Day 22 Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾
Hi all!
A quick check in and I haven’t read posts but am here and heading into a better week – Zero crisps this week @funshipfreddie 🤣🤣 and will take it week by week. Another thing to cut down again is milky coffees. I’ve fallen back into both of those bad habits but am not having added sugars and UPFs and have not had alcohol in a long time. @funshipfreddie are you still off alcohol?
Ok will catch up on posts and see you all tomorrow 🌅
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Day 22 – USA/GA – NFD – 239 lbs.
Attending the barbecue was a great decision. I spent hours catching up and listening to others, meeting some new folks, too. The host, also a former co-worker, said he is thinking about holding another one in the fall. I’m so glad I went!
Tomorrow will be my FD.
Day 22 UK NFD
OK caught up on posts , got a bit confused with Pinkie Pie ( reading backwards ) @merry🍎 but think I got there in the end
Oh my you are doing very well @stitchincarol 👏I hope to be able to take a leaf from your book next week
@funshipfreddie – no clutter my dream 💭
Right I’ve got on the scales not too bad 2-3lbs up which considering the amount of pizza and granita and brioche ( not to mention Campari Spritz) I’ve gone through I’m ok with – now back to the serious business of shifting some flab – see you on the list tomorrow 💪
I don’t mind either but I see what the opponent bowls and if he bowls short then when I get the jack I go long and vice versa.Sundays always seem quite on here, everyone is busy or just relaxing.I bet Charlie was excited to see you Jean. When I put my dogs in kennels they used to ignore me when I picked them up, probably thought why did he leave me in prison 😀 Chloe’s lucky Peter looks after her while we’re away.
Morning All..
After a delayed flight we arrived 15 mins early.. he took a short route apparently 🤷♀️.. then the taxi man 1 hour late. I think he looked on line and thought I will have a hours extra sleep.. it doesn’t work like that… we wasn’t very happy.
Everybody in bed asleep..
I stayed up and collected Charlie, he was fussy then really cried for 10 mins, I took him a short walk for familiar smells and he’s asleep now.
Hedgehog..
My knee is still sore… it doesn’t hurt until I put my weight on it ( there’s a lot of weight !)
Once I start walking I can walk slowly and it gets much better.
I like to walk Charlie, no one will walk long enough. I need to get him back under control again!!
Strange I call his name on his walks and he ignores me, I call it at the kennels and he goes barmy.. definitely selective hearing!
Your poor son he will be so sore..
Dave..
Sunday roast out at 4.30 hope they all enjoy it then an early night I think.
The woman captain doesn’t sound very nice… we have them say I don’t like long ones, I listen men don’t like them short, I don’t mind any.. then play on their weaknesses I keep my mouth shut then no one knows😂
Jean x
HH you would get a mobile contract much cheaper than using a landline. Virtually all mobile contracts are unlimited calls so you would never run out. Just get a SIM only deal. Just been pouring down but stopped now so I can take Chloe out. If the door isn’t right after the next coat I will just throw paint at the door and have it whatever that is called 😛😀.Roast beef for tea made the Yorkshire pudding batter yesterday so it’s all in hand, î will peel the spuds later and get them ready for roasting, going to add semolina it’s supposed to make them extra crispy.People have still got umbrella’s up so it must still be raining.And do them in duck fat.😋😋😋.We play a team that as a woman captain and she’s not the nicest person tomorrow, she as her dog with her and last year because she lost she would not shake hands after the game and complains if you bowl it to far. It’s all part of the game rules day you must bowl it a minimum of 19 meters and a maximum of 38 meters in this particular league.She said to me don’t feed my dog,I said you will have to find it first, it had run off😄. She did get it back.
Day 22 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD 😇
@stitchincarol – I don’t have much clutter any more. Which is no surprise after my 5 moves between 2019 – 2023. I got rid of loads of books, CDs & DVDs etc. And I’m determined to keep my place mostly clutter-free. I have no problem getting my car in my garage! 😅
Zero chat in me today, & it’s a glorious, sunny day, so I’m off out.
Happy S🌞nday!
No excuses. Just do the work 💪
Pocket List – Day 22 🥚
@funshipfreddie
NSL – Day 22 🚫🍿
FD Sunday, chicken something for dinner. It is a glorious sunny morning, yesterday the temp rose to the low 30s. It felt perfect to us but there were public service announcements at the train stations to tell us how to cope with the heat!
Quacka, I hope you feel back to normal very soon. Some of these tropical bugs can linger for months.
Cinque, was it good fun to have Miss 8 on a sleepover? I hope you get to Fast500 tomorrow.
Have a great week all.
Day 21 second post
I doubt I’ll have time or inclincation to post tomorrow between church and brunch with the boys and then life, so thought I’d write a quick post tonight before heading to bed.
I have no idea where the woman I’ve been today came from, but I’ve eaten very little all day, and said “No, thank you” on multiple occasions to DH (nuts, a glass of wine, etc., etc.) and been content. I think partly it’s that the brown sofa I used to sit on didn’t come with us, so I have different furniture to choose fron and that psychological (yes, @lilymartin, thinking about it has always been a huge part of whether I am or am not successful) difference is huge. It’s also because I’m simply busier, and that gives me less time to think about food, and I certainly don’t have time to cook except occasionally, and we’re sick to death of eating out, so meals have been simple and minimal.
I’m sure liking it!
Day 22 country west Australia CD 84.1 kgs !
‘Nuff said re eating habits !!
I just read this quote from Brian ?? who established the magazine Simplify or The Minimalist Life.
” Life is a thinking game. Positive habits require consistent attention and focus.
But they are always worth it.”
Must remember this.
It seems a few of us are into the cleaning out/decluttering.
I have WAY too much stuff and need to be less emotionally attached to it.
I have a lot of difficulty giving things away, just in case I need it…..
And @stitchincarol( well done on the lower weight BTW 😇)giving away books ….😲😲 I’d feel as though I’d given away my first child!! 😬
A few days ago I had written a longggg post about sheep, drenching etc but it disappeared into the ether so I gave up and have not posted since ,with some not so good results re 5:2.
Accountability is what helps me!!
So it is a CD today. Despite it only being 12ºC after 4ºC last night which is cold for us. Brrrr.
@merryapple,I Was so cold I stayed reading in bed this reading for a while. When I mentioned how dark it still was my DH said hadn’t I noticed the daylight was 1 minute longer !!😀
Intentionality today for me.
Happy 🌞day.
Evening!
Jean- safe journey home, hope your knee gets better soon…if Kate & kids are staying with you would they walk Charlie for a couple of days so you can rest it? 🤗
Dave- I reckon you won’t be able to shut the front door soon it’s got so many layers of paint! What a pain not being able to find a roofer to come & look, I suppose they don’t want to undo someone else’s mistakes…it is funny how you always draw the best players, well done on your win! We do use our landline quite a bit, Mum mainly, she’s not got a plan on her phone…I use most of my ‘allowance’ on HomeStart calls I think, wouldn’t be much left for other calls!
Hemmy- will be hot for Kristy at Glastonbury, does she have to camp or do staff get a hotel? Hope you can keep cool, do you have shady spots in your garden?
AS- shame about your post disappearing! Good you can see changes with the exercise you’re doing, I don’t know where you find the time! Hope that you get your washing machine fixed soon, a pain going to the launderette especially in the heat!
Nana- any nice BBQs this week?
Have been late up the last couple of mornings so getting hot for Xena’s walks, she doesn’t seem to mind as long as I give her plenty of water. Youngest popped in with his washing yesterday, on nights, they had been busy- silly boy fell asleep at home sitting in the sun so was pretty red! Took Mum to a garden centre in the afternoon. Took her to a market today, we couldn’t resist an ice cream so that’s messed up my keto today…
Have a good day tomorrow everyone 🥰
Hemmy…
I am walking a lot better with my travel shoes.. just slow to get going..
Thanks for asking.. all packed almost.. going for haddock and chips a couple of drinks.. shower leave apartment about 7pm..
Dave..
They do get mucky airfryers.. well done getting it clean..
Jean x
Good afternoon everyone just cleaned airfrier out it’s a big one and looks like a big microwave. They get full of grease so difficult to clean, I have used two things to get rid of the grease
Grease off and elbow grease bought both on Amazon. They are very good but the grease off you need gloves and it takes your breath away so need lots of ventilation when using it. Yes the door is like the fourth bridge, forever painting it😀. Got the fan on waiting for Chloe to get next to me so she can feel it. She’s happy having ice-cream to cool her down, could do with some myself. She’s on her back now with all 4 legs in the air. We had dinner rain before but very little really. Going to email a couple of roofers to see if one of them will come to our house.
Day 21 – Nebraska, USA – NFD – 152.4
I’m getting better and better about controlling my eating, hence the quite lovely weight. I’m feeling optimistic that I’m actually on the way down again; we’ll see if my body cooperates and if I continue to control my eating so effectively. I’m down 13 lbs from last summer and would love to be down another 13 lbs by fall sometime.
@merryapple Well, you have a very practical way of figuring out using shortening v. butter! Yup, I can see it wouldn’t substitute. I’ll make those treats someday when the granddaughters are around, or perhaps later this summer when we go to Indianapolis to visit them! And, yeah, I first discovered blackening about 30 years ago and often choose that as my favorite preparation.
@brightonbelle Welcome back! I hope your vacation was lovely and fun and relaxing in that exact blend that made it perfect!
@northgeorgia Excellent decision to see your friends again. It’s hard to get past the things that make us uncomfortable, but I’ll just bet many of them are also irritated by the extra weight they’re carrying around compared to years ago, so you’ll be in the same boat as many, I’m sure. Have fun!
@funshipfreddie “So much stuff we put away in boxes & cupboards; & then we forget it even exists – until we have to move.” So very true!! I’m not getting rid of nearly enough to say I’m truly downsizing, but I’m ending up with less than what we moved, so that’s certainly a start. Do you have lots of “stuff” or are you more restrained in your possessions? And, @merryapple, when you said “After hearing about you clearing out your family ‘junk’ I thought about someone going through my junk and finding my deepest darkest secrets 😲. Now that is motivating to get on and deal with my excess baggage!!!” I chuckled–and realized how true that is for us as well. Mark and I have given two days of the week designations: Wandering Wednesdays, the day we’ll go do the fun things (museums, trips to little towns worth visiting, parks we’ve heard of etc.) and Sorting Saturday, the day we’ll go through stuff we’ve set aside to deal with later, or to clear out a drawer that’s gotten messy, or to clean the garage (once it’s emptied of boxes, of course, LOL). We haven’t yet started with that since we haven’t really had time to wander on Wednesdays, and we’re sorting every day of the week, but, yeah…lots to deal with in the Swedish Death Cleaning/ Norwegian Life Cleaning style!
And, @ccco, where have you wandered off to??
Have a grand one, everyone!
NSL – Day 21 🚫🍿
@funshipfreddie
@stitchincarol
Day 21 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
Oops?! Forgot to check in again, duh? Dunno where this morning went, despite waking at 6:30 am. And now it’s over 9 hours later.
@stitchincarol – it does feel good getting rid of stuff that’s been cluttering up our homes. So much stuff we put away in boxes & cupboards; & then we forget it even exists – until we have to move.
@merryapple – I love your optimism, but.. the days will get longer AND warmer? A tiny bit longer maybe, but we’re only three weeks into winter! It’s a cosy 21 C here today though. I hear the UK is also having a heatwave, reaching 34 C today in some areas.
@northgeorgia – Good to hear you’re feeling better. Enjoy the barbecue, & fingers 🤞 your new budget arrives timeously.
@brightonbelle – welcome back! 🤗
“If you want to build something fantastic, JUST DO IT. Who is stopping you?” ~ Varg Vikernes
NSL – Day 21 🚫🍿
@funshipfreddie
Sym
Oh what a shame about your knee .. at least at the end of your holiday and you can cope with it better when in your own home,
Safe flight back and onward journeys to you all. . Xx
Day 21 – USA/GA – NFD – 238 lbs.
I hemmed and hawed a bit about this, but I decided to attend a cookout/barbecue this afternoon to meet up with some former co-workers when I taught public school years ago. I don’t recognize 75% of the guest list, but I would like to catch up with those I do know.
And you know, yes, I wish I had taken more drastic measures three years ago when my weight started increasing and by now I’d be about the same weight when they last saw me. I’m sure in their memories, they’ll think how I’ve ballooned 60 pounds or so since they last saw me, and it’ll be true. But, I’ve only myself to blame for that. Still, I thought I might never have a chance to see some of these folks ever again, so I should go. And I doubt my weight will be top of their minds anyway.
Well, although this week’s average of a pound gain probably shouldn’t count, I like to keep a running record. And the good news is that I’m down a pound over last Saturday morning. I think that is promising. Lots of stressful news again coming up. We were told our budgets are no good and a new budget is being released next week. This with a new fiscal year and payroll starting July 1 and not knowing if money is there. In the end, the boss gets blamed if someone gets a pink slip, which makes less sense when I need all these workers plus some. I’m hoping they release it towards the beginning of the week so I can start figuring out how to save as many people as possible.
Morning All..
Good last day at beach yesterday .. but unfortunately I don’t know how but twisted my knee and can hardly walk. I have bought an elastic bandage and I am having 4 tablets at a time 2 paracetamol and 2 ibuprofen..you know me and tablets I never have them, so shows I am in a state!!! I have put my travel sandals on this morning with a small heel I think it’s a bit easier.
I was really looking forward to getting Charlie out and walking I have missed the countryside..I shall find Steve’s walking stick if I have to!!
Dave..
I can’t believe you are doing another coat of paint.. it must be 6 ?
Shame on the roofer situation…
AutumnSky..
If you go back at all on the post it disappears.. a pain in the bum!
Your weight is really good and going down steady a big well done. Hope they get to you and mend the TV although I think the men are more bothered than us…
Hemmy…
I was looking forward to cooler weather.. it is getting hotter daily here.. too much for me.
If I go away again I will have to think carefully about the heat .
Enjoy the garden while it’s hot..
A lovely holiday, we have done a lot not always on the beach but I am ready for home…
Johnny flying to Heathrow about 2pm us to follow at about 7 pm.. lazy day and packing..
Jean x
Day 21 UK NFD
Morning all , got home yesterday, plan is to readjust to normality over the weekend, catch up on posts and be raring to go Monday morning 💪 oh and I suppose I should step on the scales – Have a great Saturday all
Morning everyone!
I did post a comment earlier, but it’s disappeared. Hopefully, I’ve covered all the points I did earlier.
Washing machine broke earlier in the week and currently going to the launderette each evening, where the huge tumble dryers are constantly going and sitting in the sweltering heat is very difficult. Engineer is scheduled for Monday – fingers crossed, you never know with Currys/PC world repair service.
Weigh in this morning. No change on the scale but physique is changing with the incorporation of weights.
Weigh in today:
01.06.25 – 38lbs
04.06.25 – 32lbs
06.06.25 – 28lbs
13.06.25 – 27lbs
21.06.24 – 27l lbs away from goal
Hedgehogs – Well done for the 2lbs lost already. I know that were active on your holidays, so this was a great result.
Brads27 – Congratulations on your win! Well done. It was a hot evening, and I bought fans for all the bedrooms, and we were still struggling to keep cool.
Jeans – We still have the landline number and connection. We haven’t used in in years. Three hour boat trip seemed wonderful. Hope you had a great time at the beach.
Hemmy – Thanks for the support! I don’t feel as bad about not losing. As long as it’s not going up, I’m in a good place. 😊
Nana – Hope you are doing well and keeping cool in this heat.
Have a great day everyone!
Maybe when it’s a thesis size comment it just refuses to accept it.😂
Maybe when it’s a thesis size comment it just refuses to accept it.😂
Thanks, Hemmy. I always check the posts after, as this has happened so many times. I have lost count.
A Sky.. I just read it and now its gone.x
Hi All, I literally just posted a huge comment! And it’s just disappeared.
I will try and recreate it and post again.😡
Good morning everyone Xxxx
It s a beautiful day it looks to be a scorcher again. So out earlier walking.
It s cooler from tomorrow so will just chill in the garden today doing bits and pieces out there.
Kristy is working Glastonbury this coming week .. so taking her sun hats plus wellies
lol.
The Scales are good I am at my goal weight.. its very settled these days thank goodness.
Nana.. Have a lovely weekend .Maybe too hot for Geraldine
A Sky.. Hopefully you can do some chilling out this weekend. even if working The heat is tiring. Well done on the weight you have lost so far.. Its so much better losing little and often .
Dave.. How was the pie.. I think I will leave hunting down the butter beans till cooler weather.
H H .. Oh very well done on your 2lb loss this week that’s brilliant … xx Every year I think I must get strawberry plants but always forget. they are lovely. a nice strawberry trifle comes to mind lol.
Sym.. It sounds a lovely time for you being with your daughter and grand children These are treasured times.xx
Enjoy your day everyone.. its going to be a hottie today so take care..
“Do one thing every day that makes you happy.” xxxx
Day 21 NZ NFD 69.4kg Winter Solstice!!
Yeah!! Our days will now get longer and warmer… Although not as warm as the USA is experiencing… 🫠
@stitchincarol I love blackened fish. I found a spice mix here from Louisiana 🖤. Otherwise I use coarse oat meal to coat it.
Hmmm! Butter vs shortening… That would be like making them with chocolate icing??? Butter is 80% dairy fat plus 20% natural water. Soggy Rice Bubbles??? Vegetable shortening is 100% fat, is tasteless and gives a crisp finish. I looked up the hx because they are sooo popular for kids’ parties. The first published recipe was in the Australian Women’s Weekly in 1937!!
@funshipfreddie After hearing about you clearing out your family ‘junk’ I thought about someone going through my junk and finding my deepest darkest secrets 😲. Now that is motivating to get on and deal with my excess baggage!!!
Have great day today and be a weekend warrior!!
I got the best player again but won this time. Can’t believe my luck at getting most of the top players. Hemmy I’m having braised beef and butter bean pie with scotch bonnet so should be interesting. Can feel my lips burning already and it’s still in the fridge.
Day 20 – Nebraska, USA – NFD – 152.0
The Scotcheroos called to me and I wasn’t strong enough to resist the call, but I had such small nibbles that It was the equivalent of perhap 2, maybe 3, bites. And since I’d allowed up to 800 calories, I was good, although I think my blackened fish and broccoli and two hush puppies were actually below 500 calories, making room for those nibbles. So, long explanation, I’m feeling good about yesterday. In fact, while out running errands, I even drove DH and me to one of our favorite breweries and he had a beer while I was content with my water. 😇
Occasionally I have to mention our weather. At 10pm last night, it was still 82/28 and the low last night was 76/24. Tonight’s low is supposed to be 82/28 because the high for the next three days is supposed to be triple digits–right around 104/40. And on top of that the wind is blowing like crazy so both the heat and the wind is going to dry out everything. This is when I’m particularly thankful for AC and so sympathetic for those who have outside jobs. 💞
@merryapple Ahhh, so Kremelta is indeed vegetable shortening! Can butter be used instead? And I enjoy the details of your life in NZ, with your walks, the Māori New Year , etc.; thanks for sharing!
@funshipfreddie Ah, yes, stuff with the tags still on…you poor thing with all that, plus freezer food that you’re doubtful about. I’ve come across a few things with tags and was consumed with the appropriate guilt. I have certainly had no interest in shopping for anything given all the possessions that surround us! I took my car FULL of books to Goodwill last week, took another load of multiple boxes to Goodwill early this week, and took several more boxes to a different charity yesterday. It feels good to get rid of stuff!
@northgeorgia So glad you’re feeling so much better, as I’m sure you are as well!
@penz Having pizza tonight?
Oh, and @jaifaim, I found a package of GF pizza mix that’s apparently quite good; it was recommended to us by a waitress at Sunday brunch two weeks ago; I’ll report back when we get it made.
Well, got the bedroom done yesterday, got the guest bedroom across the hall from us a bit better and need to set up our printer as I have things to print for a convention next week, have the first of three loads of laundry going, and am going to put away all my organ music today so that mess is eliminated. But first, I must water my plants baking in the hot sun!
Have a grand one, everyone!
NSL – Day 20 🚫🍿
@funshipfreddie
@stitchincarol
Day 20 – USA/GA – NFD – 239 lbs
Just a quick check-in. Feeling lots better at last. Off to work, and planning Monday as my next FD.
The door needs another coat but it’s way too hot today going to be in the 30s, so will wait until it’s cooler. Just got a reply from another roofer who said he can’t do what we want. Finding it very difficult to get anyone to check the work that’s been done. I’ve had to get used to parallel parking since my next-door neighbour as got a car, not had to do it for almost 30 years. Managed to do it ok but now my neighbour who as just got the car is parking on the other side of the street because they’re is one either side of her at the moment. They’re is plenty of room for her to get in but she obviously doesn’t fancy it.Scorching today so going shopping soon then bowling this afternoon.
Day 20 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 71.3 kg 🎯
Can’t believe it’s Friday again, & how fast this month is flying by. Aiming to be a weekend warrior, with a very controlled Fri/Sat & a usual Sunday FD 🏹
@stitchincarol – it was daunting going through all my dad’s stuff. Thank God I had my aunt & uncle to help me. We made numerous trips to a charity shop & to a local dump. The freezers were full of food, a lot of it wasn’t labelled or dated, so we had to just get rid of a lot of it. My mum was a bit of a shop-a-holic, & I found bags of towels/bedding that had never even been opened, & clothes with the labels still on. And she died 12 years before my dad!
@merryapple – wow, that is expensive for butter?! It’s not cheap here either. The regular price is about R 80, or about US$4.50. It’s one of the few things I usually buy when it’s on special offer. I don’t use that much, & there’s nearly always a better deal to be had somewhere. Cheese scones, enjoy! 😋
Happy Fri-yay! 🍹
Stop overthinking. JUST DO IT ✔
NSL – Day 20 🚫🍿
@funshipfreddie
Morning All..
We did a three hour boat trip with jumping off swimming.. not me..Charlotte was sea sick but passed. It was really lovely. We saw a turtle and a few pods of pilot whales possibly the bigger ones 14 ‘ long.
A good job we wasn’t on the charter boat for 9 hours, no big fish caught it’s been disappointing for the boys, 3 full days and a 4 hour day..
Last full day so heading to Char’s favourite beach.
Dave..
I pay a £1 a week for my land line as Jacqui is the only one to use it, her mobile phone signal at home is bad.
Is the door looking better? Is it finished?
Hemmy..
I an sure my key will be in my dish at home, one of the jobs ‘I did’ and possibly did something else or in my dreams 🤦♀️.. I really should have second checked it. Yes it’s lovely the company but family life is hectic.. me and my boy is also very nice..
AutumnSky..
You sound like Jacqui, a bit each day keeps on top of things and get ahead…
Hope you get a break away…
Hedgehog..
I am getting a mid drift! Shorts don’t feel too bad the trousers will tell tomorrow!!!
Well done on the 2lbs off…. Hope mine goes quick..
Boys gone to golf.. no movement from our group.. Cole will sleep in till noon 🤷♀️ before the gym..
I shall get up and ready…
Jean x
Good morning everyone,
Friday morning in Melbourne. Getting ready to have little Ms 8 year old stay the night.
I meant to post yesterday on my fast day, but I was feeling headachey and crook (even though I still had my coffee). I decided to make it a Fast800 day, and made it through, but now I am disappointed because I didn’t wake up with as much of that empty tummy feeling I love so much. Fast500 next time!
I did still enjoy my breakfast! Note to self: Don’t eat more on a non fast day. It will undermine everything.
Quacka, look after that precious body/digestive system. I hope you feel back to normal soon. Thankyou for the birthday wishes.
Keep doing all the good things!
Cheers all
Day 20 NZ Matariki NFD 69.4kg🔻🌋
It’s the beginning of the Māori New Year today, directed by the reappearance of a cluster of Matariki and 6 other stars over the horizon. It is celebrated over several days and used for remembering the deceased, planning harvests, forecasting weather and the fortunes of the upcoming year etc
We have walked up a different maunga with the dogs this morning along with lots of others who are enjoying a day off!!
@stitchincarol Chocolate Crackles are a real kids recipe because they get to help!!
Melt 250g vegetable shortening in a pot
Sift 1 cup icing sugar and 1/4 cup cocoa together and add to the pot, mixing well.
Then add together 4 cups of Rice Bubbles and 1 cup fine coconut and mix thoroughly.
Spoon into cupcake cases and put in the fridge for 30 minutes. That’s it!!
@northgeorgia It might be worth asking which drugs were used for your anaesthetic so you can avoid them in the future. There are always other options and it does sound like you have had a reaction to something with that shaking. Your sore shoulders etc may be more to do with positioning and intubation. Operating tables are not known for their comfort!! But certainly discuss this with your surgeon when you go to your follow up appointment.
@j’aifaim That @funshipfreddie is always full of great advice🤣 Taking something like cut up pieces of carrot on a train is a poor substitute for a BIG bag of crisps🤣
@iona72 Hope your construction is going well… Great that you are a non snacker too!!
I’m going off to afternoon tea and am going to make cheese scones. Baking has become a luxury these days because it is so expensive…
Thanks to the international dairy prices we are paying over $9 for 500g / 17.637 oz of butter. It’s gone up 50% in the last year, like blocks of mousetrap cheese. Our supermarkets are all owned by the Australians who charge us more here than in Oz
NZD 9 = USD5.38 = £4 = Oz 8.30
There are no food miles involved, dairy uses all our natural water supplies and then they say we have to pay the international prices… Supermarkets like Tescos do deals on bulk orders so you can buy NZ produce more cheaply in the UK than here. This sort of sophistry contributes to why capitalism is failing… That’s today’s lecture!!
Have a great day everyone!!
Onwards and downwards!!
I don’t see the point of landline s any more. Most get plenty of minutes on their mobile phone if not unlimited minutes.i get unlimited minutes every month but never use any of them. At least I don’t pay a standing order for the landline any more. I got the door painted and bought the cards, for needs doing again. It must be half an inch thicker with all the paint I’ve put on it.Boiling now still 23°C at almost 10-30pm, going to bed tricky sleeping tonight.
Evening!
Jean- oops, losing your key, I’m sure it’ll turn up…good you have a spare! Are your clothes getting tight with all the eating out?
Dave- we have to plug the phone into the router now, like Jean says it’s a real pain, phones won’t work if the electric goes off…old style phones won’t work now, hubby has a vintage one we can’t use anymore!
Hemmy- your lake sounds lovely with the lilypads…hope the egg, chips & beans were good?
AS- a pain about the car … Hope you can find another one at the weekend. Not much of a break for you over the summer then…enjoy the ice poles, I guess you could make old fashioned lollies with diet squash or fizzy to cut down on the sugar?
Nana- hope you’ve had a good day…
We went to the beach today, not too hot there. Hubby had a very nice looking cake out, I resisted 😇 I weighed this morning & the holiday 2lbs have gone, didn’t want to spoil it! Had our first beans & courgettes out the garden, have had quite a few strawberries too.
Hello everyone!
Ridiculously hot today. Phew!
Hedgehogs – We didn’t get the car in the end if was awful. Misselling at it’s finest. We are so tired when we get home in the evening, we are going to look on the weekend.
Jean – I will probably work through the holidays, but it’s less pressure so can do a few hours each day. Usually the last few weeks I will be in school.
Brads27 – It’s too hot to work! I hope you got the doors painted and bought the cards.
Hemmy – Melted into a puddle just after lunch. Home now trying to put myself together.
I’ve had two ice poles today and tofu with veggies. If I could eat ice poles all day I would. However, I’ve got to watch the sugar.
Hope you all are surviving the heat!
Good afternoon everyone. Xxxx
What a beautiful day its wall to wall hot sunshine and blue sky from very early
The temp in the garden now is 31deg.
It was an early walk around the lake .. at that time a nice breeze ,, Its beautiful over there with such a lot of pretty Lilly pads all open.
This evening its eggs chips and beans ,, easy tasty and a favourite.
A Sky and Nana… Hope you are having a good day and managed to get in the sunshine. .
Dave.. Did you get your painting done.. .. whats for tea at yours.
H H … You are always soo busy I don’t know how you do it all… They say if a job needs doing give it to a busy person they will get it done.
Sym..I hope you find your key.. Its wise to have e secret one. .I expect like me its lovely being in company but also we are so used to our own space and timings. Lovely family time for you to remember though.
Enjoy your afternoon everyone whatever you are doing… “Wishing you a happy Thursday filled with small positive moments Xxxx
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Well, I really mean it this time. Here starts diet no 1 millon. Past success rate = 0. Wish me luck!!!!
Day 19 – Nebraska, USA – FD800 – 153.8
Today is the day to completely settle our bedroom; I have a lot of shoes/clothes and am struggling to make them fit in our closet. So I’m sorting through, eliminating everything I can talk myself into, etc., etc. We’ll also carry all my organ music downstairs, so that’ll be lots of exercise on our free stairmaster, LOL!
@merryapple I’m fascinated by “kremelta.” Is that basically shortening? And where does the chocolate base come from; does the kremelta mix with the cocoa powder and sink to the bottom? Cool recipe! And yes, a double garage, and my car is packed with organ music, and DH’s truck had more in it (https://imgur.com/gallery/52-years-10-days-of-organ-music-UEC6V9A)…and the basement is already filled with stuff waiting to be unpacked, sorted, put away…I didn’t think we had THAT much stuff until I started moving it and trying to put it away here, LOL!
@iona72 Ugh, that’s so hard to prepare over hours instead of days! Hopefully you were able to pack up/shift everything in a way that will make it easy to find in the interim and then easy to put away. Remind us what you’re having done?
@funshipfreddie LOL, there is actually a fridge and a (single) chest freezer in the garage! And that had to have been daunting to deal with all that stuff in your dad’s garage! DH and I are both determined to thin down our possessions–except it’s stupid to get rid of stuff we use just for the sake of having less, so it all takes lots of thought.
@northgeorgia Oh my, that’s a huge reaction to a colonoscopy! You poor thing. I’m glad you’re recovering, even if it is slower than you’d like.
We don’t have the fish in the freezer I used to prepare for a standard FD500, and we do have leftovers from our Cajun/Creole meal out last night, so I chose to label this day a FD800. I allowed myself a single piece of Scotcheroos last night, only to cave and have a second piece later, plus a nibble a little later. Like I said, irresitable and addictive. So today, I get NONE, and hopefully DH will have them finished soon, LOL! And whatever I end up eating WILL be below 800 calories. 💪👍
Have a grand one, everyone!
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Day 19 – USA/GA – NFD – 237 lbs.
Sorry, not to worry anyone. I accidentally used “surgery.” Yes, just a colonoscopy with one polyp removed. My body must be a wimp for this procedure. When I go back in five years, I think I’ll need to suggest a different prep. After I took the 2nd liquid, within an hour I had violent shaking (not just a light chill) as if I had hypothermia for a solid two hours. I threw up the hour after that. Nausea and throwing up is normal, but I don’t think two hours of shaking so bad I couldn’t read the text on a cellphone in one hand is. I must have been allergic to something in that. Then to have the anesthesia side effects include shoulder, neck and side pain, for two days… egads. Yesterday was better. Today I only feel a little crick in my neck. All I can say is that I’m glad today is a holiday in the U.S., so I can have an extra day to keep recovering. If I ever have major surgery, I guess I better expect beyond their suggested recovery time!
Good morning everyone a lovely sunny day. I’m not sure what you mean HH about your phone changing from landline to digital.I got rid of my landline as I never used it, was paying for the service so a waste of money.I think Chloe would be happy walking about 100 yards then coming home. Heidi would walk for miles. Looking at Chloe now she was wagging her tail when I got up now she’s asleep 💤. Can’t get anyone to come round and check what work as been done on the roof and the trading standards are asking why. Nobody will do it. No bowling today so will do some painting three doors to do and Denise wants to go shopping for cards birthday and anniversary, not ours got them already.
Day 19 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
@stitchincarol – Congrats on that number, & the successful WFD! 💪 Yes, I was thinking about your organ music, as it sounds like you have so much of it & it takes up so much space. I don’t think I’m at all techie, just the opposite in fact. But after yesterday at line-dancing.. – our teacher Marie was trying to teach us a new dance, but the music was too fast. She was streaming it from YouTube on her phone. So I asked her why she didn’t just slow it down a bit. After I showed her how to do it, you’d think I’d just walked on water! 😅 No, I didn’t sleep late the other day; Tuesday is the one day of the week I set my alarm for 6:20, although Boo Boo does the job most of the time anyway. I just feel like a complete slob though, if I go out without making the bed. Your garage – not quite as bad as I’d imagined. In fact, add a fridge & two chest freezers, & it looks pretty much like what I found in my dad’s garage in NZ after he passed away.
@merryapple – a good number to have for three consecutive days! And maybe a new low on the horizon after today’s FD? I think I’m always going to need two FDs per week too if I want to stay at my current weight.
@bert1802 – well done for getting all your steps in! 🎯 There are worse things to be addicted to. You’ll feel better – if you’re not already – & you WILL start to enjoy it. It’s a virtuous circle
@jaifaim – not just ‘a’ bag of crisps, but a BIG bag?! 😱 Feel free to put yourself on the NSL 😜
@northgeorgia – urrgh?! sounds grim?! I hope you’re feeling more like yourself today, & that your op has been a success?
@iona72 – good luck with the construction?! You just reminded me about today’s Wordle. I temporarily abandoned it earlier. So far after 3 attempts, I’ve got 3 letters, but all in the wrong place 🙄
Feel the fear and do it anyway. That’s the mentality. Even if you’re scared, JUST DO IT”. Bree Runway
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Day 19 NE England IF 16’8
Still here – but had our routine thrown into disarray when the construction guys brought our job forward. We got about 12 hours notice so lots of prep work to do, which I was expecting to do over weeks not hours!
Weight is holding steady, I am sure NSL is making a difference so will certainly stick with it.
Good job @funshipfreddie on resisting the wine gums, once you start…….
@merryapple yes still doing the Waffle, annoyingly my sister does better than me most days but I triumph with the Wordle!!
@stitchincarol you are doing well considering all the recent chaos, soon be time to relax
@northgeorgia hope you are feeling better and the procedure has made a difference for you
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Morning All…
All well here.. a beach day for us we have been doing other general things for three days out of the sun, possibly a couple of hours here and there.. I think our first week was so busy we have crashed a bit the last few days.
Two weeks feels too long I am ready for home. Too much food and drink very out of my comfort zone..
I can’t find my house key, its a good job as I have a secret one I can use at home..
AutumnSky..
Jacqui works a lot through the holidays, a good few weeks and goes into school the week before if she has workmen in. Although she has a secretary there working .
Education isn’t all the holidays people think!
Hedgehog..
We have changed phone service, it’s ok till the WiFi or no electricity then you can’t use anything.. I am not happy with that. Your mum is challenging for you…
Dave..
Very hot for walking the dogs.. greyhounds are supposed to be lazy dogs with small walks.. you are lucky there..
Jean x
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Day 19 NZ FD 69.6kg 🌋🏃🏼♀️
The same weight for 3 days… must be a record!!
We have bad weather heading towards us so I need to sweep up the next lot of oak leaves soon.
Thanks for the Scotcheroos update!! They sound a wee bit like our kids party food called chocolate crackles minus the peanut butter – Rice Bubbles, coconut, icing sugar and chocolate plus choccy icing… https://www.taniaskitchen.co.nz/rice-bubbles-chocolate-crackles-recipes/
@stitchincarol I didn’t think there was too much stuff to sort until I realised it was a double garage🤣!! Well done on your WF too.
@bert1802 Well done on your Just Do it!! ✅ walking !! Your husband is a great cheerleader!! And for keeping it together for the week💪
@j’aifaim It’s interesting to do a conversion, like @lilymartin did. I can recall my weight when I was 20 but it was in pounds and stone!! I was super fit back then and weighed around 135 lbs / 9 1/2 st, not going over 140lb / 10st mark. I thought I was close to that weight now but am about 5kg=11.0231 lb heavier!!! And the extra is not muscle🤣
However, my aim is just to create a buffer so I don’t go into the 70kgs every time I go away or have a fun weekend 🤣. Therefore I am still working on the holy grail of onwards and downwards!! I still require 2 FDs per week to keep myself in check🙁!!
@northgeorgia I hope you’re feeling brighter today. Make sure you rest up drink lots of water. Some of those anaesthetic drugs take a wee bit of time to work their way out of your system.
@iona72 Are you still wasting time on Waffle like me…🙄??
Onward and Downwards!!
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Evening!
Dave- enjoy the football…nice to be out in the sun for bowling, you are so unlucky with your draws though! Hope you didn’t frighten the sun away with your shorts!
Jean- seems like you’ve been away ages! Good there’s something for everyone to do…will be nice to see Charlie 🥰
Hemmy- well done with your bargains again! Went to a charity shop a couple of weeks ago, the lady forgot to charge me for a couple of things, I didn’t realise until later so had to go back!(If it’d been Tesco’s it would’ve been tough, but didn’t want a charity to lose out!) No baking this week but made some chocolate raspberry treats, took some to Mum! What did you decide on for dinner?
Nana- what a lovely surprise having your daughter come for a visit! Glad you had a good holiday & not too much damage done on the scales!
AS- page has turned, did you get a car or is hubby still looking? Hope you’re keeping strong…
Our TV was on its way out so had to get a new one, stupidly didn’t think to look at the stand, set it up & it’s too big for the unit (same size TV!), that evening we had a text to say our phones are switching from landline to digital so we had to sort that! Anyone else had that yet? Went round to Mum’s in case hers were too but hers hasn’t switched yet. Been to the building society & sorted Mum’s ISA, got her shopping, took it round & she’d forgotten & has done an online order! Goodness knows what she’s ordered, she won’t get her eyes tested & can’t see properly now! Saw my sister for a catch-up which was nice, rang both HomeStart families…Had to clean my car inside today as my disgusting dog pooped in it with the excitement of going for her walk 🤮
Fasted Monday & today…
Day 18 – Nebraska, USA – NFD – 152.2
I was actually 152.8 when I first got up, but after an hour of playing in the dirt, I’d dropped further–undoubtedly all the sweat that even came off my eyelids, LOL! And I was astonished that yesterday’s water fast was as easy as any ever has been, partly, I’m sure, because I was careful to make a list of all the errands I’ve been wanting/needing to run, and then running them. So I have a big case of PFDS! 😇
@funshipfreddie Yup, I’d say one small mint still qualifies you for the NSL. And, only in the summer do I schedule all 12 students on one day, in 30-minute lessons, and that’s only because it allows me to teach only on one day, and–and here’s the biggie–I’m very relaxed in the summer about requiring attendance, and many lessons get cancelled (case in point this past Tuesday going from 12 to 4). My guess is that I’ll have to do all twelve in one day perhaps twice before we resume the school schedule, and that will be exhausting, but also well worth only having to drive in once a week. And are you talking about my organ music going digital? Nope, not interested. I know some do, but I don’t even begin to be that techie. 🤷🏻♀️ Are you that techie??
@merryapple Yup, David was right on the origins, and when I got home from the grocery store with the needed bag of peanut butter chips and discovered Y.E.T. A.G.A.I.N. that the recipe calls for BUTTERSCOTCH chips, I was most irritated, LOL. So, 1 cup each peanut butter, corn syrup, and sugar (although I put in 3/4 of a cup of the sugar and could probably put in even less, and notice there are no marshmallows either, even though I’d bought a package for the purpose! 😂), melted, 7 cups Rice Crispies, all stirred together, spread in a 9×13, and 1 cup each chocolate and butterscotch chips melted and spread over the top. It works best to refrigerate it, especially on the hot days we’ve been having, until the chocolate is set.
Is it gourmet? Clearly not. Is it healthy? Nope, not that either. Is it yummy, addictive, and popular with absolutely everyone? Yes, it is. I make it perhaps once a year, or perhaps twice, simply because there’s no nutritional value, only comfort value, but we sure enjoy it when I do, and it has the advantage of being “normal” and still gluten free for our eldest. Oh, and I laughed at your comment of these having nothing to do with Scotch or kangaroos! 👍
@funshipfreddie I’m guessing you didn’t have time to make your bed only partly because Boo Boo was still asleep but also because you slept late…yes? If so, nice job to get so much sleep!
@jaifaim It’s so good to have you back, and I’m so sad for how much turmoil this year still has for you, even as you’re missing your mum so dreadfully. ❤️
@northgeorgia I remember you had a colonoscopy, but I entirely missed that you had a surgery! What’s up???
@bert1802 Well done on being so consistent about walking, and even talking yourself into it on Monday! 💪🙌 And you’re absolutely right that being consistent about what days you fast isn’t at all important, only that you actually fast…so, another “well done”!
I took a picture the other day to show what we have to deal with in the garage. Enjoy the big laugh! https://imgur.com/gallery/full-garage-waiting-to-be-unpacked-put-away-Q7t1rAU
Have a grand one, everyone!
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