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  1. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Thanks for the links Jukie! I had forgotten about the slimmingeats one and the other is new to me - I'll definitely be having a look through it properly later! Well, I have been as good as the proverbial gold (which I assume is really good) but haven't seen any results - so either I'm just...
  2. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Well, they say "tomorrow never comes..... " and in this case it was almost true ... it's 2 years ago since i promised to post what I had for dinner but surprise of surprises, I can't actually remember now? Alzheimer's for sure! I've been a busy bunny over the last 2 years...
  3. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Yayyyy to 1.5lb - that's a great loss - steady is the way to go, they say - I suppose a stone a week would be a cool steady loss over a very short term period but somewhat unachievable, but they do say about many things in life "Dream Big" :D I've read all the Game of Thrones published so...
  4. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Yayyyy smartie - go you!! I've stayed the same this week but that's all good - it's been a mainly horrible week with work so I'm happy enough with staying the same. I have become a saddo and finally started watching Downton Abbey and my girly and I are hooked, it's good though gives us...
  5. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    yayyy! great loss! I'm not exactly doing SW .... in actual fact I'm not doing it at all - I'm just watching portion size, trying to not allow too much crap into my diet and my job is very active as I'm effectively weightlifting nearly all day. I've practically cut out bread all...
  6. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    That's great that Sum is doing so well - I don't think it matters what healthy eating plan is being followed when there is a common goal, so well done to her! Btw well done smartie on your big loss - that was brilliant and what a way to get started! I've lost another kilo - so that's...
  7. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    so cool ... the borg collective back together.... we need to regroup and hunt down a few more lost souls I'm not exactly still at it why ... like you I fell by the wayside but now I have seen the light .... praise be, hallelujah and all that ... back to following the almighty plan...
  8. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    In teen speak ...... OMG OMG OMG - totes reunion goals - frikken LEGIT! How awesome to see you!! Not so awesome that you have like me fallen off the wagon, rolled down the hill through a field of cakes which had to be eaten of course and landed in Chubbiesville! I'm an...
  9. OzzieMoz

    Extra Easy Days Journey to mini- target #3 // 1lb lost - 5.5lbs to go

    I know it's not really funny, but "way too many/10" did make me laugh! I'm sure all the rest of your saintly behaviour will balance out this minor hiccup :)
  10. OzzieMoz

    Extra Easy Days Journey to mini- target #3 // 1lb lost - 5.5lbs to go

    Hello! Just thought that since I've read your diary, it would be rude to read and run. Two things spring to mind from reading your diary, you've mentioned that you don't think you drink enough, well this is about my 4th or 5th go on SW over the last 20 years or so - this time I'm finding...
  11. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Another week has flown by! Unfortunately it was mainly work work work! On the plus side, it was Mother's Day on Sunday and my work agreed to move my shift a bit earlier so I was able to go out to dinner with YoungOzMoz - she had the biggest plate of ribs I've ever seen - she took a photo...
  12. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Sorry to read you're struggling. Totally know what you mean about the 2 public holidays screwing things up. However, this is what I think ... as I said before and as many others have said no doubt, we can't let food/diets rule our lives. Hopefully, in having messed up a bit this last...
  13. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    200g or 0.2kg off this week - whichever sounds greater :D Not the best loss, just under 0.5lb but it's a loss and I'll take it. I've had a loss every week so far of my 10 weeks and that's something of a novelty for me - total 7kg which works out at an average of 1.5lbs a week. I like...
  14. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Right then, I had my Tuesday/Sunday weigh in this morning and I managed to scrape a 200g loss which in old money is nearly half a pound! Not the best loss but at least it's still a downward trend. I've now lost 7kg in 10 weeks which is about 1 stone 1lb an average of about 1.5lbs a week which...
  15. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Well I completed yesterday having stayed being good - fish and salad for dinner. A sneaky peek on the scales suggest I may get a loss after all tomorrow - fingers crossed - I think that overall I do deserve a loss as whilst I have been less disciplined than usual this week, I haven't...
  16. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Well I'm being moderately good on my days off ... apart from a rather lovely magnum yesterday ... so good I ate it twice - well not the same one twice, I actually had 2 over the course of the day. In my defence , and it's a very poor defence, I just wanted it over and done with and out...
  17. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Ewwwwk another unpleasant day at work - too much to do, too little time! I really needed to be working flat out today to compensate for well and truly derailing today. Curse those Scots and their delicious Tunnocks Tea Cakes! In my defence, I haven't had a Tunnocks Tea Cake since I...
  18. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Well the last couple of days have been manic at work - 2 twelve hour days - non-stop on the go from when I got up at 3am to when I go to bed at ..... well sometime soon, I'm about to crash and burn! Well not literally because crashing hurts .... and burning ermmmm hurts too .... and...
  19. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    So all in all you've done well - that's over a pound lost and they say that's the healthiest way to do it ... you've also had some fun and then adjusted your next days eating to counterbalance it - surely that's another indication that you're on the right track. My view is that we are...
  20. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Well then.... as I was saying .... nearly 5 years ago! Eeep ... has it really been 5 years since I posted in my diary? It seems that it has - well I know minimins closed it's doors for a while but even so this is ridiculous! I should hang my head in shame ... well I did that, but I...
  21. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well done to you too - 2.5lbs beats my 2.2 - it's great when it comes off in a big blob like that, but I'll take any loss at all as long as it's a downward trend! Good luck with the week ahead and if I don't bump into you here beforehand, I'll see you next Sunday here :)
  22. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well it's Sunday afternoon and I've just remembered that although Tuesday is my proper weigh-in, that in the true tradition of Sunday Weighers I'm going to weigh Sunday too - and it seems I've lost another kilo - woop woop and am into the 70s - another milestone reached. That's 7.3 kg...
  23. OzzieMoz

    Mushroom & lentil loaf

    I've been hunting down dinners that I used to make when I did SW a few years ago - this was definitely a favourite- it's absolutely delicious!
  24. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Ahhhh my thread is still alive!! ... and so am I, which is a good thing :D - some might disagree :rotflmao: I'm back on the weightloss trail yet again! However, this time I'm doing it with a more relaxed attitude and it all seems to be working. Since beginning of March I've lost 6kg...
  25. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I'm still not actually doing anything .... but I'm still thinking about it and need to post to keep it at the forefront of my mind! Hope everyone else is doing well :)
  26. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome to the thread and of course you can join in! It's gone a bit quiet of late but hopefully it will pick up again soon. I think we all get embroiled in our own lives and sometimes forget to nip in and say hello! I'm a terrible one for that and just did a nearly 2 year disappearing act...
  27. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    You have proved to me beyond all reasonable doubt that exercise is clearly toxic. :D I have the weekend off this weekend and I plan to do some big thinking about what I can reasonably achieve and see if that can make a difference. That is Plan A, as always I'm making allowances for my...
  28. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Oh my lord, it's the blue smartie! Yayy! Great to see you back - it's funny as I was talking about you the other day .... as I was explaining about my Reggie pics .... God bless Reggie and you for enhancing some avatars for me! :D I'm not back on the wagon yet ... although strangely...
  29. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Oh it's lovely to see you trace :D I was beginning to feel lonely! I've had a fair to middling rotten Christmas. I've had a fluey-cold thing going on and you're not allowed time off work without producing a death certificate so I've had to soldier on... as I'm not quite ready to push up...
  30. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well it's Sunday and time for me to record my first weigh in of my new start ..... hmmmm that didn't go too well as it was only when I was piggin into KFC tonight that I realised that I should have weighed this morning. Ho hum! I'll try and remember to weigh myself in the morning but I will...
  31. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well good gracious me, I step out of the thread for a quick couple of years and look what happens when I turn my back for just a moment, it goes all quiet!! Outrageous stuff!! :p Looks like I'm going to have to reappear - this thread is severely lacking in drivel and drivel is what...
  32. OzzieMoz

    Mushroom & lentil loaf

    I'm glad you remembered this and posted that you had as I had forgotten it too and it's yummy! :D
  33. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Go Honey!! What a superb achievement - you really are the thread superstar! :) After an excellent start to the week and even managing a couple of transgressions, my week went a bit like me, pear-shaped! I didn't quite recover from the upset over my work hours and did some comfort eating...
  34. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well I haven't been a totally good girl .... oh woe! but yum! Wednesday evening I had to go to my daughter's school for a "do" as she was receiving an award and a certificate, there were nibbles there which I duly nibbled at, avoiding the healthy options at all cost :o and then as it was late...
  35. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Pizza? outrageous! Jealous - wahhhhhhh!! :p I deviated from the true path of goodliness a bit too yesterday but it wasn't my fault .... well it was,but shhhhh I'm in denial :p I'm working in a supermarket at the moment and every so often we get nice bits and pieces in the staff room...
  36. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Thanks for the big welcome back - I feel all warm and fuzzy now! :D Seriously, I am glad I took that step to come back. It definitely helps having support from people who know what it's all about and I don't just mean the plan but knowing the ups and downs, the trials and tribulations and all...
  37. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Hello :D yayyy together we can do this!! I'm totally in the right frame of mind for this and am going to get there! Having said that I accidentally ate a chocolate cookie before bed but as it was my only piece of badness all day, I will forgive myself! Actually, I always was too harsh on...
  38. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I remember you too :p Don't be sorry about my news, it was my decision and ended a seriously unhappy period in my life. I feel happier and stronger now that we are away from there. All is good! ..... well apart from my extra wobbles :o I can see why that remark would make you pause for...
  39. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well don't all fall off your perches in surprise - but I'M BACK!!! Actually there aren't many here that probably remember me as it's been so long since I've posted! Glad to see a few though, most notably why_d and Honey :D If it weren't for you two, I'm not sure I would be back but if you...
  40. OzzieMoz

    Looking for some new reads

    For something a bit different to the run of the mill stuff, you might enjoy Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series which starts with Soulless. It's quite quirky and funny and a very good story too and well written in my view. I don't generally like vampires, werewolves and whatnot, but...
  41. OzzieMoz

    Historical fiction?

    Keep reading the Shardlake series, they are all great! Have you read Ken Follett's "Pillars of the Earth" and "World Without End" - they are both really good reads and nice big books to boot - I do like value for my money, the more pages the better :D
  42. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I started on the Kathy Reichs books a year or so ago. I wasn't entirely convinced I would like them as whilst I like crime fiction, I'm not into blood, guts and gore! However, I've really enjoyed the series and have learned lots through it, mostly stuff that will be of no use to me about bugs...
  43. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    Temeraire has been on my list of books to maybe try for a long time ... just not 100% sure about it! I wish I'd seen that they were on special or I might have given them a whirl. Let us know what you thought of the book and I might upgrade it to my definitely going to buy list :rotflmao:
  44. OzzieMoz

    Mushroom & lentil loaf

    Thankyou :)
  45. OzzieMoz

    Mushroom & lentil loaf

    Oooh that sounds good doing it as muffins... did you reduce the cooking time? I'm an idiot so I need my hand held when I'm cooking :8855:
  46. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I am just now about to complete Day 2 of saintly goodliness .... I have been an absolute angel despite mucho temptation! It was a green day! I tried the fruit option for a snack when I got home from work half an hour ago, but it seems to be too much crunching. I want something quick to...
  47. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    So do you do as I did, and just think "<insert expletive of choice> it!" and then pour a more appropriate HexB and decide that that is fair and reasonable? or do you sadly eat the paltry serving? I know that I should do the latter, but I'm not going to and I'm not going to beat myself up...
  48. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Well if the brain bleach and system restore don't work, then just chant the mantra "Aldi beans, syn free on a sausage day". Besides, I have it on good authority (mine) that if two people on opposite sides of the world believe the same thing then it can be true! Oh and I did weigh my cereal...
  49. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    that's a very good point about sw's lack of jurisdiction in australia. If however, it subsequently turns out that beans are still not free, then I believe that we should campaign to set the aussie beans free - FREE THE BEANZ! Let them go, let them run wild and free.... they aren't meant to...
  50. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Seems to be a day for misreading things as first glance of that looked like we were planning a year of "focus and stinkiness" :rotflmao: Whiffy or what!! :p There have been some great results considering we're only just heading out of the Xmas/NY celebrations! I'm in awe of the dedication...
  51. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Apparently australian beans, including Heinz British Recipe beans are not free... it might be because they are upside-down in which case I highly recommend that everyone goes through their cupboards ensuring that the cans are the right way up. By the same token, perhaps if I turn all my cans...
  52. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Right then, today I'm going to try to shake off this apathy and get back on plan. My weight has been creeping up but then I can't remember when the last time it was that I had a red or green day, they've all been fairly multi-coloured :o :D Having said that I rarely have been bad, just not...
  53. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Bananas interestingly enough have plummeted in price recently and are now down to $1.99 a kilo (about 1 pound 50p) from about $13 or so. So that's a bit more like it, bananas can now return to our menu! Baked beans aren't as cheap here as in UK either and aren't "free", not sure about syns...
  54. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    I wish they had "whoopsy" stickers here. Now I have something new to add to my "I miss" list :rolleyes: :D
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    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    kudos for whoopsare :D People here think I'm a nerd because I like etymology when actually I'm a nerd for many other reasons :rotflmao: I have thrifty leanings at the moment for obvious financial reasons but I want to be thriftier.... I don't know how though - wahhhhhhhhhhhh!
  56. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I agree with the school of thought that if you want a kindle and can afford it then go for it now. However, that is based on the fact that that is what I did when eventually I had the money to get one. I have a big pile of books to read plus a few on the kindle but I am alternating them as...
  57. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I've been reading the Kathy Reichs books over the last few months. I thought I would try them as something a bit outside my normal choice as gruesome doesn't usually appeal to me. However, these books are so well written/researched that the nasty bits are interesting rather than macabre. You...
  58. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Happy New Year everyone :D I hope 2012 brings only good things to all of you and your families. Sorry that I've been somewhat missing lately but I'll be back. Probably put a heap of weight on due to not caring about anything much.... but I think now that that is just making me feel even...
  59. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    You've confused me, because Pillars of the Earth was definitely set in the 12th century. It's all set against an historical backdrop so there can be no doubt. I think you had a brain fart ;) :p :D
  60. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Reggie the Red-nosed Reindeer looks mighty fine to me! Thank you thank you thank you! :D
  61. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    oooh good lord - Reggie's got no clothes on! strutting in all his nekkid glory indeed :eek: I look forward to seeing your work! :D It's lovely here at the moment, it it stayed like this all day I would be happy!
  62. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Funny you should all be talking about snow. I would like some snow, in the gardens but not on the roads. Please. It's 25c already and only just gone 7.35 am, I think it will top 30 today and it's only likely to get hotter! Our house retains the heat too so I'll be melting, wish it melted my...
  63. OzzieMoz

    Baby Charlie has arrived so lets get on with shedding the rest of this wobble!!!

    I was 37 as well when I had my pest, she's 10 now and she is the queen of chatterboxes. I wonder if there is a direct link between being older mums and the amount they talk. If so, there should be warnings!! :eek: :D I didn't have the amnio-thingummybobby as I decided whatever happened she...
  64. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well I'm just home from work and I'm very sore! I had a little mishap in the pickles aisle and dropped a bottle of stinky olives in stinkier vinegar and I stunk of vinegar for the last 2 hours at work. I was apologising left right and centre to colleagues for being somewhat malodourous :eek...
  65. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Bless you, Honey (not that you sneezed :p ) but you're always so nice! The thing is though is that I haven't really been at all committed (although Reggie thinks I probably should be :rotflmao: ) beyond a few attempts which didn't last more than a couple of weeks or so, all I have done is...
  66. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I loved Pillars of the Earth and World Without End. They're both books I will happily re-read some time in the future!
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Yoo hooo - only me! :D I've mainly been being a tad growly, mentally if not out loud. Reggie is always growly but with the heat we've been having at least he's getting some airflow with the kilt on ;) :D Car was back in the garage today, hopefully this time they've fixed it! time will tell...
  68. OzzieMoz

    Girl with the dragon tattoo

    That's exactly what I did. It was probably about my 3rd attempt that I got into it, and I think that time it only happened because I was stuck in a hospital waiting room with nothing else to do! :rotflmao:
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    Girl with the dragon tattoo

    I found the beginning of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo a tad dull and struggled to get into it which isn't a problem a find very often. However, once you get past the first few chapters it does get very very good (in my opinion). I think it's well worth persisting and I had no such...
  70. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    That made me laugh :rotflmao: very well phrased :D Why_d knows he's special here, how he puts up with our witterings I have no idea - saintly he is! :p ...or insane :eek: ;)
  71. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    I love scottish reggie! .... and the new outfit and accent suits his growly/grumpy nature.... "Ahm aff fur a pint o' heavy!" Shhhhh I shouldn't be here, I'm doing mum stuff .... :eek:
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Och ayeeeeeeee the noo!! Reggie whar's yair troosers? Smartie, you're mad and lovely and a HUGE thankyou! Been a tough week or two here for several reasons beyond the usual financial constraints so seeing Reggie going back to his roots gave me a big laugh out loud moment this morning when...
  73. OzzieMoz

    I just got a Kindle!

    I've got a Kindle at last!! Woop woop!! I haven't even opened the box yet but I am HUGELY excited! Does it come with any books loaded? It's actually good timing as I've just finished a book so I can play with it straightaway and not feel I have to finish my "real" book, although I do have a...
  74. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I clearly haven't been paying attention as I missed that it was Graduation Day! Yayyyy - go Smartie and Sum!! Woop woop!! Hope you both have a fantastic day - your families must be so proud of you both and rightly so!
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    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Oooh St Andrew's Day .... Reggie in a kilt would look dashing! Knowing my luck though smartie would end up with a caber sticking out Reggie's rear end :eek: :rotflmao: Poor Smartie, you'll have no time for job seeking and looking after yourself if you find yourself doing avatars for us...
  76. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Glad to read so much positive thinking going on and some good weigh-ins too! I didn't actually weigh myself this week, it's sort of gone out of my head. Remember my old lady friend, Daphne her of the "old lady cakes" well I was called on Saturday evening to tell me that she passed away on...
  77. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    I'm just relieved it's not a 666 challenge :eek: All a bit too omen-esque for me :rotflmao: as it is 777 just sounds like too much effort for me! Perhaps I should do it though .... would be good for me. *sighs*
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    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I'm not a great one for reading autobiographies but I might give his a whirl as I do like Rob Brydon, he's got a lovely sense of humour and a great deal of charm, or at least that is how it always appears to me when I've seen him on the telly! I'm on the 3rd Stephanie Plum book "Three to Get...
  79. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Awww, he's lovely! .... and nothing is OT here .... not in my view, but that's just because most of what I witter about has very little to do with SW :rotflmao: Here are a couple of pictures of Bella the pup, she's huge now as you can see and looks permanently worried, which is as it should...
  80. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    .... and every time you mash a banana a fairy dies :cry: I kill fairies - waaaaaaaahhhhh
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Poor poor innocent little Reggie. He's been violated :eek: Looking good though, so all in the name of styleeeeee :rotflmao: Thanks oh wonderful blue one for your artistic brilliance! :D Yayyyyy Emma - 4lbs is great!! I actually think that it's still all down to us ... oh and you...
  82. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    That's a beautiful avatar for our low fat sausage :D Oooh I'm all excited now :rotflmao: Doesn't take much eh!! :p
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    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    It's yonks since I had a banana sandwich - not since childhood in fact!! Which was back almost in the age of the dinosaurs :rotflmao: :rotflmao: I feel a rebellion coming on and a fork poised to mash! Bananas are coming down in price here now - give it a few more weeks and I can have my...
  84. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    You already barbequed poor old Reggie for hallowe'en - chargrilled him in fact! :rotflmao: I suppose I'm going to have to go back to plain old Reggie for a while, back to more simple times :)
  85. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    That's good advice. When you're really struggling to focus on a big task, breaking it down into smaller tasks will nearly always help, so no reason why that would not work when it comes to the SW plan too. I think as my focus is wavering hugely for many reasons, I'm going to try this. One...
  86. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Night night, sleep well! I'm just going to catch up on some threads, finish my tea and then get down to housework - oh joy!!
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    Green Day Cheese scones. Free on green.

    :rotflmao: @ "under Fifa rules". My mum was born and raised in Clydebank so does that make me an honorary weegie under the aforementioned FIFA rules? or does a dishonourable weegie sound more the go? :p ;) noooooooooo - not that again!! My poor old heart can't take the strain! My view...
  88. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    I might give that sweet potato/beany chilli thing a whirl it sounds/looks yummy and not too expensive especially as I have some sweet potatoes in the fridge. I'm not sure how they got there, I didn't buy them :eek: Is the cilantro important? what is cilantro? I'm a dimwit :rotflmao...
  89. OzzieMoz

    Green Day Cheese scones. Free on green.

    .... and there was me thinking you would be calling a spring onion a syboe (or however one would spell it :p ) I remember being sent to the greengrocer for some syboes while in Glasgow and visiting my grandparents and having no idea what I'd return with :rotflmao:
  90. OzzieMoz

    Green Day Cheese scones. Free on green.

    Still to check out what flavours of cottage cheese you get over here but if I can make it then how hot should the oven be? I need precise instructions for everything or disaster happens :rotflmao:
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well I'm not feeling mellow now I can tell you!! Rarrrrr! I put on 2lbs this week... or a pound a half - I think I didn't update my details last week :rotflmao: Whatever it is, I'm not best pleased. I wasn't hugely good, but and it's a big fat wobbly butt (apparently :p ) I have been...
  92. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    We've all had those shitty weeks from time to time where our plans go out the window .... or "oot the windae" for the scottish contingent :8855: :p ... but when you can't control your food intake then do as you are doing and do the best you can in the circumstances. One week isn't going...
  93. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Use your initiative - get a black marker pen and delete them et voila!! you would be a mere cheeky chipolata :8855:
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    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    My theory is that it should be law :p
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    Mushy Pea Curry

    It does look gross doesn't it! I was very wary the first time I made it especially as I loathe mushy peas! It's surprisingly good to eat though!
  96. OzzieMoz

    Any very cheap recipes please?!

    I used to make the tomato soup regularly and then somehow I totally forgot about it! I sometimes used to put a bit of stock in it and a dash of worcestershire sauce. You are right though, it is quick, easy and inexpensive!
  97. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Psssshaw! ... and Pffffft!! You should know very well that mother's don't syn! Angels we are..... therefore the mum-made chutney must be free! It's a theory anyway! :8855:
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I feel the same about Reggie - I might go for a wander round the forum later posting randomly so I can show him off :8855: That's nice of your mum giving you the rice cooker! I actually love my microwave rice cooker, I only got it this year, I never realised it would be so easy to get...
  99. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Woohoooo - feel the burn!! :8855: Reggie's been doing kettle bell thingos with sausage and now they're both on the barbie feeling the burn! :p It is truly an awesome avatar - that is the first time I have ever used "awesome" in a typed sentence but it's the best word for the occasion! I...
  100. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I love it!! I'm just home from work (it's 10.40 pm) and I needed a giggle and you just provided it! Superb effort young lady!! :D
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Eeeeep! Nekkid Reggie is in da house!! Looking forward to seeing him in his halloween glory! Thanks Smartie :D I've still got Summer Reggie and Christmas Reggie stored away for future use! Sorry I didn't report in yesterday, I was feeling somewhat woebegone. That is a marvellous word...
  102. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I read Janet Evanovich's "Two for the Dough" over the weekend. A quick light enjoyable read! I've just started C J Sansom's "Sovereign", the third in the Shardlake series - I enjoyed the first two and apparently the series keeps getting better and better so I have high hopes!
  103. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    On my planet?? On my planet?? Cheek of the woman! :eek: :p :D To be totally honest I have no idea if they do sell them here, I don't recall seeing any... next time I'm stacking the crisp aisle I'll have a look. I'm going to make mushroom and lentil loaf on Wednesday. I want it today...
  104. OzzieMoz

    Curry fest!

    :8855: Feels like the blind leading the blind! We don't have co-op here so I'll do as you suggest and sort of experiment with the amount! I'll report back on my success next week! They do sound good though!! :D
  105. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Smartie, you are a very talented lady - mad as the proverbial fish which of course helps :8855: I must remember to log in on my daughter's pc later today so I can send you some pure unadulterated Reggieness - I can't at the moment as Nitro the cat is asleep in her room and I don't want to...
  106. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I know what you mean about cooking from scratch all the time. I'm living in Australia now and it's difficult to work out syn values ... or rather I'm lazy and can't be bothered... so I mainly cook from scratch when I'm sticking to plan so that it simplifies the syn issues. I think someone...
  107. OzzieMoz

    Curry fest!

    For the pakoras, how much of the chopped frozen veg mix do you use? in terms of weight that is. I'm hopeless as a cook and need precise instructions if I'm to do well :o :D They sound delicious so I want to cook them ... in fact I want to cook them now, but patience is a virtue! I don't...
  108. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome to the thread Poison Ivy and of course you can join us - all are welcome here! We even have another scot here so you can talk scottish to each other which the rest of us won't understand :8855: Just kidding, my mum was scottish :) Most of us here, but not all, are doing this...
  109. OzzieMoz

    Baby Charlie has arrived so lets get on with shedding the rest of this wobble!!!

    Just wanted to drop in to say congratulations on your wonderful news! As one life comes to an end with your m-i-l another life begins, the circle of life is a wonderful thing ... oooh I'm having a bit of a Lion King moment :8855: that line was a combo of "circle of life" and a line from...
  110. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    I misread that as "25 mini hula hoop." :8855: I had this image of you eating lots of very small hula hoops as your exercise :8855: I don't know why it makes me giggle so much but it is ... I think I'm very tired :8855: Oh dearie me .... :8855:
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Reggie is never blank, he is a goat of profound depth :8855: unlike me of course who is shallow in the extreme :D I think my "blank reggie" is on Little OM"s pc so I will log in on that later. I'm all excited now, I LOVE saucisse ridicules spooky pic, it gave me a good giggle this...
  112. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    ermmmmmmm - it's my unbirthday this week - mad hatter/dormouse styleeeeee :p :D I'm tired already today and it's only noon and I have to go to work tonight 8 til midnight. I was up at 6 - why is it that there is so much to do on days when you really should be doing nothing! I haven't...
  113. OzzieMoz

    Australia

    Easily done and you provided me with entertainment on an otherwise bleuarrrghhhh sort of day :D
  114. OzzieMoz

    Australia

    tsk tsk ... bloomin' teachers, can't teach them anything :8855: :p
  115. OzzieMoz

    Australia

    Congrats on the weight loss! I just noticed that your ticker is mad :8855: It says you've lost something like 173lbs and are 150lbs below target :8855: Gave me a little giggle :p
  116. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Sorry not been around much, things are a bit hectic at the moment and I'm feeling fairly down. Induction at work on Thursday and then my first evening proper work was yesterday. Was fine, started with a nice group of new people. They work you hard though but it's ok. I found myself quite...
  117. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome back and so glad to hear from you! Sorry things haven't been going so well but things can only get better!! I'm so with you on the job front - it's not easy out there at all, regardless of experience, qualifications etc... You'll get there in the end! As for your doormat...
  118. OzzieMoz

    Fry light or alternative in new zealand

    Maybe we should allocate a syn or 2 from our allowance each day to account for the spray oil. I don't tend to use all my syns which is perhaps why i have still been able to lose weight, either that or the syn value for a couple of sprays of oil is negligible. I would just not overthink it too...
  119. OzzieMoz

    Australia

    Hello :) Go to Weight Loss - Diet Ticker and follow the instructions there and from memory when you've finished there will be a code for you to copy and paste. Come back to minimins and go to User CP and then Edit signature and paste it in there. Bob's your uncle! - actually he was my...
  120. OzzieMoz

    Fry light or alternative in new zealand

    I haven't seen Frylite in Australia either. I use ProChef canola cooking spray and when I am behaving myself with the plan, it has worked well.
  121. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Much as I like to stir the pot with my mighty wooden spoon ...... I have to be honest and say no you're not a fraud at all. You are a ray of sunshine and a lesson to us all in living life yet losing weight too. ..... and as for you saucisse ridicule, as you well know on Sunday weighers we...
  122. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Good luck for you tomorrow too :D I knew there was no need to share .... but a bubble of badness inside of me burst and evil seeped out :8855:
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    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I got sidetracked this morning and forgot to weigh in, so I'll do it tomorrow morning instead. I'm sure you don't really need to know what distracted me but I'll tell you anyway, ..... it was poo .... lots and lots of poo .... EVERYWHERE! A veritable poo fest greeted me when I opened my...
  124. OzzieMoz

    Ideas for bday presents

    I think my mum used to like it best when my brothers and I spent time with her on or around her birthday. I suppose when you get to a certain age you start to have most things that you need. Does your mum have any interests that you could share with her? Theatre? or history? Perhaps go...
  125. OzzieMoz

    Sun tan lotion - non-stick wanted!

    I used to use P20 and it kept me from burning at all on holidays to the USA, I thought it was great. However, I am wary of it now as it's banned (or not sold, not sure which) in Australia apparently because whilst it does stop you burning, it doesn't provide enough protection against UVA and...
  126. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Morning all :) Sorry I haven't been around much, finding things a bit difficult at the moment, but I'm soldiering on. I didn't even weigh in on Sunday, I think I may have put on a pound or two because I haven't been watching what I eat and have been eating what the rest of the family have...
  127. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I'm reading Johannes Cabal the Necromancer, by Jonathan L Howard. It's off to a fine start, it's dark but funny.
  128. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    You don't have to syn biscuits eaten after giving blood, because they come with angel wings. That is my belief :rotflmao:
  129. OzzieMoz

    Australia

    I did SW online for a while but I did find it a waste of money but that was partly because money was tight so as cutbacks go that was an easy one to make. It isn't always easy knowing syn values over here as brands are different or even when they are the same, if they are manufactured here or...
  130. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Good morning all :D Sorry I didn't make an appearance yesterday. I was feeling the pressure a bit with the job hunt - I have to apply for so many jobs each fortnight or I'll be in the doo-doos with the government and they might not let me have my $5 :8855: Seriously, all the pressure...
  131. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    :p :8855: :8855:@ freak pie accident. I'll keep an eye out for it on the news! Lemon meringue pie could make a saint fall off his/her cloud and down to earth. Beautiful stuff and well worth it as a bit of mischief :D
  132. OzzieMoz

    Brother in law very ill

    It always seems strange to me how reluctant some GPs are to send people for blood tests. I'm living in Australia now and they seem to send you for blood tests here at the drop of a hat. From one extreme to another! This extreme in Australia seems to be the end of the scale I would rather be...
  133. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Great to hear from you Emma and so glad that things are starting to settle down for you. Life goes on and we slowly rebuild our lives and hopefully for you it will be a much improved one! Good luck with the interview - insurance isn't all bad, I worked in insurance all my career, perhaps...
  134. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    The books are..... A Game of Thrones A Clash of Kings A Storm of Swords (Part 1 Steel & Snow)and Part 2 Blood & Gold) A Feast for Crows A Dance with Dragons They are an excellent read and I would hazard a guess that as with most things that the books are better than the series, no matter how...
  135. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Puppies are evil. I wrote a long rambling typical message this morning but when I came to post it the internet had disappeared!! Where had it gone I ask you?!?! Pup had chewed through the cable while I had been typing. She is in disgrace as is LittleOM for owning the pup and so am I for...
  136. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    :eek: you have to sit on them to make them hatch??
  137. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    I love mangoes! We have a mango tree but I've never had a mango from it - in fact I have no idea what happens to the mangoes! I think the bats eat them - or our neighbours. I really must find out :8855: Because they're really common here, like apple trees in England, we often get a tray...
  138. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Apart from being an administrative whizz-kid ... but without the "whizz" and I'm a bit old to be referred to as a kid .... well apart from that, I think I have no particular talent :8855: Honestly! I was talking to my old lady friend, Daphne about this the other week, we were both...
  139. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Thanks for all the kind wishes. You have no idea how much they mean to me :) I think I just need to give myself a kick up the bum and get on with things. I keep thinking it would be good if I had an idea for my own business, but quite frankly I don't :8855: Anyone got any ideas for me...
  140. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Cake when you're feeling down doesn't cure anything and just leads you to beat yourself up. Cake when you're celebrating something positive is a whole different matter. Calorie/syn-wise they amount to the same but it's the psychological effect that is different. Sad-cake will lead to more...
  141. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well my week went wrong half-way through and for no good reason I just went off the rails. I've put on 1lb this week and deserve it. I can't even say, it was worth it as I've had a great time, I haven't and I'm p'd off with myself. Only good thing that I see from this, is that I have come...
  142. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I have no idea! Just a sponge cake that my old lady friend made :8855: I'm not entirely sure what it was. I feel really rough this morning - not sure if I'm coming down with something but I just want the world to go away and leave me alone. Having said that I have loads to get done, so I...
  143. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Yesterday was quite disastrous food-wise! It started strangely with a piece of old-lady cake. Not entirely sure what the cake was but my friend in her 90s gave us a bit and when I was putting some in LittleOM's lunch Esky I accidentally had some! I have no idea why, I'm not a cake fiend at...
  144. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    I hang my head in shame :o It never occurred to me that they would be in the fruit salad. I am abject in my apologies. I'll scrape some dog/puppy/cat hair off the carpet and make a hairshirt and wear it - there's probably instructions on t'internet somewhere! :D I just had a bizarre...
  145. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Hope you survived your windy episode :p I'm a bit concerned that I have noticed an absence of bananas lately ... as you pointed out the other day that they are all that keep you sane (well that was my interpretation of what you said! ;) ) anyway, it leaves me worried about (a) you (b)...
  146. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I haven't seen them but I haven't particularly looked but I will! To my eternal disgrace the chunky kitkat that I ate was one that I had bought for YoungOzMoz .... I did replace it in the afternoon after school and shhhhhhhh she doesn't know about my crime against confectionary :rotflmao:
  147. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Glad my sad and woefully feeble willpower made you laugh - I hope your day continues to improve! :D
  148. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Wow - that was a mammoth sized read I've just had - so many people weighing in! Isn't it great as others have said that so many of us keep on trekking in week in week out! I'll tell you what I find now though is that I am confident that I will come in whether the result is good or bad...
  149. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well I've lost 0.5lb - I was a little bit disappointed as sneaky peeking suggested I should get a pound and I wanted my 1.5 stone sticker back. However, it's still weight off and that is the main thing! I know myself well and know that I would rather have 2 x 0.5lb losses consecutively than...
  150. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Just a flying visit from me today as I've been having a mega job application day plus a visit to a recruitment agency *shudders* I didn't want to read and run but wanted to say to Emma to be strong but kind to yourself. It's an awful time for you, but you will get through it with family and...
  151. OzzieMoz

    baked bean lasagne recipe

    Sounds easy peasy and delicious and ideal for me :D How hot should the oven be? I'm culinarily challenged :rotflmao:
  152. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I'm starving today and for no good reason, my mind is playing tricks on me. Our Roger the Lodger has just cooked a huge bacon and egg pie and it smells yummy. I'm having to fight my urge to have some. I really don't want to eat pastry or bacon! But it smells niiiiiiiiiiiice - wahhhhhhhh...
  153. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    How you do you make your ratatouille? I've never made it but I should do as I like what goes in it and would be lovely I would imagine with mushroom/lentil loaf. I think I might make that today - the loaf that is!
  154. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I'm really looking forward to reading this but I have to wait til it comes out in paperback :cry: Just finished Solomon's Song by Bryce Courtenay. A very good book but I didn't like the ending and since it was ending the trilogy, that pee'd me off a tad. It wasn't so much the last thing...
  155. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well the sun didn't come out here today, so I shall bask in your brilliance this evening instead - a lot safer than basking in the sun ;) :D Anyway, congrats on getting to your first major target - enjoy your week of celebration and we'll see next week what your new target will be! Must...
  156. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Remember, I'm on the other side of the world - I'm safe - or relatively safe! :eek: where's my kangaroo disguise? Actually probably more koala with all the greenery I eat ;) :D Incidentally, did you know that wombats do square poo?
  157. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    That is exactly it, nail on the head, it's a tragedy!!! Oh woe! Oh woe! Oh woe!! Hmmm, one thought I do ponder though, is you have a banana each day, it keeps you "sane", what would you be like for gawds sake if you didn't have one?!? :eek: Well done on the swimming, hope you had a...
  158. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Sorry to read about your week, sometimes life stinks but even at the depths of awfulness there are good things around and to get through whatever it is that is going wrong with your life at the moment, it's good to think about the good things. I've had some pretty tough times losing both my...
  159. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    yayyy for the blueberries! Unfortunately bananas here are still about $12 a kilo which is about 8 pounds. Funny considering that they are grown literally just up or down the road from us! Unfortunately the crop was pretty much decimated following the cyclone earlier this year, hence the...
  160. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Eeeep - I know that feeling too well!! I'm the same as you, I budget food for LittleOM and the cat/dog/pup first and then the rest goes on the general stuff for the rest of us. I've just been lucky the last couple of weeks that there was a sale on Quorn stuff. When that runs out which it...
  161. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Price of petrol over there, you probably won't be able to afford to eat out so often :p :rotflmao: .... don't know why I'm laughing, should be tears really eh! ;) :D .... and as for you Sum our bijou smurfette, you and Smartie aren't meant to like the idea of matching outfits, what fun...
  162. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    You, my dear, require no reintroduction - you are with your blue twin legendary on this thread :p :D Really glad to see you back - as you know I for ages didn't lose any weight, I wasn't making any effort either as I had too much else occupying my miniscule brain, but it's good to keep...
  163. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I'm reading Solomon's Song by Bryce Courtenay, the last in the Australian Trilogy. Hopefully it will be as good as the first two and I'm fairly confident it will be as I've enjoyed all his books that I've read. He writes to a consistently high standard.
  164. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    That's a lovely thing to say. I'm not sure how I can be inspiring, I just plod along and try to keep smiling. I was a big wet weekend yesterday evening though as I thought things were going to ease a bit financially but then discovered that the person at the aussie DHSS equivalent had input...
  165. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome to the Sunday Weighers :) Hope you do stick around and keep coming back each week to let us know how you're getting on. Some of us have been here a fair while and report in with the good, the bad and the indifferent. We all go through ups and downs, generally more downs than ups...
  166. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I wasn't well yesterday, womanly woes week :rotflmao: - felt very sorry for myself all afternoon and like death warmed up yesterday evening. It doesn't normally bug me so much, but probably with all the stress, I felt emotionally and physically very out of sorts. My head is feeling...
  167. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Good morning all :D All is plodding along here as per usual. The dog and the pup are having a punch up, the cat is looking down on them with a superior sneer on his face and LittleOzMoz is stuffing her face with cereal. Stayed on plan yesterday and I'm still enjoying it! Currently hooked...
  168. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Morning all :D Well you know I was a little bit disappointed yesterday as sneaky peeking suggested I should have lost more than the 0.5lb but I took it on the chin like a brave little soldier .... I'm so glad I did and didn't have today's sneakypeek result yesterday as I "put on" a pound...
  169. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Good morning/evening all :D Well I am here bright and early Sunday morning .... and I'm a little bit disappointed and am paying the price for sneaky peeking. My weight was looking good yesterday for hopefully 1.5lbs but 1 lb at the least, but *sighs loudly* it crept up not down overnight...
  170. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    Shardlake is a lawyer. The books are set in the times of Henry VIII with all the unrest that went on at that time. The first book "Dissolution" which as the title suggests is based round the dissolution of the monasteries after Henry VIII decided he was going to set up the Church of England...
  171. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Bullshit - it looks delicious! I want some - wahhhhhhhhhh! But not for breakfast which is what I'm eating at the moment! Actually, I've got to run. Appointment soon - eeeeeep!
  172. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    As always, it's just got to be a case of draw a line and tomorrow is a brand new day! As badness goes, it doesn't sound catastrophic anyway. The other thing to bear in mind is mental happiness, if you enjoyed your evening out and relaxed with a friend with a g&t - is it the end of the...
  173. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I want Sum back. I'm going to have a tantrum if she does not return soon. It won't be pretty. :p Well done Smartie on your loss this week and with your 5 stone award tantalisingly close, that's some motivation for next week! I'm still being good, but we are particularly skint this week...
  174. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    :eek: you're right! I know exactly what it is though - it's all these Green Days and the veggies I've been eating.... well, your mums always said "eat your veggies" in a most sensible manner, so I'm now doing that and it is ...... eeeeeeeeeep - making me sensible!! wahhhhhhh - I...
  175. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I've just started Dark Fire by CJ Sansom, the second in the Shardlake series. Very good so far!
  176. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    But if you manage to keep yourself under control on Friday/Saturday and not go crazy then you should be far from disappointed, but proud of yourself at how far you will have come. This is a plan for life really and in life we are going to come up against temptations but you can show yourself...
  177. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    *knock knock* S'only me! I can't be the police though as I've just confessed to a nutty crime too - mine was peanut M&Ms though ... but I sort of figured they were HexB with a whiff of syns ;) :D
  178. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Why_d - good luck with your chair and I hope they get it back to you soon. Meanwhile be kind to yourself and forgive any aberrations that lack of chairiness may cause! You know what you're doing anyway, you're one of the real stars here :) .... and a brave man, being surrounded by diet-ing...
  179. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I'm a bit all over the place at the moment. Hardly time to sit still as I seem to be on a permanent never ending cycle of cooking, doing dishes and running around after the pup! Hopefully things will calm down soon so I can relax. I feel as if I'm being very rude hardly commenting on anyone...
  180. OzzieMoz

    Mushroom & lentil loaf

    I made this yesterday for the first time for lunch and it was deeeeeeeeeee-licious! Seriously yummy! It has however seemed to have a disagreement with my system and I wouldn't like to be in a locked room with no ventilation at the moment - actually I don't think I'd like it at any time as...
  181. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Ha! What's the saying "the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley!". Serves me right for being smug about my batch cooking - I just got in a horrible mess getting the chilli into bags and I couldn't work out what was wrong and why it was considerably more messy than last week, it...
  182. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    This is the problem I have as apart from my daughter who will occasionally eat one of my veggie concoctions no-one else will and that means that I often go for easy options and don't have enough variety or even sensible green stuff. To be honest because you suggested batching the soup and...
  183. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Thankyou Gail :D It's funny you should say about me always being the first to weigh in, I was thinking about that the other day and it vaguely crossed my mind to not update my details til the evening which is obviously your morning and then I can just blend in with the crowd :rotflmao...
  184. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    As I said on Sunday Weighers, I think you're right not to weigh particularly as you explained your reasoning here about the motivational aspects of it. Hope you feel better in the morning. I'm making your lentil and mushroom loaf today. I have all the ingredients now and I'm really looking...
  185. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    It would indeed to be foolish to weigh yourself as wooden legs are very VERY heavy! Hopefully it will metamorphosis back to flesh, bone and muscle and all the other necessary yucky bits by next week! :p How do you upload pics here? I've forgotten - eeep! Iza dumbo! :o Puppy is lovely...
  186. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I'll sort out some photos over the weekend but someone will have to remind me how to get them on here! :) I'm still being good as gold. Tonight will be difficult though as I've just prepared a yummy meatloaf for the family. I'm not very good at red days so I'm not having any, although I might...
  187. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well yesterday took a strange but lovely turn yesterday. I bumped into a friend of a friend at the shops who asked if I knew anyone that wanted a Staffy pup, so I said we would actually love one as our dog is getting old now and it would be good if we were to get another one to have her around...
  188. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Oh poop, that's no good! Hope you didn't lose too much food! I was gutted after the cyclone we had earlier this year, all the power went off and we had to chuck out a fair bit. Can't grumble too much though as the government grant we were given afterwards more than covered what we lost by...
  189. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well I was a very good girly yesterday! Another green day and sticking to plan. Yesterday's lunch wasn't the most exciting though as I was in a hurry and didn't have much food in that I could create with so I had an old couscous that was in the cupboard, one of the Ainsley Harriot ones but I...
  190. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Re the Long Rambling post ..... if I said anything it would a clearcut case of the pot calling the kettle black.... which makes no sense really as my kettle is stainless steel and also isn't called a kettle here and they insist on me calling it a "jug" - it's not a bloody jug, it's a kettle...
  191. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Sounds lovely - how long would I bake it for and at what heat? I'm a self-confessed cooking numbskull! :o
  192. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Is it well 'ard? I would ask if it's from the East End but I see that it's Italian, in which case is it Mafioso? :eek: :p
  193. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    As they say, it's the thought that counts ;) :D All is good here, apart from family dramas which on the plus side totally put me off eating. I did still eat as I know you shouldn't skip meals etc... but it meant that I wasn't hungry which is good in a way! :) oooh I had some of my veggie...
  194. OzzieMoz

    Sausage on a mission - veggie green days diary

    Yoohooooo - I've come visiting! :p Actually I was looking for Gail as I thought we had mislaid her and then I found your diary, and didn't like to read and run.... I'm going to have a good read tomorrow morning as I reckon you might remind me what to eat. As I think I mentioned on sunday...
  195. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Lettuce out of your ears? I've heard of cauliflower ears, but lettuce ears is a first! :p I'll have a word with OH as the garden is his department, I'll see if I can have a little area for veg! It's quite topical because people here often whinge about the price of lettuce! I don't...
  196. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well that's day 1 successfully completed! Only lapse was a couple of cornflake cakes from my old friend. LittleOzMoz and I went round for tea and cake with her after school. She is lovely and she and her partner are very fond of LittleOM. I don't think they get much contact with youngsters...
  197. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Hehehe - if I'm the leader then we're all seriously in need of help! :rotflmao: I've been very good so far and very pleased with myself, but it will only work if I keep at it. I have my determined head on though, I got it out the cupboard and dusted it off specially!
  198. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I have no chopper .... and that is all I am prepared to say on the subject. Apart from the fact that I want one... :eek: :D On the subject of choppers, I manned up yesterday and weighed myself. Oh good god, what have I done to myself ... wahhhhhh! It seems my wishful thinking that I...
  199. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I read Janet Evanovich's "One for the Money" yesterday, the first of the Stephanie Plum series. I've been thinking about trying them for a while but was put off because I like a nice weighty read. I really enjoyed the story and her writing style but it wasn't good value for money as I had...
  200. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Thanks for all the positive vibes and kind thoughts and whatnot. I didn't get the job. I feel pretty lousy right now and can't see a way forward, as they say "what is left when hope has gone". Not sure that hope has entirely left the building, but stocks are running low. I'll just have to...
  201. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Some good results this week!! Well done everyone - if I were wearing a hat I would take it off to you .... but I'm not, so I can't ... but you get the general idea :p :D I haven't weighed myself in line with my policy. However, I feel flabby and wobbly and generally gross, I think I have...
  202. OzzieMoz

    The story of teabag the baby bat!!

    I've been having a rotten day (it's night-time here now) and was feeling thoroughly miserable, your story made me smile so thankyou for that. It's good to see people who care so much for animals! We have heaps of bats round here, flying foxes or fruit bats - they fly in flocks in the...
  203. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    You've just reminded me, my Sunday treat when I did slimming world years ago was 4 sesame ryvita with a thin spread of marge, a thin spread of salad cream and then dollops of Sainsbury's low fat cottage cheese with pineapple on top. Yummo! Wahhhhhhhh - I want that now! You can't get...
  204. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Oh you're too kind, I do so waffle ... or witter when I'm not waffling. I can write reams without actually passing on any information of relevance and/or interest. A bit like a chinese takeaway, a pleasure at the time but ultimately unsatisfying :rotflmao: I'm off to get the missing...
  205. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    In my defence I haven't actually waffled - a surprising but true fact! I only returned to the fold yesterday or the day before - I lose track with the time difference .... and senility .... and lunacy :rotflmao: Hope all is going well for you - give Sum a metaphorical kick up the bum too...
  206. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome to our happy thread :D I know it's quite daunting when you step on the scales the first time and think eeeeep what have I done - but you've done one of the hardest things and have now found a good way to deal with the issue! It's great here that it's not competitive in any way shape...
  207. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Awww bless you silly sausage, you seem to be having a silly day .... who in the right mind would do shredding ... of anything other than cabbage! Actually, I wouldn't shred cabbage either as I hate the smell, although I do like coleslaw, so having said that I am going to keep a note of your...
  208. OzzieMoz

    Mushroom & lentil loaf

    I'm making this in the next couple of days, but I'll have to do without the big bag of lentils as it's about 9.500 miles to my nearest Tescos :rotflmao: .... actually that may not be true as I've no idea now how far Tescos have spread into the world! ... but certainly to the nearest one I...
  209. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    but wouldn't it leak? or am I being particularly obtuse? Must I take a leap of faith and trust zip lock? Oh my!
  210. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I like superspeed soup - I haven't got enough containers to put it in at the moment so I'll give it a miss for a while til I can sort that out! I'm going to make the lentil and mushroom loaf this week as it sounds lovely - do you know if it freezes well? Doesn't matter if it doesn't -...
  211. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Well hello there, I think Reggie and I are feeling a bit sheepish as we've not been here for a while, although I suspect Reg won't like being called sheepish, although he looks more the part than I do :p Sorry, I haven't been posting as I do almost without fail log in every day to see how...
  212. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome to the thread :) Of course you can join us! The more the merrier and we are ever so merry! :D I think one of the main ongoing themes of this thread is that this is a lifestyle change, not just a diet and in a lifestyle we are always going to have some evenings out, days out ...
  213. OzzieMoz

    Anyone on SW with Crohns?

    Years ago when I did SW the first time round, I used to go with a friend of mine who had Crohns. She lost weight really well and didn't have any problems as such. She did mainly green days as she was a vegetarian and EE hadn't been invented at that time! Good luck with the weight loss and...
  214. OzzieMoz

    Bryce Courtenay - A Most Excellent Author

    I've just been sitting here having a quiet ponder about authors I have come across in recent times. Books here in Australia are phenomenally expensive so for a while I took to really researching books before I would commit to buying them, then I gave up on that and started getting them sent...
  215. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    .... it's their nuts that weigh them down dontcha know ... :eek: :p
  216. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome to the thread :D There is always room for more in our group, we even have mascots who weigh in on other days! We are just so not fussy ..... I'm not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing ;) :D I find the gang here hugely supportive and I think between us all, we've all been...
  217. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Shhhhhh .... the squirrels are watching you :eek:
  218. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I think they are each allocated a secret squirrel, who follows them round wherever they go making sure they don't spill the beans.... or they get pelted with nuts! :p Sunday morning has dawned .... and I didn't weigh in. I just don't want to get sad when there really is nothing I can do...
  219. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I think it's perfectly ok that it shouldn't be discussed on fora such as this. However, I do think it is unfair in many ways that it is not information that is equally available to online members who miss out on quite a few benefits that those who attend meetings gain, yet are still charged...
  220. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I did that last year, read them all pretty much back to back! Now I just have to wait for the next one to come out in paperback, which hopefully will be the end of this year as it's due out in hardback next month! They are an excellent read! :D
  221. OzzieMoz

    I just got a Kindle!

    I so want a kindle :cry: I love real books too though and don't think I could ever forsake the love of looking at them on my bookshelves, so I think I would operate a dual system but have yet to work out what the rules that govern which I would by would be... well that is something I could...
  222. OzzieMoz

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I have been dithering about getting "Fall of Giants". I absolutely loved Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, and rate them among my all time favourite books .... actually my list of all-time favourites is huge as I'm not good at choosing :rotflmao: but anyway, I've been uncertain...
  223. OzzieMoz

    Need something new!!

    I hope you like the books! I would definitely start with the Thursday Next series as whilst I enjoy the Nursery Crime books as well, I think the TN ones are more immediately engaging! I'm so glad I finally discovered this section of the site, as I didn't realise until yesterday that it...
  224. OzzieMoz

    Need something new!!

    Man, it's a pain in the bum when you read to the end of a thread and see that other people have baggsied your recommendations first - d'oh!! :rotflmao: I absolutely love Jasper Fforde's books. He is the only author whom I have ever thought, I would love to meet them. He has an absolutely...
  225. OzzieMoz

    Easy light reading

    What about Kate Morton "House at Riverton" or "The Forgotten Garden". They are fairly light reading but not chick lit as such. I enjoyed them. If chick lit is your thing though and you just want another author to try, I remember enjoying Isabel Wolff books a few years ago "The Making of...
  226. OzzieMoz

    Any fantasy fiction readers on here ?

    I like to read all sorts but also recently discovered Robin Hobb and I am loving her books! I read the Farseer Trilogy and am now just about to read the last in the Tawny Man trilogy. I've got the first in the Liveship Traders series in my to be read pile and another one but I can't offhand...
  227. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    I'm very sorry for causing confusion! Just remember that I have to live with these thoughts going on in my head almost all the time :rotflmao: Oh how I suffer! :cry: :p :D Worst of all it is all done without the aid of booze or cake enhancement :eek: Perhaps if I did drink alcomahol or eat...
  228. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    ahhhh see now, you've created a problem .... because "random dragon" sort of put me in mind of the "Magic Dragon" as in Monsieur Puff ..... and now my dragon has become real and is Snuff the Random Dragon .... Poor poor Reggie! I suppose he could be a vegetarian and could join me on Green...
  229. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Congratulations to the pair of you!! I am soooooooo very pleased for you both. I know that behind the lunacy, you've both worked very hard and you deserve this reward!! Yayyyyyyy, go you!! :happy096: My saucisse ridicule, thank you for the goatlady tee-shirt - it has given me my first good...
  230. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Morning all :) Sorry I've been AWOL again. I have been keeping up to date with all your goings on and man have you lot been going on .... :rotflmao: :p I haven't been posting mainly because things are a bit grim here and I don't like to acknowledge it in writing but I've noticed a few...
  231. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Chips and sweeties are syn free on a bogawful day. I reckon so anyway! All pootling along mainly harmlessly here. OH woke me up at 5 this morning, stomping round the house saying "are you sure it's 6 oclock?" to which i sleepily replied, "no, it's 5" and he said "well, why did you wake me...
  232. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Good things are worth waiting for, so he will wait! ;) :D
  233. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Well good lord, here I am on 2 consecutive days, if that doesn't show a mighty mound of good intentions then I don't know what does! How good am I?!! shhhh, that's a rhetorical question and as such does not require an answer :p Today is going to be another red day.... leftover mince and...
  234. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Well as you can see, I didn't know I had a diary either :rotflmao: :p As you both know I drivel on a bit on the Sunday thread, here it's even worse, it's just inane/insane dribble. I often say to my daughter to look at me and that is where she will be in a few years time .... cruel mum I am...
  235. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Awwww that's lovely!! I'm all excited now too!! He better behave himself and be worthy of you! I might go choose myself a hat .... perhaps I should go ask Fergie for some style advice as she obviously gave some wonderful advice to her daughters recently :rotflmao: :rolleyes:
  236. OzzieMoz

    Feeling down with so far to go

    You can get there and you will get there but only if you start believing in yourself and rewarding yourself for all the good that you have achieved so far! Don't beat yourself up for gods sake, give yourself a HUGE pat on the back for what you have lost in such a short time! I can see how it...
  237. OzzieMoz

    OzzieMoz's Upside Down Diary!

    Hmmmmmmm..... thought it was time I dug up this thread and got back to posting here! It's quite interesting reading back and seeing where I was and what was happening months ago! Considering that it is 5 months since I posted on this thread, my weight strangely is exactly the same as in my...
  238. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Welcome back Sparky :) Glad to see you have come back and not undone all the good work you did, we all have had lapses over the years for whatever reasons, but you have had the good sense and guts to hop back onto the wagon before you undid all the good work you had already done. I bet a...
  239. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    What about a dark aubergine or plum? I'd suggest to her looking at what colours are "in" over winter and see what comes up in the Christmas party dress ranges as they can be quite bridesmaidy, so you might get a few dresses in different sizes but all in the "in" colour. The other way that...
  240. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Thanks again smartie, you are lovely :) OH is pretty much back to normal now, or as normal as he gets :rotflmao: he has these terrible time lapses though and forgets a lot of what has been said. It's causing more hassle this time because a lot of what he is forgetting he has been told is...
  241. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Sorry to read your mojo is wobbling Smartie, I'm sure that with a bit of tinkering & tweaking to what you are eating plus if absolutely necessary some jiggling about (otherwise known as exercise) should get you back to your losing ways ... or losing weighs, either works! :p Man, I hate being...
  242. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    Just a quick visit from me so you don't think I have forsaken you all. Life is getting in the way but I'll update about that later. I'll go with whatever the majority think, but I don't really like the idea of an on thread SOTW as it is all about support and plodding along at our own speeds...
  243. OzzieMoz

    Vegetables - how do you cook yours?

    Thanks MiniMog! I might give it a whirl tomorrow! Live life on the edge :D
  244. OzzieMoz

    Vegetables - how do you cook yours?

    I'm quite good with my veggies now considering that I hated them all except .... actually I just hated them all :rotflmao: Anyway, I now eat and enjoy the majority of veggies except sprouts which are the devils food and celery which is just an abomination .... one thing I do wonder about...
  245. OzzieMoz

    Who loves shopping TV QVC etc...

    I miss QVC since I moved to Australia. I bought a fair few things from them (several years ago mind you) and always found the service superb. I liked Liz Earle stuff and had some molton brown and Aveda stuff too and a Gatineau spot stick thing that was just a miracle. I'm getting all...
  246. OzzieMoz

    A Taste Of Honey

    Those few words that I have quoted beautifully sum up how I feel about my parents and my upbringing. The funny thing is that it wasn't until fairly recently that I realised how privileged I was in that respect, that so many don't have that all enveloping feeling of love and support no matter...
  247. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    By jove what what, one speaks with ones plum in ones mouth (syn free of course - jolly good show eh!) Toodle pip old chum!
  248. OzzieMoz

    Sunday Weighers... or is it only me?

    u iz not in da crew den blud? I iz in da Ozzie Crew innit, I waz in da Ozzie Massiv an den I shrunk :p
  249. OzzieMoz

    Where is everyone from???

    I'm originally from the southern edge of London, but now I'm in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia!
  250. OzzieMoz

    Look How they grew.

    Lovely pictures of two gorgeous dogs, no wonder you are soppy about them! Put a smile on my face on what has been a miserable day :) Great Danes seem to be really popular over here, I've never seen so many but there are 5 in various houses within 200 yds or so of home. Makes our Staffy look...
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