So it’s Sunday and my goal is now to find just one positive each day. So for today…

🌳🌳🌳 had some olive trees in pots pruned today. The olives have become ‘wild’ in the unusually hot summer here this year. They now look lovely.

Another….

👗👘👖👔🩳 Starting to sort out clothes for charity shops so we can put the clothes we ‘actually wear’ in the wardrobes!

Why do we ‘hang on’ to ‘stuff’!

At then moment I’m on a ‘clean out, clear up ‘ mission!

My one for today…. did lots of ironing!

But number 2 …

Sorting out my wardrobes and have large black bin bags for all those clothes I’ve not worn in 5,10 or 15 years! I’m shocked at some of the clothes. Anyway, they are going!
I’m feeling ‘lighter’ already!

Hi Verano, It must be ‘clearing out’ season!

I haven’t got rid of the ‘larger’ clothes 👗that I sorted out 6 months ago…they are still packed in a couple of suitcases, BUT… My house is over-run with books 📚, so I have decided to be ruthless and have bound up a number of “trilogies and/sets” that I have read several times and donated them! 😇 So feeling good that the bookcase is no longer groaning under the piles of books balanced on top! I cannot get on with a kindle….much prefer the feel of a real book…so I end up buying loads of paperbacks from eBay!!

2nd positive is my new kitchen mats …they are just what was needed to stop my elderly dog 🐶slipping around, and have smartened the kitchen up brilliantly!

Great to have some positives to share!

So sorry I didn’t make my ‘one a day’ goal this week Anyway I’m here now…..
My one for today … still eating really well and back to pre holiday weight ….. now I just have to tackle the rest!!!
Have a great weekend.

Sunny how are you doing?

So pleased to see this thread has rolled over to the next page …. a testament to all those posting their positives to help to lift us all.

Verano, thank you so much for checking in. I’m keeping my head above water. We’re now into the last days I think, so the final goodbye will be soon.

Hiwever, my positive is how wonderfully supportive my friends have been, for which I’m very grateful.

Ahh! Sunny my thoughts are with you.
Unfortunately I’ve also been there and done this one.
Nothing to say except be kind to yourself. In the fullness of time ………

Thanks Verano. I try to take a little time for myself everyday. Yesterday was special as my lovely OH visited and we were able to duck out for a meal together and my youngest DD, husband and son came to say goodbye to Mum and she recognised them.

My positives for today are …
🌸 at last they have mum’s pain undercontrol
🌸 sunny day has afforded me some time pottering in the garden

Hope the Bank Holiday weekend brings lots of good thing for you all

Sunny I can’t think of the right words, but just wanted to say I am thinking of you. Good to know that you have your friends and family around you at such a challenging time.

Positives?
1. A gorgeous clear sunny day today. I made it to the top of the dunes without being breathless. Another NSV!
2. I am still appreciating all that summer has to offer – lots of rainbow salads that look picture perfect and are really appetising.
3. My choir restarts next week, so looking forward to singing and socialising.

Lovely day today although it could be the last for a while.
I didn’t manage my one-a- day this week which is very poor really.
It’s Monday new week so this week I’ll do my very best to find at least one ‘positive’ a day ….shouldn’t be too difficult…..

🥗🍓🐟 Lovely lunch catching up with family yesterday.
Although I have to say fish was way over cooked. I’m sure lots of people don’t enjoy fish because of the fear of bones but more so because fish is so often over cooked so is as dry as a bone … no fun really. I have a fool proof method!

Anyway, hope everyone is well at best, and as well as can be expected, at worst.

Yes another day but difficult to find a positive! But I will…..

🍅🌶️🥒 had the last of my home made gazpacho today for lunch. It was lovely. Must make some more before the summer ends!

Hope today has had a positive or two for you.

Thanks for the gazpacho reminder Verano. I shall do some straightaway. I was getting tired of ratatouille!

My positive today was finally using some of the moisturising products that have been sitting in the bathroom cupboard for months/years. Spoiling myself and at no cost – what’s not to like!

Have a good day.

I think I need to have a ‘to do list’ again as I seem to be missing out essentials every day! How can you forget to ‘drink water’?!!

📒✏️🖍️I do so much better when I ‘tick’ things off as I go along so it’s back to my little notebook today.

👩‍🦳☎️😀 Surprise phone call from friend I’ve not spoken to in a while. Lovely chat.

💦☔️🌤️Today should have been wet, wet, wet but we have sun! Lovely surprise.

Hope you’ve had a positive day.

Have wanted to drop by, but felt reluctant in case doing so ‘trashed the vibe’. However I’ll simply state my positive as, ‘Mum’s suffering is now at an end’. Consequently, I’ll try to post here more frequently, now that my time is not focused on her care and wellbeing.

Hi Sunny
Thinking of you and sending you lots of love at this difficult time. How comforting to know your lovely mum is no longer suffering.

Hi Sunny, condolences and big hugs.

Hi Sunny so sorry.
Sending condolences to you and your family.
Take care of yourselves.
Sending lots of warm hugs.

Thank you SG, V and CC for your condolences and kind words. Thought I should find some positives to post, so ….

🌸🌸 my darling OH is visiting for the weekend
🌸🌸 pleasant lunch out with Dad yesterday and we took a trip down memory lane

That will do for now, but hopefully your weekend brings plenty of positives your way.

Sunny good to see you finding some positives! Keep on keeping on……..

I’m shamed into finding positives. If Sunny can then we all can …..

🥗🌶️🍅 Relatives for lunch yesterday. It was a pleasure to eat with people on the same wave length of ‘low carb, no UPFs’.

🥗🍅🌶️ easy dinner tonight … last nights left overs with some more protein!

🍅🌶️🥗 Out for lunch on Wednesday although I’m not quite sure how ‘low carb, no UPF it will be!

Please find a positive or two to keep this thread going.

Yes if Sunny can, then we should all have a go.
1) Finally went to the dentist today for a check-up, and nothing needed doing. Brilliant.
2) Managed to throw away the coffee cake that has been calling from the fridge. I have had a very weak day today, but at least that limited the damage. Serves me right for feeling yesterday that I was more or less on top of things!
3) the rudbeckia just outside our window has been flowering for over a month. It is a beautiful splash of sunlight in the garden, and reminds me of the good friends who brought it as a present.

Good to see others posting positives … well done on ditching the coffee cake Heidi, sometimes it pays just to be ruthless when dealing with temptation.

Feel there must be a positive or two to be found today, so here goes ….
🌼🌼 my sister and I have agreed a plan for this month, to ease Dad in to single living
🌼🌼 mum’s garden has delighted in the recent rain showers and looks lovely in this morning’s sunshine … lots of colour still out there, including fuschias, roses and even some late flowering daisies and early cyclamen.

Hope you have a positive or two and a spare minute to share them with us too.

You are right Verano, if Sunny can we all can!

🫛🫛Beans have been so prolific I have been able to supply a lot of our neighbours… makes a good excuse to drop in for tea and chat!

I bought 3 large mats for the kitchen a few weeks ago, which smartened it up. So husband decided to buy some more for the hall and conservatory , so we are looking good!

A friend turned up with a brand new (without tags) size 12-14 dress which she had bought, removed tags then found it didn’t fit. I thought it would be too small, but it fitted perfectly!!! A huge change from the size 22 I was wearing in July 2024!! 😄😄😄

Sorry I have been absent for a while… needed to get my head in a better place!

Great news Pootle! What tastes better than a size 12/14 dress feels?!

So just one positive for me today ….. some friends we’ve not seen for ages popped in for a cup of tea today. Lovely catch up.
Out for lunch tomorrow so that will be part of tomorrow’s ‘positives’.
Have a good evening everyone.

Hahaha Verano – you are sounding like Kate Moss. “Nothing tastes as good as thin feels.” I’m sorry I can’t agree. The world – as we know – is full of delicious temptations and, fortunately, some of them are permissible on the BSD!! I love the positives on this thread but haven’t posted anything for a long time. Needed incentivising to shed more lbs and an approaching holiday has provided the boost I needed. I have been throwing myself into the gym most days! Positives today:
1. I took some pictures for framing some weeks ago and the results exceeded expectations, I now have some lovely things to put on my walls.
2. I have been gorging on strawberries with balsamic vinegar and still managing to feel virtuous. A very expensive luxury I know but so yummy!
3. I had a lovely day out with my son culminating in blackberry picking. I love hedgerow booty and we snagged some particuarly plump and rubious ones! Returned home with our prize and made a giant vat of blackberry and apple – so sweet and delicious. Just a little on my breakfast porridge tomorrow!!

FatGirlSlim26… no you have me totally wrong. I’m not a Kate Moss devotee.
You probably don’t know but Pootle lost 5st in 12 months with the BSD and went down many ‘sizes’. I was just saying that she really wouldn’t want to go back up to her old 20….24’s.
As a matter of interest I’ve been following this way of eating for 9 years and yes BSD does have lots of ‘delicious temptations’.

Lovely to read all the positives. Like you V, I’m 9yrs with this WoE and though I digress occasionally, overall it is my way of life now and there are endless delicious things which we can enjoy whilst sticking to low carbs.

Anyway, my positives are ….
🌸🌼 OH arrived yesterday morning and we took Dad out to a garden centre for lunch. Bonus … I brought back some lovely new plants to take home for my garden.
🌼🌸 I get to go home today 🎉🤸‍♀️ … only for a week, but I’m still looking forward to a dose of normality in my own space and catching up on appointments and so on.
🌸🌼 two weeks on and Dad is coping well (much better than we all expected) and making adjustments following the loss of his wife of 70yrs. Really proud of him.

Sunny you and your dad are doing really well. I can understand how a week back at home with, what was normality, will really help you.

🌶️🍅🥒 Had 6 friends here for dinner last night. Wonderful to have great company

🛋️🛋️🛋️ Today we’ve just ‘relaxed’! It’s been wonderful!

☀️😀👍 Tomorrow is another day! We just have to make it a good one too!

Hope the coming week is good for everyone.

Just wanted too bring this thread back up to the top above all the spam!

While Im here just want to say to Sunny hope you’re all coping.

And so to so positives…..

🧺🧺🧺 all my washing almost done. Only have a small amount so just a small amount of ironing,

🥬🥦🧄 roast lamb, not my favourite, but with lots of veggies tonight so pretty healthy.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Apologies for not posting here recently and thanks for checking in Verano. Back at Dad’s now after my week back home. My positives are …
🌻🌻 only a couple of rain showers here today despite a very grim forecast thus morning
🌻🌻 I’ve completed the order of service booklets for Mum’s funeral … Good to get that ticked of my list
🌻🌻 enjoying hunting for a winter sun break, looking to go somewhere we’ve not been before.

Hope you are managing to find some positives… why not let us know what they are?

Gosh it is quiet here.
1) Hasn’t it been a gorgeous golden day today? At least in Europe. All the fuchsias and salvias in the garden are popping with colour.
2) I’m enjoying the new choir season, as we rehearse Handel’s Messiah and Faure Requiem. One particular jewel is Rheinberger’s Abendlied. See if you like it on Spotify.
3) My mother is managing reasonably well while my father is in hospital. And I know she has been enjoying the sunshine too.

A few positives for me:
1) record breaking warmth for September means I haven’t come close to having a frost yet, so everything is still growing nicely in the garden. We could use some rain, but that is in the forecast for the weekend.
2) Had an amazing and very intensive therapy session yesterday. Felt like something cracked open inside of me and let a lot of negative emotions out that had been stuck inside. We’ll see if it lasts!
3) A neighbourhood feral cat moved her 7 kittens into one of my outbuildings so I have been feeding them as both she and they are quite skinny. They are starting to trust me and I was even able to stroke one of the bolder ones last night!

Arcticfox good to see you posting ‘positives’! That’s a really great step in the right direction!

A couple from me …..
☀️🌤️☀️ wonderful sunshine here despite a few drops of rain at lunchtime.
🥗🌶️🍅 had a virtually ‘simple carb free day’ today which is not that easy in a hotel with all the temptations……
🍕🥪🧁 I know these things aren’t really for me so just have to be strong and ‘resist’. In truth though, they aren’t really that ‘tempting’!
If you have a positive please post … one is fine!

Glad to see Heidi and Arctic posting … and you too Verano. Thought it time I added some positives too, so here goes ….
🌸🌸 home again for a few days, having been at my Dad’s for the past week. Good to be on home territory for awhile.
🌸🌸 having scavenged some fig leaves from a friend’s tree, I’m in the process of making fig oil. Also have a batch of confit garlic slowly cooking.in a cool oven.
🌸🌸 looking forward to an evening out tonight, a social event at our village hall to celebrate it’s centenary.

That’s it for me at present …. do you have any positives to share?

A couple of positives after my absence!

😄😄😄Just finished my ‘heavy’ working week !! Had a long soak in the hotel bath… deep enough to float… and am currently lying down with my feet up on a pillow!! 🦶🦶

🥐🍩 Managed the week without going ‘off low carb eating’ more than 2ce!! A croissant on Thursday… and a treat chocolate dessert and glass of Prosecco tonight! 🥂🍾

Very tired… but yay the satisfaction that I have done it. Managed to keep working ! 🎉🎊🥳

1) I’m appreciating the moderators who have deleted all the irritating adverts and spam. Thank you!
2) I have managed to stick to healthy eating despite a very challenging time over the last 10 days. Just one blip.
3) Friends are solid gold.

Back from a lovely visit with family, my positives are:-

Love my family
Nice to be back in my own bed and on my own time
Thank you Verano for trying to keep the site scam free – they come thick and fast

So my positives …..

👧🎂🍨 Granddaughter’s birthday today …. time flies!
🍗🥗🍤 BBQ dinner tonight … hopefully low carb!
☀️🧘🏻‍♀️🏖️ Lots of rest and relaxation!

Hope you have some positives too.

SG, so glad you had a wonderful visit with family. V, very happy birthday to your GD, Hooe she had a lively day.

My positives right now are …
🌸🌸 Mum’s funeral went well yesterday, was a lovely farewell and our talented DiL did a wonderful job of creating a beautiful floral tribute
🌸🌸 Dad has decided he wants to start his new chapter next week, so I am back home with no set date to return to his home at present
🌸🌸 looking forward to some ‘normality’ in the coming days.

Hope you are all enjoying some positives too.

Good to hear all your positives.
Sunny, you have been in my thoughts and I am glad that you are getting some ‘normality’.
Verano, I hope your BBQ went well and you enjoyed your R&R.
S-G, I completely agree with ‘own bed syndrome’.
Heidi, you are right, friends are solid gold!
Arctic Fox, brilliant that you have found some positives to post!
So to today:
🪻🪻🪻We planted 20 allium bulbs and 40 narcissi this afternoon.
🌳🌳🌳 Also a Mahonia to replace a 30 year old one that had become too big.
🐾🐾🐾 Best of all, found a litter of KC registered puppies and we are going to see them on Tuesday! 🥳

I hope you all have some positives in your lives!
K xx

Thank you for your kind words, Pootle.
Sounds like you had a mammoth gardening session! Hope your puppy viewing goes well.

As part of my getting back to normality, I thought I’d drop in with some positives ….
🌻🌻 gradually getting through a ridiculously large pile of laundry, decided not to pressure myself to get everything sorted at once, so slowly does it
🌻🌻 slept well last night for the first time weeks
🌻🌻 OH successfully repaired youngest DD’s car, which has saved her a garage fee … and we all know how crazy they can be!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone and look out for those positives.

😄😄😄Just decided on the spur of the moment to go to the cinema in an hour’s time… first time in about 8 years!!! Going to see the Downton Abbey film!
😄😄😄
See you later!

Hope you enjoyed yourvinena visit Pootle. Genuinely have no idea the last time I went – best guess about 5yrs ago at least!
My positives for today are ….
🌼🌼 lunch with youngest DD today … lovely food and even better company
🌼🌼 treated myself to a new hairstyles and really pleased with it and the results
🌼🌼 very kind email from the funeral directors, to say they have collected Mum’s ashes and she’ll be safe with them until we can collect her

What have your positives been today?

📽️📽️📽️ Really enjoyed the spur of the moment visit to the cinema. Great ‘relaxing, don’t have to think much’ film!

🐩🐩🐩 Put the deposit down on the new puppy yesterday…arrives on the 13th!!

🫛🫛🫛 Picked a serving of beans this morning, it will be the last…but great to have had so many through the summer!

Hope you all have some positives in your lives today.
K.xx

Hello.
Just a quick word
Just one positive… my iPad .. left on a plane…lost forever… found in Jersey after a lot of phonecalls, emails and a bit of detective work!
Hope everyone else has only positives today.

Oh Pootle, how exciting to have a new puppy joining your household!
Verano, amazing you’ve tracked down your ipad, bet you’re looking forward to having it back.

Positives from me today are ….
🌸🌸 took two bags of surplus items to a charity shop and managed not to buy any ‘new’ items to bring home
🌸🌸 doing quite well at working through all the laundry … estimate that another three loads should clear it
🌸🌸 have made a start on sorting out items for advent calendars

What positives have there been in your day?

1. Our small garden is still full of autumn colour, despite the strong winds.
2. My mother has been discharged from hospital. Hoping my father will also be discharged this week.
3. I’ve done all the washing!

Heidi, so pleased your parents are being discharged from hospital. Hope they will both make a speedy recovery.

One positive from me for today …. a mooch around a couple of antique/bric-a-brac stores and lunch with my GS.

Just one positive for me today ….. my iPad came ! Whooppeeee!
Hope everyone is well and feeling positive.

Has been a sunny day, so that’s a positive … think I can find more though.
🌿🌿 GS helped me with some of the bigger gardening jobs on my list, like removing some branches from the lilac and giving the bay a serious ‘hair cut’
☀️☀️ we’ve booked two weeks of winter sun for next month
🧺🧺 only one wash load away from having the laundry up to date!!

What about you … what have your positives been today?

Just popping in with one…

🥦🧅🌶️ Two huge pans of soup made today. Chicken and a new, to me, squash with ginger, garlic and lemon grass. It’s quite warm but very moorish!

Hope you’re having a positive day too.