[Pinkhippie]

Lildazed! Thanks! Yeah the food poisoning was not the cool part of the weekend. I may never eat eggs again.

I've been feeling better for a few days but the scale is still showing 154. It would be nice if I would just stay here since its the natural weight I have been most of my life before kids and between kids.

[JenteIsving]

Ladies, I need your help.

Help with the English language
And with cooking (double-, eh?)

Here's my problem: I'm not a native English-speaker (which is painfully obvious I suspect ) and I'm not much of a cook (another thing which is probably obvious enough ).

So now I've gotten my hands on an English recipe which I'd like to try tonight or tomorrow or one of these days ("never" is not an option now that I have all the ingredients at home and that I have made it one of my non scale goals to become more "daring in every area of life", hence why I'm even asking here ).

So anyway, I suspect you can guess where this leads: I don't fully understand the measurements
Or more precisely - the recipe calls for "one knob of butter".
Um, how much is "one knob of butter"?
I mean, I get that it is a measurement and (I think) I understand that it is more than a "dash" or a "pinch" (which would be weird measurements in the context of butter anyway). But... how much is it, approximately? More like a teaspoon? A tablespoon? A bucket? An amount that would earn me a raised eyebrow, a sad headshake and a stern "moo" from any self-respecting cow?
Help, please?

(Google has been spectacularly unhelpful in this case...)

[Syckgirlsfv]

JenteIsving I've never even heard of a knob of butter, sorry! Here on the West Coast, at least, we don't use that term.

I'm solidly at 152 these days...I'm almost out of the 150's!

[Syckgirlsfv]

152 again...

[hiddenstar]

I'm back. Sorry that I fell off the face of the earth. I had a really hard time getting back in control from vacation. I kept snacking then lots of family parties. I couldn't get the kids to go to the gym with me. Our gym has an outdoor pool with waterslides. I know to many excuses and I'm to blame but maybe I just needed a few weeks rest.

Anyways, kids start back to school and I start back at the gym and tracking my eating. I'm going to try and take it light but I'm sure I will have really sore muscles from being away from gym. I will weigh in tomorrow - my official restart date.

Syckgirlsfv - congrats on keeping it going and making it to 152

Jentelsving - I never heard of knob of butter either. I looked it up. It is a British term for about 1.5 teaspoons.

[InATizzy]

I'd like to join in. I'm posting in featherweights but I'm not feeling very feathery these days. Over the past years, I've gained back all the weight I lost.
I'm now at 152. I was up to 156 at the beginning of this month.
Reading everyone's stories encourages me.

[hiddenstar]

inatizzy

I weighed in today at 160.0. But I'm ok with that cuz it is day one of my restart. So far day is going good. Went to gym and did a light workout. Hope I don't suffer too much tomorrow. . Took dog for walk and did a little gardening before it starts getting to hot. Watching my water making sure I get enough.

Hope I can keep the momentum going.

[hiddenstar]

159.4 today.

I've been thinking about soup alot. I love my can soup and it's low calories but sodium is extremely high. So I am going to start eating more which will give me more water weight at first but will help with long term weight lost. I need to also try making homemade soups but it is so hard to determine calories.

Hope everyone is doing well.

[Syckgirlsfv]

I'm up 2 pounds due to TOM this week 154 this morning. No matter - I've been 152 for a couple weeks so I know that's my normal right now. I rode 17 miles last night, and tonight probably 20-22 miles after work. So by I'd say Thursday at the latest I'll be back to 152, if not lower. TOM tends to cleanse out my system...TMI, I know!

[hiddenstar]

158.8 today. Went down but didn't do to great at dinner. It was so good, I had seconds.

Muscles are killing me but I went to gym today and did a little bit more than last time.

Syckgirlsfv - great job in keeping the bike riding going. How long does it take to complete so many miles.?

[Syckgirlsfv]

back to 152.2 rode 20 miles after work yesterday.

Hiddenstar 20 miles takes about 2 hours, give or take a few minutes. It's working better than anything has in the past, too. love it!

[hiddenstar]

159.0 was bad at dinner again. I'm starting this thing of trying new recipes and I probably eat more than I should. Especially if it's good

2 hours for a bike ride. Wow. I'm betting you are getting some killer looking legs.

I plan to do lots of yardwork this morning before it gets too hot. Thighs are still burning from previous exercise. But got to keep going.

[Syckgirlsfv]

still weighing in at 152.2. Not bad considering all the pizza I ate this weekend, and the leftover pizza I had for dinner last night!

No exercise last night because of school, and same tonight. Next week is finals week already! 2 GLORIOUS weeks off after that and then Fall quarter starts. It's never-ending!

[InATizzy]

I weighed in at 150.4 and was very happy. My short term goal is to be under 150 by the end of the month.
Syckgirlsfv- bicycling 20 miles sounds difficult. You're riding outside, right?
Hiddenstar- I hate yard work but it is a great workout.

I did a bootcamp workout at a gym for 45 mins everyday for about a year. I went on vacation for 2 months and now I've just joined zumba twice a week. I'll probably go back to bootcamp 2-3 times a week from September

[Syckgirlsfv]

InATizzy yes, we ride on a bike trail that parallels a busway. It's pretty awesome