Comments on Belgian Waffle: Sigh

rosie redfield's right, the solution is just t...

2011-11-04T13:32:13.947+01:00

rosie redfield's right, the solution is just to starve yourself to the desired weight. bet most women of a certain age who make a show of eating a lot and claiming they have such great metabolism they can basically eat anything they want are BULIMIC. believed that shit myself of someone i was desperately jealous of once until i had dinner with the family and found out about the trips to the loo after every course.

Uho I know that menu sheet ! October one always rh...

2011-10-20T22:36:11.676+02:00

Uho I know that menu sheet ! October one always rhymes with Halloween menu on the last day before hols and there's always fish on tuesdays (how come ? isn't that supposed to be on friday? )

My kids like their food and,lucky me,are not fussy at all when it comes to it but my mum went to collect my son once,she saw them eating and said it didn't look tasty at all. I had Halloween party dinner there last year and it wasn't bad at all, certainly not masterchef level but all very acceptable. ps : could it be that your kids and mine are attending the same gulag ?

I also read the fashion sideblog with delight. Th...

2011-10-15T18:13:37.034+02:00

I also read the fashion sideblog with delight. The Wolfords I purchased based on your recommendation from several seasons ago are riding mighty low these days, due to extra inches. There is some chafing but they are still warm.

Sigh. Really must diet as well. Horrid stress ha...

2011-10-15T06:09:31.593+02:00

Sigh. Really must diet as well. Horrid stress has done a number on me. I know if I just gave up eating cheese and drinking wine it would go brilliantly.... except I do not know how to survive two teens without wine.

Anyway.. not an owl, but a leeeetle pig called pyewacket:

http://savagelettuce-thesavageland.blogspot.com/2011/10/pyewacket-glamorous-life.html

Will your sideblog about what you are wearing cont...

2011-10-15T05:45:55.139+02:00

Will your sideblog about what you are wearing continue to be so delightfully delightful when you have more of your wardrobe available to choose from? I hope and trust so. It certainly is excellent reading now.

OK, so I keep reading in this blog about "spe...

2011-10-15T04:09:35.422+02:00

OK, so I keep reading in this blog about "speculoos." I don't know what that is (I thought it was some kind of jelly-like thing, like aspic), so I decided to just ignore it (what I've done my entire life with unfamiliar vocab: if I can't figure it out from context, I am shit out of luck because I WILL NOT LOOK IT UP--screw you, Mrs "keep a dictionary by your side while reading" Mason). But, finally, I decided to Google it, and am astounded. Is speculoos just Belgiumese for animal crackers?

Dieting: Sugar and simple carbs are not good for you. It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Also, it takes your brain 20 minutes to figure out that your stomach is full. That's why the chew-slowly tactic works. It has nothing to do with the chewing, it has to do with eating slowly. Figure out how much food/how many calories are reasonable per meal and try to eat that slowly. And, finally, don't eat things that make you sad--that is a recipe for failure. Now I will try to follow my own advice so that I can eventually fit into all my clothes.

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. Except cho...

2011-10-14T22:06:18.827+02:00

Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. Except chocolate. And bread. And old el paso fajitas actually - one of my favourites. I used to eat paper as well, during the skinny, mental years. (It drove my dad mad, because it was usually his Daily Telegraph.)

I have no idea whether the biochemist is right about the semi-starvation thing, but I do know, from bitter experience, that if you mess with your metabolism like that it will pay you back later.

Still inspiring stuff though - really. J x

Metabolic disturbance... Sadly very unlikely, we ...

2011-10-14T21:34:15.955+02:00

Metabolic disturbance... Sadly very unlikely, we just eat too much.

Ignore anyone telling you to make sensible long-term changes to your eating habits - that way lies madness and long-term misery.

Like you, I wait until none of my favourite clothes fit and then impose a semi-starvation regime until they do. (Semi-starvation = getting half of the calories your body burns from stored body fat rather than food.)

Ignore the warnings - the body runs just fine on stored fat provided you eat a little bit of protein and a little bit of starch or sugar each day. Oh, and if you cut out a lot of protein and vegetables and fruit, maybe take a vitamin pill to compensate.

Trust me - I have two degrees in biochemistry. Pay no attention to the tiresome nutritionists - I tried to teach biochemistry to their ilk but they're sadly lacking in common sense.

Yes, it's time for a lot of us to step away fr...

2011-10-14T20:54:41.005+02:00

Yes, it's time for a lot of us to step away from the computer and start a proper diet and exercise regime. UGH!

I'm at maximum capacity in my favorite jeans a...

2011-10-14T19:48:32.020+02:00

I'm at maximum capacity in my favorite jeans and they are only my favorite jeans because they still fit. Somewhat. And yet that did not stop me from making apple crumble and Birds custard in a desperate/inspired burst of homesickness for childhood puddings last night. And now I cannot stop thinking of that cornflake tart thing and also of 'Australian Crunch' Do you remember this? It was chocolate, hard, possibly containing coconut and always served with mint custard at my primary school. Now my mind is boggling at mint custard, that cannot be right can it?? All this is not helping on the diet front is it. Apologies.

To Ellie: I must think of that very old joke (a va...

2011-10-14T18:08:57.603+02:00

To Ellie: I must think of that very old joke (a variation thereof)...Want to lose 150 pounds? Ditch your mother-in-law.

Being at home all day definitely makes me focus ve...

2011-10-14T17:40:12.976+02:00

Being at home all day definitely makes me focus very much on meals as well, and it has had bad results. I love to cook, too, which is actually a bad thing for my weight loss because everything that is fun and challenging to make is full of fat. And if nobody is here to judge what I eat for breakfast, I might make a giant plate of enchiladas, for instance. Not that I did. Well, I might have. Possibly. They were good.

None of this is helping me to lose the 40 extra lbs that my mother in law notices every time I see her.

The face you're making while holding up the me...

2011-10-14T16:43:00.458+02:00

The face you're making while holding up the menu made me laugh out loud, so thanks for that.

"Eating paper, licking apple cores and dreami...

2011-10-14T16:24:22.726+02:00

"Eating paper, licking apple cores and dreaming of custard": you say that like it's a bad thing. Doesn't everyone? Also I eat orange-peel although it's been pointed out to me many times that this is a Bad Thing.

Since the floodgates of diet-tips insanity have already opened, let me divulge that I achieved good results last month with this policy: namely, that I ate any old thing for lunch, even including fish and chips, but ate no carbs (none, I tell you) for the evening meal. Of course, once I had guests/went visiting I reverted to normality and it all turned, figuratively, to custard.

BTW if you think it's bad now, just wait until you hit the menopause.

It's quantity that's my downfall. Given t...

2011-10-14T15:12:19.350+02:00

It's quantity that's my downfall. Given the chance I would eat until the floor collapsed underneath me. I have to consciously make and serve myself "normal" portions. I'm in love with these guys, who look fat AND cute http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/baby-wombats

And also (because I'm procrastinating wildly a...

2011-10-14T13:56:38.717+02:00

And also (because I'm procrastinating wildly and would much rather scour the interweb for owls than finish cleaning or do my actual work) this is at once rather charmingly cute and a little disturbing - a little like South Park: The Owl Episode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfUPeVfrvlg

it's not owls, but it's craft(y) and invol...

2011-10-14T13:40:38.640+02:00

it's not owls, but it's craft(y) and involves cute birds who are poorly
http://felt.co.nz/blog/2011/10/knitting-for-penguins-caught-in-rena-oil-spill/

Bollocks to losing weight. Just buy new clothes.

Pumpkin Seed Owls: http://www.redtedart.com/2010/1...

2011-10-14T12:26:07.220+02:00

Pumpkin Seed Owls:
http://www.redtedart.com/2010/11/03/kids-get-crafty-pumpkin-seed-owls/

Make an appointment with an endocrinologist, you m...

2011-10-14T11:56:13.931+02:00

Make an appointment with an endocrinologist, you may have some metabolic disturbance...get full bloodwork done and check sugar/ insulin levels and that kinda thing. I lost 10 kilos in 2 months without having to starve in the process because the doc detected some insulin-related imbalance. Now taking half a pill morning and night with a multi vitamin & mineral supplement. Eating pretty well (like previous commenter, cut out all sugar - and sweeteners, as the doc says if he had things his way, sweeteners would be outlawed because of their effects on metabolism etc. and processed foods) and doing some walking - again, no over the top exercising. Feeling much better in lots of ways. Summary: go for a medical check-up before you start dieting...

At the risk of being exiled to some (other) far gu...

2011-10-14T11:52:01.519+02:00

At the risk of being exiled to some (other) far gulag, I have to say that the "chew your food" advice can really work. IF you chew each small morsel until it is liquid -- yes, LIQUID in your mouth before swallowing, several things happen: you actually do "fill up" faster (er, feel satiated sooner) which is, probably in large part due to the fact that liquidizing your food is so fucking boring, you decide to go do something else. Truth be told, most people bolt enormous amounts which not only puts a tremendous strain of the digestive tract but also means they (usually) eat way more than necessary.
Before I'm marched out of here, let me just add that I have lost 10 (count 'em, T E N ) kilos in the last eight weeks, chewing my food to oblivion. (Oh yes, and I cut out all sugar which basically eliminates any processed foods including supermarket pates, etc. and, sniff, as in boo-hoo, alcohol.)
Absolutely trying to be helpful here. Losing weight is a real bitch.