Everyday Systems

carolejo

Hi Jeremy, Thanks for writing your story for us and saying hello! I'm really pleased that it's going so well for you so far. Deb is totally right about the 'one pound a week loss'. It's about as healthy and sustainable as you can get! Afterall, you surely didn't gain more than a pound or two of fat ...

carolejo

Hi Becky,

I'm sure you'll be fine. Don't worry about it. Those kinds of situations are always tough, especially at the beginning. Just do your best. Anything better than preNoS is a success of sorts, don't forget!

Have a good time out with your friends!
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carolejo

HG, I'm with you on the 'peel and eat like an apple' school of thought. Although I also like to put a little black pepper and some balsamic vinegar on it. They really don't need any more jazzing up than that... ....Oooh! Avocados! Thank god there aren't currently any in the house, or else I'd be eat...

carolejo

Personally, I don't think of a glass of milk as a 'snack' - but then again, I really honestly prefer to drink it skimmed, so it's not going to do me much harm!

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carolejo

Hey, and I just noticed that completely by chance, your pictures are at the TOP of a new page, so they'll greet us all for the next 20 replies or so!

Yay!
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carolejo

Nutmeg in sizeable quantities IS in fact a hallocinogen (spelling? wots dat? :lol: ). About 2 tablespoons of freshly ground nutmeg is about all it would take to get off your face... and probably very sick in the process! :lol: I've never actually tried it, mind - I kind of like being in my own head,...

carolejo

Sorry mate,

My grasp of BB code is not good enough for me to work out the formatting for side to side pics!

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carolejo

As Spaetzle are the Swabian national dish :lol: , I picked up two different types of spaetzle making kit whilst I was living in Germany. The first is a 'Spaetzledrucker' - it looks like a giant garlic press and is great when you want fine noodles. I also got a 'Spaezlehoebel' which looks like a chee...

carolejo

mmmm. I was a little premature with the symbol-drawing! I scoffed down an Avocado before I went to bed! :lol: :oops: I don't know what it is, but I've really been craving avocados at the moment! (no, I'm *definately* not pregnant, before you even suggest it! :lol: ) I can't seem to walk past one wit...

carolejo

DON'T PANIC! It just isn't biologically and physically possible to gain 4 pounds of FAT in a couple of days!!!!!!! :lol: This means it's probably mostly just water retention - your body reacting to the dehydrating effects of the alcohol by overdoing it and also probably the salty stuff you ate. Salt...

carolejo

Yummy! I really should make some Spaetzle again soon. I haven't done that for ages. There's no option BUT for them to be homemade here, you just can't buy them dried or anything.

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carolejo

Hi M, There are lattes and there are lattes. What kind did you have and how did you have it? Skim, full cream, half cream milk? No sugars, one sugar, six sugars? Added flavoured syrup? What about whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles (yes, there ARE some perverted folk out there who will put whipped...

carolejo

personally, I reckon a treadmill is better than nothing - but I still don't feel like it does the same things for you as 'real' walking, even if you don't hold the handlebars :wink: I think there's something to do with actually shifting your centre of gravity which works the body harder / burns some...

carolejo

Good for you, Cynthia! Those little choices... I swear, they're much harder than the big choices :lol: . Take it one section of the day at a time if you need to. Say to yourself "I'm going to eat a satisfying, healthy and tasty breakfast that fits on one plate, with no seconds". Then, afterwards, "I...

carolejo

Hi Gina, I don't know for sure what the rest will say (I think they'll agree with me though 8) ) but this doesn't sound like a failure AT ALL to me!! You cruised right up and through 21 straight days of eating well before you hit a major block...? Wow! If you've managed more than 23 days on habit, y...

carolejo

sounds like you're off to a good start!

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carolejo

Hi Bob, I travel a lot for work, and would like to second Phil's comments. Generally, I try to stick to NoS as far as possible, but with extra tolerance for screwups. Also, if you're somewhere new and theres some foodstuffs to experience that you can't get or try back home, I don't personally consid...

carolejo

Ugh! Fat free pringles.... Euwgh!!! *shudders*

I absolutely DON'T plan to ever get close enough to read the ingredients list on those! Anyone for chemicals pure?

Good job on your loss and on resisting the crackers! I'm sure you'll be the perfect 'Poster child' in no time at this rate.

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carolejo

So far (and it's bed time for me in about half an hour from now), a textbook day again today. That makes a 6th little crossed out S symbol in a row on my calendar. Yay!

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carolejo

Hey Sporky! I love your username, by the way. I can definately understand why sporks are fanciable if you're partial to certain types of junk food 8) Good job turning down those cookies. Each little thing builds up to a better overall thing. Welcome to NoS and I hope you sucessfully break that Diet ...

carolejo

We-ell, to thy name be true! You just GATHERED the plants up, HG!

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carolejo

Hope you make a rapid and full recovery.

Get well soon!
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carolejo

Deb's BEFORE photo:- http://static.flickr.com/21/93584102_94e8c0f7a3_o.jpg Deb's DURING photo (January 2006):- http://static.flickr.com/42/93584670_0ceacbb5a6_b.jpg Remember folks, there's no such thing as an "After" photo here. NoS is for life. After is for when you are dead! 8) This is a pretty go...

carolejo

Don't panic!! One drunken mess-up does not constitute a major problem or a lack of commitment to NoS. Pardon my French, but Shit Happens, right? :) Hope you get your head back in gear as quick as poss. Try drinking some 50% orange juice and 50% water to rehydrate. It might help your head to clear a ...

carolejo

Baked sweet potato with ham and cheese....

Actually, it's not as bad as I thought it might be. It's a bit ORANGE though!

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carolejo

Glad you can stuff up and still keep going. That's the real key to succeeding long term here.

Heres wishing you a very pleasant text-book N day today!
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carolejo

That was ME on Sunday morning!!!

Oh well. Here's a little sympathy - not that you deserve it

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carolejo

I don't think what you eat is excessive at all. To borrow a quote from Peetie recently "I also have the capacity of a truck driver"!!

Welcome to the daily checkin, creaky. Hope you find it helpful.

Best of luck,
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carolejo

Wow! This is really great stuff, Bob! Watch out you don't take it too strictly on the weekends though, otherwise your mind and body might rebel and you might end up breaking the diet during the week :) Congrats on your 2lb loss and, more importantly, this great run of successful days. May it bring y...

carolejo

Sarnie - Sandwich, of course! :lol: Actually, I didn't feel sickly with my hangover at all - I just felt like there was a full percussion section practising INSIDE my head! :twisted: Today has been a bit of a breadfest. Sandwiches for breakfast, 2 slices of bread with lunch, and we're also just had ...

carolejo

Love your Yoda quote, Guy!

*grin*
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carolejo

Becky, take a look at http://www.harrier.nl

It's a "running club with a drinking problem".

They have groups (Kennels) all over the place, so there might even be one near you if you fancied giving it a go!

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carolejo

Hi All. Had a great weekend - the Saturday day was spent on cleaning and pottering, then we went out to the Burns Night party... The Boy was quite abstemious (he's still suffering from the aftereffects of a major office christmas party several months ago and most booze turns his stomach still - he R...

carolejo

Hey Krazy,

Welcome to page 2!

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carolejo

Your S day doesn't look so bad to me

You're right that you CAN'T FAIL ON AN S DAY!!!

Good job on resisting all those temptations on Friday. That's really cool.

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carolejo

I really like fudge, but only the 'real' kind where it doesn't have any nasty artificial stuff in it :lol: I make it myself from unsalted butter, milk and sugar, with a dash or vanilla or some good quality plain chocolate, or chicory coffee extract as a flavouring. Some of the stuff you can buy in t...

carolejo

in real dutch: ik wens je een mooie dag! I wish you a nice day :) I'm looking forward to my Dutch lessons, then I'll be able to write stuff like that without having to go to Babelfish! http://babelfish.altavista.com/ Happy Saturday, everyone. I'm off to eat me a wee bit o' haggis, and wash it down w...

carolejo

Hi Cynthia,

Please remember- you CANNOT FAIL ON AN S DAY!
Even if you go totally postal!!!!!

That's all part of the learning process. Don't worry about it. It will get easier in time.

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carolejo

Of course Heineken is a Dutch word! It's brewed just round the corner from my house.

I prefer the other local brew though, Amstel Beer.

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carolejo

yeah, canned tuna - the kind in oil :twisted: and usually a few anchovies too. Shrimps? Scallops...? In the same room as the Boy Steve...? You're kidding, right?! :lol: Nope, he won't touch them with somebody else's bargepole even. It's not such a hardship really, we eat out a lot so I often get my ...

carolejo

Yummy! I saw this before on Deb's checkin, and was going to go back and write it down, but you moved it :) I'm sure no offense was taken, although I can't speak for Deb, she doesn't seem the sort of person who would be offended or annoyed by you sharing your recipe like that. Have a good day, Jan, L...

carolejo

Oooh yes. Salad Nicoise is also very tasty, although my husband is pathologically and illogically opposed to anything 'fishy' so I don't often make it or get to eat it these days.

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carolejo

Yeah, the inner sugar junkie can be very tricksy at the beginning!

Hang in there. After you break out of the sugar 'addiction', it does get much easier.
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carolejo

Good for you!

I know what you mean about needing to eat enough at each meal, and then it being much easier to resist temptation because there's no NEED to snack.

It's a great feeling to be in control of your food intake, rather than the food being in control of you!

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carolejo

Hi Terre, I'm sure you'll do just fine! It sounds like you're off to a rocking great start anyway. :D Just a quick piece of (unsolicited - is there really any other kind? :lol: ) advice. Watch out with skipping those S days. Did you have 7 N days in a row just because you didn't want anything specia...

carolejo

yesterday was my first textbook NoS perfect day in.. well, WEEKS. :D I've not been hideously bad. I've still been much better than pre no-S, but I was definately breaking the rules in miriad of small ways... Death by a thousand cuts, as it were! :) Well, now I'm going to re-affirm my commitment to t...

carolejo

you got me thinking about that potato salad, so I made some last night. Here's the recipe by the way. 2 portions as a main dish or 4 portions as a side dish:- Take about 4 medium sized potatoes, rinse them but leave the skins on. place them whole in a pan and cover with water. Boil until firm, but c...

carolejo

Yay for you! That's great news about the studio and your deal with the guy there Deb. Who knows, maybe he'll even end up sending a little more business your way too. Hang in there, sweetie. I reckon you've turned the corner now on this little drama and things will soon start to get better again. So....

carolejo

So far, today has been textbook perfect. Just Dinner and the evening to get through - shouldn't be a problem.

Yay!
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carolejo

Yup. You are quite right, Shameless. I'm aware that I bend the rules sometimes, especially about having fruits in between meals. For me, it's just a fail-safe though. It's better than going on a wild eating spree and consuming anything and everything that isn't nailed down :lol: In that respect, I a...

carolejo

Hi Sandy and everyone, Just wanted to clarify that I wasn't being judgemental about what and how much people eat :) Sometimes it can be hard to write something and have it sound the way I meant it. Please don't anyone take offense 8) I only meant that if that was all I ate for a meal, personally I'd...

carolejo

Usually I just cheat and use ready-made chicken stock from the store (like you, I don't have all day to prepare it. I second what you say about shortcuts! :lol: ). When I have had roast chicken for dinner though and the bones are left over, I boil these with a little salt & pepper, some thyme and sa...

carolejo

What recipe do you use for German potato salad? I make mine Swabian style with chicken stock, white wine vinegar, salt & pepper and a little onion. I also boil the potatoes whole in their skins, then peel and slice them when cooked. I like it best when it's served just above room temperature, freshl...

carolejo

Hi Cynthia!

I just realised I'd been really amiss and hadn't welcomed you back yet. Sorry about that

Anyhow, glad you're back.

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carolejo

W000t! W000t!!!

This is MAJOR! That's great, Becky, I'm really happy you had such a good couple of days and made it to 3 meals

Wow. Fantastic job. You really rock!

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carolejo

Hi Beth, My take on it (there are about as many answers to your questions as there are people on this board!) 1. It's fine to eat junk food for one of your meals now and then. If what you really want is a whopper burger, then fine. Have the whopper burger. Just put it on a PLATE with the fries (you ...

carolejo

Hi Lisa, Perhaps you really have the appetite of a bird, but HALF a pitta...? There's no way that would sustain me for 6 hours or so! I generally eat 2 stuffed pittas at a sitting (they fit on the plate fine) if I'm just having those, or I'll eat one with some fruit and potato crisps. I'm glad you g...

carolejo

Thanks guys! Apart from one handful of canned whipped cream (less said about that, the better! :lol:) today has been pretty good so far. My stomach is growling though and there's about an hour to go before dinner. :) I guess I'd better call up the Boy and find out how late he's working today.... The...

carolejo

Yeah. I think I'm hitting a point of rebellion and 'self sabotage'. I'm sitting on my own ticket here, it's ME that's holding me up! :lol: At least I'm starting to realise this 'self destructive behaviour' is all down to me, so the cure is also within my grasp. I feel like I want to stamp my feet li...

carolejo

WHINGE WHINGE!! Yesterday was not bad, but still not perfect. I did not need to eat the avocado with my bacon and tomatoes for supper - although I consoled myself with the thought that it could have been so much worse, it's still not really 100%. The additional biscuit I had mid morning was also no...

carolejo

looks like you're off to a good start - NoS and bulletin board wise!

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carolejo

Breakfast for me on an N day is something like - bowl of leftover curry and rice, or porridge oats mixed with peanut butter and a spoonful of jam or maple syrup or Cheese and ham toasties - 2 rounds (4 slices of bread, 2 slices of ham, 2 slices of cheese) or 2 boiled eggs, an apple and an orange or ...

carolejo

I guess great minds think alike then, huh?

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carolejo

And if walking to stay still on a treadmill is uplifting, just imagine what walking around properly in the fresh air would do for people!

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carolejo

The bulletin board will automatically add the pages once you have too many 'replies' to see them all. I don't think it's possible to create pages artificially.

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carolejo

Too. Much. Essing.

Not enough good behaviour here. I mean, that bar of chocolate last night was really gratuitous and I didn't even enjoy it all that much. What a waste!

Today I will try to do better. So far so good. It's nearly lunchtime too.
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carolejo

Glad you decided to give this a go.

Good luck and have fun

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carolejo

YAY David! YAY MJ!!!

Fantatic effort. 3lb loss over 3 weeks is optimum for losing slowing, sustainably and healthily.

Great job folks. You're FANTASTIC

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carolejo

This posting thread has a lot of old stuff on, cos I had to go digging to find it! It takes a couple of months before your underwear starts heading south on it's own

Most of the other threads are much more current though, and as Deb says, Check out the 'Daily Checkins'.

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carolejo

Well, I went for a run yesterday with the hash, and my knickers kept trying to fall down inside my jogging pants! :lol: cheers NoS. You owe me some new underwear. I guess this qualifies me for the 'My pants fell down' club! I wrote a little about it on my daily checkin too. The Amsterdam Hash House ...

carolejo

Oh, I need to report my new membership to the 'My panties fell down' club :lol: Yesterday's Hash was in Niewe Sloten. It was an eventful and memorable run for me in several ways - on a couple of occasions I nearly lost my knickers! It seems I've now lost enough weight for my underwear to become loos...

carolejo

Hi Becky, sorry I didn't catch up with you before - my, it's been a busy weekend for you, huh? :lol: I wanted to add my congratulations on your 'no soda, no snacking, only 4 meals a day' triumph. That's a really big thing and job well done. You're right to give yourself a pat on the back - YOU ROCK!...

carolejo

The Boy's Birthday is today, so it's an S day. I'm not planning on doing much essing until this evening though. Just started the day off with a bowl of 'Peanut Butter and Maple Syrup Oatmeal' (I like the peanut butter kind that is made from whole nuts and doesn't have any sugar in it - but I wanted ...

carolejo

Hi folks, my thoughts on training every day - Shovelglove is like a work analogue, so it trains muscles in a 'functional' way. Our forefathers used to do hard physical labour for much more than just 14 minutes every day, and they didn't generally suffer from "overtraining"! I'm inclined to agree wit...

carolejo

Hello Heather and welcome to sanity!

Hope you have as much success with this as I have.
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carolejo

I do most of the cooking in our house. My husband is very good at producing inedible things from the most promising combinations of ingredients. I've no idea how he does it, and neither has he!

carolejo

Back at home. Bliss. Just wish there wasn't so much work to be done!

I've been about 70% good whilst I've been away. Today I plan to be 100% good, cos then there's the weekend to come.

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carolejo

I will also post 'Before' and 'During' pictures.

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carolejo

Wow Deb, I don't really know what I could say to that!! That manager is a stinky nasty low-life.... but it's just not worth getting worked up over people like that cos they're just not worth spending the effort. Glad you can still see Larry elsewhere. Chin up, Girl! You're better off without these p...

carolejo

So, Deb... With this ab roller and all those crunches, one could say that you're really *ROCKIN*

Sorry. Terrible pun. Just couldn't resist.
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carolejo

What was all your celebrating S days for?
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carolejo

I'd also agree with Sandy. This is actually much easier than most other ways to eat. Once I came to realise that 'just because I can't have it today, doesn't mean I can't have it this weekend' and also realised that there is no way that I should be having a treat every single day without working for...

carolejo

Well, so far not so bad. Travelling around really does mess with your eating though as you don't have that much control anymore. That said, yesterday breakfast and Lunch were fine - but I was at my sister's house for dinner and CREAM CAKES *MAY* HAVE BEEN EATEN :shock: :? They did taste good - and t...

carolejo

You mean you can actually KEEP a bag of catnip on an open shelf...? If I did that, my Lyra-the-Wondercat would have pulled the house apart to get to it by now! :lol: I have to keep her catnip in a tightly sealed tin. Even then, she jumps up and knocks the tin off the shelf sometimes in the hope that...

carolejo

I've lost about 15 Lb since July. No going back up, no Yo-Yos and I feel confident that I can do this for the rest of my life and continue to eat better, be fitter and healthier. YES. It works. It really works. AND it doesn't just 'work' whilst you're losing the weight, it works for the rest of your...

carolejo

yeah, there probably *is* medicine out there, but why would you want to take it?! You seem to be getting along just fine. These sorts of questions are all normal and natural when you're starting out! :) Deb used to take her hot drinks with artificial sweeteners in. They messed with her tastebuds so ...

carolejo

"English" muffins always make my smile. We don't have any such thing in England

Mind you, I bet you don't know what "American Hard Gums" are either, so at least we're quits

It's a worthy use of additional S day if both of you are off work together, I think.

carolejo

Well, I had a bit of a pig-out on Friday evening :oops: but it still wasn't DIRE or even in the same league as everyday pre-NoS. I definately Essed the rest of the weekend but didn't overdo it. This morning I stood on the scales and I'm back down to pre-Christmas proportions - that's to say 88kg, th...

carolejo

Aha! Part of that same learning curve then! :lol: I still find it quite amazing that the 'sickly, stuffed, ate too much junk' feeling I get sometimes when I overdo it on weekends is how I used to feel pretty much all the time! I mean, HOW can that really be NORMAL..!? Yay for listening to your body ...

carolejo

Here's my 2 cents worth:- A little milk in your coffee or tea won't make any difference in the grand scheme of things. This plan is about sustainability. Is it 'sustainable' to prepare and drink your hot drinks in a way that you don't like...? :) I drink my tea and coffee with milk in. Some people h...

carolejo

Yeah. I'll second the plan that you should just let your S days be S days, so your N days aren't.

If you really know that come the weekend you can have whatever you want, it helps a great deal when you're wavering on a Wednesday

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carolejo

Please eat your prunes! Nobody ever got fat from eating prunes!!!

Just include them as part of your meals, then there is no problem.
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carolejo

I had another 'medicinal coke' today to keep me running this afternoon. I'm back up to about 85% now I reckon, but I'm still having to watch out. My current project is a KILLER and my brain is totally fried, even though it's only 4pm. I think I'm quitting for today already. I'll have to spend about ...

carolejo

If you have a moderate amount of weight that your body needs to lose, then a weight loss rate of approx 1 pound per week is sustainable, healthy and normal. Unless you have lots and lots of weight to lose (Like, 100 lb to lose or so!), you're unlikely to lose it faster than that by doing NoS. Lets a...

carolejo

Whay Hey!! That's looking DANGEROUSLY like another day of successful eating, Becky! :lol: Really, I think the biggest thing you need to sort out is positivity. Don't be so down on yourself. Blow your trumpet a bit more. You're doing really well. This food intake is *NOT* abnormal or high or damaging...

carolejo

Apart from the 'medicinal Coke' I didn't sin at all yesterday, so it was still a sucess despite not feeling well. I skipped SG though.

Today I feel a bit better, so things are pretty much back to normal.

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carolejo

OK Guys, I'm gonna do that 'confused Brit' thing on you!! What is "Hamburger Helper"? What makes it super yummy? What is it made from? Can you make it at home? Really. I keep reading about it on here (Jan, Deb, several others mention it too) but I've absolutely no idea what it is. Please put me out ...

carolejo

I *love* that film, Deb! I have it somewhere on an old VHS tape.

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carolejo

Hey Becky.

What was unsucessful about your 4 meal day above? It looks pretty good to me.

Good on you, I think you're doing much better than you realise and give yourself credit for.

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carolejo

I have to say, I'm enough of a geek that I just assumed Rein's picture was in firey orange with those particular words cos he's meant to be 'Gandalf' - bathed in flames from a balrog

For some reason, I hadn't considered that THAT made Deb into the Balrog itself though.

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cooking experiments for Lunch today...

Not my usual cheery self.