Morning All…
A lovely day…

Trying to get moving but failing…lol…hope to be away by 10.30…

We are both maintaining our weight this week…well I lost 2 oz..lol

Dave..
Where is your hockey from at this late hour?…hope it was a good game….

Hedgehog..
Are you going to take her to the vets…or do you think she will settle again…you don’t want her dehydrated..have a nice day at work hope you are not tempted…

Katie..
A really well done ..good you stayed with it…4 lbs is a great loss… …

In our local news paper today….a one eyed cat from Goole, kept wandering to Howden about 6 miles away, a small town across a large River, he has been brought back home a several times…he must of slept on a lorry at Wren Kitchens Howden and he has ended up at Bristol 200 miles away..someone is bringing him back on a train and dropping him off back home….funny little animals…it looks as if he looking for a new home…

On that note have a good day…

Jean x

Well done Katie,great loss.Gone 3am when I got to bed and we lost ☹️ Going shopping when I can tear Denise away from diagnosis murder,think I may take Heidi out while I am waiting.

Don’t know why that came up twice.Jean the hockey is from Toronto so it’s eastern time,just as well otherwise it would finish at 5 am.

KL- well done, a nice 4lbs reward for persevering!
Jean- enjoy the afternoon out, no 🍰
Minols- have a lovely time with your sister! Enjoy the meal out. Is your Mum at Lincoln, I can’t remember?
Dave- very annoying staying up only to lose the match!
Pseudo- hope everything’s going okay with your busy spell.
Claire- enjoy getting ready for your week off! How old is your son?
The meeting was good but training cancelled, so home earlier than planned, & did some clothes & early Christmas shopping! Better not take Xena out for a walk in case she eats anything grotty! I’ve got a pot for a sample, will see if it clears up or will drop that off Monday- she’s drinking okay so not getting dehydrated, not going too much in the day, she seems to be worse at night!

Thanks everyone, it makes me only want to nibble on a lettuce leaf all weekend to not ruin it haha.

Hope everyone has some nice plans for the weekend 🙂

Jean- making my mouth water!

I’m with you, Dave… But did share a remarkably good brownie with my sister earlier. No calories, of course, because shared. Likewise the Eton mess… The boy had one to himself and I armed mum and sister with spoons to help with mine!

HH – you’re right… Lincoln is our family haunt.

Mx

Morning All…
A beautiful day here, misty over the fields….

Going into Gainsborough later, a Market day…we have passed near but not stopped so a look around..

It’s ok having a day off but we both can’t cope with it these days….we felt it last night…glass of wine, beer for Steve, a couple of chocolate things, made us have a unsettled night…strange if having a meal out I enjoy a glass of wine but having a drink on its own is no good…we really just don’t do it now …I think our only downfall now is our piece of cafe cake.

We have cut back so much now, we are better than we think 😇…our body soon let’s us know when we slip….the line is drawn!____________________________________

Hedgehog..
I laughted at the Stokes cafe…I would of loved to see your face….no calories ….shared chocolates uummm..

Minols..
Chocolate brownie AND Elton mess..no calories….shared..uummmm..

A thoughtful day for us….lesson learnt..

Have a good weekend all..

Jean x

Nice day here too. Went for a nice walk for an hour down the beach with Baxter, I have the rest of the day to relax now and try to avoid grazing haha

Have a good day everyone x

Afternoon…
This morning wasn’t the best idea…Gainsborough was very quiet and run down looking …it’s a shame, we have so many dead sort of places…

We didn’t stay decided to come back and read and have lunch back here…looks like we may have the site to our selves, unless someone comes later…

Dave..
Hope you get some results by the end of the month…you have done well with the drinking…

Katie..
Be good no grazing…lol..nice walk on the beach how lovely….

Hedgehog..
I do think it’s good once in a while to have time off after so long on 5.2..just re boots the body…it’s very clever at knowing and what to expect…I will have a tight week from Monday…I think generally more thoughtful, last 10 days it makes you realise you start to slip a bit…

Poor little Xena it’s taking time to get over the runs…hope it soon gets sorted out..

Jean x

Morning All..
A beautiful early morning here…the sky many lovely colours..

A 9 hours sleep last night I was tired…left Steve watching F1…. we are off to a really large car boot this morning, it’s on till 3 pm on an airfield…thought of you Hedgehog this morning, as you sometimes go to them…

Dave..Steve was upset on ManU too last night changed in the last few minutes apparently…

Have a good Sunday whatever you are all doing….

Jean x

Hi everyone.
Just done the big shop and will be domestic for the rest of the day so a bit prepared with food for the week… Always better with a plan. If I can get the house a bit straight too then we can all be back at real life tomorrow in a way that will hopefully make the madness of my run to Christmas fun and not overwhelming!

Mx

Afternoon…
We have had a lovely day…the outside car boot was so large with a inside hanger full of stalls…we then went next door to a big Antique Centre full of beautiful things..cafe of course, we sat outside it was quite warm in the sun…one for you Hedgehog if back in the area..I bought a £3 carpet runner for the caravan for near the cooker as I am very messy a replacement, which the other needs throwing away and a bag of tomatoes for a new recipe I have..

Hedgehog..
I think your Mums away more than us…lol..hope hubby soon gets better and little Xena..

Minols..
Are you with us tomorrow fasting ….line drawn for us now, we have had a very naughty weekend…

Dave..
Enjoy the ice hockey keep warm….

Jean x

Dave- safe journey & enjoy the match!
Jean- will be joining you tomorrow fasting, have also not been good this weekend!
Minols- hope you get organised, a scary thought of Christmas planning already!
Had a walk with Mum as so lovely here, really warm. Yes, Jean, they’re away more than you! They have a static caravan on the North Norfolk coast, so spend a lot of the summer there, & then a few other trips as well, they’ve just been to France with my aunt, she’s widowed so she goes away with them a lot. They went to Dartmouth a few weeks ago, & France earlier in the summer.
Doing roast chicken for tonight, except not for me!

Hi all – my line drawn…

I’ll be fasting tomorrow – it will feel weird to be back trying to do it properly, and I’m at a day long meeting/conference at the big people’s offices, so I’ll need to keep my head in the game. Lunch will be provided, but I need to try and seek out a back room bod, so hopefully I’ll miss the food trays! Tonight I’m going to prepare turkey burgers out of the FD cook book – 174 cals…I’ll make extra for the boys.

I don’t have much in the evenings this week which will hopefully help to give me a sense of calm control over both food and house – down-side is that I’ll miss the distractions that an evening meeting can give me, so I must plan for that in scheduling sorting or sewing for every evening. Anything to keep me away from the biscuit tin at work!

As for Christmas – I got quite a lot of the background stuff prepared so I can help others get involved and enjoy being a part of it (hopefully), while giving myself enough time to enjoy the bits I haven’t prepared ahead as they come up without having to stress about what’s around the corner. I have a strange relationship with major events – I need to plan ahead so others can choose to get involved and be a part of it, but if I’m not careful, I’m so planned that actually I’m not really a part of things when they happen…I’ve moved on to the next thing. I’m always searching for that happy medium that will see me prepared enough not to panic, but still with enough to finish off that it keeps me involved ‘in the moment’ and so able to enjoy things with everyone else. Fingers crossed for this year!

Mx

Sorry I haven’t been around for a few days. I’ve been out and about with my son Sean (he’s 12 by the way, I forgot to reply to this question the other day).

He played his first football match for Manchester City Disability Team the other evening and then I went out yesterday to buy some new scales to weigh myself properly only to return to find out my husband had been involved in a car crash. He’s ok but the car is a bit of a mess. I spent the rest of the day and today stuck indoors catching up on emails and stuff.

Hope everyone is having a better weekend

Very true Jean and thank you.

Weigh in tomorrow but not expecting too much. After a stressful day yesterday we had a takeaway. Otherwise, I haven’t done too bad with things I have ate over the weekend.

Claire x

Evening everyone,

Claire, belated welcome. Sorry to hear about hubby, thankfully he wasn’t injured. Hope the new scales are kind tomorrow.

I’m joining the line drawing club. Think I’ll be fasting on Tuesday as some bits I’ve got to use tomorrow before they go out of date. Not fasted for months so it’ll be interesting. I have been cutting back and managed the odd ‘low’ day, so hopefully it won’t be too bad. Hannah has gone down west on placement, so decided to try to get back on track for the 8 weeks she’s away. It includes my birthday so there may be a slight deviation, but hopefully this will see me back on track before Christmas.

Jean, hope Steve continues to get some relief from his back pain. A shame the holiday had to be cancelled, but can’t imagine how he would have managed the flights.

HH, hope Xena’s tummy has settled down.

Dave, hope the thermals have done the job.

Minols, a long wait for the blood test results. Obviously nothing alarming has come to light, but maybe something that will hint to your recent struggles. Who knows, you may be joining the hypothyroid club.

CW, I read that your skin was better, hope it continues.

Pseudo, hope you’ve managed to relax a bit this weekend, it’s tough working and studying. Glad the recent floods didn’t affect you, Carmarthenshire seems to have been hit quite hard.

Sorry if I’ve missed anyone.

Just waiting to pick Bec up from work, looking forward to bed tonight. Where does the weekend go?

Hope to catch up again tomorrow.

Lynne x

Morning All..
We have had a chilly over night temperature..the heating kicked in…we were toastie…a beautiful day seems to be just arriving a glorious sun rise…

We are travelling back today usually leave about 10 ish…a good day to fast when travelling..nothing planned for the week ahead…Steve getting itchy fingers to go in the garage to his bike re assembling now he is feeling much better…

Lynne..
Lovely to have you back on board…you will be missing Hannah hope she is enjoying her placement..Bec working too…thinking of you settling into your new job and routine …we are missing Kay, DL and Hemmy but I am sure they will be back when ready…

Minols..
Why are the children always sleepy on school days and up like a lark on holidays when you feel like a lie in yourself…the poor teachers 30 children in the same mode lol…my daughters school has another week at school then she is off for the week…hoping to catch up quite difficult in term time she has been so busy..

Have a good day fast say today…a few of us been naughty…

Jean x

Morning everyone, sorry I’ve been so bad at updating here.

Back on board today with a FD. Pseu I hate Mondays too, with you 100%

This is my final push up to Christmas, I want to feel comfortable in myself over the festive period 🙂 I’m hovering just above where I want to be, but its such a balancing act. The pounds go on so much easier than they come off. I need to keep myself in check constantly!

I’ve missed you all 🙂

Jean, me and Steve going away in the camper at weekend, to Wales!! Its going to be a cold one lol .. we must be mad. Last one of the year though, and I’m looking forward to it 🙂

x

DF- sorry I missed your post- started typing an hour ago & have only just got to finish it with interruptions! Hope your FD goes well too. It will be a cold one next weekend, rather you than me!

Afternoon All…
Home safe and sound….a balancing act here brought bedding and pillows home for a wash, will keep them at home over the winter…all my free spaces seem to have disappeared 😬…they are quite big and bulky..

First wash on of clothes….I think I may scarify my lawn later still a bit wet…having a cuppa now..

DF..
Lovely to hear from you….I think you will have a lovely weekend, its a wrap up warm I think…you will be cosy in on a night time…..we have been lucky sat outside in the sun..hoping to get away again around Steves appointments if we can…5 weeks to caravan service when we have to empty the caravan..a pain!

Let’s get the few pounds off before the silly season starts…Steve stated today he is at maintenance but loosing some more pounds slowly whatever that means!! ..I think he’s at a full stop 😂

Pseu..
I always think Monday’s are the worse after having the weekend off…

Hedgehog..
Is Xena well enough for a walk out…it’s quite nice here..hoping hubby is feeling better..

Katie..
Have a good fast day

Claire..
How was the weigh in this morning?

Jean x

Claire..
Don’t be disheartened it could be the new scales…the old ones could be quite different…feel positive and move forward, think thoughtfully on what you are eating, you know what you shouldn’t be eating as we all do..we all have our downfalls…cake being mine…

Think forward on the meds you don’t want to start and surgery…5.2 is hard at the beginning it’s getting your head around the new way of eating…but you can do it….

Good luck it will be better next week..

Jean x

Good afternoon,fast day for me too,lots of us fasting today.Another sunny day here, Heidi seems to be off her food at the moment so I will give her some chicken,that usually works.I enjoyed the hockey in Blackburn last night, nice to see some old friendly faces from the Manchester Phoenix days.

Struggling a bit, so just having some Bovril. I’m struggling to concentrate, not good! Hope the salt helps 🙂

Just over 2 hours till home-time.

Thanks for the welcome back 🙂