Not sure if its helped but thought id share :)
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graciebabes
will hit target this time
Well tomorrow I shall be starting my day with a cup of hot water and lemon 
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for the tip!
Well I will have my weigh in tonight. I havent tried this fully yet, as I said before I have just been applying lemon juice to my salads and dinners etc.
Ive also followed the advice of the Hydration calculator on another thread, think its called plain old water, or something like that.
Since I read that I have been trying to drink 18 glasses of water a day. Shall see how I fair later.
Ive also followed the advice of the Hydration calculator on another thread, think its called plain old water, or something like that.
Since I read that I have been trying to drink 18 glasses of water a day. Shall see how I fair later.
My unofficial wi has shown a gain of 0.4lbs?! I'll have to see what the official wi says tonight as I haven't been bad & have had lemon juice for just over a week now. All I've got so far is a headache I can't shift & an unbearable itch all over. I guess lemons like me as much as oranges do,lol
yoyonomore2012
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I shall be lemoning again this week. I did it for a few days and lost 4lb , i dont do it last last week and lose my usual 1lb .
Just wondering if anyone squeezes or juices 1 lemon and then downs it neat maybe with a little sweetner ? I am thinking of doing this to save all the faffing about .
Just wondering if anyone squeezes or juices 1 lemon and then downs it neat maybe with a little sweetner ? I am thinking of doing this to save all the faffing about .
ScarlettStar86
Gold Member
bugger, got in with a huge thirst on and downed loads of lemon water. then remembered i have weigh in at 7 and all the water has added weight! fingers crossed it goes through me quickly or I'm on track for a false gain result!
ScarlettStar86
Gold Member
ScarlettStar86 said:
One big pee and 3lbs down, another one like that would be just fab thanks bladder! (sorry tmi!) Lol
shellywelly1983
Aiming for thin at 30!
Starting back on the Lemons after 2 weeks hol. Been good the last 2 days and weigh in tomorrow night so hopefully won't have too huge a gain!
However when I was away I tried a gorgeous lemon cake, been trying to create a low syn attempt of it as the slice I had was 15syns for a small one! The one I am creating will be 4 syns for a good slice, 3rd attempt today, been messing with the recipe to get it correct, so far the one cooking looks pretty good, if it works i'll post the recipe later... and it all helps in getting in those lemons!
However when I was away I tried a gorgeous lemon cake, been trying to create a low syn attempt of it as the slice I had was 15syns for a small one! The one I am creating will be 4 syns for a good slice, 3rd attempt today, been messing with the recipe to get it correct, so far the one cooking looks pretty good, if it works i'll post the recipe later... and it all helps in getting in those lemons!
ScarlettStar86
Gold Member
shellywelly1983 said:
Ooh I'll look out for that- I love lemon cake! X
They had an orange/lemon cake at our SW jubilee buffet last week... It was rather yum. I could get the receipe if people are interested?
shellywelly1983
Aiming for thin at 30!
Ok, not risen as much as I would have hoped, but tastes amazing, whole cake comes to 62syns, it can probably be made lower, I made my first one completely with sweetener but it didn't taste right, this one is half sugar half sweetener the original recipe had 300g sugar, so basically whatever amount of sugar you take out use 0.5g of sweetener per 5g sugar. ie 150g sugar is 15g sweetener, 300g sugar is 30g sweetener. We split ours into 14 slices which made 4.5syns.
Ingredients
For the cake:
150g Caster Sugar (29.5 syns)
15g sweetener
50g Flora extra light (4.5 syns)
4 eggs (seperated)
225g 0% fat greek (or greek style yogurt)
Zest of 1 large lemon
175g Self raising flour (28syns)
For the Lemon curd filling:
3 tablespoon sweetener
Rind and juice 1 lemon
2 eggs
50g greek yogurt
Method
Grease a 20cm cake round cake tin with frylight. Preheat oven to 180/ fan 160/ Gas 4
Beat together sugar, butter and egg yolks, then add lemon zest and yogurt, whisk until smooth.
Fold in flour and whisk egg whites to a soft peak and fold in.
Put straight in tin and cook for between 1-1 1/4hrs or until skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool.
Method for lemon curd filling:
In bain-marie put rind and sweetener and mix together. Whisk lemon juice and eggs together and add to bowl, keep whisking/stirring over heat until thickens, whisk in yogurt. Allow to cool in fridge for an hour.
Cake finish:
When cake cool, slice half way through and spread the curd between the 2, place top back on and if any curd remaining spread a thin layer on top. Place table spoon of sweetener in sieve and sprinkle on the top.
Ingredients
For the cake:
150g Caster Sugar (29.5 syns)
15g sweetener
50g Flora extra light (4.5 syns)
4 eggs (seperated)
225g 0% fat greek (or greek style yogurt)
Zest of 1 large lemon
175g Self raising flour (28syns)
For the Lemon curd filling:
3 tablespoon sweetener
Rind and juice 1 lemon
2 eggs
50g greek yogurt
Method
Grease a 20cm cake round cake tin with frylight. Preheat oven to 180/ fan 160/ Gas 4
Beat together sugar, butter and egg yolks, then add lemon zest and yogurt, whisk until smooth.
Fold in flour and whisk egg whites to a soft peak and fold in.
Put straight in tin and cook for between 1-1 1/4hrs or until skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool.
Method for lemon curd filling:
In bain-marie put rind and sweetener and mix together. Whisk lemon juice and eggs together and add to bowl, keep whisking/stirring over heat until thickens, whisk in yogurt. Allow to cool in fridge for an hour.
Cake finish:
When cake cool, slice half way through and spread the curd between the 2, place top back on and if any curd remaining spread a thin layer on top. Place table spoon of sweetener in sieve and sprinkle on the top.
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