Wow - Talk about being "driven"!
How does Diane manage to fit so much into her days? - She’s always on the go, I get tired out just reading about her exploits! It really is so impressive! She's a hard worker and no mistake!!
And….I'd just like to echo all of the "Well Done!" messages for her incredible weight-loss achievement and journey to improved fitness as she arrives at the enviable point where she just needs to consider maintaining it. What an incredible three to four months it has been! Well done, Diane - you are a real star and your daily progress and menu posts have been truly inspirational! Thanks for sharing them with us.
I’m impressed with the recent flurry of Indian culinary endeavour on the thread. Anakin, I'm mentally taking notes of all of your fab tips. Thanks for sharing them.
I don’t suppose anybody has a really good recipe for onion bhajis, do they? (Anakin, perhaps
?). I love them and I’ve tried making them myself in the past using recipes from various books but they’ve never turned out anywhere near as good as those that you get from Indian restaurants or takeaways. I’d love to know what “secret” ingredients go into the batter mix or what sort of oil “real” ones get cooked in.
MrG – Many thanks for posting details about the charity donations Samsung make. That sounds like a really good deal for the charity and I’d love to take part. Unfortunately, my mobile is just a very basic one. It makes phone calls and that’s about it – I even struggle to use it for texts. Some of my biking pals have smartphones, with all that whizzy satnav and gp stuff on though, so I’ll be sure to pass the info on to them. Rest assured if I ever get myself a suitable phone – I’ll set it up so that my biking miles start earning money for the charity. What a brill idea!!
My bike ride yesterday was only 17 miles, as we had limited time – which was kind of disappointing. However, it stayed dry whilst we were out - thanks for your concern Biggins
- then the heavens opened about half an hour after we had finished. Three of us are looking to do in excess of 50 miles tomorrow. That should be achieveable if I can persuade them not to stop at every cafe that we encounter on the way
. We are scratching our heads to see if we can agree a suitable route, that mostly keeps us away from heavy or fast moving traffic.
Today’s Meals:
It’s not often that you reach my age and come across a variety of some common fruit which you’ve never seen, or even heard of, before. Ladies and Gentlemen – can I introduce you to the YELLOW raspberry (Driscoll’s Estrella). Well maybe you are all aware of it and I’ve just led a sheltered life, but it was a new one on me,
1) Two Weetabix, semi skimmed milk, handful of blueberries, strawberries and Yellow raspberries.
2) Chicken Salad: Grilled chicken breast with balsamic glaze. Assorted leaves, tomatoes, pasta, red/green/yellow peppers, green and black olives, sweetcorn, celery, red onion.
3) Pad Thai: Chicken breast, rice noodles, vegetables and egg in a lightly spiced peanut sauce.
4) Earl Grey Tea, with lemon. Toast with Marmite.
Have Fun - be good everyone!
It's weigh-day for both Diane and I tomorrow! Best of luck, Slim!
that is amazing! 
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I did a 15 min Swiss Ball class and a 45 min combat class 
