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Weight loss the old style way part 3.

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  • MRSMCAWBER wrote: »
    Hi there Ames123

    Im in Bielefeld...

    Hey, ok, don't know where that is! I asked because I saw the word Naffi and then saw you were in Germany. I was au-pairing in the summer in Germany in Paderborn, which has a big British military base so recognised the shop! :D
    Student MoneySaving Club member 017!
  • purpleivy
    purpleivy Posts: 3,660 Forumite
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    ames123 wrote: »
    Hey, ok, don't know where that is! I asked because I saw the word Naffi and then saw you were in Germany. I was au-pairing in the summer in Germany in Paderborn, which has a big British military base so recognised the shop! :D

    I worked as a housekeeper/aupair/cook with families near Duesseldorf, I used to go to the Forces cinema!
    [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
  • MRSMCAWBER
    MRSMCAWBER Posts: 5,442 Forumite
    Evening all :D

    just thought id pop by and see how everyone is :p

    Ames123..... we aren't far from where you were..my hubby has spent most of his career in Paderborn and loved it...
    I only venture into the NAFFI for an occasional magazine or some prawns..the price of a lot of their stuff makes your eyes water :eek: .... me.. i like German shops with German prices ;) mind -i prefer German produce anyway :D

    Rockie4 -
    i would suggest freezing the cider for next time you make a casserole, but by the time you read this it may have allready "evaporated";) ..hope your bumps n bruises are better :D

    Cheerfulness
    i have been burning either the yankee lemon or vanilla candle mmmm and it just fills the house with a lovely yummy smell ...wonder wich on to have next :confused: might be peach or orange me thinks

    well i had my pasta bake and there is a spare one in the fridge so either hubby or me will use that in the next couple of days.

    Had a long hot soak and a read in the bath...so now im about to finish that bloomin menu plan,,,,i keep seeing more recipes and changing my mind :rolleyes: ... i will make a final decission...i will...tonight hopefully :rotfl:

    right folks..have a good evening and kep up the good work :D
    -6 -8 -3 -1.5 -2.5 -3 -1.5-3.5
  • Hi,
    Popped back on to answer some posts.
    MrsM, maybe it's just me but I thought the Bielefeld Conspiracy was well known:confused: maybe just that I have good German friends and a friend that lived there for years. I think there was some kind of scam that it was a made up town and did not really exist... or maybe my marbles have totally gone:o
    And of course you can be my pedomter nerd buddy too, although i will never match your total- today after work at 17.30 my reading was only 1500 so I ditched the dvd I was going to do and put on warm togs gloves and went for a walk it now says 8000 and I feel great(got a drippy nose and tingly cheeks... upper and lower;)) Rockie that does not let you off the hook once you are back to fight fitness I expect a daily post of your total. And don't listen to MrsM leftover cider has medicinal properties:p
    Walking really helps me lose weight and feel good:A
    Pedometers are cheap and make really cool Mothers day pressies :D
    Have a good evening all
  • evening everyone.
    i think i'm definitely gonna get me a pedometer, we should do some sort of pedometer challenge between all of us, get ourselves motivated with a bit of competition!
    i've been quite good today, altho i'm craving something sweet right now....
    Disneyworld Florida in August 2011 :j
    Lost so far: 0 lbs of 4st
    Mother of beautiful son with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • mmmmmm my pasta bake was fantastic. Am so impressed with myself. Not exactly a major achievement for you hardened old-stylers but I'm still getting the hang of this cooking malarky :rotfl:
    :eek: Total debt £21,000 :eek:
    Weight loss to date - 2 st, 2lb:j
  • Hi All,

    Thanks for all the good wishes about the weather - they worked as we had sunshine and warmth all day for our visitors last day. We had a quick trip into Gibraltar for a bit of shopping and an icecream and then visited a crocodile park on our way to the airport. We saw some massive crocodiles and also held a tiny one. The baby was fascinated and was touching it with such a look of concentration on his face. The baby crocodile had its jaw taped up so was quite safe.

    The day played havoc with food intake and I had a terrible headache when we finally got home - probably through not drinking enough. However, I've had a couple of strong pills and an hour in bed and am feeling much better.

    Breakfast: Cereal with skimmed milk. Pineapple juice.
    Lunch: Banana
    Tea: Chicken and tomato baguette (homemade and prepared to forestall requests for expensive food at the airport). Banana
    Snack: Icecream

    OH's daughter and son seemed to really enjoy themselves and want to come again if possible in April so looks like the homemade baby food and babysitting service went down well.

    I am going to look out for a pedometer too I think as I'd be fascinated to know how many steps one of our walks takes. We must get back into our regular walks on the beach now the weather seems to be improving back to normal.

    Hope you all have a good evening and resist temptation in whatever shape or form. Early morning for us as the builders are arriving to move a washing machine into the bathroom and improve the kitchen. It also involves moving a toilet and removing a bidet so will probably be quite disruptive. Hopefully, we can go out for a nice long walk and leave all the noise behind.

    Rose
    Weight Loss Challenge 5/7/19 10st 6lbs
    Target 8st 12lbs

    Daily Steps Challenge 16,000
    Average daily steps: January 19,317, February 19,449, March 20,330, April 22,026, May 20,412 June 15,690
  • purpleivy
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    Managed to avoid evening sweet snacks today, so really pleased. I do seem to be on a level at the moment. Things not perfect, but unplanned snacking between meals hasn't been happening.

    As far as the Glycemic load thing is concerned, I haven't felt highs and lows too much in the day. Maybe it's working. Even if I'm not losing weight (too soon to tell) I fell better. Have been avoiding wheat quite a lot as it has High GL, interestingly I feel better without it. It's not easy to avoid really, I can do breakfast and lunch without the high GL stuff, but it's harder to sort for dinner and eating with the family. I'm trying not to make a big thing about it. They don't expect me necessarily to eat Pizza, as I often have something diffferent when I make that for them, but potatoes, pasta and some other things I am trying to avoid for now. Ahh welll
    [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
  • taplady
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    M0neysav3r wrote: »
    Taplady - Yummy Leek & Pot soup - How do you do that? Would you mind sharing? I have tried so many different WW zero point soups but tbh they're gross! I know the spuds aren't point free but it won't be much and I'd have thought more filling than half a tin of WW soup that I have been having.
    I dont actually have a recipe as such - I just make it up as I go along but here's wots in it - leeks(obviously:D ) potatoes, stock made with chicken Bovril, seasoning and thats it! simple - if you like garlic I suppose you could add some but we dont so i sometimes add a bit of mixed herbs.

    Just bung it in a saucepan and cook till veg is done then blitz with the stick blender - i like mine really thick so take out a bit of the liquid. Its also nice with a bit of grated cheese mixed in at the end.

    MRSM - I never thought of freezing the choccies - I will pinch all the best ones and freeze them:T

    I have a pedometer somewhere that i will dig out - been a while since I used it but it will be interesting to see how many steps we all do.

    Frogga and cheerfulness :hello:

    off for a browse before bed, got to get DH up at 3.30 again in the morning:eek:
    Do what you love :happyhear
  • AliBow
    AliBow Posts: 122 Forumite
    Back again. Had my HM curry for tea, used up lots of leftovers from sis making her BF curry for valentines day last week. Mum brought us an egg custard tart each on the way home so had that a little while ago and throughly enjoyed it :D

    Saversarn and MrsM - Wikipedia had this to say... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_Conspiracy
    I'm through accepting limits
    'Cuz someone says they're so
    Some things I cannot change
    But till I try, I'll never know!
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