Slimmercook

I haven’t blogged for a few days because I haven’t been so well, I had fever and sore throat. The good side is that I had very little appetite so not only did I not regain any of the weight I had lost during the Cabbage Soup Diet, but I even lost some more: [...]

Over the middle, entering the final stretch.
Soup as usual, plus 300 – 550g lean beef and up to six tomatoes.
I’ll cook mine up as follows:
1 onion, finely chopped
Dry-fry in medium hot pan until it caramelises. Add a little water if necessary to stop it from scorching. Add:
500g very lean beef mince
Stir it around [...]

As I’ve already said in the previous post, I lost 700g on the first day of the CSD. Just water I’m sure but still, an encouraging start. Husband’s relative lost over 11 kg in three soup cycles, a friend lost 5 kg in two cycles and has kept it off for about two months–neither [...]

The cabbage soup diet has been doing the rounds for decades, in various versions. Some are ascribed to famous hospitals which however deny any connexion. This is a crash diet and must not be undertaken by people with serious health problems. If in doubt, consult your doctor. After one week maintain [...]

When I diet I weigh myself daily, although I only post my weight here once a week. For most days of last week the scales seemed stuck on 75.8 kg, until a temporary gain yesterday. I had spent the weekend doing a mountain of ironing, and on Sunday evening Son wanted pizza. [...]

Last Saturday we went to a wedding. During the celebration dinner Husband either mixed his drinks, or had too much to drink, or his system simply wasn’t used to drinking after abstaining for about two months on a strict diet–whatever the reason, his body rejected the alcohol in no uncertain terms. This was [...]

Sorry this is late. On Monday my weight was 73.7kg, i.e. a gain of 0.3kg since last Monday. However, I’m confident this is just a temporary fluctuation, probably caused by water retention from popcorn at the cinema last Saturday, and I’m continuing the plan. Today I was already less but I committed [...]