Lick The Lard

Today’s weight: 74.2kg
Last night’s dinner party went very well - the food on offer was salad with salmon, olives, cheese, and French bread. I don’t take dressing on my salad, so no oil there - and the cheese was limited to sprinklings of parmesan and a little Boursin. A good meal. On the way there […]

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Do you know someone who seems to eat and eat and eat, but never gains weight? They might even say “I eat whatever I want, but I never put on weight.”
I’ve been in that situation myself - with partners, friends - and it always puzzled me, especially when I was trying to lose weight myself.
But […]

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Salad Dressing Contains How Many Calories?
 
As I was picking up a tuna salad for lunch at the convenience store, a rather plump walked over and picked up the same salad, then a sachet of dressing, and walked away.
 
Out of interest I picked up a sachet of the same dressing to check whether it listed nutritional […]

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76.6kg - Why Up?
If reading about bodily functions offends you, look away now.
Last night I weighed myself before bed, and I was 77.7kg. Seeing that, I feared the worst - I expected to be in around 77 - 77.2kg this morning - so weighing in at 76.6kg isn’t that bad.
However it is still an increase […]

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Lunch today:
Tuna salad (tuna without oil or mayonaise, carrot, sweetcorn, lettuce, half egg): 106kCal
Spinach and bean salad (spinach, bean, bacon - which I didn’t eat): 90kCal
Orange juice (500ml): 228kCal
Soup: 50kCal
Total: 474kCal
When I really started to lose weight, I realised the mistakes I’d been making when I’d been trying to lose weight. The subtleties made such […]

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