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Thanks for the reminder to find those positives SG … hope your car issues are started soon. They can be so frustrating and such money pits, but are so essential.

Anyway, time I posted positives too, so here goes …
😃😃 new living room curtains installed and really pleased with them … they make a huge difference to the room
🚗🚗 have hired a car for a few days, so we can run a few errands and visit friends who live in another town
😀🤗 enjoying relaxing time with OH, has been good for him to have time to kick back

What positives are in your life right now?

Hi all, I dont seem to be receiving notifications and not looked on the site for a couple of days. Glad people are still posting.

Margaret, I think the French schools used to be good or give good results, that is not the same thing. The kids start at 8.30 and finish at 4.30 (times vary depending on regions). They go to school 6 days a week or have one day (Wednesday) when they are expected to do something educational, physical, cultural or community wise like play a sport or an instrument or volunteer on that day. They go to school on Saturday mornings. Imaging the disruption to working parents having to find child care on Wednesday, or someone to take them to the sportsground or piano teacher. Then the disruption to family life when a kid has to go to school on Saturday when the family want to spend time together. These rules have been changing over the years but still apply in some areas. Secondly, yes they get good results – who wouldnt when the kids are doing a 37 hour week AND the teachers are super strict. My English friend has a 10 year old in private school (because they speak some English) and he failed his English test – they said he used words they had never heard of and didnt know the correct grammar order, when they were teaching French grammar rules so things like French la voiture rouge – the red car, so when he said in English the red car they said no it is the car is red. They keep giving him penalties and punishments. She is paying €1900 a term and threatened to take him out and they were suddenly sorry. The buildings are falling apart, just like the UK, hot in summer, freezing in winter and so on. They are also worried for their futures, the Iran war and cost of living and getting a house to buy. Not so different from the UK. Protesting is a right of passage for French kids and the French in general, remember the gilet jaune – but when the kids finished for the day marching and chanting, le cassers arrived – translated to the breakers. They are the yobs and mobs and political agitators. Things are not great here and we fear for Marine Le Penn getting in as, just like the UK and Reform, people are fed up of the usual political parties – she is hard line fascist. God help us if she gets in and she just might.

That was your French lecture for the day….. Sorry.

Back to the diet. I am still that 1.5kgs down and hope every week to get under my dreaded 74 kgs (currently 74.2) so I can continue to move into the 73’s. We have a night out on Monday and I am going to drink Coke Zero instead of wine and see if I can keep up all my good work.

Well done to anyone managing to lose weight and chin up (or in my case chins 🙂 ) for those who are struggling.

Hi DCT and i am sorry to hear about your set back. I feel like I’ve got flu and so I am going to start my campaign on 1st November when hopefully I’ll be feeling better and I hope you will be too by then. It’s a blow but life has a way of getting in the way very often. I had my flu jab before my holiday but I’m wondering whether I’ve picked up a flu from another region as there were Australians, Canadians, Americans and East Asian people on the cruise so maybe I’ve got a different strain. Anyway, dieting isnt an option whilst I feel so unwell but I haven’t felt much like food so I’m eating whatever my body craves.

Let see how we are on Sunday and take it from there.

Sue- there were lots of Americans and Australians on the cruise. We went with Princess Cruises so maybe something to look into. I have a shocking flu type virus! I’ve done a Covid test which is negative . Not the week to start eating less but I have lost my appetite so maybe I’ll start to shed some of the excess I put on. I’ll get myself well and then I’ll be back to it. We have time before the end of the year. I’ll be annoyed with myself if after doing so well between February and May I’m back to square one. I am aiming to be below 140 so work to be done in the next few weeks. Being one stone less than the start of the year is a massive achievement Sue. Keep positive and it could be another half stone off before the end of the year.
I’ll report back when I’m feeling better but in the meantime I hope everyone is doing well.

Hello all,
Welcome back Cathy! Your cruise sounds wonderful, I’ll have to look into doing this one day. I would love to visit Norway as that is where my great-grandparents were from.
Dawn I’m glad you had a good break away too 🙂
Despite my rejoining the online plan I’m not really getting anywhere. I have had both mine and my husbands birthday as well as our anniversary over the past month. On the plus side I haven’t put on any weight, and when I compare where I am now to where I was at the beginning of the year, I’m still about a stone less now.
Anyway I’m all set to double down now and stick to the plan as much as I can!
Let’s do this!

Hi everyone and welcome back from your cruise Cathy, it sounds like you had a fantastic time. I’m just plodding along, haven’t had as many totally on plan days as I could have but I’m definitely doing better than I have been so any loss at all when I weigh myself tomorrow would be welcome. Hope everyone has a good week. Dawn X

Hello- I’m back from my Norwegian Cruise to see the Northern Lights and after a disappointing schedule change so we didn’t go into the Arctic circle, due to atrocious weather, which was the correct decision safety wise we got to see the Northern Lights put on a spectacular display in Molde- it was a Joanna Lunlet moment for anyone whoever saw her aurora documentary. It was absolutely breathtaking and I feel so lucky- it had been a bucket list wish of mine for a long long time. The cruise was fantastic as was the food and drink! Not weighing myself this week but getting back to 800 calories from tomorrow for 8 weeks to take me up to Christmas: if anyone wants to join me I would be happy to share the journey with you. My aim is to be under 140 lbs as we come to the end of this journey together. I don’t know what my post cruise weight is but I will rectify the gain over the next few weeks. I am only jist back home so I’ll catch up with how everyone is doing this week . I’ll brave the scales on Friday and take things from there! Hope you’re all doing well. I’ve missed healthy eating believe it or not but I did enjoy some wonderful things to eat on the ship! It was nice to let go to be honest! . Back to reality now for the next 8 weeks then two weeks off for Christmas and New Year and then hopefully I will be happy with my weight as I think about what comes next. Hopefully maintenance! I have a feeling I’ll always have to be very mindful of watching my weight. It goes on far too quickly!

Hi Sunny thought I should pop in while I’m on the website and keep you company. Sorry you’re weather has turned cool but believe me whatever you are having is better than here in the UK at the moment!

I just have one huge positive today. Earlier this week my airfryer died. I checked my
guarantee and I taken an extended 3 year guarantee. Spoke to the company Monday, a few emails and some photos and my replacement machine arrived today. Updated, looks neater and with more attachments. What’s not to be happy about.
Lesson: always fill in your guarantees online. It doesn’t take long and it can pay off!

Hope if you have, even just one positive, you will post so we can all enjoy.

Yes, Christmas is coming. We have a couple of dozen people the week before for drinks, bubbles and bites. It’s so difficult to find carb friendly ‘bites’ but I’m doing my best to incorporate some. Have to say when it’s my own thing I tend not to eat that much anyway just making sure the ‘guests’ are ‘fed and watered’.

So s-g looks like we are still just two. Anyway since the beginning of October I have actually had a loss, 3.4lbs, so not too unhappy about that. My realistic goal is 1lb a week. So if I make that within a pound I’m happy. I have to say I’ve relaxed quite a lot lately. A few times a week I have a slice of my homemade seeded wholemeal bread. Today at 10.30 I had brunch of a slice of my bread, butter, 2 scrambled duck eggs and some smoked salmon. It’s now 5pm and I’m not even slightly hungry! Shame really because I have shoulder of lamb roasting in the oven. I have to say now that I more relaxed with food I’m more relaxed generally, or maybe that’s down to meditation or a combination of both. Who knows what next week will bring?

Now we are just 9 weeks from Christmas and so 10 to the end of the year …… still time!

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That is good to hear S-G & as you say the poor students! However I was surprised to learn of the protests because I thought that the French educational system was excellent & better than the UK one🤔
Anyway take care. I saw a new orthopaedic consultant yesterday & I am now on his three month waiting list for a total left knee replacement. I am certainly not looking forward to going through all that again but needs must because as before I have lost all cartilage on one side & the other is borderline operative & that knee is now becoming more painful. Oh the joys of getting older 🙁. However I apparently don’t look my age because this surgeon was surprised when I said 79 next month😂 I will willingly take any compliment that I can get😂
Margaret xx

Good afternoon.
Yes Margaret I do meditate but not transcendental I follow guided sessions. I use Headspace most of the time but have found some good free meditations on Insight Timer. Talking about websites Dietdoctor is up and running again. Apparently it was bought out by somebody. Looks much the same with the great visuals that we all liked.

Not much going on here. I hadn’t realised the clocks go back next Sunday which is a bit depressing but I guess we just have to get on with it. We are off to the Med in a couple of weeks. I did think about the time of year before booking and then thought ‘it will be ok on the day’! May have been a bit foolhardy! Just have no idea what to pack. Think it may be ‘layers’ for all seasons. But at least there’ll be no washing or shopping and cooking!

Hope everyone is well.

S-G I have just been watching the news & seeing all the rioting going on in France are you affected by any of this in your area? If so take care!
Margaret xx

I have reported umerasiffff but for some reason i cannot post that I have reported. Hope this works.

It seems Margaret (Wendy1947) didnt know we have a christmas thread running so I have let her know. You never know we might become 3 French hens.

Hello everyone & I have just weighed & lost 1.2 lbs after gaining the week before but feeling more positive now. I have an appointment back down at my private hospital as an NHS patient for physio assessment so my surgeons letter to get referred worked quickly because it’s next Tuesday. I know it will probably be six months on his weighting list but that is ok.
I have been reading all your posts & noticed that you meditate Verano & I learnt Transcendental Meditation when my children were very young to keep myself calm. I encouraged my son to learn it last year & it’s really beneficial for him. I have recently tried getting back into it but I think I have forgotten my original mantra but can use something similar sounding because I really have no excuse not to 😀
Our boiler is broken so thank heavens for the continuing milder weather at the moment. Another gas engineer is coming next Friday to flush through the entire central heating system so hopefully that will work otherwise it is several thousand pounds for a new boiler!
I hope you are all keeping well & next month my husband & I will be celebrating his 80th & my 79th birthdays just with family for lunch the day before his then on a special luxury train journey to Blenheim Palace being wined & dined on the way there & back . We are staying in a London AirBnB which is a new experience for us to enable us to get the early train from Victoria station then the next day it’s lunch on a Thames boat before coming back home. So lots of celebratory food & wine 😂. We don’t have enough friends still alive to have a big party but our granddaughters will make our birthday cake for the Sunday lunch which will be fun for them & I will make one for our Saturday morning coffee group😂.
I am happy to join a Christmas group to keep us going 👍I’m still battling on with my DuoLingo French to keep my little grey cells working🤔😂
Take care everyone à bientôt !
Margaret xx

Very interesting s-g. I wonder how easy it really is to put our past behind us and ‘live’ in the ‘now’. Maybe it really is time to forget about weight. Eat well to keep you T2 in check but start ‘living’. I wish you every success.

In line with the most recent posts being angled at “looking for the silver lining”, thought I’d offer a couple in that vein too ….
🌦🌩 weather has become changeable, with rain showers and thunderstorms overnight last night. The positive is, so far rain has not kept us indoors (we only have a scooter as transport in Turkiye).
🪞🪞 a bronze colour mirror, one of a pair, got broken when we moved into the villa … good news is a local business has been able to replace in the right colour. (Having been born on a Friday 13th, I can’t buy into any superstition!)
Well that will do for me for this time.
Belated happy anniversary Verano, hope you and your hubby had a lovely day and that you share many more anniversaries together.

Hello.

S-g glad you’re feeling better. Today I am back to 95%. I have had a ‘pulled muscle’ or something in my knee. At first I feared something far worse as over the course of a few days I couldn’t even lift my leg from the ground it was so painful. Just shuffled along! Anyway after several days bed rest it seems to have righted itself. I think it was from doing chair stand ups. S-g it could very well be the squats! Just have to very careful. I’ve decided that even mildly vigorous exercise is just not for me. Don’t want to go through that pain again!

Otherwise, not much to report from this end. Weight moving down gradually.

Looks like we are just two….. turtle doves!

Hi V, I too have been under the weather with flu like symptoms but feeling better today. Also I seem to have put my back out – more like siatica pain down one leg. Not sure if its the squats and weights so giving them a miss for now. Weight is not great but still less than I was 3 weeks ago when daughter went home. Have to count the good wherever we can find it.

Dont know where people are, maybe there are a lot more on weight loss drugs. Good for them, my doctor wont let me have them even though I am diabetic.

Hi everyone.
Cathy – Good luck with your cruise, I hope you can try to relax and enjoy it.
SueBlue – good luck with your 1st goal, it’d be great to lose your 3-4kg by November.

My weekly weigh in and measure; I lost 1cm off my waist and 500g off the scales. That’s a total of 3.25kg lost in the first 3 weeks and 7cm.
I noticed from my food journal last week that I’m eating closer to 900+ calories per day, so this week I’m measuring more carefully to stick to the 800. Hopefully I lose a little more before I go away for a week with my husband.
Have a good week everyone!

Sorry not to be here sooner but I’ve been a bit under the weather the last few days but all is well now.

I stared doing some chair exercises a week or so ago which included stand-ups. I think I may have injured my knee! Or maybe my knee has just worn out! Anyway, not feeling my best at the moment. In saying that food wise I’ve been really good and my blood sugar is great so not all doom and gloom.

S-g I’ve gone back to two meals a day but having my first around 9/10ish. Oats with fruit, seeds and nuts and it seems to keep me full until dinner around 6pm. I’m finding that that works better for me. I’m not hungry during the day but I really do think the secret is to mix and match and to throw the body some curved balls time wise. It’s all trial and error as we are all individuals.

S-g looks like so far it’s just you and me …….. “is there anybody out there…..”

Cathy – just wanted to wish you all the best for your cruise – the Northern Lights, wow! So sorry that you’ve been having such a tough time lately, I went through a very similar experience with my mother in law, and now my father has terminal cancer and dementia, it’s so hard when our parents get older. I hope Monty is on the mend soon, it’s great you have a neighbour you can rely on to look after him.

Arctic Fox – I hope you are doing a bit better now too, I can only imagine how hurt and disappointed you have been feeling.

I’ve been MIA (once again!) as despite my best intentions I fell completely off the wagon in September and early October. I did have my birthday, wedding anniversary and a couple of family events going on. So I’ve kept my Fast 800 online subscription going and am planning to try and stick with it at least for a few weeks. On the plus side I have only gained just under a kilo over the last month, so it could be worse. I have a specialist appointment at the hospital on 8 November so my first goal is to shed 3-4kg by then.
And now I have a new incentive for longer term – some school friends are planning a reunion next September (in the UK). I’m going to try and attend in person, not just for that but I haven’t been ‘back home’ for over 20 years. So my goal for that is to shed about 12kg,
Which will bring me down to a weight and dress size I feel comfortable at 🙂

Hope everyone else is having a good week! I have been reading all of your posts and start to compose replies in my head but then get distracted and forget!
Vinted launched here recently and I’ve been selling items on there which has been taking up quite a bit of time lately. It’s a good way of getting rid of my bigger clothes though, and also decluttering my house!

Positives today

Good thing I cancelled our driving trip to Austria. Can went in for repair yesterday due to rattling and smell. Guy said we wouldnt have made it back without breaking down. That is called serendipity (my favourite word).
Daughter on flight back from a business trip to Lithuania – good news, no Russian drones but she has come back with the flu.
House now on market with 3 agents – just waiting for them all to list at reduced price. Noticed our neighbours house has just dropped its price by €50,000, so the market is bad.

Life goes on and we keep on keeping on…..