Ingredients
4 Meringue nests, crushed
Medium Carton of Low Fat crème fresh
1 Tablespoon Lite Sugar
9oz/255g Strawberries
A few drops of vanilla essence
Method
Crush the meringue nests and place in a large bowl.
Cut the strawberries into quarters and sprinkle with vanilla and sugar
Add to meringue nests mixture
Fold in 4 heaped tablespoons of crème fresh
Serve in glass bowls
Friday, 21 January 2011
SOME MORE GREAT WEIGHT LOSS TIPS...
Drink two glasses of milk a day + a vitamin D supplement for a weight loss boost
Buy yourself The Diet Plate from www.slimmingplate.co.uk which marks out how much carbs, proteins, veg and sauxes you should eat.
Buy yourself The Diet Plate from www.slimmingplate.co.uk which marks out how much carbs, proteins, veg and sauxes you should eat.
Thursday, 20 January 2011
WEIGHT WATCHER WEEK TWO...
It was week two weigh in today and I am delighted to say I have lost another 2.5lbs so I am chuffed to bits. 5lbs off towards my stone for my holidays.
Love the new Weight Watchers Pro Points system, it means you can have a little bit of what you fancy. I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried it and wants to lose some weight.
Love the new Weight Watchers Pro Points system, it means you can have a little bit of what you fancy. I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't tried it and wants to lose some weight.
ANY EXCUSE TO GET OUT OF EXERCISING...
Does the handle on my recliner not qualify as an exercise machine?
ANOTHER REASON WHY I CANNOT LOSE WEIGHT...
'I have metal fillings in my teeth. My refrigerator magnets keep pulling me into the kitchen. That's why I can't lose weight'.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
FANTASTIC APP FOR SWIMMERS...
SPLASHPATH – FREE -The best app for swimmers, this allows you to locate public and private pools, access timetables, sign up to swimming challenges and log your swims. It has a brilliant tab which identifies your nearest public and private pools and allows you to check timetables.
FIRST WEEK ON WEIGHT WATCHERS A SUCCESS...
I had my first weigh in today after a week on weight watchers and was very pleased to be told that I had lost 2.5lbs.
I know some people would like to lose more and some do lose a lot more but I'm better ticking along with 2 – 3lbs a week then it will stay off. I have also not been in the least bit hungry.
Because I wasn't 100% sure that I had worked the points out correctly with the wheel in the starter pack I bought the weight watchers calculator today.
Its very easy to use and wish I had bought it last week after finding out that a number of the foods I had eaten were the wrong points. All should have been higher and none lower (just typical) but I think as I had not used much of my extra points up it must have balanced out one way or another.
All in all I am happy with my loss and would absolutely love it to continue this way.
I know some people would like to lose more and some do lose a lot more but I'm better ticking along with 2 – 3lbs a week then it will stay off. I have also not been in the least bit hungry.
Because I wasn't 100% sure that I had worked the points out correctly with the wheel in the starter pack I bought the weight watchers calculator today.
Its very easy to use and wish I had bought it last week after finding out that a number of the foods I had eaten were the wrong points. All should have been higher and none lower (just typical) but I think as I had not used much of my extra points up it must have balanced out one way or another.
All in all I am happy with my loss and would absolutely love it to continue this way.
Monday, 10 January 2011
SPORTS TRACKER APP TO HELP YOUR WEIGHT LOSS...
SPORTS TRACKER -FREE -It turns your phone into a GPS sports computer, and can tell you everything you need to know, from how many calories you've burned to what your cycling, walking or running speed was at the end of a workout. It also offers maps, distance calculators and a step count, and even monitor your heart rate if you have a compatible monitor and it also logs all the data in a diary for you. Brilliant.
Sunday, 9 January 2011
WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW PRO POINTS DIET DAY FIVE...
Well, so far so good...
I've not checked if I have lost any weight yet as I could be put off the diet if I had lost nothing, or become a bit complacent if I found I had lost a bit so, I think I will wait until the weigh in on Wednesday.
I'm still struggling with the points wheel and I had a chat with my consultant about it and she said the only way that we will find out whether I have done it right is by my weight loss at the end of the week.
I will be gutted if I have it wrong, I've kept all the packages to take with me on Wednesday just in case. But, fingers crossed, so far so good.
I've not checked if I have lost any weight yet as I could be put off the diet if I had lost nothing, or become a bit complacent if I found I had lost a bit so, I think I will wait until the weigh in on Wednesday.
I'm still struggling with the points wheel and I had a chat with my consultant about it and she said the only way that we will find out whether I have done it right is by my weight loss at the end of the week.
I will be gutted if I have it wrong, I've kept all the packages to take with me on Wednesday just in case. But, fingers crossed, so far so good.
Thursday, 6 January 2011
WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW PROPOINTS PLAN...
Well today I joined our local Weight Watchers group in order to try out the new ProPoints plan. The difference to their other plan is it takes into account how protein, carbohydrates, fat and fibre are processed by your body instead of the dreaded calorie counting.
Basically every food and drink is assigned a ProPoints value. It takes into account the way your body processes the nutrients in food, to give you a more accurate measurement of the calories available to your body, after you have eaten it.
There's more room for a real life with the ProPoints as fresh and frozen fruit are free and most vegetables. All the points from the old system are completely different from the new system so even if you bought a Weight Watchers meal you would have to use your calculator to work out the new points until all the products have been redesigned with the new points on them.
It's going to take a few days to get my head round it so I will come back and blog when I understand it completely but there is a lot more freedom with the diet this time, which is a real plus
Basically every food and drink is assigned a ProPoints value. It takes into account the way your body processes the nutrients in food, to give you a more accurate measurement of the calories available to your body, after you have eaten it.
There's more room for a real life with the ProPoints as fresh and frozen fruit are free and most vegetables. All the points from the old system are completely different from the new system so even if you bought a Weight Watchers meal you would have to use your calculator to work out the new points until all the products have been redesigned with the new points on them.
It's going to take a few days to get my head round it so I will come back and blog when I understand it completely but there is a lot more freedom with the diet this time, which is a real plus
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
THE GI DIET - THE QUESTION IS DOES IT WORK?...
GI stand for Glycemic Index and is a measure of the impact of food in your blood sugar. The diet focuses on the way in which different foods affect low sugar levels.
Basically, when blood sugar increases, insulin levels in the body are elevated, and as a result, the body doesn't burn fat. This is what the GI diet plan attempts to minimise.
On the GI diet there are no foods that you can't eat but the secret ie eating more low GI foods rather than high GI foods.
Some examples of low GI foods are Al Bran and Porridge, Soya and Linseed bread, cabbage and carrots and some examples of high GI foods opposite the above are Cornflakes, Bagels, and Parsnips.
Really the only way you can get your head around this diet is either to download some of the details on the website www.the-gi-diet.org or buy one of the diet books. One highly rated book is by Antony Worral Thompson simply titled 'GI Diet'.
I'd be really interested to hear anyone who has been on this diet as looking at it, once you understood the plan and fill your cupboards with low GI foods then you should by all rights find weight dropping off.
Basically, when blood sugar increases, insulin levels in the body are elevated, and as a result, the body doesn't burn fat. This is what the GI diet plan attempts to minimise.
On the GI diet there are no foods that you can't eat but the secret ie eating more low GI foods rather than high GI foods.
Some examples of low GI foods are Al Bran and Porridge, Soya and Linseed bread, cabbage and carrots and some examples of high GI foods opposite the above are Cornflakes, Bagels, and Parsnips.
Really the only way you can get your head around this diet is either to download some of the details on the website www.the-gi-diet.org or buy one of the diet books. One highly rated book is by Antony Worral Thompson simply titled 'GI Diet'.
I'd be really interested to hear anyone who has been on this diet as looking at it, once you understood the plan and fill your cupboards with low GI foods then you should by all rights find weight dropping off.
Monday, 3 January 2011
YET ANOTHER WEIGHT LOSS TIP...
If your watching your fat intake but crave take-away curry then buy it but leave it to cool and place in the fridge then simply skim the fat off the top of it.
Sunday, 2 January 2011
DIETS – LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM...
You only have to open the papers and magazines today and you will find diet after diet, after diet being advertised.
The question is which one do you choose? The most popular, the online one, the diet club? And why are they all so different when you are also told that its only a case of cutting down your calories to lose weight?
It's quite confusing really so I am going to review some of the interesting ones for you starting with 'The Dukan Diet'.
Apparently this is the UK's best selling diet book, based on a protein focused weight loss regime. It has four million followers in 32 countries. The French GP Pierre Dukan's diet is used by the rich and famous and has certainly made him rich after it has already sold a quarter of a million copies.
It has four stages to the diet which starts with two to four days of only eating protein (eggs, meat, fish and certain dairy). Vegetables are the enemy and only introduced on alternate days. You can eat fruit, bread, cereals and starchy foods and 'two' 'whatever you want' meals a week.
But, unlike Atkins the Dukan diet allows lean meats and low far dairy. Bread is made by yourself with the recipe for it in his book which can be made in your microwave in five minutes.
The Dukan Diet Hoddar & Stoughton – I must admit this really does sound interesting but as I am joining Weight Watchers on Wednesday I had better give that a go first.
The question is which one do you choose? The most popular, the online one, the diet club? And why are they all so different when you are also told that its only a case of cutting down your calories to lose weight?
It's quite confusing really so I am going to review some of the interesting ones for you starting with 'The Dukan Diet'.
Apparently this is the UK's best selling diet book, based on a protein focused weight loss regime. It has four million followers in 32 countries. The French GP Pierre Dukan's diet is used by the rich and famous and has certainly made him rich after it has already sold a quarter of a million copies.
It has four stages to the diet which starts with two to four days of only eating protein (eggs, meat, fish and certain dairy). Vegetables are the enemy and only introduced on alternate days. You can eat fruit, bread, cereals and starchy foods and 'two' 'whatever you want' meals a week.
But, unlike Atkins the Dukan diet allows lean meats and low far dairy. Bread is made by yourself with the recipe for it in his book which can be made in your microwave in five minutes.
The Dukan Diet Hoddar & Stoughton – I must admit this really does sound interesting but as I am joining Weight Watchers on Wednesday I had better give that a go first.
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