Thread: Sophie's Slimming World and Cinema critiques!

Hey!
Oh I'm so glad about your review of Django lol. I'm getting a bit fed up of defending my dislike of Tarantino I went to a screening of Reservoir Dogs a few days before Django as me and my Sister had never seen it, but we both have Unlimited cards. I erm, yeah.... Some of it was good and witty and I really like Steve Buscemi. But it was too long, and not much happened except Tim Roth bleeding out on the floor....One of my best friends was incredibly put out that I didn't really like it. But *shrug*
Anyway, I went to see Django and expected not to really like it, but said friend was visiting and I had liked the trailers. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It was way too long, but overall I did like it. It did have some excellent funny moments and I too loved the relationship between Django and the Dr

But yeah, I'm really glad you don't like Tarantino It seems to be a pretty major sin among filmy people lol!

Hoping to go see Warm Bodies on Friday. I love zombies and I found the book really funny and very entertaining. A bit of zombie 'fluff'

It really looks like you've got the hang of SW. How do you make sticky rice?? I love getting that at the likes of Wagamama, but no idea how to make it.xx

I'm exactly the same at home! Even if its a film I've wanted to see for ages nd am really excited about I can't focus 100% and end up messing about on the iPad! Drives my husband mad! So what is your absolute fav film and/or genre? X

Originally Posted by cheekychinchilla

Hey!
Oh I'm so glad about your review of Django lol. I'm getting a bit fed up of defending my dislike of Tarantino I went to a screening of Reservoir Dogs a few days before Django as me and my Sister had never seen it, but we both have Unlimited cards. I erm, yeah.... Some of it was good and witty and I really like Steve Buscemi. But it was too long, and not much happened except Tim Roth bleeding out on the floor....One of my best friends was incredibly put out that I didn't really like it. But *shrug*
Anyway, I went to see Django and expected not to really like it, but said friend was visiting and I had liked the trailers. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It was way too long, but overall I did like it. It did have some excellent funny moments and I too loved the relationship between Django and the Dr

But yeah, I'm really glad you don't like Tarantino It seems to be a pretty major sin among filmy people lol!

Hoping to go see Warm Bodies on Friday. I love zombies and I found the book really funny and very entertaining. A bit of zombie 'fluff'

It really looks like you've got the hang of SW. How do you make sticky rice?? I love getting that at the likes of Wagamama, but no idea how to make it.xx

TOTALLY agree with you! Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are both SO overrated! Everyone talks about them as if they are so epic but Reservoir Dogs in particular is a snore rest in my eyes. Nice to hear someone else say it- all my filmmaker friends tut at me for shunning such a 'classic', bleh!
I loved zombie films! I had a cat called Zombie even I'm looking forward to warm bodies too, I'll be seeing it with my friend who is writing a novel about a zombie romance and is so pissed that Warm Bodies has stolen her idea :P
I love the 28 Days Later films and Zombieland, etc. Nothing beats a bit of brain lusting zombies ;D

Sticky rice- I bought this special rice from China town (London) which wasn't too expensive really, £7 for a huge bag. I think you can probably get it in the world food aisle of a big supermarket, but it will probably be more expensive. You need to get short grain rice, I can't remember the name but will let you know later (I tried pudding rice yesterday but just not as good!) then wash it thoroughly until the water isn't murky and leave it to soak overnight/8 hours. I then use a vegetable steaming rack (they suggest cheesecloth) and steam it at a medium heat for 55 mins, topping up the water and stirring the rice about half way through. Sounds long winded but it's all easy prep and then you just leave it to do it's own thing! Really nice every time! Sometimes we have it with just some slowly caramelised onions and soy sauce it always upstages the meat I put with it, lol.

Originally Posted by Clare7dd

I'm exactly the same at home! Even if its a film I've wanted to see for ages nd am really excited about I can't focus 100% and end up messing about on the iPad! Drives my husband mad! So what is your absolute fav film and/or genre? X

Haha, drives my boyfriend nuts too, he's always like "do you not want to watch it?!?" we've lived together for over a year, you think he'd just accept that I like to listen to films rather than watch? :P bit wacky for a cinematographer to not WATCH though, I know! There are very few films I'll watch without fidgeting on the iPad/phone/laptop!

Love your posts. Im the very same with watching films at home. Can't do it. Always end up on the laptop. Drives my fiance mad.

Originally Posted by brien77

Love your posts. Im the very same with watching films at home. Can't do it. Always end up on the laptop. Drives my fiance mad.

Thanks glad to have you here!

You'll never guess what I'm doing right now? haha, I'm showing my boyfriend 'Happy Gilmore' to see if his golf loving parents would like it. Of course I'm on Minimins at the same time though ;D

Hi guys, writing this from the couch as I don't watch the film that's currently on (Happy Gilmore)

Today has been great one of the other Wii games we ordered arrived- 'Exerbeat' - SO much fun! Anyone who has a Wii I very much recommend it. It's got exercises from Boxing and Karate to arobics, dance (Hip Hop, Latin Dance) and then yoga, strength stuff too. It's all about rhythm and music- punching through the boxing to a kick-ass beat, really fun!

So am feeling pumped today! I'm really new to exercise but the wii fit was already getting a bit easy- this gets me sweating nicely. I burnt over 1000 calories in 80 minutes today, and it all felt so fun

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As for food today- it's that time of the month so I've been so hungry today I literally ate 4 meals! EE day again...

Breakfast: The usual FF fromage frais, blueberries, banana, honey (1 syn, desert spoon)

Lunch number 1 (less than two hours later!!) : Salmon steak from yesterday, cooked but cold, on a bed of spinach leaves with some low fat salad cream (1 syn)

Lunch number 2 (around 4pm after my work out) : Spicy chicken with rice (2 syns for the 25g of phili light in it, 2 syns for the honey)

Dinner: Pasta cooked in stock cubes with Hex A of cheese, asparagus and spinach, seasoned with aromat.

Snacks: Special K Chewy Delight bar (gosh I love them! Hex B), Options White hot chocolate (2 syns) with marshmallows and whipped cream (3 syns) and the Cadbury chocolate buttons I'm currently enjoying.

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Syns total: 15

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I'm not much of a chocolate eater- I love it but just don't think about it if it's not in sight, so the BF keeps his all tucked away in a seperate cupboard as he needs a nibble of chocolate 5 times a day (and is slim, lucky sod!) but today I've been craving it, seem to get that way when I'm on my period- so am currently (very slowly) enjoying a pack of chocolate buttons, letting them melt on my tongue so I can stretch the 4 syns as far as possible :P mmm! Just two left, doubt they'll last until the end of the movie! :/

I'm not really doing weekly syns this week as I'm trying to eat more of them, last week it felt a waste to only have half of my allowance, so I'm challenging myself to eat more of my syns and keep things exciting since it's that time of the month I'm eating more than normal, so will probably be maxing out my syns for each day!

I've set myself a challenge of 30 minutes of exercise a day this week (on the Wii), so 3.5 hours/210 mins total for the week. Trying to set something doable, as previously I was setting 450kcal target on wii fit (which takes a WHILE to work off on that game as it's not very intense) so I ended up thinking "Ah, I'll never hit todays target, ah well, won't bother." where this way I can just think "a couple of games on Exerbeat twice a day, cool!" and maybe next week I'll set something higher. I read this week that just 7 minutes of exercise can raise your metabolism for 24 hours!

So so far my exercise count for the week is 80/210 mins (got a head start today I guess, but I'll still be aiming at doing a bit of exercise each day!)

Really awesome to see some comments had been hoping to make some SW friends on here! Thanks guys x

The wii sounds like fun. My fiance has the kinnect thing. I don't know how to set it up but he does it for me. We do dance and skipping etc. We are going to start the 30 day shred dvd 2moro and also the c25k programme. 15 weeks to the wedding so need to tone up FAST lol!!!

Originally Posted by brien77

We are going to start the 30 day shred dvd 2moro and also the c25k programme. 15 weeks to the wedding so need to tone up FAST lol!!!

Congrats on the looming wedding! How exciting and what a motivator! Have heard the 30 day shred is a killer- do report back on that (and good luck!)
Have played some non fitness kinect games and it seems quite cool- not having to have a remote is ace! Get your fella to teach you how to set it up so you can play it whenever! Usually just involves changing the channel and maybe plugging a wire in, used to be scared of that sort of thing until I had to wire up a ps2 solo and realised it's really simple!

What fitness games do you have for it? My dad has the xbox kinect and could really do with some fitness (and it's his bday soon!) any tips? X

Hi! Just had a skim through and well done on your weight loss! Hope I've lost as much as you in 2 months.

I need to start exercising but I'm so lazy! How do you motivate yourself?!

I had to laugh about the way you watch (or listen) to films! I'm exactly the same, apart from with tv programmes and football... (don't even bother putting films on anymore as I just don't have the attention span!) Drives my boyfriend mad!

What day do you weigh on?
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We have the "Fitness Evolved 2012" - that has everything on it from skipping to yoga. We also have Zumba which i may try, love the classes, Dance Central 2 and kinnect sports 1 & 2 (boxing, golf, bowling, track and field, darts etc)

Originally Posted by CharlieBlueFox

Hi! Just had a skim through and well done on your weight loss! Hope I've lost as much as you in 2 months.

I need to start exercising but I'm so lazy! How do you motivate yourself?!

I had to laugh about the way you watch (or listen) to films! I'm exactly the same, apart from with tv programmes and football... (don't even bother putting films on anymore as I just don't have the attention span!) Drives my boyfriend mad!

What day do you weigh on?
X

Oh my! So it seems like EVERYONE just listens to films and 'watches' their laptop etc instead? :P hahaha. We are born multitaskers and it annoys the boyfriends :P

I've never exercised before this past month- my motivation is the game element! I would suck on a treadmill, but the games make things really fun. I'm so competitive and they make it a challenge and it's rewarding to complete them! I love that they tell you how many calories you're burning off per exercise (and they take into consideration your BMI and how much effort you put in!) so I feel great when I have hit 1000 calories in a day! If you have a console like the Wii or Xbox Kinect I definitely recommend getting a game or two that are fitness related. 'Exerbeat' is the best one so far that I've tried on the Wii! Sooo fun. We got it for £15 on Amazon, though I also got a load of second hand games for really cheap to try which has been fun.

I wanted to join a gym but after much research all of my nearby ones kinda suck- either they're super expensive or just have rubbish classes (I know pool and classes are what I'd use most) so am sticking to the games for now. I was so scared at the initial idea of 'exercise' though, but when I mask it into a mental activity it's great! I can't wait to get cycling and rollerblading when the rain and snow stops (I bought a second hand bike and missed the last overground train I was allowed to take it on so had to cycle 7 miles through snowy London to get it home- after not having cycled in years! 7 miles sounds crap but it took an hour and nearly killed me :P haha)


My weigh in day is tomorrow morning (first thing before breakfast)! I'm expecting no loss, perhaps even a gain because of my period, always such a downer! But I will try hard not to dwell on it. When is yours? Do you go to group?

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Food for the day (Green day) :

Breakfast: FF Yog, banana, blueberries, honey (1 syn)

Lunch: Pasta (cooked in stock) with 2 x Hex A cheddar (60g total), uncooked spinach, boiled carrots, light salad cream (1 syn)

Dinner: Potato pancake (a grated onion and potato (excess liquid squeezed out after) folded into a whisked egg and fried flat, 3 mins each side) with 2 scrambled eggs on top and ketchup! (1 syn). I have had this for breakfast a couple of times before filming and it REALLY keeps me going all day, it's got amazing sustaining powers and takes about 15 minutes to cook but is really worth it if you need an energy boost for the day! I usually get by on just snacks for lunch after this, which helps when I'm on set.
Today I cooked the potato pancake in my Hex B tbspn of olive oil and it was sooo nice- way nicer than just with fry light! Almost nice enough to skip on my usual Hex B Special K Chewy Delight bar on an EE day, which I also had today as my second choice.

Snacks: velvet crunch (4 syns) and 2 x dairy milk buttons! Oh my :P the most chocolate I've consumed all year so far (period cravings are really getting to me!) so that's 8 syns for the two. I also had a fruit salad from M&S while shopping today in Brent Cross where I bought an ice-cream machine with my xmas John Lewis vouchers woop! So excited to make some FF frozen yoghurt tomorrow!! I LOVE frozen yoghurt! And it will be guilt free, woopie! The gadget was £25, the cheapest one available (hope it works OK! Will update on that tomorrow)

Syns for the day: 15

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Feel like I'm livin' on the edge with all these syns compared to last week! It's fab having double HEX's though, when I first started SW I didn't really bother with the HEX's (probably why my weight loss was slower to start with) and I thought "Why the hell would I do a red or green day when I could do a mixed day with EE?" But HEX's are awesome, I love my dairy fix of cheese (or milk for cereal/angel delight!! 7 syns for half a pack )

My weigh in is tomorrow as well and I also have my periods. I'm on a vlcd at the minute cos I need to loss 2 stone asap then after that I will stick to the low gi plan. I lived in london for 11 yrs. Could never imagine myself cycling I would end up being run over!

Originally Posted by brien77

My weigh in is tomorrow as well and I also have my periods. I'm on a vlcd at the minute cos I need to loss 2 stone asap then after that I will stick to the low gi plan. I lived in london for 11 yrs. Could never imagine myself cycling I would end up being run over!

That's brave! I could never manage a low cal diet :| good luck tomorrow nevertheless, I'm sure your loss will properly show next week though! x