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Confused? You mean the one i do of Kathy's recipes? Its been up and running for ages, linked on my signature and in the thread.

Just had this, added some whole mushrooms, was really nice served with rice cooked with peas and sweetcorn.

Hi Kay, still here, on and off. Tend to only come on to update the recipe links now. All good thanks. Hope you are well.

Webpage list of these recipes - Click Me! All up to date ladies.

Seemingly a lot easier than finding a decent woman!! :eek:

I did the potato and gammon bake the other day again as well, really good, same problem, no portion control. I need a woman Kathy, these recipes really are no good for a single bloke. :D

This is awesome, made it today, in the slow cooker while i was out all day. I even used some of the liquid to boil the rice in. The only issue is that it was so nice the portion control went way out of the window. :eek:

I have heard that about phone access not being able to see the signatures before. Its easy enough to add a link to the post but rather a pain to do each and every time. Clearly its ok for me as i don't post that often. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D I...

Thank You, its nice to get some feedback. It may even be worth looking at making it a stand alone site, dependent on thinking up some other content. Time will tell.

Ooooh, hit counters, contentious issue. lol. I can look at the logs on the host server but not actually worked out the graphs yet. Oooops. :D

I had another rep comment but without a name given so i didn't think i would gloat about that one. :D Not sure if many actually use the webpage to be honest, but not totally sure. Its still something I enjoy to do. All good here thanks, same as ever, but can't complain. Hope you are well...

Ooooh, a rep comment. Thank you. :D I shall return more often, such an attention seeker that I am. :flirt2::flirt2:

Holiday? What is one of those!? :) Im lost about the cursor? Its bad habit to make links open in new windows but for this, where one may be looking through different ideas for meals, I thought it best to open separately so the main page doesn't get lost.

After a period of woeful neglect on my part (sorry Ladies) here is a link for the newly updated webpage of recipe links, bang up to this point here with the recipes. CLICK ME!

Still here Kay, although rarely do i come onto minis now. I actually need to catch up with Kathys recipe page so will be about for a day or so now i expect. Hope you are well.

Indexed links of all of these recipes updated + a couple of site tweaks (mainly for phones) - Click HERE! - Please click the social media like and share buttons

UPDATED EASY FIND RECIPE LINKS - CLICK HERE Please do click the social media share and like buttons at the top of the web page. This was awesome last night. UPDATED EASY FIND RECIPE LINKS - CLICK HERE Please do click the social media share and like buttons at the top of the web page.

Indexed recipe list updated - Click here!

Just had this, but only had half the amount of mushrooms so added some chopped parsnip as well (as acquired from my parents garden earlier today). Really really nice. Enough for the same again tomorrow. Very mild, which suits me personally, but im sure those that do curry often would know about...

Up to the minute web page index of these recipes CLICK ME

Bang up to date page of links to all of these recipes - CLICK ME!

Strangely enough i looked this up Doreen. Waitrose, Tesco, My Supermarket (for all those online shoppers). I would imagine the other supermarkets do it as well.

Recipe Links Updated :happy096: Click Me!

Shock horror, Texty's inbox is full. AGAIN! :mad: :D

Yay, i got one of those as well. Feeling special. :D

Over Christmas I blew out, decided that i was going to enjoy it being that the previous year i had no indulgences at all, and that cost me a gain of about 18lb. Still have 2lb to go to get rid of that before i then start to try to get below what has always been a stopping point for me, no matter...

All good here thanks Kathy, head deep in learning still but will be worth it in the end.

Hey You are almost a stone lighter than me, and an inch taller, You can't be doing that bad.

No worries. wont post every time I update but every now and again, just to remind of the link, and to possibly help those on phones who cannot see signatures.

Is that a hello from both of you? :D

Site updated - Click here The link in either Kathy's or my signatures will also take you to the page.

Indexed list of all the recipes here

The problem is that there are so many different devices all with varying sizes of screen so it makes it almost impossible to check properly, and then there are sites which are mobile only browsers (which some have as well as their main sites). I do resize my browser to design responsively but...

For those using phones to view Mins, they probably can't see signatures. Once they've visited your page though, it is easy to bookmark it on your phone browser, so you can return easily :) So for anyone reading on a phone, here's the link again, to add as a bookmark. Kathy's No Fuss Recipes...

The one that says 'Kathy's no fuss recipe links' ?

Fully indexed recipe links page For those of you on Facebook, I have added a like and share button in the top info box on the webpage. Please feel free to hit them both and get Kathy's efforts well read.

Flattery. :D

Thank you 'Mother'. :D As you know with me there is a lot more to things than just the weight loss, if i can keep focused on things now I will be about, annoying people again. :) And the plus side of that is the progress in other areas that I have made. Although losing 18lb to get back to where...

The links are either in my signature or Kathy's Click here for a fully indexed page of the recipes or Kathy's No Fuss Recipe Links

Thank you very much. Not sure I am back as such, only really popped on to have a nose, ended up making the webpage of recipe links for Kathy, and will need to keep coming in to update the page, so I thought I would at least update my stats.

And so it starts again. :O Have reset my stats to start again from scratch, it was no longer accurate with what was listed. 18lb gone since the end of December and now I am about getting to the point where I bombed last time. This time i WILL get through that dark hole and approach what was the...

Thanks Kathy, glad to do something that will be useful to others. And thanks for the couple of rep comments I have had as well, more than expected.

No, sites already in use and not normally of issue were all down as well, not just the recipe links.

Ummm, you will need to ask Kathy about that Doreen, nothing to do with me, I can assure you that I only listed from the links in each thread and from the indexes that you have filled. :D If you check through the lists on here you will see a few are duplicated. I just copied, if i tried to worm...

Well, some of my pages are put together with plain HTML and the others are built with PHP. The other night all of the PHP pages on the servers were not working, but the HTML ones were. That would suggest a problem on the servers. See, not to technical really. :D

I wont go into the technical bits with this but the other night I had issues with all of a certain type of domain file, of which was to do with the servers that I employ to host my pages. I am guessing, as I was not here to see it, that it will be the same issue Doreen. If it happens again...

Kathy already has the instructions for her to attempt that, it may take a while. lol. I posted just to get it there for now.

Find all of Kathy's recipes indexed on the webpage shown on my signature. Categories and clickable links straight to all of the recipes listed here.

Given up waiting for you to empty your inbox, i shall take to my bed in an early night sulk. lol. Speak soon Mother! xx

Grrrr, empty your inbox woman. :D

Ignore

Indeed, thats why i went, far to much going on and needing full attention. Im sure we will all come through in the end.

Lol, its not photo shop, just stood at a different angle so the fat belly dont show. All changed on that front, not been doing the sites, just concentrating on recovery, but not dwelling on that here. May be restarting the weight loss so i popped in here to look at your thread actually, and...

Kay, flattery will get you EVERYWHERE! No secret, really not as good as it would seem, actually heavier than i was when i moved into the flat over a year ago, the pics are just taken at cleverer angles now. Im sure there haven't been many notice that i had even run off. lol.

I think its some sort of impostor Kay, strange looking boy. (thanks) Happy new year to you too. x

Inbox full. Grrr. Nothing changes. lol.

Nope, as of yet nobody has offered. Let me adjust the sheet as much as I can so that its as easy to sort as possible (its all but there anyway), shall get it done so its ready for the next challenge that Texty starts.

Sorry to say that this will be the last week or so of me doing the challenges. It has been fun (mostly) and i am glad that i have motivated some. It only started off as doing a spreadsheet to make life easier for "Mother" (Texty) and it ended up with me moderating it from that point on. I am...

Sorry to say that this will be the last week or so of me doing the challenges. It has been fun (mostly) and i am glad that i have motivated some. It only started off as doing a spreadsheet to make life easier for "Mother" (Texty) and it ended up with me moderating it from that point on. I am...

Im not going anywhere, just not committing to doing the challenge sheets anymore. lol.

Like i say, if i can make something up so people can self regulate the input then i will do that, just a lot more difficult than people would think.

Wow. i can't remember the last time i did that diary. Not feeling any want towards it at the moment.

Awww, thanks Kay. Although im not sure about many missing me. lol.

And i have enjoyed doing them, but the last week or so has been hard, doing other things and losing the motivation to come on here or do the sheets, better if i just pull out.

i will still pop in, just cant handle the commitment to anything at the moment. Still trying to work a webpage for it, that wont change, but have so much going on now that i am doing many things and finishing none. Alas it all has to come down to priority.

Hi both. Not been about for a while, stuff going on. Just updated the challenges, will try to keep on top of them until the end of this month but will be pulling out from doing them now. Hope you are both well. x

ah, im sure i would cope with it, im well versed. :D

oh, am i going to capitulate to a life of servitude, just because of the temptation of making a spreadsheet???? hmmmmm. ;)

i need to be careful, i seem to be at least in the same county as Cavegirl, i may end up signing my life away. :eek:

Yeah, why not, im on me way. ;)

Haha, its not as hard as one may think, the work was put in with making the spreadsheet, that does all the work now. Its not a matter of people needing to always declare each week, it makes no odds to me as the sheet will automatically mark people as absent. But when they return and declare but...

All good here ladies thank You very much. Been doing the housewife bit, ironed, hoovered, dishes washed, trifle made (mmmm).

Can i please ask, if you are declaring a weight for any week OTHER than the current week running will you say so in the post. It really does not take much to confuse me these days, just a brief note to say its for previous week or something, just so i know where to input it on the sheet. Many...

Awwww, a rep comment, thank You very much, whoever you are. Feeling the love. :D See, so easily pleased, pat on the head and a biscuit and im happy sitting in my corner. Not the Ogre hardened rules man that some seem to think. ;) :rotflmao: (as a plus, along with my own personal journey, I am...

Sussed it, you joined the challenge a week in, i shall mark the sheet accordingly. :D

Long way from that point yet, but thank You. ;) Seem to be missing a figure for last week? I shall check back through the thread but as it stands I have nothing for week beginning the 1st July.

I have assumed, by virtue of the smiley face, that this is 'off'. ;)

I have an idea for an app to work on phones, tablets and touch screen laptops but would need to learn how to programme first. So much to do at the moment its finding time to fit it all in.

I bet I only know one tenth of the formulas, and that's without even going into arrays, have no idea on that lot yet, mind it is all self taught from what i find online when I need to answer a question as I make a sheet. Love the idea of somehow incorporating the knowledge with website building...

Thank You very much, i am a bit of a geek when it comes to the chance to make a spreadsheet, although it is very novice and needs tweaking here and there.

Somewhat confused. (i know, doesn't take much :D ) How can you have weighed for the week beginning the 8th, when it is only the 7th?

Glad you do. lol.

I would much sooner get it onto a web page to be honest, it is a real tie having to update it as much as it needs. As much as the old way was prone to massive problems at least people were responsible for their own updates. That is what i am trying to do, make something where people do their own...

The daily amount of calories for a man is 2500. Lowering them clearly means the body should lose weight, and thus as that happens the calories should go back up to the 2500 to sustain a healthy weight level. Less calories = lose weight, more calories = gain weight. So im not sure what you seen...

I just wanted something to work alongside of seeing the losses, if they happen of course. The online one they have works fine on a daily basis but i like the overall factor. To be fair, with my slight OCD approach to some things I do make sure that all of the arrows are right on the website...

I have tried for almost a year now to get Mother to do the challenge spreadsheets, somehow i don't think she will want to have lessons in spreadsheets. lol. I use the Tesco Wellbeing site, it has the tools and systems and my spreadsheet is just a variation of it. They have a breakdown of the...

Not certain about that, although i know that it will go up when i declare activity. I did just over an hours walking this morning so the calories went up to 2050. I think the base level is set from weight, gender, etc, not sure. Most of the categories are between 2 figures so there are margins...

Just ask the bloody question Kay. lol. ;)

Ah, an excuse to make a spreadsheet, although a lot less complicated than the challenge ones. A sheet to track my progress with calorie counting for a few weeks. It shows 8 in total but hoping to just do 2 or 3 and then take another look at how things lie. I liked the simplicity of the SW...

'tis not a problem, its only the issue of pointing things out so i enter into the right places. Sorted. Thanks. ;)

Concentrate on the percentage, make it as good a figure as possible, forget the target totally.

Well you know i offered, if she is online, needs someone neutral, and knowing, then i am always happy even if its only to chat about something in common.

Im the same, wouldn't speak to my parents (bearing in mind that was all i had after i was let out of hospital)

Memory should return. As for not sleeping, some of that could be the fear of not waking up. Trust me that was a massive issue to me. But clearly we are all affected differently.

If she isn't affected with mobility issues then i doubt very much that she is going to sit and rest.

it is somewhat scary being confronted directly by ones own mortality.

Wow, more than 2 years and i am still not fit for work, they have signed me off as disabled indefinitely on the DLA side of things. Nobody seems to be certain if the vertigo is a true state or if it is just symptoms showing as that due to damage to the brain. I do see progress though, albeit...

Going by what You told me that she suffered i would say that she was amazingly lucky. A gentle but serious enough warning sign.

Wouldn't have you any other way. haha. It was the same for me, ok so it was mainstream with it being a stroke, but they said i was far to young, and the favtor of what actually happened, plus it didn't show up on the scans. Oh well, still here to tell the tale. ;)

Wow, that sounds complicated.

Fingers crossed that it can be sorted for you.

At least you notice. Far too many hit their target and then never come back to declare. So infuriating.

Kay, sit in the corner quietly, there's a good girl. :ignore::rotflmao: I have one of those bars that you put in the doorway to shove your feet under to do the sit ups, had a go at it, then bought a mat as i have bare floors and not carpeted (very uncomfortable) and have not done it since. I...

Slimming World worked great at losing what I had gained through mobility issues, but when it came to the issue of the belly from previous to that gain it just could not get into it. One thing that I have noticed with the calorie counting is that it makes you focus on balance as well. It really...

Added myself back in, perhaps that will ensure i come and update more often? 3 lb off for me after moving onto a different concept on Monday. Apologies for the delay again ladies.

Thanks Kay.

I know it will be a contentious issue with some on here as they think that SW is the only thing that works, but I have said all along that the main weight loss I had was what I put on after the stroke, and that then halted once I got back to what I was previously. No amount of discipline or...

Great minds think alike, just come on here to do the sheets. haha. All good ta, a little effort goes a long way. 3 lb off in 5 days of calorie counting and food balancing. Even if i only do it for a few weeks and then resort back to the SW concept of eating, i am hopeful that i shall at last...

Have to say congrats on a great loss. I have entered it onto the sheet for you, but being that You haven't actually joined this challenge I have entered a target of 15 lb for You. If that is not a figure You wish then please advise accordingly. Wish every body else was as motivated as Yourself...

I see that someone has asked about another long challenge, and as much as i know that these challenges do motivate people I don't think it is worth the amount of effort that I put in to be honest. This one being a perfect example, the attendance figure over the last few weeks reading 63%, 65%...

Hmmm, says Kay who pulls out on a regular basis. ;)

Too many saturates, not enough fibre, protein and carbs, according to them. And its the same as what i would normally eat. Except, i have had more cheese today than what i would ever normally have. Cheese and ham salad for lunch, and lasagne for dinner. Oooops. I think its far too easy to be a...

Just general things, its more in depth, shows calories but also saturates, fats and sugars, as well as protein and carbs.

Not so sure anymore. Seeing what I have counted on there, some foods that SW says is ok and yet is not reading good figures on there, makes one wonder. But I have always said that all of these food plans are designed to keep you on them, how else would they keep making their millions?

Its pretty much the same as slimming world now isn't it? My Mother does that one and works on points in some degree.

Its calorie counting so there is no way of knowing unless you have the weight of what you eat. I had lasagne for dinner, and salad for lunch. Each ingredient for the lasagne, and each component of the salad, needed a weight to be able to get the figures of what is being eaten. It has allowed me...

All good here thanks. Been looking at the Tesco Well Being site, wow, all that weighing of every little thing you eat. And then trying to get the balance right of all the components. I may do it for a couple of days or so as it is showing me where its not all as good as they say on slimming...

Somewhat surprised that Mother hasn't set one up yet. Watch this space.

Awesome, i will need to do some shopping, get some food into the house. haha. Thank You.

It was only a small piece of beef. Every part of that sentence is wrong, on all levels. Beautiful, proper food, made with crap processed sauces. MOTHER!

Leftovers? Its funny because I had my last slice of sw lasagne the other day and its been in my head that I will make a proper one next.

Just doing it now, for once i have applied myself, router turned off, phone turned off, telly turned off, and spent what could be construed as almost a full working day doing constructive things on my laptop. One day i shall reap the rewards. lol. Small fillet of topside beef, cooked in a...

Hey ho, everybody saying hi and im not here. urghhhh, sorry. Good morning to you both. Walked up to the shop in the sun at 8.30 this morning, had some breakfast and coffee, and going to do a roast dinner for later. Hot weather doesn't turn me into a salad wimp. haha.

Thats great, always helps when you know people care.

As long as you are healthy is all that matters. xx

Awww, bless you. Everything ok with the op i hope?

prefer the idea of you sinking into your pillows. Hope someone is plumping them up for you. ;)

Sneaking in for a short visit. Not sure about things really, have taken to weighing on a Saturday morning, not sure why, but no scales all week so i am finding that it stops me from thinking "well i lost 1 lb yesterday so i will be ok to have..........". Lost a total of 5 lb this last 7 days...

Apologies for the delay folks.

Apologies for the delay folks.

I have to say that this thread almost makes me ashamed to be a Man. Thankfully I have spent a few years as a single person as well as in relationships so I am pretty well versed in looking after myself. And one thing I have always had is independence from my Mother. And I love to cook. Ok, not...

Hmmmmm.

Not sure who you are aiming that at really, but i am certain that it cannot be me, of course.

You clearly have a disgusting and depraved mind. Totally unlike me of course.

Thats still meat. I love chicken, could eat it every day. Loved the one i spit roasted after dry rubbing it. (that sounds wrong, possibly? ;) )

Ooooh, i bought bacon today, forgot that. And i have turkey sausages in the freezer. I keep telling myself to stop buying meat in bulk amounts as i am always just topping my freezer up and never emptying it. But when i walk into the local butcher or the meat part of Asda i just cannot hold back...

Yeah i must confess that i am the same. On a rare occasion i may have burgers, but they are home made from mince and not shop bought ones full of water and breadcrumbs. I dont mind an omelette for lunch but even that will have meat creep into it most times, lol. Ham mostly.

Its MEAT. That is all that matters. I really could eat meat every day. Not sure I could afford it though. :(

Mmmm, just had the diet coke chicken on some rice. I shall make that again. Some left to have over a jacket for lunch tomorrow. Meat fest this week, a nice silverside of beef, 14 oz piece of beef rump steak, 2 lamb rump steaks, and 3 lamb fillet steaks. It may not be the best main component of...

Don't worry about Texty, im the boss. :hide: Its not so much about meeting the challenge, just sticking with it is a goal in itself.

Not sure im understanding this. I have left it as was except for making the may total the 9 lb gain you have stated. Its showing a gain of 2.5 lb over the challenge period, which i personally don't think is that bad considering the May gain?? Let me know what you wish to do, unless Texty pops...

I know there was something about them being able to access info from licences, making sure of points and such like, but when it comes in and to what extent i don't know.

i think the licences are checked by insurance companies now so i suppose it would soon be flagged.

They have all but said that i can drive while i wait for the decision, but its so confusing i dont want to fall foul of anything.

I got that when i was with Jackie in 2010, took on the rest of the debt and had the car when we split, and have had it since. Was only 18k on the clock i think when we bought it, had it for both of our 40th birthdays. I love the car, just wish i could bloody well drive it. grrrrrr.

The new focus looks really nice. Mine is the older one, 56 plate.

Thats what i have, Focus Zetec 1.8. Awesome car for a family saloon. I love it. Its a 5 door mind, a little bigger than the 3 door i had as a company car a while back. Took some getting used to but i did eventually.

No need to be sorry Kay, im just happy doing what i feel is best.

No, got a car, actually kept the one i had as an incentive to get me back to driving. Its 2 years older now but still only has 30k on the clock.

I said that what i am happy with is doing what i am doing and sticking to it, i dont need everybody telling me what i am doing wrong and should change when i have managed ok up until now.

Its dead everywhere, not just here, but that seems to be the weekend factor again. I pointed out last week i think it was about not being used to so many people declaring weights on a weekend. Strange. All good ta, except for DVLA pissing me about. I have waited since September last year for...

im not against anything, you totally misread everything i say in response.

This is the second time this has happened, "thinking" about going to bed does not mean right at this instance. lol. How you doing, great loss this week.

I think that red wine vinegar is the way forward Kay. lol. Thinking of an early night, the online world has been rather dead tonight.

Um? No. Not unless you are taking me of course?

I think, but cannot be certain without checking, that i bought it for a recipe in the fakeaway book which is still yet to be made. I will check. It was just something that came into my head as i put the pasatta and puree in, thinking that it would work well. But how would i know that when i have...

Its in the month of June, always ignore the w/c issue, the challenges generally run from the 1st until the last day of the month. The w/c at the end (close to end of month) is only there for those that go to group within those few remaining days.

Just thrown this together and it is really nice. (yes, that is a sound of shock, haha) Rough measures, should cover 2 meals (eat one, freeze/refrigerate one) for those who cook for themselves/separate meals. 1 chicken fillet, cut into bite sized pieces. I have used frozen veg to go into the...

You are just showing off now. ;) :0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper::0clapper:

At least you have a real baby in there, my tummy just *looks* like i have one. :eek:

You mean the previous week, as this one is down as a 1.5 gain, red text with pinkish background?

Its only an effort when i neglect it for a few days or don't come on to update it. The sheet is pretty much a static concept, its only the weekly figures you declare that i input. If i could get myself motivated i want to streamline it and make it better, not that it will be noticed here but on...

Right, at last, the sheet of people on the challenge, which will be closely followed by an updated one with marked holidays and declared figures.

That should be in the June challenge. ;)

Thats what i am trying to do, set something up so the minimal of input is needed, just the name of the challenge and then weekly figures. I could even make a macro so that a press of a button resets it all. Food for thought.

Trust me, i wish that it was just that i can't be bothered. Its all about mini bouts of depression, nothing serious, just a residual after effect of the stroke. Its never serious but its enough to alter the mindset so that almost everything becomes a chore. If it were just a matter of not being...

Hi there, just not been in the right frame of mind to be honest, will try to catch up with the challenges this evening. Keep trying to find a way of making it an interactive thing so people can input their own data but as yet i haven't found a simple solution. I don't mind doing them as you know...

Little book of lite bites Kay