I've had a dramatic change in the veggie-love too. When I was a girl, there were maybe...four vegetables that I really was okay with eating: peas, carrots, corn, and MAYBE green beans. Nowadays, I've only really got three or four that I don't want to eat. I think some of that is because no one in my family was really very good at purchasing and cooking fresh veggies, but once I learned how to cook and started making fresh spinach, asparagus, squash, eggplant, etc., I realized how wonderful they could be!

Sophie

Thanks for visiting. I hope that the weekend is going well for you both.

Rae

You forget that we are divided by a common language. There are words that we use that you dont and vice versa. I believe that you know a courgette as a zucchini. The weekend is going well here the weather has stayed dry - although less bright than yesterday. I have done my walks for the day and can therefore feel contented that it has been a good day.

Sophie

Vegetables are really good. Every so often I think that maybe I shouldnt plant so many vegetables this year because they all need to be watered every day. Indeed - they prefer to be watered twice a day. I think - that is time that I could be out walking. Last year I know that I didnt water the veg as often as I should (they rarely got watered twice a day). Part of me thinks - plant less veg and look after them properly. Then I think about how sweet freshly picked carrots are and decide that I need to plant some of those.

It is amazing that we can pretty much eat as much as we want and get slimmer.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Margaret, your diary is all talk of veggies! I wish I was as into veggies as all of you.....I have like 5-6 that I eat, and that's that.....wont touch the others!!!!! To this day, I haven't tried brussel sprouts.....I think I should get around to doing that! Luckily I've always liked cabbage so that'll be good for me for this week! Hope you are doing well this weekend!

I have heard that our tastebuds change every 8yrs or so. I used to hate peas, but now I love them. There are very few veggies I don't like. I am not that fond of cabbage, cooked carrots or brussels sprouts, and I hate raw celery. But I like most everything else.

I see your weight is slowly getting back down there.

Thanks Margaret!

I am really pleased with the results. Now I just need to decide where to go to uni. Im probabaly going to stay in Liverpool but im not sure where yet.

Thanks for visiting.

Keepitoff83

Have a look around the supermarket or greengrocers and pick out a vegetable that you have either never had or not had in a long time. Get enough to do with other vegetables in a dinner - so not a vast amount and try it. We have discovered that we like quite a few vegetables that way.

Kimberly

Maybe in eight years we will all wake up and suddenly find that we dont like the taste of chocolate. That would be quite convenient really - it is so easy to not eat something that you dont like.

My weight slowly was getting back there - then I weighed for today. Strangely enough I was the same high weight both before and after my morning walk (which is very unusual). My weight has gone right back up but I put it down to something missing in the way of bathroom activity. I suppose that I will eat a bit extra fruit today - but really, I would have thought that my fibre levels would be among the highest on the forum! I drink plenty of water. Thankfully I am not getting any pain.

Becky

With those grades I am sure that you will get a choice of some very good universities. I suppose that the big question is whether or not you want to be near where your parents are. If the answer is yes - you need to decide whether you want to stay at home with them or taste a little freedom. Parents can have some very definite views on such things so I would make up my mind what I really wanted before letting them influence things too much.

Take care
Love
Margaret

YES!! I knew it! I had an idea that perhaps a zucchini is what courgette is. Have you tried it shredded thin with red, green and yellow peppers, water chestnuts and carrots sprinkled with soy sauce? My father makes this and it's absolutely DELICIOUS! I highly recommened it to anyone with a craving for courgettes.

I do hope your weather stays dry. There's only about two weeks of winter left here, and I'm praying the weather stays managable. I really, really miss the hot weather right now. Summer is my favorite time of the year.

I hope you're having a good Sunday, dear. Glad to hear your walk yesterday went well for you!!

Big Hugs!!

Saturday 08/03/08

General Data:

Morning walk = 6.3 miles
Round the block = 5 times
Extra exercises = none
Weight = 11st 2.2 lbs (i.e. 156.2 pounds)
Steps = 25,569
Distance = 9.88 miles
Remembered to take normal vitamin / supplements
Continued my creaming regime – missed one bio-oil massage and my morning moisturising!
Continued ankle exercises

My Food / Drink:

Challenge requires me to have 5 cups of cabbage this week

Basic eating plan

1 banana
3 weetabix, sweetener, 350 ml skimmed milk
1 large handfuls honey Shreddies
1 large handfuls honey Shreddies
Cabbage and carrot soup – 1 cup cabbage eaten
1 clementine
1 clementine
1 pear
1 pear
1 apple
50 grapes
2.5 litres of cold water
some diet cola

Breaded plaice, tin of baked beans
0.25 large handfuls honey Shreddies

Wow all that walking is amazing!!I used to walk like 5 miles
and I hit 7 miles a couple times and I must say you can really
feel it and the weight is constantly coming off with walking
all the miles plus you will have some SEXY legs!!Well have a
nice sunday!!!

lol walking is great, but you should try cycling for some thick thighs and butt! *G*

How is this ? - I am making mock cabbage rolls...gonna make them now and then I will eat it for the next few meals - LOL and days prob...eat it today and tomorrow...

When is challenege deadline - we started on Tuesday ? I just figured Id ask cuz you would probually know

Ya know Margaret you loose weigh tfor a reason...for starters look at your eating - it is amazing...very minimual very low cal and of course the walking everyday...I use to walk my dog every mornign - I should start agian...It was a great way to start the day and just added to my exercise!

Thanks for visiting and encouraging me so much. I hope that you are all having a good day.

Tammy

I have to admit that my legs are one of my better features now (this does not say a lot if you are aware of how bad my tummy and boobs are)!!!!!

Wishes

I might try cycling sometime. I have a bike that I havent tried to ride for many years sitting in the garage - maybe when we get some summer weather I will give it a go. Alternatively I am toying with joining a gym so would be able to use their exercise bikes if I do.

I still hold some fat on my bum - but the main of it is on my tummy which will be a spare tyre for another couple of stone.

Cerella

If you have to boil the cabbage leaves I would think that it would work out fine. I would think it may be tricky to work out how many cups you were using if it were still whole leaves. Maybe you could check the internet for how many calories in a cup of cabbage - then how many grams of cabbage add up to that amount of calories and then weigh the leaves.

Before Friday people were only really getting ready to start the challenge. The challenge only really started on Friday so it is just like the last challenge where the weeks run from Friday through to the next Thursday - with the option to weigh either Thursday or Friday just like last time. It means that you count your exercise and cabbage eating just from Friday - but you have right up until next Thursday to get it all done. You therefore have heaps of time to eat cabbage.

I think that it is a brilliant idea of yours to walk your dog. He will really love it and I am sure that you will enjoy spending the time together. It would be a fun form of exercise. It would help to keep the dog healthy too which has to save on vet bills in the long term.

I think that one of the things that I really like about walking (aside from being great exercise and therefore helping my weight loss dreams come true) - is that it gives me a lot of time to think. Also I have been much more tranquil since I started walking - life is less of an emotional roller-coaster ride for me.

Take care
Love
Margaret

Oh yeah thats where mine is, the tummy and butt!

Get on the exercycles to get your fitness up is a good idea before cycling - but cycling outdoors is so much more interesting than sitting inside lol

Wishes - I often think that indoors / outdoors thing about walking on a treadmill - except when the heavens open and I do my impression of a drowned rat. Then I suddenly remember the positive side of walking indoors and get jealous of those that can.

The good side of having a spare tyre is that it keeps some of my soon to be loose skin occupied. I am hoping that it will decide to shrink of it's own accord - but part of me knows that it wont all do that.

I see you got in some cabbage. I guess I overdid it with cooking up cabbage today as we have lots of tummy rumblies going on. I made egg rolls, stir-fry, and hot and sour cabbage soup. It was all yummy, but I think we are paying for it now. I cooked up 2 heads, so I'm sure I got in all my requirements even though I shared it with the family.