by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 15, 2016 | My Diary
There was a very interesting article in the New Scientist this week. It is talking about the evidence that a diet with carbohydrates at the level that the government currently recommends is one of the big reasons for the obesity crisis. I find the argument compelling....
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 15, 2016 | My Diary
I seem to have abandoned you over the last week. No Shrove Tuesday pancakes and no Valentines suggestions either. There are lots of suggestions from last year and the year before for lovely Valentine day things. I hope you did whatever you wanted on Sunday, and if you...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 8, 2016 | My Diary
Weigh in day today. Every dieter knows that Monday is the ‘day that counts’. This week, I have been eating soup with lashings of double cream in it, confit de canard, lots of cheese, olive oil on everything, roast chicken with skin, avocados, tons of almonds, black...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 6, 2016 | My Diary
a too busy week What a busy week it was this week! A too busy week really. I am trying to cut back on things I do so I have more time to spend with new husband, and of course gardening season will soon be upon us. On Monday there was the filming that I spoke about...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 2, 2016 | My Diary
Back at the gym Had my three week review at the gym this morning. I had lost 1lb on the scales up there. Wasn’t even expecting that to be honest. Alex, my coach, went through everything. He examined in great detail the report I had printed off from myFitnessPal...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 1, 2016 | My Diary
A bit of filming Did another little bit of filming this morning. I wrote three posts for the Guiness Partnership. The last one being on Valentine’s, which is what they wanted to film – a little bit of talking, and making the main course. The Valentines...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2016 | My Diary
Just had dinner, and I’m still hungry! We had what has become a favourite, peanut butter noodles with loads of veg and a tiny bit of chicken. It was tasty, satisfying, but now, half an hour later, my tummy is rumbling again. I’ve started a 12 week program...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 5, 2016 | My Diary
Had a lovely day today. It started off early as I woke up at 5:00am. Millions of calories At 8:00 I went off up to the gym for my set up meeting with my new coach for the next 12 weeks. One of the things he did was work out how many calories he wanted me to eat,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 2, 2016 | My Diary
Well, here we are again, another January 1st, and all the usual resolutions apply. The next 12 weeks I’ve signed up at the gym I go to to their new program. In a couple of days, I’ll be going to set up a 12 week program with them. They go through all your...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 24, 2015 | Lunches
Today is a 5:2 day and I had this gorgeous soup at lunchtime. I’ve had a look on mySupermarket and the Tom Yum Paste doesn’t seem to be stocked in the supermarkets. I got mine at an Asian shop. Amazon has some at £3.99/400g, Sainsburys has its own version...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 28, 2015 | My Diary
Actually went to the gym today. I procrastinated all day as I was sort of dreading it, expecting it to be horribly hard. But in the event, it was fine. I did my entire workout, just dropping down a weight for one exercise, and leaving off 1 plank from the 2 x 1...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 10, 2015 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK)
Do you remember about this time last year, I did Live Below the Line UK for Action Aid? I have been talking about it for the last couple of weeks. Why Action Aid? Because they are a charity that concentrate on women and girls in extreme poverty around the world. Why...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2015 | My Diary
Are you feeling stressed today, will you have trouble sleeping tonight? I am sensitive to caffeine in tea, coffee, cola etc, and the caffeine and theobromine in chocolate. If I have any, not only am I very likely to get a migraine, but it will probably keep me awake...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 14, 2015 | My Diary
Woke up this morning feeling my old self, hooray! Went up the gym and did my new workout. Phew, it was hard! But then it’s supposed to be, and will get easier over the six weeks it will be in place. Lots of lifting weights in this one. After the six weeks, I...
