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Found some Duerrs Blackcurrent 'Jam'[1] in Sainsbury's[2] the other week.
Just tried it on High Fibre Crackerbread. Very nice in deed. The cracker
is 2g and the 'jam' another 1g of effective carbs. Makes a nice change to
have jam on 'toast' for breakfast.



[1] I don't think they can call it Jam officially so it doesn't actually
say anything just 'Hi Fruit' Low Carb Blackcurrant.

[2] Don't go there often. I was very disappointed with the quality of meat
and veg.

 

This is a serious question:

Why do you lot bother with diets? I can eat what I want, when I want and
I'm very happy with that. If I notice I'm putting on a few pounds I just
"starve"[1] myself for a few days and the weight drops off.

[1] Live on beans on toast, soup and any other stave off the hunger type
stuff.

 

Errr because I can't stuff myself with loads of stuff and not put weight
on. I sit on my arse all day at work with the only exercise being the walk
to and from my desk to the car and an odd game of squash.

I've tried low fat diets and I am bloody starving all day. Atkins works
for me because I can eat plenty of tasty rich food and still control my
weight.

9 years ago I worked the pub restaurant game. The place I worked had half
its tables up two flights of stairs I once counted a relatively quite day
I did the stairs over 100 times. I was 10 stone. 18 months ago I was 16
stone and rising. Atkins has brought that down to between 13 1/2 and 14. I
would like to be 13 - 13 1/2 but its not the end of the world if I don't
get there. I'm now in control of my weight.

Treats like Jam on crackers are a nice add on.

 

There's your problem right there. Get some exercise.

 

Whinging Courier wrote

My sentiments entirely. Rock on brother.

Did I mention I have had a quad bypass?

 

entwisi wrote

Seriously now. I have found that the best way to shift my diet towards
focus group approval is to chase the low sodium route.

At its simplest it means eating less processed foods.

Plastic skin is bad, a slight surface bloom of naturally occurring
yeasts is good.

 

I suddenly have this vision of a dual carriageway past your house, with
brightly coloured, mud-spattered ATVs whizzing up and down it.

 

Its a good job it wasn't a triple bypass then otherwise it would be full of
bearded people on VW trikes.

 

platypus wrote

Apart from the twoness of the number of lanes and the mud you aren't
that far out. Highly Glossed, highly coloured bitches in drably
coloured four byes is the norm for daylight hours round here.

 

You should put a sign up: "Desparate old guy seeks randy slapper. Call in -
appointments not always necessary."

 

platypus wrote

I was thinking of getting me shirt off and doing a bit in the front
garden about half 3 in the afternoons.

 

But I'm a lazy fart. I enjoy the squash twice a week but going to the gym
bores me to death. I try it and have usually given up within a fortnight.
I do park about 1/2 mile away from my desk and its another 1/2 mile to the
canteen so I do about 2 miles a day walking before I start wandering round
the office to meetings etc. We also do go for walks at weekends. I've
never been a fan of exercise unless there was something to see/win.

Atkins does for me thanks. My only downfall on this is I like a pint or
three. Low C is OK for a while but I prefer a East Lancs Brown Ale or Gold
label or Old Pec or Newky Star. Oh and the large Woods 100 dark run chaser
doesn't help with the carb count.

 

Squash twice a week is not "the odd game", is it? What with the
walking you describe, I'd have thought that was a reasonable basic
regime.

Going to the gym bores me too - I usually do circuit training and a
bit of running.

 

We've got a bit of a gym at home, as you know. Jude uses it quite
regularly, but I can't remember the last time I did so. I _may_ spend
some time on the running m/c before I do the Brussels 20km in May, but
then again, if the weather's OK, running outside's much more
interesting.

 

That's my point. Why stuff yourself? Eating sensible portions is a
better way to control weight IME. You will feel hungry for a few days
but you will get used to it.

You do a lot more exercise than me then. I don't do squash and a
Marathon for me involves either a drinking sesh or a chocolate bar
that's now called Snickers.

I live on takeaways and chineses. I'm skinny as a rake. The point is I
only eat one meal a day and have toast or a yogurt at some other time. I
don't eat any fruit to speak of, either.

So did you put the weight on after working and doing the stairs 100
times? What did you eat while you were there?

I prefer a kilo of black forest gateau ;o)

Honestly, well done and all that, I'm not taking away the achieve you've
made or what you're doing to control your weight, I'm just fascinated
why people resort to what I consider weird diets when you can eat what
you want but less often and still get the same results.

 

[snip weird diet stuff]

The words "pot" and "kettle" leap to mind here.

--
Martin:
"For a minute there, you bored me to death."
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But I don't. I have a problem with being hungry or thirsty. If someone
wanted to interrogate me it would need pain or anything just starve me
I'll squeal like a good un.

Whilst there I ate bits of stuff all day. Cheese on chips, Buttys
galore, At least two decent meals a day. Plus any food that was cooked by
mistake. There was usually at least one main meal that was left at the end
of the day. When I left I was 10 stone 4.

Never really taken to cherry so BF was never my favourite. Now choux
pastry was my thing.

 

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