Morning All..
A very beautiful day here, no hat or gloves and coat open, strange at 3 degrees…lovely walk at the park Charlie really does enjoy it, he’s shattered now ….good!

Thinking of cleaning the car a bit of a hands and face wash 😂 still can’t bend too low I don’t think I will get to the wheel rims…

Lamb dinner tonight, Yorkshire’s and roasties too…glass of wine.

Fast day for me tomorrow must remember, I nearly forgot last week.

Have a good Sunday what ever you decide to do…

Jean x

Morning all

Busy weekend, so sorry not to have been about. And by busy…I mean keeping the boys occuppied with chores and family time – the devil makes work for idle hands and all that!

Kay – thanks for keeping tabs on the SOFA – I have nothing to report from last week, but I seem to remember that I often lose one week…then spend a week trying to make sure I keep that off! So hop[efully this week will see something shift again.

Had a long chat with one of my sisters at the weekend – scared the living daylights out of me when she told me about how she spent 8 hours with a woman in labour who was symptomatic with covid…so stupid of me. Of course, I knwo that’s what we’re asking of our NHS all the time – but when it’s my sister I guess it brings it home. She had her vaccine last week, so a bit relieved. We lost a much loved member on Saturday night to covid.

Off to check the boy’s list of work from the school – he’s coping really well with the maths, literracy and tech tasks…really sticking with them much better than last year. But I’ve just found it there’s also a long project he has to do…observation / conservation in the garden. Love the theory…but I don’t have time for the garden anyway, let alone trying to get his enthusiasm up about it! might need to persuade the OH that it would be a good weekend parenting task!

Mx

Afternoon All..
We got caught in the rain this morning..bad timing..play date with Oreo…

Fast day going ok..poached egg and tomatoes on toast tonight..not quite the best fd meal but it’s ok..

A few jobs done, keeping busy, ironing, pan of Charlie’s veg done, fed the birds.

Minols…
A worry with your sister it does hit home…you are doing really well home schooling, do your best with the garden projects more time challenging…good idea to pass it 😂

Hedgehog..
Lamb meal was very tasty, a lamb shank was already cooked in gravy out of the freezer area but easy for one..not a thing I would normally do..it was more than acceptable.
I have a few outside things to do but it’s getting motivated..I have bought some winter pansies to go in pots for the cemetery, pots are on their way through Amazon…a Christmas tree to go in a larger pot too.
Hope Xenia’s itchy feet calm down, I have won this time with the bad ear, I have got on top of it.

Jean x

Salad for tea, just done Denise sausage poached egg and bacon for hers.Wish I was having that😋😋.Might have it tomorrow.

Too cold for me for salad, prefer cooked veg.

Back on a FD. Although think we are all fasting today!

Yuk wet day today and I’ve not done anything, apart from some dog training!
I’ve signed up for a 7 day training challenge with live videos etc. Day 1 has gone ok, all about building up the engagement with you by using games and food!

More horrible weather due in by the looks of the weather.

Minols, it sounds like hard work juggling everything. And not the best weather to help the boy with an outdoor project!

Hope everyone has had a positive fasting day.

Kx

Afternoon!
Kay- the dog training sounds good- is that with your trainer or just one you found online?
Jean- sounds like you’re keeping busy, lamb shanks are a good idea. How are the zoom meetings going?
Dave- be careful on those stairs! Enjoy your bacon & eggs if you have it today! Will be interesting to see what happens when more have the vaccine- as it doesn’t stop people actually getting covid I think the masks will be here to stay, it’ll be like flu with seasonal outbreaks, & the government scientists have said we’ll still have restrictions next autumn & winter…
Minols- hope you manage to get some of your work done today! Is your OH likely to be working from home any more?
Nana- well done with your FD, don’t blame you avoiding the crowds with your Sunday walks!
Went out later than usual as I went out with a friend from Church- hubby was horrified at her driving when she tried to park in the drive! We were out for 2 hours, stayed dry but the footpath down to the forest is a mud bath now! Off to see Mum soon- she’s already tested me in a flap about getting her vaccination again…I might not have any hair left by the time I get home!
Hopefully an 800 cal day, although trying a new veggie curry recipe tonight, so haven’t worked out the cals yet…

Hi hemmy, nice to see you back! Are you joining the SOFA- stone off for April?!
Sorry to hear about your mum…

Good morning FBBs

Hi Hedgehogs .. I am hoping to just lose a few ounces or at the most a pound a week. Start off doing one fast day a week at about 500-600 cals. That is the plan anyway lolol .. as we all know life happens with cake etc.
I have just finished all opened Xmas stuff thank goodness.

Sym.. So very sorry your life was turned upside down with the loss of your lovely soulmate Steve.
It is very hard to bear .. So good you have Charlie doggie he will take care of you and see you through.

Mr Pip was 5 months old when I lost Andrew .. hard to believe 8yrs go. He has really kept me focused and sane…
You are a very strong woman and will go forward when the time is right for you. .
The walking is brilliant a wonderful natural medicine.

I will do my fast day tomorrow get myself geared up today making some soup .. use all the old veg.

Well better get on a 2 hr walk across the oh so very muddy fields ending in soggy wet towels once again. ( I wouldn’t change it for the world) lol

Have a good day everyone ..Stay foolish to stay sane.Xx

HI all – and so lovely to see you again, Hemmy…look forward to many encouraging wee pithy sayings!

Cold – so cold and samp up here! Have an agreement with the boy that I have achoice of lunchtime tv…childishly excited. No FD here today, but probably tomorrow and /or Friday.

Have been too tired to do the overnight work I need to…need to get a run at it! SO I’ll try and clear the decks today.

Mx

Evening All…

Two good walks a bit wet but not storm force. Rivers very high getting worse tomorrow coming of the high land. I shall be ok, wellies on for walks.

I am fasting again tomorrow.

Hemmy..
You are fasting with the throng tomorrow…I have only just started to fast again as I have not been eating since Steves passing. My appetite is coming back…Charlie keeps me busy and my days pass quickly but it is very strange at times. Good Mr Pips is well and keeping you fit.

Hedgehog..
Steve made me strong again, he was so good and thoughtful, he gave me my confidence back..although I don’t always feel like it….but I know I am.
Poor mum in a flap and my sister too about the vaccine..we will all get done.

Minols..
Hope you enjoyed your lunch time TV..something nice I hope..

Dave..
Enjoy your footy tonight…well done on Denise’s loss, a big well done.

Jean x

Evening everyone, sounds like you’ve had a lot of rain Dave. Not much rain here at the moment but quite windy.
Minols what was your lunchtime TV choice.
Hello Hemmy and welcome back sorry to hear about your mum.
No FD for me today have had a lovely homemade macaroni cheese. Well done to those of you who have. My turn tomorrow.
Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone and stay safe.
Nana
x

Afternoon All..
A very cold and sunny walk this morning at the park. The sky was blue with black sky on the horizon, we were lucky no rain.

Smoke alarm started bleeping in the night, had to fiddle with it and it stopped, very disturbed sleep…the job of the morning was to sort it out with a new battery it’s connected to the electric so not straight forward. After a couple of goes and thinking about it I managed it…😀

All cleaning, floor washing and dusting done throughout …just tomorrow the lounge to do.

Fasting has gone fine too busy to think about food…homemade tomato soup for lunch with a small slice of bread….bacon tonight with egg possibly…

Waiting for Katie to ring, then walk time…days seem to pass quickly…

Kay..
Glad the training is going well…

Nana..
Hoping your days been busy and your fasting going well….

Hedgehog..
Sister has her jab appointment 28th, next week at the local racecourse, so she is happy it’s local.

Hemmy..
How are you doing on your first fast day?…yes lots of bulbs showing, bought my first daffs at the weekend for my kitchen window sill, I do like Spring. Lots of water and mud here, took Charlie by surprise when I washed him at the park this morning, took a flask of warm water and a bowl …I need a bit larger bottle but it worked well, possibly a litre size, an old screen wash bottle I thought….

Save..
How is your weather any better you got the worse I think…still someone told me it was very heavy snow here at midnight last night, I was of course asleep by then.

Keep strong everyone….

Jean x

Afternoon all!
Jean- well done with the smoke alarm! & glad your FDs going quickly. I probably should take water with me to wipe Xena down, but most of the places we park to walk in the forest etc are muddy anyway, so not going to get her very clean! Don’t forget the bacon tonight!
Kay- the doggy boot camp sounds good, hope it helps! Was it very expensive? I’ve slipped a bit doing the mental stuff with Xena, she has calmed down now though, sometimes after training she gets quite hyped up, so maybe I should leave her while she’s quiet!
Hemmy- hope your FD goes well & you can keep busy…
Dave- awful weather for you yesterday & overnight, hope it’s better today.
Minols- not sure the TV at lunchtime is that much of a prize 😂 Have you managed to get OH to take on your son’s garden project?! Spoke to my Homestart family today- 2 children with online lessons, & 2 year old twins to keep out of mischief while helping the older 2, no fun!
Nana- how’s the fasting going? Not easy when it’s cold! Is Poppy enjoying having the children every day?
Having a mum-free day; though I could catch up & get lots done, but after walking Xena, rang my HS family, spent ages doing our online shop, had to go to Boots…so not much time left! Easy dinner tonight though so will do some ironing in a minute. Been really hungry today, I can’t face doing a 5th 800cal day tomorrow! Trying to decide if a jacket potato & beans is worth the cals for dinner tonight, especially without cheese as well!
Keep strong fasters!

Evening everyone struggled today with my FD in the afternoon but have just had a nice salmon fillet steak with a load of vegetables. Sounds like those of us who’ve had a FD have been successful.
Minols always used to watch Bargain Hunt whilst I ate my lunch but since my husband retired I don’t get too anymore.
Hedgehogs yes Poppy likes the youngsters being around and love playing with her.
Jean well done on sorting out the smoke alarm.
Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone and stay safe.
Nana x

Dave – I saw that on the news this mornign…shocking!

All good here, and pleased to report 1lb off for the SOFA – slowly does it can still get it done!

MInd full – back to back funeral visits on zoom – fab people, hyper families…it will be a joy to write for them, but I just hope I don’t get the stories muddled up! One of them was a beloved gentleman I’ve known since I came here.

Guilt free takeaway tonight – it’s my birthday!

Afternoon everyone scales showed no loss this morning apart from 2oz but well done to Minols and a Happy Birthday 🎂
Welcome Liannewm we’re a very friendly bunch on here.
Having a Chinese takeaway this evening and a glass or two of wine as it’s Friday.
Well done to those of you who have managed to lose weight this week.
Enjoy the rest of your day everyone and stay safe.
Nana x

Welcome liannewm,a good friendly bunch on here. We have been doing this for a year or two some longer. Keep coming back and let us know how your doing.

Afternoon All..
A busy day for us today…usual walk and my meditation music class..just had lunch when daughter rang and said she would call up and see me, which was nice I haven’t seen her for three weeks..we are in a bubble.

Our later walk we passed by the cemetery and Steves headstone is up, it looks nice and up before his birthday next month.

Charlie’s birthday today, he’s 5..we had a lovely chicken dinner he had his own and some more of mine..

Hedgehog..
The smoke alarm has held and I have sorted it. Steve is passing by again, he’s been missing a while, after a telling off he’s been about again this week, it’s so nice.

Hemmy..
Well done on your first fast day..

Nana..
Your salmon sounded nice, my daughters sort of thing..enjoy your meal tonight and your wine…

Dave..
Your area sounds terrible …my SIL passed by and said how bad it looks…keep safe…

Liannewm..
Come and join our group..lots of help if you need it…and it works!!

Minols..
It’s your birthday..hope you have had a lovely day and you have had some time for yourself ..🎂.. enjoy your takeaway..well done on your 1lb off..

Kay..
Thanks for SOFA update…keep up with the training…

Have a good weekend all..

Jean x

Evening!
Minols- happy birthday to you 🎉🎁🎂 Enjoy that takeaway tonight! And very well done on that pound off, we know how hard you have to fight for each one!
Jean- glad the smoke alarm’s good, & hapoy birthday to Charlie too 🎂 ! Hope he enjoyed his dinner! Nice surprise to have your daughter pop in ☺ Glad Steve’s headstone is up, did Jacqui come with you? 😘
Dave- those houses & sink hole looked awful…how was MIL today? You could’ve walked quicker!
Kay- has Tara passed her boot camp? Hope you’ve both enjoyed it! Thanks for keeping track of the SOFA!
Nana- salmon & veggies is a good one for FDs! Enjoy the takeaway & wine tonight- it’s funny, I still get that Friday-needing-wine feeling, even not drinking for a few years, the alchol free wine does the job though! I was very much looking forward to it tonight after a slightly stressful shopping delivery- I’d forgotten to check it through again & we ended up with several things we didn’t need 😂
Hemmy- I wipe my Xena down too, she’s not too keen, but accepts it as long as there’s a treat at the end! Sounds like your FD went well- was that the first one for a bit?
Liannewm- hi & welcome to you ☺
1lb off for me, happy with that, as I had eaten well last weekend!
Didn’t walk as far with Xena as I stupidly forgot my phone so didn’t want to go away from.the main tracks, but eldest took her for a run & wore her out! She’s a pain though & really pulls him 😂 Saw mum this morning as we had the shopping coming in the afternoon, a few jobs done…had a lovely rissoto tonight.

Morning all!
Hope everyone’s okay & having a lull in the wind/ rain battering!
Had a much longer walk & bumped in to a couple we know, so a nice chat with them, I used to help in their son’s class, he’s a lovely lad. Xena played with their lab. Youngest has found out that his court case is going ahead next week! We’d just presumed it would be cancelled again as we’re in lockdown. Obvs he can’t get a train & stay like he did last time so we’ll take him…but if we can’t get Xena looked after then hubby will have to take him & do all the driving.
Not a FD today…

Good Afternoon FBBs Xxxx

A pretty day but cold .. lovely to see sunshine though.

Hedgehogs Well done on your this weeks pound loss .. Not easy this weather.

Sym Your tonight’s dinner sounds tasty Cold chicken always seems to taste better than hot somehow.

Its a no cooking day for me today.. I often dont bother Saturdays .. Our village shop does some really tasty cold roast beef .. So a sandwich tonight with satsumas ( I love them eat loads) lol PLUS I have treated myself to a little mini caramel egg. Yay.

Have a lovely day everyone .. Keep smiling it does make a differance. Xxxx

Afternoon all,

Minols, did you enjoy your food last night? What did you have?

Dave, hope Heidi eats something today, is it chicken and rice time?

Hemmy and Jean, enjoy your teas, nice and easy but tasty.

Jean, hope Charlie isn’t sulking after having his claws clipped.

HH, it will be good for your son to get the court case over with after all this time, but like you, I’m surprised it is going ahead. I guess they have such a backlog that they want to get things moving.

No weight loss for me again this week, in spite of 3 x 500 days out of 7, which is frustrating. Obviously eating too much on the other 4 days still. I don’t want to have to count cals every day, but maybe I’m going to have too. Or I might mix things up and do some 800cal days and reduce NFDs.

The weeks are ticking on by and if I want to lose this stone, I can’t afford any more weeks with no weight loss!

No change in SOFA:

Nana 3.5
Jo 3
Minols 3
Kay 2
HH 2

We started watching the new series of The Bay last night and as the whole series is available, we will probably carry on with them as there is nothing else on worth watching.

Day 6 of doggie training. Some of the games have been good at building distraction and focus. A couple are going to be put on the back burner for later as we focus on the more important issues. I think there has been a bit of improvement but it needs more and more practice, for her and for us.

Have a nice evening everyone, whatever you are doing x

Morning All…
A very hard frost this morning but not slippy while out. A good walk around the village met with quite a few people, dogs played well together.

Charlie was a good boy with his nail cutting, last one he started to pull away, she was very good and quick..a bit of a play first and biscuit treat on finishing. I shall do it again.

I shall be fasting tomorrow…

I baked some emergency chocolate brownies yesterday OMG so delicious, only made 4 portions nice when eating less…2 left for today 😀..( recipe is for one person)

Hemmy..
I always like cold chicken I don’t think my large chicken was as large as it should have been, a sandwich and it’s finished today…makes life easy.
Do you get to see Kirsty is she local or away?

Dave..
Thinking of Heidi hope she starts eating, it’s a worry for the old girl…she seems to stop and start.

Kay..
Keep going the weight will come off, your body is testing you. Tara’s training sounds as if it’s been a good week, pick the best bits..it all takes time, steady and slow.

Hedgehog..
Nice you can get Xena sorted and you can all go to the court case. Good you can get in the forest so lovely.
In the village it’s very busy with runners and walkers too, with different dogs too you have to keep an eye out see how they react..

I don’t know what I am doing today, heating is up and it feels cold..roll on Spring.

Have a good day all…

Jean x

Afternoon All..
What a long flat boring day..couldn’t get moving to do jobs..just so cold the heating turned well up…

Just two good walks…I did pop to shops to buy some daffodils growing in a pot, well three pots, and some primulas to put on Steve grave..our wedding anniversary and his birthday at the beginning of February so the daffs might be out for then…hard for flowers at the moment.

Tonight it’s -5 I I will bring the plants inside.

Haven’t decided on my meal tonight…Charlie is already asleep after his walk and food…

Dave..
Hope the small walk tempts her to eat..she loves her chicken so fingers crossed

Xriyrg33..
It’s a good idea to try the 5.2…you obviously haven’t tried it…..it really works and you are not hungry!!

Jean x

Hemmy..
Lovely Kirsty has now got a partner, I am not sure whether he was on the scene before you had your break.
It’s good you see them every couple of months..

Spring is around the corner..plant pot painting time again….do they get done every year?…I am ready for some better weather.

Fast day for me tomorrow shall you be fasting?

X