Hi everyone,
I had a good but busy week at work and on the farm. I hardly talked to any internal people all week but was meeting with people I’ve worked with previously who are external to our organization. It was nice as some of them I haven’t seen for several years, and the meetings went well and were constructive. It made me realize even more how much our own organization is toxic and dysfunctional. It was great to have a ‘normal’ work experience for a change.
Outside of work it’s been a bit tough emotionally as my very intensive counselling session last week brought a bunch of stuff to the surface and I’ve just been trying to keep a lid on it all week. I have my next session tomorrow though, so hopefully that will help. But it’s definitely had an impact on my diet, unfortunately. But all I can do is shake it off and try a bit harder this week.
I’m going to try to restart my yoga course on the online gym I belong to. Hopefully that will help with relaxation and emotional regulation!
Hope everyone is doing well.

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Good idea !! I will try and dump the white stuff!!!!
Thanks ☺️

Nokia …. just dump the ‘white stuff’ the rest will take care of itself!

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Hello all 😘
Hi c Cathy so sorry you have had a meltdown 😢sometimes it helps though as we get ourselves upset and also expect too much from our bodies .
It’s a shock finding out you are pre diabetic I am as well I have to go for my annual blood test in May and if I carry on as I am doing I will be diabetic!! I can’t seem to stick to a plan not sure what’s wrong 😑 with me !! I start off beginning of week very positive then whoops go downhill fast
I hope you will pick yourself up and I am sure theses lovely people we have in the group will help you
Hope everyone else is doing ok thanks for your birthday wishes I had a lovely meal 🤣and mama mia was fantastic
I am just going to look at the keto plan maybe I will be able to stick to that
Have a good week everyone be in touch soon
Lv nokie 😘 xx

Hello everyone
I’m still here and plugging away. Went to my weight management class today and it was all about moving more and exercising. I lost 700g this week- not sure what that is in real money but it’s a loss. Thank you everyone for your continued support. I had a massive melt down on Monday and spent most of the day crying and feeling sorry for myself. I’ve tried so hard this past few years and keep hitting blocks but I’m not giving up. Today I’ve been for a walk and made myself walk down a hilly park and I took the steep steps up- and my heart rate went to 132 beats so good cardiovascular exercise! I’m shocked to be pre diabetic but I think it’s down to excess weight around the middle. I’m eating more vegetables and no white carbs have passed my lips all week! I have eaten more eggs and cottage cheese and avocado and broccoli. I’ve not done any fasting this week. It’s interesting that Arctic fox mentioned ferritin levels- I’ve always had very low ferritin levels but not had them checked for a few years. When I go back for my HbA1c and cholesterol I will ask them to check my ferritin levels. I’ve been enjoying the Joe Wicks workouts for seniors this week so I’ve increased my exercise and am trying to be less sedentary. I’ve had a real kick up the rear!!
Hope you’re all having a good week.

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Thank you 1960smp for your kind words. We continue to try to support our son but are also worried about our grandson as well & how he will cope with all this disruption to his usual routine & life. All any parent can really do is be there & support their family as best they can!
Margaret

Morning all, just catching up on recent posts.

CATHY what a shock you’ve had r your pre-diabetic diagnosis, and it doesn’t sound like the nurse was particularly helpful either. I hope that you get better quality help to work out what is going on. Meanwhile, I think both VERANO and ARCTIC FOX have given you some really good tips that are worth a try. But I really feel for you : it just feels as if you try so hard and the goalposts keep moving 🙀 Sending a hug and good vibes your way.

ARCTIC FOX I hope that things improve for you soon as well. It’s no wonder you’re feeling a bit low at the moment, but what comes across in your post is a lot of positivity about how you are dealing with the various issues in your life – both physical and emotional. You sound very determined to tackle the various obstacles you are facing, and very resourceful in the way you are going about things. Wishing you all the best, and keep posting to let us know how you’re getting on.

NOKIE I hope you had a fabulous birthday and enjoyed all the celebrations! And YOWZER and VERANO thanks for all your positive input as always, and I hope you’re both going ok yourselves?

Have a good week everyone! Just over a week to the end of April – and this leg of the journey – so hope it goes well X

Hi everyone,
I haven’t had a very good time food-wise the last few days after that work incident threw me off track for a bit. Thank you all for your kind words about that. It was very helpful. I’m getting things back together now after my most recent counselling appointment. It was a very intense one but the counsellor was very sympathetic about the work incident and we figured out why it bothered me but my colleague who was also shamed was able to just shake it off. No real solutions yet, but we’re just starting to delve into the hard stuff. I am realizing though why I use food to cope with things that come up at work and why that makes it difficult to always eat healthily. As I get some other coping tools in place, that will hopefully help.
Cathy – sorry about your news about being pre-diabetic. That doesn’t really make a lot of sense, does it? I am also mostly vegetarian, although I do eat fish, I don’t eat it very often. I do take fish oil though. My dad started taking it recently too and was surprised when his arthritic knee started to feel better. It is really helpful for inflammation. You can find vegetarian versions of omega-3 oil, so that might be an option. I take 1 Tbsp per day, which is more than what it says to take on the label, but it was a dietician that told me to take that much to help with inflammation and weight loss. Also, I tend to have slightly elevated cholesterol as well, but usually when I’m having blood work it is because I want my gp to focus on something else, so I’ve learned to cheat the test by only eating whole vegetables with a little bit of olive oil the week before I get the blood drawn. It puts me right back down into normal range and then I get more attention paid to my iron and b12 levels which is usually what I want to have measured. Speaking of which, have you had your serum ferritin and b12 levels measured? As a long term vegetarian, mine are often low unless I’m supplementing. I’m feeling rather low at the moment, and I’m sure it’s my iron as the acid-blockers I’m on at the moment are probably inhibiting absorption, so I should probably get back on my supplements. Being low in iron is enough to make us weight-loss resistant.
Yowzer – I was managing my lipoedema quite well through the winter, but it has recently flared up again with some pain and swelling in my legs. I’m back wearing my compression at least while I’m working out in the garden and it is helping. With my reflux calming down, I’ve also been able to add a slice of lemon back to my water. Your mention of supplements reminds me that I have some diosmin in my cupboard that I haven’t tried yet. It is supposed to be good for helping lymph to move, so I should try it.
DCT – Unfortunately when I received the written assignment, it was clear that it was geared towards someone already working in that unit. I don’t even think I fully understood the instructions. However, I gave it my best shot and that is all I can do. Just chalking it up to experience at this point.

Good afternoon, peeps!
Am still here if only reading emails at moment…
Hope you had a lovely Anniversary SG! We celebrate 40 years next month and a few days in a city we have not been to before.
Have a really lovely cruise and relax as much as you can.
Margaret, I felt for you and the logistics for you son, I hope it all sorts out asap. A cruise on the Seine sounds idyllic!
Merry! I hope the chia pudding hit the spot…
We have just booked a family trip for late summer to Poland. It is quite exciting as there will be 7 / 8 of us, and some are needing quite some help with care so wowzers , but am excited to go. Looking at pushing our cruise idea to Winter or early next year. Foodwise, I am all over the place but trying…
Have a lovely weekend xx

Hi S-g have a wonderful cruise, and I’m assuming, stay with your daughter et al as well!
Life is back to ‘normal’. Thankfully your health is good so now just ENJOY!

Thank you S-G & I will try to become fitter before then with more walking & exercise. Amazingly I have lost 1lb in weight helped I’m sure by the staged eating of veg first followed by protein then carbs. My husband & I have been eating a green salad before lunch & dinner although I have just not done so being the weekend with a glass of red wine & some seeded Mollica nibbles🙀🍷
Lunch will be ham salad & supper a pesto salmon steak with veg & a little sweet potato.
I hope your holiday prep goes well & that you will have a wonderful time 👍🤞🤞
Margaret xx

Still there at just under 71kgs. Stops the temptation to start the holiday now with a glass of wine. Don’t say I deserve it, I will deserve it if I can get to Tuesday without breaking the diet (too much). Then it will be a free for all with a meal for sitters and no doubt a couple of glasses. I am cooking a chicken, leek and ham hock pie but I will miss the pastry topping. Guests will have boiled potatoes and I will have either more veg or salad, depending what we have to use up.

Margaret, the seine cruise should be a great motivator. Looking chic is those dresses in gay Paris. Take care with the walking and your leg and knee problems. Last time we were in Paris I developed Paris calves after the first day i.e. such sore legs I could hardly walk. Really spoiled the holiday but I managed. Pace yourself.

I might get chance to come back on before we leave, after that we won’t have internet on the cruise – just at ports. Until we arrive at daughters on 4th May. Pretty busy now and my head is spinning trying to make sure we have everything.

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Hello everyone & well done S-G for getting back on track👏👏
There is not much to report from me except our son has been staying with us who is going through a difficult time still looking for a new contract & is also dealing with the plan of his ex partner to take his seven year old autistic son with her to live in Germany in a few months time & the stressful interim arrangements of his access & care of him. He is using us as a bolt hole to escape from being alone in his flat & to be able to get support from us. Meal arrangements have been rather flexible with me catering for three rather than two so more carbs have crept in as well as the odd glass of wine during the week. I will weigh tomorrow to see how much weight I have gained! I have bought myself some new dresses to wear on my Seine cruise at the end of May which are fairly loose & size 10 & 12 & quite flattering so can manage as I am to look presentable but still want to lose more weight because of my knees. I’m hobbling a bit at the moment with intermittent pain in my right knee & ankle which is unpredictable & irritating & need to get fitter with walking more & doing exercises or I won’t be able to walk far sightseeing whilst in France.
Let’s all finish April with a weight loss flourish if possible? 🤞🤞
Margaret xx

Well done s-g!
I’m convinced the odd day, here and there, of ‘different’ eating does our bodies good. I sometimes wonder if the body says ‘oh no! not yogurt and berries again and I bet it’s going to be salad tonight. Feed me!’ I often find a surprising loss after a ‘day of ‘different’ eating, but not a carb/sugar laden all out binge!

Hi all, lost the 1lb I gained and more. I have now lost 10lbs. My goal for Jan to mid April was 12lbs so I am almost there. My goal for this thread was 4/5 lbs and I have reached 3lbs, so not too unhappy.

Merry, take a lesson from me, even one night of not staying on plan does damage but this diet is so forgiving and I have lost it overnight and more. I can only assume you want to be on plan or you wouldn’t be on here. Set a date, set a goal and go for it.

Hi yowzer😘
Thanku for your bday wishes we are on train going to London I will catch up with everyone at weekend
Hello fellow bus 🚌 friends

Have a good day Lv nokie x💕🚌🚌

Hi Yowzer hope you’re well.

Cathy …. its always a shock when blood tests come back with pre diabetes or diabetes markers but it’s not your fault.

Firstly, you are just in the pre-diabetic range so easily remedied. I know we have all been eating this way for a long time but it’s amazing how easily we can start eating more carbs than we think. My HbA1c crept up to 41 a while back so I was just a little more careful. I started to keep count of carbs again. I’d stopped counting and was mainly ‘guesstimating’’ and we all know where that can lead!

If you don’t mind me suggesting a few things: just track your carbs, weighing etc for a day or two just to see how many you are averaging now. Then maybe try to get down to 50g a day, in steps if necessary. You are vegetarian so maybe you are eating more legumes than you think. Most importantly don’t blame yourself.

One other suggestion. Just for the moment don’t throw any fasts in. I have never been a lover of fasts but I think maybe at the moment your body might just need a ‘regular’ supply of food to stop any spikes.

As you get back into full carb counting your cholesterol might very well come down too.

Sorry, if I’ve spoken out of turn. Don’t panic, don’t berate yourself just eat well!

Just popping in to wish NOKIE a very happy birthday 🥳🥳🥳 woohoo! Have a fab time! X meal at the Ivy and Mamma Mia sounds brilllllliant!
CATHY i’m not surprised youre in shock after that news. It seems all wrong. As you said,youve been following blood sugar WOE for so long. I ‘m not sure you could try any harder. It doesnt make sense! Well done on the workout though x
Well done DCT a pound down despite cake and lasagne 👍 that doesnt make sense either,but sounds like the kinda diet I like! ! Life is very strange sometimes.🤷‍♀️x
ARCTICFOX i hope the assignment went well. Got my fingers,legs and eyes crossed for you! How is your lymphie,im trying a supplement that contains pineapple,burdock,lemon zest and cleavers- all of which are said to be good at helping with lymph drainage. Plus am eating a little pineapple with every meal,but its high in carbs,so unless i see great results,i wont be doing that for long! 😜 x
Hi to everyone else and big hugs all round!XXX
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Hi all
I’ve slipped off plan over this last week, but have enjoyed some nourishing meals out, along with some wine 🙂
I have managed some swimming – weather is getting cooler here so I have to try and keep motivated.
An early dinner for me tonight as I am working this evening – and I hopefully won’t be snacking randomly when I get home. I have a chia pudding and berries that will hit the spot I think.
You’re schedule sounds hectic SG!
Merry

Hi everyone
Good to see you back on board ArcticFox. Sounds like you are being kind to yourself and I hope the professional counselling is helpful. The work related incident this week sounds terrible . Toxic bosses are the worst. Good luck with your application for the new job.
I got a phone call from the practice nurse this morning which has put me into shock. She told me I am pre-diabetic with. HbA1c of 42! I told her I eat low carb and have been dieting since January but I don’t think she believed a word of what I said. My cholesterol is also raised at 5.6 – LDL 3.5. She said she will review me in four months. Today at diet club we learned about reading food labels!! I had put on 1 lb- probably as a result of not doing a 36 hour fast on Monday and trying to eat more intuitively! So I now have to lose weight, lower my cholesterol and lower my blood sugar all whilst following the blood sugar diet since 2017!
She told me to eat oily fish but I am vegetarian. She told me not to eat cakes and sugary food! I know I need to exercise more and I am going to have to walk despite my painful arthritic toes and heel pain. I’ve just done a Joe Wicks 10 minute senior workout which I enjoyed. So my medical record now reads Pre Diabetic and I feel like a naughty school child.
MUST TRY HARDER!

Hi all, had a drink and gained 1lb, might have also been the ice cream someone left in our freezer (previous housesitters) and I couldn’t bear to throw it out, just 2 scoops. I know that 1lb will be gone by tomorrow or Friday so not fretting or beating myself up.

The weather has turned a bit colder but I still have to go out and plant the veggies I bought, they wont plant themselves 🙂

Things are going to get busy from tomorrow. Shopping in morning, feet in afternoon, Friday hairdresser, Monday nails and cleaner comes, Tuesday sitters arrive so cooking for them. Wednesday we set off for norther France for an overnight. Phew, tired out already.

Hi ARCTICFOX lovely to see you back again. Good luck with the job you are going for. I really hope that you get it, and hopefully even the experience of successfully progressing through the application process will in itself boost your confidence. I’m so sorry to hear about your toxic boss : it’s a horrible situation to be in. All you can do is get on with what you are supposed to be doing to the best of your ability and try not to let him/her get to you. Easier said than done I know . . . .

Well done for going through the counselling. I think it’s often the first step of seeking help that is the most difficult thing to do. And even though it’s brought previous hurts to the surface they are better out than in, as they say. But be kind to yourself. As you say, you are fragile right now and need some TLC.

So glad to hear that the reflux is improving and that you are finding what you can and can’t eat to help it. And from what you say it seems to dovetail well with this WoE.

Wishing you all the best for whatever this week may bring, and do give us an update when you can.

Hello to everyone else too! How is this week going for you? I was delighted to see another pound off this morning, but rather puzzled as I had lasagne and two pieces of cake yesterday! Neither are usual for me, so I was expecting revenge on the scales this morning. Maybe I should make that my normal diet 😂

Good luck everyone xx

Hi everyone,
I’ve been MIA for a bit as things have been very busy. Spring planting season is upon me, work is rather silly and I’ve also started some trauma counselling after realizing that I may not have been coping as well with everything that has happened in the last few years as I thought. We’re shaping up for another disasterous year as far as climate/weather issues as we are in the middle of severe drought and much higher than average heat is expected for the summer. Those of you in the UK and other places that are now very wet – please send our rain back!
Anyway, I’m very tired today. Had a bit of a hard last counselling session and it is bringing up a lot of old things from my past this week. Especially around work and dealing with incompetent and toxic bosses. My boss shamed myself and a colleague in front of the whole team in a meeting today for giving constructive feedback to our other colleague after we were asked for it. I was in a tailspin for the rest of the afternoon following that and didn’t get anything else done. So feeling a bit fragile at the moment.
I had some good news yesterday though. I’ve been selected to continue in a competition for a job I applied for several weeks ago. I have to do a written assignment that they will send me tomorrow. So I want to ensure I have a healthy meal this evening and then get to bed early so I’m well rested.
Food-wise I have been off and on struggling for the last few weeks. Luckily the reflux has calmed down a bit and I’m slowly figuring out which foods set it off. I’m having to eat less cheese as that is particularly bad, and increasing my fibre with each meal helps quite a bit. Anything highly processed is off the list, which at least fits with this WOE.
I’ll catch up with how everyone is doing once I get through the week! Hope everyone is doing well.

Hello Caron!
Lovely thought!
Wish I could be where I was 20 years ago today!!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY 🌷🎉🥂☀️ Have a lovely day s-g!

A very Happy Anniversary S-G & enjoy your day 🍾💐💐
Margaret xx

Happy Anniversary s-g. I hope you have a lovely day. Have the drink if you think you will enjoy it and not beat yourself up!

I saw this quote on Facebook earlier this week and it has stuck in my head, so I thought I would share it.. From Richard Webster, a New Zealand writer/ mentalist :
“20 years from now, you’d give anything to be this exact age, exactly this healthy, in this exact moment. Take a second to enjoy it.”

This thought really resonated for me: even in the middle of really tough times, there are good things to appreciate and savour. Have a good day everyone. xx

Happy 31st wedding anniversary, SG.

For goodness sake…enjoy it,have a drink,whatever if you fancy one ! It’s a day of celebration…don’t deprive yourself! Well done on your loss so far. You won’t spoil anything…have that drink if you want. Food and drink should not be a source of guilt but it’s not always easy I know. You are in control SG 🤗🤗

It’s tricky here at the moment as I am ” looking after ” my daughter in law’s mum while her bathroom is being renovated. Well she is not really my daughter in law as she is not married to my son ..but same thing. Anyway the mum is staying two weeks and I have to negotiate meals. I am cooking g twice a day and I can’t always manage carb free. I just do my best and can pick up later. I have learnt I have to adjust but it’s a long term thing so it’s ok.
Love to everyone. Keep doing your best…that’s the main thing xx

Hi all, it is my wedding anniversary today and I have a bit of a dilemma. I have lost more weight and I am nearly down to the lowest I have ever been on the BSD. Got down to 28lbs loss 6 years ago and then crept up, now at 26lbs loss and don’t want to spoil it. Question, to have a drink tonight or not. We will be on a cruise in just over a week and we will be celebrating in style so does tonight really matter.

So my weigh in today is just under 2lbs for April and just under 9lbs since 2nd January.

Well done Tulip, that is a good start. You just have to remember how much better you feel without the carbs. I am the same with exercise, I feel great and it only takes half an hour so I should do it every day.

You ask how I got my energy back. First of all, a brief history. My condition was discovered in September 2022 and from then it was no exercise until it was operated on in January 2023 – spent 3 months having dopplers, MRI, specialist consultations etc.. After the op I wasn’t allowed to do anything for 3 months and still had quite a wound after that, took 6 months to heal. So that is about 9 months of inactivity so that was bound to affect me. I started in January with chair yoga, then moved to easy mat yoga for oldies. Then one day the Youtube wouldn’t work on the TV so I put on a DVD of an energetic HipHopAbs with Shaun T and found I could manage without getting out of breath. My theory is that my body was telling me to take it easy and give myself time to heal, then do it slowly. I was 70 feeling 90 and now I am 71 feeling 50. I thought my life as I knew it was over and old age had hit me too soon.

Busy buying tomatoes, oregano, thyme and some peppers and courgettes, all ready to plant out. Also some seeds for radish, beetroot and melon for when we get back.

Hope you all have a great week.

Hi All,

Pretty much on plan in terms of type of food, although not that low in calories yet. 2-3 lbs off over the last week…..main difference for me is vast improvement in energy without all the csrb slumps….must remember this as is so noticeable!

Hope everyone ok?
SG…..sounds like you are feeling much better- did they get to the bottom of your exhaustion or has it just got better?

Tulip xxx

NOKIE welcome back! It’s great to have you on board. I’m so sorry to hear about you losing your cat – they are so very much part of the family. And also your husband’s illness. It’s been a worrying time for you. I hope you have a lovely birthday on Thursday and enjoy all the treats. And there’s a seat waiting for you once you’re ready to occupy it!

CATHY I completely second what Verano said. It sounds like you are in a very positive place and willing to go with the flow and see what happens next. Your group sounds great, and hopefully will give you some face to face moral support at this time as well as more healthy eating ideas. And it could be – like so many other things in life – that as you start to relax more about your weight and accept the wonderful person you are now, there may be some kind of breakthrough. Good luck with the blood test results too.

SUE it sounds as if you are doing all the right things and will at least have maintained if not lost during your time away.

How’s everyone else doing? Still 2 weeks to go on this journey, so time to make a difference.

I’m definitely up for another 2 month journey after this one, as my daughter and I have decided to go on a little holiday sometime around the beginning of July. It’s been a tough few months for both of us in various ways, and by then we will both have had significant birthdays too, so we thought why not. And of course she wants to go somewhere hot and sunny so I need to do rather a lot of work before then. My weight is going well – I’d had a slight regain since the start of the journey but that’s now gradually coming off again. My main issue is that whatever the scales say, my main area of fat is still around the belly and lots of clothes still aren’t fitting right. So I need to really target that area to fit into summer clothes and also swimwear for the holiday. And, irrespective of numbers, that’ll be my main target for the next few weeks!

Hope everyone has a great week X

Hello everyone!! It’s nokie I am back with you if that’s ok 👍
I have been away from the group for a while been so sad about loosing my beloved cat and had so many family issues to cope with no excuse I know but just didn’t feel like doing or writing anything 🥲
My husband has just found out after several months he had to have open heart surgery so it’s all been very worrying and I have let things go
I am ready to climb back on the 🚌 I will read your posts later hope you have a spare 💺 seat for me !! It needs to be a big one as I am afraid I have let things slip!
I also have my blood tests on 29th April so I need to get on the bus quick
It’s my 70th birthday 🎈 on Thursday and I am going for a meal at the ivy and then to see mama Mia in London so Friday I will start properly 😃
Hope everyone is ok
Love nokie xx💕

Hello.

S-g sounds like you’re having a really good spring clean. Definitely spurring me on to make a start.

Positives for me …. OH is definitely showing improvements . Keeping everything crossed for trip next month. In saying that it’s early days yet.

Think I may ‘grow’ some herbs from plants not seeds. I don’t really have green fingers but I think I might manage with established plants.

My apple tree is just about to ‘burst’ into blossom and an acer we had replanted 18 months or so ago has finally started to come into leaf. I really thought we had lost it.

So lots of ‘positives’ happening. Guess it’s just a case of sitting down for few minutes to review the day to find the ‘good stuff’!

“I don’t want this post to sound like I’m at the end of the road – i am actually feeling quite positive and think I am coming to terms with accepting that I’ve done everything I can and this is who I am. I am 63 years old and doing alright.”

Cathy, sounds like you’ve got your head in the right place! You are far more than a ‘number on the scales’! Accept the ‘now’ and move forward eating well, staying healthy and enjoying life whatever the ‘number’!

Hello everyone
Looks like the 2lb I lost last week has gone back on already! Was 155 and today I am 158.8! Up and down the same few pounds. Blood tests should be available this week. Been continuing with a healthy eating plan. Am very interested to find out more about intuitive eating. I think I’m coming to the end of the road with “dieting”. I’ve ordered a book and will see what it’s all about. I am tired out of thinking and worrying about food and weight and scales all the time. i am definitely not a binge eater and I eat a healthy diet. . I just can’t get to where I want to be on the scale no matter how hard I try. I am enjoying the healthy eating group I am attending so I will keep going along for the 12 weeks and just keep eating healthy, nourishing food. How did I do this previously, it wasn’t this hard.
I’ve got a date for my steroid injections and if my heel pain goes then I hope when I can get back to walking I can make some progress but my diet is not making any difference to my weight.
I don’t want this post to sound like I’m at the end of the road – i am actually feeling quite positive and think I am coming to terms with accepting that I’ve done everything I can and this is who I am. I am 63 years old and doing alright.
sadly, two friends have been given cancer diagnoses and this puts things into perspective for me once again.
How are you doing?
Have a good week everyone. Keep marching on.

Had a busy day

Neighbours helped get the winter cover off the pool
Hubby has connected the pump and, after a few swear words and spanner bashing it seems to be working
I continued with my clearing out and tackled 2 drawers in the kitchen. One full of instructions for oven, fridge, microwave, washing machine and kitchen generally and on and on – even things we no long own. The other was full of screws and spanners for fixing, setting up said kitchen, cooker etc. Feels good to be nice and tidy.

Hi all, can’t believe it but it is 29 degrees today. Friends came round to help get the winter cover off the pool. It is 12mx6m and weighs over 200 kgs, so quite a job, especially as it fills up with water as it comes off. Hubby has put the pump in, and after a bit of swearing and hitting with a spanner it is all working. I have been filling my raised bed with fresh soil, 25kg bag but I rolled it off the wheelbarrow into the bed and sliced it open. Still hard work in this heat. Not to worry it will be back down to about 18 this coming week.

Now down to 71.4kgs, that is just under 9lbs since New Year. Slowly, slowly, and not going to mess it up with a weekend drink. Not had anything since 23rd March (hubby’s birthday) but will be succumbing on the 16th for our 31st wedding anniversary.

Congratulation Margaret, nice achievement.

Enjoy the weekend.

Oh I won my final short mat bowls competition 😀

Very well done with your weight loss S-G & anticipating going on holiday is always exciting 😀
I weighed & have stayed the same this week so quite pleased since we had our son staying with us which always entices me to have a glass of wine & to eat more. My husband & I are continuing eating salad stuff before our main meals but did have some other nibbles as well as carrot sticks & lettuce sitting with a glass of wine in the sun in our front garden this lunchtime. We will be more virtuous on Monday.
I hope everyone is enjoying some sunshine & mild weather this weekend?
Margaret xx

Smp and SG, passing things on to a charity shop is a win, win, win …. you get rid of things no longer needed, it doesn’t go to landfill and the charity benefits from funds raised. You could even add another win to that, as some lucky person gets something they really like at a bargain price.

V, glad you are able to claim back on insurance, but don’t envy you having to take on the insurance company. Hopefully it won’t be too arduous. Enjoy your veggie meal this evening, it sounds really tasty.

As I was unpleasantly surprised by a 24hr stomach bug yesterday, we decided to delay leaving home until tomorrow, but that has a positive or two …..
🙂👍🏻 have had today to recover, so no longer feeling like I’ve been punched in the stomach
🌧🪴 gave us time to set up my plant irrigation system this afternoon. It’s a bit Heath Robinson, but should be adequate to keep my containerised plants alive while we’re away

That will do for me this time. Hope you lovely people will post occasionally to keep this thread alive while I’m away. I will post, though less frequently than usual … it’s always lovely to read positives from others though.

Thank you s-g!!!

I can’t remember what 28 degrees feels like, not had anything anywhere near that since we were in the Greek Islands last September! I need ‘sun’ !! You sound like your spring clean is going really well. We said we would start with one cupboard a day today. Never happened! Tomorrow we will start!

Positives today …..difficult to find any apart from an immediate reply from EasyJet who have promised me a cancellation letter within 7 days! Wonder of wonders! Vueling we’re not quite so accommodating!

Anyway, another positive is a vegetarian meal tonight. Made a butterbean puttanesca as a side last week and tonight, with the addition of spinach and Parmesan, looks like it could be a new veggie main. We will see!

Have a good weekend with lots of positives.

Happy Friday everyone, just this weekend to get through and still going strong. Weight is still 71.5 kgs but more exact as before it was 71.52 so just a smidge over. Also been same for 3 days so I am hoping there will be no rebound.

My problem right now is I am itching to get things done and there are only so many jobs I can do at a time. Today it was trips to dump and charity shop after our clear out. Then I want to get some seedlings to plant out – tomatoes, melon, aubergine, courgette and possibly some cucumber plants. I am going to buy actual seeds for radishes and beetroot but not until we come back as don’t want to leave it to our sitters to worry about. Because I am impatient I am also feeling restless and want to snack so have turned to olives and radishes along with some raw cauli and brocolli. I normally reach for cold meats but want more plant and less protein.

Lovely weather and the weekend is nearly here so enjoy.