NannyDoreen & Upndown's daily diaries

[cloudy6]

You too Nanny D. I'm off in a mo to get started on jobs. X

 

[upndown]

I totally agree. We are so lucky with our little but getting bigger group of friends on here

Lovely to have more in the gang Doreen - the more the merrier! xx

 

[upndown]

Yes a very low day Doreen - enjoy ur day out 2moro - handy to take the soup - I'd like the recipe when u have a chance or point me in the right direction if it's on here or somwhere online.

My version of the soups.

BNS & Red Pepper Soup.

1 BNS around 800g as it comes.
4 red peppers
1 onion.
4 chicken oxo cubes
1ltr of boiling water.

Cut BNS in pieces. Just take the seeds out and leave the skin on,
Cut the peppers up , don`t have to be too small.
Cut up the onion.


Put BNS pepper & onion in a good size pan, oxo in hot water, pour over and bring to the boil then simmer.
I let it go for a couple of hours because of the skin (extra fibre)
When cooked blitz. I always let it cool first and sometimes I take some of the liquid out as it is easier to blitz.

You have the salt of the oxo cubes but I did add a little when all done.

BNS & Carrot Soup My way

about 800g BNS
4 Large carrots. (never weighed them and sometimes use lots of smaller ones)
1 onion
4 oxo chicken & 1 litre of boiling water.

Deseed & cut up BNS leave skin on
cut up carrots, if they are good ones I leave the skin on these too
Cut up onion
Put stock in

Boil then simmer for a couple of hours Blitz.

Sometimes when I am reheating a portion I put in a little curry powder, or a a few chilli flakes.

My son in NZ puts chilli in when he cooks his.------- His has home grown green pumpkin and stores them during the off season so very cheap. Julie grows her own peppers too. Thrifty.

Thx Doreen - I bought a bns yesterday - so will make that soon - It won't be today tho - off shopping fir pressies for son's girlfriend - she's very trendy so not sure what to get! Taking Poppy to swimming lesson after school - speak later xx

 

[upndown]

Been doing boring house jobs this morning - off shopping now - school run then swimming lesson and MiL - speak to you later Doreen - hope ur having a good day xx

 

[Nanny Doreen]

Had a great with my niece. W"e had such a lot of catching up to do. She is such a lovely niece. I bought a sort of jacket whilst out. No buttons, good length and black & white. Good our Tash was with me or I might have bought one too big.! Just have to sort something to wear it with now.

I weighed myself this morning and seem to have got rid of that 2lbs. I am going to have another light day because I want to lose some tomorrow. Don`t want a gain and would rather not a STS.

Enjoy the swimming lesson Linda

 

[UKSerena]

Had a great with my niece. W"e had such a lot of catching up to do. She is such a lovely niece. I bought a sort of jacket whilst out. No buttons, good length and black & white. Good our Tash was with me or I might have bought one too big.! Just have to sort something to wear it with now. I weighed myself this morning and seem to have got rid of that 2lbs. I am going to have another light day because I want to lose some tomorrow. Don`t want a gain and would rather not a STS. Enjoy the swimming lesson Linda

Glad to hear you had a lovely day with your Niece Doreen Do we get a pic of the jacket? Well Done on hopefully losing that 2lbs, do you feel ok doing a light day? X

 

[chocko1]

Sounds like you had a good day, Doreen. Good excuse to buy some more clothes now, to go with the new jacket! Glad you seem to have lost the 2lbs too. You deserve to have done - you've certainly been good! xx

 

[Nanny Doreen]

Glad to hear you had a lovely day with your Niece Doreen Do we get a pic of the jacket? Well Done on hopefully losing that 2lbs, do you feel ok doing a light day? X

Surprisingly yes. I was a little hungry by 10pm last night so went to bed.

Sounds like you had a good day, Doreen. Good excuse to buy some more clothes now, to go with the new jacket! Glad you seem to have lost the 2lbs too. You deserve to have done - you've certainly been good! xx

I don`t know how to do pictures ladies. Like you Kathy I am not very good at computers. When the summer gets here I will have lost some more lbs - I hope, then I will look. I am sure I have something on the cupboard that will suffice for now.

 

[Nanny Doreen]

Thursday 29th January Another light day.

hexs milk 2 bread

B: 2 toast 2 eggs mushrooms coffee

L: Large cup bns/red pepper soup

D: pork chop. broccoli & onion gravy made with oxo + 1tsp Dijon mustard (1syn) & a squirt of tomato puree
4 plums - coffee

1 syn

Two light days. I am surprised that I am not hungrier. As the superfree on my plate was at least as much as the chop I am going to have the plums later. Cup of coffee for now.

If I lose weight tomorrow you will hear the cheer all over the country.

 

[UKSerena]

Thursday 29th January Another light day. hexs milk 2 bread B: 2 toast 2 eggs mushrooms coffee L: Large cup bns/red pepper soup D: pork chop. broccoli & onion gravy made with oxo + 1tsp Dijon mustard (1syn) & a squirt of tomato puree 4 plums - coffee 1 syn Two light days. I am surprised that I am not hungrier. As the superfree on my plate was at least as much as the chop I am going to have the plums later. Cup of coffee for now. If I lose weight tomorrow you will hear the cheer all over the country.

Well Done on a fab day Doreen. Glad to hear you are coping well with the light days. Good Luck for tomorrow, I expect you to do the happy scale dance! X

 

[upndown]

Thursday 29th January Another light day.

hexs milk 2 bread

B: 2 toast 2 eggs mushrooms coffee

L: Large cup bns/red pepper soup

D: pork chop. broccoli & onion gravy made with oxo + 1tsp Dijon mustard (1syn) & a squirt of tomato puree
4 plums - coffee

1 syn

Two light days. I am surprised that I am not hungrier. As the superfree on my plate was at least as much as the chop I am going to have the plums later. Cup of coffee for now.

If I lose weight tomorrow you will hear the cheer all over the country.

And I'll be cheering for u from the north!! Yes isn't funny that we're not hungry when we cut food down so much! Don't know how long I can keep so low but it's giving me some much needed discipline and hopefully a sts or a small loss!

The other thing I've noticed this week - when I've given a lot of thought to why I keep bingeing - is that I've been drinking more and think that's helped keep hunger at bay!

I've read that ppl often eat snacks etc when really they're thirsty and just need a drink! Will try to keep that up. But I chose my username carefully so never confident that I'll stick to anything for long! Well done on another great day - will post my food later xx

 

[bubble77]

Good luck friday weighers. X

 

[UKSerena]

I'm trying to listen to my body and just eat when I am hungry instead of eating just because it's a meal/snack time! X

 

[upndown]

Had a great with my niece. W"e had such a lot of catching up to do. She is such a lovely niece. I bought a sort of jacket whilst out. No buttons, good length and black & white. Good our Tash was with me or I might have bought one too big.! Just have to sort something to wear it with now.

I weighed myself this morning and seem to have got rid of that 2lbs. I am going to have another light day because I want to lose some tomorrow. Don`t want a gain and would rather not a STS.

Enjoy the swimming lesson Linda

Glad u had a great day and nice to have new clothes too! Hope u finf something in ur wardrobe to go with it!

Oh hope u do have a loss - as I've only had 3 'good' or 'low' days - I'd be happy with a sts rather than the definite gain if I'd have carried on overeating! If I get a loss I'll be ecstatic!xx

 

[upndown]

Good luck friday weighers. X

thx - I'll def need some luck!xx

 

[upndown]

I'm trying to listen to my body and just eat when I am hungry instead of eating just because it's a meal/snack time! X

Yes that's a good idea - esp skipping out on snacks if we don't need them!xx

 

[upndown]

Hope everyone weighing 2moro is feeling confident - good luck - I'm feeling better about it since I've had 3 low days.Here's how my day went:

b: 1 slice of toast & marmite and an orange
l: tinned salmon sandwich (1 slice of bread), lettuce leaves, cherry toms, cucumber
d: chicken, green beans, bns, brussel sprouts

diet coke, water, fruit teas, 1 coffee with dash of milk
snacks: 3 pistachio nuts, cherry toms, satsuma
35 mins exercise dvd

 

[UKSerena]

Good Luck all you Friday Weighers! Can't wait to hear your results. X

 

[upndown]

Good Luck all you Friday Weighers! Can't wait to hear your results. X

Thank you Serena - I've lost 1.5lbs - which I'm very grateful for as the week started off badly! Off to do ur happy scale dance ................. good luck to Doreen and Linda C and anyone else WI today xxxx

 

[cloudy6]

Yay Linda! That's a great turnaround for you, worth doing your lighter days. Hope you can keep it up, maybe not quite that low though as that's not really sustainable for long. Xx