Wise words as always Verano. Pootle – we feel your pain. Think more about what you HAVE achieved rather than what you haven’t. You are awesome 🙂
I’ve had a wobble this weekend- drinks with friends and ( holds head in shame) nibbles! My goodness the damage a few salty snacks cause is unbelievable…carb cravings and feeling hungry 🙁
However, on we go! Just back from a lovely evening ride – its too hot to take the horses out in the day here. I’m in France too, although further north than SG if I remember correctly.
Hope everyone is OK? You sleeping normally again Verano?
I shall delay weighing until Tuesday and hope I can redeem myself!

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!

I was clearing out some old emails and came across this :

“If you are hungry now, it doesn’t matter how many good meals you’ve eaten. You can’t quench your thirst by remembering what you drank yesterday. Similarly, if you are looking for a reason to do something, it’s hard to be motivated by an old ambition.”

Think I need a ‘new ambition’!

Hi everyone, Shetland I knew you were from (or living in) Oz when you said cleaning out the chooks. I used to live in Sydney – or just outside. Pootle, you are still in pre-d and your doctor is telling you not to be so obsessed. It is only us and our dilegence that can get ourselves at good levels. Yes, maybe stop testing daily – says she who frets if I dont do all my stats every day – try to get out of the habit. But, that can lead to forgetting and then getting a shock. Just do what is working for you.

It is still so hot but down 10 degrees from 43 to 33. Top today 38, hopefully we are forecast for rain on Tuesday, I will be outside dancing in it. About the rain, it is a waste of time watering anything now, everything is shrivelled up. Still got a few tomatoes to redden and a few geraniums in pots so I live in hope. Thought I might get a swim after our Sunday brunch but my delicate stomach had other ideas and then I couldn’t risk it. There will be other days.

Weight is steady but will wait for Tuesday for my weigh it.

Hi DCT and fellow travellers. DCT you sound as if you are completely in the zone. I had to laugh at your swimsuit experience. ARCTICFOX I am so impressed with your attention to detail re sugar levels. It’s good to be aware of the wider health benefits you are feeling too.

I’m doing my weekly check-in. It is now 12 weeks since I started. I can’t believe that this time I have stuck to it, and have eaten healthily throughout. I’m now down 11.3 kilos. Yesterday I started to wobble and felt that the remaining 2-3 kilos to reach a healthy weight would not be attainable. And then this morning I dipped down again. Ridiculous how the numbers on the scale can change your mood. I was determined at the start to focus just on the healthy eating not the weight, but it is hard to resist!

I am off tomorrow to look after my very elderly parents in the UK for a few days. Wishing you all a good week. Hope the holiday is going well Clarinet. YOWZER where are you?

Hi everyone,
I’ve been doing pretty well this week. My fast Monday went well. I did end up needing some bouillon to get me through the evening, but didn’t break it officially until Tuesday morning. I have been hoping that I could get away with just one fast per week to begin, but even though I’m eating fairly low carb, and my numbers are pretty good for a couple of days after the fast, by the end of the week they are popping back up into pre-diabetic range. So, I think I will have to do at least 2 fasts for a bit. I’m trying not to get down about this and realize that it is just a sign that I have more work to do and more weight to lose. I am feeling good otherwise, so I know the changes are making a difference somehow, even if not fully on the bg front. I have less brain fog at work and I think I am sleeping better as I am less exhausted in the mornings when I wake up. So it has had some impact and I have to remember that.
I phoned the company about my cgm and they were very helpful. They are saying that it is not broken, but that placing it on my chest may be making it read lower than it would if it were on my arm. I explained that they don’t stick to my arm as a working farmer and the woman chastised me and said they are only meant to go on the arm. I was reading online though that other active people have to use alternate placement though and seem to do ok with that. The erratic readings I was having last weekend were likely due to the fact that my bg was zooming up and down all day and it doesn’t do such a good job of being consistent under those circumstances. It leveled out again during my fast.
I was at a training day for work yesterday, and I took a salad with me for lunch. I put 1 cup of cooked quinoa in the whole salad, which made 4 servings, so only 1/4 cup per portion, but unfortunately, it did really spike my bg up. Nice to have some variety in my meals once in a while, and quinoa is a nutrient powerhouse, but it might have to sit on the sidelines for now until I get my baseline insulin levels down. The rest of the salad was kale, avocado, lupini beans, hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds, acorn squash and feta cheese, so I probably could have done without the quinoa. It is just interesting to experiment while I’m wearing the cgm to see what happens when I eat certain things.
DCT – good to hear you are leaning into the gym and swimming, in spite of the swimsuit issues. We have been quite cool here the last couple of days after a short heat wave, so I haven’t been swimming again this week, but it is supposed to warm up again tomorrow, so I may go then. It will be interesting to see if there is any change in the fit of my suit since last week, as so far it has been looser every time I’ve been putting it on.
Hope everyone else is keeping on keeping on!

Just one positive for me today….
👣💅 lovely pedicure…. made the day brighter.
Hope everyone has had a good day.

Sunny sending🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hello all,
S-G, and everyone else suffering in the heat – I’m originally a London girl, and when I moved to Australia I found the oppressive heat, bushfires etc very hard to deal with, so I can really sympathise with what you’re all going through. Keep hydrated and out of the sun as much as possible, and think cool thoughts. 😉
Pootle, I’m sorry that your blood results weren’t what you hoped for, but I’m going to echo Verano’s comment – you’ve done incredibly well! Honestly, we are our own worst critics, aren’t we? Try and relax about it (easier said than done I know – I’m a terrible control freak myself!) because you know you can do this! 💖
As for me, I’ve put on a pound since my colonoscopy, which I’m not terribly happy about, but I put it down to my carbs being out of whack for a couple of days. I shall try to keep them below 30g for the next week, and hopefully that’ll get me back on track, as I still have a way to go to my target weight yet.🤞
Take care everyone, and have a cool, relaxing weekend!
Lacy xx 😀

You’re so right about friends Verano. I’m so grateful for all of mine who have rallied around and offered help and support, both practical and emotional. It’s made this difficult time much easier to bear.

Sunny … dirt under finger nails sounds good! Keep on keeping together.

🥑🌶️🥗 Just one for me today … spent a lovely afternoon with friends enjoying lunch together. Friends are such an important part of our lives.

Hope today has brought at least one positive.

S-g I sympathise. Keep cool,

Pootle you’re doing really well. Nothing in life happens in a straight line. The relationship between carbs and blood sugar is more useful than that between weight and blood sugar. Seven pounds here or there won’t affect your blood sugar as much as 40 to 100g of carbs will! You have done so well and are keeping that up so relax a little. Numbers jump up and down over the day and yes you’re right to relax the record keeping. Try just ‘living’ with a low carb like rather than letting it dictate what you can and can’t do!

Hi S-G, hoping that you are managing to keep coolish without too high an electricity bill! I think I would try a sort of hibernation in those temperatures! I am not good in the heat, much prefer the cold…all bundled up outside, then get cosy by the fire!

So my blood results are in… 😢 still back into pre diabetes albeit one point lower than in early May (44). HbA1c now 43. Better than the 50 of June/July 2024 but still not as good as the 40 of December last year! I am still slowly losing weight, and have been really strict over the last 3 months.

When I phoned for the result, they said I needed advice from the diabetes nurse… so to avoid that calamity, this morning I managed to get an appointment with the doctor who is supportive.
I showed her my records… food eaten with calories and carbs, weight 7lb down since Christmas, BG prick tests fasting and 2 hours after eating…. Yes I am a bit of an obsessive nerd! 😄🤪😂
Her reaction was, if I hadn’t lost the weight and adjusted my diet I would probably be up into the high 50s or 60s now. She understood that I am determined to avoid the slippery slope of the medication route if at all possible. Her reaction was that I am overthinking it, and the numbers could be being influenced by the asthma medication I am on, and/or stress.
So for the next three months I am going to relax the record keeping somewhat. Just being mindful of what I am eating, no complex carbohydrates, no sugary foods, drinks or snacks and see what it is like at the next test.
The really bad news is she is retiring at the end of the month…. 😩😢 Only hope I can find another GP who is as good at listening and treats me as a person not a number!

Hi all, has a slip up last night – just felt like having a drink, so did – just 2 glasses but it has put my weight up. Will drop again but I should know better.

Managed to have a swim this morning but at 10.30 am it was already 36 degrees. Fortunately the pool was a cool 28 (that is the same as most indoor pools in the UK).

Verano, don’t worry about it, we are looking at maybe April next year. Shame you missed out on some of the sights. There are some really good hop on hop off busses, mainly aircon if you sit downstairs (as I am sure you would). They get you close to an attraction like the Trevii Fountain and you just have a short walk. Then you get on another bus, they do a circular route so not nipping here and there and they run all day.

Well it is going to be 43 today and there is a warning out, no gardening with petrol or electric tools, no going into forests, no hunting etc anything that might cause a fire. We are just staying in the house and watching our electricity bill go up and up on our Linky 🙂 🙂 At least we are safe.

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S-g not sure I can be of much help. We stayed close to the airport rather Rome itself. The centre of Rome is around 33 km from Fiumicino airport. My OH wanted to take a tour into Rome but it was so hot, August, full of tourists and traffic. Added to that we both have mobility issues now and so it would have been a sightseeing tour by car. Just didn’t fancy that. Anyway I can let you have the details of where we stayed if you want them.

Good to see you posting positives V … great that travelling is working out well for you again.

My positives today are …..
🌹🌻 got my hands into some soil today, was wonderful to get dirt under my nails and reconnect with Mother Earth.
👖🧥 a trawl of charity shops gave me a showerproof jacket and a pair of M&S cropped trousers.
💖🫂 looking forward to Saturday, when I get to see my lovely OH again.

What are the pluses in your little corner of the world?

Just popping in to say ‘hello’…. just one positive … all washing done yeah… now just need to do the ironing!
Keep positive!

Hi everyone, I am still alive, just. We are having another few days in the low 40s and it is unbearable. Fortunately, we don’t have to go anywhere or do anything. Sat with a facial electric fan on my desk or on my bedside table. For the first time every I have bought a big bag of ice – like the do in American films. It is coming very much in handy.

Had some weight loss so back on the move.

SL, I remember when I was gong for a colonoscopy – the worst part was the night before having to drink gallons of a foul tasting solution. And yes, white rice, mashed potatoes etc. Not a lot for us to eat.

Verano, it was around 36 when we were in Rome and that was in April. Must pick you brains as we want to go back for a few days. What do you recommend, how did you do it (organised trip or self booking). It will probably be next year as we have a holiday in the UK in September and another for Christmas (oh no, Ive said the dreaded C word).

Stay safe everyone.

Hello all,
Good to hear that everyone is doing well, surviving the heat and dealing with life in general! Especially good to hear your knee problem is getting sorted out Margaret – it must be a great relief!
I’ve been reading all the posts – lovely to see so many people around! Didn’t comment earlier though, because I’ve spent the last couple of days on colonoscopy prep, so felt a bit sorry for myself and didn’t want to spread it around!! I had the procedure today, and things look good according to the doctor. Won’t get the lab results back until next week, so fingers crossed he’s right! The diet didn’t go too far off, but I laughed at the list of ‘white foods’ you were allowed to eat – all the stuff we absolutely can’t have… I was left with chicken breast, yoghurt and cheese. Oh well!
And Pootle – I do sympathise with putting off mucking out the chook shed – not a job I enjoyed much either when we kept a small flock.
Take care everyone,
Lacy xx

Good morning all,
Verano, good to hear you are home safe and sound. That the ‘legged’ flight worked for you, with your luggage arriving at the same time, is brilliant!!

Margaret, a relief to hear that your problem with the knee is getting resolved, and excellent to get a round of applause for your walking without crutches!

S-G I really hope that the heat is calming down and you got all your delivery into the freezer in good time! . It is quite cool here this morning, so I am planning a much needed ‘muck out’ of the chicken shed.🙄 A job I tend to put off!

Antigone, Tulip, Heidi, Shetland and Mokovex. I hope you are all ok. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

Thinking about everyone in this community, and keeping on keeping on..
K xxx

HEIDI I’m so pleased you had a better week last week. Lots of NSVs there as well as the continuing loss. Well done! And, talking of NSVs, thanks ARCTICFOX for bumping that thread. It can be far too easy to focus on the scales and not notice all the other positive things that are happening when we eat well.

ARCTICFOX how did your fast go? You are working really hard to get your glucose levels under control and I really admire you for that. How fascinating about your cat too! I do think animals are very intuitive and usually know when something is not right.

DAWN how are you doing? Not long to go now until September and I hope you are feeling ok.

I’m doing ok – not much to report. Still need to be more consistent food wise, but I’m gradually getting back into the habit of exercising more regularly so it’s baby steps. My weight has settled, but I’m currently around 15lb more than I want to be so I need to tackle that. but – coming back to the topic of NSVs – I’m more concerned with getting rid of belly fat than numbers on scales. Obviously the two are related, but if I get to where I want to be in terms of body fat but my scale numbers are still higher than I’d hoped for, I’d be happy to stick with that.

On a funny note, I went swimming yesterday afternoon and it was the first time I’d actually swum in the new costume I’d bought for holiday. The costume has a blouson top which is flattering to wear and hides a multitude of sins! But I found yesterday that when I swim – particularly on my back – the blouson top part blows out like a big balloon. Probably giving the effect of a whale ploughing through the water 🐳. It made me chuckle – though I won’t wear it for pool swimming again!

Hope everyone is ok out there? YOWZER are you feeling any better now? CATHY I’ve lost track of when your holiday is, so hope that you are/will be having a good time. MARIET and POOTLE I hope your maintenance is going well. SUE, NOKIE, MIXnMATCH not heard from you for a while and hope all is well. Though I do appreciate that time flies so quickly!

Hope the rest of the week goes well for you all X

Sunny you sound like you’re coping really well. Thinking of you and great to see that you are still finding positives. It’s so easy to become ‘bogged down’. As s-g would say, just keep on keeping on……

Ahh Pootle this is where I read about your bountiful harvest. Our niece grows courgettes and a few years ago she gave us some ‘giants’. I made enough soup to last through a whole winter! Needless to say courgette soup is no longer on my ‘favourite’ list although I do love roasted courgettes. I often roast courgettes, onions, tomatoes, aubergine and peppers with olive oil and garlic and freeze in portions.

So yes I do have positives and I’m going to do my best to find some most, if not all, days ..

🛫🛬🛫 Experimented yesterday with a flight from Rome to Manchester via Barcelona. (We have assistance in airports).The reason was that this flight left at 2.30pm and arrived in the 7.30pm. All the direct flights didn’t leave until the evening, arriving late and then a drive home in the dark in the early hours. It worked! Two hour stopover which we needed to change gates, and the luggage actually turned up in Manchester! So very much a positive! Especially as we have a flight to Athens via Copenhagen in October …. feeling much happier about that now.!

🧺🧺🧺 Half of the washing done so just the ironing now!

🍅🥑🌶️ Ate a lot of lovely food while away with plenty fish and fillet steak with salads and vegetables etc. No interest in potatoes or rice but my daily treat was two inches of baguette with blue cheese. I also had an odd 1/4 portion of pasta and even shared a pizza with my OH. Italian pizzas are pretty basic without tons of toppings, thick crusts or ‘dough balls’. Actually quite healthy with rocket, my new favourite, and tomato salad. Now I just have to find ways to incorporate Italian pasta flavours into a lowish carb diet!

Hope everyone can find a positive or two today.

Hello.
Welcome (back) Antigone, Shetland Lace, Tulip and Mokovex. It’s good to see some new ‘blood’.

S-g I sympathise with you. We had 38 on the outskirts of Rome yesterday and that was a no-no for me. Just 28 here today and even that’s too warm!

Margaret belated Happy Anniversary! Glad to hear you’re improving bit by bit. It is a slow job but well worthwhile at the end of the day. The ‘new’ you is just around the corner!

Pootle sorry to hear about your hotel disappointment. Best laid plans! Did I read that you have a lot of squash and courgettes? Pull up the ‘Soups’ thread there are so many good recipes there. Also I have a lovely butternut squash and chickpea curry if you’d like it. Not sure if I’ve ever posted it here. It’s a bit carby but makes a nice change and if you’re not into curry spices you could always leave them out and add herbs of your choice and make it into a ‘stew’.

So to me. Arrived home last night really looking forward to ‘my own bed’ but for the life of me I just couldn’t drop off. I think it was after 2 when I finally fell asleep so a bit tired and crotchety today! Weight wise I was delighted to have just gained 2.6lbs so hopefully I can set too and get rid of that now. In fact I think it really does do your body good to have a total change of plan now and again. In saying that my tastes have changed so much over the years and now, on the odd occasion, two spoons of dessert are enough …. couldn’t eat a whole one anymore! Looking forward to getting back into ‘healthy’ eating again.

Hope everyone is having a good August.

Thank you Antigone & brilliant weight loss 👏👏 gosh Mokovex you are having to deal with a lot & I hope your treatment goes well. I know how difficult it is to lose weight when there is so much else going on & all you can do is take one day at a time & be kind to yourself!
Well my update is that my wound breakdown is probably caused by dissolving sutures wanting to escape rather than dissolve!! I’m so pleased to have a reason because I was wondering if I had done something wrong. I’m returning on Friday to have a check & a fresh dressing applied with a photo being sent to my consultant to check the healing & if I need an extended course of antibiotics.
It was amusing because a physio came down to see me so we didn’t have to drive back there again within a couple of hours & he put me through my paces. He challenged me to walk without crutches up the corridor past patients waiting to be seen then gave me one crutch to walk back with & I got a round of applause from them which was encouraging & lovely😀. I must now only use one crutch & make sure I am rolling my foot from heel to toes as I am trying to walk. It’s weird having to think about how to walk because it’s usually so automatic but I have been limping for two to three years with my stick before my op so my muscles have to be retrained. 🤞🤞
Keep on going everyone it’s worth it taking as much control as we can to help our own health & I will soon be rejoining you on the BSD once I’m back in the kitchen cooking from scratch again 😀
Margaret xx

Hope you are feeling better Wendy – sounds very unsettling for you. SG..maybe you’re building muscle in the pool? Everyone ok with the heat?

just to say I survived the heat from yesterday – 43 – today we are cooler at 41 🙂

Weight loss is a disappointment at only quarter of a pound. Still, better down than up. Had a swim most days but it never seems to impact on my weight. I did have a one slice of bread chicken sandwich just before bed last night as I was getting the shakes. Should really have done a blood test to see if I really needed it.

Big job today. Just taken deliver of £90 of Irish sausage and bacon. All has to be bagged up and put in the freezer to last a few months.

Stay safe everyone.

Oh, and Heidi, interesting what you say about less problems with reflux. That is happening for me too, although I didn’t even realize it until you said it. I’m also able to fast now without my gastritis flaring up, which I couldn’t do at this time last year. So that’s a win too!

Hi everyone,
Yesterday turned out to be a bit rough. I was struggling to get my glucose stabilized all day without overshooting, but just ended up on an all day rollercoaster. Then I messed up with my evening meal as I had imitation crab in nori wraps, thinking it was low carb, but my glucose shot up and down again, so I had to eat some greek yogurt to help stabilize things before bed. Also, I may have damaged my cgm by going swimming. It is supposed to be water resistant for 30 min and I was only in the pool for 20-25, so it should have been okay, but it was giving me some erratic numbers last night. It may have dried out as it seems to be doing better today while my glucose levels are more stable, as I am fasting, and the numbers are matching pretty well with my regular monitor. We’ll see how it does when I start eating again.
I’ve been feeling better today and my blood glucose has been pretty steady between 4.3 and 4.8 while I’ve been fasting. I did have some nori snacks for some salt and because I got quite hungry this afternoon. Only 15 calories though, so it shouldn’t impact the fast much. I’m hoping to keep going until tomorrow morning for a 36 hour fast. Might have a bit of bouillon though to get me through this evening.

Pootle, all those veggies sound wonderful. An embarrassment of beans …. is that like a murder of crow or a clouder of cats I wonder? Either way, I’m sure you’ll enjoy them.

My positives right now are ….
🌻🌻 stairlift successfully installed in my parents’ house … one big tick in the peace of mind box!
🌻🌻 a lovely chat with eldest DD today, she and her man are looking to move closer to us and they think they may have found ‘the’ house.

Those will do for me today …. hope your day brought some positives too.

Just want to say thank you to ADMIN, the rubbish clogging our site has now disappeared. Many thanks for looking out for us.

Hi everyone, nice to see so many returners.

Antigone, well done on 2 kgs. That is a great result. Mokovex, you have been through quite a time of it. I hope this site can become your safe place just for you. Hope you can feel open and share any worries, it is a great loss over the last 2 weeks and it is great your hubby is doing this with you. Mine didn’t and does’nt need to (tall and slim) but a BP and cholesterol scare made him look again at his daily sandwich and when I ask if he want rice with his bolognaise he now says no, and no to rice and potatoes. His treat is a couple of small cakes when we do the shopping and 2 croissants for breakfast – but that used to be 4 croissants.

Pootle, looking forward to your results. I think nurse know it all will be avoiding you from now on. Keep up the good work Shetland Lace, we all get to know our own bodies after a while and can trust our own instincts.

As for me, no weigh in today as Tuesday has always been my day but I do know there is some loss. I had a swim this morning as it is going to hit 43 degrees later and even at 11am it was 33. Don’t envy us – I think people in the UK have realised the heat is not all it is cracked up to be – sometimes it can be unbearable. We will batten down the shutters and try to stay cool. We do have aircon in the lounge but it costs a fortune to run and after a while running the atmosphere becomes damp and clammy so we prefer dry fans.

See you all tomorrow if I survive.

Hello Mokovex
sorry to see all the horrible things you’ve had to deal with but glad you are feeling positive again and in control. Pootle we’re all keen to hear how you get on with nurse and doc!

Hello everyone & sorry for my absence but I had a bit of a set back on Saturday with my stitch wound breaking down & looking as though it was leaking pus. I was quite panicky & got in touch with the hospital which is nearly an hours drive away. My husband drove me down & I saw the ward resident doctor who then phoned my consultant & thank goodness I have been given a course of antibiotics & will be seeing my Consultant tomorrow! My knee is red & sore but the doctor said it’s just a surface breakdown not deeper & didn’t even need a dressing to cover it 🤔
I’m just eating what my husband is giving me including breakfast that I don’t usually have so I know my weight has increased so at the moment I’m a poor example on here but I will get back on track when I’m fitter & more mobile again.
You are all doing so well keep on going 👏👏
Margaret xx

Sunny, You are an inspiration, finding positives in all situations!
I have a couple of veg garden positives:

🫛🫛 I have an embarrassment of beans. Trying to find time to make bean chutney… which I will give away because of the sugar content!

🍆🍆 (no emoji for butternut squash!) the squash have produced about 15 good sized ‘fruits’. Hope they ripen OK.

🥒🥒 (no emoji for courgette either) Courgette’s are really doing their thing… soup made and eating at every meal!!! 😄

Hope you are all doing okay.

Hi Mokovex,
I am a relative newbie, but achieved my weight goal and put diabetes into remission at the end of last year! Now working on maintaining a healthy balance.

Great that your hubby is doing it with you, mine did last year and still eats the low carb meals with me, but he now has a selection of “no-nos” in a kitchen cupboard. At first I found that a huge temptation, but it doesn’t seem too bad now.

Heidi, I think the diabetes clinic nurse is a law unto herself. We are not permitted to make an appointment with her, she decides when she needs to see you and makes an appointment!!! 🙄
After our first encounter, I don’t think she will be keen to see me again! 🫣 😅
I hope to see the GP when the results are in.

Hope everyone is doing ok,
Keeping on keeping on!
K xx

Hello,
I’m back after a very long absence absence. I lost three stone back in 2017 and successfully maintained until towards the end of lockdown. Well, long story but a stressful family event and a house move saw me put on a stone and a half. I was then successfully tackling that towards the end of last year when I had a breast cancer diagnosis, surgery and my father died.

This year has been one of survival as I’ve had chemotherapy and so now I find myself three stone heavier than my ideal and pretty weak. I have radiotherapy daily until the 20th but I’m now back on the horse and trying to get it sorted.

Began BSD two weeks ago and have lost about 7lb. I have gone back to Pilates after many years away from it and trying to do a daily walk at least five times a week.

Hubby is doing this with me, which is great. So I’m feeling positive that I will get back to health. I have a work Christmas party right at the end of November so a good date to aim for.

Hi Pootle. Will the BS test mean that you see the nurse again? I loved your description of the pleased surprise your GP showed with your great results. The nurse’s reaction should be a picture!

Good luck SG with the temperatures this week. X

Thanks DCT and AF for the kind thoughts. This week has been much better – we managed a few days away at a lovely quiet country cottage. A great way to just breathe and recharge. I mainly stuck with the healthy eating, but there were a few restaurant meals in there. Still I lost a bit more, so am now down 10.6 kilos after 11 weeks on this reset. You are right AF that the non-scale victories are just as good. My trousers are fitting better, my watch strap is one hole further. And I am really hoping that a ring I bought last year will soon go on safely (ie come off again easily!). Healthwise I am sleeping much better, my knee has stopped hurting, and I have much less of a problem with reflux. What’s not to like!

Dawn, so pleased to hear that you have a date for the op, and good luck with all the preparation.
AF how interesting to hear that your cat may be alerting you to glucose lows. Animals are so clever!
DCT many congratulations on the new gym habit. It sounds like a really good base for your next steps.

Where are Yowzer and Clarinet? Hope all is well/improving?

Have a lovely week everyone.

Evening all,
I just wrote a really long post… and promptly lost it, as I wasn’t logged in! (I thought I was, but it did take me a long time to type it all out) Not going to repeat it all.. sorry!
Booking an appointment tomorrow to get BS tested… 🤞🤞🤞! Have kept weight steady… and been pretty careful on the diet!
Have a good week.
K xx

So it turns out that I may have a service cat. She sometimes jumps on me in the early morning hours but there didn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason as to why. But 2 days in a row she’s done it when my blood glucose has gone below 3 mmol/L. So it seems she is waking me up out of hypos. Very interesting.

Hello Tulip et al. Despite a shaky start I have lost just over 2 kilos since Monday morning 🙂 Very pleased with that and my BP has dropped as well. Working indoors to avoid the heat today but out this evening for a bbq….should be able to avoid bread hopefully. Everyone seems to be doing well and Tulip has sworn in! Well done folks

Hi All, Verano I know the admin team are usually on it so this spate of scammers is not normal. However, it is August and if it is a team of one he/she might be on holiday. Lets hope it gets tidied up or we will just have to posts lots to push them away. Another idea is not to comment ‘reported’ as it pushes them to the top of the threads, I do it so others don’t have to worry but maybe no more.

My weight is still okay. Sat out having brunch this morning and had to come in as it is so hot, and we are under a shaded gazebo. Right now it is 32 and due to get hotter later in the day. I am staying indoors.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

This is a good thread to have at the top of the list. We need reminding the late results aren’t all-out numbers. We all seem to forget about the non-scales victories, sometimes not even realising they’ve happened ….. I’m certainly guilty of that.

I too have allowed the pounds to creap back up and currently have about a stone to ditch. However, I’m already starting to eat more on plan (difficult to go fully on plan, as not currently living at home), but I’m starting to feel the benefit even now … more energy and sleeping better.

Like others posting, I too am hoping to get into my smaller clothes comfortably again …. fingers crossed 🤞🏻.

Hi- thanks for posting Arcticfox and Dawn- that’s the boost I needed to get back on the site and hopefully back on the diet too….my NSVs are longer term- when I hit my weight loss goal likely to tally with- to get back into my smaller clothes I was in when I reached my goal! I think I’m quite a long way off that- so- mmm- get back into my ‘medium’ work top without looking like an overstuffed sausage would be fab. I’ve borrowed my (slim) boss’s bottom drawer emergency top that was already 2nd hand when she had it 😅……lol….so- and I guess get back into the ‘medium’ clothes that fit me last summer generally…..that will probably tally with around a stone/ stone and a half weight loss.
Another NSV would be to get back on to the healthy eating long enough to start feeling better….I feel bleurgh and sluggish at the moment and I know that the med diet usually perks me up quite a lot…..
Clare 🙂 🙂

Hi All- I’ve been absent for a while with just managing daily life really and also been quite lax with the diet also (have gained some weight)….I think I’m going to weigh tomorrow to see exactly where I am at and hopefully get my act together a bit. I was reminded to come on as a couple of peeps posted on the NSV thread so I had an email and thought- ooh- time to get back on it! Although I’m feeling somewhat wiped out at the moment, eating well is likely to help!
Hope everyone is doing ok….any major news I should know? xxx

Thanks for bumping this old thread Articfox, I haven’t posted on it for years and can’t remember if I ever reached any of my NSV goals but would love to reach some new ones! My first goal is to get my waist down into the 30s(inches) again as it’s been in the low 40s for a long time. I’m sure your puffer jacket will be doing up nicely before the cold weather hits. Dawn X

Hi everyone and well done Articfox for finding the NSV thread, will head over there now.Dawn XX

Bumping this thread to the top in order to help drown out some of the advertisements.
Reading back about zippers closing reminds me that I have a very nice down puffer jacket that I haven’t been able to wear for 6 years. It would be really nice to get it done up before the really cold weather hits in December and January. With my swim suit being almost too loose on me now, I am hopeful that I can do this!