Hi everyone, thanks yet again to Wendy. Glad to hear your friend is in a better place. Sorry didnt reply much while away, my French phone was mainly turned off or data roaming disabled.
Im not fully back but easing in gently as I have more medical appts tomorrow and Friday plus I have just found a lump under my armpit. Not worried as I had a clean bill of health from my mammogram 3 weeks ago but will mention it to the doc when I see him Friday. It is possibly just a pimple but as I cant see it properly he can put my mind at rest.
Straight back on diet and, especially as I have to fast tonight for blood tests tomorrow, I hope to do okay – okay is enough for me right now. Gained 2kgs over the 2 weeks away and ate some things I really shouldnt have but didnt have a choice like the night they all wanted fish a chips. Ate a few chips, took the batter off the fish and had mushy peas and had a really bad stomach for 2 days. Also managed to get to the gym twice and had 2 brief (20 mins) swims as well as treadmill and weights. Nice thing was I got on the Bodytrax machine and I am 4kgs lighter than when I registered 3 years ago and body fat down etc.
House hunting didnt go well. We need more money. Looking at houses around 285k and they are all s^^t with daughter saying it can be done up. We dont want to be doing up at our age. Needs a rethink. Maybe not living quite so close to family but 10 to 20 miles away. They live in a very expensive area and daughter wants me close by but we dont need looking after just yet. Our house sale in France could take a couple of years so we are just going to sit back and relax about it.
Lauren, if there is nothing you can do to improve the things in your life that are upsetting you – and good for you talking to your boss. At least remember that you can have control over what you eat and exercise etc. Both of which are good for you mentally as well as physically. 25 weeks and 1.5 stone is less than 1lb a week so you can set yourself small targets and stick to them. Whatever you do dont leave it to the last and get into a state about it. Look upon the diet plan as you being kind to yourself.
Merry, so glad you are coming out of yet another lockdown. The UK needs to be more careful. They seem to have forgotten there was ever a pandemic, no masks, no social distancing – bit of a shock for us as all those things still apply in France along with the vaccine passports. You only need to look at the daily infection rates – France 5934 yesterday and UK 43793. Scary.
MagicBean – big thumbs up for odaat. We need to be gentle with ourselves.
RubyG, pleased you are still doing well and geting into those smaller clothes. Wonder where the posh town is. I used to live in a posh village/town in N. Yorkshire and the charity shops were full of semi designer stuff.
Daughter said something strange to me. She made a meal of stew and dumplings with boiled new potatoes. She said ‘you can eat these cant you’. I told her no I couldnt and she said ‘I thought you might just forget about all that while you are on holiday’. Yes, my darling daughter, my diabetes will just take a holiday. Fear not fellow dieters, I didnt give in (except for the fish and chips). That is pretty much what she does which is why I have lost 5kgs during lockdown and she has gained 5kgs. Makes it easier when your motivation is a matter of serious health issues.
Oh well that is my little gab over. Making up for not being here for a couple of weeks. Have a good week everyone.