Another day passed.
I put a pound back on yesterday…🙄 but I am not too worried as I am still 2lb in hand. (Less than my personal ideal).
The positive out of this, is I would have stressed dreadfully in the past, then given in and eaten all sorts of ‘unsuitable’ things and onto the slippery slope! However, I know why I have put it on and what I have to do to prevent it going any further. 😄😄

Other half bought me a beautiful bunch of flowers to make up for the dreadful weather today! ☔️💐💐

Our 14 year old dog 🐩 has eaten all his meals today without the usual ‘coaxing’. He is a very fussy eater, but I must have got it right today and tempted his appetite!! 😁🍗🍳

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1) I have enjoyed a lovely dog walk in the cool forest this morning. Now I shall hunker down indoors!
2) I bought some lavender and other bedding plants (look like busy lizzies but aren’t) so I can make a lovely colourful display to go by the garden table.
3) Moving into week 5 of eating healthily. My waist is reemerging, and my face is thinner. Non scale victories are just as rewarding!

I hope you all have a good day. Keep cool and hydrate!

Hi all,
An unusual positive today ;-
I have broken bones in my right hand.. so cannot do all sorts of things.. making me rest! Enjoying daytime tele!! 😂🫣
Last Friday husband baled our hay and stacked it in the barn. All on his own as I was out of action! I always feel hay making is good exercise, so I was sad to miss it. BUT brilliantly positive that it is done!🚜
The feral kittens are playing outside the kitchen window and I watched the Mum (very warily) touch noses with our old dog! 🐩🐈‍⬛

Over 6,500 posts! Probably over 20,000 positives! That’s some going! But yet we are still here! Even if we only post periodically …. we post!

So to my positives …

😀🏋🏻‍♀️🤸🏻‍♂️Fighting fit today after a few days in bed. Ready to tackle ironing tomorrow …. unless the sunshine forces me to sit outside and read a book!!

🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️ Back to meditation today. I hadn’t realised how much it ‘grounds’ me and I know it will help me sleep better tonight.

🥗🥚🍅 Back to healthy eating today…… a real pleasure.

Enjoy the rest of the week with hopefully many positives.

Pootle that all sounds like a countryside idyll – apart from the broken bones! Good you can find a positive in it, but I hope they heal quickly too!

1) Enjoyed a chilled black coffee with breakfast. It just felt too hot for a warm drink. Very tasty.
2) The jasmine is in full bloom and the scent is lovely.
3) Enjoyed coffee with a “developing” friend. I find it a bit strange to make friendshipss from scratch at this stage in life – finding points of common interest, how much to open up etc. But so far so good.

Hi Heidi,
I love Jasmine, the perfume is just so unique!
I understand your thoughts on developing friendships at this stage in life… long standing friendships where you have ‘fitted together’ for many years are so comfortable… new ones feel ‘dangerous’!! I have made a couple of close ‘later in life’ friends and am so glad I met them!

Onto positives for today;
1. Keeping my hand bound up has eased the pain on my arm and shoulder, enabling me to ‘do’ a little more. So I have been playing with a couple of creative ideas for a job next week. 😄😄 (the washing up 🧫🧫 🍳🥘 is piling up in the sink, but I am closing my eyes to it!)
2. Used one of the ‘roadside’ laundry 20kg washing machines to wash and dry husband’s heavy quilt today. 🧺🧺
3. Weight is still stable! 🎉🎉
I hope you all have some positives in your life, we would love to hear about them.

Another day of healthy eating!! 😇😇😂
Supper out yesterday with friends…good friendship and chat, with steak and salad, what could be better? 😄
Creative ideas for next week coming together! 👍😁

Feeling good today.. 😅

Sunshine Girl – so good to hear about the blood results! My husband had exactly the same experience. Diagnosed as pre-diabetic which is what precipitated the diet and totally reversed after 8 weeks. My stomach is misbehaving still although nice to hear of good results for others. Am trying a weird Swedish device atm which is supposed to help – iOro fyi – you’re supposed to use it for 6 mths to feel the benefit. Sigh – everything saggier and heading South, I think the elastics in my body are expanding!! Lol! On to 3 positives:
Gorgeous walk with dog this am with 360 degree blackcap and garden warblers carolling away in the trees.
Roasted apricots, raspberries and greek yoghurt for breakfast. Yummy.
Day off. Reading an unputdownable book!
Have a fab day everyone!!!

Pootle your day sounded so positive. And from really early on. I hope the good mood continued!

Three positives:
Still controlling what I put in my mouth. Now over 4 weeks. This is the longest that I have been in control in years.
I feel so much better without sugar. I’m sleeping better. Less moody. Skin clearer.
Started a painting job that I have been putting off. (covering up a water leak). When I asked myself why another day would be better than now, I ran out of excuses!

I hope you have all had a good day too.

Having to find a positive from a really sad negative today!!
My favourite fish restaurant has closed down (as a result of the Nat Ins changes and increased business rates). (very unhappy face)
So I am resurrecting a recipe I haven’t made for a few years! “Hake on a stick”. Cubes of hake wrapped in smoked streaky bacon, on a skewer, a squeeze of lemon and a grind of pepper then under the grill. Going to serve with cauliflower rice and a bit of lightly steamed samphire… Yum Yum. Really looking forward to it! (Happy face)

So the positives are;
1. I remembered the dish and how to make it! (Happy face)
2. I was able to get hake fillets and samphire this morning. (Fish)
3. It is low carb!!!!! (Halo)

(Still no emojis on laptop…should have used the phone!! Laughing face!)