[Peacock]

I was a bad girl last night!

I had a whole tub of Raspberyy trifle to myself. Not a low fat one either. Actually the cream and custard were lovely but the rapsberries were too sweet. This was 650g worth of naughty-ness. I tried to look up the sin value in my SW 'bible' but only mentioned a somewhat smaller one with 45 sin values. AAARGH!

[veggie]

Yes come and sit with me in it I'm there most of the time.

[veggie]

I see you are a non drinker Peacock have you any tips on what to drink non alcoholic wise? Might sound strange question but I tend to drink alcohol at night.

[Peacock]

Well in the rare occasions I do go out I mainly stick to diet coke because even fruit juice is slap-handy worthy. I tried to avoid drinking gassy things like coke but there you go. I do drink a low sugar or sugar free squash at home and I try my best to drink enough water but only really like it with loads of ice and a slice of lemon but am usually too lazy to do this.

I also like herbal teas. I got a lovely one with honey and vanilla in it. In the summer I make up a huge juge of fruity herbal tea and bung it in the fridge.

The rest of the time it is normal tea and coffee (not good for my blood pressure though!)

[Peacock]

Veggie- Just a thought. Do you drink every night or go mad at weekends?

One idea might be to save up your points or sins (whatever diet you are on) to have a few drinks at weekends only. If you have mixers, as long as they are low cal I guess that is alright. Basically I think it is a good idea to make the drink as long as possible so you (hopefully) drink less. From what I do remember of alcoholic drinks wine is about 80 cals a glass (same as orange juice I think). This has the less calories of alcoholic drinks I think.

DOn't get me wrong, I shall be having a few cocktails at Christmas time cos my Brother is great with cocktails but because of the high BP I have to be careful and, as I am 13st 6 at moment, I do not want to waste calories/sins on booze (no...just trifle!).

[Smiling Sal]

Blackcurrent juice. Reduced sugar blackcurrent juice is much better than alcohol.

If I say it often enough I might start to believe it. I do like it but I enjoy a glass of wine of an evening. I am trying to drink more water and blackcurrent juice until the boys are in bed and then I crack open the diet coke. Am trying to cut down on the amount of fizzy juice I am drinking, but can only cut out one thing at time.

This will be my third "dry" night in a row, have just sent Ray out for the diet coke. Will be drinking at the wedding tomorrow, don't want to drink two nights in a row. I am turning over a new leaf or trying to, it's hard Veggie but we can do it.

I've spent most of the summer in the naughty corner too.

[Peacock]

I am out of the naughty corner for this week!

I may well be back though later!

[BigPhatBooty]

The cold forced me into the naughty corner - it made me eat crisps, Pringles (the devil's invention ), Viennetta, sausage and chips, M&S trifles and fudge desserts