Wet here and cold, couldn’t sleep so up early. Think I will have Weetabix for breakfast, not fasting today. I have decided not to get weighed until the 27th of March, that will give me some time to lose the holiday gain. I will still be fasting this week, not got the holiday feeling yet. Spanish lesson later then shopping. Volkswagen drivers are ok for a German car, they come bottom of my hit list😄.BMW are by far the worst. Big SUV cars are moving up on the list too 😱.

I forgot it’s pancake Day, should I buy some or make them myself.I never have a dessert apart from sometimes when I go out for a meal, so once a year isn’t bad. Better take Heidi out before it pours down.

Jean – Yes, the VW Up is the small one .. perfect for just me. I’ll have to see how they price up when I decide to change it, haven’t the energy at the moment, but maybe in the spring.

Life would be so boring if everyone liked the same things 🙂 As for bad drivers, I think people are bad generally these days. The motorway was so dangerous with surface water this morning, and yet they still insist on flying up in the fast lane at ridiculous speeds! Winds me right up!

Yes motorway traffic is horrendous, people doing 100 mph in the wet.Just as bad some do 30 mph that can cause problems. Got caught in a hail storm and as soon as I get home the sun comes out.

HI all

Not doing great. Still under the weather, and this mornign I popped in on the League of Gentlemen (our wee eauivalent to man shed) to ask them to move a piano for me, and one of the wives had sent in cake…I was not allowed out withou accepting a slice! To be honest, it was just the boost I needed. I’ll still keep to my small portions today, but really need to get a serious day in tomorrow, and good days for the rest of the week, otherwise Feb will see me going backwards (notice how I’m starting to manage your expectations, Kay?!)

Jean – when it comes to smaller cars that can do everything, I can never look past the Honda Jazz – I’ve had a couple, and used one to lug everything for a cottage renovation up and downt he road! Japanese engineering is good. But the best thing about it is the ‘magic’ seats…amazing! not just the usual split stuff, or even the fold flat option. It’s the fact that you can tip the seat bit up against the back, so you have in effect a tall boot in the middle ofthe car, as well as the normal boot. When we had 2 dogs, I lined that bit with an adapted boot line hung off the headrests of the front seats, and the dogs curled up in that bit, down and out of sight of passer-by distraction. When the boy was wee, i had one seat like a seat for his carrier, and the other tipped up for the folded buggy to stand up in, and the dogs got relegated to the proper boot – yes, they did both fit, dogs like to curl up! Of course, it turns out that Honda gear sticks and handbrakes are irrestitible to buhunds…but he also ate purses, handbags, lipsalves, ibuprofen strips…so I can’t probably blame Honda for that! If I were not trying to have the smallest car I can find with all its seats, I’d have a Jazz still!

Meanwhile – DF, I think we’ve talked ood VWs before?! Our 50 year old one is adapted for dogs, and pulls a wee matching pod…just not often enough. I’d love to be able to go camping more often with the set up. Currently working on a campaign to persuad my OH that he really wants to make Stripey environmentally friendly and put in an electric engine…figuring it’ll take me three years, by which time hopefully the conversion price will have come down so we don’t need another mortgage!

mx

DF..
Looks a lovely small car, for city driving or for one person..looks like we have nearly bought our car, waiting for a price for ours, 12 week wait! ☹️

We have to tell the girls we are selling the caravan yet 😬..surprising what I tell you guys….

Dave…
Poor you and Heidi…we got caught in one the other day, us three girls laughing like mad and the three dogs sheltering under a bush 😂..who’s crackers!…keep positive about your holiday…

Hedgehog..
It’s a baby to ours….I really love the Tigwan we had one before the Volvo, Volvo much bigger it’s a fantastic car, Tigwan still too big and pricey..shame..

Tammy..
Hope today goes well for hubby, it’s a worry…good your weights down for you and everything looking well, doctor would be pleased and you …

Minols..
BIL swears by the Jazz, we would just like a bit bigger….we like Honda too had a few Civics.. hope the cake deserved the calories 😬…you pack a lot into the Jazz 😂

Jean x

I would get a big gas guzzler if I won the lottery, but to be honest if I wasn’t going to Denise’s mums every week I would probably only do 3/4 thousand miles per year.So a small car works out cheaper all round. Spanish lesson was good, all the women laughing again, Olwyn who is teaching us was saying she was playing darts in Spain and said something and all the pub was laughing, she said what’s up they explained that what she said translated into testicles.😱

Evening everyone,Am pleased to report a two pounds loss shown on the scales this morning expect after lunch and some pancakes it’s gone back on now 😐 Eldest Grandson and his Fiancee have asked us to go meet up with them for lunch on Saturday which will be nice.
Jean Dexter is very gruesome the character called Dexter works as a police forensic evidence officer – who decides to dispose of criminals who aren’t prosecuted for their crimes and dispatches them in nasty ways. Pleased to say car passed it’s mot with flying colours- its a sixteen year old Skoda Octavia ( heard all the jokes ) that we’ve had from new but not done many miles.
Minols hope you start to feel better soon.
Tammy not a good outcome 😕
Have a good evening everyone.
Nana x

Nana- well done 2lbs off! That’s great, you might be the only one making the grade with the pebble pot 😂 Glad your car passed it’s mot.
Tammy- that is a shame, sorry for you & very stressful…good that tgey gave him advice on what to do next though. Hope you get hubby sorted with hearing aids etc now.
Minols- hope the cake was enough medicene to keep you better.
Jean- did the toast help for breakfast or does your usual keep you fuller longer?
Had a good keto day, very low carb & restrained for me! Took Xena out- was sunny out the front but dark clouds out the back, thankfully rain waited until we got home! Now got to cook beef chow mein for youngest before I sit down…

Dave..
We only had the powerful car to pull the caravan we had only a choice of about 5 cars in our price range, she did just over 40 miles per gal pretty good for engine size, pulled at 31 miles which was excellent..
Life changes, so smaller to fit in now…

Spanish lesson sounds funny…a plan in place for weighing hope it works …

Tammy..
He will have to put all his problems forward and it may help next time…they do ask a lot off people..just tick boxes with no compassion…you have worries, it knocks the pebbles…hugs…

Nana..
Well done on 2 lbs off..lovely meeting up with grandson and fiancé at the weekend ..passed in about Dexter maybe not me…

Hedgehog…
No difference with breakfast, I think I could miss it out really…it was the smell of burnt toast this morning, me and Charlie joined him 😂
We had big black dark skies, we managed our walk too…a bit like sleet and hail when it arrived…

Night night and to bed….

Jean x

Well done on the 2lbs nana!
Steve, well done on another fast day.

Tammy, sorry he lost the appeal. Shame its based on his situation 2 years ago. New application needed I reckon, situation worse, understated problems…

HH, well done getting back into keto.

Jean, I have toast, Im hungry again not afterwards it doesnt fill me up.

Minols, hope the cake was worth it?! 😉

I finished on 746 today, so happy with that. 2 more of those to go. Work in the morning and I volunteer in our village shop on Wednesday afternoons, so that should keep me busy and out of the kitchen.

3 days left of focused Feb…..rattling the jar….

Hi everyone

I’m with you trying to fast, HH, so no breakfast for me. I’ve the makings of a curry recipe from the Hairy Bikers for tonight…just need to get to that point of the day! And, of course, today is the start of Lent, so I also have a bit of a chocolate hangover from eating all the chocolate in the house last night! Kidding! I didn’t, but I did have some…just so I know what I’m giving up!

Have a good day, everyone.

Mx

Toast wouldn’t keep me going for very long unless I had half a loaf 🤐, that’s why I stick with porridge or weetabix.

Not sure how the day is going to turn out it’s looking cold but dry at the moment just don’t want any snow.

Morning All..
A very bright morning..cold I think…

A village 4 miles from us, Snaith, The River Aire our river has flooded over, through the day yesterday then very bad over night..I really feel for them…we will be going through to the caravan later if the main road is open, we think it will be.

A busy day emptying the caravan, we have done one run yesterday…we have a dealer coming on Monday hopefully to take it..sad but a must.

Dave..
We need a high car to get into most cars are too low, so a mid size SUV, petrol.

Kay..
I am hoping to re think breakfast next week, more protein or miss it….are you doing a pebble March?

Enjoy your day…different helping in the shop pm….

Hedgehog..
Enjoy your HS day…keep busy…

Minols..
Hope you can keep off chocolate for Lent…keep strong..or you will be in trouble 😂

DF..
Steves body should tell him, hope he calms down and takes it easy…it will be hard when you get back to work full time, have they been understanding?..I think it’s so hard, tiring and very draining for us when they are ill…look after yourself too…

Tyhpoo..
I get so fed up with cereal, so mundane..I think I could not have breakfast..it’s just been drummed into me for years you must eat!!

Dave..
Keep busy, hope your sons ok travelling but enjoys his self…my SIL has travelled to Milan and Croatia in the last 10 days, I have told my daughter to keep an eye on him.

Have a good day everyone…

Must get on and walk…busy day…

Jean x

Morning. Back very late last night. I fasted yesterday which worked well. Thanks for that tip Jean. I was under 500 but 200 of them was a bag of crisps at 9pm last night at Toulouse airport. There was nothing else i could see that had the calories on. I did have an apple too…not braved the scales yet but plan to fast again tomorrow and weigh then. I dont feel too much fatter but we all know how deceptive that can be.

Will catch up on posts but to join the car discussion, we have a vw golf sv. Not that common here but like a longer slightly broader golf not as long as tge estate. Top gear called it very boring and it is. But it’s an automatic which was the first one for us and no going back from that. And the size was just right as two dogs can go in boot and enough space but not massive. Miss my fun little mini but it was just sensible for us to go to one between us.

Goox to be back. Hoping I don’t wreck the pebble jar…

Just had toast 😱.The sun is trying to come out so bowling looking good, only a short session today before I take my son to the airport. The Coronavirus seems to be going worldwide unfortunately. Could be very better take Heidi out while it’s dry.

Minols- well done with that donut! 😇 I wpuldn’t have been able to resist it! Hope the non chocolate time goes quickly!
DF- poor you, such a worry, sending you a hug. Hope maybe feeling rough yesterday shakes hubby up & he’ll take it easier from now on. As the others have said, look after yourself!
Mel- have just told hubby that you have a focus ST, he’s envious! He wants one for his next car, he would change cars regularly but our Peugeot is lovely, low mileage & reliable, silly to change it now. We did have a Landrover discovery for a while, that was amazing! As I live with 3 petrol heads, it rubs off!
Sarah- hope your holiday was lovely, & the scales are kind! I bet it was lovely to see Gretel again?
Dave- how are you finding the Nimble toast? Are you still going bowling if it’s raining?
Jean- I will talk to care salesman son & get the lowdown on cars for you! Such a shame about the caravan, hugs to you as well…
Early lunch, hoping for a 500cal day, but might go a bit over 😬. Had a lovely walk with Xena, was bright but cold & windy here. Heard there’s another posdible corona virus case in Colchester now…
Off to see my family soon

Afternoon quick break at work
So many posts to read through, I will get it done.
Right so I have given myself a kick in the pants and am going to try and do 3b2b’s,hopefully undo some of the past weeks eating, see how hungry I get, doing well just now, and have mothers lentil soup for my tea, trying to be more conscious about hidden calories, as Dave pointed out and am going to try and stick to black coffee and water. Not sure how many calories my tea with milk and sweeteners comes in at, but its probably more than I think.
Stay strong the fasters
Catch you later
Tammy x

Hi all – HUNGRY! Managed to stay off everything until the boy came home at 3pm with a quarter of chees sandwich leftover…didn’t touch the sides of my mouth!

Still, I’ve managed to cook what I think might turn out to be a fabulous curry without nibbling anything else from the fridge, so if I can keep myself occupied for the next 30 minutes, I can do some rice and eat a proper meal with the boys and if I manage for that to be ALL (!) then I’ll be well under 800 and possibly nearly at 500. Out tonight for a really engaging meeting, and the host doesn’t serve biscuits…FAB!

3xb2b – Tammy…you brave thing!Go for it!

Mx

Last break of the day
Just had my soup and had some small pieces of fruit, so hopefully that’s it for today.
Lovely sunny day but chilly, think snow is expected.
Jean so sorry the caravan has to go, dont envy getting rid of the stuff in the garage though.
Right must get back
Tammy x

Minols..
A curry I think you have tempted me for the weekend…enjoy…

Dave….
Lovely to have holiday feeling….

Tammy..
You have done well..last bit of the shift..

Hedgehog..
Thanks for asking I think Steves set on a VW with extras, just waiting until the caravan is sold…glad the baby is getting much better and the Mum is ok to let her stay with you…Snaith is awful, it will be on the news still maybe not in your area…. shall walk out at 10 and see how bad it is..

Jean x

Nana..
Arm up my back kicking and screaming on changing to automatic…carefully test driving in York, we bought the Volvo…one week on …no way would I want a manual…..next car definitely an automatic …😂..I really don’t want snow but would it help the floods…ok I will have snow.

Shame on giving Ely a miss…I am feeling the need for wine not good before fasting but there it goes…finished now…

Jean x

Or 🍷🍷🍷🍷😂…Sod it!…feeling emotional…but ok…
X

Jean- you definitely deserve it, we’re all amazed at how you’re keeping going with the fasting! Hugs…
Kept to 500cals when I counted it up.

A Volvo great cars them.My son has landed safe in Prague so hope he has a good time. Trying to get my phone number ported to virgin from Vodafone, struggling at the moment.Will try again when the football ends.