G’day Smiffy
At least you didn’t gain. Give yourself some slack.
I figure my skin thinks I’m still as tall as I was at 20 😉 P
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Well Hello Everyone! As always this has been a busy wee forum in my absence! I so wish I could participate more but I’m afraid at the moment time does not allow.
Lots of inspiration as always – the positive message is here – stick with this WOE and you will see results. I got back on the wagon and stood on the scales earlier this week with a lot of trepidation following my holiday…… drum roll… another 4lbs off! I think I might be a little hypercritical of myself at the moment I don’t think on reflection I ate enough on hol to gain weight and getting into the 5.2 as soon as got back allowed the weight loss to continue. My total now is 22lb in 12 wks not quite the 2lb a week I’m striving for but I’m still quite chuffed. Wee Mam, Jojo, Amazon,Hermaj, Smithy,Ply, Purple,Samm, RT et al I thank you for your example and great information 😆
I’m so delighted that some of you will meet up next month – this has the makings of a screenplay. I would love to see this movie! A group of friends meet on ‘tinternet’ supporting each other through cyberspace. We could get the back story of each, wee mam with her lovely family, Hermaj with her martial arts expert husband and international friends, Jojo and her bowling club spats – the list goes on. So much material, we would be spoiled for choice! Then we have the York weekend, everyone meeting with their red scarf in the train station perhaps. There would have to be a dramatic event, followed by a happy conclusion – there you have it – the classic feel good movie! Please indulge me in my daydreaming and pick an actor to play your part in this blockbuster 😆
(I know you won’t manage to York WeeMam but if there’s a Scottish convention next year count me in I live just down the road in Linlithgow).
The Aussie content is interesting to me too – we are visiting Melbourne, Sydney and Perth in January. Our younger daughter is in Perth and has been warning us re the likely temps and sun ferocity – factor 50 is required I believe. We will try not to be ‘Brits abroad’ – my husband likes to wear quite tight swim shorts –not quite speedos (budgie smugglers) but we call them ‘Burts’ as the resemble Burt Lancasters swimwear in his famous rolling around in the surf scene (!!!!)
Sorry if I haven’t mentioned you by name I’ve enjoyed everyones input. Best wishes to all.
Hi KiwiWiwi,
No, we don’t do wapwaps here? 🙂 I would probably say ‘out in the boonies’ but I believe that’s American. Probably many Brits would say ‘in the back of beyond’, or maybe ‘out in the sticks’. Suggestions on a postcard please. 😉
We read Travels With a Donkey at school and I think it was one of an accumulation of things French that turned me into a lifelong Francophile. Two memories of la France profonde from one Christmas trip 15+ years ago:
driving on a cold grey winter’s afternoon across the garrigue in Herault, a landscape that probably hasn’t changed since the Middle Ages, with Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble’s Officium – also quite medieval – on the car stereo.
managing to cook a Christmas Eve dinner in a cubby-hole under the stairs of the little rented house built into the ramparts surrounding the village of Laroque.
Hi Smiffy, lizzie, jojo and other Yorkies,
For a starter, are there any other lovely ladies we know (cathyork perhaps, even though you don’t live in the city), on this or other threads, who would like to join the party?
I’m going to get my travel and accommodation arrangements done today and I’ll keep you posted. Tentatively, I’ll probably be arriving at 13.13 on the train with the cheapo fare. If the cheapo fares have run out I might be a tad earlier. I’d love to join you all for lunch if your tums can wait that long.
It’s gonna be fun!
Hi JoJo
Wellington eh – my hometown! It’s a very nice city but a bit shaky sometimes.
Wellington in August can be nice or quite the opposite. There is nothing between the city and the Antarctic!
What is your daughter doing there?
We have an empty flat which we keep for ourselves. Sometimes people stay in it.
If you need accommodation, it’s quite possibly empty in the winter.
Hello Fasttrackers
If you watched the programme Trust Me with MM. Here is a link to a very scholarly article about changing Glycaemic Indexes of Carbs using different production and cooking methods.
I must say that this WOL is making me interested in the different aspects of nutrition.
http://www.montignac.com/en/the-factors-that-modify-glycemic-indexes/
Bonne Journée
KiwiWiwi
Tartanlass…there is a great toilet in the shops at Linlithgow! We missed out on seeing the castle as I was desperate for a loo 😉
Glad your hubby doesn’t wear budgie smugglers…our PM has turned everyone off them!
You are welcome to nominate when you will be on the east coast. At least Bay and I could meet you.(right Bay?) You can reciprocate when I’m over your way next year. Night all….P
Tartanlass It would be great to meet you and look forward to it next year :).
I am having a real lazy day today . Only doing some cooking . have the day off tomorrow to as My uncle and cousin are coming from Aberdeen to visit Dad . I hope they manage to get him up.
Did I tell you all about my Dad being 96 and the Alzheimers ? We have to watch him now as he is picking small things up in the shops . We usually have Ross at the back of him , OH beside him and me in front ( eyes in the back of the head lol ).
Last week we were in Aldi and OH saw Dad put a pear in his pocket . We just said “if you want to put that back we will put a bag of pears in the shopping trolly . Bless him as when we get to the check out he doesn’t remember anything about them and says HE DIDN’T want pears lol . Bless him he is brilliant and just so adorable .
OH is feeling a lot better today but I am so disappointed that the rough sexy voice has gone 🙂 .
Have a great day everyone BUT be good 🙂
Wee xx
Hi Smiffy
Meeting at the station sounds good. I haven’t stayed in a youth hostel for 25 years. It’ll be an adventure if nothing else:) I hope the FB page gets up and running so we can exchange some contact details…
Tartan lass: Angela Pleasence to play my part. Someone told me I looked a bit like her about 40 years ago!!! Some of the parts she’s played over the years are pretty scary looking so choose a nice one if you look on line, please! There are some mad looking characters there and Smiffy will be too frightened to meet me if she sees them!
Lizzypb
Hi Yorkies
Does anyone have their email address on their profile? Would it be foolish to do that? Have you had spam? We could contact each other if one of us did it. I’d be willing to put one of mine on (I have one I never use) if all the Yorkies would contact me promptly. Then I could remove it and round robin everyone so we’d all be in touch. Any thoughts?
Lizzypb
Afternoon all.
I went out at 10.30 this morning for coffee and cake and didn’t get home until 3pm! We did lot of gossiping 🙂
As I’m trying to keep it low carb I chose an affair made mainly of chocolate mousse and whipped cream, with two tiny slithers of sponge cake holding it all together 😆
I limited the damage by walking home through the park. It is so mild here today that if there weren’t fallen leaves everywhere one could be forgiven for thinking it is still summer.
Hi everyone,
Been following the thread this week but had hardly any time to post! Your York trip sounds fab and I would have loved to come but I am going to be in Berlin at the Xmas markets with my husband & parents that weekend.
I have had weekend breaks in York though – last year and the year before and it is lovely! Last year I think we wen the first weekend of December and there are lots of stalls, but the shops and streets also look beautiful and there’s a great atmosphere. If you like beer there’s a marvellous (and weird) pub called House of the Trembling Madness I can recommend on Stonegate – great fun and the food & drinks are good. It can get extremely full though – although if you wait a while you can usually get a seat. There are all the usual chain places but some lovely quirky ones too – we also liked the Tapas Bar on Goodramgate (they have opened a second one now too) and the Italian deli/restaurant nearby. I’m very jealous of you but hope you all have a fab time!
Just realised that all my recommendations concern eating and drinking….hmm that tells me something! Well for a bit of Culture I can recommend the Castle Museum too.
Cath xx
Thanks PVE – but ‘slack’ is definitely the word! I’m having a good day today, well under my TDEE, so will hopefully see some positive results soon. As you mentioned to Ply, this WOL has real health benefits (great for your husband) and the weight loss is really just a bonus, though nonetheless important. My OH has been doing this with me, has also lost 2 stone and his (very high) blood pressure has dropped dramatically.
Tartan lass – how nice to see you back. I agree ‘our story’ would make a great film. I would have jilted George at the alter some time ago, and run off with a rather younger Sean Connery, so you’re all welcome to fight over him! Lizzie – I really rated Angela Pleasance as an actress, so should have no trouble recognising you. I’ve been told I look like Paula Wilcox, so she can play me, though 30 years ago in a drunken stupor one man said I looked like Wonderwoman! Sadly that’s not the case!
Yorkies – great that you’re sorted Hermaj. Lizzie, I think that is a good idea if you don’t mind. If you gave us a short window to contact you, it would help a lot to be able to email each other.
Cathyork what a pity you can’t join us, though Berlin sounds great. Thanks very much for the recommendations re hostelries. OH and I also went to a lovely little Italian place when we visited a couple of years ago, so I’m sure we will be spoilt for choice!
Smiffy x
Hi cathyork,
I love German Christmas markets and I’m sure the one in Berlin – where we were back in the summer – will be super-special. We’ll be getting something similar in Nancy, which is close to the Franco-German border.
BTW, there’s nowt wrong with knowing about places to eat and drink. In fact, you advice would be hugely appreciated.
Ok so far we have sugar free Dawn French, Angela Pleasence (had to look her up) and Paula Wilcox. Gorgeous George for some love interest. Jojo it’s very noble of you to literally throw yourself under the bus to allow your freind Ply to live happily ever after with him lol.
Smiffy I’m sorry I misspelled your name.
PVE I’m sorry your time was short in Linlithgow but I’m glad your needs were met! The Palace and loch are well worth a visit, we have many beautiful local walks. You and Bay sound so great fun I’d love to meet but our time is very limited (only a weekend in Sydney). Off out for dinner with OH 😆
Hi Jojo
Wellington is very beautiful but so cold in August. The winds come from Antarctica, as Wiwi says.
Wellington has lots of galleries and the wonderful Te Papa museum, and good coffee places. Your daughter will love showing you around.
You can walk everywhere in Wellington, from the harbour to the botanical gardens, and up on Mt Victoria and out to the Kemel Ataturk memorial.
You can see that I absolutely loved it when we lived there.
Cheers, Bay 🙂
Good morning fellow fasters 😀
Another lovely WARM day here in SA, getting to around 32 today. Today I’m working at our dog club (German Shepherd Dog Club of SA) as there is a Members Comp (dog show) on today and each dog over 12 months of age is critiqued by the judge and I do the steno’ing for the judge during this time.
After the show has finished we’re coming home, I’m changing clothes and then I’m out to a Charity Event for the Gawler Hospital Angel Wings (for still born babies and their families) where they’re raising money to support this function. I’m also working there at a stall for my business/craft of Stampin’ Up. This is being held at the Gawler Racecourse.
So as you will appreciate (I hope) I won’t be online after this today 😆
Nicky just for info if you use <CTRL P> this is for Print hence why they used another letter between the copy <CTRL C> and cut <CTRL X> keys this way they’re all together 🙂 hope that makes sense 🙂
Hi Ahmedmilton welcome to this thread, there’s lots of support here and lots of info and tips on how we’re all working our way through this way of life (WOL).
Have to run as need to go get ready for the day … see you all tomozz 😀
Thanks also to RT and everyone else for their encouragement of me and my results/goals 😀
Hi everyone,
Excellent idea, lizzie, Amazon, Smiffy etc.
I’ve just tacked my email address on to the end of my profile. Not unduly worried about spam. From your own address you can tell them where to go without offending anyone but the spammer.
Does anyone know where Cheeseplease has got to? I have a feeling she’s holidaying somewhere signal-free. I also have a feeling she might like to join the Yorkies.
Re casting for the Yorkie movie. The wonderful Judi Dench would be perfect as Hermaj. One proviso, she doesn’t portray me as the evil old bat in Notes on a Scandal (it was actually a brilliant performance). It’s a tribute to her that she isn’t afraid to look awful and behave abominably for the sake of art. BTW the lovely Judi just happens to be a native Yorkie.
Amazon, as I’ve already told our friends north of the border I have to spend a few days in Glasgow in spring or early summer next year. jojo, am I right in thinking you also fancy a trip up there? I should almost certainly be able to make my plans fit in with a 5:2 gathering.
P.S. as those going to York have decided to call ourself Yorkies, those who make it to Glasgow will have to call themselves Weegies. Is that correct, wee/Tartan Lass?
Attention for the Casting Manager a Tartan Lass
could I put forward 6 actors and their films that best capture my credentials I submit for your consideration in the said up coming (oh is this a mini series or feature film?)
Brad Pitt (same age as me)the mexican
Johnny Depp (same age as me) chocolat
Jason Strattum transporter
Matt Damon the bourne identity
Tom Criuse mission impossible
Jeff Bridges the big lebowski
Have Fun In The Sun the South Aussies
and welcome emel
Peace
RT
RT – you must be quite a guy. 😉 My favourite among all of them is Johnny Depp – as in Chocolat. What is so great about him is that, gorgeous though he is, he’s willing to play nutters and weirdos rather than one of those handsome types who just stand around being handsome.
Wee and Tartan Lass, my Scottish vocabulary is limited to not much more than ‘See you, Jimmy’ and ‘Pick yer windie, y’re leavin!’ I also have a very early Billy Connelly album including the Glasgow Crucifixion of which I understand about 80% but I fall about laughing anyway. And one of my best friends is Scottish and she’s taught me a few.
I’ll certainly look out for Parliamo Glasgow. I like Stanley Baxter, especially when he dresses in drag as the other Hermaj. The likeness is staggering. 🙂
I just tried the Scotsman link, but the page is unavailable. I’ll try again tomorrow, unless of course I can track it down just by googling parliamo etc.
Good morning all. Well off to the gym after three months!! No I am not procrastinating am waiting for the washing cycle to finish! 32 degrees today yAy – am trying to work out what to eat for breakfast which is not carb dense as once I start I find it difficult to stop (sugar addiction?) any thoughts eggs I eat but not everyday! Thanks for the greetings emel
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