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Message 1.Â
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Monday, 10th January 2011
Welcome to the second full week of January, a week when all things Christmas have been put away, a week when some New Year's Resolutions begin to falter. We here in MFC Healthy Living are here for the New Year and all the year through. It is a place where we can discuss the temptations we feel around certain foods, a place where we can come for encouragement and a place where that encouragement is freely given.
So what are we? What are those magic letters MFC - by now your guess is as good as mine! It might be Mustardland Fitness Club if so, then have a look at GEm's Cyber gym thread, she'll help you get fit.
You might think that MFC is Mustardland Friendship Club, what do friends do but share recipes so see Katy's thread
In origin MFC was Mustardland Fat Club, but many of us are trying to get away from the word fat, with positive thinking, being realistic and THINKING what we eat. As we come in all shapes and sizes, we have one rule which is to never divulge an actual weight or measurement, but we can gloat over pounds lost etc. One person's goal can be another's starting point. We have a new thread each week and take it in turns to start it. I'm sure we are all ready to start a thread so, please hurry on over to
We have a lot of regular posters but welcome anyone interested in eating healthily; if you are lurking, you are more than welcome to join in.
Personally I think MFC stands for wonderful support through all sorts of difficulties, I would love to think what could follow Meercats in the title since someone (Laura?) suggested that it would help us to sit up straight if we thought of ourselves as meercats. Since then I have seen them everywhere and it makes me stop and think.
Still enough from me - probably far too much, if you don't want such long openings - you know what to do - sign up and open for yourself! If you don't - you might get me again!
KOKO - Keep On Keeping On, may this be a week when we all make more good choices than bad
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Message 2
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Monday, 10th January 2011
Thanks Fire Pig .... yes Christmas is well and truly over for me ... I've shared our last maple brazil! Interestingly, half a maple brazil was just as tasty and nice as a whole one ... a valuable lesson there!
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Message 3
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Monday, 10th January 2011
Bookmarking and enjoying the symmetry of the date!
Thanks for everyone's ongoing help. I'm off to bed now... no danger of food there! -
Message 4
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Monday, 10th January 2011
Yes, Lost I liked the date too - the slashes went in the wrong places at first!
Sleep well
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Message 5
Posted by anagramladysin (U14258840) on Monday, 10th January 2011
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Message 6
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Monday, 10th January 2011
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Message 7
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
So, today is a new day, a blank page, waiting to be written. I hope I make wiser choices than yesterday and cope with the pressures of life with a little more serenity and hope.
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Message 8
Posted by puzzler76 (U3733897) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Thanks F-P, lovely opener.
I somehow didn't get around to posting last week which is a shame because I had actually lost quarter of a pound over the two weeks spanning Christmas and New Year, despite my sister's wonderful hospitality (in which I admit to overindulging). I put it down to the 'monthly' occurence which finally arrived 6 weeks late!
This week I have put on three quarters of a pound. That would be the Usborne Gala I went to for the first time - nice hotel, rather more wine than is recommended, three course meal, cooked breakfast, conference buffet lunch... BUT I did also swim 500m before the big evening meal and (remarkably) 250m before the breakfast! It was the first time I'd swum in ages and I really enjoyed it.
This week it really is back to normal, and 'normal' has also got more active as Puzzling starts pre-school on Wednesday which means more walking for me. I'm also starting to train properly for the London Moonwalk which will no doubt help a bit. Even if my weight doesn't drop I'll be happy to tone up what's there.
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Message 9
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Carrying on the discussion on the end of last week's thread, and how you can fall on and eat anything that takes your eye (that sounds dreadful!)
I think Gem's idea to know in advance what you are going to have when you come home and make sure it is there and ready is very helpful ...... .... when our daughters were schoolgirls I would prepare a " tray full of things" for them to eat the moment they got in from school and had changed their clothes. I still have the trays! A couple of little sandwiches, a roll of ham, a yoghurt, a few sultanas, a little bit of cheese, (Babybel!) a few bits of banana and bits of apple and a piece of cake or a biscuit. This went on for years and years and was a very socialble and comforting time in their day. We all remember it with fondness.
KOKO everyone :0)))
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Message 10
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
I've just noticed Lost' s post this morning ... well done.
Puzzler ... gosh! Might we have been celebrating another mini Puzzler :0))) -
Message 11
Posted by puzzler76 (U3733897) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Birdy, I did check that that wasn't the case!
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Message 12
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
I imagined you did :0))))
We tried for a third for a few months but then had a particularly stroppy time with our second daughter and OH was dispatched off for what the hospital called "A minor operation of a delicate nature" .... which was performed on a Friday the 13th in 1984. -
Message 13
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
I could add to my general paranoia by focussing on the fact that my monthly regularity seems to have left me at the moment, but I am resolutely trying not to go down that path right now, so was alarmed at the turn of conversation here!!
Much better food-wise today. Not sure my mood is much better, but at least I'm not beating myself up over sausages, so that has to count for something! -
Message 14
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Lost :0))
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Message 15
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Lost, I have been thinking about your coming home from work today and wondered what treat you had in mind!
I must say there are definite advantages to having reached a certain stage of life! The other day I was talking to a youngster at work (29) who says she never has periods. She has been having all sorts of tests but no reasons found, they would love to have children but the medics think it extremely unlikely. Poor lass, they are now looking into adoption processes.
I have achieved a fair number of tasks so far today - I must attack the ironing mountain this evening and write one more letter than I will be pleased with my day! Veg soup is currently simmering away.
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Message 16
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
I had no treat at all today; I had been planning to buy some grapes, but work was so busy I never got to the shops in my lunch hour (a naive thought; can't remember the last time I escaped the building in my lunch hour, if I'm honest.) I had so much to do when I got home (preparing three different meals for a variety of reasons) that I had no time to think about snacks, which worked well. It also meant I resisted temptation until I could eat my main meal, which was delicious.
I'm certainly at the age where I am beginning to look forward to not having periods, but am not yet there... I have always been regimental in regularity, so the idea that that regularity will inevitably change has begun to prey on my mind (see, I'm not always obsessed about food... I can worry quite happily (!) about other things too!!)
I have my own ironing mountain to climb, not to mention the additional admin. work created by our wonderful GCSE modular exam system, all before I go to bed. November results out this week; the next round of exams starts for me on Friday; I also have to start doing the exam entries for June (even though results from January and March exams won't be available before the June entries have to be in. What a crazy world this is!) With any luck, that will keep me so busy I won't have time to pine for food! -
Message 17
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Happy New Year....
I am officially falling apart. Just been put on meds to bring my blood fats down and have to go for a Glucose Tolerance Test for diabetes after my fasting blood glucose came in at 6.9. Aargh! The letter from the hospital advised I consider losing some weight, though as we know there's a wheen of difference between considering and achieving.
The 10 Things You Need To Know About Losing Weight programme was shown again last week and is on the I Player for another couple of days (it can be downloaded for viewing over the next 30 days if you're busy this week).
So I'll be putting those tips into practice. A piece of good news is that I weigh 2 ounces short of five pounds less than I was at this stage last year, though I need to move the fat a little faster than that if I'm to get to a healthy BMI before I'm next at the horspital.
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Message 18
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Primrose .... you've held your weight steady from last year then .... no mean feat that. Well done.
Thanks for the link ... I'm glad you found the programme helpful. I'll will have a look tomorrow. -
Message 19
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Primrose, don't despair. Wait and see what the actual results are for the tests for diabetes. The normal range is considered 4-6 mmol/l, so 6.9 is not excessively high. When I was first diagnosed, my results from a fasting blood test came back at 13.8! I am now on tablets for Type 2 diabetes, but my Hb1Ac (the blood test I have regularly to see how I'm doing) is where it should be.
Losing weight does help to keep your blood sugar levels where they should be - my diagnosis was the spur I needed to actually /do/ something about my weight, rather than just consider it. But you need to think about being healthy rather than just losing weight; you have to look at the whole picture (diet, exercise, changing the way you think!) It's not easy - I would be the first to say it's a real challenge and hard to keep on keeping on. But we're here to help you! -
Message 20
Posted by groovysbc (U14750366) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Thought of the ML MFC HLer's earlier ... when scrolling through some files, I saw a piccy of myself about 5 years ago ... I wa sat on an open top bus with my girls, I had on a tankini (and skirt) and looked a little bit fab with a light freckly tan. Im going to get the photo printed off with others as a reminder that I need to lose a few stone. Hopefullly it will give me incentive :/
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Message 21
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
Welcome groovysbc, it takes all sorts of reasons for people to come here but a photo from five years ago is a good one. I hope you will find friends here and all the incentive you need.
Primrose, don't panic! You are NOT falling apart! Lost knows more than me, so listen to her. Was the line about losing weight standard for all newly diagnosed diabetics? Was it pointed just for you?
Mount Ironing is now a lot lower, there were three washing loads to see to, 2 have been dealt with, I never intended to do more than that. I have achieved all the goals I set myself for today - a motley collection: make vegetable soup, write 2 letters that should have been written ages ago, make a difficult phone call (outcome much better than expected!), finish one card and make another as well as the ironing and normal everyday things. I am finding it is helping me at the moment to write out a list each day.
Tomorrow is another day, a day to make good choices, KOKO one and all!
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Message 22
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
That is a good idea groovy ... :0)
If anyone would like me to I can dig out the link back to when I posted a whole lot about cholesterol and eating to help reduce cholesterol. My husband read through loads of books and did a praecis of it all.
OH is off to France for a week and it will be interesting how I get on being on my own. -
Message 23
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Tuesday, 11th January 2011
I am trying to be upbeat until I know the outcome of the test but it has a certain feel of inevitability to it. Mum has Type 2 diabetes and Dad is in the process of getting a diagnosis too. It would possibly explain my general and overwhelming bouts of tiredness, which were what took me to see Daktari last autumn. I think the fasting blood normal upper level has been reduced to 5.5 in the last couple of years
It is annoying when I look at the quality of food I eat, probably too much fat from cheese, probably too big portions but mostly fresh fruit and vegetables or complex carbohydrate, very, very little 'naughty' stuff. I have always found standing in the supermarket checkout dispiriting - looking in the baskets of folk who are buying markedly less healthy options than I but are nonetheless much slimmer.
The 10 things you need to know/do, all based on proper scientific research as oppose to Gillian McKeith type stuff, are -
1) Don't skip meals as an empty stomach will trigger the release of a hormone called ghrelin that impels you to seek food and you will prolly make less wise choices.
2) Change your plate size down from 12" to 10", you are likely to eat 22% less food.
3) Be aware of relative calorific values to enable you to make sensible choices, you can easily save a significant number of calories a day by making simple substitutions without going hungry or feeling deprived.
4) Accept that a surfeit of calories ingested over calories used is a much more likely reason for excess weight than a slow metabolism. Research shows that even folk who keep food diaries under record what they've eaten,if you ain't losing weight it probably isn't because you're pre programmed to be fat.
5) Protein in your diet stimulates the release of more PYY, a hormone that reduces appetite. Extra protein at breakfast will lead to you wanting less food at lunch time.
6) Thick soup takes longer to pass from your stomach than the same amount of food in lumpy form, eat a thick blended soup for lunch and you'll be fuller for longer.
7) Avoid too great a choice at mealtimes, we are programmed to take food from a wide variety of food groups. The more choice there is the more we will take, hence over eating at buffets.
8) Dairy calcium reduces the amount of fat digested/ increases the amount of fat excreted. Low fat dairy products should help you lose weight by eliminating more fat from the other food you eat.
9) Exercise increases the amount of fat burned in the following few hours so don't be dispirited by the relatively low amount of fat/calories shown as used by the exercise machine, you will burn more afterwards.
10) Relatively small changes in your daily routine (eg getting off a stop early and walking the last bit of your journey) can make a significant difference to the amount of calories used over a day, the cumulative effect can make significant difference to weight loss over a longer period.
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Message 24
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
I know what you mean about the inevitability of a diagnosis, Primrose, but I would still say that a diagnosis of diabetes is not the end of the world (even though it feels like it at the time and afterwards on occasions.) I wouldn't say it's something you can be happy about, but you /can/ learn to make changes accordingly.
I also understand how you feel about what others eat being less healthy and it feeling dispiriting to see them slimmer than yourself. I often feel that myself, but ultimately it only gets you down and doesn't achieve anything positive. I think the key thing is not to compare yourself with others, since every body is different (I do mean 'every body' as separate words.) What you have to do is look at yourself and what you eat and what you do for exercise and if you have to compare, only compare with yourself and what you used to do/eat. Like you, cheese and big portions were/ are problems for me. Reducing plate/ portion size was one of the things that helped me most, but I can still eat more than other members of my family (who are all slimmer than me) if I let myself.
Keep your spirits up and let us know how you get on! Set yourself some realistic goals and work towards those step by step. It seems to be standard medical advice to tell us to lose weight. Don't do it to please medics, though; do it to help yourself and to put yourself in a better position to handle medical complaints. -
Message 25
Posted by FlufflesB (U14188870) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Hello Everyone, back again after a bit of an unexpected break due to my HRT getting messed up with the inevitable (for me) effect on my psyche
Now sorted out I think and returning to 'normal'.
Over the last year or so I vowed never to diet again which had made me so miserable for so many years of loss/gain/loss/gain etc and the dreadful body image. So, now it is Eat Small, Eat Nice, walk my dog and get into the clothes I want to wear. Simples! - not, but will be positive.
Primrose, great advice. Have been meaning to go to the smaller plate for ages. It starts today.
Got 'the Script' installed and now the boards are replendent in 14pt Arial Black against a soothing background and across most of the screen. Still takes a lot of scrolling on a laptop due to the large font but so easy on the eye.
Ok, off to do some ironing, walk the doggie and go to do some paid employment.
regards and Happy New Year to all
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Message 26
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Lovely to see you again Fluffles. I sympathise with all who found the MB difficult to read. I would love to have the 'bog roll' full width rather than the white space, but ... can cope so don't bother about changing anything.
I like Eat Small, Eat Nice as a philosophy and try to practise it, outside the festive season! I am gradually getting rid of the large clothes, don't want to go back there.
Lost, you sound so strong and sensible when talking to PP, you must be a great teacher. Now, please remember it in your own life, so that you don't put yourself through so many agonies.
Another day at home today, chores for the day planned and treat will be going to the Narnia film tonight. Our local flea pit observes winter schedules which means it's not open on Mondays or Tuesdays.
KOKO one and all
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Message 27
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Hi everyone. I second Fire-Pig's compliment to Lost on her clear, supportive posts to Primrose. I've seen Primrose give an awful lot of thoughtful, considered advice in the past, so the same goes for both of you: you *are* strong and sensible, and can and will apply it in your own lives.
I'm still a bit all over the place too - having posted on Monday about getting back to better habits, I melted chocolate specially to spread on digestive biscuits that afternoon, (went to Tescos with choc round my chops, unbeknownst to me, oops...!), then my evening job finished early and I came home via another shop, mysteriously armed with popcorn and mint chocolates. Ate loads of popcorn ON THE WAY HOME! I don't ever buy ready-popped popcorn...it's like I'm going through a weird phase where I know I'm shortly to clamber back on the wagon, and I'm going a bit over the top first. Which is daft.
Despite work and other organisational stuff threatening to get in the way, I made a massive effort to find a spare hour and a half yesterday to do a proper walk, and feeling much better for it today. Glad to know from PP's list that my metabolism will have been raised for a bit afterwards. -
Message 28
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
OP ... you'll get there I'm sure. The wagon is waiting for you :0))
I agree with everything written including it's lovely to see Fluffles ....
I'm doing ok here ... going to make something from a marrow which I love ... I think I mentioned that OH has just gone off to France for a week in the camper so I can be my own person for a while.
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Message 29
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Really scrummy healthy supper (serves 2)
Halve an aubergine to make two boats. With a sharp knife cut round the flesh leaving a good cm border and then criss cross the inner flesh. Spray with some fry light or drizzle with a tiny bit of chilli oil and bake at 200C for 15 -20 mins till soft.
In the meantime dice up a red onion, half a sweet potato, a chunk of butternut squash, a courgette and drizzle with chilli oil or fry light. Bake at 200C for 30 mins till soft.
Scoop out cooked centre of aubergine and mix with rest of roasted veg. At this point you can mix in some cooked cous cous if you want a bit of carb with it. Stuff the centre of the aubergine with the roasted veg mix and sprinkle on a tiny bit of salt and some black pepper. Top with thinly sliced reduced fat halloumi cheese and bake in oven for 15 mins at 200C.
Serve with a green salad and a quinelle of 0% fat Greek Yogurt
Absolutely scrummy. -
Message 30
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
That sounds delicious. I'm not a big aubergine fan, finding it quite boring, but the mixture of other things makes it sound really interesting.
Ha! Yes, I /can/ be sensible! It's so much easier to dish out sensible advice to other people than to take it yourself, though. H'mm. 'Physician, heal thyself'. I will indeed try to practise what I preach. Truth is truth, after all!
Slowly getting through a pile of work today; I'm about to tackle the ironing mountain. I would ideally have liked to be setting off to the gym now, but have decided to do that tonight instead, since I haven't finished everything that still needs doing at home. Feel free to check up on me, GEm, to make sure I ventured forth. If I don't go tonight, it's doubtful I'll make it this week and I do want to keep up with exercise. -
Message 31
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Having a hungry day today - and ate more for lunch than intended.
Nothing terrible - but got out of control for a while, which is not good news.
Not weighing myself again until the end of the month.
Oh well KOKO -
Message 32
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Remember Sparkers, you've eaten it now, you can't change that, but you can take control for the rest of the day.
I had a good lunch of LOVe soup (whose name was that for Left Over Vegetables whooshed into soup?) 2 pieces of Spelt & Rye bread, cold roast chicken breast and tomatoes, followed by three plums.
Now to tackle those Minutes that need writing!
KOKO one and all
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Message 33
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
I'll write the minutes, Fire-Pig, if you'll do my exams spreadsheet for me!! Deal?!
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Message 34
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
I just had LOV ... left over vegetables! Marrow and shallots and garlic roasted with a dash of chilli. Also sliced spuds, sliced carrots, a few tiny toms, basil and an onion roasted in another dish. I've had half at lunchtime and the rest tonight with fish.
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Message 35
Posted by geepers (U6804393) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Cheers for typing up that list, Primmers - I'd completely forgotten the bit about dairy calcium, as well as the smaller plate - we do have two sizes to choose from in the canteen, so that's helpful.
And chin up, soldier... -
Message 36
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Wednesday, 12th January 2011
Oh Lost I didn't see your kind offer in time! I have finished one set and more than half way through the second set. How's the spread sheet?
We went to Narnia tonight, and enjoyed it. I persuaded OH to share a bag of sweets instead of buying one each, which he usually does. Don't tell me that it would have been better to have none, it's part of the treat of going out!
Tomorrow I'm back in work and out at a special service tomorrow evening, so may not manage to finish the Minutes then either!
KOKO one and all!
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Message 37
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
Um... my spreadsheet is getting there, I suppose. My OH has kindly said he'll sort some of the formulae for me, as I don't really know what I want. I'm trying to record exam entries, but want some of the fees stuff to be automated, I think, to help our bursar. I find it hard to set these things up, but once they're functioning, they're useful. I'd much rather deal with minutes any day ... words are my forte!
I had a good day with food and exercise yesterday: yes, I did make it to the gym in the evening, GEm. ML's watchful eye overcame my end-of-day inertia, although I didn't enjoy it much (too many fit young people in there in the evening compared to all the middle-aged and old ones in the daytime!!) -
Message 38
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
Well done :0))
I'm enjoying being on my own for a few days with the freedom that that gives. The first 24 hours have gone well and I noticed I woke up hungry this morning which I don't usually do.
I went off upstairs after my evening meal (it's warmer upstairs and easier to have my leg up in bed) and got DD who was here teaching til 7pm to take my tea cups downstairs so I didn't have to go in the kitchen!
Going swimming with her today .... the pool has long tubes of foam you can stick under your arms so I can kick with my legs .... I'm not allowed to do breastroke legs! -
Message 39
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
Enjoy your time Birdy. I must say that I miss the times on my own that I had when OH was working and had to go away, sometimes he goes off on railway jaunts without us, but YP now lives at home so I am not on my own! is Mr Birdy on his own in France or with a chum? I presume the latter as you don't seem to be worrying about him.
Lost, as you know numbers are my forte, I was literally bottom of the form in English. When I said this to pupils in the Far East they would say "But you're English!" What did they think the rest of the class were? Hope you can sort out the spreadsheet.
Today I'm just off to work, for the morning then on to an afternoon meeting where tea and homemade cakes will be served, then on to a special service which will be followed by tea and biccies - not a good day in prospect.
Ah well, I'll gird my loins and do my best!
KOKO one and all
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Message 40
Posted by Westsussexbird or Birdy aka Westie (U6316532) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
No, he's on his own Fire Pig .... and I've explained to him that once he is out of my sight I don't intend to worry about him :0)) He will let me know if he's up a creek without a paddle, and ultimately can come home as he's only in France. He is a very capable person in many ways and being on his own will help remind him of this. When he's here with me I'm the one who reminds him to take his medication every morning and every evening despite his phone alarm having gone off, and if he can't find something he asks me where it is ........ etc etc
He has gone in the camper and so has our 'home away from home' with him and will decide whether he stays in the camper or goes into a hotel according to how he feels. Hairwashing etc in a small camper needs a bit of dexterity which he would find tricky I think! I have a little 12v camping shower that feeds water up from a container (hot flasks of water are involved here!) to the shower head, and he leans over a big garden tub (without holes in the bottom) and I usually wash/spray his hair for him .... and I think he knows his limitations! We then wash our feet in the green tub! All good fun if you're level headed, but it doesn't take much for him to crash. For those of you that aren't aware, he has depression, which, when we first had a diagnosis made us laugh as we couldn't imagine what he had to be depressed about! If only it were that simple :0)) -
Message 41
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
Good morning and thank you for the kind words above (though I initially read 'an awful lot of' as 'a lot of awful' which made oi larff).
Sitting on the sofa under a quilt to keep cosy waiting to go back for the second part of the test. Feeling pretty yeuch, that amount of lucozade on an empty stomach is not nice so I'll be glad when I've had the bloods done and can have a cuppa. I made some wholemeal bread yesterday so will be able to have some of that with cottage cheese and pepper. Nom nom nom...
When we were coming back from my parent's house I passed a restaurant with Marrow Bhajis advertised on the 'Today's Specials' board which looked intriguing. I found this recipe, you could probably cut the amount of oil used right down and it looks very tasty.
The aubergine also looks good, might try that on the kids when I'm
next cooking for just us as they love haloumi so would be half way to loving the whole dish.
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Message 42
Posted by orange pekoe (U9563764) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
(though I initially read 'an awful lot of' as 'a lot of awful' which made oi larff).Â
Snork, PP. Of course I drew a veil over the countless awful posts of yours I've seen.
No choc melting here since Monday. Have still had a couple of digestives while cooking tea. That is such a regular time for me to nibble, I think I need to take GEm's advice and have a planned treat for then. Well, as it's not long before tea, it doesn't need to be a flippin treat, a satsuma or some of the raw veg from the prep would make more sense.
Maybe I need to have more earlier - so join the boys in an after-school snack at around 4pm. I think that might work better, tbh. Will try today and report back.
Had a cancellation, so have walked into town and back, and idly perused some of the sales. Saw some new baby announcement cards that were so horrendous I was relieved to see 'em in the sale - evidently not that many people are sufficiently egotistical to send out cards saying "We've made a little Us!" -
Message 43
Posted by Sister Primrose of the Red Tinsel Flag (U5405579) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
That's some size of veil you've got there OP...
Feeling much better now I've had my tea and brown bread and am now thinking about walking down to the shops for a few things. It's cold and grey so the car is looking most appealing, but the walk would be better for me.
Decisions decisions...
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Message 44
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
Sparkers happy again - as it was only one day of XS hunger - and I think I was coming down with something, so probably body telling me I needed to stoke up a bit.
Skirt and top from Jules Vert sale arrived today - and both fit perfectly in desired size.
We are off for the weekend, so will take them with me to remind me of the benefits of eating a la MFC.
Still have a few pounds to lose though to get down to stone and no pounds mark.
Very mild here today - seems unatural after all the frosts and snows of late. Very sad for all those poor folk in Brazil, Sri Lanka a Queenland though. -
Message 45
Posted by Auntie Prue (U14585893) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
.... or even Jacques Vert - was thinking about Jules Verne at the same time - not as good at mental multitasking as I used to be - but it does result in some amusing mistakes!
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Message 46
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
Well work and meeting over - there was tea and cakes, I had two tiny sandwiches and a Welsh cake, which was the minimum I could get away with! We'll see what tonight brings!
Sparkers I loved the thought of a Jules Verne designed outfit! Recently I had a text from EP saying that sometimes it was so cool to be dyslexic - he had read that LIZARDS had covered the east coast of America! he preferred his version to the official blizzards!
OP, try the snack with the boys and see whether it works, how old are they? Will they enjoy your sharing it with them or are they past that stage?
KOKO one and all
F-P -
Message 47
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
well done on going to the gym Lost - I know what you mean about the young and beautiful but I take heart in the fact they are so busy looking at themselves and flirting with each other that they don't pay any attention to the old bag on the treadmill in her tatty running gear and no make-up who is actually sweating buckets rather than just posing in the brand new gear (me that is not you!). It's hard to get your act together and go - I find the hardest bit is getting there once I am in the gym I think well I might as well make it worth the journey..... I know how much effort it must have taken so give yourself a pat on the back.
On a different note I think I have discovered the source of my dreadful rash.... KIWI FRUIT!!! I haven't had any for 3 days now and the rash is disappearing. EIGHT weeks I have been eating the stuff (it's good for you full of vit c) and poisoning myself. No wonder the steroids took the edge off it but didn't fix it. Here's hoping in a week's time my skin will look like a human's rather than a crocodiles and the wretched itching will be done!! Doc will have to run some more tests but I am convinced I have isolated the damned thing. Not everything that is good for you is good for you if you know what I mean -
Message 48
Posted by Fire-Pig - proud to wave the protest banner (U12231213) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
GEm, how much kiwi fruit were you eating? I know allergies can arise after years of eating something. One friend of mine developed an allergy to fish in her 80s having eaten it all her life with no problem! (Come to think of it, I wonder whether in her case it was a reaction between fish and some new medication? - probably not the case with you.)
F-P -
Message 49
Posted by LostInML (U13646691) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
Accountability is a useful thing, GEm. I was desperate NOT to go to the gym. I'd bought a new novel and wanted to curl up in a chair and read it. But I thought 'how will I feel if GEm asks me if I went?' and that was motviation enough!
Like you, once I get there, it's worth it. It's the getting there that can be hard. Because I swim in the morning, I don't find that as hard (I'm a morning person and I'd have to be severely addicted to work to prefer being there at 7 a.m. to being in the pool.) The gym is more of an effort.
So... kiwi fruit has been causing you problems? Have you always been allergic to it or has this developed recently? How very strange. I love kiwi fruit, so was pleased to hear it's good for me! I hope you soon have relief from the dreaded rash and itching. -
Message 50
Posted by GEm (U4356909) on Thursday, 13th January 2011
I'd never eaten kiwi fruit really other than the odd bit as garnish so may have had a reaction but so small because of small amount and only now and then but OH had one somewhere and decided he liked it so I started buying the packs of 4 and putting 2 in each fruit salad (I make up a big bowl and keep it in the fridge). The problem was I was having probably 3 portions a day of the mix so probably the equivalent of 1 a day and I guess if I am allergic then that would be enough to build up to a problem quite quickly. Interesting I don't actively like or dislike them - they are pretty in the fruit salad but I can take or leave them while the rest of the family love them. I've been making the fruit salad without them for 3 days now (I make them in a separate dish for everyone else) however the doc said on the phone I may have to stop even preparing them as having exposed my body so much to it (and looking at my allergy scores back from the hospital) I may have now created a monster. Rash has been coming and going all day in various bits of body but is definitely receding (she says could take up to two weeks for my poor body to clear it all!) Once I am better she says we can do some proper scientific tests but she like me thinks I may have cracked it.
Apparantly the FSA have said that this allergy is a growing one - something to do with an acid in the fruit. My OH is keen to make sure that one never comes near me again as he's been in despair trying to help me.
I have to say I won't be sorry to kiss goodbye to the steroids and steroid creams (i feel like they have made me put on weight) even though my jeans still fit and the scales suggest not I feel bloated with them
If this is the problem and we are now in recovery I will be SOOOOO relieved
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