Hedgehog…
Although he has problems eating his belly has the better of him…he is looking forward to his fish and chips medication 30 mins before he eats…
I would just go with the flow and not eat and think of the positives….men are different…

Back to the coffeemaker SIL has quite a few in his loft, might try one out and see how I go then keep it 😂..he is always buying things!..possibly he has the pods too….

Gateaux sounds rather nice haven’t bought one in years, use to buy them frozen for Xmas in the 70 s they used to be so large …in my slim days 😂..good luck on your Asda delivery…

A read in the garden then for a canal walk before going to chippy…a bit of red wine from last weeks bottle to drink, depends if Steve joins me I might have to start another 😂 shame,,,

Have a good weekend

Xx

Jean your so lucky a river and a canal,I am sooooo jealous.Not a lot for Denise to do and if I say I will do it I get told off😬.Was quiet yesterday because we went to see Denise’s mum and I can’t get a signal in her house. The beer is cooling in the fridge I will have half tonight and the rest tomorrow🍺🍻.Cloudy yet again here so no chance of seeing the comet ☹️.

Denise has made cakes 😋😋😋😋😋. So I have been ordered to stay out of the kitchen.Old Perculiar tonight and Bombardier tomorrow on our anniversary.Took Heidi out and didn’t see a soul.Its humid outside but dry at the moment.

Evening All

A dark evening, humid but no rain as yet..

A nightmare trying to book another break, it took us two hours, between Sykes holiday company and our bank..trying to book with our card, bank said no problem, holiday company said declined..tried about 8 times in the end cancelled it and gave up!!..bank call centre closed by this time..must chase it up and see why, it’s our a Holiday card.

Daughter is in Spain coming back to isolate she’s not amused at all…should have thought it through was it worth it!..she is at the hospital for X-rays on Tuesday, waited for 6 months for that..she will have to cancel.
Trying to find out if the sons at home will have isolate when they arrive back, but can’t find anything as yet…do they need to get out of the house before they get home??

Dave..
Hope Denise has got up to celebrate your anniversary….Congratulations from us…

Hedgehog..
There is a lot of virus about in Texas, it’s a worry…schools on hold for another month, home schooling on Zoom with the teachers, four hours teaching ..30 mins teaching then 30 mins doing it yourself, through the day…a bit of organising…

Nana..
Shame on your weather, I think it’s coming north tomorrow…a lot of fun with the boys this morning lots of running, more through fields and tracks we never made the canal, we needed a bit more time one of the girls had an appointment……we have lots of memories we are getting to that age….not nice…

Jean x

Afternoon All…
Out and about…was going to watch grandson play cricket for a couple of hours but this particular club doesn’t allow dogs, as we turned up with chairs for us and a blanket for Charlie to lay on..so we couldn’t stay. Just a quick chat…

Called and had a cuppa with other grandson sat in the garden so very hot In a sun trap..

Looked around a bungalow, just not right, nearly there, the lounge just too small, £20,000 needed to sort it out and very dated. We will keep looking…need a lottery win 😀..

Charlie hasn’t eaten this morning he is having a FD, fast asleep now..

Dave..
Hoping Heidi’s paw is much improved they take time to heal…enjoy your extended celebrations today..

Quiet on here no one posting?

Jean x

Nana..
Definitely a loss next week you are usually consistent even at half pound a go 🤞next week..

Good your exercise machine is helping your pain in your legs, 8 miles is a good walk..

Steve is still struggling eating but he pushes it down 😂, more than I would….I have had a low day food wise I wasn’t too bothered with eating.

Daughter is still in a lot of pain and not sleeping, results should here next week then a plan action for medication for her.

I shall be fasting tomorrow….have a nice evening…

Jean x

Morning everyone,

So, I’m back (for about the 100th time!) I’ve been away due to the fact that my other half had a further stroke at the end of May, so things have been rather crazy here since, and my eating has been all over the place, and FD’s went out the window for a while. He’s doing okay, although it’s affected him worse this time, so recovery is very slow and hard work. Thankfully work are allowing me to carry on working from home for the time being, a lot still are actually, but at least I don’t have the pressure of going back into the office. Not that I could at the moment, as I can’t leave the patient on his own for too long a period of time.

I’m posting this, as I desperately need to get back into this WOL again and feel better about myself at least. Today is a proper FD, the first in a while, and posting it here makes me accountable and will hopefully help me stay strong.

I’ve missed everyone, and the chat here. Hope you’re all doing well.

No doubt I’ll be back later when I start getting hungry around lunchtime!

xx

DF..
Lovely to have you back again..so sorry to hear Steve has had another stroke such a worrying time for you both…it seems to be slower this time but I am sure you will both get there in the end…lovely you are working from home which is much better for you …

Let’s try and get your head around fasting again, we are fasting today…my Steve has been unwell with, lung cancer, has had chemo and he has just finished radiotherapy, so he doesn’t join me every time….we are trying to keep positive and hoping the treatment has worked it will be another three months to wait…

A worrying time for us both…fasting has been hard for me through it too..

Take care lots of hugs to you both..

Jean x

Hi everyone, have been very remiss in posting on here. My head is not into fasting at the moment. Dragon Fly nice to hear from you! Rotten to hear about Steve though. Not surprising fasting has not been a priority. I have no excuse except for suffering from anxiety a bit. Everything seems to get out of proportion in my mind. Jean is amazing, nothing gets in the way of fasting. Anyway DF all good thoughts today on your fasting today.

Jean I would give you a passport to Lincolnshire any time. It is a nice place to live, quieter than Yorkshire and I imagine less expensive although having lived here 15 years now I am a bit out of touch with prices. I tend to compare with our friends in Kent (south east London) where prices are ridiculous. Some of it is very flat and full of cabbages but our bit in the Wolds is lovely.

I was planning on some fast days this week as away next week but not doing so. When we come back we have four weeks before we go to Scotland so am going to concentrate on getting my FD mindset in for that time. I am steady at two pounds over lowest and half a stone over goal weight, not a lot but I would like to get that off so I have wriggle room.

Anyway hi to HH and Nana and Dave as well. Also Kay if you are reading while not posting.

Thanks for the welcome back 🙂

Dave, hope you’re feeling better today! Not good to feel unwell on your anniversary. Hope you had a nice day despite that.

Mel, anxiety is horrible, I talk from experience. Hope you are finding ways to cope with it. I know its not easy.

I’m doing okay so far with the day, a bit hungry but sipping herbal tea and trying to hold out till this evening.

Miserable weather today!

Afternoon!
DF- so sorry to hear about your Steve…very tough for you both, hugs to you & hope that you get back into things here for support.
Jean- keep strong too, you’re widening your house search area then? Lots going on for you still…
Dave- poor you feeling ill yesterday, hope you don’t have to wait too long for the ultrasound. Enjoy your cake today, hope you & Heidi get better.
Mel- you did really well before your holiday, & didn’t put much on with your holiday, you can do it, so don’t feel bad if you need a break 👍
Nana- did you have a roast yesterday? Hope your knees are still holding up!
Managed to get round a walk this morning with Xena without getting wet, but had a near miss which put the wind up me- Xena was off in front & we were going from a small path onto a sandy track when a pickup truck came along the track- if she’d have been a few feet further on she’d have been hit- really scared me, I’ve walked there for over 10 years & never seen any vehicles!
Been doing some clearing out & sorting done this morning…

Hi Jean if you google Lincolnshire Wolds map you can see the area it covers. Most of the places in it are villages. Would have a look at Louth while you are on holiday, nice small town. Beautiful cheese shop if it is still there. Haven’t been for ages. It is on the edge of the Wolds as we are. Lovely quiet walking area.

HH more doggy worries! If you thought too much you wouldn’t step outside the door!
Jodie is like Charlie, you call her to go on the lead and she immediately looks round to see why. Mind you she has always been very good at having the lead on. Although she waits for you to catch up as can’t see the point of coming back for the lead when we are going that way anyway. I see her point.

DF how is it going for you today?

Mel..
It’s a while since I have been to Louth, it’s lovely, market day I think Wednesday…We have roamed around a lot I forget all the names…love Horncastle too…

Finished eating roll on breakfast 😂

Hedgehog..
I have heard the same lots of thefts of dogs..it’s a worry…even off lead they just disappear…

Jean x

Evening everyone, been a mostly horrible rainy day here brightened up a bit this afternoon but now raining again. We were supposed to have had a new roof put on our garden shed today but didn’t happen because of the rain being done tomorrow now.
Welcome back Dragon fly sounds like you’ve had a bad time of it lately 🤞 Steve continues to improve.
Hedgehogs no Sunday roast yesterday we shared a nice pizza and salad instead. Knees holding up well so far thank goodness. When my dad passed away my mum enrolled in a sugarcraft course and started making some wonderful cakes for us all. When we were clearing out her bungalow after she passed away we found all of her tools etc luckily one of my cousins took them as she had started to learn how to do sugarcraft.
Dave sorry that your still feeling unwell such a shame it’s dragging on.
Mel we used to drive through the Lincolnshire Wolds on our way to stay at Burgh Le Marsh very pretty.
No FD for me today but aiming for one tomorrow.
Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone and stay safe.
Nana x

Hi everyone

Back from holiday and just catching up on the news on this page shows I’ve missed tonnes!

DF – I’ve been really struggling with things, too and this is a new start for me. Sorry to hear about Steve’s health, but glad you can be there with him just now – strange circumstances and how it’s brought some of us some great time together when we needed it. My OH has been at home and we’d hoped it woudl be continuing…but an email from the boss yesterday means it looks like he needs to move all the gear back into the offic and start commuting again. Just when I’d got him to tak on more of the cooking, too!

Jean – so do I gather you’re looking to move? The names of places in Lincolnshire you mention all bring back childhood memories for me – every month I’d get on a bus with a whole load of other spotty teenagers and head to Horncastle for a day of rehearsing with the youth orchestra – such a lot of fun!

Dog stories from a few while I’ve been away…the old dog enjoyed his holiday with the former army dog handler…she’s a bit daft for him, and we got photos os him hording a whole load of bones on his bed! I think he’s glad to be home, though?!

Dave – sorry to hear you’re still not 100%

So I’m going to go on to the tracker and own up to where i’m at this morning…and then start getting serious! OH is also tryign to lose some weight, so we’ll see how we go. it will be a slow start though as the in-laws are coming round this evening. Need to mug up on what the scottish regs are at the moment…the holiday was far too relaxed cos the NL is fairly opened up, and in Belgium we were essentially in our own cabin in the woods – lots of fresh air and minimal masking. Do you know the best thing about the holiday – not keeping up with a daily change by change account of where we’re at…the holiday for my brain and stress levels was brilliant! the down-side of it is that I now need to get back into the regs – and especiailly the church-related ones!

better crack on, then!

Mx

Morning All..
A lovely walk this morning, Tony arrived at 8am so we all went to the park..still me and Charlie left them and walked with Oreo faster…

A lazy morning just chatting and catching up…

Nana..
Looks like we are staying in the Wolds or going through them to Burgh Le Marsh ..might go with different eyes this time 😂 We are having lots of rain stopping and starting at the moment…

Hedgehog..
Daughter and SIL are so angry at the lockdown, I am keeping my distance..it’s ridiculous how they are. Spoilt children spring to mind!! 😂

Minols..
Your holiday sounds lovely back to all the rules now…shame on hubby stopping cooking duties and back to work again…

DF..
My NFDs are the worse I do struggle…fast days are quite controlled…keep strong..

Short blog due to visitor…

Jean x

Its so frustrating when NFD are harder to deal with. I think the FD discipline must be engrained so deep that we just KNOW we have to do it, and there is no other option. I’ve managed okay today, when I would usually start picking at stuff I’ve done some exercise instead. In between work and Steve napping! I had cereal for breakfast, fruit for lunch and a few hours later some Cheese-strings (yes, I love them, and am a big kid at heart .. Steve can’t believe how I can enjoy them!) Having bolognaise for dinner, with a little spaghetti. So, with the exercise its not too bad and I’ve not had any of the wrong foods. I’ve got into the terrible habit of Friday being a “cream cake day”. It really has to stop, because I was eating TWO in a row and not even worrying about it. Will have to make it “Fruit Friday” from now on LOL.

Evening everyone, kitchen now closed for the day. Not a bad FD came in at around 750 calories. New garden shed roof put on today looks a lot smarter.
Seems like a lot of us are having problems with weight loss at the moment but it’s good to be able to come on here and realise that it’s not just you struggling.
Not much else to report for today so have a good evening everyone and stay safe.
Nana x

Morning all!
Off into town today, got to go to the bank 😬. Will see how busy it is whether we go anywhere else.
Enjoyed my breakfast this morning!

Hi all,

Work has kept me busy again today, so I’ve managed to be mindful. Its not easy though, being at home and even more so since Steve has become addicted to chocolate lately!

FD tomorrow, so I’m hoping it will be easier than Monday was.

I even managed a Zumba workout at lunch, its been too long! I’ve been doing workouts from You Tube mainly, so thought I’d dig the Zumba dvd out.

Yes, Friday I have to be strong with the cream cakes. Too easy to get into the habit, and Jean I was the same .. it carrying on into weekend too.

Back tomorrow, enjoy the rest of the day xx

Afternoon!
Jean- you have done well, it’s not like you’re piling weight on, you’re still around your maintenance weight so don’t be too hard on yourself! I don’t think ‘enjoying’ a trip into town comes into it these days- long queue for the bank, over half an hour wait, queues outside some other shops too! We did what we had to & that was it!
Dave- glad the doctors is done, & nice to get your son out bowling too!
DF- well done again today, I’ll probably be joining you tomorrow, & hope it’s easier for you…great that you’re getting into exercise again!
Nana- hope you’ve had a good day, keep safe too…
Minols- hope you’re getting back into the swing of things!
Rang my HomeStart family for usual weekly call, poor Mum is feeling really low- child no3 is very difficult with his autism at the moment, the baby she thinks is starting to show signs of autism too 😞, so bought her some flowers & dropped them off, it’s so hard when I can’t do anything to help…Got some jobs done this afternoon, eaten some of my dark chocolate, comfort eating after the shopping trip 😱, & a bit stressed about the noisy neighbours- they’ve been banging about & piling stuff against our house wall, which their garden backs straight onto, where we had the trouble & damp patch before. They’d been shouting at each other & drinking, so didn’t think it was a good idea hubby going to talk to them but he did & they were lovely & friendly, apologetic about all the building noise! So that turned out okay 😁

Evening everyone, had a busy day doing some more pickled courgettes and also some plum sauce. We’re very lucky to have nice neighbours who have allotments so give us vegetables all the time as they can’t use them all.
Jean forgot one last celebration its 15 years ago today was my last day of working at CIS Insurance as they closed all of the offices to just have a sales office in Manchester so made all of us office workers redundant.
No visit to daughters today going tomorrow instead.
Hope everyone else is keeping okay and stay safe.
Nana x

Dave- don’t get too excited about the weather; only supposed to last 2 days!

Evening All..
We are fasting tomorrow…

We have had a busy day looking at a few houses and a bungalow..a lot of awful places about, photos look good and big, which when visiting goes much smaller and quite disappointing …deciding on our area now and will wait until any properties come available..just one more property to look at tomorrow ..

DF..
We will keep strong at the weekend with our treats…I have Steve back on board with fasting which will help me a lot..

Dave..
Hope you are not aching too much tomorrow..lovely your son is getting into it too…red wine is irritating my water works no idea why, giving it a rest for a bit….A couple of days of good weather…

Hedgehog..
I don’t think it’s very good getting out doing shopping jobs, quite frustrating…can’t be bothered but some things have to be done..Still chasing some pesky pounds, I think I am 1 lb out of maintenance…

Glad the neighbours were understanding, ours can be noisy both sides…

Nana..
We both were made redundant at 60, I was retiring so held back a bit then took redundancy, we managed so Steve never looked for another job..enjoy your daughters visit tomorrow…

Jean x

Morning all
Got an early start, and the boy currently settled beside me doing maths in order to earn Fortnite time – cruel! But I really can’t have him on it ALL day, and I’m trying to work, so can’t entertain him either…

Food intake decreasing back to ‘normal’ levels, and I’ve gone back to black coffee…hopeful that the first few pounds off of holiday excess will do the ‘quick shift thing’, and then I’ll be back into the stubborn pounds next week.

Ate at an amazing Thai place in the Hague and asked for the menu so that I could start tryinig to cook something similar back here…so last night I tried a Phad Thai…just small portions (that’s what we’d said we both wanted, and fortunately I had very few noodles left int he cupboard!) but oh so yummy! no idea of the cals, but I figure it should work as a main meal when I have ‘one meal days’.

Today has been skyr with fruit and nuts so far, and I’m about to go into 2 meetings back to back, so just coffee then. We try to do a family walk at lunch-time, and that seems to be settling into just costa coffee takeaway, and a nibble when I get home, so if I can get through to the OH’s fish and rice (of long tradition), then I’ll count today a really good day!

HH – you’re fasting, aren’t you? And DF, too, I think? Good luck.

Mx