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Re: Weight Watchers

#4341 Post by Diane65 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 11:46 pm

dfletch08 wrote:Stay away from Herbalife. Can't wait for my cheat meal tomorrow. So hungry!
Enjoy your treat day tomorrow. I've had mine today and just had sticky toffee pudding and custard at Wetherspoons and am now too stuffed to sleep but need to be up early to do my exercise DVD before the man comes to re lay my flags.
What's wrong with Herbalife? :confused: I have never heard of it.
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#4342 Post by greece » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:53 am

Diane65 wrote:
dfletch08 wrote:Stay away from Herbalife. Can't wait for my cheat meal tomorrow. So hungry!
Enjoy your treat day tomorrow. I've had mine today and just had sticky toffee pudding and custard at Wetherspoons and am now too stuffed to sleep but need to be up early to do my exercise DVD before the man comes to re lay my flags.
What's wrong with Herbalife? :confused: I have never heard of it.
Herbalife is really popular in my country and its been there for ages, I used to drink one of their teas 5 years ago and I consumed it for over a year, I really dont know if it works but back then I used to go to the gym 4 days a week and I was fit so maybe it helped who knows all I remember is that it was a bit pricy :/

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Re: Weight Watchers

#4343 Post by moggers » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:30 am

Herbalife is sort of like Amway which is a pyramid selling scheme. Health wise there have been concerns over ingredients used in the programme and the German Government have tried to have some of the products banned. Using meal replacements/shakes etc just isn't going to work for me being a bit older as I need to lose weight steadily and slowly so I don't end up with too much saggy skin! As I said my friend has had good results but I think that might be down to bootcamps at lunchtime and having her calories controlled than the herbal supplements.

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Re: Weight Watchers

#4344 Post by Diane65 » Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:23 am

moggers wrote:Herbalife is sort of like Amway which is a pyramid selling scheme. Health wise there have been concerns over ingredients used in the programme and the German Government have tried to have some of the products banned. Using meal replacements/shakes etc just isn't going to work for me being a bit older as I need to lose weight steadily and slowly so I don't end up with too much saggy skin! As I said my friend has had good results but I think that might be down to bootcamps at lunchtime and having her calories controlled than the herbal supplements.
Oh right I remember the dreaded Amway. One of my friend's asked if he could come around and see me one evening which I assumed was just for a chat but oh no he arrived with a clipboard which he set up in my kitchen and on with the Amway and started drawing a diagram about pyramid selling - not sure if he thought that I was a bit thick and needed a diagram to show how pyramid works but we did pyramids at infant school :wall: Sorry gone completely off topic here :offtopic: Thanks for the information Moggers I hadn't a clue what it was about.

After my sticky toffee pudding last night its back on the straight and narrow now. Just done my Tracy Anderson DVD this morning and now need to plan healthy meals for the day.

Menu of the day:
Fitnesse cereal with a black coffee (300 calories)
I will decide shortly re meals.

Just got into Tesco's cherries and berries cordial it is delicious with very few calories. I keep on going off on tangents today but I'm converted to moviemann's ginger and garlic cubes they are so easy to use and 100% pure (still waiting for the latest curry recipe :roll: ) o/

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Re: Weight Watchers

#4345 Post by moggers » Sat Mar 16, 2013 3:35 pm

Was working overtime so not the best start to the day but will get back on track for the rest. It's my rest day so no exercise today as I went to the gym on thursday and friday at work, will do a Tiffany 30 mins mix up tomorrow and then back on the kinect for my mixed cardio and strength workout on mon/tues. husband is out tonight so just me and the kids, not sure what I'll make for dinner as yet but still have a few calories so I can be a bit indulgent.
Diane, I use the chilli cubes for my homemade chilli and use garlic infused olive oil in most of my cooking.

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#4346 Post by greece » Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:31 pm

I'm so embarrased to post here as I have stopped excercising, I don't feel like it and all I want is eat chocolates, maybe in a coupe of weeks I'll be back with some routines but until then I'll be quite in the corner of shame

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Re: Weight Watchers

#4347 Post by moggers » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:07 pm

Come back when you are ready lovely Greece! I've had a crap day today and feel like eating junk and chocolate so I settled for two bites of cupcake and that seems to have worked. On target for my calorie goal but sugar is through the roof today :(

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Re: Weight Watchers

#4348 Post by SOLACE » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:10 pm

Heyyyyy a thousand apologies Diane for the delay in the recipe, i know i promised it like midweek ! its been a real busy week and ive only really managed to have some time this evening to be able to post it, having a lovely chilled out saturday evening, kids are glued to the tv watching the cube and i'm wrapped up in a warm blanket on the sofa posting on this fantastic site :P Went to the gym in the morning, did a chilled out relaxed 40 min mix of walking,, running spinning and rowing (10 mins of each) I had the fleetwood mac rumours album on my mp3 player and i was in a whole different wonderful world ! Its like the perfect saturday morning ! :D Loooove that album sooooooo much !

So, here is the recipe for the fish curry, its really easy and really quick , fish only takes about ten mins to cook and there are no onions in this recipe to be fried so the whole thing should take you 15-20 mins max from the minute you start to wash your hands to begin with to the final minute when you are serving the food :)

There only a few types of fish that will work in a curry, anything pink fleshed will NOT work whatsoever eg salmon rainbow trout etc , heres a a quick list of what will work in order of preference and general availability

1 Seabass - The best option, but expensive

2 Tilapia - Sounds exotic but readily available in the asian frozen section of Tesco , very cheap but dont be fooled by the price , its VERY GOOD, if it wasnt for seabass this would be top of the list easily

3 Coley - cheap and delcious but for some reason not really available as much in the supermarkets

4 Basa - again sounds exotic but even more readily Avaible in the frozen fish section in Tesco next to the cod and haddock , tesco own brand, very soft fish so must handle with care and not stir too much ,

5 Cod , Haddock - Good all rounders for just about anything, makes for good curry too

6 Pilchards - The tinned variety that comes in tomato sauce , this is a great way to get a portion of your weekly oily fish intake , very high in omega 3 which will make you smarter and sharper ! o/ Pilchard curry maybe a bit of an acquired taste for people who are not into fish so much, you can use tinned mackerel too but i had a bad experience with a tinned mackerel once and its put me off it for life !

if you would like to try a more exotic and more authentic fish then silver pomphret or red snapper are the absolute ideal fish for curry , available from asian and oriental supermarkets

Also , fresh or frozen fish both will work just as well as eachother, i usually b*y frozen as lot more value for money , so if you go for frozen make sure its THOROUGHLY defrosted before cooking

So now that you have decided on your fish heres what else you will need :)

Most frozen fish come in packets weighing 400grams, so this recipe will assume you are using 400grams of fish which will feed 2-3 people , possibly even 4, cut the fish fillets into pieces (its upto you how big you want the pieces)

Corn or olive oil
Garlic cubes x 2
curry leaves about 6-8 leaves (optional)
Cumin seeds half teaspoon
half a Tomato tin
half teaspoon chilli powder
half teaspoon garlic powder ( i'm hesitantly saying optional but try to get this as it makes ALL the difference !)
half teaspoon coriander powder
quarter teaspoon turmeric powder
Fresh coriander
lemon juice
dried fenugreek (optional)
salt

So, begin with by heating a good amount of oil (about a quarter of a small cup is ideal, but i will leave it to you how much you would like to use , the more the better but obviosly not too much and certainly not more than quarter cup), once the oil is heated add the 2 cubes of garlic (no onions or ginger for this recipe) , once that has melted and cooked slightly add the cumin seeds (note not powder) and the curry leaves , before the garlic starts to burn and this does happen quite quickly once the cubes have melted so be careful , add the tinned tomatoe , give a it good stir and try to mash the tomatoe bits up using the spoon you stir with ( you could blitz this in the blender before adding which will be perfect, however this will leave a lot more washing up at the end !) , remember to keep stirring this now until you start to see the oil rising to the top , at this point add the coriander powder turmeric powder and chilli powder and the garlic powder, keep frying and if it starts to stick then add tiny amounts of water to help you stir and fry, do this for about a minute to make sure the spices are cooked , now add about a glass of water, stir (hopefully there are no big tomato bits ) and add the fish pieces , at thsi point you will need to stop stirring as you dont want the fish to break up , just make sure the fish pieces are covered in sauce and add more water if need be , add the salt and cover the pot with the lid and let it cook for about 6-8 minutes on a very low heat , once cooked, remove from heat and add fresh chopped coriander (as much as you want), add the optional dried fenugreek about a tablespoon and squeeze lemon juice all over . Serve with rice ( doesnt reaally go with naan ) and salad . There you have it :)

Instead of fish you can use king prawns which is even more delicious but not as healthy due to the high cholestrol in prawns , ive never made a mix of prawn and fish curry , but its an idea :)

Good luck and enjoy !
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Re: Weight Watchers

#4349 Post by greece » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:19 pm

moggers wrote:Come back when you are ready lovely Greece! I've had a crap day today and feel like eating junk and chocolate so I settled for two bites of cupcake and that seems to have worked. On target for my calorie goal but sugar is through the roof today :(
Awww you are so sweet, I don't feel alone anymore as I thought I was losing it with these chocolate cravings
keep up your calorie goal girl I know you can, best positive vibres to you x

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Re: Weight Watchers

#4350 Post by moggers » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:30 pm

Cheers lovely! I'm still good for today but just getting to that hump of cutting calories and increasing exercise grumpyness. I'll be fine tomorrow. Home alone with DD and DS so just tempted to snack

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