Frugal February

Oh dear!

Come on Frugaleers. Rally! Not more food until breakfast time. You can do it.

What suggestions can you come up with to distract you from eating tonight?

Have a nice soaky bath?

Paint your toenails (those who can still see/reach them)

Take the dog/husband for a walk

Read some recipe books

Indulge in mad, passionate sex.

Do a crossword

Any other suggestions??? ?

You forgot Gransnet!!

I don't want anything else to eat tonight (a fairly reasonable meal) but probably two glasses of is one too much

How many calories in a glass of ?

Knitting? Keeps your hands busy so you can't nibble.

Calories?
Well it probably depends on the size of the glass Jalima

Cheers

Well, it's not one of those that holds a whole bottle

And it is an organic wine (does that make a difference?)

I've been to the theatre and just had a latte before the show. Had three satsumas when I got in and I've just made a cup of instant miso soup. Had some sort of instant noodle thing earlier; probably not much goodness in it but the calories were low. Might buy a few more of them. Had my turmeric drink and a banana for breakfast [well, late breakfast; reckon if I'm asleep I'm not eating...]. Sometimes I just pootle around the house and nibble things, whereas, if I make a point of watching a dvd and just have a cup of tea it stops the nibbling.

Succumed to the fresh pineapple and a yogurt.
So going to bed as 13 hours before I can have breakfast

jalima Grapes= one of your 5 a day

Sounds like your taking this seriously Tegan - well done ??

Last food was at 5.30 and just waiting for my porridge to cook, so what’s that? 15 hrs? So that’s ok isn’t it? Yesterday was the first successful day.

We spent the evening engrossed in GOT and then Spiral - both so good that my attention was grabbed away from food. That’s the way to do it I think but the trouble is there is so few good programmes.

It it was light we could go for a walk. The trouble with this time of year I have difficulty getting motivated to anything very much, although today is bright so might wrap up and do a bit of gardening. Sitting is not good as my mind wonders to things like cheese and pate and all things delicious.

Just about to join you whitewave with a bowl of porridge,topped with mixed seeds and a handful of defrosted cherries.
That will suffice until this evenings roast chicken dinner with one roast potato and one yorkie. Loads of veg.
Don't know about the rest of you but all I can think of is food!

I’ve decided to persevere with the 16:8 to support my frugalling, and I’ve got used to only eating between (usually) 1 and 9, so I’m not craving food outside those hours. I extended my short yomp to 2.5 miles yesterday, and at the start and end I had 10 minutes very brisk walking, as recommended by Michael Mosley. I couldn’t dodge the raindrops though, and got very wet! As a reward I had a small bag of Sensations Pappadum snacks and one measly glass of low alcohol before 9. Then another pack of Pappadum snacks when I found out how small/low calorie/delicious they were. Just soup, one slice of bread and some fruit for tea.

Yes; sleep is the answer [got up at 11.30]....

I’m not dressed yet ....just about to shower. But I was up at 8am and cleaned the oven. And prepared the evening medal. Too cold to go into the garden today.

Cheese and walnut salad for lunch

Venison Osso buco for later it’s sat in the oven waiting to be completed.

We were going to go out on a snowdrop hunt but the sun's gone in and it looks miserable out there.

Perhaps a Greek Salad again for lunch as I failed to make any soup! as for dinner, not sure yet.

1lb less this morning though

Fallen off the wagon big time - bucket of wine half a huge bar of Lindt Hazelnut last night - its was lovely! No hope of anything better today. Cheered me up no end.

Cheese and walnut salad....if only. And Venison Osso Buco. I’m drilling.

Swapping my lunchtime soup today for a Slimfast milk shake as I need to keep my calcium intake high. Going to DD’s for dinner tonight will see if I can manage some salmon and broccoli. Fingers crossed.

Weight dropping nicely. Body fat % down and visceral fat down to 8.5% ? I asked everyone to contribute to a good pair of scales for Christmas as I’m concentrating on reducing body and visceral fat, while maintaining muscle and bone mass.

I’m drooling not drilling. Feels slightly sick at the sight of the word drilling ?

Meg; I'm great at dieting (50 years of experience!); I'll lose this weight, do the gym, lose inches. However, as I've been doing for 50 years, at some point I'll just put it all back on. I think I must be the ultimate yoyo dieter.

I get that Tegan and I’m guessing when you put it back on you add an extra couple of pounds for good measure?

Perhaps this time it could be different. I’d think the 16:8 (or 15:9?) could be the ultimate maintenance diet ?.

Teetime where did you ‘fnd’ the huge bar of chocolate? Did you go out and buy it or was it already in the house?

cavewoman make veg stock using 2 carrots, 2 stalks celery, 2 onion, 1 head garlic, 8 litre water. Throw in carrot, onion peels saved in freezer, herb stems, and potato jackets. All veg scrubbed, not peeled, even onions and garlic not peeled, and all cut roughly. Boil, then simmer 3 hours or more, strain.

Thanks Norah Will certainly try it your way next time.
I did make a few pints the other day but peeled all the veg!
Hadn't thought of freezing leftover peelings.Excellent idea for frugal Feb.

Like that idea too Norah

I always buy organic carrots; don't bother with organic for most things but I've heard they spray carrots with some horrible stuff.

Really? oh dear.

We ate some from the garden this weekend, they are the last though and they had so much more taste.
I would have thought that carrots were the least likely crop to be sprayed. Organic for us in future then.

Evening OldMeg and Frugeleers

No breakfast.
Had to wait until 11.30am but we were out before to pick up grandsons (3 & 4yr old)
Then off to cinema, very exciting as the littlest ones first visit.

Only bought popcorn for DGS, but as they have lovely manners they insisted that Gran and Grandad shared

Back to our house for tuna and Mayo sandwiches.

Only saving grace, evening meal was slimming world's chicken curry and baked potato.

Having relaxing filter coffee and trying to avoid any desserts.

Next meal, Breakfast thankfully 10am.

I have discovered that having to have a much later breakfast has become quite a deterrent.
I now reason with myself that if I were to have a dessert or treat after 6pm then I have a longer wait until my next meal.

I am a breakfast person and if I don't have breakfast other forbidden foods find their way passed my lips (like popcorn) .

Hope others had a more frugel day than moi
Onwards and downwards!