    Purpleivy - only just hag chance to read the thread tonight - shows what being back in work does for you.
    Strictly speaking its not my carrot and corriander soup - someone posted it on a thread i wrote it down in the book i keep by the computer and have made it and it is mmmm!

    6 large carrots
    1 parsnip
    1 onion
    1 medium sized potato
    2 pints of veg stock (i use marigold)
    garlic
    3 handfuls of fresh corriander (50p a pot in ASda at the mo)
    1 inch of grated ginger (optional)
    s+p to taste (i leave salt out as its in the stock)

    cut up all veg into chunks and sweat in a bit of oil or butter for 10 mins
    add stock cook for 30 mins until everything is soft.
    Add corriander, pepper and ginger and seasoning. Blend and eat!!

    I love humous - cant find the red pepper one you mention - can you post it please
    "With no money you start to discover your own inner resource" GK Chesterton
    2 adults, 3 children
  • mhe
    mhe Posts: 418 Forumite
    OK purpleivy i found your thread which squeaky had very kindly moved to the right post. Where did you get the tahini - sounds a job for sainsburys and not asda to me
    "With no money you start to discover your own inner resource" GK Chesterton
    2 adults, 3 children
  • frogga
    frogga Posts: 2,224 Forumite
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    Morning Peeps,

    Late on this morning as I had so much to do I thought I was gonna run out of time and have to leave the house without having hoovered round :eek: What a nightmare!

    Loads of posts to catch up on from yesterday ~ Please don't worry if you are one of those who can't quite "get it together" foodwise at the moment. There is no appologies necessary if you have a bad day and need to come on here and off load about it. We've all done it , and some of us more than others ;) It took me weeks to get my head in to gear this time , well in fact it was months! I fell of the wagon in October and didn't really climb back on until Feb :o

    If food is your thing I really think you should accept it and learn to live with it. Some people smoke, drink , do drugs et.c so we could be worse. It's hard enough coping with a food addiction at the best of times let alone when times are tough. Give yourself a break :D

    Right, off to work. Post later xxxxxxx
    Say it once, say it loud ~ I'm an Atheist, Anti-Royalist, Socialist, Tea-Total Veggie Frog and PROUD!:D

  • mhe - tahini is round near the gravy powders and stock cubes in Morrisons so you may find it there. :)

    Ohh heck Rockie - hope you're not as sore this morning. That must have shook you up.

    meanmarie - can you write aoife as you'd say it. I love the irish names, too. :D

    Food today:
    weetabix
    HM pea and ham soup with HM seedy bread
    Macaroni cheese, bacon & salad.

    Snacks - mandarins, carrots (nothing else in :confused: )

    Deviated from my tea menu last night when OH came back from garage where he was collecting the replacement window (they mucked up first time and ordered wrong one) waving a £10 note in the air. They'd compensated him for the inconvenience, so he told lads he was treating them to chips. Hmmmmm :cool: No one wanted my macaroni. :o I had 2 chips off each of their plates with ham salad and 4 ryvita with cream cheese. Was lovely actually. :)
    Anyways, waste not, want not.... they're getting it tonight instead. :D

    Catch you all later.

    MAY GROCERY CHALLENGE   £0/ £250

  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,660 Forumite
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    mhe wrote: »
    OK purpleivy i found your thread which squeaky had very kindly moved to the right post. Where did you get the tahini - sounds a job for sainsburys and not asda to me

    Really bizarre 'talking' like this to someone who probably lives very near to me!

    I got the tahini out of the fridge, had been there some time as indicated by the fact that it goes OOD this month! Sainsbury's would have it, probably Tesco, health food shops... H&B or maybe even Julian Graves.


    THink I will try and find some small tubs and freeze the rest. Or alternatively, recipes only call for a couple of tsps, ice tray might be better than messing around with the little tubs, as I only have a few of those. When I was doing WW I didn't put the tahini in, as it meant more fats, but it still tasted fairly well OK. Seasoning is the key with hummus, but watch it with the salt, you don't taste it until it's all dissolved! I lobbed in a stray tbsp of HM tomato sauce that wasn't needed on the pizza the other night.

    I'm my DS's best friend at the mo, I made and extra pizza so he has been having it for packed lunch! Pandora has given me instructions for making bases and freezing, so would like to give that a try soon.
    [SIZE=-1]"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"[/SIZE]
    Trying not to waste food!:j
    ETA Philosophy is wondering whether a Bloody Mary counts as a Smoothie
  • queenpig
    queenpig Posts: 419 Forumite
    Hello.

    Will go back and read this morning posts in a moment.
    DH got sent home yesterdat bust main or something like that I was a bit sick as my friend asked to come down so I said before I knew he was coming home, not sick cause she came down but bit sick as we could have gone out somewhere, never mind eh.

    b - small bowl of cruny nut.

    l - salad of sorts, must try not to eat cheese think of something else lol.

    t as requested by the kids, fish fingers chips and beans.

    snacks low fat yogurt, some fruit although fruit bowl looks very sorry its self, you can tell the kids are off school.

    OH and I have lost 1lb
    Grocery Challenge. £400. - £35.22 + £19.80 + £109.01 = £164.03
    Other spends (Clothes Luxuries etc)£11.97 + £1.19 + £7.36 + £69.00 + £38.50 + £5.50 + £23.00 +£2.00 = £158.52:shocked::sad:
  • taplady
    taplady Posts: 7,184 Forumite
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    morning all!

    Off to work later on an 11 hour shift!:eek: its lasagne for tea on the menu so have got a quorn one for myself - not sure about lunch yet but have had a small bowl of fruitiful and a slice of HM bread toasted for breakfast.

    Managed to eat 5 quality street yesterday:rolleyes: trouble is now they are open it will be a real struggle not to go back for more:rolleyes: at least I'll be out of the house most of the day and evening so wont get much chance!:D

    Have a great day all - Jackie - I hope you're feeling better today x
    Do what you love :happyhear
  • morning!
    a newbie here.
    i've already lost 13lbs with a combination of diet and exercise but i seem to have reached a sticking point!
    i need to lose another 3st 3lbs by my wedding in Sept 09. :confused:

    xx
    Disneyworld Florida in August 2011 :j
    Lost so far: 0 lbs of 4st
    Mother of beautiful son with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • oh quick addition

    b/fast: two weetabix & semi sk
    lunch: half a HM sausage pizza
    dinner: soup

    potty training two and half yr old son at the moment :eek:
    so convenience is key (any p/t tips more than welcome!) finally going cold turkey today and sending him to nursery a/noon in pants!

    xx
    Disneyworld Florida in August 2011 :j
    Lost so far: 0 lbs of 4st
    Mother of beautiful son with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    Morning Morning Morning everyone :wave:

    Cross another 1.5 hrs walk off my list someone -7500 steps..mind i did dawdle round the supermarket... so need to pick up at least another 2500 today...may have a wander to the Naffi n back later...grab a magazine to read in the bath later;) ....
    to bump up yesterdays total i ended up getting out the lawn mower and giving the lawn a going over and swept the patio area-so that looks lovely again :T
    I have been trying to think how to up the exercise..as i know i should be doing by now.. thought about joining the gym on camp...but decided im much happier on my tod :D ... thought about getting one of those stepper that you pump up n down on but this one has bungy ropes attatched so you work your arms at the same time :confused: .... but can't decide..will have to think of something..once i have lost some more i will go back to swimming as i love it and can swim really well (just not ramming this bod into a swimsuit at the moment:p )they will have greenpeace out after me :rotfl:

    Hi there Toniwoty and welcome on board :D and :T on the weight you have lost allready....oooh a wedding to aim for -how exciting and it gives you six months to do it :D ..come on you can do it ;)

    Taplady -hope work passes quickly for you and hopefully hubby will have demolished the quality streets when you get back :D ..could you freeze half a dozen -so when you want one it will last longer ?

    Well done on the loss Queenpig :T

    Morning frogga :D did they set you straight about where tadpoles come from last night?:rotfl:

    NIX143 -i was all set to join the queue to kick you -but then you mentioned Yankee candles :drool: ...now they ARE worth buying ;) I have a lemon one burning at the moment mmmmmm vanilla is nice too oh and mistletoe is lovely too..i think they are the only make of candle that smells as nice when they are burning as they do when you buy them..so i will let you off buying those :p

    Rosewood...hope you get a nice day for the final day with your visitors...fingers crossed:D

    Rockie..hope you aren't to achy n sore this morning..take it easy and rest up as best you can ...

    woohoo :wave: newlywed

    meals for me today...
    • brekkie -weetabix
    • lunch -salad with avocado and ham
    • dinner- salami pasta bake... but will be ramming in loads of veggies again mmmm
    • snacks -as always..fruit or yoghurt:T
    Going to carry on sorting out March' menu plan today..will post any new recipes i choose...just fancy a complete shake up on the menu front.. can't be getting bored can we folks ;) ...

    Right off i go, have a great day everyone.. keep up the good work..
    hello to anyone not mentioned :D
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