Very well done Pootle & all your forward planning really paid off 👏👏👏⭐️⭐️
I think getting a puppy of even a cat is a good idea because they are so enchanting & amusing when young but of course you do have to house train them 😀 When we had to put to sleep our last cat I approached Cats Protection because we wanted to adopt two kittens a brother & sister but they inspected where we now live & said our village street which is really the high street was too busy with a bus route & cars using it as a rat run. Our neighbours have cats but we weren’t allowed to have them although of course we could have bought a kitten privately! I still miss having them although we have got used to not having a pet now & it’s of course cheaper not paying vet fees, buying food & pet care when we are on holiday.
Well my latest news is that my GP is now suspecting I have C.Difficile because of taking antibiotics for four weeks with my continuing gut problems so I am waiting for my lab results which may mean taking more antibiotics!! It never rains but it pours & I am very fed up & I am self restricting my outside activities in case I am infectious to others. My husband fortunately is unaffected even though I am back in the kitchen preparing meals. Oh well it may help me lose some weight but my poor inner biome is totally rotted up at the moment & I can’t tolerate Kefir or the pre & probiotics I am taking or any dairy!
Keep on posting everyone I do enjoy reading your updates & news 😀
Margaret xx

Ooh Pootle a new puppy! That will get you active! When I get back in November we will be looking to get another dog too ( we lost ours a few weeks ago) . As our lab got older the walks got slower and shorter so it will be nice to get out and about in the countryside again. My husband really needs a dog I think, gets him out walking as well.
Silly me, I only just realised there is a MM keto book! So I shall be taking that away with me. My keto is going well, I’m managing ok , weight loss isn’t evident but I have been forgetting to drink enough water so maybe that will help. The only carbs I have are from veg that’s in things so minimal. I don’t feel I’m in keto but must be…more fasting methinks. Have great weekend everyone x

Hi everyone, so much going on right now on the site.

Margaret, unfortunately C diff is very contagious and I dont know why you have not been given advice. You should not be cooking for your husband. Neither should you be sharing things like towels or sheets, which makes bedtime very difficult. Hopefully, you are both wearing long trouser pyjamas in bed or sleeping separately. Sorry you are still going through all this and I hope you are back to normal soon.

Pootle, a puppy or cat would be the last thing I would want due to the ties they cause. Since our local cattery closed down in France there are very few places to take them when we go away. If you can leave them for holidays either with a trusted someone or in kennels then okay. We use Trustedhousesitters and they are brilliant but it is such a pain, advertising, interviewing, welcoming, trusting strangers in our home. After 22 sits we are getting a bit fed up and there is still nowhere new opened to leave our cats. Just think about the freedoms you need and how you will continue with that.

Yerba Mate tea – it comes in 2 forms, tea leaves which you strain or as a powder (I measure 5ml into a mug). It doesnt quite dissolve completely so there is sludge in the bottom of the mug which I avoid but add some more hot water to make a second drink. As for the taste, it is quite bitter but I add a little stevia, just a touch on the end of a teaspoon. I just have the one per day after lunch and it is certainly not as nice as my usual coffee. Is it working, I dont know but last night I didnt have any snacks (cold meats) late evening and didn’t even think about it. I also dont think I had an afternoon snack which I sometimes do when my BG goes low and I get a bit shaky. Obviously one day is not enough to judge but I have told hubby no coffee from now on – he makes my coffees and teas.

I will continue with the collagen powder and decide whether to continue when I finish my current supply. New reseach is now showing that creatinine is good for older ladies. All tests were about men and going to the gym and building muscle but they have switched their research to women in general but mainly post menopause women. Not recommending but worth doing some reading as it is also supposed to be good for bone health. Going to find out more.

Well that was a lot of stuff. Still catching up with washing as the weather has been hit and miss and we dont have a drying machine. Last thing. Our boiler has gone on the blink and we have no heating (not needed yet) or hot water until the engineer comes on Monday.

Have a good weekend.