Frugal February

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

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

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?

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!

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 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!

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!!!

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 !

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.

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 ???

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.

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.

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.

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!!!

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.

I coughed and sneezed at the same time when I was cleaning my teeth - and the crown shot out of my mouth and went down the plug hole!

Blimey, Wilma, I bet the air was blue (or is that just me?)!

Reading this he above makes me think I should give up the floss (I've loads of fillings). But I went off the little brushes when I used a new one for the first time and it emerged practically bald, with only a tuft of the nylon filaments left. . I hadn't used that make before, so sent the pack back for checking and got a lab report from them assuring me that there was nothing wrong with them. I don't know to this day where all those filaments went - I just hope they passed through and aren't embedded in my gums!

PS I can’t avoid my tongue and the jagged edge coming into contact as the jagged tooth is a back molar.

Well on the bright side, I’ve lost 1 kg already! ?

Tegan I bought the kit when we were away for a long weekend in our caravan, so I left it there in case I ever needed it again. I stopped using floss when I ended up with two crowns next to each other. I was sure it could 'slide' under the edge of the crown, so I started using the brushes. I was never very good at flossing anyway because I could never get it out of the space between my big teeth. I was fine with the front teeth, but never cracked it () with the back ones. I think the kit companies are just covering themselves by saying only use it for a couple of days before seeing a dentist because I spent hours online researching what my options when my dentist said there wasn't enough tooth for a crown. In the US loads of people can't afford dental treatment or don't go to the dentist for some other reason. There's so many videos on YouTube of people showing you how to use these kits for 'permanent' teeth! I'm really glad we've got the NHS!

I went to Boots to buy one of those temporary filling thingys and the shop assistant asked me if it was for a denture ; as if I didn't feel bad enough. Broken tooth and I just happened to be hundreds of miles from home and it was a bank holiday. Was caused be using dental floss; found out afterwards it's not a good idea to floss if you have fillings; better to use those little brushes. I think it said you were only to use it for a couple of days and then had to see a dentist, so I didn't bother. I'm sure the next time it happens [which it will as I'm full of fillings] I won't have it with me...I do have a ragged tooth where part of the filling or tooth has broken away and, for some reason, I keep having to run my tongue over it as if there's some kind of fatal attraction going on [like; I'd better check that it's still ragged; oh yes, it is ouch]....

Good job that's only a short term strategy Meg

You poor thing, how miserable. I imagine the minute you forget to remember about it, it catches and hurts. A couple of years ago I used one of those emergency kits you get from the chemist when a crown came off when I was away for a long weekend. It's really easy to use and you only need to use enough to smooth over the rough bit, so it might do the trick until you see the dentist. It's the same stuff the dentist uses for temporary filling, so it's all above board. It cost me about £9 from Boots, but any chemist sells them, even the chemist in Superdrug. If you need to, you can keep using it until you see the dentist. Hope this helps.

I don't want to be a doom monkey, but last September I found out that I needed a root canal on a crowned tooth. It turned out not to be straight forward and I ended up having the crown removed to complete the job. To my shock my dentist told me that there wasn't really enough tooth now left for a new crown. It did sort of feel like the crowns on either side of the one that was removed were holding it in place (these were made after the one that fell out). I am a paying NHS patient, so my dentist said the only real option was a single denture or leaving a gap (it's not in a really obvious place). We chatted about it (she's lovely) and then she said she was willing to try another crown, but wasn't hopeful it would last. So I chose the crown and was thrilled to bits. Then just after Christmas I was attacked by the dreaded winter lurgy and unfortunately I coughed and sneezed at the same time when I was cleaning my teeth - and the crown shot out of my mouth and went down the plug hole!

I know I'm looking at single denture now, so I didn't rush to see the dentist (been very poorly anyway). My next appointment is actually on the 13th, but I need to rearrange it because I'm away. This is all a really longwinded way of saying I hope there's enough tooth left so your new crown does stay on and I'll be crossing everything for you.