Posts by bebe_66

I use carob powder in chocolate muffin/cake recipes but i only use it half and half with the normal cocoa powder - this is because it doesnt quite have the nice taste of cocoa but it is really dark so gives your cakes a lovely deep chocolatey colour.

yeh - i can't scroll through my tagged items either. annoying!

would a wide leg trouser work better for your shape? or balance your hips out with a kickflare?

have a go at this - it might make you feel better:

http://gok.channel4.com/

i've been maintaining with about a 2lb fluctuation - anymore than this and I keep a very small deficit for a few days or up my exercise. i think my food intake is pretty consistent now but the alcohol throws it all off now and then  - oh, and the weighing part - i am still weigh in every morn. should really stop that...

yep - whenever i have one of those overindulgent weekends (usually becaue i'm away on hols or have visitors or parties) the scales do an initial jump up but a week later i'm usually less than before the spike - whether thats because i slightly compensate for the excess (not too bad a thing!) or i'm just losing the waterweight from the alcohol, who knows. still, either way, its not a big deal.

My mum works in a pharmacy and has been trained on offering the Alli pill - you won't be sold it if you have a bmi under 27, if you are diabetic/borderline diabetic, if you have high blood pressure, or if you are on certain other medications.

Lots and lots of people have bought it since it came out so they should be coming back around about now for refills so my mum will get some feedback on how it has worked.

It all sounds quiet complicated diet wise though - you have to eat 15g of fat with each meal which, i would think, is quite hard to work out unless it is a pure fat your adding, like butter. if you have less than 15g the pill won't work and if you have more than 15g you get those nasty side effects (you wouldn't want to break wind in public, is all i'll say! lol).

You are supposed to have started your 'diet' a week or two before you go on the pill and then for every 2lbs lost through conventional diet and exercise the pill should help you lose an extra pound. to be honest, i would prefer to just lose the weight conventionally - it might take a little bit longer but you will save yourself a considerable amount of money (it is very expensive!) and have the satisfaction of knowing it was all your own hard work that got you to your goal weight.

They have a website with lots of info on it, so i'm told..

courgette is the UK term for what you would call a zuchinni (i think - long green cucumber like veg - haha) and semolina is a type of wheat grain - its crunchy when its dry but in England (traditionally) we make it into a milk pudding a bit like a porridge (oatmeal). i just patted the burgers on to some dry semolina to give it a crunchier outside - you could probably do a similar thing with dry couscous.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semolina

btw my measurements are a bit idiosyncratic - i was just measuring as what i had available so feel free to experiment with your own quantities.

i have LOADS of carrots to use up. I was going to make carrot cakes (healthy ones! haha) - but maybe i will give these a go. thanks.

ok this is just one theory ...

once you reach your goal weight you are done - hurrah! - but what then? no more buzzes from losing another pound, no more highs from fitting in a smaller size jean, no more comments from ppl on how much weight you've lost. its over. you will have to switch all that effort and self-discipline and motivation to something else (perhaps something that requires all those things but you've been putting off - that you've been transfering on to the whole weight loss thing so you don't have to deal with it - the thing that really needs solving/doing...?). so, you have a binge and the scale goes up a bit and you feel crappy but - woo hoo - for another week you get to focus all your energies on losing weight and at the next weigh in you're down a pound and you get your buzz and you're on a high... oops but the you binge again... it's a vicious cycle!

i think this is susie orbachs theory from 'fat is a feminist issue' but i could be wrong... anyway, it could be that you are sabotaging yourself because you don't want the whole weight loss thing to be over - for whatever reason - be it the buzz, be it that you're putting off something else you should be doing, or even some investment in being overweight - in the way in which you view yourself or think that other people view you and how that is connected to the way you look (e.g. a very motherly person might subconsciously feel that the extra weight makes her seem a more comforting caring person..).

Anyway, that's just one theory and I'm sharing because i know i've fallen foul of it on many occassions. I have a major piece of work I have to do before the end of the year and I know that I use weight loss etc. as a way of not having to deal with that work - I'm maintaining now but I'm still putting a lot of time and effort into doing that when i should really be focussing on this other thing. The trouble with weight loss is that (for most) it is a no brainer - you eat less than you burn and the results will (most of the time) be favourable - you can't really fail so long as you follow that formula. however, with my work i can't be so confident - i might fail, i might not get the result i want, i might not even be good enough to get it done - there are risks associated with it whereas there are no real risks associated with weight loss which makes it very seductive.

Original Post by betzc:

Just bought a new pair of Nike Pegasus.  They were around $59.  I really like them.  In the past I have had more expensive shoes and I didn't notice the difference, but  I agree with you, you need better quality than what you had.  Good luck and keep up the good work.

oo me too! in fact, i posted about it. lol. i'm recovering from a knee injury and building up again slowly but so far this feels like a good shoe for my gait.

i used runnersworld and about.com to help me pick out an appropriate shoe for me (i couldn't get to a running store or afford their shoes but obviously if you can you should).

Burn meter: The small number at the top of the burn meter tells you what you will burn by the end of the day (so at midnight).  The large number underneath tells you what you've burnt up until now (whatever time you are looking - so it goes up throughout the day until midnight when it resets itself). You don't really need to concern yourself with the big number. Both numbers include anything you add to your activity log and are dependent on the level of activity you set for yourself when you created your account, i.e. sedentary or light activity etc. (you can change this at 'My account'). So, the small number is the one that you need to make sure you are eating less than each day.

Eat meter: The small number tells you how many cals you have set for your daily intake (when you created your account and/or used the 'tools' functions). This is supposedly what you are aiming for each day so it should be lower than the small number on your burn meter (i.e. if you are burning 2000 cals each day your eat meter should be set at 1500, for instance). You want this deficit to be between 1000-500 cals for weight loss (though if you haven't got a lot to lose 300 might be fine). The large number adds up what you've been logging throughout the day - you want this number to equal the small number above before the end of the day so you meet your calorie target for weight loss and don't undereat.

Hope that helps. I'd go through all the 'Tools' pages and this will help you to decide the deficit you want to set etc. on your 'My account' page.

i tried this - put a clove of garlic in with the cauliflower then mashed with salt, pepper and a spoon of garlic and herb low fat soft cheese. it was nice. not fluffy like mash - might be better in the food processor.

hi. i've been veggie for about 15 yrs and I still eat 'meat-free' products like quorn or soya that imitate the textures and forms of meat products - meatfree burgers, sausages, mince, chicken(style) pieces, etc. are still all included in my diet and I would recommend these for transitioning from being a meat eater to a vegetarian.  it makes cooking much easier - anything you cook that calls for beef mince, for instance, you can pretty much do with quorn or soya mince. however, it is also very exciting to experiment with making your favourite meals without any kind of meat or meat-style products - you will discover new vegetables and different combinations of ingredients. i think in the initial stages of transitioning you should probably plan ahead quite a bit and think about your meals in advance - otherwise you can quickly slip into a habit of being a junk food vegetarian (living on pizza and chips!).

good luck - i hope it works out for you. i can't imagine eating meat again now and I don't miss it at all.

haha. well, they weren;t my best to be honest! lol. kind of stuck to the paper cases and slightly floury taste i think. gonna try another in the morning and then decide whether to take them to the party or not...

wow - just read the article above. i've never heard of this before but i can see how you could slightly adapt it for someone who isn't a masochist but just wants to be able to fit in quick bursts of lifting every so often.  i think this would be really good for when a tv advert comes on - commercials run for about 3-4 mins so if your hand weights were ready and waiting you could jump up and get your 8 sets of 'thrusters' in before your programme comes back on! lol. that's better than wandering into the kitchen looking for snacks!! still, i'm thinking that this could be pretty dangerous without a proper warm up...