Oooooh I've just read that William & Kate have announced they are expecting a baby.  Is this new news or am I behind the times again? 

Ooooooooh I hadn't heard - I'm off for a scout round.

 Bloody cheek of them!!

The trick is to move your eyes, not your head, Joe.

I'm having a 'fasting' day today and was hungry so made a soup with the only veg I had in my freezer which were peppers and onions.  Some chicken and vegetable stock cubes and voila....a pot of something that resembles the contents of someone's stomach.  Grim.

It tasted fine though.

There's a female squawking her way through 'i will always love you' on the Royal Variety performance.  WTF is she?  She's bloomin' awful

Is this the 5:2 diet, Ells? I've heard really good things about this

I made a spicy parsnip soup tonight, less than 70 calories per bowl, and I don't even like parsnips, but hey if it fills me and I lose weight I'm up for anything 

I thought she was brilliant.

Pleased for you, Cologne.

I thought she sang through her nose and her teeth - she sounded like she had a speech impediment to me.  

It is   This is only my 2nd day of fasting but so far so good...in that I'm finding it very do-able.  There's quite a bit of food you can have for 500cals on the fasting days. 

I'd try that too at 70 cals a bowl!  Soup is a great option, you can bung anything in there and it usually turns out alright

Tell me what you have ... I'm going to do this

I'm doing a 'day' on Wednesday ... be my mentor Ells, what should I eat?

 Well...

today I've had a dry fried egg and 2 slices of nimble toast = 207 cals (incl low fat spread)

2 big bowls of soup which I made with 2 stock cubes (1 chicken, 1 veg) and some frozen peppers and onions which was the only veg I had = 104cals

and just now I had a slice of nimble toast with a hard boiled egg on top = 121 cals

So, that's a total of 432 cals  I can have between 500-600 cals on fasting days so I still have a few spare if I want something to snack on if I'm up late.

That's just what I had today....the other day I had fish fingers, tinned tomatoes and bread for dinner and still had enough cals for egg and toast for supper.  I think I'll go shopping and stock up on some weight watchers ready meals and frozen veg so I can have a 'proper' dinner on Wednesday without having to search the cupboards and read every label. 

5 days of normal eating, as healthy as you can but still whatever you fancy.  2 days of fasting.....on which you are allowed around 500 calories although you can go as far as 600 if you need to.  You can eat the 500cals in one go or through the day, whichever you cope best with.  The 2 days fasting should NOT be consecutive.  That's it.  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19112549

I've never been really overweight, but if I wanted to shift a bit, I would use a smaller plate for all my meals. I've never been one for eating fat or cooking with saturated fats and I don't have a sweet tooth. I just feel that a regime would not work for me because I'd get bored of counting and end up do nothing but think of food.

I do too....if I'm on a diet 7 days a week.  I had a fast day on Thursday and thought I'd get up on Friday morning and eat half the house but I didn't even eat as much as I'd normally eat through the day so I think if this were the case after every fast day then it would probably be worth it so as not to have to count anything except the 2 fasting days.

Found this site that has a few ideas for daily meal plans on 5:2

http://www.lavenderandlovage.c...sts/general/5-2-diet

I'm out tomorrow night and am wearing a dress that I needed some big 'pull me in' pants so went today to buy some.

Got a pair, in a size up from normal coz they're too tight sometimes.... took them to the counter and just me effing luck it's a young fella on the tills  I tried to just chat away to my son and pretend I wasn't bothered but my face just got redder and redder.  Especially when he couldn't find the price tag and had to rummage around in my knickers to find it  FML.

  You crack me up Ells 

I was MORTIFIED kaff!!  They were huge and he was probably as embarrassed as I was having to hold them.

Is it the case with the 5.2 diet that should/when you stop it you gain all the weight back in a very short time?

In my experience that's just about the rule for every diet erin

Most likely Erin, same with every bloody diet I've ever done

To be honest though it really doesn't feel like a diet so hopefully it's a lot easier to do long term.

3rd fasting day for me today and I'm doing just fine.  3lb off so far but I'm honestly not going to even monitor proper weight loss til after xmas.

That diet does sound interesting, i've fav'ed that website for a looksie after Christmas. I've also put these on my Christmas list

I am determind after christmas to aleast lose the extra i put on while preg with my 2 yr old!!

The knicker story made me laugh Ells, reminds me of a similar embarrassing moment: I bought a matching bra and brief set and when I came to wear them couldn't find the knickers anywhere. Some months later I went into the village shop and the assistant brought out the see through knickers asking if they were mine. I had taken a big bag of old carrier bags for them to use and had left the knickers in one of them, to be subsequently found by the guy who owns the shop

Supes

Supes....stories like that just make me laugh.  Nothing worse than some stranger (particularly a MAN) seeing your smalls, or in my case, your MASSIVES!

I was just in Ells Birthday thread and saw a Westie card, made me think of

Marguerita..does anyone keep in touch with her? is she OK!?..miss seeing her around. 

I've made a lovely fish pie for tonight ...................looking forward to it 

I bought the Dukan one a while ago but it looked a bit too boring. I'm a big fan of Allen Carr - I think my daughter has that book (not that she needs it in the slightest) I might borrow it although at the mo Slimming World is going OK. 

I hated the Dukan diet ... I can't live without vegetables

someone posted "He looks more like Van Morrison.

Wow - he has clapped the weight on!