Breaking Through, Travelling On

Karmacat

Good morning lovely peeps

I went to see my sister yesterday, we had a diary natter about all the plans for next year - not just retirements, but weddings, birthdays, new houses, all sorts of stuff. And we may have decluttered some very chocolatey chocolate brownies :j

Now I need to declutter a proper lurgified feeling

Am also decluttering garlic bulbs towards being planted in the garden :j:j:j

atypicalblonde

Hi KC, a comment you made on, I think, Watty's diary really resonated with me about looking after ourselves with regards to nutrition, hydration etc. I am a complete sugar addict and, just your comment there about brownies, almost sent me to the biscuit tin.


I have, however, vowed to undertake a sugar detox in January - no mean feat for someone who eats kiddie leftovers and biscuits as if they were main meals most days.


It sound like you had a lovely day yesterday, may your 2016 be wonderful - nearly retirement time! xx

Karmacat

Hi ATB! I think sugar, in particular, is a problem - I used to eat sugar addictively, as I think I said on watty's thread, and when I managed to stop, I needed to replace most of the calories, of course - so instead of refined sugar I was eating wholewheat this that and the other and veggies - I felt twenty years younger, I'm not kidding. Of course, if you were 20 years younger, you'd still be in primary school one has to be careful about this :rotfl:

I lapsed after a few years on the mse boards - no sugar at all is a bit "out there", or it was then anyway and I just got used to people talking about enjoying a sugary treat, and started up again. I don't have a huge amount, but I'm keen not to increase it at all.

Something I read in an Oprah interview has stayed with me about our taste buds craving stimulation, not just sugar - so thats where herbs and spices, and healthy fats, come into play :j

Thanks for your good wishes 2016 is set to be wonderful :j

Goldiegirl

greent wrote: »

and I love Goldie's responses!

It's nothing I wouldn't say in real life to him, if I knew him in real life that is.


Back in my working days, they would actively keep me away from visiting big-wigs, as I had a habit of asking difficult questions, or providing constructive criticism ! In later years, I did learn to hold my tongue more, as I realised it generally wasn't worth the effort of speaking up


KC, hope you are feeling a little better than this morning.


I'm not too bothered about sugar - I think that, with my need to watch my salt intake, it's just too much to start thinking about 'counting' the other areas of food consumption.


But we don't have an excess of sweet things, so I think generally our diet is balanced.


KC, it's been a pleasure to visit your thread in 2015 - here's to 2016 ! :beer:

Karmacat

Aww, thank you Goldie - I've really enjoyed our visits to one another too - and here's to 2016 :beer:

I do feel a bit better today, thanks Goldie - and in fact, I was out in the garden for an hour or so, planting the garlic :j:j:j tis done! tis done!

I still had to do a tiny bit of weeding to get it all in its in amongst other plants, so I've got sort of lolly stick things from Wilko, hundreds of them for a pound, that mark where the cloves are. I'm a very happy bunny

A wonderful, happy, productive 2016 to all of us :A

greent

Well done on getting all the garlic planted, Kc


xx

Karmacat

Thanks honey! I'm extra pleased now, because it's tipping down with rain, and all the mud I trailed about everywhere (thick clay soil) will disperse nicely

First thing tomorrow, I'm going to repost my Post of Pretty Colours, so its here for 1st January I'm definitely going to work on using my time better.

And for now, that means signing off and enjoying the evening. Such a great crowd on here, and I'm so chuffed to be part of it

Cheery_Daff

Bye KC, happy new year, see you on the other side! :hello:

[Deleted User]

Just popping in to wish everyone a happy 2016 with lots of fun, success and the good health to take advantage of all the wonderful opportunities that hopefully lie in wait for us:beer:

I'm desperately fighting sleep, I was up so ridiculously early this morning:eek:, but I really want to see the London fireworks on TV after midnight. I love fireworks especially when I don't have to go out in the cold and wet to see them:j

Watty1

Just popping in for a catch up. The sugar free stuff made me smile. I've been sugar free for over 10 years.
In the last 12 months I've had a couple of sugary things - a glass of wine with girlfriends mid December, a mince pie at Christmas and a digestive biscuit. Errr that's it I went sugar free years ago when a chance reading of a book made me connect sugar with my mood swings. And I've been so ever since reading the science behind why the occasional sugar is not such a good thing. Yes there are lapses but they are really rare. Its kind of become a habit now