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Re: Weight Watchers

#611 Post by Diane65 » Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:37 am

Oh my gosh allsinging that was quick thinking in Tescos that takes some willpower being surrounded by all that food well done.
Poor you TheyCallMeMrGlass you must be shattered after that eventful day.
I trust the dig is aimed at me and my going out :oops: , I have 2 meals out this week - I could post the menus then you could help me choose the healthy options ;)
I can't walk very fast at the moment due to my shoulder I did try but its hard not to swing my arms hence hardly any exercise.
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#612 Post by TheyCallMeMrGlass » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:00 pm

Good idea, Diane, lets have a look at those menus and see what healthy options we can extract from them :)

So what happened to your shoulders?
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#613 Post by Allsinging » Mon Jun 14, 2010 2:14 pm

..Yes i was going to ask what happened to your shoulder?

..and also as mentioned i'm doing Race for Life if you would like to sponsor me here's the address http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/evalambert
any amount is wondeful, thanks guys :p
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Re: Weight Watchers

#614 Post by Diane65 » Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:47 pm

I damaged a tendon on my rotator cuff yanking a bag of compost which was stuck under some plants for an elderly neighbour!
I can still work but have limited movement in my shoulder, washing and drying my hair and shovelling food into my mouth with my left hand is a challenge, luckily I'm going out with good friends so don't mind my dodgy hair and poor table manners :oops:
My first meal is at Francs and the second one at pizza express, I drink water and black coffee so don't use calories for drinks.
http://www.francs-altrincham.com/indexeb00.html (I eat anything except fish)
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Re: Weight Watchers

#615 Post by TheyCallMeMrGlass » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:02 am

Well from the starters go for this.

Saucisse de Toulouse
Francs’s favourite, grilled Toulouse sausage, served with “Du Puy” green lentils and a splash of red wine sauce

And then er, p*y your bill and leave the restaurant! because omg Diane, this is the sort of menu that ensures you do not lose weight. There is not much choice here, and there is only one main meal that I could point out that is relatively healthy by quite a mile and it happens to a bloody fish meal which you dont want to eat! Why may I ask, young lady, your avoidance for fish???

Lets dissect each meal just for the fun of it, shall we ;)


Gigot D'Agneau au Risotto Champignon
Marinated lamb rump with lime, cooked pink, served on Arborio risotto cooked with select mushrooms, scattered with green vegetables, finished with a rosemary jus

Mmmm, delicious. Why because it has the creamy highly fattening Risotto. Third healthiest option (out of 4!). Arborio risotto happens to be the lower calorie of risottos, but thats not saying much. If you go for this one though, try eat only a little of the Risotto, dont eat it all. Devour the whole lamb rump and eat up those vegetables and then this would actually be your best choice....if you discipline yourself and selectively from this dish.

You can also ask the waiter/ess to seperate the risotto in a seperate bowl so you can budget yourself on it easier. Also tell them not to put any creamy/cheesy sauces on your dish.

Colin a la Vapeur
Fillets of steamed Pollock garnished with crayfish and a spaghetti of spring vegetables, served on crushed new potatoes, with an American sauce and a panache of vegetables

The best option except I dont like the sound of American suace! I mean how vague is that? Considering how obese many Americans are, I'd ask them to leave that out completely! And dont you just love the way they word things..."A PANACHE OF VEGETABLES", er basically some veggies, right? I mean when the hell did panache become a word of quantity. But...you dont eat fish, grrr...lets move onto the next item...


Risotto Monts de Velay
Arborio rice risotto cooked with St Agur cheese,Shitake & Paris mushrooms crowned with a soft poached egg, with fresh Parmesan shavings

There's that Risotto again, and with yum yum make me fat St Agur cheese too. Shitake..uh huh..well apparantly its a type of mushroom (sigh of relief) so all good. But all in all this is the worst choice

Supreme de Volaille Pacifique
Corn-fed chicken breast marinated with coconut milk, ginger, green Thai paste, lime & chilli served with Pilaff rice and an Oriental style salad with a roasted Sesame oil, rice wine vinegar and soy dressing

Coconut milk is highly fattening, avoid such main dishes. I'm sure thats meant to be Pilau and not Pilaff rice, which is high calorie rice. When you have rice options with any meal always for plained boiled rice. Soy dressing is perfect salad dressing though. Well out of a bad lot, this might be the next best healthiest to the fish dish.

You know what though, this menu is a 2 meal deal and is very short in selection. However, looking at the La Carte menu, there is the following item:

Pates d'Asperge £10.95

Fresh Tagliatelle pasta cooked with Asparagus, pimento peppers, Parmesan and a horseradish cream, served with Francs salad

Now this is £2 more (if you consider half of the £19 for 2 meal deal) but worth it for pure healthy and still tasty choice making. But I would understand your friends wont be too pleased as they would want to split the £19 deal. Unless there is an odd number of you, then you're ok!
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Re: Weight Watchers

#616 Post by TheyCallMeMrGlass » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:26 am

As for pizza express, well go for a legarra (its lighter on the mozarella), you can actually specify to have even less cheese, and to cut out any ingredients that are high in saturates. They wont look at you funnily because this particular chain are trying very hard to please the health conscious customers! But their cunning too, their "lighter" pizza is a pizza with a hole in the middle, lol.

But good on you for drinking water and tea with your meals! Enjoy your meals and hope your shoulder heals up quickly. Dont make exuses though, you can still walk, in fact walk even more to compensate ;)
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Re: Weight Watchers

#617 Post by TheyCallMeMrGlass » Tue Jun 15, 2010 12:29 am

Allsinging wrote:..Yes i was going to ask what happened to your shoulder?

..and also as mentioned i'm doing Race for Life if you would like to sponsor me here's the address http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/evalambert
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o/ o/ o/ I wanna see you RUN that race, not walk it which means you're gonna train a little harder coming up to it, wont you ;)
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Re: Weight Watchers

#618 Post by Allsinging » Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:07 am

TheyCallMeMrGlass wrote:
Allsinging wrote:..Yes i was going to ask what happened to your shoulder?

..and also as mentioned i'm doing Race for Life if you would like to sponsor me here's the address http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/evalambert
any amount is wondeful, thanks guys :p
o/ o/ o/ I wanna see you RUN that race, not walk it which means you're gonna train a little harder coming up to it, wont you ;)
..ha ha well I'm going to try really hard..I've got two weeks left so its three times at the gym doing my 5k walk/jog/run :oops: and other bits ....(I'm getting there) and in between walking, then Sunday day off :D

Thank you so much TheyCallMeMrGlass and Diane65 for your very generous sponsors..so chuffed i can't stop smiling....what lovely people you are o/

I'm feeling really positive about this now, I've got a inkling that the buzz might just push me along :D
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Re: Weight Watchers

#619 Post by Diane65 » Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:20 am

Wow what a food review, I did have the pasta as you suggested which was delicious; it was 2 courses for £19 not 2 meals so was fine. I will weigh myself at work this morning :noo: :cross:
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Re: Weight Watchers

#620 Post by TheyCallMeMrGlass » Wed Jun 16, 2010 3:44 pm

Excellent choice, Diane! So glad you went for the best one. Now here's a tip, when you have had a complex carbs dominant day (ie starch food such as pasta, rice, sweet potato) then you are storing fuel for a really good work out to be had on the following day. So Diane, today you can go for a good brisk walk (shoulder permitting), and do stair climbing at home. Take advatage of that fuel you stored up yesterday :)

Never make injuries an excuse, yes you must let injuries heal but you can still use other limbs to compensate for a good workout. When I had my heal problem I coulnt even do running. So what did I do? I didnt think, oh man, I cant do anything until this heals up. Game over if you think like that. No, I thought, what can I do to compensate? Well I can still do the upper body resistance for starters. But what about cardio, how will I get that in? Why, rowing! And even the X trainer as both these equipment have very little impact on the legs and heels.

There is always a way round every obstacle that crosses your path, remember that everyone, never make excuses for yourself :)
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