You resolve to try again and start the whole cycle from the beginning. A few pounds of weight loss may elevate your mood briefly, which makes the subsequent crash worse. Instead of dieting, adopt a healthy diet and lifestyle to banish mood swings.
Shilling (British coin) The shilling (1/-) was a coin worth one twentieth of a pound sterling, or twelve pence. It was first minted in the reign of Henry VII as the testoon, and became known as the shilling from the Old English scilling, sometime in the mid-sixteenth century, circulating until 1990.
a bob was a shilling, which is now 5p which is 1/20 of a uk pound, so it depends on the exchange rate. Vote for this answer. 'Five bob' is still used to indicate one quarter of a pound, in the same way as 'bob' is still used to indicate 5 pence, especially the 5 pence coin. (The 5 pence coin is the same size and weight, and has the same value, as the old shilling coin which it replaced.) The most common expression where bob is used is ...