Hello all,

Yes Yowzer, spring has definitely arrived! Catkins, flowers, blossom and frogs!!

Positive for today…a friend contacted OH last evening to see if we are home and is coming to stay tonight! Will be brilliant to catch up!

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Hi everyone,Was just calling in to say feels like spring is here and then I read about your sunny day SUNNYB! Same here!
And saw some lovely blossom on a tree today.VERANO may well know and have seen the very same tree..its by The WheelBarrow eating place? Looks so pretty.
My other positive is …grateful in general for all the happy times in my life,feel very fortunate for all the good things I enjoy xx
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Here are a few of positives for today …..
🌤🌞 another day of mainly sunshine!!!
🍽🥘 made a slow cooked beef casserole for dinner
paired with a cauli dish. Florets partially cooked in the microwave and allowed to cool, then tossed in a mix of yogurt, grated cheese and seasoning and finished off in the oven … was really tasty.
🥳🎉 a friend received confirmation he has secured his dream job. So pleased for him, he’s had a rough couple of years and really deserves for 2025 to be a turning point.

What about you? Any positives for today?

I agree, February has been a bit of a wash out … and not just on the weather front. Despite a weekend away, cocktails and take away, today my scales registered a small discard for the week. However this brings me back to exactly where I started, still hovering 1.5lb from the right stone bracket and 8.5lb from target weight. Hopefully others have seen better results and will be posting about their progress.

With regard to the March monthly thread, how about “Moving Mindfully through March” as a possible title? Do we have a volunteer to set it up? If not, I’m willing to kick it off … just let me know.

Hi.
Sorry I haven’t contributed much this month, but I have been following everyone’s posts.
This month seems to have flown by, I almost cannot believe we are nearly in March. St.David’s day on Saturday will have lots of daffodils on show this year! Last year they were nearly over!
What about “Marching On through March” for next month? A bit corny but ….
Xx

S-g I think I’m in a similar position to you. February has been a ‘stand still’ month for me too with just a half pound loss overall. This was not my ‘plan’ but hey it is what it is. So new week today, new month starting on Saturday. We can always find a new start but in fact each new day is a ‘new start’.

‘Forging’ ahead in February turned out be be more like ‘Foraging through February’! Anyway at the end of the day a loss is a loss and better than a gain so we just have to keep on keeping on …..

March is almost upon us so do we have any inspirational titles for our new month? I definitely don’t want ‘March Madness’. I’ve managed that for February pretty well without much help!
Motivational March
Moving more through March
March winds will blow us towards success.
Marching towards success
Spring is sprung …….
Sorry they are all pretty bad but we do have another three days to come up with something.

A bit disappointed as I have only lost 0.2 of a kilo and that has been up and down when I actually lost more but there you go, bodies are strange. The monthly quiz night and meal have been cancelled to no excuse now and wont be indulging until hubbys birthday at the end of March. I will have another weigh in on Friday for the end of Feb goal check in.

Nothing much to say. Except I get Slimming World magazine every 1.2 months (8 copies per year) and the first lady with a weight loss story is wearing my new red jumpsuit. Listed as Adrienna Papell – looked at her site and I must have got a real bargain as most things are in the 100’s of dollars mark. Must try it on to see if I can manage to shorten it with the frill down one leg or have to get it done professionally. I am also going to take up my full length evening gown which I find very old fashioned but might look good as a cocktail style dress.

Just count my blessings, I seem to be wibbling around 71kgs but I am 2 stone lighter than when I started 8 years ago so at least I haven’t had a gain. Exactly the same but would like another 2kgs off.

Did 30 mins aerobics yesterday and going to try to do it every day so I must go and put on my DVD. Have a good week.

V, well done on all those days of meditation … 🤞🏻 it’s now an established habit.
Pootle, isn’t it wonderful to find a charity buy that fits perfectly with something you already own! Once I found four champagne flutes in the same design as a set of six we already had, so we ten matching flutes now 🙂.

Reporting in with positives for the weekend and today ….
🙂🙂 lovely weekend visit with my parents … Good to spend sometime with them.
🍸🍹 Saturday I enjoyed a cocktail experience with OH, which he gave me for Christmas
🌷🌷 was given a huge bouquet of tulips by one of my lovely DiL.
🌷🌱 had a pleasant couple of hours gardening this morning …. most of today was sunny and bright here, with just one small rain shower 🌤🌞

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend full of positives… would love to read about them.

CCATHY! Thunderous applause! you sound so strong and so committed! You’ve got this! X
NOKIE you too sound full of fresh resolve! 👏Im so glad youre recovering from shingles and i hope you enjoyed tai chi and met some nice people X
DCT i feel i am slowly coming out of hibernatey mode,ive enjoyed it,but theres now a sense of spring in the air and fresh breezes blowing all over our ship …it really is ‘ time to come alive’ just as in our current title
you sound very positive! You have so much to look forward to in your new upcoming phase of life! Good luck for the next six weeks! You can do it!X 👍

Hello
Hope Nokie and DCT have had a good day today with our renewed enthusiasm and reboot! I am very pleased with my mindset and my effort today. I don’t want a swipe of Yowser’s wet lettuce or to have to walk the plank during this cruise! I want to be posting some positive news next time I write which will be Friday. Totally low carb today- ketostix on order and hopefully in ketosis by Friday. I keep telling myself this is day 1 of the 8 weeks! It’s helping me . 8 weeks is all it will take to make a difference . I could be One stone lighter in 8 weeks. When I did it first time I lost 17.5 lb in the first 8 weeks! That would be amazing! Keep strong everyone- let’s avoid a wet lettuce 🥬 and nobody will be walking the plank on this ship!

Yowzer 😘
Thankyou my nerve pain is improving I am now taking tablet every other night trying to wean off them !
It’s been horrible but I feel so much better so now onto getting my weight down
DCT I might need a lettuce 🥬 if I go off track !!🤣
Will be in touch end of week just off to tai chi I haven’t been since the move so new place for me hopefully meet some new people as I don’t know anyone yet
Lv nokie x💞

NOKIE any improvement in your nerve pain?im going to order some magnesium tablets. Im already using magnesium gel which is a bit sticky to rub in but does seem to help. Also,gently massaging it into the soles of your feet before bed can help with getting a good nughts sleep.
Good luck with your fresh start! We will soon be out on a sunny deck in our swimmies so we want to look our best – sleek and sylphlike! XX🙂

Hello all🥰
Cathy DCT you are great I am feeling much better today and I read your posts I too have gone back 2017 reread my notes and also the bsd book I did it then and feel if I have done it I can do it again
It’s no excuse to blame things that have happened in my life I need to stop feeling sorry for myself and knuckle down
Mm was such an inspiration to us all and I often hear his voice in my head telling me not to give up
I am going to start today I won’t put a target but would love to loose a stone so hear goes
Goodluck everyone and DCT I hope you manage your 6 pounds by the time you retire
Have a good week everyone
Lv and hugs nokie x😉

Hi DCT and all,good luck for the week ahead! XX
I have a good supply of wet lettuces in my cabin if anyone needs a slap. I have just whacked myself with one to remind myself Im supposed to be maintaining,not monching,cronching and grazing my way through the ship’s menu!
Walking the plank is also available for anyone wanting a wake up call 😄!
I read a sign saying DIET stands for “Did I Eat That! “ …so true in my case! XX
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Hello everyone, and here we go for another week! Lovely to read all the recent posts and catch up with your news. Well done to those who are losing or maintaining, and hugs to all who are struggling with weight loss and/or medical issues. I am thinking of you all and hope that medical issues resolve soon so that you can feel some kind of control over eating and exercise again.

Apart from saying hello, this is just a quick post really to say that CATHY your post really resonated with me and I plan to up the ante this week too, and get back to basics. I just feel I’ve been coasting for this year so far. I’ve been in full on couch potato hibernation mode! Which is fine if that’s what I want to do – the whole point of this thread is to take things at our own pace rather than feel continually pressured or stressed about losing weight. But this weekend I felt a bit of a sea change – glimpsed myself in a full-length mirror and realised that the belly fat really does have to go. And also the fact that I now have less than 6 weeks to retirement, which is a new phase of life for me, and I’d somehow envisaged being at my long term target of 133lb by then, was a bit of a wake up call.

I’m wary of posting targets on here because I usually don’t meet them, but I would really like to get below 140lb by retirement. Just feels symbolic somehow. Which means I need to lose around 6lb in just under 6 weeks. In theory it’s do-able, but I think self-sabotage is my super-power 🙀. Wish me luck . . . . . .

Have a great week everyone xx

Lucy six months or so ago your first post said ‘I need to lose lots of weight’.
Yesterday you said “I’m the lightest I’ve been in years “

I understand how difficult your personal circumstances are but despite all of that you are doing amazingly well …. Lightest you’ve been in years…. grab it with both hands and run with that!

You have very difficult circumstances at the moment but you need lots and lots of pats on the back for coming as far as you have.

Carry on carrying on !

My favourite meal, while not really low carb, but which is my go to meal when I need/want something spicy and delicious ….. salmon (you could use chicken) red curry served over tender stem broccoli or bok choi. That’s my ‘indulgent’ meal.

Other food I love are either chicken or fish based. I love a grilled fillet steak but only have it every now and again. I’m not fussy on other steak unless it’s stew etc. About twice a year I have lamb, cooked long and slow, but otherwise don’t choose it.

So I guess my favourite proteins are eggs, salmon, fresh and smoked, sea bass, kippers, fillet steak plus loads of vegetables …. sprouts, cauliflower, asparagus, cabbage, peas and salad, with some things. Although I’m not really a great salad lover.

Tonight I’m going totally off plan and having a roast potato(es) with roast chicken! A real one off but I am trying out a new roast potato recipe with bi-carb so I have to test it to see if it really works!!!

Hello everyone
Hope you’re all staying strong! We are nearly at the end of February so for those of us who’ve endured a long, dark and cold winter we are almost there and spring is around the corner! The feeling of having to get up on top deck in my swimwear has put a fear in me and today I’ve got out my original 2017 “8 week blood sugar diet” book off the bookshelf. I remember how excited I was to start this way of eating . My book club friend told me her mum lost 3 stone and I couldn’t wait to get started! Here I am in 2025 having been there and done that (lost three stone and put two back on) and tried so many times and keep going up and down the same few pound. I am totally fed up and so I’m going to go back to 800 calories for 8 weeks . I’ll be walking 7000 steps a day and like you said SueBlue I too still have room for improvement. I am going to aim to get into the 150s hopefully by the end of the first week in March . Could be a big ask as my weight had crept up even more last week. I hope to lose 4lb a month.
It’s been a difficult slog over the Cold January and February months- I’ve been living in my joggers and jumpers and nobody can see my bulges but I won’t be happy when the sunshine comes and I’ll be wanting to get into my my nice summer clothes . They don’t hide any of my bulges!
I hope like me that those of us who haven’t yet seen much success will feel motivated to dig deep and see the scales move in the right direction and our clothes to feel more comfortable.
I’m going to read the book again this afternoon and tomorrow is BSD day. I’ll report my weight on Friday.
Swimsuits at the ready everyone we will all be sunbathing on the top deck in June!

Another day and weight popped up again, I wouldn’t even know it if I only weighed once a week but it is my habit for knowing how much insulin to use in case I have a whoosh.

Reduced insulin down to 13 units as I was having too many lows. But still had a low this morning and was eating Werthers and one Lindt very dark chocolate at 6 o clock this morning which might account for the 0.2kg blip upwards.

We are having a weird dinner tonight. I batch cooked some beef and made several portions of stew. So when I went to the freezer (trying to empty it out before out trip) I found a tub of ‘stew’. When I looked at it today I thought it looked strange so opened it and it is one portion of mince with onions and carrots. Not enough for 2 of us – hubby had labelled it incorrectly – so I am defrosting some chicken thighs to go with it. It is what it is… We are not traditional when it comes to Sunday lunch – in fact it is my most hated meal of the week – so boring and takes so long that I never feel like eating it. Anyone else feel like that, what is your favourite meal of the week. Mine is Sunday brunch – sausages, bacon, egg, canned tomatoes and mushrooms. Yum.

Just had a thought, I batch cooked some Spanish chorizo and chickpea soup – we could have a small portion of that as a starter and then some mince with shredded chicken. Yes, still weird but will stop me from needing something else to top up later.

Hi Pootle, I’m doing really really well thank you. Carb monster has done one, he didn’t stay long at all. I’ve not had one headache. I’m surprised and pleased at how well I’ve managed it. It’s funny how quickly that stage passes. Onwards and upwards now and hopefully that mind set stays! I’m not going to weigh until Friday so i would would have had about 10 days behind me then.
I used to weight every Friday as soon as I woke up. I did wonder this time about not weighing at all and just going by clothes. We’ll see.
Hope you and everyone else are doing OK too

Thank you all. You really do keep me going. I’m not where I woukd like to be weight wise but I’m rhe lightest I’ve been in years.
Yes the journey is hard with dementia, we are looking in to respite currently and funding etc which is a minefield in itself. Day after day there’s loads to do whilst struggling with what this cruel disease has made of my dad. I dread the day we drop him off at a care home even for respite…..how do you even explain it. My mum is barely surviving and really struggling. Especially as she lives with four other peiple who aren’t even there….just in my dad’s world, so it’s constantly having to answer to that…where are they, why have you taken the car, they need it, why haven’t you made them a meal, why are you in their bed, why haven’t you taken them shopping…..the list is endless. . .. they’re upstairs they’re on the garden….wow what a world!
We all need a break. She can’t operate a computer, she’s never paid a bill, so it’s all that too. I’m running 2 households!
I’ve decided there should be a law that you can’t just have one child lol!!! It’s way too much.
Anyway here we are still trying to lose weight! Sometimes I just want to sit down, relax with a cuppa and a pack of biscuits!
Thanks again….you all give me a pat on the back when I need one. Xx

How are you doing Suzysunshine?
Hope the carb monster has subsided a little and the headaches have receded!
Thinking of you.

Well done V. Good to hear you are ok and the ‘arm thing’ hasn’t recurred.
SunnyB, enjoy your weekend away.

Positives for today:
I took a leaf out of your book and found a set of small glass ‘fruit dishes’ at our local cat charity shop. They exactly match a pair of larger bowls and a set of ‘melon’ plates that I inherited from MIL! 😄🍨

The forsythia is in bud, so I have brought some into the house to open out, ready to put with a bunch of daffodils next weekend. (St. David’s day) 🌼🌼

The sun has shone all day!! ☀️☀️🌞

Happy Weekend!

Just one for me today ….
🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️21 straight days of meditation. Is it now a habit? I hope so.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Lucy … well done! Just keep doing what you’re doing …it’s working!

Margaret yes still feeling fine thanks. Think (hope) it was an odd one off.

S-g glad you’re still feeling motivated. I woke this morning to a loss which I had not expected. I’ve had almost a week of fish meals and it now seems to be paying off. Just have to carry on with fish but we are out to tonight so slightly more difficult!

Keep strong, the days are lengthening so keep on keeping on ….. spring is almost here!

No worries S-G & the sun is actually shining here today & my husband & I sat outside having coffee with our neighbours. We have rugby on the tv & I am trying to knit Easter chicks to cover cream Eggs to sell to raise money for our local hospice 🐥🐥😀
Margaret xx

Hi all, hate to say that my motivation is still up as some of you are struggling. I guess I have a clear goal in mind with 3lb a month and a holiday looming. Can’t wait to try on all my holiday clothes even though they are the same every year except for a few new tshirts and accessories. I have about 5 long dresses/jumpsuits and I wear them every year – no one remembers but I am not happy for the photos to be the same – hey ho.

Nothing to report really so will just wish you all a great weekend.

I hope you are still feeling better Verano?
I have just weighed & lost 2.5 lbs to balance out that gain of my hosting lunch. However I’m still very demotivated & it feels very hard work trying to get back on & keep on a good diet track.
I really like the advice of just do your best & I will tell myself that from now on to try to take my perfectionist pressure off from myself 🤔
Thank you & I hope everyone has had a good week?
Margaret xx

Nokie sorry to hear about your shingles nerve pain, I hope you get some relief soon!
Dawn glad you are feeling better 🙂
Cathy – I can sympathise with you as my weight is staying the same despite walking 5-10,000 steps each day and definitely eating better than I was. I still have some room for improvement though so will knuckle down this week.
Thanks for your kind words as always Yowser!
And DCT hope you enjoy your half term break, how exciting for you that retirement is so close now!
Have a good weekend all 🙂

Hi Shipmates!
NOKIEIm so sorry youre still in a lot of pain,I hope that changes for you asap 🙏 I have sciatica and the nerve pain and muscle spasms are the worst thing about it,theyre hard to deal with. Sending you hugs and saying dont worry too much about low carbs for now,think ‘ damage limitation’ and just try to eat carefully and make healthy choices while your body heals.Maybe throw in a treat,you deserve it XX
CCATHY The weather is so grey and its been so very cold. It makes me want to stay home,draw a chair up to the toaster and just live on hot buttery toast and pots of tea and other such comforts. You are being so good though with your walking and watching your carbs,you deserve to see the results you want,and its so frustrating to be only 4 lb away from the goal you have set. Maybe try weighing every day for the next week and you might find when you average it out at the end of the week that you are closer to that goal than you think? Got my fingers crossed for you! XX
Im supposed to be maintaining but Im having gooddays/ bad days,going up/ down a pound or two,but Im blaming it all on the weather,and me being in hibernating mode. I heard someone call hibernating “ “wintering” and I like that name.
DAWN and VERANO,Im glad to hear that your pain problems have settled down.The ship’s doctor is run off his feet looking after all our ailments! XX
DCT Im glad your sadmin jobs are coming to an end and I hope when retirement comes you can settle into a more leisurely pace of life.XX
I know theres more I want to say to everyone but I darent turn back a page to reread posts and lose this,but love to MARIET,SUE,POOTLE,HEIDI,FOXY,ANNIE,MIXNMATCH and everyone sailing on the high seas. On we go,onwards and downwards! XX
We’ll soon all be out on deck enjoying the spring sunshine! 💕🩷💕💜💕

Hello everyone

Some of us are struggling to get into the swing of things! Why is it so hard? Ive had another disappointment on the scales this morning. Ive had what I thought was a good week. Ive walked 7000 steps every day. Ive lowered my carbs and my weight is up by half a pound! I have written out a timeline for my weight loss over the next few months and end of February is supposed to read 158lb. Today it is 162! There is no way i can lose 4 lb before the end of next week! So disheartening! Just got to keep trying different things I suppose.

Hello everyone 😘

Sorry I have not posted for a while but I have been in so much pain with the nerve thing after mr shingles I just have not felt like doing anything the tablets I am on are antidepressants and they make me so hungry which does nit help the carb situation 😥
I am feeling bit better today so over weekend I will try and do a plan again
I didn’t want you all to think i could not be bothered I read all your posts and to everyone I send big hug 🤗 and hope you doing well
Have a good weekend my weight has gone sky high !!
Be in touch soon 😘 x

Hi Lucy, I know it’s hard but don’t despair 2lbs in a week is really good, especially as you have been at this for a while now. Just think, if you hadn’t got yourself back in hand so quickly, that 4lb+ more would have been the result, instead you got back on track and are going in the right direction. Please remember bodies aren’t robotic machines – deprive of power and they slow or stop – no our bodies are alive and can be contrary (to our minds), sometimes they let the fat go and sometimes they don’t. You are doing brilliantly but as you know weight loss is not linear and can be a very surprising journey.

Your situation isn’t made easier with having to cope with familial dementia. As you say it is a long, hard road. My father-in-law has been on that journey for a few years and luckily, up to now at least, does not have the aggression or fear traits (by pure luck he is in a very good dementia specialising home) but it is hard to see “him” disappear both mentally and physically.

You have come so far and done so well.

Lucy, losing that 2lb is a success.
As has been said before, be kind to yourself. We have all slipped and had to face the consequential gains. But the important thing is that you have ‘climbed back on’ and gone on to lose that weight!

I admire you enormously, thinking back to the time we were looking after MIL with dementia, I doubt whether I could have been as strong as you are and kept to a strict dietary regime! Give yourself a pat on the back.
Onward and upward!
Xx

Things are just so stressful. This dementia road is long and hard thats for sure.
Anyway lost 2lbs this week. Confession was couple weeks ago I stayed rhe same then went a bit crazy for a day or 2. Put on 4lbs!! But it had gone again by last Friday and today I have lost 2lbs.
So I am now the lowest I’ve been. In honesty slightly disappointed as I’ve been 100 percent and 2 lbs doesn’t seem much. But I’m determined to stay on the path. Hope everyone is doing well x

Hi everyone,
Thanks DCT I’ve had no kidney stone pain since last week so 🤞
Weighed today for the first time in a few weeks and I’ve maintained. I feel it’s been a wasted few weeks as if I had continued sticking to my food plan 100% I would have a fair bit more off by now but the good thing about this woe is that as soon as I’m back on it the weight (usually🤞) continues to come off steadily so that’s my plan for the coming weeks. I know it’s totally carbs/sugar which drive cravings so aiming to keep my carbs under 50g which usually works for me. Will aim for between 20g and 50g per day.
I am weighing again next Friday no matter what sort of week I’ve had as I think it keeps me focussed. Hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Dawn XX

Pootle, you’ll soon be surrounded by little froglets🙂🐸.
V, glad you’re feeling better and if wasn’t anything really concerning.
My positive for today was having lunch with GS and then he came back with me, to help me set up our rowing machine again. No excuse for not exercising now!
From tomorrow we’re away for the weekend, so I might not post everyday, but will read any posts made, so please remember to share your positives.

Pootle sounds wonderful!

Good to read all your posts.

Just one positive for me … shoulder has healed with paracetamol and rest. Can’t ask for anything more!

Have a positive week.

DCT thanks. All seems to have settled now with just a few paracetamol and rest. Hopefully it was either a pinched nerve or, at worst, arthritis!

Hope everyone with a health issue is coming through on the other side and feeling better. Hope everyone has managed February without too many mishaps. Only 8 days of the worst month of the year, for me, left now. Hopefully we can all start to look forward to spring and rebirth. Great time to reset goals and make new plans

Thank you all for your concern. Touch wood all seems to be well today. S-g I didn’t have any other symptoms otherwise I would have called the doctor. To be honest the thought of spending anytime in a hospital, especially in a corridor, at the moment, doesn’t fill me with any confidence of getting decent treatment. I think I have probably done too much over the last week and just put too much stress on my shoulder. Resting it seems to have done the trick.

Anyway, hope everyone is ‘doing their best’ which is all we can do. Saw lovely saying a few days ago … “practice doesn’t make perfection, it makes progression”. Think maybe we all probably need to be a little more realistic with both our goals and our methods of getting there. Sometimes we are far too hard on ourselves with goals that are probably unrealistic. Can only carry on carrying on or keep on keeping on!

Spring must be on the way…
Frogs 🐸 are wooing in the pond! Great to hear the chorus of croaks!!

Snowdrops, crocus, iris reticulata, primroses and daffodils all flowering despite the grey, cold, damp weather!

Great to have positives to share!

Hi DCT,

I am still here, pootling along! Weighing every day and keeping my weight between 10st 5lb and 10st 7lb 😁. Checking bloods every few days 4.9 – 5.4 mmol/l 😄
Still trying to keep to this way of life. Avoiding all bread, pasta, potatoes and rice, but enjoying the challenge of finding new recipes and getting used to my changing tastes! Life has become more hectic recently, sorry I haven’t been very active on the threads!
I am regularly reading all the posts via emails…
Keeping it all going… despite the temptations of Sunday lunch out with crunchy roast potatoes 🫣(not eaten) and sticky toffee pudding (also not eaten!)…
Not weighing every ingredient and calculating cals and carbs anymore, but I am still keeping a diary of what I am eating and what exercise I am doing.
Onwards…
Love and care to all! 😁

That is very worrying Verano, what do they say F.A.S.E. Face, arms, speech etc. It could have been a trapped nerve with the use of your crutch but you shouldn’t ignore these things. Saying that, how many times have I thought the chest pain I had could have been a heart attack and did I call an ambulance – no. I know I just felt stupid and didn’t want to bother anyone. We are getting on a bit and we should bother people when we are worried.

Funny old day, shopping and loading up the car when my phone rang. It went off before I could get to my handbag but it left a number saying Marc (a friend) so I called him straight back. Then I received a call from the vet saying we had to go in this afternoon, something about medication of 20g etc. A bit garbled and very quick French. So, just been to vet and they never called us – even though I let her listen to the message – it was by error. Then I got a call from Marc wanting to know what I wanted. I told him he rang me and he said he hasn’t rung me, but I had the proof on my phone or I would think I was going mad. One other message today saying the coursier (yes, not courier) couldn’t get my parcel in the letter box and I had to follow a link – no way jose a common scam except I was expecting a parcel but tomorrow. You can tell a scam when they cant even spell courier.

Hoping to get on the wiifit and do some exercise this afternoon, unless someone else disrupts my day. Have a good one.

Hello again. And whooooshhh, is the sound of another week flying past!

I’m on half term this week and had intended to get so much done but have been feeling very tired, so have generally just taken things easy. However, I had a trip to Stonehenge on Monday (after the tree surgeons had been!) and am out with a friend today for brunch and the new Bridget Jones film. I can’t believe it’s now only 6 weeks till I leave my school job completely, so hopefully there will be lots of lovely days to look forward to, and more time to get my diet and fitness in order too. This week has been better in terms of diet, but the carb monster is still clinging on for dear life!

How is everyone else doing? VERANO I just noticed on another thread that you’ve had problems with your arm, and really hope that clears up soon. Definitely worth getting checked out if you can. NOKIE how are your shingles and nerve pain? And DAWN, I hope that your kidney stone issues are now well and truly behind you? There are a lot of nasty illnesses around this group right now and I hope to hear good news from you all soon. On which point, ARCTICFOX any update on your MRI results?

CATHY I hope that you are recovering well after your cataract op, and MARIET that your dental work is now complete? MARIET and SUE BLUE are your temperatures more comfortable now? There are headlines in the UK that it’s going to be warmer here than Greece by the end of the week, but as I look out of the window now it’s grey and damp. I think we have strong winds on the way this weekend too. So not quite sunbathing weather yet 😀

YOWZER I hope that you are making progress on your 6 months of progress? I’ve been making slow but steady progress on a lot of house clearing and sadmin stuff, and I’m hoping it will all be completely wrapped up in 6 months, as well as various other domestic projects too. And I really want to be at my target weight before then : it’s been a long time coming, but I’m being kind to myself. I’ve come to realise that for years now I’ve been in rushing around mode, trying to do too many things at the same time, and never just taking time for me. And I’m hoping that with retirement looming, I will get into better habits, kinder to myself, with time to relax and reflect, rather than always feeling I have to be doing something.

How is everyone else on here? HEIDI, my birthday is in April too, and I’m hoping to shed half a stone by then. MIXnMATCH and POOTLE, how are you doing? And anyone else who has either posted or is reading this – do drop in to say hello when you can.

Take care everyone X

Look after yourself Verano & if it persists get a medical opinion?
I like the idea of I will do my best because this week is not going well diet wise but hosting friends for lunch went well & I did win a competitive shortmat bowls match last Friday. I didn’t dare stand on my scales until Tuesday instead of my usual Saturday knowing that I would have gained weight. My clothes definitely feel tighter now!
SG I’m glad your cat has been diagnosed & wrapping her in a towel does work & the way I got medicine into my cats with my husband holding her & throwing the tablet to the back of her mouth so she had to swallow it. Good luck 🍀🍀
Keep on going everyone 👍🤞🤞
Margaret xx

Verano, that sounds very serious, take care and look after yourself.

Quick pop in with some positives …
💜💜 saw a big patch of wild violets on a grass verges this morning
🧳🧳 packing for a visit to my parents this weekend half done
🍽🍽 having a late lunch with GS tomorrow …. Good to have something nice to look forward to.

Will you post a positive today?

Verano, that sounds really scary! Take care.

Hello just popping in to say hope your cat is doing ok s-g. Never good when pets are ill.

Sunny yes ‘I will do my best’ is definitely the way to go … we can’t do anymore than our best.

Yesterday I had a really ‘odd’ day. Suddenly out of the blue I couldn’t lift my left arm and it had a really ‘achey’ pain. Today I’m about 90% recovered. But shocking anyway and especially as I use a crutch on my left side to enable me to walk!

Life is full of curved balls!

So just ‘carrying on carrying on … ‘ here. Hope the new (Tuesday) week will be a good for us all and of course also for those to who start on other days.