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No pinching of anything any longer Jet... could bring you out of ketosis once you get there! Just not worth it!

Mine is a little "cuddly", but restarted Dukan with me on 17/05 and has lost 12K the rotter (having partaken in all sorts of loveliness the past two weekends!).

People are generally slimmer here, and you don't really see people snacking the way English people do... it's just not part of their culture. They like big meals but don't tend to snack.
 
I think with us here its convenience more than anything isnt it. Not many families sit round the table eating together. People feed the kids first and then eat later. when i was a kid we waited until dad got home from work and then we all ate together.
Its just so easy and cheap to go and get a burger or a sandwich isnt it?

p.s. when i was looking for oatbran for lotto on the internet i spotted one of my fav things and why i wouldnt be slim if i lived in france...croissants. :D mmmmmmm lol
 
one of my (many) failings when I go on a bender... croissants and pains au chocolat! I can eat four or five of each in one sitting and they sell them EVERYWHERE... during my morning walk, at virtually every street corner, there'll be a boulangerie wafting out odours from intentionally left opened doors... ugh!!

When I first arrived here though in 1986, I already weighed over 100K so I can't blame it all on French food!

In fact, one of my first blatant errors in French was discussing food and diets... at that time, there were very few "light" or "low calorie" products here, and I was explaining to a group of French people how in England there were plenty, and that it helped dieters to have them. But, I added, they're full of preservatives of course.

As a typical Brit, I threw in the odd English word with a French accent if I didn't know the real world... so I said how English food was full of "preservatives" basically... (and "preservatives" in French means... condoms!). One girl, who knew perfectly well what I meant, responded: "I'd heard English food was bad, but not THAT bad!"
 
I remember waiting for Dad to come home for dinner too... and being called in (grudgingly) from play for tea... (you'd not have to call very loudly for me these days!).
 
Maintainer said:
one of my (many) failings when I go on a bender... croissants and pains au chocolat! I can eat four or five of each in one sitting and they sell them EVERYWHERE... during my morning walk, at virtually every street corner, there'll be a boulangerie wafting out odours from intentionally left opened doors... ugh!!

When I first arrived here though in 1986, I already weighed over 100K so I can't blame it all on French food!

In fact, one of my first blatant errors in French was discussing food and diets... at that time, there were very few "light" or "low calorie" products here, and I was explaining to a group of French people how in England there were plenty, and that it helped dieters to have them. But, I added, they're full of preservatives of course.

As a typical Brit, I threw in the odd English word with a French accent if I didn't know the real world... so I said how English food was full of "preservatives" basically... (and "preservatives" in French means... condoms!). One girl, who knew perfectly well what I meant, responded: "I'd heard English food was bad, but not THAT bad!"
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i hate crossiants !!
 
I hate English croissants (from supermarkets)... tried French ones?
 
cooeeeeeeeeee me again :)

Vicky - had a look on the asda site - shows up Mornflake oatbran flakes? is this them?
Ingredients

Oatbran (40%) , Wholewheat , Sugar , Malt Extract , Salt .


Ps. I love you guys - I could read this forum all day - just disappeared briefly to crack on with some chores and have a shower - it's damn warm here today :)
 
p.p.s I love croissants, basically anything carb related/baked :) and I wonder why I tipped the scales at 13 stone in January :)

If I could invent a time machine or borrow the T.A.R.D.I.S. for a day...I'd go back to the first mill ever invented and throw a few spanners in the works :D... I don't think wheat'd be so appetising if you had to eat it stalks n all!
 
WARM??? here's it's SCORCHING! HATE IT!! (and then I get to go home via a 20 min cramped metro ride with the great unwashed and undeodorised!!).

I don't think it's the flakes... Vicky will know best though
 
I'm just the same re carbs... touch 'em and I'm lost...
 
"I'd heard English food was bad, but not THAT bad!"
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that is great Jo!!!!
mmm criossants and almond croissants and pain au chocolat. I remember staying in the south of france and every afternoon id go down to the cake shop to get everyone cakes for after tea. Mum dad and bro always had strawberry tarts - mine were always pain au chocolat. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


ref oatbran - no not the flakes. omg i must be lying I must have got my shopping delivered from tesco!!!


http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=260300662

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=258220851

wheatbran for after attack if needed


Thanks for today guys you have helped me through my ice cream problem :D

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=260300662
 
is there any stage in which we can eat couscous? and is couscous terrible like other carbs? I don't know much about it y'see and tried it for the first time (in place of potatoes) last week and liked it :) which probably means it's bad news :( *sigh*
 
We had a lot of storms the night of Monday to Tuesday so it's much better on the humidity front. 30°C right now (more in the sun of course) and only 27% humidity... the trouble is that the temperatures aren't dropping much in the evening... so it makes for HOT apartments... my cats are miserable! Just lazing around...

I like heat when I'm on holiday but working and travelling in it is horrible!! This particular hot spell looks like it's nearing an end (31° tomorrow, 33° Friday (ugh!), then down to mid 20s next week. That's better!
 
Couscous in phase 3 only... and even then it's low on the list of preferred carbs to reintroduce! Sorry!
 
"I'd heard English food was bad, but not THAT bad!"
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that is great Jo!!!!
mmm criossants and almond croissants and pain au chocolat. I remember staying in the south of france and every afternoon id go down to the cake shop to get everyone cakes for after tea. Mum dad and bro always had strawberry tarts - mine were always pain au chocolat. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


ref oatbran - no not the flakes. omg i must be lying I must have got my shopping delivered from tesco!!!


http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=260300662

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=258220851

wheatbran for after attack if needed


Thanks for today guys you have helped me through my ice cream problem :D
 
bu**er couscous :(

ok - thanks vicky for some reason it looks like I mind-read you on here...pre-empted your post...weird
 
I usually offer to go and get the breakfast for guests (nearest shop to the country place is 5 miles away!!) and then I buy a few extras for she who went for her journey home! (If ever you're in rural France, and you see a car parked up in a layby, and someone with her cheeks FULL of carbs like a squirrel, it's ME!!).

I then get home with the requested number of articles, having carefully brushed away any crumby evidence (and checked my teeth), and act normally moaning about the queue...
 
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