Hello Everyone.
I'm a newbie and I live in the South of France and so I am going it alone (I have the books from when I was living in the UK - but I still have yet to buy some scales for my first weigh in!!).
My problem is that I've been everywhere to buy "Fry Light" but it just doesn't seem to exist here - everyone (including me) uses virgin olive oil on absolutely everything. I've asked around and people look at me as if I'm crazy.
The next time I visit the UK I can of course pick some up but that's not going to be for a good while yet (especially with all that snow!!)...
You can buy over here a olive oil dispenser that sprays rather than drizzles. Would it be the same to buy one of those and fill it with really good quality virgin olive oil or am I going to have to count as syns every time I cook, or dress a salad?
This diet is quite difficult for me as it is, as I obviously also can't get hold of all those brand name foods everyone keeps mentioning - Morrisons sausages etc. So I'm basically having to cook everything from scratch. I don't mind too much as I love cooking but there will be times I am sure when I feel an urge to eat something quickly and I'll give in to chocolate - or more likely, a bottle of wine!!! ...I'm hoping by reading the posts and the diaries, you guys will help me stay on the straight and narrow.
Many thanks for any advice you can give xx
I'm a newbie and I live in the South of France and so I am going it alone (I have the books from when I was living in the UK - but I still have yet to buy some scales for my first weigh in!!).
My problem is that I've been everywhere to buy "Fry Light" but it just doesn't seem to exist here - everyone (including me) uses virgin olive oil on absolutely everything. I've asked around and people look at me as if I'm crazy.
The next time I visit the UK I can of course pick some up but that's not going to be for a good while yet (especially with all that snow!!)...
You can buy over here a olive oil dispenser that sprays rather than drizzles. Would it be the same to buy one of those and fill it with really good quality virgin olive oil or am I going to have to count as syns every time I cook, or dress a salad?
This diet is quite difficult for me as it is, as I obviously also can't get hold of all those brand name foods everyone keeps mentioning - Morrisons sausages etc. So I'm basically having to cook everything from scratch. I don't mind too much as I love cooking but there will be times I am sure when I feel an urge to eat something quickly and I'll give in to chocolate - or more likely, a bottle of wine!!! ...I'm hoping by reading the posts and the diaries, you guys will help me stay on the straight and narrow.
Many thanks for any advice you can give xx