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The_Dragon

Horace it was a BOGOF on packs of 26!

MrsPorridge

Horace - how did you get on at the hospital?

Dragon - I couldn't have that many bags of the crisps in the house I have no self-discipline:eek: Also, Mr. P. wouldn't be able to leave them alone.:o

Strumps - hope your work-load isn't as demanding as it was last week.


The week seems to be going quite quickly for me - I can't believe its Wednesday already (as Chris Evans puts it - we're over the hump):rotfl:

I've a confession to make: had fish and chips for tea tonight - they were lovely but it means I've gone well over my WW points today. I couldn't wait till Sunday my 7th day as the chip shop is closed that day.:D

strumpet

Horace - Hope the hospital appointment went OK. I went for a blood test on Monday morning and get my results in 3 weeks!

Mrs P - OK perhaps you shouldn't have had the fish and chips, but they are actually not as bad for you as you might think. Assuming you had cod, there's lots of protein, vitamins and minerals and hardly any fat in the fish, not to mention all the essential fatty acids that lower LDL cholesterol etc, and the potatoes are a good source of carbs and vitamins. Assuming it was all fried in "good" oil, you'd be surprised. Haddock is an excellent source of dietary protein. It also contains a good deal of vitamin B12, pyridoxine, and selenium, and a healthy balance of sodium and potassium, with very little fat.

In fact the Fish & Chip industry market their product on this very thing. And you don't have F&C every day do you? So put it behind you and start again today. You must not feel guilty, but you must keep going. And anyway, if you do a little exercise to get a few free points, or perhaps, eat 2 points less for the next two or three days, you can mitigate having the F&C can't you.

I'm not too worried about my shopping bill - I'm still on target for the month - the problem was that I don't get paid for several days, but I withdrew a little money from my Lloyds account to tie me over. The only reason I was short is that I paid a huge chunk off the CC. If needs be I can but stuff back on it.

Spoke to MUM last night and she asked me if I was doing aOK for money - I said yes but that the bathroom repairs would have to wait as OH's money is no longer forthcoming. MUM said she had just had an insurance policy mature and so she was sending me some money to help repair my bath - her reasoning was that she knows how much I love my baths, and so she was replacing one good thing, which I had lost (ie OH) with something else I love. She said:

"I can't repair the damage done by OH but I can repair your sodding bath!"

She has such a way with words.:rolleyes2

Dragon: Not even Gary Lineker has 52 packets of crisps in the house at once!

Spent all last night catching up with friends I have neglected. It was good. Chewed the fat with my friend Emma for a good hour and we put the world to rights. She's promised to visit in the summer!

Back to work then - preparing for a VAT visit on June 30th. EEEKKK!!!!

MrsPorridge

strumpet wrote: »

Mrs P - OK perhaps you shouldn't have had the fish and chips, but they are actually not as bad for you as you might think. Assuming you had cod, there's lots of protein, vitamins and minerals and hardly any fat in the fish, not to mention all the essential fatty acids that lower LDL cholesterol etc, and the potatoes are a good source of carbs and vitamins. Assuming it was all fried in "good" oil, you'd be surprised. Haddock is an excellent source of dietary protein. It also contains a good deal of vitamin B12, pyridoxine, and selenium, and a healthy balance of sodium and potassium, with very little fat.

In fact the Fish & Chip industry market their product on this very thing. And you don't have F&C every day do you? So put it behind you and start again today. You must not feel guilty, but you must keep going. And anyway, if you do a little exercise to get a few free points, or perhaps, eat 2 points less for the next two or three days, you can mitigate having the F&C can't you.


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I love you Strumpet - thank you so much for those kinds words.

Good news about your bath.

strumpet

MrsPorridge wrote: »

I love you Strumpet - thank you so much for those kinds words.

You're quite welcome Mrs P - I said before that losing weight was a state of mind. It's always easier if you're supporting each other.

I joined Tesco Diets a while back as they were giving away 2500 Clubcard points so it was effectively half price. I did really well because the support was there. you didn't want to let your fellow healthy eaters down.

That's what we should do too.

My friend Emma said she'd lost 2½ stone by eating healthily. She got a personal trainer (£300 ouch!) and the first thing he did was to get her to do a food diary. She said it was the single best thing he taught her. Now she thinks twice about everything she eats. She also writes down what she's feeling so she can second guess when she's going to crave.

Eg she ate 6 digestives one day when she was having a really sh*tty day. She managed to isolate what made the day sh*tty and wrote it down - now she tries to avoid those feelings and in turn avoids the craving for 6 digestives. She says it takes a while to get the hang of it but it's worth it in the end - honesty is the key though, no matter how brutal it may be.

Food for thought!!!

Love
Strumps

PS Weighed myself this AM and was 14st 3lb - down 6lb.
Trouble is - I don't know what I've done to warrant the loss so I can't keep doing it!!

MrsPorridge

Strumps - WOW that's a big loss. It might well be something to do with OH going - maybe you didn't eat too well around that time.

I'm tucking into WW pitta bread, WW tuna, yoghurt and a pack of salt and vinegar snack-a-jacks for my lunch today. Those S&V snack-a-jacks are my saviour - I now actually prefer them to crisps!

The_Dragon

Luckily I don't really eat crisps so Dr Dragon is snarfing his way through them (mind you I looked stunned when he brought them in the house!)

strumpet

MrsPorridge wrote: »

I'm tucking into WW pitta bread, WW tuna, yoghurt and a pack of salt and vinegar snack-a-jacks for my lunch today. Those S&V snack-a-jacks are my saviour - I now actually prefer them to crisps!

That's the spirit!
I'm having roast beef sandwich on wholemeal bread and an apple for lunch.
Dinner will be poached salmon, peas and a small green salad with a little balsamic vinegar and a splash of walnut oil!

Onwards and thinwards!!!

LOL
Strumps
xxx

Horace

Sorry just catching up.

What can I say about the hospital? Are you sitting comfortably, if so I shall start at the beginning. I didnt see the glaucoma chap but saw one of his dopey registrars (he was a clot and I had to tick him off about the way he was moving the eye pressure thingy across my eyeball, I don't want another scratched cornea:mad:), I reminded him that I needed to see Prof Murray and it had already been agreed that I see him, so off went said pleb to find him (he was upstairs dealing with a paediatric case). I was taken around to Prof's clinic and as I was heading for a seat was called in by one of Prof's registrars who asked me to participate in some research so I agreed - she took a blood sample which will be tested and at a later date I have to donate a drop of aqueous humour (eye fluid)..I am happy to participate if the research provides help for people like me. Then I saw yet another registrar who said that I hadnt got uveitis:j and then I waited for Prof. Prof then called me in and we discussed my cataract so he said that he wanted to wait until next year as he didnt want to mess up my business - so I said if I waited until next year it would mess up my business and that presently I have no clients. As a result I am going into hospital on 16 July for my cataract op - I won't get any sight back, my pupil has to be peeled off the lens where it has stuck from the uveitis and Prof has to avoid my trab too so on the whole its a tricky operation which I am having done under general anaesthetic (I don't want to be awake).

I was very naughty yesterday afternoon and spent some money on a new watch - I need to transfer the balance to a 0% balance transfer card. Let's put it this way, I don't ever need to wind the watch, its waterproof, its swiss and will increase in value by at least 10% per annum (I bought it as an investment and it looks rather nice on my wrist). The shop gave me £100 voucher but on reading the small print I have to spend £300:rolleyes: I used my £50 capital bond vouchers towards my watch. Today, I went to tax the car but forgot my insurance:rolleyes: and then I hopped on the bus to town as I felt the need to visit Primarni to buy a new dressing gown only I bought the dressing gown, some matching jimjams and some t-shirts spendint £25 and then this afternoon I had some pampering at the spa where I had some bits waxed, a manicure and pedicure with my 10% discount this came to £96 but then I added a smoothie to that so it upped the price a bit - I came away with a nail file and two bottles of expensive OPI nail varnish (free).

I know its totally decadent to buy an expensive watch but I don't smoke or drink but hell I have had a crappy time and I deserve it..I promise to be good for the next few months.

MrsP - fish n chips re the healthiest thing you can eat:D

strumpet

Gosh Horace, you have packed a lot into one day haven't you?
I'll be thinking about you on the 16th - it's in my diary!
I shouldn't worry about the watch - think of it as a present to yourself for being brave over the next few weeks.

Well, yesterday I was looking on the net for a site to help me find a lodger and discovered a couple that might be some good. Then in the pub last night, my friend Andrew said "I'm leaving my wife - can I come and lodge in your house?!"
So the upshot is that I have a lodger for the next 2 or 3 months until he can sort himself out with moving in with his new girlfriend. This is excellent news and should provide me with enough funds to fix my bath (added to the funds my mum is sending!) He said he didn't care what I charged him - he just needs to get out of his unhappy marriage.

I thought that £400 / month inc bills was quite reasonable. Best do it inc bills cos he might only be there for 3 months.
What do you think?

Strumps