Frugal February

megs that explains it all!!

At least there is a bit of silver lining, but most unpleasant really.

12 days and counting.

DH has been walking around for a couple of weeks looking like a down and out as he lost the front tooth cap. He had it renewed yesterday and now back to his normal smile.

Hopefully nothing will scupper my diet today.

MrsAllboysuse a large iceberg lettuce leaf like a wrap.You fill it with chopped cue, toms, onions, celery, meat, fish or egg and anything you want really, then roll and the leaf becomes the bread for a sandwich!!!

Or baby gem individual leaves are great too, use like a taco and fill with prawns.

Tip for summer BBQs, a large iceberg lettuce wrapped around a beef burger is delicious. You get the cold and crunch from the lettuce and the warm softness of the burger, without all the carbs from a cheap doughy white
bread roll.

Morning Frugeleers
I had a self imposed lie in this morning to keep me away from the kitchen.
10.30am before I can safely have my breakfast.

So its shower, dry hair upstairs before crawling limply down stairs through lack of sustenance.

This morning its jumbo oats, grapes and vanilla yogurt.
Cup if coffee (drop of milk no sugar )

Shortly followed by elevensies
A banana and a cup of lemon & ginger tea.

Wishing you all a frugal but hopefully an enjoyable Saturday.

Thank you travelsafar and OldMeg, I hadn't thought of using lettuce leaves in that way. How painful OldMeg it will make your tongue really sore. Could you ask your dentist just to file the worst bit of the jaggedy edge to make it less of a weapon?
Not eaten yet as am on 16:8.

Trouble is MrsA I need all the tooth there is left to support the new crown. It’s that very jagged bit that will be doing a lot of the support and fitting the new crown onto my existing tooth.

If I don’t talk, that’s a big help. If I only eat small, soft portions three times a day then I think I can hang on in there.

Today’s menu, same as yesterday

Breakfast (about now) yoghurt
Lunch 2.00pm smooth soup through a straw
Dinner 6.00pm soup and yoghurt and a ?

Anyone who’s finding it hard to shift those pounds might want to try that for a couple of days ?. Works a treat ???

Naughty breakfast Two scotch pancakes with butter.
And some blueberries.

Lunch - perhaps a Greek salad
Dinner, not sure yet, I will look in the freezer, but something with lots of vegetables anyway.

That’s a pity OM. However, regarding your menu, although it sounds pretty dire ☹️ it should kick start the weight loss. Also enables you to have ?? with impunity !

oldmeg have you tried putting a piece of chewing gumover it, gum is quite good at covering teeth and it may help to curb the sharpness and jagged edge and protect your poor tongue!!!

Well I've had fish shop fish for dinner, with a slice of bread, but only 6 chips sneaked from DH's plate. No breakfast, so I'm not quite a lost cause. I don't know what's for tea yet, but I'll try to keep it frugal!

And I'm going out for a quick yomp round the neighbourhood now for a dose of fresh air and exercise, even though it's raining. I'll just pop my coat and gloves and martyr's hat on first.

Breakfast boiled egg small toast and scrapping of butter

Vegetable soup small piece of bread

A M&S pingy (needs eating up) 350 calories
Fresh fruit salad and yogurt

So I reckon I’m definately within my 1400 today.

Yes Maggie Exercise!
Have just spent the last hour turning out cupboards.running up and down stairs in a complete panic searching for my car keys. Which I eventually found in the pocket of a coat I had worn earlier
Think now that I can have an extra this evening!

I have thought of that travelsafar my SiL suggested that too, but.....it needs chewing to soften it first and I really just can’t chew anything and I don’t want anyone else to soften it up for me ?

WW goodly Frugal indeed!

Good point made by Maggie and Cave - do something to take your mind off food. Now my living room walls need a new coat of paint for spring......???

I've just had stir fry (yet again!) with bacon. I'm glad that big bag is finished now! Enough stir fry for now.
I'm feeling rather sylph-like, having been frugal for almost a week. Silly, I know, but I hope I might have lost a pound, at least.
I haven't got any scales though. I threw them away years ago in order to free myself from the dieting yoyo, and got fatter every year since!

Having ignored the bthroom scales since about November I keep forgetting to weigh myself.
It's probably better to do it once a week anyway.

DH just brought me half a cider, do I refuse it?

Well, it is the weekend..
No point being too strict.
Hark at me - fatty arbuckle giving advice!

it's very nice
It's very dry too, which probably means fewer calories?

Yes. If its really dry it might even burn up some calories?

Well, it could give me enough energy to turn off the pc

I think it would count as a portion of fruit..

Fell off the waggon today, just climbing back on . . . . Two separate visits from family, choccy biccies inevitable. Must try harder tomorrow. Gu puddings in fridge (on offer at Waitrose), willpower needed.

Evening OldMeg and Frugeleers
Coffee and lemon tea through out the day

Stir fry chicken, onion, peppers, courgette, and tomatoes on a bed if rice

Just debating whether to have fresh pineapple for desert
If I do then can't have breakfast until
11:30sm tomorrow!!

Oldmeg just before Christmas I lost a filling and kept scrapping my tongue against the back tooth.
The tooth is fixed now but I can't get out the habit.
I dislike chewing gum but I was actually thinking today that it my help me break this awful habit.
If any GNetters has any habit breaking ideas I would be very grateful

Have any...