Diet

marelli I knew food would be involved somewhere

Crimson...I'm going try nod in a way that suggests I know what that is!!!
Marelli...ahhh ours was an Italian name.....x

Yes; I'm an oni mouse.

Fontana was the name on the ice-cream van that came round our village when I was little......

Crimson, why is your name in black? Is it cause you have not set up a profile?

Mmmm I was warned that people on here were bonkers LOL!!!

See what you have started Fontana I think I like your version best

Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, me ....

Yes...I can see why you think that! Fontana was the village next to mine when I lived in Gozo!

fontana look forward to seeing you..... everytime I see your name I keeping seeing in my mind Hannah Montana so if I happen to call you by the wrong name just ignore me

Thanks glassortwo will join you then!

Fontana we will be up and running next Monday on the weigh in thread, please come and join us, pm me if you need any more details but I have put a link below to the last weigh in from before Christmas where we all took part.

last weigh in

I did it for a while,it worked but I went off it around Christmas and am starting again. Tomorrow . Like everything, it works if you let it.

Hi I've heard about it, but not tried it.... Glad you have found something that works for you! I have to stop snacking which is my failing :0(

At the end of 2012 I decided to put into action the "5:2" way of eating as described in the Horizon programme in August. I think this was discussed on Gransnet at the time.

So on Mondays and Wednesdays (not two consecutive days) I only have 500-600 calories. i.e. smoothie for breakfast and then soup for lunch and soup for dinner plus a couple of satsumas and lots of water. The rest of the week I eat and drink normal portions and of course, healthily!!!

Both my husband and I were amazed at the results. He lost 3lbs each week and I lost 2lbs each week. We stopped over the last week for Christmas etc. but resume our Routine again tomorrow. It really is worth trying and does not feel like an effort at all because you eat your normal food on 5 days and then just have two of your chosen days off!!!

Has anyone else tried this way?

My daughter has just lost almost seven stone and bagged a job with Weight Watchers ! She encouraged me to sign up to WW before she got the job, so I do it online.. I have lost just over a stone since September 20th, but now can't get motivated, even with the daughter sounding like WW have installed a chip devise in her head LOL x so if you are planning a GN diet group please can you count me in! ( by the way I'm new just joined yesterday)

Because googling 'thigh' on the 1st January can only mean one thing!

Strange that I looked up the German for thigh and something popped up telling me the five things I shouldn't eat, as if they 'knew' why I was googling it ....

I bet the Germans have got a word for it....

Can we call it having a new relationship with food Please I HATE the word diet. I think we will all do much better if we call it that. I would like to loose 2 stone I am 11 and a bit and want to be 9...Succeeding with a diet involves outside influences I think, for eg if you are bored stressed un happy--

Whatever they are they live in my thighs.

The toxins of over-indulgence feetle !

So, what are these toxins that you are hoping to eliminate?

Aha; a cunning plan! I sometimes think an empty fridge is dangerous because it makes me just pick at whatever is available. I think butterbean soup would make me socially unaccaptable . In fact, I can't remember the last time I ate a butterbean [my mum used to buy them]. I have to be careful with peas in that I have a bag in the freezer for putting on sore joints and I'm always worried that someone will use them for cooking by mistake [note to self; check the warning sign on them is still there]. Right; just going to have a glass of water [goes away with halo glistening above head]....

POGS...!!