Feeding your family = weighing 20 stone ??

I use salad plates for most of my meals, when I was diagnosed as Diabetic I was given a menu planner wheel, it gives portion sizes, yes we all tend to put too much on our plates.

I rarely bake but I do make delicious soups & casseroles which I portion out & freeze for the following weeks. My "ready meals" are home made but useful if I'm out during the day. Lots of fresh or frozen veg & 2 portions of fruit per day (natural sugars). I try not to have biscuits or cake in the house, my vice is dark chocolate

For those looking for a smaller dinner plate I'd recommend Salad plates from Denby.

They are the size of older dinner plates.. Available new, high Street, online, or even better at Denby outlets where everything is cheaper, seconds are piled high, the "fault" usually a tiny pinhead size dark dot in the intact glaze.

You'll find new or unused on ebay in any amount from single plate upwards.

I've lots of vintage Denby mostly from the seventies. They've always done a salad plate.

to you all. There's real care and thought on this site.

Meandshy so sorry that you're struggling with similar.
ailsa43 MS, not fun at all. Thank you for your good wishes.

oopsadaisy do not sell. Enjoy your link with the past. A very pretty link.

If husband insists you sell then I'll buy the lot! Either that or I'll arrange to have him bumped off for you.

I bake cakes and ration myself to one piece of cake or a scone a day. Otherwise I would be like the Michelin man.

My family help me out with the cakes too as they are very big hearted.

Thanks for your interesting posts. I am a sugar addict, boredom and comfort eater who 'tidies away' leftovers into my stomach, and I know what I should eat and how much of it, but have no willpower to lose weight on my own. I found that I could only stick to losing weight by joining a slimming group and paying out good money for it. Committing my money, and myself to being weighed each week works for me. After losing just a stone my knees dont hurt any more, I dont have to go to the loo as often, and my back hurts less. Am now 10 stone 3lb at 5' 4" tall. Less pain is a big bonus. Any slimming group will work. Try one out. If you are under 9 stone please eat cake.

I'm making an apple crumble .....

although I am not under 9 stone.

You're obviously not 'in trouble' with the results of baking as you're a size 6. Just keep on doing what you're doing.
Personally, I prefer to be a more huggable size 14 bottom 16 top with a curvy figure.

Mmmm...apple crumble.
Custard too maybe?

Someone mentioned apple crumble. Are there any leftovers you need me to clear away. Am very efficient.

harrigran

Vegetarians eat dairy and wheat which are supposed to be 'fattening'.
Your daughter must have slim genes.
I've been a vegetarian for 40+ years and never been less than UK size 12. I'm now a 16 top 14 bottom half, weigh about 10-8 and 5-7 in height.
I have full fat everything, french butter, cream etc and regularly eat cakes, biscuits puddings, many home-made.
Each to their own, it would be boring if we were all the same.

Fran0251 I'm another one who is only 4ft 11ins and a size 6, well sometimes I am a size 8, depends where I buy my clothes as in some shops even the size 6 is too big! I also find it a huge problem finding clothes that fit, even though lots of shops do petite ranges they don't have much to try on in the shops, you tend to have to order online.

I used to bake a lot, all my own sourdough bread and loads of cakes. I went to college for 6mths to learn cake decorating and the house was always full of cake, but I used to either get my OH to take cake to work or I would just freeze it and take out as needed. Now he's retired I don't bake so much as our time is taken up with other things

Someone mentioned apple crumble. Are there any leftovers you need me to clear away. Am very efficient.
So is DH but I'm sure he'll let you have a small bowful.

It is a gf one btw - but crumble comes out OK, it's gf pastry that is a disaster.
No sugar in the apples.

and you Gabriella, as long as it's just a spoonful.
He likes leftovers for the next day.

I used to bake and cook a lot when the kids were at home, but if I did it now I would just end up eating too much for an absolute certainty. We dont have cakes or biscuits and dessert is fruit except at the weekend. I even struggle with buying a large loaf because I cant resist the temptation to avoid waste by converting it into yummy toast. I believe there is a charity you can join where volunteers host a tea party on Sundays for lonely older people. I dont know anything about it, but it might provide an opportunity for some lovely baking without ending up eating the results. Our village also has Easter, Summer, Christmas etc events where home baked cakes are sold to raise funds for good causes.