Great result V, mine is being done next week. Might have some positives by then.

Wow SunnyB! Goose eggs at that price…..
When I lived in Worcestershire I had good outlets for goose eggs, but struggle to give them away round here! I often end up feeding them to the cats and dog…probably even more so now I am not baking! (Maybe I should bake and give the cakes away, but I think the temptation would be too great!)

So to today’s positive:
The sun is still shining and husband and I are having a day off/out! A very unusual occurrence ! ☀️☀️☀️😁😁😁

Hi all, a few days since my last visit here. Been busy sorting out things for when we die – we all do and hubby hitting 80 in a couple of weeks leads your mind towards checking everything is in order.

Positives are:
Only 5 weeks to cruise
Tomorrow meeting dressmaker to alter jumpsuit and a dress – maybe take out hubbys suit trousers
Weather gorgeous at 21 degrees with a nice cooling breeze
Had my first long walk of the year – down out little lane – 40 mins.
Listening to Mel Robbins talking to an orthopedic surgeon who says movement is medicine and we can all stay vital and fit into old age. I refuse to walk slowly at any time. She says we don’t get old because of age we get old because we stop moving. Although I am lot slower than my daughter when we go for walks.

Not sure I can agree with Mel Robbins in that ‘movement’ keeps us from ageing. I ‘move’ my brain with all sorts of puzzles every day and I feel that keeps me from ‘ageing’ despite the fact that my mobility is challenged!

Anyway, I’m here so I will post a positive….
We have relatively new neighbours who have become ‘friends’ and they called to see us last night, with choccy biscuits that we won’t eat, but offering ‘help’ whenever we need it. Really lovely ‘gift’ especially as neither of our children live near and ‘time is marching on’.

If we were neighbours, I’d happily take some goose eggs of your hands, Pootle!
SG, we have sunshine but not the temperature, still quite chilly here. I need to get out walking too … it’s vaguely on my agenda, but I have started using the rowing machine again though.
Verano, how lovely to have friendly and supportive neighbours. I’m sure you can gift the biccies to someone else.

I need to post a positive or two as well, so here goes:
🥘🍽 prep for date night dinner is well under way.
🎉🎁 have successfully sorted out gifts and cards for March birthdays … just mother’s day to cover off now.
Those two will do for today …. what about you?

Good evening.
Gloomy day here but, even though it’s late, just waiting for carpet fitter to come and measure for new bedroom carpet. He’s delayed but looks like it may be a ‘positive’ for tomorrow!
🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️ Still keeping up with my ‘headspace’! Very pleased I’m now into 30 something days.
Hope everyone has at least one positive even if it’s not reported here.

One positive for me today…Beetroot chocolate brownies!! Baked 2 batches this afternoon for the freezer…I cut them much smaller than most people would, so they become a ‘treat’ for us to have every couple of days. 😁🥮🍫

It’s been sunny most of the weekend and a few positives to report ….
🍽🤗 very enjoyable date night on Friday
🌿🌱 a bit of gardening done and a few blooms brought inside to admire
🤗🙂 OH built a garden storage cabinet, to replace one that all but collapsed
Hope your weekend brought along some positives too.

Hi,Happy Monday to all x!

*~ Got a Womens Day greeting on Saturday from a very lovely lady,also a fab photo of her and her hubby!
*~ Joined a six week course of ear acupuncture/ head and neck massage/ a little meditation..feel marvellous after it and looking forward to the next five sessions. Im hoping the acupuncture will finally put an end to the sciatica thats been hanging round since July 4 th last year,I remember that date as it was voting day. I’m a great believer in ear acupuncture. Back in 1979,it cured me of my 30 cigarettes a day bad habit.
*~ Had a blind scouse lunch for the last time..delicious,but no more now til autumn swings around. Looking forward sooooooo much to Mothers Day / Easter and assorted spring/ summer goodies to eat.
*~ Been doing a ‘ tiny tidy’ every day..just going through a drawer,a cupboard,a shelf,a box…running out of tiny tidy places to tackle now. Highly recommend it as it isnt a daunting task at all.

Yowser, pleased to have you posting your positives. The ‘tiny tidy’ is a great idea … definitely one I should adopt. Hope the acupuncture resolves your sciatica soon, it’s been around far too long.

Here are my positives for today ….
🖼🖼 been dabbling with watercolours …. 2 reasonable successes and 2 questionables. I’m hoping with a bit of reworking, the iffy 2 can be recovered.
🙂🙂 did some exercise on the rowing machine
🧺👗 hand washed 3 dresses

Even small pluses count as positives and we’d love to read about yours.

Nice to have a few positives and nice to hear about yours too.

1. Also having a clear out, must be Spring. Kitchen drawers and cupboards, lots of cups even 2 complete coffee sets, the ones with the tiny cups the French like. Nice to be able to find stuff in the drawer now it is not so cluttered.
2. Just on the same subject, I have lots of bag clips in a drawer and I have to rake through everything to find the right size. Hubby had 2 croissants in a clear plastic box so I cut the bottom half off and now use it for storing clips.
3. Blood results yesterday were really good, or should I say as good as they always are. Just need to get down further with less and less insulin but holiday looms.
4. 31 days before we set off on holiday, 33 days to getting on the ship.

How exciting to be counting the days to your next trip, SG. Hoping to get ours planned this week.

Here are a few of my positives ….
🎉🥳 the bathroom scales have finally shift in the right direction 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️ not hugely, but enough to give my resolve a boost.
🖥🖥 this afternoon I caught up with missed episodes of a favourite TV programme.
😊😊 Nice long phone chat with DD … she and GS are coming for a charcuterie lunch tomorrow

Why not tell us about one of your positives?

Hi all, just a few positives

Been shopping for summer tops although it might not be that warm in the Med in April. When you go in shops in France they want your details for the future. Some Brits say no but it is the same as a loyalty card. I signed up in Etam, bought a Tshirt for €19.99 which was on sale with 30% off and a gift of €1 for my birthday last month – cost €13.00. I love a bargain.
Same for me Sunny, scales have shown a small shift downwards, maybe the TRE suits me better than just keto.
Picked up our drycleaned duvet – now just hope smelly cat keeps away from it 🙂

They have a similar thing in some of the chain stores in Turkiye, SG. You just give them you mobile number and you get items at a discount at the till and they text promotional offers to you as well.
I think the TRE probably is helping … it certainly seems to be useful for me.

Positives here ….
🍽🍽 lovely lunch with DD and GS … and by a small miracle OH didn’t have any work on, so was able to join us.
🌞🌞 was sunny most of the day, so after lunch we took a walk to a local antique shop for a little mooch. Didn’t find anything to temp us to purchase, but was quite interesting.
Those will do for me today …. enjoyed the family time and a very pleasant day.

Lovely to read all your positives. Thank you.

It may be the 13th, unlucky for some, but for me today one HUGE positive……
I came to this WOL in mid 2016 with metformin controlled T2. By May 2017 my blood sugars were under control without medication. Fast forward 8 years and today it has become ‘official’. My medical records now show … I’m in remission!!!! Finally, after 8 years, and my latest annual review, I can now say I’m not diabetic🎉🎉🎉🎉

I definitely couldn’t have done it without all your support on these boards. I may have re-gained some weight over the last 7 years or so but my blood sugars have remained stable mainly because I’ve known where to come when I’ve needed support. So thank you!

Verano I am so happy for you, I wish I could do lots of emojis but here is a big heart, kiss and champagne popping.

Im a bit out of positives except a big one

Scales went under 71 for the first time in 9 years. Keeping fingers crossed it stays like that.

S-g I’ve got emojis!

🎉🎉🎉❤️🍾🥂🥂🥂🎈🎈🎈❤️🍾🥂🥂🥂🎉🎉🎉 Cheers to us!!!

The 13th is turning out to be great for both of us. Long hard slog and now a case of keeping on keeping on …. for me … and for you a huge great pat on the back for getting back to your lowest weight for 9years. How many units are you on now compared to 9 years ago???? Another huge pat on the back. I think you will eventually manage to do the ‘impossible’ and come off insulin completely.

🍾🥂 here’s to the next 9 years of improving health ….. with the odd glass of bubbly thrown in! 🍾🥂

🥳🎉🥂🎊🍾 Verano that’s fantastic news!!! You must be feeling wonderful…. as you say, all you need to do is keep on, keeping on. Meanwhile you are very much entitled to a celebration 🍾 🎊🥂🎉🥳

🎊🎉🥳 Well done on your latest scales result SunshineGirl, as well as persisting with reducing your insulin …. you’ve made great strides there too. I know it’s been a tough battle at times and your determination has been an inspiration to many. Hope you’re celebrating too. 🥳🎉🎊

Struggling a bit with positives today, but I’m sure I can find at least one ….
🎨🖌 had a play with my watercolours again today. Really enjoying trying various techniques and producing a few acceptable results.
🥘🥘 advance prep for date night dinner done … looking forward to saffron poached pears for dessert tomorrow 😋

Hope to see more positives posted soon.

Wow…congratulations all round. V fantastic news that they have recognised your remission!! S-G, lightest weight for 9 years!
🍾🎉
You are both so inspirational…and so encouraging to all newbies!

Sunny, I often wish I could paint….so envy your watercolours. 🎨

My positive for today…a little difficult but-
Lambing has started (we only have 10 ewes!) with an old ewe having twin lambs….but she hasn’t enough milk for both….however, the littlest has taken to the bottle instantly! So much easier when they want to suckle! 😁

Hi all of you positive people.

V, to answer your question about insulin. When I started 9 years ago I was on between 40 and 44 units. Last night I dropped down to 11 units as I was constantly having to get up in the middle of the night to have a Werthers to bring BG up. So another unit down. I know what will happen on holiday but I am going to be super careful and I don’t have a sweet tooth and will forgo the sweet cocktails for a nice vodka and slimline.

Great you have picked up your watercolour Sunny. My house is full of paintings I have done in the past but nothing for the last 10 years or so. Housesitters always comment on how much they like them, even had one send me a card of his wifes attempt spurred on by seeing mine during their sit. She did a lovely job. I seem to have lost some of the tricks and knacks we were taught at nightclass. I have made do with paint by numbers but very intricate ones and even one of my two grandsons. Determined to get back into doing my own but might have to buy new paints. I use the tubes as I find them easier to get plenty of paint on the palette, will look at them when we return in May and maybe throw a lot away. Another positive of clearing things out.

S-g I think you are doing the ‘ impossible’. I’m sure if you were to speak to any medic they would say that once you start using insulin you only way is up! Yet you’ve reduced yours by 75%. Amazing! I think that really is a great achievement. Thank you Michael for showing us that reversing T2 really is possible.

A positive from me …..

🛫🛳️☀️Checked my flights today and we are now just 31 days before we fly. Think I should start checking out my wardrobe!

🛌🪞🛌 Bedroom carpet chosen! Maybe a few weeks but looking forward to a refreshed bedroom. Now I just need to do a few of Yowzer’s ‘tiny tidies’!

Have a good and positive week.

Scrolling through these and finding inspiration from all the positive vibes. So I am a newbie – officially at the end of week 3 and my positives are:
I had roast pork, apples and shallots (a BSD recipe unbelievably) with celeriac mash and for anyone joining the diet for the first time, the food you are actually allowed within the 800 calorie limit turns out to be delicious, varied and, yes, filling!!
I had a few tired days but I now have bags of energy. Took the dog for an immensely long walk today and I still feel full of beans!
I think it’s cleared up the brain fog too – along with the physical energy levels I feel mentally sharper too.
Anyone wavering, my message to you is if I can do it so can you!!!! Also I have already lost a shed ton of weight!!!!!

☀️ The weekend brought some little joys!

📖✨ Finally finished a book that had been on my shelf for months—such a satisfying feeling!
🌿🌸 Spent some time in the garden, and my herbs are thriving—fresh basil smells amazing!
🍰☕ Treated myself to a homemade dessert and a slow morning with coffee.

Hope your weekend had some lovely moments too! 💛

Great to have new positives…

FGS26….Yes the recipes ARE delicious and filling…doesn’t it make it all so much easier!

My positives for today;
1. The tiny lamb is doing well! 🐑
2. The sunshine has inspired me to sow courgette, butternut squash and sunflower seed today. ☀️🌱🌱🌻
3. The seafood sharing platter at my favourite restaurant is still as good as ever! AND I resisted the bread and the chips. 🍞🍟🍤🦞🦀🐟
😁

FGS, pleased to see you found your way to this thread … thanks for sharing some of your positives with us.
Pootle, I’m thrilled the tiny lamb is doing well… how lovely to be involved in bringing new life into the world. Hope all of your lambs do well.
V, I love that feeling of counting down to a trip away too.
SG, your transformative journey on the BSD is an inspiration to us all. Getting your insulin so low is amazing!
Sounds like you produce real artwork in a very much higher league than mine, SG. Should make it clear that I really do just dabble with paints and have little artistic ability. I’m not capable of creating anything realistic, it’s all very impressionistic and abstract. That said, I am quietly pleased with some of the results and I find the process relaxing and meditative.

Anyway, positives from me today are ….
🚘🗺 have at last got our road trip to Turkiye planned and various elements booked … we leave home on 9th April, can hardly wait!
🍽🙂 made a very tasty dish of baked salmon in a creamy lemon and tarragon sauce for dinner this evening.
🙂🙂 has a little outing to an antiques emporium, with DD and GS this afternoon … very pleasant way to while away a couple of hours.

Hope to be reading lots more positives in the coming week, so please be sure to add one or two of yours.

March is a ‘bad’ month for me…so a bit of a struggle to find positives every day…but, for today..
1. Weight is still fluctuating by a few pounds but all below my target/ideal weight of 10st 7lb. Yesterday it was 10st 3lb…the lightest I have been for over 30 years! Today, 10st 4 & 1/2lb, still lighter than I have been for years!
2. Cooked gammon steak, red cabbage & apple with celeriac chips for main course tonight… but the best positive is…
3. Found the first British grown asparagus in a local shop today, so had that as a starter with hollandaise sauce! Yum!😋😋😋

Hi all,

Think I have bought a car today. Hubby left me in the showroom while he sorted the servicing. I found a salesman and got all the information needed. I am going to pretend it will be his decision but I have done all the leg work (and in French) so he will find it easy to deal with. Did the same thing 10 years ago so he was very brave to leave me to my own devices.

Sorry March is a bad month for you, Pootle. Hope the brighter weather is helping a bit. Your scales result will no doubt have cheered you a bit …. well done.

My positives for today ….
🌞🌞 sunny almost all day and it didn’t get dark until early evening
🕯🔋 changed the batteries in my remote control candles … Wow what a difference!!!
🗺📂 put together the file with all the details for our road trip to Turkiye …. just 19 days until we head off.

What were your positives for today? We’d love to know.

Quick post with today’s positives ….
⏰🛒 awake crazy early, so decided to go out and about and get the grocery shop done early too
📰📰 finished compiling the village newsletter for next month and sent it for printing
🌞🌿 sunny day, so had a little potter in yesterday garden
Hope your day was a good one and brought you some positives.

A couple of positives for today:
The sun ☀️ is still shining ☀️and we have reached the spring equinox!
I have started digging the veg patch… getting ready to plant onion sets and garlic! 🧄🧅 🤞
OH has gone away for one night, so a bit of me time tonight…😂🫣

Hope you have all had some positives today!
Xx

I’d just like to thank you for all your ‘positives’ which I have read, enjoyed and been uplifted by over the last few days.

So, I’m now able to report a few positives of my own …..

🛌🏥👨🏻‍🦳 OH home and on the mend after hernia repair surgery.

🧳👒👗 Thinking about holidays but not starting to pack for at least two weeks, just in case! Great idea about the packing lists. Thank you.

☀️🌸🌳 The blossom tree outside my bedroom is on the verge of ‘erupting’ into bloom. My lilac is in leaf and the apple blossom isn’t far away. So all good.

Have a great weekend full of positives.

Hi all, what positives today since I have been having a bad time working out our future – but

Yes, we bought the car – delivery in 3 months.
No, to moving from France. Daughter has very different ideas of how our lives should be and we are still living our dream.
Altered clothes back and ready to pack. Then, talking to the estate agent who is a friend from when we thought of selling before, she says she has 3 evening dresses she doesn’t want and will bring them round for me to try next week. So I might have a NEW wardrobe as all my other long dresses have been worn many times.
Leaving for cruise in just under 3 weeks.
Hubbys birthday tomorrow and meal out at our fave restaurant.

Hope you enjoyed your night to yourself, Pootle.
Glad your OH is recovering well …. hopefully he’ll be completely well for your trip.
SG, sounds like you’re starting to make decisions on what the future looks like for you. Exciting news about gaining new wardrobe items for your cruise … always fun to have something new to wear. Enjoy your hubby’s birthday meal … wish him a happy birthday for me.

Positives from me today….
🌱🌱 transplanted some seedlings to give them more space to progress.
🙂🙂 placed an online order for some things we need for our road trip.
🏨🙂 eldest DD admitted to hospital yesterday as an emergency … she’s receiving good care and is comfortable.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

SunnyB, Wishing your eldest DD a swift recovery, at least she is receiving good care!
S-G. It sounds as though you have made some definite decisions and are happy in your choices! Happy birthday to your OH, enjoy your meal out!
V. Hope your OH makes a good recovery and your blossom tree brightens your days!

My positives for today:
1. 🌱🌱🌱🌱The seeds I sowed last week are coming up…so 🤞 they do well, and I have a good courgette and butternut harvest.
2. I managed to finish digging and preparing the soil and planted out the garlic and onion sets. 🧄🧅
3. Lambing going well so far! And I am coping well with the late night and early morning ‘check in’ . (I couldn’t do it last year!!) 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

Sunny hope your DD recovers soon.

S-g “Happy Birthday” wishes for your hubby. Enjoy your meal out. Good to make decisions. Sometimes our children’s ‘ideas’ of how our lives should be are way out of touch with the way we want to ‘live’!

Pootle your ‘positives’ all sound wonderful with lots of ‘new life’ on the horizon.

Have a good Sunday.

Pootle, glad the lambing is going well and the rest arrive safely.
V, I noticed you didn’t post any positives of your own… hope things are okay with you and your hubby is recovering well.
My positives are ….
🎊😊 DD is doing well… she’s back home, taking her meds and resting up.
🎒👝 have made a start on sorting some things out ready for packing, including ordering items we need to take with us.
🧺🧺 got a couple of batches of laundry done.

If there was a plus point in your day, please take a moment to tell us about it.

Sunny pleased to hear your DD is home and doing well.
All good here thanks just watching a ‘slow’ recovery as the days before our trip slip away! Hoping by this time next week I’ll have a clearer picture and then I can start to think about packing. At the moment everything is up in the air. So no positives from me just at the moment!

Sunny, Good news that DD is home… Hope she continues to improve.
Sorry you don’t have any positives Verano. I hope that the healing moves along and you can start to look forward to your trip.

I have a couple of major positives for today…
I was helping OH with a large downed ash tree, (one of many that came down in the storms last December!) logging and clearing, when I noticed some fabulous entwined ivy trunks… perfect for a job next month!! 😁😁🪵🪵

Whilst I was writing the above, OH came in to say the ewe that we thought only had a single this morning had produced a twin 4 hours later!!! 🐑🐑

Thank you for the good wishes for our DD, V and Pootle. Sorry you’re not able to find positives at the moment, V … I’ll keep everything crossed that your man’s recovery will allow your next trip to go ahead.
Pootle, how wondrous to have an unexpected lamb appear.
Positives from my little corner are ….
🌿🌸 all the plants I had waiting for permanent homes, have now been planted out and some serious garden tidying done ….. following on from that ….
🌸🌱 managed to gather some offshoots from established plants in my garden, to transplant to the village hall garden … which is a job for another day.
🙂🙂 nice chat with eldest GD when she popped in to collect a key, so she can look after my plants while I’m away.
If you gave a moment, why not post a positive or two for us all to enjoy.

Positives today –
1. Feeling full of the joys of Spring (even though it’s nearly Summer) and loving the sunshine. The dog is basking outdoors and I’ve actually hung some washing OUTSIDE!!!
2. Reading the positive vibes is a really good way of staying on track. Love the sense of community on this site!!
3. Had a lovely time birdwatching – looking at the winter birds leaving and the spring migrants filling the available space. Just wonderful and managed to avoid the fruit scones at the cafe. Truly a miracle!!!

FGS, goodvto have you posting positives… it’s so often the simple things that bring great joy.
I have a couple of positives to report today ….
🥳🤸‍♀️ GS passed his theory test today!!!
🌸🌸 while ge was sitting his test, I spent sometime in a lovely little public garden, enjoying spring flowers and warm sunshine.

Positives for today….
🚘🚘 car passed its MOT without any issues
💦💦 OH has set up the watering system ready for keeping my garden pots watered while we’re away and he’s going to extend it to take in a bigger portion of the garden too
🎉🎊 created an 18th birthday card for youngest GS and ordered gifts
Although it’s been quite a steady day, it’s still felt productive 🙂

Just a quick one this morning!
Contrary to the forecast, the sunshine is beautiful again this morning! ☀️☀️☀️
Primroses are fabulous this year! 🌼🌼🌼
Lambs still doing well! 🤞🤞🤞🍼🍼🍼
😄😄😄

Glad the lambs are doing well, Pootle. I’ve noticed the primroses seem to be really abundant this year too.

I’ve a few positives to post, so here goes ….
👍🏻🙂 Mum and Dad are doing okay, was lovely to see them and spending some proper time with them
🌸🌸 bought some pretty little viola to add some colour to the garden.
🙂🙂 son and GD visited whisky we were at my parents, good to catch-up with them in person, before we leave for Turkiye again.

Hope you all had a positive weekend and that your week is off to a good start.

Quick post with my positives for today …
🥳🎉 OH’s birthday today 🤸‍♀️
🌞🌞 sunny day and a pleasant visit to Lyne Regis
🍽🥘 lovely celebratory lunch out

Hope your day has been a pleasant one too.

SunnyB
Wish your OH a very happy birthday from another April Fool!
My positives for today:
1. A delicious celebratory meal out today 🥙🦐🍤🦞 for my special birthday!
2. I resisted dessert! 😇 ( and chips!)
3. A glass of sparkling wine this evening. 🥂The first since Christmas, went down really well! 😄😄😄

Belated happy birthday, Pootle … sounds like you enjoyed your celebrations.

After a difficult couple of days and sleep disrupted nights following sad news, I feel able to post some positives again …
🌸🌿 once again, my garden has been a balm to my troubled soul. Delighted to see the lilacs are starting to bloom and roses beginning to form buds.
🧳🚘 packing for our road trip is coming together nicely.
Grateful to have some positives to post, so at this point those two will do for me today.

3 positives:
I have a waist again!!
I have lost 2 1/2 stone.
Can’t stop smiling!!!

Hey FatGirlSlim 26, EXCELLENT work! Good job! Well done! Top woman!
That is an amazing accomplishment — you are to be congratulated and I am very happy for you — especially for your newly rediscovered WAIST!! I still love seeing my ribs, all those years I didn’t know how lovely they are — and a “waist” is even better.
Take yourself forward carefully now — it is easy to lighten up and regain weight. Stay focused on what has worked so far.
And again, warmest congratulations on your loss! (sounds kind of funny but you know what I mean ha ha)

🤸‍♀️🎉🥳 Excellent news FGS26 ….. win, win, win!!!🥳🎉🤸‍♀️ You deserve to revel in you achievement …. it’ll soon be summer so an ideal time to show off your newly found waist.