Even though I still had 100lb left to lose shifting 57 lb made quite a difference..
On my 40th birthday, 8 January 2006, I originally attempted to lose weight following a 1940′s wartime ration diet. For 4 months I successfully stuck 100% to an authentic wartime eating plan, lost 57lbs and felt great!
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Very interesting! I wish you the best of luck in your “journey”. I am on a diet of my own making and have lost 50 of the 140 pounds I slated myself to lose. It’s definitely an interesting concept!
Hey Melissa- thanks for your comment! Congratulations on losing 50lb….that is amazing as I KNOW how hard that is! I only hope I can do as well this time around!!!
Well I figure if you have to lose a whole bunch of weight then it may as well be in a way you find interesting so I have turned my weight loss into a project or a culinary social experiment of sorts if you like…. I do hope to lose at least 100 lbs this time around.
So how are you losing your weight? Are you finding it difficult, do you have to work hard on it everyday so not to fall back into old eating habits? What has inspired you to do so?
C xx
Dear Maam,
I stumbled across your blog and I just wanted to say may G-d bless you and your efforts. Thank maam for inspiring me to get off my duff and get healthy as well. I looked at only a few pages, your 100 reasons page resonated with me, I know how it feels. I don’t know how long you’ve been at it this time – I see only 3 months of archives, and I see a major change in you. Yes, I’ve noticed the weight is falling off, but I’ve also noticed your eyes are brighter and you look happier. Your sparkling eyes have inspired me to bring back the light in my own. You can do this, you ARE doing this. And I admire that. Thank you for sharing your journey. I guess knowing someone else is on the same journey will help me to continue on mine.
A mother of 3
Dear Crystal
Thank you for your very kind words..I wish you success on your journey too…
C xx
What is going on here…I was hoping to find information about somebody following the rationing diet, but the link doesn’t work, so I guess this didn’t happen, right? So what is the point of this blog? Just trying to make some money with a lot of lies or what?
Sigh… please continue to think what you like. I make no money and you are clicking on an old obsolete link
Keep up the good work, Carolyn..I think you are doing a fantastic job, both with this site, and with your weight loss. I’m looking forward to trying some of the recipes myself:)
My Mother used to make mock cream during the war, and I remember I
enjoyed it to such an extent that when real cream became available after
the war I didn’t like it.
Her recipe is as follows:-
“Pour off 1/4 pint of top of the milk into a warm basin. Add a couple of drops of vanilla essence and a level dessert spoonful of castor sugar.Melt 2 ozs unsalted margarine and add to the milk. Beat with an egg wisk. At first the mararine will float on the to p, but as you continue beating it will turn into a thick cream.”
I have never made it partly because I think she refers to the top of the milk
meaning the cream that would form on the top of the bottle in the old days.
Has anyone any ideas about this.
I think this absolutely fabulous…
I came along this site searching for a traditional 1940s birthday cake I could bake for a piece of college work. As well as finding a recipe I can’t wait to try out, I have also found another diet I can try to help shift my spare 40lbs
Thank you for putting this fabulous site together and good luck with the rest of your journey.
Kirsty Marie
Northallerton, England