jojojoanne wrote:PRESTON: that is such a good idea, going to the supermarket half an hour before closing. My Sister used to do that every Saturday and got really good bargains. My supermarket is open 24-hours. They do reduce stuff, but you never know when it's gonna be!!
I do my "mean" shopping, as it gets called in this house, at our local Waitrose. Their prices are normally outrageous and I would never b*y anything from them at the full price. However, the quality of their stuff really is superb, and because they close at 21:00 every night and 16:00 on Sundays - they start a massive reducing exercise each night for an hour before they close. Everything with an expiring sell b*y date gets reduced to sometimes a tenth of the original price.
If you b*y things that were on special offer (as in 3 for the price of 2) the stuff frequently actually ends up better than free, as the discount applied by their sysytem uses the original price to work out how much to take off. I used to be embarrassed only b*ying the cheap stuff - but now I don't care what anyone thinks. I'm not too proud to save money where I can, and spend it on other useful stuff instead. To me that makes a lot of sense - to the rest of my family (especially my kids) it's mean and embarrassing - needless to say no-one ever goes shopping for food with me
What you were saying about cooking for others resonates with me too Jojo.
When I was a kid my mum used to cook something and we'd all sit down together and eat it. We all had the same - No problem.
Now we (because to be fair to my wife, it's not just me doing the cooking) seem to have to prepare loads of different things to suit everyone's tastes for the same mealtime. It's partly because one of my girls has an allergy to nut products, the other doesn't eat any meat, fish or some animal products like stock. Obviously that's fair enough and can't be helped.
However, the second one is particularly picky and won't eat tomato skin, potato skin, grapes etc etc the list goes on! Bottom line is finding something that is suitable for everyone becomes a nightmare. Of course the lazy kids won't bring themselves to actually prepare something for themselves either. Some days it feels like I'm running a cafe here! Still at least I have the time now that I'm retired I suppose.
jojojoanne wrote: I envy you with your cycling.
Yeah I'm really loving it too - I took it up around the same time as I started my dieting on here and it's pretty much all I do by way of exercise these days. You are right though it's much better fun and feels a lot safer away from the traffic. I'm going out cycling tomorrow with two friends, one of whom I know will be trying to prove something after last week's run. It's all very good natured but there is definately some psychology and competitiveness creeping in - hence the only semi-serious/partially joking shaving of the legs thing! It could happen yet! No don't be daft of course it couldn't! Hmmm....I wonder though...
It could be a bit of a long and exhausting trip as no-one will want to be the first to admit that they've had enough!
Blokes eh?
I was just telling one of my current bike mates that when I was about 16 or 17 I stopped going to school on my bike and started walking instead because I became so self-conscious about riding it when I was "too old" as some of my then mates had started riding to school on motorbikes. Now here we are 40 years on and I can't get enough of it! With age comes self-confidence, eh!!
Diane65 wrote:We had a plate that you stuck your cards on with different foods that would only fit if it was balanced like a jigsaw
I'd be surprised if you hadn't still got yours somewhere!
Diane65 wrote: Preston has pictures of me on the weighing table pre and post chubby arms
Yeah, really!!
- like I'm going to risk posting anything like that again, Slim
Should be aiming for 1/2kg every week!!! Anyone want to pass me theirs?
Feel so sorry for all the school kids on holiday.