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I'm glad it worked for you! Yes, if the shopping experience is so bad, I can see it being a good alternative. When I did it that way, I found the people at the shop were very pleasant and helpful, and of course, no queue. Great attitude to your slice of pizza, Snooozie! I am bad at wolfing things down too. Maybe I think…

Wow, homemade pizza - I make a good one myself, but have been avoiding recently. Yours sounds delicious and quite healthy, as pizza goes! If it's the very thin kind of pizza (my favourite!), then possibly the calories weren't amazingly high. If not, well, it's just bread in the end, isn't it? And of course the weight…

I just found this web page that explains the difference between the different types of oats http://www.foodsubs.com/GrainOats.html with all the different names for them. It looks like I'd imagined that the instant ones are a powder - they are flakes. I don't know because I never use them! Butter, cream and brown sugar…

Oh, just realised I missed a page of posts! I hate stripping wallpaper! What a job! I think it's lovely that you're getting so much time with your Isabella, though, Gail. I think it will be lovely for her too, to grow up with such a close relationship with you, and for her parents to be so supported, of course! @Snooozie I…

Have fun tonight, Suzy! I don't usually have oats for breakfast (because I don't have breakfast!), but they're really quick to cook in the microwave, if you use porridge oats. I just cover them with water and a bit of salt and stick them in for a minute or two, depending on what kind of oats I'm using. I just microwave it…

@Time2LoseWeightNOW Thank you for the baby pictures, Gail! What a gorgeous little girl she is! I'm so pleased for you :).

Love the idea of omelette in a hole! I had an omelette yesterday, and I do like normal omelettes, but love the idea of fried bread around the edge. It would be OK on my programme as long as it was wholemeal bread. I have never heard them called rutabagas here - it sounds very exotic! I looked it up on wikipedia and it…

I think I forgot it was British - sometimes a word just seems to fit, lol! I meant it was over-complicated, rather than that the recipe was so-so, as the recipe is pretty good. You roast the vegetables in batches, and there's the meat/tomato sauce, and then the bechamel sauce, and you're hovering about the kitchen for a…

Happy New Year all! Sorry that I'm late to the party - have been so busy! Thank you for starting the thread, Snooozie. I love the theme. First of all, big congratulations on your granddaughter, Gail! What a beautiful name! Are they living with you at the moment? It will be lovely to have time with your first granddaughter.…

You brave resetters! I still haven't found the courage! I'm still clinging to my 60lb loss from about five years ago! Nobody can make me do it! Lol! I love "I want to see what happens if I don't give up", Suzy! Milove, I understand not giving up the coffee and the wine - I have managed to diet successfully while still…

It's scary to look at it over time! I weigh every day, and MFP shows a chart for the last year. Well, you know, over the past year I've had various losses and gains, but amusingly, I'm actually almost EXACTLY the same weight I was a year ago. Which coincidentally (or not!) happens to be my maintenance weight for the past…

Love the angel, Carol. I don't really do Christmas decorations, but it's funny that I can clearly remember decorations from my childhool. They are very evocative. I suppose it's a special time for children and a yearly routine so it sticks in your memory. It's lovely that you are keeping it going. "I was okay until I baked…

Thank you from me too! Wishing you all a very happy Christmas x x :) :)

Not if you're standing up! :D

Well, I have to take issue with "You’d be surprised how easy it is to cut 500 calories a day out of your diet". I don't find it easy at all! And I'm convinced it's partly proportional - that it's easier for somebody to drop from 2500 to 2000 calories a day, than it is for another person to drop from 1500 to 1000 calories a…

It's funny how you jog along and then suddenly something makes you think "What am I doing?!!". Lol! I know I spent most of the time in the denial. Waffle House - I'm going to have to look that up. OK, I've looked it up and it doesn't actually look TOO bad? Not as bad as what I did last night. An offer for delivery pizza…

I think I need to do more of that Suzy - comparing it to an addiction. I think I have got worse too - I've had always tended to go for salty, crispy snacks, but the past year or two I've been craving sweet stuff more too. Here's to a restrained holiday season!

I agree with Snooozie, you look fantastic in that picture! I love the boots! Well done on all the walking and not over-indulging. Your ginger molasses cookies sound delicious and Christmassy!. You sound busy, Carol. Enjoy your trips and best of luck! It's lovely that you are meeting up with old friends, Snooozie. It's…

I hate being overfull and uncomfortable! But it's very, very rare for me ... I have creative ways of managing to eat too much, and it's mainly by nibbling, spread out over time, so I don't ever get "full", but can pack quite a lot of food in in total. That's partly why I've tended to go for diet methods which involve…

It's definitely harder. It's so frustrating!

Just catching up again, sorry! I haven't been 100% and kind of dragging myself to work and through the day - I'm sure the winter doesn't help! I loved the video, Snooozie! You all sounded great and it looked like such fun! I smiled at "sisterhood"! I'm sorry your results weren't great, but it's great that you can see the…

No Thanksgiving here in the UK, so no excuses for me! To be honest, although I have been struggling with special occasions, social eating, etc., I am aware that that's not the only time I'm slipping up. I am slipping up from day to day, and whereas a few years ago it used to be now and then and it wouldn't matter, if it's…

Well said, Suzy. I'm always shocked at how few calories exercise burns and how much is in food! And yes, I'm lost without a routine too - and I keep using that as an excuse. I'm embarrassed that I'm supposedly on this free programme, and just not sticking to it. And sugar - it was never a problem for me before! But it is…

I might try that too, Snooozie. I know it's a good idea to go for bigger goals, but they can seem so far off. A pound is more in the day - if I avoid eating this right now, I might be down on the scale tomorrow (instead of, if I avoid eating this for four months or whatever!).

I think you're right about the change of season, Snooozie. I was thinking about this and realised that the clocks changed last weekend, and I always find that difficult. I go to bed an hour later, but wake up at the same time. So it feels as if I'm working an hour later, as if my meals are later, I'm more tired when I go…

Mine was worse than your's, Suzy! I'm too ashamed to even say what I ate, but it involved a LOT of chocolate. No wonder I didn't sleep well. I feel that after all this time my self-control is getting worse, rather than better. I am going to have to try to think of something to stop myself. The only thing that works…

Welcome back, Suzy! That hike sounds extremely difficult! And I couldn't believe after reading that that you are even considering doing it again! You have my admiration! But glad you enjoyed the shorter hikes at the beginning of the week. Great to hear you're back to the pickleball, Snooozie! Good for you for going out so…

So funny! I guessed as I was reading that last sentence what was going to come next, as I have to remember to brace myself when I sneeze, etc! Thank you also for the reminder that I need to do pelvic floor exercise along with my other strength training - lol! Congratulations on the pound too :). I'm actually quite close to…

I hope you're better now! I would still have logged it - lol! I've gone the other way today - ate crap food yesterday, some I have excuses for and some not! So I'm a bit annoyed at myself. I'm glad my comment gave you a light bulb moment! I wish I could find exercise I really enjoy. Or, lets call it "an active hobby"…

That's great news! I bet you're itching to get back to it! Who'd have thought exercise could be such a treat?