Monday 13th January weigh in.

I've made the green soup and it tastes delicious [although I'm going to put some bio yoghurt in it to make it a bit more creamy]. Went to get the sprouts from the freezer and they'd all gone ; turns out the S.O. ate them. Put a bit of broccoli in as well [along with peas]. Shall see what effect it has on me on a not going out day, although going to the gym tomorrow [that could be interesting].

Talking of sprouts.....my DD2 makes a really good sproutslaw....grated raw sprouts, bit of grated carrot & onion, few pine nuts, splodge of mayo and a few shakes of lemon juice. It tastes lovely and nutty and nothing like cooked sprouts. (Still gives you wind though )

I was heavy for my height of 5' 1" and I am small framed. It was not dreadfully overweight but it did not sit well on me. My BMI was 25.3 and rising . I was always about 8 st 4lb when in my 30s as I suppose were most people at that age.

Look at it this way! On non fast days I can now eat lots more cheese and crackers, bombay mix, puddings, ice cream and not get fatter. I will just get to the point of a maintenance diet.

You can't tell from Nellie's photos Aka but I would like to be 9st 6lbs and, like you, back in my size 12 jeans, however, completely blew it today!! Out for post Xmas lunch with the walking group to Za Za Bazaar's, a buffet style restaurant; ate far too much, even though it was the least fattening of the vast selection of food available. Even had a small soft scoop ice cream, how weak willed am I?? Back to 500 calories tomorrow, and the next day probably, to get back to where I was.

Wow Nellie why do you need to diet at that weight....or are you only 4' 6"?

Good point AKA. I still like the 5:2 diet and I am sticking to it. 53.8 this am after a fast day yesterday. 8stone 6lbs. not been there for years.

Note to self:

Do NOT attempt any fast cardio on day after fast day, especially first thing in morning

Oky-Doky .

Nonu I don't use salt in any cooking - there's none in the house….

I'll never forget back in the days when I had a social life someone saying that they were doing the cabbage soup diet; as she walked away my friend [who had a habit of being somewhat acerbic] turned to me and said quietly 'cabbage soup diet obviously doesn't work'. I know it was cruel but her timing was always so brillliant. We were both failing miserably on the diets we were on at the time [that and giving up smoking].

Yes!

if dried stiff of dried stuff.

No, just a soup with all things green in it. I'll probably go for a soup that's red or orange on my next fast day.

I thought the Cambridge Diet was one with lots of yucky packets if dried stiff to mix with water, or have I made that up or were you thinking of the Cabbage Soup Diet Galen?

Sounds like the of cabbage (? Cambridge diet,)

Hi Grannyeggs…I decided to do '4-3' instead of '5-2' because I'd proved to myself previously, that once I put my mind to it, I can do it. I 'fast' Sun, Tues, Thurs, which means I have two days 'non-fast' (Fri/Sat) to look forward to, as well as the normal one day between gorge-fests! I also leave an option for one day to eat around 700 calories instead of 500 if I'm finding it too hard to stick to. Basically I sort of 'pick 'n' mix how I go about it, and have made up what works best for me. Always leaving the 700cal day open as an option helps (my normal cal intake probably would go into 1000's

A step too far Tegan and well done Glass

Sprouts ...

That's brilliant Glass!

Cabbage would be good (for added wind) and you could add peas to thicken it perhaps?

It said watercress, onion, garlic, leeks celery and stock. I suppose you could add anyhting green [peppers?]beans etc. Sounds easy even for me [might give me wind,though?] Would it ruin it to add potato to thicken it a bit, i wonder? Probably wouldn't be such a detox.

I but mine from M&S .. only 120 cals per half pot. But if you have a recipe I'd love to try making it,

Just got a recipe for it; will get the ingredients tomorrow...

Whats Super Green Soup? It sounds very healthy [vision of a halo pinging above ones head as one drinks it in a light bulb sort of way].

Haven't weighed myself in months. I was muddling along happily on the 5:2 but due to family commitments I had to abandon it six months ago. Circumstances changed recently and there are now less demands in my time. So today was my first day back in track.
A mug of Super Green Soup for lunch and a sandwich for tea today. I'm hungry but feeling virtuous and determined to get back into my size 12 jeans by summer

Crikey, glass! Well done!