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VanyaHargreeves

victory wrote: »

how big was the cadbury bar:rolleyes:

....45g

vixarooni

sorry to hear about your grandad kpc, hugs coming your way. xx

victory

VanyaHargreeves wrote: »

....45g

that is fab then no harm done all that exercise would have melted it away;)

sarymclary

Hello All,

I'm back! We had a wonderful holiday in St Ives. The journey there and back were v-e-r-y long (11 hours each way), mainly due to volume of traffic or roadworks. We were really lucky with the weather, and had lovely sunshine for most of the week. Our accom. was perfect, and just a few metres from the beach. The children had a blast, and really got into the surfing. OH and I spent lots of time taking walks along the cliffs and coastal paths, and exploring the pretty cobbled streets of the town. Food was relaxed, a bit indulgent, but on the whole OK. High on carbs, but back to normal again now. Got on the scales first thing today and it said 2lb on, so I hope to combat that this week. Having seen a couple of pictures of me during the holiday, I am more than spurred on to lose a chunk more weight. I was not a happy bunny at my dumpy bod, and felt a bit dismayed that although I am wearing a size 14, I still look like a size 18 (which means at an 18 I must have looked like size 22). I talked to my OH about it today, and he said that because I'm so small in height, it just seems to make me appear larger than I am, whereas if I were about 6 inches taller, I'd look my size more. Very disheartening, but then it was photos of last Christmas that made me lose my weight so far, so it's quite a good thing really. I plan to print one off and stick it up in the kitchen to keep me on track!

Welcome newbies. Lots of good advice being offered here already.

KPC - sorry to hear about your grandad.

BB - that reorganisation sounds like it's really coming together now. I am going to set myself a grocery challenge this month, because cash is getting so tight here now, so am going to meal plan. I currently feed us on a very tight budget anyway, approx. £17 p/person p/week, but I want to reduce that. I feed 6 each mealtime, so batch cooking isn't as easy for me, but I do have to find ways to make meals go a long way to feed everyone, and with 5 boys/men to feed it has to be satisfying!

Victory - glad you had a safe journey home. I was straight back into my garden today. It looks like the triffids have moved into mine. I think there was a lot of rain this week in our part of the country, and it's definitely fed the weeds and grass a plenty.

Well, OH and I are definitely suffering from holiday come-down, and he has to go back to work tomorrow, which is even worse We had our last Cornish scone today, with fresh strawberries, and the others I brought back are going in the freezer to have later in the year as a little treat now and again. I had mine as my lunch though.

Food today:
B - shredded wheat
L - plain scone, strawberry conserve & 2 fresh strawberries
D - 3 quorn sausages, mixed veg
supper - 1 yogurt, 1 banana, cooked apples, 3 strawberries + cinnamon

grannynise

I'm back too, about 2 hours ago. Oh I did eat! Lots of walking up and down the fells but I think the scales will be groaning when I get on them tomorrow.
I've skimmed through the thread - welcome new people, hugs to people that need them.

KPC - you've obviously done a lot of thinking to reach the conclusion that you need to cut down a bit on the work. Sounds like a great idea to me.Missy is, as always, right. Getting the work/life balance right for yourself is so important, and what is right for you is not necessarily what is right for some one else, or even what was right for you previously. (Does that make sense? 2 glasses of wine don't help my coherence) Sorry to hear about your grandpa. Clearly he was much loved by you, and that's what matters.

Victory - you were a real support to your mum by the sound of it. maybe it might change her apporach to you - or is that too much to hope for?

Missy - taking a rest??? Your rest would be most people's idea of an exercise-fest I think. And what's all this about upper level tubes and stickers? I hope it refers to the TdF ... sounds very odd otherwise.

victory

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retiredlady

victory wrote: »

gs it was all going fabulously well until I mentioned that if she wanted me to stay (I could stay until sep 4th when the kids go back to school no probs) I would have to get the kids over, her answer ' oh no,no,no,no:rolleyes: my spanish religious deeply family orientated friends were dumbstruck that she was so selfish as to think that yes I was there, available and helped her no end her words but when it came down to it she remained utterly selfish as per usual and did not consider my little one crying on the phone to his mum of any importance, struggled to understand why my little one reacted that way and so with lightning speed organized for me to come home:rolleyes:

Once I got home a barrage of emails and phone calls followed but I was half hearted with them so they have lessened,now she is back to being lonely for her own doing and is feeling it but she is her own worst enemy:rolleyes:


3lb gain for me this week not had my eye on the ball at all, start WW again today, will hopefully be off next week once determination kicks in:D

Victory - playing the devils advocate here, perhaps your Mom thought that with the health problems her partner is having a house full of kids/company might have been too stressful for him? Just a thought, no offence intended:rolleyes:

sarymclary

I know I shouldn't, but I hopped on the scales again today, and I'm 1lb down already! It'll keep me motivated now. I've decided to eat whenever I feel hungry at the moment, as some parts of the day I feel hungrier than others. Like, I can go for longer in the morning, until lunchtime, but then I am hungry before my evening meal, but make myself wait to eat. This way, I can work a snack of some fruit into the day, and keep myself feeling satisfied (I hope)!

Victory - people are what they are, and sometimes they can, in extreme circumstances, alter slightly, but fundamentally, your mum is a selfish person, and therefore, nothing can change that. It is what it is. Marion may well be right, and it did cross my mind too, that for someone who needs to keep reasonably healthy, and not become at all agitated prior to a major op, it probably would not have been the best idea to have had any more visitors at your mum's. I would think it would be the best thing for them to have a few weeks peace and quiet in preparation for her partner's op. You did what was asked of you, and you did it well. I have equally selfish people within my family, who simply cannot recognise how their behaviour affects others, but that is simply who/what they are. They seem to create ill-feelings, and friction without even realising it, just by being themselves. I try not to get too involved, and have more of a 'that's just how they are' attitude to it, so I take none of it personally, but acknowledge to myself, and others that they are being selfish, unthinking and uncaring. A naturally selfish person finds it very hard to even accept that's what they are, or to fathom why anyone would get upset by anything they'd said or done. They swear blind they never upset anyone, and half the time have no concept of how upsetting and scathing their remarks and actions can be. If it's not done with intent to upset, or to purposefully create problems, then in some ways, it is more forgiveable.

Right, off for a cup of tea, and low-cal lunch.

Dinah93

Hi everyone, do you mind if I join you? I've been on a 'must loose weight' kick for the last 4 weeks, 5lb down so far. I don't have a huge distance to go compared to some, started at 10 stone 11 lbs, wanting to get to 8 11lbs. Don't know if this will be possible as I've gotten bustier since I was last that weight, but none of my clothes fit me at present and I can't afford to buy more! Only just realised that I'm nearly 1/4 of the way towards my target though, which makes me feel a lot better about it.

Have been tracking my food on foodfocus, and have noticed I always go over my cal burn for the day when we have friends over, maybe the only way to be slim again is to give up my friends?! Not worth it in that case!

Missy™

Welcome back Granny & Sary, glad to hear you both had good holidays!

I've had quite an active week but in a different way to usual. I've reduced my weekly jogging and cycling quotas right down to minimal amounts for the month of August and I've stuck to those, but DS and I got a bit into our snowboarding lessons and ended up having four lessons during the week

Intake average 1661/day, net after exercise 1312/day - weight has been up and down like anything, at the moment it's still up from last month's weigh in, but down on what it has been during the month. Next monthly weigh is on Friday - don't think I can expect any better than a small gain considering pre-TOTM is due to affect it too :rolleyes:

I'm sticking to the lower calorie intake this week, and most of my exercise will be from walking.

Good luck everyone!