Ah, there must still be French U farmers around the place somewhere. In fact I think it's they who stole the Rs as they have a sideline supplying Rs and Us to the phone companies to use in text messages (e.g. as in "when R U coming home?")! Better hold on to your 2s...they'll be next to go!
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Hi troops,
Frejus was fun, we had a refreshing beer as soon as we got there. A little wander around, another beer then time for lunch. We settled on a lovely little restaurant, not a lot of tables, very intimate so we got ourselves settled in there. As we sat at our table I noted that the tablecloth was, well, slightly 'hairy' would be the best desription of the fabric. I decided that a few stiff drinks and whizz over with epilator and these little tablecloths would be as smooth as silk in no time. The pattern was rather odd though, you've heard of animal print, well this was an animal print of a sort, it was actually a cow print, friesian to be exact! Neither of us come from farming stock but even I know a cow when I see one and him indoors said that he'd gone out with a few in his younger days so he instantly recognised the markings. I looked around and there was a little bar inside and the stools were covered in the same fabric, the very pretty waitress was wearing an apron in, well, I think by now you can all guess. Bovine decor aside,we decided to go with the 'plat du jour' and it happened to be lemon sole, fish! I decided that today was the day I earned my wings, got my stripes, grew up and became a fish eater par excellence, against my better judgement! Hubs was shocked when I said I'd have the lemon sole, but not as shocked as I was when it arrived complete with head and tail still attached but at least there were no fingers and no bit of parsley on the side.Thank goodness I didn't order a cow pie or it might have turned up with hoofs and horns a la Dan Dare.
Actually, it was quite good, but the best bit was when a beat combo of strolling minstrels, all two of them, arrived and proceeded to entertain us. It was all very Parisienne rather than Provencal but very atmospheric nevertheless. I hoped that the lone oboe player from the Seine might put in a guest appearance but no such luck. We half expected an Edith Piaf lookalike to appear but we had to make do with a Gerard Depardeau lookalike instead, he didn't sing, just smoked, looked moody and ate his lunch with a bit of attitide a few tables from us.
Before we left I went to the toilet and came back to our table smiling, "Cows in the loo, are there?" He was on the right track, there were tiles on the walls in the same black and white friesian pattern and some random tiles with little cartoon cows on them, then there was the narrow border tiles in the, now ubiquitous, friesian pattern. For once I was glad I was not dressed in my usual black and white combination or I would have felt,and looked,like a matching, daft, cow.
Ballerina x
P.S. Caroline, I loved your article about the missing 'U's
Pennyforthem, hope you are all settled in now and having a good time
Frejus was fun, we had a refreshing beer as soon as we got there. A little wander around, another beer then time for lunch. We settled on a lovely little restaurant, not a lot of tables, very intimate so we got ourselves settled in there. As we sat at our table I noted that the tablecloth was, well, slightly 'hairy' would be the best desription of the fabric. I decided that a few stiff drinks and whizz over with epilator and these little tablecloths would be as smooth as silk in no time. The pattern was rather odd though, you've heard of animal print, well this was an animal print of a sort, it was actually a cow print, friesian to be exact! Neither of us come from farming stock but even I know a cow when I see one and him indoors said that he'd gone out with a few in his younger days so he instantly recognised the markings. I looked around and there was a little bar inside and the stools were covered in the same fabric, the very pretty waitress was wearing an apron in, well, I think by now you can all guess. Bovine decor aside,we decided to go with the 'plat du jour' and it happened to be lemon sole, fish! I decided that today was the day I earned my wings, got my stripes, grew up and became a fish eater par excellence, against my better judgement! Hubs was shocked when I said I'd have the lemon sole, but not as shocked as I was when it arrived complete with head and tail still attached but at least there were no fingers and no bit of parsley on the side.Thank goodness I didn't order a cow pie or it might have turned up with hoofs and horns a la Dan Dare.
Actually, it was quite good, but the best bit was when a beat combo of strolling minstrels, all two of them, arrived and proceeded to entertain us. It was all very Parisienne rather than Provencal but very atmospheric nevertheless. I hoped that the lone oboe player from the Seine might put in a guest appearance but no such luck. We half expected an Edith Piaf lookalike to appear but we had to make do with a Gerard Depardeau lookalike instead, he didn't sing, just smoked, looked moody and ate his lunch with a bit of attitide a few tables from us.
Before we left I went to the toilet and came back to our table smiling, "Cows in the loo, are there?" He was on the right track, there were tiles on the walls in the same black and white friesian pattern and some random tiles with little cartoon cows on them, then there was the narrow border tiles in the, now ubiquitous, friesian pattern. For once I was glad I was not dressed in my usual black and white combination or I would have felt,and looked,like a matching, daft, cow.
Ballerina x
P.S. Caroline, I loved your article about the missing 'U's
Pennyforthem, hope you are all settled in now and having a good time
Hi Ballerina
Glad you are having a good time in South of France. Over here in the Lot and Garonne (SW)the weather is pretty awful and not at all what we expect for this time of year.
Just wondered as you are the expert on the subject of 16:8 if you include wine outside of your eating window. I can easily eat within a 6 hour period but do like the odd glass (or 2!)of wine during the evening - especially when the weather is good and you can sit outside on the terrace till late chatting and putting the world to rights with OH.
I sense from your excellent reports that you too like to indulge a little so just checking to see how you manage it!
Keep writing, it is keeping many of us amused.
Glad you are having a good time in South of France. Over here in the Lot and Garonne (SW)the weather is pretty awful and not at all what we expect for this time of year.
Just wondered as you are the expert on the subject of 16:8 if you include wine outside of your eating window. I can easily eat within a 6 hour period but do like the odd glass (or 2!)of wine during the evening - especially when the weather is good and you can sit outside on the terrace till late chatting and putting the world to rights with OH.
I sense from your excellent reports that you too like to indulge a little so just checking to see how you manage it!
Keep writing, it is keeping many of us amused.
I am glad you liked the fish Ballerina. Good choice too as its a beautiful tasting fish.
Hi glynisb,
I saw your post about a longer eating window, and thought I'd add my 2 pence worth.
A few weeks ago I decided to give 16:8 a try (largely because the 16:8 lot are such a nice bunch) I ultimately decided it was not for me as I do like the odd glass of vino collapso on a weekend evening and a much less fun cup of Options hot choc at bedtime in the week. While I was reading around the subject I found that the 8 Hour Diet book, if you read the reviews on Amazon is a rehashing of work by a lot of other people, and that some of those people are suggesting that a 14 hour fasting window for women works the same in terms of fasting health benefits as a 16 hour fast for men. Sorry if that was a bit of a ramble
I saw your post about a longer eating window, and thought I'd add my 2 pence worth.
A few weeks ago I decided to give 16:8 a try (largely because the 16:8 lot are such a nice bunch) I ultimately decided it was not for me as I do like the odd glass of vino collapso on a weekend evening and a much less fun cup of Options hot choc at bedtime in the week. While I was reading around the subject I found that the 8 Hour Diet book, if you read the reviews on Amazon is a rehashing of work by a lot of other people, and that some of those people are suggesting that a 14 hour fasting window for women works the same in terms of fasting health benefits as a 16 hour fast for men. Sorry if that was a bit of a ramble
Hi Glynisb,
Sorry to hear that you are not having good weather, come and join us over here it is lovely.
I'll tell you a secret if you promise NEVER to tell another soul? yes? O.K. Here we go....since we have been in France my eating window has shrunk to just one meal on most days, a huge lunch, always with a sweet, beer, wine etc. In the evenings I have been drinking a glass or two although I must admit that the evening of the toad hunt I had a little more than a glass or two, it was more like a European wine lake....... or two! I measure my waist every morning and it never varies, except today when it was 1/2" down but more of that later, so, I have come to the conclusion that French wine is absolutely calorie free, zilcho calories, non fattening etc, now, how good is that? Yesterday I tried on my travelling trousers which I last wore 2 weeks ago and they have gone very baggy whilst hanging around the wardrobe, actually, they are the trousers I travel in rather than travelling trousers which sounds as though they take them selves off with or without me, which they don't! So, conclusions? Drink till you sink!!!
Hope this helps you, it made me feel better and I'm now off for a glass or three,
Ballerina x
Sorry to hear that you are not having good weather, come and join us over here it is lovely.
I'll tell you a secret if you promise NEVER to tell another soul? yes? O.K. Here we go....since we have been in France my eating window has shrunk to just one meal on most days, a huge lunch, always with a sweet, beer, wine etc. In the evenings I have been drinking a glass or two although I must admit that the evening of the toad hunt I had a little more than a glass or two, it was more like a European wine lake....... or two! I measure my waist every morning and it never varies, except today when it was 1/2" down but more of that later, so, I have come to the conclusion that French wine is absolutely calorie free, zilcho calories, non fattening etc, now, how good is that? Yesterday I tried on my travelling trousers which I last wore 2 weeks ago and they have gone very baggy whilst hanging around the wardrobe, actually, they are the trousers I travel in rather than travelling trousers which sounds as though they take them selves off with or without me, which they don't! So, conclusions? Drink till you sink!!!
Hope this helps you, it made me feel better and I'm now off for a glass or three,
Ballerina x
Glyisb, I have one, sometimes two and sometimes none when we are at home and no, I don't include it in my window, very naughty I know but I have a life to enjoy xx
Ballerina x
Ballerina x
Thank you Sian S and Ballerina
Sounds like if I don't eat breakfast, have a late lunch and go to bed sometime I can drink what I like! How good is that!
Sounds like if I don't eat breakfast, have a late lunch and go to bed sometime I can drink what I like! How good is that!
glynisb, that sounds like a plan to me , especially now that Ballerina has informed us that French wine has no calories. My next problem is that I have a winerack full of Aussie and South African wine to drink my way through before I can restock with the magic French stuff. *sigh* 
It's all a balance, I often have a croissant with hubs at about 10 a.m. here and we then have lunch at about 1 or 2. Lunch here is always ginormous so I am never hungry for the rest of the day. I never drink beer normally at home but if I did I would not drink it outside my 'window' it is only the odd glass of wine that slips under the radar, there you go, sensible answer at laat!
Ballerina x
P.S. Sian, I believe that New World wines are also calorie free so, fill your boots x
Ballerina x
P.S. Sian, I believe that New World wines are also calorie free so, fill your boots x
If you say so *topping up glass* wey-hey !
At the risk of repeating myself........ Oh you make me laugh
So, 10 hour open window and wine???? Way hey
So, 10 hour open window and wine???? Way hey
My personal take on 5:2 is;
Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays 5:2 36 hours
Green tea all day then less than 500 calories in one meal in the evening.
16:8 all the other days, wey-hey at weekends and daily weighing
It worked for me sloooowly
Height 5'4"
Goal Achieved after 9 1/2 months and now maintaining
In a fasting mainteneers fivesome with pennyforthem, callyanna, stowgateresident and auriga
Fasting on Mondays and Thursdays 5:2 36 hours
Green tea all day then less than 500 calories in one meal in the evening.
16:8 all the other days, wey-hey at weekends and daily weighing
It worked for me sloooowly
Height 5'4"
Goal Achieved after 9 1/2 months and now maintaining
In a fasting mainteneers fivesome with pennyforthem, callyanna, stowgateresident and auriga
I think this must be the most non-pc thread on the forum! Everyone else is talking about TDE and counting calories and 36 hour fasts and we have invented the 10 hour open window with wine! We certainly know how to enjoy ourselves or maybe we are just more relaxed about the whole thing which I think makes all the difference!If I don't join in for a while it's because I have gone off for a glass or two of the magic non caloric French juice!!
We had a most gallic day yesterday and, of course, then opened a very nice bottle (nay...two) of the falling down juice.
We took a 'Promenade en Bateau' from Dinan port.
First suprise; it went upsteam and we'd expected it to go down.
Second surprise: we had an English translation of the commentary, though we could understand his jokes easily enough!
Third surprise: the French sing along on the way back. The guide produced an 'instrument' of which I have never seen the like. It was a large wooden box, into which he inserted a roll of pierced paper. He then turned a handle, et voila, a truly French magical instrument played a loud and thumping sea shanty, to which all the French sang along with, lustily!
Today, we have been forced to go to the supermarket again, for more falling down juice and some food. I have had a bean curry for tea(oh boy, do I need those beans!) and .... oh joy, oh rapture, it's raining again! I have a 10 hour window, too....I shall weigh myself tomorrow after the beans work their magic and report back!
We took a 'Promenade en Bateau' from Dinan port.
First suprise; it went upsteam and we'd expected it to go down.
Second surprise: we had an English translation of the commentary, though we could understand his jokes easily enough!
Third surprise: the French sing along on the way back. The guide produced an 'instrument' of which I have never seen the like. It was a large wooden box, into which he inserted a roll of pierced paper. He then turned a handle, et voila, a truly French magical instrument played a loud and thumping sea shanty, to which all the French sang along with, lustily!
Today, we have been forced to go to the supermarket again, for more falling down juice and some food. I have had a bean curry for tea(oh boy, do I need those beans!) and .... oh joy, oh rapture, it's raining again! I have a 10 hour window, too....I shall weigh myself tomorrow after the beans work their magic and report back!
Glynisb, where have you been all day, everyone is over on the big'O' thread waxing lyrical (should that be epilatoring lyrical?) about their bedroom secrets. I've not bothered, who wants to know that we have a douvet AND a bedspread?. Give me a glass of wine any day! AND, I LOVE being non-pc xx
Ballerina x
Pennyforthem, I'm shocked, the French tell jokes? Hubs is trying to google your musical box (Sounds like that should be over on the big'O' thread!)to find the correct name for it, gosh! x
Ballerina x
Pennyforthem, I'm shocked, the French tell jokes? Hubs is trying to google your musical box (Sounds like that should be over on the big'O' thread!)to find the correct name for it, gosh! x
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