Licking the Lid of Life....my esoteric diary

[BeeBeeSee]

most fridges come with egg racks for the US market, so people started to use them. I like to have them at room temp for baking (not that I've done any of that since starting SW )

I know, those egg racks do my head in. I have lived in many different houses over the years with different fridges and they often have an odd number of egg "spaces" like 5 or 7. I mean, you buy them in half dozens usually so what are you to do with the spare one? SO annoying

ALDI HAS PICKLED GARLIC!!! sorry for the shouting. I'm excited. I bought 6 jars :O

Ah, the small things that make us happy hehe. I must have a look there next time I'm in Aldi's.

 

[lickthelid]

They are not crunchy though. Gutted. Not the same. I'll eat them but not the same

 

[lickthelid]

The herby and red stuff were in oil so I didn't no. Not very syn friendly.

 

[lentil2]

So, do you just eat the garlic on its own?
I love garlic but I'm not sure I fancy just eating a clove!! lol

Pickled eggs on the other, well that's a different story...love them! I used to buy large catering jars of them from Costco, like the ones you see on Fish and chip shop counters! They don't do them anymore though!

Oh and for the record.....I keep my eggs out of the fridge!

 

[BeeBeeSee]

Shame about the garlic sans the crunch! Pickled garlic, although it tastes like garlic, is a different story to fresh garlic so eating it by the clove is very easy to do
I have got to buy pickled eggs! would they be nice as deviled eggs you reckon? all nicely chopped up with herbs and mustard and a bit of yogurt? Would make a nice topping for a jacket potato...*think*think*

 

[MollyMolly]

It's the chopping of the garlic that releases the flavour (same with onions) ... so pickling them or cooking them whole makes for a much more subtle flavour and doesn't leave that lingering smell Garlic soup (again made with whole cloves) is divine!

 

[lickthelid]

I am still on the hunt for good pickled garlic. I will use the soft ones, they would be useful for cooking as well as snacking. I imagine that they add a different dimension to foodstuffs. I'm on a superfree day today so am now wanting something like a pickled egg to balance it out.

I need to to address the amount of rubbish I have eaten over the course of little ones birthday. I have learnt that I just can't have it in the house. I text the husband earlier to throw it away before I get home. I need it gone. I have just had fruit for breakfast and lunch and dinner is veg curry and brown rice. Before you tell me I know it's not enough but I HAVE to reset my system in order to carry on....!!

 

[MollyMolly]

I find that I can have it in the house as long as I don't allow myself to have even a taste of it. If I do then I'm not confident that I would be able to stop until it was all gone

 

[lickthelid]

I find that I can have it in the house as long as I don't allow myself to have even a taste of it. If I do then I'm not confident that I would be able to stop until it was all gone

Yes. This. I eat it to get it gone. Well that's my excuse to myself. I have to (wo)man up. It's all gone now. Barring the fruit pastilles and jelly babies and they aren't veggie anyway so pose no temptation. Phew

 

[Texty_F]

Afternoon lovely hows u? x

 

[lickthelid]

Hi Sheila! I'm ok, feeling a bit bleugh though post birthdays. Do you ever get that feeling that you will never undo the damage? I know I will deep down but I just feel like I'm stuck and for no good reason. I need a kick up the bum, I need to stop playing "catch up" and just get on the plan and stay with it instead of tweaking it to try and remedy all the time.

Sorry I'm off loading. Ignore me!

how has your weekend been so far? Not sure what its like up by you but it's been lovely and sunny here today xx

 

[Texty_F]

Hi Sheila! I'm ok, feeling a bit bleugh though post birthdays. Do you ever get that feeling that you will never undo the damage? I know I will deep down but I just feel like I'm stuck and for no good reason. I need a kick up the bum, I need to stop playing "catch up" and just get on the plan and stay with it instead of tweaking it to try and remedy all the time.

Sorry I'm off loading. Ignore me!

how has your weekend been so far? Not sure what its like up by you but it's been lovely and sunny here today xx

Been there many times hunni your not alone believe me. Its so easy to indulge and gain than it is not to and lose!! I always say "why do I do it to myself I know its wrong" but do it anyway!!!

You will get back on it hun your just having a blip. Make tomorrow your fresh start and get right back on that horse!!

Its been glorious up here Sam I went to shops earlier and it was 22 degrees when i got in the car eeekkk like a little melting pot lol.

Off load anytime its your diary and I really do think it helps x

 

[Willbeslimjen]

Oh LTL Texty is right we all feel like that sometimes. Just get back on it tomorrow and you will undo the damage. It's just a blip and we all have them

 

[lickthelid]

Thanks lovelies

I've been back on it from yesterday but I still feel wrong. I think I over think it all the time. I need to just move on and trust the plan!!

I have a 5 day juice cleanse booked for in a couple of weeks. I'm hoping that will be a good reboot!!

thanks guys you are the best!

 

[Texty_F]

Thanks lovelies

I've been back on it from yesterday but I still feel wrong. I think I over think it all the time. I need to just move on and trust the plan!!

I have a 5 day juice cleanse booked for in a couple of weeks. I'm hoping that will be a good reboot!!

thanks guys you are the best!

Have you tried the juice cleanse before? I think a couple on here have if i remember rightly. I hope it gives you a kick start hun, you know the plan works and you were doing well up to the birthday celebrations. You will kick a$$ x

 

[MollyMolly]

We all struggle from time to time - you'll get back on track ... I spent today having a massive batch cooking session with a friend who's finding it really hard going at the moment. We went right back to basics and filled her freezer with 'ready meals' to give her a break from having to think about or prepare food for herself as well as having to cook for her family.

 

[lickthelid]

In answer to Sheila, no but it's something I have thought about a few times and decided to take the plunge. I'm hoping that because normally I eat almost disgustingly healthily, no meat, no alcohol no caffeine (barring green tea) it should be manageable for me and, as you say, be a kick start. I watched a doc called "fat,sick and nearly dead" that piqued the idea months ago.

And molly that's a great idea I did actually make some soup, or am half way to doing so because I roasted the butternut and the onions then forgot they were in the oven. They have since been scooped into a bowl and covered over ready to add stock and carrots etc etc.

thanks ladies you have been more helpful than you know!! Xx

 

[lickthelid]

Ok after a few days I finally feel back in control. It's taken a few days of being VERY rigorous but I'm back in the saddle. I reckon I'm too much of a control freak. Any deviating from course upsets my psyche. This return to form was helped in no small part to trying some shorts on in sainsburys yesterday in a 14 that pretty much fell off. Ok ok some tugging and breathing in involved but they were too big either way. Whoop.

That and my struggle to dress my chunky calves stepped up a gear wine I bought, literally, my first ever summer dress. I'm sick of being stuck in trousers all summer. All my adult life I've done that. I've had to. Now I'm going to get my legs on. Genetically big calves or not!!!

 

[Willbeslimjen]

Welcome back! Well done got buying the summer dress! I go on holiday in a week and a half and was looking at my clothes the cropped trousers I have our to big but also I don't like them now I want some nice fitted ones it's funny isn't it how are taste in clothes changes as we lose weight. Problem is I can only just squeeze into a 14 so think it will be the baggies trousers. Hopefully it will mean I will have a constant reminder of why I want to lose weight and won't put on 7lbs like last year!

 

[BeeBeeSee]

Ok after a few days I finally feel back in control. It's taken a few days of being VERY rigorous but I'm back in the saddle. I reckon I'm too much of a control freak. Any deviating from course upsets my psyche. This return to form was helped in no small part to trying some shorts on in sainsburys yesterday in a 14 that pretty much fell off. Ok ok some tugging and breathing in involved but they were too big either way. Whoop.

That and my struggle to dress my chunky calves stepped up a gear wine I bought, literally, my first ever summer dress. I'm sick of being stuck in trousers all summer. All my adult life I've done that. I've had to. Now I'm going to get my legs on. Genetically big calves or not!!!

Hey Sam, I've just caught up with the last few days on your diary. Oh, I think our minds were separated at birth!! First of all, well done on buying the dress, good for you! Why shouldn't you wear one! You'll feel so good wearing it.

On the control freak side of things - boy, do I empathise. Self-sabotage starts in the mind, doesn't it. You can be on plan for weeks and a couple of days off it and mentally it feels like you've undone it all. But of course you know you haven't. And yet, it is so hard to shake off that nagging feeling that you're stuck in first gear. Well, that's where I am at the moment.

I'm so pleased you have made it back into the zone by the sounds of it. I must give that a go as well. The clean eating is very impressive. I hardly ever drink alcohol and am not much of a meat person but the caffeine...I would marry coffee if it were possible. But maybe I should just give it a go for a few weeks. Mind you, when I went on a detox once and went gluten, caffeine, dairy and meat free for a month, my friends in the end practically forced me to come off it, apparently I was a horror to be around (withdrawal I guess, or just the real me?). I think they were one oatcake away from pinning me to the ground and force feeding me a turkey sandwich washed down with a pint of coffee Baileys.