TAXIS...Beating the cancer and clearing the mortgage the final hurdle.

Triciaxx

Taxi wrote : "WEIGHT LOSS.....52.5 lbs lost /8st lbs to go to goal weight"

Good grief, woman that's about 26 bags of sugar! Well done :T:T:T

I stopped smoking last December after nearly 50 years of smoking. It's not easy but there is a good thread on here to lurk on, even if you don't post. I found the fact that I was anonymous (unless my nearest and dearest are also on here and recognise me :eek:) helped.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2957492 It's usually on the first page of the diaries - I wonder why?

mum2one

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

great weight loss Taxi, and i'm so pleased you don't need to see return for another 6months that's really positive news

massive ditto from me too xx

InaPickle

Crikey, Taxi, you've lost so much weight that your thread has grown skinny, too!

Well done, and best of luck with giving up smoking. My mum and dad gave up together many years ago. They were heavy smokers, as well. For them, the secret was to have something to do with their hands. Alas, my Gameboy and little brother's Gameboy's bore the brunt of it, but it was worth it.

You won't know yourself in 6 months, at the rate you are going!

taxi73

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments and encouraging words.
I vowed that I'd use this year to concentrate on my health and look after myself..it is hard due to the lack of energy but feel I'm making progress.
Weight loss is going well and is ongoing and hopefully should hit goal sometimr in 2012.

Exercise....would love to exercise properly but due to pain find this really difficult so am doing small walks at the moment as and when I can and a bit more housework when I can...am hoping to go to the gym and do a bit of swimming and gentle exercise within next few months.

Smoking...have been given patches and lozenges and have stopped smoking from today..it's hard but will persevere and then it will get easier.

Have been really tired today,exhaustion tired.Maybe because I was busy with appointments all week or giving up smoking or after effects of treatment ..who knows so have rested/chilled out most of the day.


Next appt is monday at accupuncture..late afternoon so if I need a lie in will have one.

Became a grandma again on thurs but didn't find out until yesterday afternoon...DS1 had a little boy ..he's already got a little girl.....and with JJ that makes 3 now.


Going away with SIL in sept to York for 5 days so have just booked the hotel and train tickets...looking forward to that...

think that's everything from here ..can't think as got headache

The_Dragon

Good luck on the stopping smoking and congratulations on being a grandma again!

youareallhelpingme

Lots of congrats Taxi x

Karmacat

Congratulations on the grandma-ness! I hope you get to see the new baby.

I'm not surprised you're tired, Taxi - you're continually out of your comfort zone - in a good way - and thats bound to bring energy challenge in its wake. But stopping smoking, and planning little breaks away like to York, thats brilliant. Also brilliant is the idea of gentle swimming - very supportive of the body - you for weight, me for arthritis - tho I'm so scared of picking up infections and putting myself in the position I was in last winter, I can't quite bear to go If I get through this winter without any problem like I've had the last 2 winters, then I'll start next year

Hope you have a good day today, catch up on that sleep debt a bit.

taxi73

I slept most of the day so feel better for that.
Tonight I washed pots,hoovered downstairs,did washing and polished tv stand.
Have just chilled out for the rest of the night.

Have accupuncture tomorrow and need to do banking and may pop to town but that depends on the weather for town.

InaPickle

Best of luck with the giving up smoking, Taxi.

My mum and dad gave up smoking a while back, and their biggest problem with it was to have something to do with their hands instead.

As a result, our GameBoys got hammered. It was worth it, though, so make sure you have something to do with your hands when you start.

taxi73

managed 2 days smoke free now...I got a twiddly thing to plau with for free from smokimg cessation so that helps.