Hope you are both feeling better today.
I am still being good and sugar levels are also good.
Breakfast: 2 slices of Toast, butter.
Dinner: Fresh Salmon Steak, New Pots. Cabbage & Carrots.
Supper: Soup.
Hi Susie----yes, I am a Gemini !!! I did a load of card making, but have lost the incentive nowājust trying to sell all my card making equipment, bit by bit.
I used to make some very detailed cross stitch pictures etc, but cannot see so well now. I have made a patchwork quiltāby hand ! But mostly now i knit and crochetāI make a lot of things for charitiesālike our local homeless societyāi am working on a project for the church right now. I love making crochet diagonal lap blanketsāmade about a dozen so farājust made one for the vicars wife, who won it an auction of promises.
I volunteered to teach special needs adults how to make cards, knit and crochet for 3 yearsāloved doing that . I now run 2 Learn to crochet groups, under the U3A. Plus bellong to 3 different craft groups !!
Wellāyou did ask !!!
Mornin all You crafty Folk,
ā¦I gave up knitting when the Kids/G/Kids grew up,and donāt have the patience for it any more,
B/fastā¦half grapefruit,beans on toast,
Lunchā¦lentil/carrot soup,yogurt/blueberries
Tandoori chicken drumsticks,salad.
Mariana, where were the pains you had when you were feeling sick? In your belly? Upper right towards rib cage? etc
I had a bloodtest the other week and my cholesterol has gone up to 6.9 and even l am shocked but is it any wonder with the cream doughnuts and fish and chips l have been eating lately.
My doctor has said, l need to lose half a stone in 8 weeks. As my BMI has gone over 30 he has referred me to a āFitter Futuresā programme. I have been given a voucher for 12weeks at Slimmers World and an instructor from the local gym will be getting in touch with me.
What am l dreading? Having to wear trainers which l hate!! 
Youāll do fine Angel. 7lbs should be easy. Just get plenty of fruit and veg and get some good meat from a decent farm shop. Leave out the spuds. Just eat a little meat and cooked veg for dinner each night.
Lately weāve been doing this by making a simple ratatouille. Just throwing baby tomatoes in a pan, with chopped courgettes, garlic, a bell pepper, one chopped leek, and some chopped stringless beans. A little water in the bottom of the pan to create steam and a good sprinkle of Oregano. With a lid on the pan, I just cook it slowly.
We have that quite a number of nights and just vary the meat we have with it. Often a chicken breast sprinkled with cajun spices cooked in the oven in a foil package with white wine. Easy to do. Or simple grilled pork chops or a steak.
Just simple food, from raw ingredients cooked yourself. That alone will see you lose lbs imo.
Anyways good luck.
Mariana I knew you were a Gemini, just like me.
You will be fine Angel, the fitness instructor will only go as far as you can. You do need to get your cholesterol number down a bit. Iām very lucky my cholesterol has always been quite low, itās at the moment 4.6, so iām happy with that.
Realist do you not put any chopped tomatoes in your Ratatouille, I do?
Wow you are so lucky getting a voucher for Slimming World-I did not know they did that !! Although I get reduced rate Ā£4.65 a week, I still find it a struggle to pay every week.
My BMI is nowhere near as low as 30āeven after losing 10 pounds with Slimmers World and quite a lot beforeāmaybe I need to pay my doctor a visit !!
BTW Lost another 2 pounds this week at SWā¦quite happy with thatā¦lost 10 pounds so far with SW, despite a slow start.
Iām plateauing right now. Havenāt lost anymore since my last weigh-in, but on the plus side I havenāt gained, either. So I guess thatās a good thing.
On forward. Maybe by next weekās weigh-in Iāll have lost another pound or two.
No the pains I had were right inside my stomach !! Like a sort of cramping pain. But no problems today.
~That happens sometimes, it should catch up eventually. Several weeks I have lost nothing but still see my clothes getting looser on meāand getting into clothes that I have not worn for many years.
Yeah, I donāt mind plateaus, as long as the scale at least stays the same instead of going up. Sometimes Iāll be stuck in plateau land for 2 or 3 weeks, then suddenly drop 3 pounds at once.
Youāre doing really well with your diet at Slimmers World Marion.
My BMI is 25.6
Today itās:
Breakfast: Porridge
Dinner: Chicken, Pot. Swede, Brussels.
Supper: ?
Susieāyou BMI sounds really good to meānot sure what mine is at the momentāi know at one time it was very high, but obviously much less nowāIll try and get oin my wii fit laterāthat will tell me !!
Afternoon Lassies,I donāt bother about My BMI,as long as I can fit into a size12/14 Iām happy.
B/fastā¦porridge,half grapefruit,
lunchā¦Bacon omelette,yoghurt & strawbās
Dinnerā¦donāt know yet.
Susie, that doesnāt sound bad at all, when mine is 30+!
If by āchopped tomatoesā you mean tinned chopped tomatoes or cartons of the same then no. I stopped using those because they are full of sugar if you check the label.
As per my post, I just throw a packet of small baby plum tomatoes in the pan and they cook down with the other veg to create the tomato āsauceā quite naturally.
Me either. I couldnāt care less what my BMI is; Iām more concerned with what the scale says (once a week is how often I weigh myself) and how my clothes fit.
Most definitely! Fresh is better. I made a fresh batch of Pico de Gallo the other day and I canāt stop eating the stuff.