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edwife:

Like I predicted but at least be happy he kept his seat unlike Ed Balls.

Mixed feelings but I always suspected that Labour would have it hard(not on this scale though). The Economy was the key factor that worked against them.

Oh well here's to another 5 years of George Osborn

EfemenaXY:
Okay, having been inspired by the likes of chillisauce, Damiso, and a poster from the sister thread, I decided to bite the bullet and make my own Bole stir fry.

My first attempt!

Ingredients: grilled brine fish (seasoned with dried pepper, salt, and fish seasoning), chopped red, green and yellow bell peppers, onions, frozen mushrooms, 2 tablespoons of palm oil, ugwu and a Maggie cube.

Nice one Efe.. You sure do know how to make a proper spread

naijababe:
YUP!!!

Slept at half 1 and woke up to find that the exit polls were very true 55 seats

Epic quote for me;

Interviewer: well it seems you have been unable to stop David Cameron fro. Getting back to No 10



Nicola Sturgeon: That is not down to us it means Labour could not beat the Tory party in England

Talk about adding salt to injury
I am sure Ed Milliband feels like killing Nicola Sturgeon right now

Edwife sorry o your boyfriend is a goner.

On the upside though labour won in my consistuency after 30 years of being a safe lib dem seat. Mixed feelings about the decimation of the Lib Dems even vince cable lost his seat

The thought of a Tory govt with no moderating element

Naijababe wetin happen for una side. I remember you voted No on the referendum and even Places that voted No still voted SNP

Yeepa naijababe you people have killed Labour according to exit polls SNP have won 58 seats of all the 59 in scotland

Efemenaxy how many cucumbers do you buy in a week?

Lazy mummy I reused my daughter's sandwich plate can't be washing extra plates when that one was not dirty

Dinner;Wholemeal pitta pocket stuffed with lettuce, cucumber,salad tomatoes,chicken breast and one tsp of reduced fat humous.(I love humous)

naijababe:
Shebi Ed don talk say no coalition with SNP Not to worry, with red pali, you no go need visa

Are you minding him? I hope he does not have to eat his words.

edwife:
Lol @ the bigger picture





That's my girl

Yes naa I don't want the George Osborn back at No 11 . .Every seat and vote counts and ours is a marginal.

I don vote for your boyfriend so fingers crossed.

bellong:
are they complaining?

What business do you have with their private lives they never discussed with you about?

How sure are you they have not gone to a better and stronger native doctor than the one you know?

From your write-up, the couples are living their lives happily and are not complaining. I see no reason why you should use Aspirin for another person's pain.

In summary, it is none of your business and minding one's business is a great virtue. Your offer may even make them keep their distance from you knowing that whatever challenges arises in the compound, they know who is likely to find the shortest way out. You will be treated like a plague.

So bro, mind your business

Gosh.. Just what I was ranting about the other day .Phew.

above is your answer.Thank God (if the story is true) that you sought advise before making awon eni eleni unconfortable

naijababe:
I have............SNP

You people sha want to leave the UK ..So you want me to take visa to come and greet you in ABZ. ko da o

Its all good sha we might(very big might on top all poor Ed's rubbish posturing ) a Lab/SNP coalition

r231:
I don born again

no more parties

igboro ti daru

Igboro wo lo daru

edwife:
Did anyone vote yet?

Damiso,idowuobgo,efemenaxy,naijababe,r231,etc......

and for whom?

Not yet but will do On my way back home from work and I am voting Labour. I like my MP( he is a LIB dem) but I have to look at the bigger picture, very close race.

My current desk situation. Not used the vending machine in ages.Before you would have seen one walkers crisps like that. I used to decieve myself that it was baked and not fried.

Efe I know that feeling my trousers looked baggy this morning.i think I need to go shopping I hate when trousers have that 3rd leg look


My own aim is not just to loose weight I just want to incorporate healthy living for better improved health.

EfemenaXY:
Seriously?

What were the signs? Is it similar to type 2 diabetics?



I've discovered that one thing that helps control cravings such as these is to NOT buy the stuff in the first place. That makes it easier to bear. For example, I lovvvve the microwaveable buttered popcorn and could easily eat 3 sachets in a day. But, since I'm 95% of the time in charge of the household food shopping, I make conscious efforts not to buy stuff that I find hard to resist, and instead, stock up on more fruits and veg. Additionally, I always get the "feel good factor" when at the checkout till with the bulk of my shopping consisting mostly of healthy fruits and veg. A lady even commented on it as per, "you've got a healthy selection there..."

Also, knowing that fruits and veg will do my family a whole lot more good than bags of crisps / chocolates / cakes is another inspiration in itself. Anything to avoid childhood obesity.

Anyway, it's easier to not buy something you have a weakness for, than to buy it and then try resisting the urge to eat it at home.

No not really it was more like stomach ulcers.very horrible Sharp pains in the upper abdomen. So my doctor told me to cut out fixzy drinks totally. At that time I used to have minimum 4 bottles or cans of coke a day. I had to stop and not had the illness since I have.

The key like you said Efe if you don't have it at home you won't eat it. I throw away most of the party packs the kids get from parties as some contain an outrageous amount of sweets.

Tomorrow Lunch prep

Yam porridge and steamed spinach. Made the porridge with 1 tablespoon of rapeseed oil.

My colleague asked me today why I was using kiddie size bowls for lunch. In my mind i said this one does not know the struggle is real you think everyone is naturally slim like you( she is also twenty something no kids )

I started using small bowls and plates for portion control and I have really seen the difference.

edwife:
I hope so,now i know how people addicted to cigarette and drugs feel....

I am trying very hard,it has been a month and i am still standing.

Well done its hard I know but hang in there..now I look at coke and I can't believe I was once addicted to it.

We don't buy fizzy drinks at all and I am gradually phasing out fruit juices too.Its just a bit awkward when you have unexpected visitors and you can only offer water.

olumba69:
Hi, I made something similar to yours which i found here... http://www.myactivekitchen.com/blog/2014/12/17/ownyees-island. TBH, I enjoyed every bit of it. Very healthy meal too.

Yours looks nice too..

edwife:
Hmm chilli,i can't tell you how much...

I am having nightmares regarding coke,sometimes i dream of me drinking it with ice cube.....

Don't worry you will be fine. I gave up fizzy drinks almost 9 years ago after I was diagnosed with gastro intestinal issues and now I can't even remember the taste.

Chillisauce:
I buy in large quantity. Sometimes they end up getting expired.
but when it's time to eat, I prefer putting the extra in the bin than running for 20min to burn off extra calories

My body is not a bin abeg.

You are right..I know how many extra calories I used to consume when my kids never used to eat their food and I would eat one spoon put one spoon in their mouth

Now if you don't eat I will put in the bin for you..

Chillisauce:
Thanks.

Easy with the almonds, though healthy they are packed with lots and lots of calories. Not good if you are not exercising enough or your work is not too mobile
100g of almond is like a half cup of fufu

Yes o very calorific.. I try to take like a fistful a day I.e like 25g at a time.Don't mind me am just too tight there are smaller portion cups in the shops that are like 40g but I said why buy 40g for £1 when this 200g is £2.40 Lai Lai I be Nigerian gal I will put in cup myself

All those small size packaged stuff are a bloody rip off. The other day I wanted to buy melons and one small cup was like £2.50 when I can buy a whole melon for £2. Mbanu they should look for another way to cheat me I be ijebu gal

smartmom:
I have gone off coke soda too after decades of addiction. My tea or coffee has to be decaf but I add semi skimmed milk to a strong brew and am good to go. But if you dont do milk, drink your tea with a squeeze of lemon, The tart taste will remove the crave for sweetness. You could gradually reduce the sugar till you go off completely.

Kudos anyway for the healthy move.

Thank you. It was hard with the coke thing but I guess if I could do that guess I could do the sugar too.

Bank Holiday over my lunch prep taking in my own lunch and snacks In allows me curb eating unhealthy stuff.


The Almonds are for the whole week and they are really filling with water for that mid morning snack.

Chillisauce that cous cous looks yummy.

ladygogo:
Yoruba muslims beg to differ.

:Dby the time you do ita(3 day prayer) 7 day Fidau,41 days etc etc the costs go just dey pile up.

They even yii eyin oku pada(turn the corpse back ) like seriously corpse that has already decomposed.

I kinda agree to an extent about spending money that is non existent or people going Into debt. But if the deceased was looked after and its not a strain on their finances why not?

I used to think it was a Nigerian or African thing until I attended the burial of my friend's English grandmother. They did not cook like we would cook but these people spent over £5,000 on flowers .flower that will die The coffin nko? The whole funeral cost over £20,000 and all we ate was sandwiches and sausage rolls

The main difference though is that slightly more well to do white people tend to save towards their funerals so as not to over burden their children or loved ones.

Poor people everywhere struggle with funeral costs and for some people in the UK the local authority has to come to the family's aid for people to be buried. The average costs of a UK funeral i.e a burial or cremation, is £3,456. Non well to do people who will cook and do party in Nigeria might not spend that much. I don't I spent up to that when my dad died.(Muslim burial though and my dad hated parties)

Our own pomp and pageantry though is not necessarily associated to the actual costs of laying to the earth or cremation so I guess that's where culture comes to play.

EfemenaXY:
Ah Dami, I see Ed's already suggested a solution to you. Efe's the very wrong person to ask about teas / coffees and sugar alternatives. I've completely given up on all three. I drink only water. I don't do white / brown/ sweetners et al. I get my sugar from fruits in their purest form, straight from the farm.

My suggestion? Give up teas and coffees. Or, you could go for the green herbal / lemon tea. I hear it's quite good.

Haa Efe wan kill person give up tea iv already switched to herbal/green tea( most of those in my picture are flavoured green teas/camomile/fennel/lemon) but to give up totally Hian I don't know o. I will try sha. Drink more water now though. Will try to limit it to 2 cups a day max and then drink more water in between.

Edwife ok I will go back to brownsugar/honey. Will use just one satchet of those ones they provide in my office(yuk imagine that on green tea but staying healthy is a sacrifice )

For those of you who gave up bread totally how did you do it? I have given up white and the normal sliced variant I have just whole wheat pitta bread now(see picture) and just one or two at at time but to give up bread totally I just don't know. One of my friends is trying to get us to do a no bread AT ALL for one month challenge but I no think say I fit o.


See my black legs chai

edwife:
I am addicted to coffee and tea too,but i take them with honey or half teaspoon of granulated or brown sugar.Never use sweetener,they are artificial.

Less than 25 percent of your daily calories should come from the added sugar in foods like cookies, cereal, and ketchup. To satisfy your sweet tooth-especially if you're counting calories, limiting carbs.

A friend of mine who is a nutritionist told me about these sugar alternatives which are the latest made from stevia, an herb found in Central and South America that is up to 40 times sweeter than sugar but has zero calories.You will find them in store,SWEETLEAF AND TRUVIA.

[img]http://www.livingfoodslifestyle.co.nz/images/Wisdom%20Natural%20Sweeleaf%20Stevia%20Powder.jpg[/img]

Thanks edwife I will try this one.I tried Truvia its disgusting

I try to use honey as well but was kinda not keen on leaving it in my drawers at work. They get sticky after some time.

So do you think Brown sugar is actually healthier than sweetners? I buy brown sugar for hubby but I don't use it.

Eba and Efo riro.efo riro with smoked turkey,smoked prawns and fish.

Sorry for gate crashing guys but need ideas and tips on managing my sugar intake. I have been able to eliminate fizzy drinks (was addicted to coke used to have like 4 bottles a day but I am proud to say I have not had a bottle of Coke or fizzy drinks in about 9 yrs). I am not a chocolate or dessert person. my kids or people buy me chocolate for mothers etal and I give them out. I have the occasional biscuit once in a while cake etc.

My issue now is my morning cuppa or coffee. I take my coffee and tea black but It must be sweet. I can't do without tea I can do without coffee but if I have not had tea in a day (including summer) it's like something is missing.i switched to fruit and herbal teas but It still has to be sweet. I first switched to Brown sugar then I read reviews that said its still calorie packed. Then honey(still use honey ) but it's not compact to take to work. Then i switched to sweetners (Splenda) at work. Now I read reviews on how artificial sweetnees were banned in Japan as they are linked to cancer.i then bought stevia a plant based sweetner but It had this disgusting bitter after taste(defeats the purpose does it not ) also been reading that it also causes cancer.


Wetin girl go do now, I need my tea but I need it sweet. Tips please
Efemenaxy
Chillisauce
Edwife
Others
That tea collection down there is me running out

Hubby thinks I have issues he says what is all this zillion teas you keep drinking is it not just something in hot water. I have even switched the house tea to Tetley 50/50( green tea/black tea)

Children say the oddest and meanest things to each other. Inherently children are selfish and tend to throw tantrums or say horrible things when things don't go their way it's up to parents and responsible adults to channel those emotions and try to let them see that they have to consider others and the world does not revolve around them.

Na wa for the correlation between the state of origin and a child's over active imagination

Awwww God bless her. One does really learn from this lil ones.

@ cocancandy and Ewuro4 thank you

I am normally very chilled about this things and like you said coco sometimes am amused even my mum jokes so you just want to have 'Jack and Jill' but the way she was grilling and grilling me was highly intrusive as soon as I reply thinking she will leave me alone na so she go ask another question o anyway na to dey greet from far.

If she was that insensitive to me I don't want to imagine how someone else who might be TTC would feel. I kuku told that you know some people are praying for just one and that know one understands the mystery of conception sometimes.

People need to learn how to be sensitive.

Ewuro4:


Our people are cunningly intrusive ... It's simple, always have the right answers to their brainless questions whenever they come my/your way.

Thanks sis learning how to.