I’m a Pear/Apple - Part 5. Still going!!

That's the beauty of this tea bread tastes delicious doesn't need any spread. Make it for friends and offered spread but they eat it without like me. Tastes good made with gluten free flour .

Trouble with nuts is they are high in calories and some are high in fats .

Next time you feel hungry have a hot drink and then wait half an hour . We can confuse being thirsty with hunger . I find I am thirsty not hungry . If a drink doesn't work then I do some sorting out and the time flies by and is then my meal time .

I cook everything with Benecol because of my cholesterol. Trouble with tea bread is that it’s fat free but I like it with butter! My weight is creeping back up again. Seem to have lost my mojo diet and exercise wise. I sometimes can’t sleep because I’m feeling hungry. I read that eating a few soaked almonds in the evening helps you to sleep better and not feel hungry. Going to try that tonight.

MayBee if you are on any tablets make sure you can have grapefruit. Two of my tablets there is a warning not to have grapefruit in any form .
I have a fat free tea bread recipe if you would like it . It tastes great and very easy to make and keeps for days . It does get sticky it's the inter action between the fruit and sugar.

Shirley I forgotten about limits biscuits tasted like sawdust. Ryvita was vile . Like eating cardboard.

Lost half a pound this week so pleased with that. Need to be careful this week as craft group and AGM both on Wednesday. Then Friday out to lunch with my 2 GN friends who live in towns near to me . The restaurant we are going to the Sparrowhawk is set in woodland haven been for years but still same owners and they do food I can eat .

I only use oil olive spread . Makes my cakes very light. Plus found little bit of spread tastes better than other spreads.

Some of the diets do have an element of truth to them. Because of the way I’m looking to reduce my bad cholesterol I’m getting a lot of info on instagram. Some of it tells you which time of day is best to eat certain food due to how the liver works. And yesterday I read one that said to eat grapefruit in the evening because the liver works in a different way when we’re asleep. I’m sure that a lot of it is correct because it started off with me having to take my iron tablets on an empty stomach but that the iron needed vitamin c to work properly. The problem with those fad diets that we were all on is that they made out that one thing would work when we had to look at our whole diet and lifestyle.I’ve gone back to having my banana bread at lunchtime to break my fast. I wasn’t looking forward to the stuff I was trying to replace it with and I do make it with wholemeal flour, Benecol,flax seed nuts and sultanas

Oh yes, PLJ…….also there were ‘limit biscuits’ as meal replacement…..

Cabbage soup diet ,then there was the grapefruit and boiled egg diet. Atkins . Taking PLJ before a meal was supposed to take pounds off. It was so sour could peel the skin off the inside of your mouth .
Carnation meal replacement drinks remember trying that one was supposed to be strawberry flavoured tasted vile .

But there have been some crazy ones the blood type diet was all the craze in America.
Glad we are use our common sense.

Amazing what daft diets they had back then.

Aveline

I found this. It might be of assistance for those wanting to lose a few pounds...

….and end up with liver disease….

I found this. It might be of assistance for those wanting to lose a few pounds...

Well done on the half pound loss whiff. I lost 4lbs of what I put on over Christmas……
I bought a walking pad before Christmas , just for on the days I don’t go running if pouring with rain….it folds and goes nicely under the settee….the draw back it’s heavier than I thought, a bind to pull it out , we do have room in the conservatory to keep it out all the time but I don’t want it stuck there …I suppose it’s good toning pulling it out each time 😂. 💪

Bit milder this week but more wet, nice not to have the heating on all day.
Have a good week all…

Shirley I remember Beryl the peril but not Topper.

MayBee having your banana bread worked for you so going back to it is a good idea . You will get your mojo back .

Lost half a pound this week . Which is better than putting on .

Finally after a year since I came out of hospital feeling tired 8-9 pm and not still wide awake at midnight. Just hope my speech and my arms go back to normal. On list for speech therapy last 3 months so don't hold out any hope for having appointment soon . But seeing my neurologist in March hoping he can help with my arms. Still haven't got the strength back no matter how much I exercise them so annoying 🤬.

NanKate this merry band is here for the long haul none of us are quitters or into short cuts .

Anyway have a good week pears and other fruits .

MayBe70 it tough getting back on track after the ‘extras’ we all have had at Christmas. I’m about to get on the scales and I know the way they will be going ☹️

The good news is that our small clan of Pears and Apples get back on the wagon and realise that getting slimmer is our goal.

Best of luck folks.

As usual I didn’t overeat at Christmas but have been eating more than usual afterwards. It happens every January. Also my new cholesterol lowering diet is no longer working, weight wise. I’m going to make more banana bread and go back to nighttime fasting and having banana bread to break the fast. I’m not looking forward to the chia pudding type meals I’ve been breaking my fast with. My knee has also been particularly sore so I haven’t been getting much exercise and I just want to sleep for England! I hate the cold weather,too! Need to get my mojo back.

Quarter of a pound on Christmas week is amazing whiff well done.
How lovely your grandsons having their grandads sting ray car and captain scarlet annuals, I used to like those programmes…
I still have my old beryl the peril annuals and the topper… lol…love them.

Shirley to many goodies around at Christmas and New year. But 2026 is a new start.

Consider what I have eat this week astounded only put quarter of a pound on . Only exercise I had was my usual 7 and my 500 on my static pedals. Back to normal this week. But got chat and cuppa in the morning so plenty of goodies but sit fit on the afternoon and move it or lose it Tuesday morning.

Had a sort out with my grandsons had 3 boxes of toys but they are older so down to one . Rest going to Roy Castle charity shop. They took all the books with them . As both enjoy reading . Gave them there granddads Stingray ,supercar ,Captain Scarlet annuals and a copy of Treasure island from 1956 which must have been his sister's . The colour illustrations are still brightly coloured. But I have always kept them safe.

Have a good week fruits and wrap up warm it's going to be a cold week..🤸🥶

I braved the scales…I put on 5lbs in 4 weeks 😮….i did expect it, sounds such a lot…back to healthy eating…I still kept up my 🏃🏻‍♀️‍➡️ though.

Happy New Year you lovely Pears and Apples.

The good news I only put on half a pound whilst away at my son’s for Christmas, however since returning home I have eaten extra food like Panettone, Xmas cake, a few chocolates etc etc. It’s so easy to fall back into bad eating habits. Today is my last day of indulgence.

Back on the wagon tomorrow. Onward and downward girls. 👋

Happy and healthy new year to you all

Happy New Year to you all from me too.

Happy new year pears . Hope you health and happiness and you achieve everything you want in 2026. 🥂🥂🥂🥂🤸

Haha whiff yes very low cal….looks lovely yum yum….

This is the low cal dessert 🤣🤣🤣I made for after baked mushroom and goat cheese risotto.

Black cherry cheesecake with dark chocolate gauche. Cal free 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Very well done whiff….no going on scales till Sunday for me .

Enjoy NYE, not that we are going out but I usually do a nice little spread for the last day of the year….

Very well done Whiff. 👍
Just returned from Son’s home today, still unpacking. Will weigh myself this week.

Hope you all had a good Christmas just weighted myself. Had to do it twice I have lost 1.75lbs. Must be the first Christmas I have ever lost weight. And I have eaten things I don't normally allow myself .

Got 2 friends coming for lunch new year's eve so I expect to put on weight next week. But who knows . Still can't get over I lost .

Pears hope 2026 you can do everything you want . A healthy and happy new year to you all. 🥂🥂🥂🥂🥂🤸🤸🤸