"Plump Polly".....golden oldie..........Newbie

[Pollywotsit]

Well chicken pizza didn't materialise, I got goujons out of the freezer by mistake, didn't realise till the frosty top had gone.
Next disaster was the toaster broke yesterday, nipped to Argos to get a nw one, but after breakfast. As usual, nothing exciting, but still sticking to plan.

B. 2 ryvita, cheesy triangle with blue cheese (Laughing Cow) topped with marmite and cucumber
D.Chicken goujons with lotsa veg, cauli, broccolli carrots etc, 2 syns used on Bisto gravy
strawberries and Mullerlite
T. ham salad with French dressing, very low cal, but didn't like it...so won't be using that again, oh, and 2 ryvitas with LC extra light.
Going to have a fruit platter in a mo with another M yoghurt.
only 7 syns:sigh:...will have to force myself to have a Mint Choc Hifi bar........such a chore! but it will add 6 syns! Most I'll have had in 6 weeks x

 

[Pommette]

Polly - just be careful with how many MullerLites you have a day.
I'm not exactly sure what's in them but lots of the girls said they did horrible things to their digestion!
Anybody else know about this and can chime in?

 

[Pommette]

Well chicken pizza didn't materialise, I got goujons out of the freezer by mistake, didn't realise till the frosty top had gone.

That's the sort of thing I do. I once got a bag out of tye freezer that I though was some left-over cheese sauce to put on top of veg.
Only to find it was custard!!!
Didn't quite fancy cauli custard somehow :8855:

 

[Pollywotsit]

...have to say I don't blame you!
I usually have one M/Lite a day on fruit, my digestion seems ok at the moment, but thanks for the heads up.
Made a mistake on my syns...3 Ryvita went for my HE.B, and 1 was syned...(had to ask because I always have W/M bread as my HE B)so I haven't had enough...again. Don't really want the Mint Choc bar either, but just going to make a brew, so might change my mind.
I've got some cartons of Birds custard in the cupboard...all I do is look at it lovingly, but I daren't open one!
One good thing, I STS last week, but my tummy seems to have shrunk, my counsellor said I'm losing the bloating. That's a bit unfair, because I can "suck" my tummy in, but all the sucking in the world isn't going to make my bum smaller!:sigh:

 

[clb1953]

Well Polly my food diary is not going too well at the moment. Had bad day Saturday as we had dinner party and my good intentions went out of the window; I have stayed on track since but go to London next Monday for a couple of days and my daughter has booked afternoon tea :cry:. As she has been through bad times over the last 12 months don't want to disappoint her so aiming to STS for the next two weigh ins - any loss will be a bonus. Just off to have lunch - melon, ham. cheese (HEA), bread (HEB) and fat free/sugar free yogurt.

 

[Pollywotsit]

Morning ladies, sorry you're having a sticky time Christine, and hopefully it will pass. Unfortunately after I became a widow, I stopped socialising as such,no nights out, no dinner parties... my own fault but felt like a spare part at a wedding, friends husbands wouldn't let me pay my way, and in the end I started making excuses not to go, and of course it ended up with me leading quite a lonely life. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy (apart from being a two ton Parrot!) I have my family and Grandies. The advantage is, I don't have to cook for anyone else, and am finding it really easy to stick to plan...well at the moment anyway, but I know it's early days yet. I go out Thursday evenings, I play darts for a team, and there's a small nosh up at the end, it's only 1 day a week, and I make sure my syns cover it. I thought I'd just refuse food out, but it's the only time the whole team can sit at the same time and have a natter (and I DO like a natter!!) lol. The way I look at it, is I've dieted off and on for years, cut out all the things I like to eat and really enjoy, even as far as cutting out my cuppas, but I can't stick to it. I lost over 5 stones for my daughters wedding, kept most of it off when she had children because I looked after them when she worked.........there's nothing like dancing all day to nursery rhymes from the Fun Factory, to keep you in trim!! Then they went to nursery.,.......and I said hello again to weight! I started making cards 10 years ago now, have lots of customers .BUT.......it's a hobby that's dangerous to the health. For the last 10 years, I've sat on my bum continually.......and it spread and spread, as a matter of fact ALL OF ME SPREAD! It's taken me a long time to get my head in the right place this time...something silly that my Grandson did....he got hold of my flabby neck, under my chin (He's 10)and wobbled it, really made him laugh, and he kept doing it....but he wanted to know "Nannie why is your neck like another chin ?" Every time I see him he's got into the habit of patting my "extra bit"...and I'm hopefully going to get rid of it, as long as the rest of me shrinks too!
I just wanted to say, we wouldn't be normal if we didn't have hiccups, to stick to a diet when you have outside influence isn't always going to be possible, or easy but the next day, you just get back on form and forget what you ate yesterday. (I'm so positive I'm even scaring me!!)Come have a chat and get things off your chest...like the old BT advert "it's just nice to talk" just go and have a good time with your daughter, forget the diet, just enjoy.
You can confess all afterwards!! xx

 

[Mumma K]

Polly - just be careful with how many MullerLites you have a day.
I'm not exactly sure what's in them but lots of the girls said they did horrible things to their digestion!
Anybody else know about this and can chime in?

I only (if I am having one) have one a day
as they do upset my tum
no clue why though
Afternoon Polly

 

[Mumma K]

Morning ladies, sorry you're having a sticky time Christine, and hopefully it will pass. Unfortunately after I became a widow, I stopped socialising as such,no nights out, no dinner parties... my own fault but felt like a spare part at a wedding, friends husbands wouldn't let me pay my way, and in the end I started making excuses not to go, and of course it ended up with me leading quite a lonely life. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy (apart from being a two ton Parrot!) I have my family and Grandies. The advantage is, I don't have to cook for anyone else, and am finding it really easy to stick to plan...well at the moment anyway, but I know it's early days yet. I go out Thursday evenings, I play darts for a team, and there's a small nosh up at the end, it's only 1 day a week, and I make sure my syns cover it. I thought I'd just refuse food out, but it's the only time the whole team can sit at the same time and have a natter (and I DO like a natter!!) lol. The way I look at it, is I've dieted off and on for years, cut out all the things I like to eat and really enjoy, even as far as cutting out my cuppas, but I can't stick to it. I lost over 5 stones for my daughters wedding, kept most of it off when she had children because I looked after them when she worked.........there's nothing like dancing all day to nursery rhymes from the Fun Factory, to keep you in trim!! Then they went to nursery.,.......and I said hello again to weight! I started making cards 10 years ago now, have lots of customers .BUT.......it's a hobby that's dangerous to the health. For the last 10 years, I've sat on my bum continually.......and it spread and spread, as a matter of fact ALL OF ME SPREAD! It's taken me a long time to get my head in the right place this time...something silly that my Grandson did....he got hold of my flabby neck, under my chin (He's 10)and wobbled it, really made him laugh, and he kept doing it....but he wanted to know "Nannie why is your neck like another chin ?" Every time I see him he's got into the habit of patting my "extra bit"...and I'm hopefully going to get rid of it, as long as the rest of me shrinks too!
I just wanted to say, we wouldn't be normal if we didn't have hiccups, to stick to a diet when you have outside influence isn't always going to be possible, or easy but the next day, you just get back on form and forget what you ate yesterday. (I'm so positive I'm even scaring me!!)Come have a chat and get things off your chest...like the old BT advert "it's just nice to talk" just go and have a good time with your daughter, forget the diet, just enjoy.
You can confess all afterwards!! xx

I think it's very hard when you lose a partner Polly
My dad has often told me that friends he has as a
couple with my mum....didn't know how to treat him
as a widower etc
Often making him feel like a gooseberry

And your right we certainly wouldn't be normal
with a few wobbles etc along the dieting route
It took me the best part of 2 years to lose the lard
and boy oh boy did I take the scenic route lol

 

[Pollywotsit]

Hi K, sorry not sure what that's short for, just saves me typing Mumma, hope you don't mind. Am sorry about your Dad, it's always hard on the one left behind xx
When I went back to work, (we both worked at the same place), and I'd nursed him for a long time everyone was too embarrassed to talk to me, even though they'd kept in touch. I don't know who felt the most uncomfortable, me or them. Then one of the lads came into the office, said he was sorry, and wrapped his arms round me, and I shall remember that hug as long as I live. Next thing the office was full, and everything went back to normal. It's just that first step, and we have to take it. Oh Gosh, am getting slushy!
Change subject.
Just had the worst meal I've had since I started! Made a jacket potato and a filling with chopped salad bits, ham and pineapple (took me longer to chop everything up than eat it.....)then bound it together with cottage cheese (not a favourite, but was determined to try) didn't enjoy one mouthful, so didn't eat much. Now I don't know how to book it in my diary., Never been a big fan of Jackets, but if I had one it was full of oozing butter and cheese, still it was tried and discarded and I won't have another.
Crikey I didn't realise how big that last post was, writing in this little box confuses me (it doesn't take much!!) xx

 

[Mumma K]

Hi K, sorry not sure what that's short for, just saves me typing Mumma, hope you don't mind. Am sorry about your Dad, it's always hard on the one left behind xx
When I went back to work, (we both worked at the same place), and I'd nursed him for a long time everyone was too embarrassed to talk to me, even though they'd kept in touch. I don't know who felt the most uncomfortable, me or them. Then one of the lads came into the office, said he was sorry, and wrapped his arms round me, and I shall remember that hug as long as I live. Next thing the office was full, and everything went back to normal. It's just that first step, and we have to take it. Oh Gosh, am getting slushy!
Change subject.
Just had the worst meal I've had since I started! Made a jacket potato and a filling with chopped salad bits, ham and pineapple (took me longer to chop everything up than eat it.....)then bound it together with cottage cheese (not a favourite, but was determined to try) didn't enjoy one mouthful, so didn't eat much. Now I don't know how to book it in my diary., Never been a big fan of Jackets, but if I had one it was full of oozing butter and cheese, still it was tried and discarded and I won't have another.
Crikey I didn't realise how big that last post was, writing in this little box confuses me (it doesn't take much!!) xx

No problem Polly you can call me K I don't mind
but it's short for Kally by the way...
Sorry you didn't enjoy your meal..... I think cottage cheese
is one of those things you either love or hate

 

[Pollywotsit]

Hi again, well it spoiled my day, and I can't put my finger on it, but because I didn't eat much, I've been hungry all day, the first day actually. I've been up and down the ladder painting my stairs and landing trying to take my mind off food, but it didn't work, and I had beans on toast and contrary to my usual syns I've now gone 0.5 over!!
I bought an Allisons Batch loaf by mistake and didn't realise they were thick slices but oh, the toast is SO much nicer! Hope you've all had a good day.
this is todays menu

B.the usual, WM toast, cheesy triangle marmite and cucumber...1/2 grapefruit..pink... and black coffe.
L. Jacket potato and made the disliked filling of, pineapple, ham, tomato, cucumber, s/onion, all chopped into tiny pieces and bound together with cottage cheese and a sprinkling of very low cal honey and mustard dressing.
T.2 x WM toast, baked beans and slice of ham....small fruit platter...Kiwi. melon, pineapple strawberries and apple. All just small slices.
Because I was busy painting had the jacket instead of my dinner, and went off the plot!

Tomorrow, my daughter and SIL have been given CC tickets for Wimbledon, so am cooking for my Grandies......think I'll take my food with me, they're bound to want something fattening, my daughter tells me they've suddenly gone off veggies....most unusual! Think it might be Pizza...

 

[Pommette]

Evening Polly

I have 2 favourite fillings for Jackets. One is baked beans plus a HexA of cheddar cheese. Yummy and makes up for the lack of oozing butter.
Alternatively spread jacket with HexA of Philly light and then put the beans on top,

The other is the SW tuna mayo. Tinned tuna mixed up with finely chopped onion, red pepper and sweetcorn in extra low fat mayo.
ELF mayo is just 1 syn for a level tablespoon - but I can't stand the stuff. Tastes more like salad cream (which I hate) than mayo.
So I just use low fat mayo which is 3 syns for a level tablespoon.

Mind you I love cottage cheese although don't like it with pineapple (which I lurrve). The taste just doesn't go together for me.

 

[Pollywotsit]

Morning ladies, well Bev, I liked everything individually (well not the cottage cheese really) but out together, it didn't taste right. It might have been the dressing, I don't know, but I could have easily had beans with 30gms of cheese on it and enjoyed it! Just thought I'd try something different for me, and it didn't work.
Will check out your diary in a mo, HAVE A GOOD DAY ALL XX

 

[Spanx]

Hi Polly, didn't realise you had a diary - now I know, you won't get rid of me!

So sorry to hear about your loss and the effect it had on your social life, but completely understand. It's a bit like getting divorced, half your friends go out of the window and the other half don't know what to say, except for my really good friends, who were a godsend.

If you've got any questions about the strange ingredients you've got in the cupboard now and how to use them, just ask - I've experimented with quite a lot of them!

Re breakfast, if you get fed up of toast and don't want to 'waste' your milk on cereal, try magic porridge. Mix 35g plain porridge oats (HEB) with a mullerlight of your choice and put in the fridge overnight. In the morning you've got a lovely, big bowl of creamy porridge - add loads of chopped fruit and bob's your uncle! xxx

 

[Pollywotsit]

lolol! not MORE Mullerlite.....OMIGOSH, I could eat it till it comes out of my ears! I don't mind toast in fact it's quick and easy, by the time I've fed the cat and the dog and cleaned up their "ablutions" I just want to sit and have a brew, and my grapefruit, have to force myself to have a breakfast at all sometimes, eating in the mornings makes me want to go back to bed. I'm a terrible insomniac, worked nights for so long my body clock is upside down!
I've made a chicken salad to take to my daughters today an pooped a couple of Ryvita and a cheese triangle in the bag, then if the kiddies want something fattening, I'm already sorted.
Well Bev, I was so tempted this morning, I gave in and jumped on the scales....3 times and let them reset in between...and they read the same...and they showed a 3lb loss. I'm not getting excited, (much) because I'm going to wait for the official WI tomorrow morning....but, I have EVERYTHING crossed...in fact I'm finding it quite difficult to type!!

 

[Pommette]

. . . Well Bev, I was so tempted this morning, I gave in and jumped on the scales....3 times and let them reset in between...and they read the same...and they showed a 3lb loss. I'm not getting excited, (much) because I'm going to wait for the official WI tomorrow morning....but, I have EVERYTHING crossed...in fact I'm finding it quite difficult to type!!

I'll keep my fingers crossed! Let me know how you go on and then I'll regale you with some horror stories of the trials and tribulations of the scales!

 

[Pollywotsit]

OH! JEEZ!!! I most definitely didn't POOP my Ryvita into the bag:sign0007:...........brain going too fast for my fingers!!lolol!

 

[Spanx]

Good luck for WI tomorrow! x

 

[Pommette]

OH! JEEZ!!! I most definitely didn't POOP my Ryvita into the bag:sign0007:...........brain going too fast for my fingers!!lolol!

Ah but we all know what you meant. I've pooped a few things into bags in the past! :8855:

 

[Pollywotsit]

Am looking forward to the "tales of the scales!!"
I'm so close to being REALLY bad. I've suddenly developed a flippin' head cold, and usually the first thing I do is have a good whisky with hot milk and a tiny bit of sugar to knock it on the head before it takes hold...but beings as it's WI tomorrow, am going to resist! I shall probably be sneezing all through group. Don't want to weigh and go, because she's setting a couple of challenges tomorrow, no idea what's she's got in ind, but she said she was disappointed in last weeks group image therapy, so will have to wait and see. Hopefully I can move my ticker tomorrow! xx