Purpleds Maintaining Diary
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Atomic pink
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Glad you've got a diary again Purpled. And really really pleased you managed to get a STS finally. That must really be weight off your mind (pun intended!).
I would say its probably worth calling the RSPCA for advice about the peacock. It might be they know where it lives and can contact the owners or the owners might have been in touch with them. I would try and avoid feeding it as much as you can as you don't want it to make itself at home - they are incredibly noisy when they want to be! You would never get a lay in ever again!
Hope the toad in the hole goes well. Its one of my favourites. My tips would be to make sure you have some oil all over the sausages and the pan before adding the batter mixture (I use a spray oil for this) and turn the oven right up before adding the batter. Also try to avoid opening the oven for the first 15 minutes when the batter goes in as it really does need that hot "blast" of full heat to rise properly.
p.s. the bread looks great! Looks like it would make a really tasty burger bun...
I would say its probably worth calling the RSPCA for advice about the peacock. It might be they know where it lives and can contact the owners or the owners might have been in touch with them. I would try and avoid feeding it as much as you can as you don't want it to make itself at home - they are incredibly noisy when they want to be! You would never get a lay in ever again!
Hope the toad in the hole goes well. Its one of my favourites. My tips would be to make sure you have some oil all over the sausages and the pan before adding the batter mixture (I use a spray oil for this) and turn the oven right up before adding the batter. Also try to avoid opening the oven for the first 15 minutes when the batter goes in as it really does need that hot "blast" of full heat to rise properly.
p.s. the bread looks great! Looks like it would make a really tasty burger bun...
Purpled
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Hello!!
Welcome back Atomic! I'll catch up with your diary later!! The peacock has gone, we saw it on the field. The OH called to get it sorted but no one knows who it belongs too, so it could be wild. But anyway we did our bit and let them know.
Today's news....I sometimes wear this sort of belt
as it pulls the waist in and makes my baggy clothes fit, but my belt is too big to pull me in now!! Gonna buy a size small (eek)
Yesterday's food
Breakfast - crumpets x 2 with butter, Weetabix with chopped nuts and almond milk
Lunch - pasta with quorn mince and homemade sauce
Dinner - toad in the hole made with 4 vegetarian Lincolnshire sausages. Gravy, carrots. I was gonna have potatoes but the Yorkshire pudding was sooo big I decided not too!!
Snacks - honeycomb rice crispies squares, yogurt, apple, banana, grapes, 2 biscuits, homemade bread bun with peanut butter.
Toad in hole tasted amazing!! I'm very surprised I made it so well!! I just heated olive oil in the tin rather than using spray oil. I also resisted the urge to open the oven door (thanks Janine)
Okay I will catch up with you all later. Maybe while I'm bored watching X factor. Just wanna see my cousin
If She's still part of the show in 2 weekends time I'm going to see her!!! You can look out for me on TV lol
P.S I saw the GP about my knees/joints as I said I don't think it's because I'm flexible. As I have always been like this and the clicking only began recently. He is sending me for a scan so that may answer it. I said it got worse through no exercise, he said start exercising again then. Will that harm me more? He said 'we don't know until you have he scan!' Blah I hate doctors. Plus I have to have my smear test yearly as I had an operation when I was 23. So I had that aswell. It's gross I hate it. I wish I was a man.
Welcome back Atomic! I'll catch up with your diary later!! The peacock has gone, we saw it on the field. The OH called to get it sorted but no one knows who it belongs too, so it could be wild. But anyway we did our bit and let them know.
Today's news....I sometimes wear this sort of belt
as it pulls the waist in and makes my baggy clothes fit, but my belt is too big to pull me in now!! Gonna buy a size small (eek)Yesterday's food
Breakfast - crumpets x 2 with butter, Weetabix with chopped nuts and almond milk
Lunch - pasta with quorn mince and homemade sauce
Dinner - toad in the hole made with 4 vegetarian Lincolnshire sausages. Gravy, carrots. I was gonna have potatoes but the Yorkshire pudding was sooo big I decided not too!!
Snacks - honeycomb rice crispies squares, yogurt, apple, banana, grapes, 2 biscuits, homemade bread bun with peanut butter.
Toad in hole tasted amazing!! I'm very surprised I made it so well!! I just heated olive oil in the tin rather than using spray oil. I also resisted the urge to open the oven door (thanks Janine)
Okay I will catch up with you all later. Maybe while I'm bored watching X factor. Just wanna see my cousin
If She's still part of the show in 2 weekends time I'm going to see her!!! You can look out for me on TV lolP.S I saw the GP about my knees/joints as I said I don't think it's because I'm flexible. As I have always been like this and the clicking only began recently. He is sending me for a scan so that may answer it. I said it got worse through no exercise, he said start exercising again then. Will that harm me more? He said 'we don't know until you have he scan!' Blah I hate doctors. Plus I have to have my smear test yearly as I had an operation when I was 23. So I had that aswell. It's gross I hate it. I wish I was a man.
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Atomic pink
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Glad the toad in the hole was a success, I managed to time my trip to Morrisons yesterday to find lots of reduced WW sausages so I may well be making that myself at some point soon.
Purpled
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OMG guys....I tried on 3 wedding dresses and the one that I like cost £1250 FFS!!!
I have the name and style so I can look online to see if I can find it cheaper.....size 10!! I'm not spending that much on a dress!
My mum was with me and quite frankly she annoyed me all afternoon but I thought I'd better take her with me or she'd moan. She never ever compliments me but she said my behind looked like pippa Middleton in my dress. And I guess I could take that as a compliment. The woman in the shop also said I have a lovely figure and tiny waist. My mum never commented! It's actually pi**ed me off tking my mum. She always makes me feel crap about myself. Anyway we figured out the dresses don't fit me as I'm a size 10/12 but my waist measured a size 8. So I tried on some lace up at the back dresses so they fit. Anyway I found one I LOVE. But the cost is too much.....so I'm thinking of looking online for a better price. As the sample size and length was perfect.
Maggie Sottero....why are you so dam expensive?
I have the name and style so I can look online to see if I can find it cheaper.....size 10!! I'm not spending that much on a dress!
My mum was with me and quite frankly she annoyed me all afternoon but I thought I'd better take her with me or she'd moan. She never ever compliments me but she said my behind looked like pippa Middleton in my dress. And I guess I could take that as a compliment. The woman in the shop also said I have a lovely figure and tiny waist. My mum never commented! It's actually pi**ed me off tking my mum. She always makes me feel crap about myself. Anyway we figured out the dresses don't fit me as I'm a size 10/12 but my waist measured a size 8. So I tried on some lace up at the back dresses so they fit. Anyway I found one I LOVE. But the cost is too much.....so I'm thinking of looking online for a better price. As the sample size and length was perfect.
Maggie Sottero....why are you so dam expensive?
Purpled
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Oh wow! I'm really emotional. It sounds pathetic! I just never thought I'd ever reach this point. Like being size 16/18 never made me feel an outsider but it did make me self conscious. It felt like I'd be stuck there forever. Then I've just change all that in 9months. Then today trying on a dress and looking so slim just shocked me. Stunned me really. Because I've worked so hard this year. I felt okay. Then I've just got in now and feel emotional, happy emotional I think. I just feel like I've achieved the unachievable. Like if I chopped my head off I'd look like a model. It's crazy! I'm not saying I'm perfect but I'm finally happy and I think I've realised that today.
Anyway that's my pathetic little story lol! I'll be catching up with you all later. Fish pie or dinner
Anyway that's my pathetic little story lol! I'll be catching up with you all later. Fish pie or dinner
mrsgosling3
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Purpled said:
Just popping by to say hello
will catch up with it all later. Didn't know you had a new diary xxx
Purpled
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Today I will tackle the butternut squash. I've only eaten these, never cooked one. God help me! Going to looking for a recipe or step by step instructions later
Oh and when I say that maintaining has turned me into a monster, look....
4 pancakes with tasty stuff inside, and I don't even feel sick. I'm like that plant that says 'feed me' is that a stage show? Or am I going nuts lol
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Purpled
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Yesterdays food
Breakfast
Toast x 2 with peanut butter
Frosted shreddies and almond milk
Lunch
Go Organic bean burger with chips and garlic sauce (Posh pub lunch)
Dinner
Homemade Fish Pie with peas and brocoli
Snacks
Banana, Apple, Grapes, Cheese and Crackers, berry shake
All that and I still fitted into the wedding dress lol!!!
Okay I have planned todays food but obviously I'll add snacks
Today
Breakfast
Pancakes x 4 with a range of fillings
Blueberries
Lunch
3 bean salad with feta cheese and sundried tomato
Dinner
Quorn pepperd steak with some form of butternut squash (Can I roast it?) and seasonal veg
Breakfast
Toast x 2 with peanut butter
Frosted shreddies and almond milk
Lunch
Go Organic bean burger with chips and garlic sauce (Posh pub lunch)
Dinner
Homemade Fish Pie with peas and brocoli
Snacks
Banana, Apple, Grapes, Cheese and Crackers, berry shake
All that and I still fitted into the wedding dress lol!!!
Okay I have planned todays food but obviously I'll add snacks
Today
Breakfast
Pancakes x 4 with a range of fillings
Blueberries
Lunch
3 bean salad with feta cheese and sundried tomato
Dinner
Quorn pepperd steak with some form of butternut squash (Can I roast it?) and seasonal veg
mrsgosling3
Gold Member
Purpled said:
Today I will tackle the butternut squash. I've only eaten these, never cooked one. God help me! Going to looking for a recipe or step by step instructions later
Oh and when I say that maintaining has turned me into a monster, look....
<img src="http://www.minimins.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65128"/>4 pancakes with tasty stuff inside, and I don't even feel sick. I'm like that plant that says 'feed me' is that a stage show? Or am I going nuts lol
Little shop of horrors!!! 4 pancakes yum - now I'm just jealous. What's in them xx
mrsgosling3
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Purpled said:
You can roast it, you can mash it... It's very versatile. The skin is hard to get off though be prepared
Atomic pink
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Twoey from little shop of horrors?? Awww, that plant is so cute before it grows into a human eating monster...
I think its understandable that you ended up feeling quite emotional yesterday. Wedding dress shopping does tend to have that effect on people and especially given the huge changes you have made to your body over the last year. Its great that you finally feel properly happy and comfortably in your own skin. And that you can eat 4 yummy pancakes to ensure to stay that way!
Butternut squash is awesome, one my favourite vegetables. I don't think there is much point trying to do anything but roasting it to be honest, it definitely tastes best that way. And as a bonus you *can* leave the skin on if want. Its really good flavoured with garlic, rosemary, chilli or paprika or some combination of all 4. If you are taking the skin of the easiest way to do it is cut the straight bit off and then cut the skin off straight down in strips. For the round "bowl" at the bottom the easiest way is to cut a few mms off the bottom so it sits flat, cut in two at the widest part of the bowl and then you can just cut the skin off in strips straight down too and then scoop the seeds out.
I think its understandable that you ended up feeling quite emotional yesterday. Wedding dress shopping does tend to have that effect on people and especially given the huge changes you have made to your body over the last year. Its great that you finally feel properly happy and comfortably in your own skin. And that you can eat 4 yummy pancakes to ensure to stay that way!
Butternut squash is awesome, one my favourite vegetables. I don't think there is much point trying to do anything but roasting it to be honest, it definitely tastes best that way. And as a bonus you *can* leave the skin on if want. Its really good flavoured with garlic, rosemary, chilli or paprika or some combination of all 4. If you are taking the skin of the easiest way to do it is cut the straight bit off and then cut the skin off straight down in strips. For the round "bowl" at the bottom the easiest way is to cut a few mms off the bottom so it sits flat, cut in two at the widest part of the bowl and then you can just cut the skin off in strips straight down too and then scoop the seeds out.
mrsgosling3
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Purpled said:Hiya!
I like to get my calories from treats too but if I eat too much sugary food I really do feel crap and tired! So I've been trying to keep my intake up with whole foods
And my cousin is in the girls category called Ella. She's amazing. We are not too close, she's lives in Tetney and I'm the other side of Lincolnshire. I only see her at family parties/weddings etc but its nice having someone to support. Plus when she was 4/5 I taught her how to play twinkle twinkle little star on the piano.
I'm currently having crazy ideas about making my own wedding dress. I need to get it out my head because it could go disastrously wrong lol!! So I thought I'd make myself a dress today, not a wedding dress! Just a fun casual dress. Then my head might think...your actually not that good. Buy your wedding dress. Watch this space. I'll put a pic of whatever I make on here later.
So what did you make in the end? still planning on making your own wedding dress? I'm sure you could find a dress maker to replicate cheaper and source the material from elsewhere cheaper if not? The dress is amazing
Ella was amazing last night. You must have been so proud. I had goosebumps. She is going to do really well. I'm quite pleased Tulisa is her mentor as she seems the most hands on and will give her loads of support, especially with her being so young and away from home.
Purpled
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Okay!!! Butternut squash for lunch. Yup a whole one cut into Chips! It was a small squash. Roasted with garlic. Sprinkled with Black pepper and salt when cooked. Tastes so good! Why have I never bought one of these before.
Weighed in this morning (I don't have a WI day) and I'm +0.5 wooop!!
No to making the dress. I did consider it but they are just so hard. I would however adapt a dress myself. And on reflection this morning after the excitement, the dress I loved will be in another shop. It was lovely but plain, so after looking online at similar dresses there are plenty for £300-£700 that I should be able to find in another shop. Plus the dress is made to fit size 10 and 5ft 10. So as long as no one else is that size I may even be able to buy the sample at half the price.
Okay now that I stink of garlic... I am not sure what to do with my day. OH at Anfield. Maybe a film!!
And pancake fillings:
Banana and peanut butter
Chocolate spread and banana
Honey
Lemon curd (random I know lol)
Weighed in this morning (I don't have a WI day) and I'm +0.5 wooop!!
No to making the dress. I did consider it but they are just so hard. I would however adapt a dress myself. And on reflection this morning after the excitement, the dress I loved will be in another shop. It was lovely but plain, so after looking online at similar dresses there are plenty for £300-£700 that I should be able to find in another shop. Plus the dress is made to fit size 10 and 5ft 10. So as long as no one else is that size I may even be able to buy the sample at half the price.
Okay now that I stink of garlic...
I am not sure what to do with my day. OH at Anfield. Maybe a film!!And pancake fillings:
Banana and peanut butter
Chocolate spread and banana
Honey
Lemon curd (random I know lol)
mrsgosling3
Gold Member
Yum to the chips and pancakes. Film sounds good we re having a 007 day!
And yes the dress will be everywhere I am sure. Its stunning.
And yes the dress will be everywhere I am sure. Its stunning.
Purpled
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mrsgosling3
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Purpled said:
It is beautiful. Doesn't do much for the model but it will look great on you. Have you seen it stocked anywhere to try it on?
Purpled
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mrsgosling3 said:
It's custom made on Etsy. Lol!! Bit of a risk to send measurements and hope for the best. (Which I know is what you do in the shop) but its still a nice dress
I'm saving the pics on my phone so when I go in the shop I can show them the photos and hope they have something similar.
Anyway enough wedding talk!!
I'm making myself eat porridge for my breakfast....
mrsgosling3
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Purpled said:It's custom made on Etsy. Lol!! Bit of a risk to send measurements and hope for the best. (Which I know is what you do in the shop) but its still a nice dress
I'm saving the pics on my phone so when I go in the shop I can show them the photos and hope they have something similar.
Anyway enough wedding talk!!
I'm making myself eat porridge for my breakfast....
No not enough wedding talk! It's my favourite subject
I'm into porridge but don't get time for breakfast at the moment so back on cereal bars
Atomic pink
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Woooooo!!! For the .5 gain. That's brilliant.
Glad you liked the BNS, I love them. Brilliant as chips or roasted and then mashed with a little bit of cream cheese and parmasan.
The dress looks lovely. Have you decided against having sleeves now then? I especially like the back view, the shape of the straps is really pretty and I agree that it would really suit you.
Glad you liked the BNS, I love them. Brilliant as chips or roasted and then mashed with a little bit of cream cheese and parmasan.
The dress looks lovely. Have you decided against having sleeves now then? I especially like the back view, the shape of the straps is really pretty and I agree that it would really suit you.
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