S-G, That is superb…a real bonus 2.5 lb! Hope you enjoy your birthday meal without stressing about what you are eating.

Margaret 4lb is a good result…hope the bowls match went well and the exercise helps!

Verano I think a loss is a loss… keep positivity, a 1lb target is probably a good idea, then you can celebrate the extras!

I am still maintaining at my target weight. 🎉😁

Happy February everyone.
Isn’t it amazing what a difference a day makes…
Today I;-
🛏️ Bought a new duvet cover and 2 pillow cases today…an expensive past-time for a super-king sized bed, but found something serviceable and pretty at Dunelm for a reasonable price! looking forward to making the bed with them! 😴
🍝Suddenly had an epiphany about my store cupboard….so I have ejected all the pasta stored since last June..No more spaghetti, linguini, fusilli or lasagne…That has created some space! 😁
🌻🥦Also bought the seeds ready to plant the ‘patch’…looking forward to spring.

I hope you have all had some positives in your lives today! 🤞

Hi Lucy, I hope your week has been a little easier, and your tummy problems have eased.
Interesting info from AnnieW…

I saw my GP👩‍⚕️ on Monday…who did a double take when I went in! Made me feel fantastic! I have been so lucky having the time, the will power and support from my OH since last June. BUT I am still finding it harder to maintain than actually lose weight. When I was so determined to lose the weight and put diabetes into remission, I had a major ‘purpose’, I calculated every gram of carb and every calorie that I ate, and recorded it! Also I was VERY strict with myself, but now I am “guessing” and giving myself a little leeway… I have been eating porridge🥣 in the mornings…25g jumbo oats…and making fancy brownies🥮 with beetroot or aubergine etc..Which was a big no-no when I was trying to lose. I must be doing something right as I have stayed the same weight since before Christmas🎄 (My original target of 10st 7lb). I have also been prick testing for diabetes and believe I still have that under control! So despite my doubts I think I must be doing ok. Mind you, I still get a craving for a cigarette🚬, which turns into a craving for chocolate🍫 at least once a day! 🥴

S-g brilliant result!

Margaret 4lbs is 4lbs what’s shabby about that? Just keep going

I planned 2lb per week for January but i managed a smidgeon under but then we were away for 9 days. No excuses really.

I was planning on 2lb per week but I think that may be a bit ambitious. Maybe 1lb a week with any extra as a bonus will be my February target!

Thanks S-G & you also keep on keeping on!!

Margaret, 4lbs is a good loss, you will soon be rid of the other 2. I know how it feels – like you are going backwards but that is in the past, look forward and keep on keeping on…

Hi everyone, thank you for the thread Sunny.

My goal for January was 3lbs so I am happy to say I have lost 5.5lbs. My goal for February is 3lbs again but I have a birthday meal next Friday. Also, as I have been and succeeded in dry January (Yipeeeeeee) I was going to have a drink tonight. Open a nice crisp Bergerac white, but having second thoughts as I don’t was to spoil things. We will see.

Hubby surprised me with a big huggy Hoodie Blanket. I look like an eskimo but it is lovely and warm. I am always complaining I am cold and he said he does actually listen so it was sweet of him.

Have a nice weekend.

Thanks for the call out DCT. It really helps. I am sticking at it most of the time. I am about two months from my birthday, so it’s a good target to have made more progress. It helps that February has kicked off here with clear blue skies and a lovely refreshing dry coolth. Very best wishes Clarinet Cathy with your weighing and refocus. And wishing success to us all.

Well easing into during January has come to an end for me and it’s now time to focus in February. 5:2 your life is ordered. My little book of productivity is by my side and today for the first time in a long time I am recording everything that I eat. I measured out 100 ml of milk this morning which will be used for a couple of morning coffees. Weighed myself this morning and the scales said 160lb. Had to dig deep to write that down! So, I’ve got 20lb to lose. Am hoping to lose 4lb in February. . I am determined to be posting a loss when I weigh myself next Friday. Last month I was detoxing and preparing . The fasting was harder than I expected and I didn’t lose any weight after doing 36 hour fasts and time restricted eating. I’ll be weighing and measuring my food during February and walking as much as my feet will allow. My recent foot x rays showed “bone on bone arthritis “ in both my big toes I was hoping to get my first toe fusion surgery done asap but it’s all in hold for the time being until I see the result of.the next MRI abdomen scan in May. I can manage 5000 steps so that is what I will be doing every day:
Have a lovely weekend everyone. 🎶 Oh it’s fun on the ocean waves 🎶

Thank you Sunny & I have lost 0.75 lbs last week so a 4lbs total loss in January not yet getting rid of my festive weight gain of 6lbs that I feel disappointed about. I’m viewing February as a more positive month now with a refreshed attitude to be able to be more focused & to forge ahead losing at least seven pounds this month.
I am playing a competitive short mat bowls match this morning so some exercise today 😀
Happy February everyone & keep on going 👍🍀🍀
Margaret xx

Hi Lucy, if your tablets are for excess stomach acid, and don’t work too well, it may be that you have low stomach acid which is something I have bouts of. Low stomach acid is not often thought of by our GP’s, they tend to think more in terms of too much being the problem. If it does turn out to be low acid, a glass of water containing a tablespoon of organic apple cider vinegar (the type with the “mother” in it) drunk through a straw to protect your teeth, before meals may well help. This is what I do to relieve my stomach issues and usually only takes a couple of days to put things to rights. The episodes are now getting much further apart although I do make the vinegar element of my salad dressing ACV and have it a couple of times a week.

Goodbye January…we jumped in and I am strolling out…into sunnier days!
xx

Thank you Sunny.
Shaking January off…welcome February and 🤞 spring! Sunshine and spring flowers make such a difference!
X

Thank you SunnyB I will report any weight loss after I weigh tomorrow on the February thread👍
Margaret xx

Thankyou Annie that’s so kind of you to look it up and send it to me really means a lot you are all so kind wish I could send everyone a big 🤗 hug I am feeling very emotional silly I know
Have a good weekend all
Lv nokie 💞x

Thanks for that saying Yowzer, I’m making that my mantra and putting it in my diary. It’s sooo onbvious, and sensible, unlike me🤪.

Nokie, I looked up amitriptyline as a pain killer, I remembered taking it for a while some years ago after major abdominal surgery, and have copied out some information from the NHS website. It reinforces what you already know but adds a bit of clarity on its use for depression. Hope you feel, and are better, very soon.

“About amitriptyline for pain and migraine
Amitriptyline is a medicine used for treating pain. You can take it:
to treat nerve pain (neuralgia) and pain that lasts a long time
to help prevent migraines
Amitriptyline is only available on prescription. It comes as tablets and as a liquid that you swallow.

Amitriptyline is also used to treat depression. The doses used to treat pain are lower than the doses for depression. Taking amitriptyline for pain will not have the same effect as taking it for depression.

Key facts
It’s best to take amitriptyline in the evening or before you go to bed. This is because it can make you feel sleepy.
You may start to feel better after 1 or 2 weeks, but it can take 6 weeks for amitriptyline to work as a painkiller.
Amitriptyline can cause extra side effects if you stop taking it suddenly. Talk to your doctor if you want to stop taking it.
Do not drive, cycle or operate heavy machinery if amitriptyline makes you feel sleepy.
You can drink alcohol while taking amitriptyline but it may make you feel sleepy. It’s usually best to stop drinking alcohol until you see how the medicine affects you.”

Verano your comment about the worst month of the year being over is true for me too, even though I’m on the other side of the world! For me it’s
Autumn is around the corner. Days are shortening… Clocks will go back (in a few months anyway) After our recent heatwaves here (on Tuesday it was 42 degrees C), this is very welcome! I much prefer autumn and winter in Australia to the heat and humidity of late spring and summer 🙂

And Cathy, well done on your walk this morning, despite having painful toes! My 15,000 was done over a period of about 7 hours with coffee and meal breaks, not all at once 🙂 it takes us about 40-45 minutes to walk 5,000 steps on our morning walks. I’m now also implementing ‘interval training’ of sorts where I’ll walk faster or jog slowly for about a minute and then slow down to normal pace again. This increases my heart rate so I’m hoping that will burn more fat!

Yowzer – thanks for all of your wise words and quotes, and also for the book suggestion, I’m going to look online for it now too.

Nokie – I’ve been unlucky with shingles because I have an auto immune illness and have reduced immunity, I used to get Shingles more often when I was stressed or after other illness, also a few times around Christmas… so take care of yourself 🙂 most people I talk to that have had it have only had it the once. And the first time I had it was definitely the worst, subsequent bouts, especially after the vaccine, have been lessening in intensity and duration each time.

Thank you Sunny.

February, new month, time to refocus. Will make a plan for the month tomorrow although I think I may just be doing the same as January but with a bit more ‘care’. Looking forward to the new month.

Just a quick note to say that the February thread is now available and I look forward to seeing you all there in the days ahead.

Wishing you all an excellent weekend …. enjoy!

Well, that’s January done and dusted! I know many have struggled through what was largely a dreary month, so if you have had any success in ditching lb/kg, a huge well done to you. And if you tried unsuccessful to make progress, dust yourself down ready for a fresh start.

Days are getting longer now and hopeful spring flowers are starting to put in an appearance to help lift spirits. So it is an ideal time to refocus and kick February off in a positive state of mind.

Can I suggest we take time to review our goals for the month (and long term) and adjust them if it feels necessary. Then make a plan for how you are going to navigate achieving those goal and get ready to make February count.

Hopefully lots of old ‘faces’ and new will join us for the month ahead and as usual we’ll do our best to offer support and encouragement as needed.

SunnyB, SunshineGirl and Wendleg

S-g I have a very dear friend who also shares your birthday …. no excuse to forget!

I don’t have anything to say. Looking forward to the February thread and thanks in advance Sunny.

Have a good weekend.

Hello to all.

Nokie really hope your shingles disappears very soon. Very nasty.

Yowzer wonderful saying and I think I will get the 5:2 my life book too. I got it the wrong way around! Thought it was 5 days cleaning like a lunatic and 2 off! Anyway I will take a look.

Following on from Yowzer’s ‘6 month’ philosophy I have one to suggest to start …..’Day 1 or One Day. The choice is yours?’ . So choose your Day1 and follow the six month philosophy. I’d rather have 6 months of progress, doesn’t have to be ‘humungous’ but even a small and steady progress is better than ‘excuses’! Thank you Yowzer for reminding us all. It’s great to see that you are maintaining so well.

I’ve moved my weigh-in day back to Tuesday and so far so good. January has been a month of small progress. I was away until the 10th and had a ‘mad week’ when we got home but I’ve still lost 5.4lbs this month so ‘progress’ not excuses.

Wishing everybody a good weekend and an especially good February. We are over the worst month of the year. Spring is around the corner. Days are lengthening. Green shoots are appearing. Clocks will go forward soooon! All good.

Let’s go forward into February with ‘positivity’.

reported.

Hi Sunny B….fresh sheets are fabulous aren’t they! Husband managed to rip a duvet cover a couple of days ago…so think it time for some new covers!

Positives for today! (So far!)
🩺👩‍⚕️ Saw the GP this morning. She was suitably impressed by the weight loss and remission of diabetes!
☀️☀️Fabulously sunny day here today…and it is the last day of January!! 🎉🎉

Hi Everyone
Hope the new medication helps with your nerve pain Nokie. Your shingles sound a lot worse than mine was. Nerve pain is the WORST!
I’ve ordered the book Yowser and I’ve taken note of your quote from this morning about six months.
I’ve been out for a 5000 step walk which is all I could manage today with my painful toes . I’ve had cottage cheese and walnuts for lunch and I’m having eggs mushrooms and quorn sausages for my meal tonight’ .
I’ve written three tasks in my new notebook for this week. Feeling optimistic for February.
ArcticFox- hope you get some answers about your lump.
SueBlue- 15,000 steps this morning!!!! Wow!
I am loving this thread and it’s really motivating me. I hope to be able to contribute to the weight loss tally next week.

Hi there, feeling better but still looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow – today is still in January so tomorrow is the day.

Yes V, my birthday is the 7th.

Nothing much to report. Done some exercise, Monday 30 mins aerobics, Wednesday 30 mins on the wiifit – it told me I was 1.3kgs lighter than my last visit but it was several months ago. Going to do another 30 mins wii as it was indoor jogging then some other balance, strength and aerobics – totalling 30 mins.

Electrician came this morning so hubby is putting the finishing touches to the new extractor fan. It is so much smaller than the last one we are going to have to either repaint the kitchen or hope we can find some leftover paid and do the patches – same thing in the bathroom when we put the new sink unit in. Another job.

Have a good weekend everyone and I will report in tomorrow on the new thread – thank you Sunny.

Yayyyyyyy! XX enjoy the book when it comes !
But double check with yr pharmacist when they ring, just to be sure bout the meds x

Yowzer you are a star 🌟
Thanks so much for info I have just ordered book as well
Take care Lv nokie x💞

PS NOKIE ive been on Amitriptyline for many years,30g now,used to be 75g. I find it does help with pain,and my doctor told me that paracetamol doesnt interact negatively with it. It’s opoids like morphine that you shdnt combine with Amitriptyline.

Hi yowzer
Thankyou so much I will order it now
❤️lv nokie

Hi NOKIE! Its called “ 5:2 your life.Get happy,healthy and slim” by Kate Harrison
£7.99 but I got my copy ( new) for about a fiver on ebay and there are pre owned copies for sale on there for less.
It has 2 sections,one on 5:2 fasting and one on 5:2 living as well. Lots of tips and guidelines,great book to dip into,and 359 pages long.
I think its an excellent idea for you to get into while youre getting better! 🩷💜xx

Thankyou yowzer
You always cheer me up!!
You mentioned the 5.2 your life who is that by? I was thinking maybe I could do that while I am trying to get better I looked on line but not sure which book it is
Would be nice to read a different one I think I can manage 2 days !!
Lv nokie x💞

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NOKIE Im so sorry youre suffering so much xxx we wont forget you,so dont worry about writing,just get better asap and your cabin is waiting,all ready for you,when youre better xx
SUE you too have suffered so much with shingles,so many times over the years! You and Nokie have made me resolve to go into my surgery and get the jab.
DCT my plan is treating January – June in 5:2 fashion. Five days a week where I do the basics and 2 days where I get stuck in and make a difference. Started off quite small in Jan but even small changes add up and I can see the improvement already,including two absolutely bulging bags for the local cat rescue charity shop. The bags include clothes,some of which to my shame still have labels on,never worn and now too big,and some I didnt even know i had,no memories of buying them,they have hung unnoticed in my wardrobe for a long time! The book “5:2 your life” really gave me the kick up the bum I needed to get started. Ever since lockdown ( nearly five years ago now!) Ive been procrastinating and getting lazy, no wonder I put on weight!
Anyhoo TGIF! Have a good weekend on the boat,folks! X
“ 🎸🎶🎵🎸 We joined the Navy,to see the world,but what did we see- we saw the sea.. 🎸🎶🎵🎸 !” Sing up everyone!

Thankyou sueblue
I really hope I don’t get it 20 times !once is enough 😥I am taking Amitriptyline 10 mg just one at night I have just rang pharmacy to see if I can take paracetamol for the pain but still waiting to find out
I might ask if I can have the jab as well
Thanks again for your good wishes
Lv nokie x💞

Nokie, sorry to hear about your shingles. It’s an awful illness, I’ve had it more than 20 times now – I wish I was exaggerating 🙁 however since having the shingles vaccine about 6/7 years ago, now when I have episodes it’s usually very mild. And I’m also able to tell when I’m getting it so start on antivirals straight away – I get nerve pain in my back before the spots appear. Touch wood but I haven’t had it for a few years now. I hope the tablets help. Not sure which ones you have been prescribed, but I take a Lyrica tablet each day for nerve pain in my feet and it helps.

Mariet – yes I’m. LOVING this cooler weather. It was 42 degrees on Tuesday and I felt so miserable and far too hot to want to do anything. Whereas today being in the mid 20s I was able to walk 15,000 steps and get all my errands done!

Hello all
Firstly well done to the loss this week your posts keep me going ! I am sorry i cannot write much every time I write ✍️ it shoots pain ☹️
I had to go to doctors again yesterday as I can’t cope with the pain unfortunately I now have post herpetic Neuralgia caused by the shingles it’s when all the nerves 😢 hurt
I have been given a tablet to take each night apparently they are anti depressants!! And it could go on for several months
Not sure 🤔 about my diet but will keep going sorry if i don’t reply often but just so you all know i am still with you all
Have a good week everyone and weekend
Lv nokie x💞

YOWZER – our posts crossed! But thank you so much for that fabulous quote. It really resonated with me and, like you, I want to apply it to various other aspects of my life as well as the weight loss. Very inspiring so thank you X

And yes, how wonderful to see the back of January, certainly for us in the UK. It’s been such a long, grey, cold, wet, miserable month (I could go on . . . . . !! ) – so here’s to brighter sunnier times for us all 🌞

Well here we are,gang,we’ve made it through the post crimbo slump of January! Go,us!🥳
Congrats to those who lost weight this month,and congrats even more to those who are sticking with it even when the scales are showing slow progress. As for me,in January I quickly lost the Christmas weight,and then managed to maintain my pre xmas weight,even though my Carb Monster and my Inner Chimp are already pestering me about hot cross buns and easter eggs.
I’m embracing again the quotation that got me back into reasonable shape since taking it on board last June,and now applying it to my home,to get all those things done there that Ive neglected,either through laziness or not being able to make decisions about what I want/ dont want.
This saying made a deep impression on me –
” In six months time you will have six months of excuses or six months of progress. The choice is yours”
So by June this year,my home should be as shipshape as our ship!
Love to all xx Hopefully those of us attending the ship’s sick bay with various ailments and illnesses will soon be improving as spring starts to edge closer. 🥳⭐️🥰xx

Morning all!

NOKIE how are you doing? Your shingles sounds awful, and I hope it starts clearing up soon so that you can begin to enjoy your new home.

POOTLE great to see you, and to hear how well you are maintaining. As you say, we all have so much to thank Michael for.

ARCTICFOX good news about the positioning of your lump. I hope you get the full scan results soon and that they can get your sorted. And I agree with Mariet about reading about your way of life – it’s so different to mine (I’m UK based) and I’m always full of admiration at your energy and resourcefulness, even when you’re not feeling brilliant in yourself.

MARIET I love it when that happens! Weight disappears for no apparent reason. There was a chat earlier on this thread about weigh days. I like to weight every day, just to observe the fluctuations and try and pinpoint causes. Sometimes it’s obvious, but other days not at all. I also have a weekly weight target for Friday each week, and this week have managed to meet mine for the first time this year so far, so I’m happy with that. A long way to go, but then that’s the point of a longer thread, to take things at our own pace and understand that life happens along the way.

DAWN good luck with your Elevens goal. I hope that you make it by next Friday!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend xx

Hi everyone,
Just a quick post to thank everyone for their congrats on my weight loss so far. I’m due another weigh in today but have had a few days a bit off plan so am going weigh myself next Friday instead when I really hope I may have made it down to the 11’s as that was my first BIG goal so🤞 I hope everyone has a lovely weekend. Dawn XX

Edit double post

Nokie, I hope the shingles are improving, so painful. I haven’t had my vaccination yet though I am eligible and it’s a reminder to me to organise it.
CC, good luck for your next eye op, I hope you have another brilliant result 😁
Arctic Fox, great news from your MRI. I love reading your posts, your way of life (Canada? Alaska?) is so very different to anything I’ve ever experienced growing up in Australia and living in heat all my life.
Sueblue, I hope you’re enjoying this cooler weather! It makes exercise so much easier.
I woke this morning to an unexpected 800g loss! No change to anything so I guess it just takes a while for it to show up. It made me happy ❤️
Onward and downward for us all!

Excellent news about your kitchen refurbishment, V … enjoy!
Pootle, hope the new project gives you something to get your creativity zinging.

My positive/s for today are ….
🛏🛏 changed the bed linen this morning, so fresh sheets to slide onto tonight
🌤🌤 actually saw the sun for a few hours today 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️
👍🏻🙂 good progress has been made with our decorating project…. just the walls left to emulsions now.

V, Brilliant news that your kitchen revamp is finished and is wonderful! 🎉

Positives for today;

1. It didn’t rain!!! 🌂 yay!!! ☔️
2. Had a ‘creative’ day….working on a new idea for work! 👩‍🎨 great as I have been feeling unimaginative for the last month!
3. Like you V, I continued my low carb regime, with very tasty pork fillet in Parma ham with cauliflower mash and tenderstem broccoli! 🥦🥦

Hi everyone,
Nokie- sorry to hear about your shingles. What an awful thing to have. I’m eligible for a vaccine on my birthday this year, and I think I will schedule it for that day, and hope I don’t get shingles before then. I had a really severe case of chicken pox as a kid, so shingles scares me. I have noted an increase in shingles among younger people following Covid infections, so I wonder if the Covid virus has reactivated the chicken pox virus in some people. There was some speculation that some long Covid was a result of reactivated Epstein-Barr virus, and they are both herpes viruses, so perhaps? Just some speculation.
Cathy – I hear you about the fasting. On one hand, I would like to start it again as it was the only thing helping me to lose weight, but I don’t know if my stomach will allow me anymore. Also, my metabolism seems to have really changed as I now may be in full menopause, and not just peri-menopause. I feel like I have been making some progress this week by just eating lots of veggies and fibre (especially hemp seeds, chia and flax), and going for walks and doing some workouts from my online gym. Probably no weight or inches lost at this point, but definitely feeling more energy.
Dawn – congrats on your discard. That’s a brilliant start!
Mariet – I have been averaging around 7000 steps per day, so you are beating me! I get out for a walk on one of my coffee breaks each day and that helps, but otherwise, I don’t think I have time to do more right now. At least not on work days (I can’t wait to be retired too, but still a ways to go for me!). I console myself that at least some of my steps are very difficult. It is sitting at -6 to-12 C right now. My outdoor hydrant is frozen, even though it is supposed to be frost free, so I am running buckets of water for the horses from the basement bathroom in the house. I am carrying the buckets up the stairs and then about 200m out to the shelter area. That’s about 18kg in each hand while walking, and I am out of breath by the time I get to the gate, so it must be doing something!
DCT and everyone who has wished me well and asked about results – the follow up phone call with the surgeon was a bit disappointing as he didn’t have any new info, just that he was sending the scan to the cancer agency, which he had already told me. I had a call from the agency yesterday to confirm my personal info though, so presumably they are now working on it. The report from the radiologist landed in my inbox this morning though. One good piece of news – the previous ultrasound had identified it as being intramuscular, but the MRI has confirmed that it is intermuscular and does not appear to infiltrate the muscle. It is just sitting in between the muscles in my thigh. So hopefully that means it will be easier to remove, whatever it is.

Good evening!
Hello…..

Well I don’t have three positives but I do have two…..

🐟🫛🥦 Salmon and vegetables tonight. So continuing with my low carb regime.

🌱🌱🌱 daffodils starting to poke their heads above the soil. Spring is on its way!!!

Ok so I do have number 3……
Kitchen revamp just finished! Looking wonderful! Very happy!

Thank you Sunny for offering to kick off our February thread. I did so many threads in the past that I’m quite happy to take a back seat now. But, I will step forward if needed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🥂🎉🥂 (belated) Sunny hope it was a lovely day. My birthday is a week before Christmas so really short days but with lots of ‘anticipation’ around the mood is brighter.

So coming towards the end of January, in general, I have ‘jumped’ into 2025. Had an eye opener yesterday. I had a full on carb day. A very small piece of wheat and rye sourdough bread. Carrot and BUTTERBEAN soup…. I should have known ….. 1lb gain this morning. I realise this is ‘water weight’ so I’ve not gone off the rails just had chicken breast for brunch and salmon and veggies for dinner so hoping the ‘number’ Will be more favourable tomorrow.

P.S. s-g is your birthday the 7th?

Pootle, I usually get my Agave Syrup from Tesco or Lidl, but I’m sure other supermarkets must stock it. Lovely to be spontaneously taken out for a meal.
V, well done on your progress … 1.5lb is not to be sniffed at! I need to take a leaf from you book and start a clear out. I was looking for some shoes in one of my cupboards and it occurred to me a good sort out wouldn’t go amiss.
Do you remember Yowsers 27 in 9? Getting rid of or reorganising 27 items on each of 9 consecutive days. Remember doing that a couple couple times and it really gave a feel good factor.

Anyway, to my positives ….
🙂🙂 have arranged to visit my parents in Feb
👛💷 my new wallet arrived, very happy as the zip on my old one had become temperamental and was annoying me.

Seems a number of us struggle with mood and motivation at this time of year, it’s certainly a tough time for me.
January is my birth month, but I loath it with its short cold grey days and almost constant rain! And quite often it doesn’t really improve much until well into March!
Anyway, let’s stay focused and do our best to finish January strong. If there’s a slip or two, we’ll forgive ourselves and get right back on track ready to start February forcefully 🙂.
I’m happy to kick-off the thread for February, but also happy to step aside if anyone else would like to do it.