Confess your eating sins here and all shall be forgiven. Any calories consumed in these sinful items will instantly evaporate, causing you to suffer no weight gain as a result. *

Today the bad things I have consumed are:

A gingerbread latte in Starbucks
A Chinese noodle thing for lunch
Two chocolate biscuits
A mince pie when I got home

:blush:

* This is not true but never mind

I miss the Seven Deadly Sins forum.

Le sigh.

cheerio!

A gingerbread latte in Starbucks


:blush:

* This is not true but never mind

Oh, Ceridwen they are worth it though, aren't they?! I had one of them last week and it was delicious! I didn't even feel on bit guilty even when I had a marshmallow twizzle stick on the side!

I have been quite good today and the only sweet thing I have had today was a slice of carrot cake when I was in John Lewis shopping. I did however have a flake last night whilst doing the ironing watching Monarch of the Glen!

Oh, Ceridwen they are worth it though, aren't they?!

Actually, my favourite is eggnog latte but to my horror they'd run out!! :sad:

Any calories consumed in these sinful items will instantly evaporate, causing you to suffer no weight gain as a result. *


Ceridwen can you confirm that the cold lager diet works? That's where if you drink a glass of cold lager, your body burns up more calories bringing the lager up to body temperature than is put in it by the lager. The result is a net loss of calories, so your weight goes down.

Ceridwen can you confirm that the cold lager diet works?

SF, I am glad you raised this point. I can confirm the cold lager diet does indeed work a treat. However, a little known fact is that any form of alcoholic beverage also works as well. Basically, the liver has to work very hard to eliminate the toxins in the alcohol from the body. This provides the often under-used liver with a well needed workout, and burns off a vast number of calories. Couple this with the extra calories burned as a result of making frequent trips to the toilet, and you have a superb calorie consuming workout in a bottle!!

I think that if it's a fizzy alcoholic drink, the gas bubbles will make you a bit lighter too.

Of course I also forgot to mention that you should always count the calories expended in, for example, going to the off licence to purchase the item, washing the glasses, drying them, using the corkscrew etc. People often forget the value of exercise when it is incorporated in to their daily routine.

Another good trick is to always eat other people's food, especially leftovers. Remember - these have no calorific value whatsoever and so long as you didn't buy or cook the item for yourself, you will not gain weight if you eat it. These are what we call "free foods" - eat as much as you like.

I'm trying to justify how bacon sarnies or pork pies can make you lose weight, but I'm a bit stuck for the moment.

Another trick to this marvelous diet is to dance like crazy inbetween fizzy drinks, eat as much food as you like...dance like crazy again...remembering to jump on the spot if you can. After you have repeated this 20 times, sprint for the taxi, get home and more often than not you will find the whole lot is expelled from you body, actually leaving you with a minus calorie intake.

Which is rather grande is it not.

Hang on - you mean binge out on what you like then throw it all up? Nah - surely nobody would do that!

I think you will find it is beyond your control.

Added to that, the next day an excellent work out commences with scrubbing bathroom floor,walls and ceiling. Changing the bed clothes etc.

Do this again the following night and by monday you will have lost 2 stone.

Something to make us all feel a little bit better about pigging out!


THE TRUTH ABOUT DIET AND LIFE


Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this
true?

A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it...don't
waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up
your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can
extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer?
Take a nap.



Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and
corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an
efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain?
Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy
vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily
allowance of vegetable products.



Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit! . Brandy is distilled wine,
that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even
more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms
up!



Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have a body and you have body fat, your ratio is one to
one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.



Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular
exercise program?

A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good



Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?

A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil.
In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be
bad for you?


Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the
middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You
should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stom! ach.



Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you cr azy? HELLO ....... Cocoa beans ... another vegetable!!
It's the best feel-good food around!



Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.



Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?

A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!



Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had
about food and diets and remember, "Life should NOT be a journey to the
grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - champagne in one hand
strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out,
and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride!

WINE IS MADE FROM A FRUIT.

Fantastic, I most certainly get my daily five portions then.

I love the last bit about skidding inthe grave side ways....it makes so much sense, well to me anyway.
:laugh:

Absolutely loving that Dol:)

"Life should NOT be a journey to the
grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well
preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - champagne in one hand
strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out,
and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride![/font]

I intend to live my life by this motto http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ilovesurvivor/Smilies%20-%20Party/woohoo.gif

Dolores that was a scream, as well as sage advice to live by!

It cheered me up a lot reading this thread, I have a raging toothache...so better get some alcohol to numb the pain !

Cheers
M

I think I can justify the bacon sandwich diet. The Atkins diet says you can eat as much bacon as you like. The problem is you can't eat bread. What I'd do is sandwich a slice of bacon between two more slices of bacon. That would work, even if it looks stupid.

I ate loads yesterday, and still feel guilty about it. I was feeling a bit low, and eating always helps :blush:

So i had:-

1) bowl of rice krispies
2) mince pie
3) bag of crisps
4) lollypop
5) a pasta / sausage and tomato thingy i whipped up for lunch and pigged the lot, even though there was enough for the street
6) two homemade cakes
7) sweet and sour chicken with rice#
8) handfuls of chocolate coated peanuts

Oooppps :blush:

Ive just eaten a packet of Doritos :mad2:

Breakfast today consisted of two eggnog lattes in Starbucks.

Lunch is a prawn mayonnaise sandwich with a healthy packet of Hula Hoops and a Snickers Bar.

I gave myself an excellent workout walking from the car to Sainsburys, round the aisles and back again as well.

BTW foods are also "free" if you didn't PLAN to eat them. Thus, any food consumed outside of regular mealtimes doesn't count. :wink2:

WINE IS MADE FROM A FRUIT.

Fantastic, I most certainly get my daily five portions then.

:laugh:And even better: Jaffa cakes have orange in them - so they are fruit! Ditto chocolate oranges. Bakewell tarts, they have a cherry on top = Fruit! Banana cake = Fruit!

All good news :)

I've just scoffed a doughnut from the bakers, but I had to try a cake from there because it has just been taken over by someone new and I have to try the cakes out to see if they taste as good as the old owners used to make.

So today I tried a ring doughnut, the previous owners only baked jam ones, so that pleased my son as he doesn't like jam and loved the ring doughnut.

Tomorrow I think my cake testing experiment may have to be a coconut slice:)

Tomorrow I think my cake testing experiment may have to be a coconut slice:)
Coconut slice = fruit! :wink2:

I love cakes. I made some jam tarts, with sponge on top yesterday ... and they soon dissapeared :blush:

Coconut slice = fruit! :wink2:
actually it has a cherry on top as well, no I lie it has two cherries on top, so there is 3 of my recommended daily allowances:)

LMAO - I love the dietry advice in this thread.

Today I had a crunchie bar, but as it's full of air bubbles, I'm confident that it has in fact made me lighter.

Of course any food that is eaten standing up is also totally calorie free and can be eaten without a second thought :)

.........Really.......so, it really is ok to stand at the fridge and scoff all the chocolates! Whooppeeee! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ilovesurvivor/Smilies%20-%20Party/woohoo.gif

Ils, hope you don't mind but I *nicked* that fabbie little smillie! :)

Ils, hope you don't mind but I *nicked* that fabbie little smillie! :)

I don't mind at all Bella - I love to see smilies :)

.........Really.......so, it really is ok to stand at the fridge and scoff all the chocolates! Whooppeeee! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ilovesurvivor/Smilies%20-%20Party/woohoo.gif


Absolutely! And, using Ceri's other very sensible rules, if you stand behind the children at tea time and finish off any food they leave on their plates it's a double winner, 1) the food isn't yours and you hadn't planned to eat it and 2) you ate it standing up. In doing this you have saved yourself many calories and can therefore treat yourself to a big cake* :)

*make it a fruit cake and it counts as all 5 portions too.

Ceri what on earth is an eggnog latte?? I am sure it is splendid - but it sounds a bit thick and eggy to me, and rmember heat and eggs = scrambled egg!!:eek:

Ceri what on earth is an eggnog latte??

It tastes a bit like advocaat in a latte - delicious!!!

BTW coffee is exempt from calorific content as well as we all know that caffeine is an essential nutrient required by the body for its normal healthy functioning, especially first thing in the morning.