"Fall into Autumn with SW"

bubbs

Evening all

Good luck longwalker, sure you can do it 😍

Denise when you going away? i have never been IOW ................deprived 😂😂

Went to my fav place today and like a !!!!!! i never checked my receipt! If i had of done i would have gone back as i thought whole chicken were £2, that's what they were priced at but were £1!! i only got one! Got some mini santa maltesers for xmas, dunno how many syns they are not checked yet but only 11g each, might make a nice pudding with my ice cream 😋 got some yoghurt 60p that's it really.

Asda got LOADS reduced veg, stew packs 15p, half swede, bags of brussels, pack of mushrooms , cooked beetroot, nets of satsumas 15p, cherry toms 10p, leeks 30p 😁😁 fresh chives 10p. i was a happy bunny.

Food i had 3 syns for 2 ryvita, ham and beetroot, cherry toms

SW fish and chips with BNS chips and mushy peas 4 syns

doughnuts hexb and ice cream and no doubt a sleepless night as not long had pudding so will be coughing all night! Took 2 tablets instead of 1 😂

bubbs

😋 😋 😋  yummy 

NornIronRose

Hi all. 
Just caught up on the last few days of posts. 

Hugs to those who need them especially Joedenise and dh, and Coxy. 

Longwalker, another supporter here for you for Jan. 

Well, had my WI on Tues and it was a STS. Tbh, after the crappy house moving stress and takeaways I will take that this week. 
Been back on point since Sunday so will have a loss next week all being well.  
Went to the nurse for my HRT check.  My B/P was ridiculously high! Even at 9 months pregnant and much heavier than this my BP was 120/80. This week it was 180/94!!!!! Not really surprised after all the stress plus a bereavement. 
Thankfully the GP still gave me the HRT but I hsve to monitor at home for 2 weeks and she will start me on an antihypertensive rather than stopping me having the HRT. 

Coxy11

Hi all,

Enjoy the IOW @joedenise that's a really bargain price! We went for our silver wedding anniversary over the Platty Jubes weekend and paid £240/night for a room only, mediocre hotel!

Good to see you @NornIronRose and well done on STS despite many challenges and the stress of this past week x 

£1 for a chicken @bubbs!!!

The app is now reminding me to weigh in - was hoping to do so tomorrow but still at top of range despite being good. I had 2 plums, a really ripe pear, mushrooms, huge salad, pickles, 2 satsumas and curry yesterday, and not once did I 'go' - sorry I know that's TMI - but really?! My screening came back normal so guess my metabolism is just super slow or maybe I'm not drinking enough. Will aim to have my water bottle on the go today.

Food will be:
B - All Bran (!), muller light vanilla, blueberries, plums, pear - HEB, 0.5, S
L - JP, baked beans, cheese, salad, pickles - free, HEA, S
D - steak, sw chips, flat mushroom, peas - P, free, S
HEA - milk
Syns - hi fi bar 3 plus 0.5

Longwalker

@coxy11, Yay not so long to go for you. WFH should make it seem even less time. Im guessing now you are adamant you are going it come come soon enough?   Poor you with the sore boobs, I have memories of that particular problem during my 30's , they would be agony every month. I think it was starflower oil I had to take for them but nothing really helped till I had the mirena coil inserted - bye bye ttom, all I got after that was ovulation agony but I went into perimenopause aged 42 so that was short lived 

@joedenise , lovely, a late holiday. I love the IOW, we used to go over on the hovercraft - just day trips - but always found plenty to do. Plus I have a friend lives there and it would be nice to meet with her 

@mrsporridge , what a good friend you are. Sometimes all someone needs is an ear, which you gave. Must have felt you had gone through a wringer 

@bubbs , great reductions found there. Our Tesco is very tight with the reductions but I head there first JIC theres something I was aiming to buy reduced. I am spending so much on F&V, the prices shock me. Last job was in vegetable production, I didnt buy veg for 5/6 years, got it free 

@Nornironrose , a STS is a win. Imagine if you hadn't been so mindful what it could have been?  Not surprised with the BP rise, house moves and bereavement are the top two stressful things we go through 

Thank you everyone. Thankyou all for not only letting me talk about this stuff on here, but offering your support, it means the world to me.

For myself, obviously this planing to quit is playing on my mind. I barely slept last night. I was nodding off watching Masterchef so thought Id just go to bed, where I lay for 2 hours at just that stage where you think you are going to drop off, only I never did. Got up at 11, went back around 2, then lay in a semi sleep till I gave up at 6. Didnt help that it was quite cold. I only have a 4.5 tog on the bed, been all I've needed these past few years. My 10 tog is too hot, so I ordered a 7.5 which arrived the other day and is lying airing ready to go on tomorrow, hopefully that will take care of being cold

Food wise, Ive been so very very good, speed everywhere Sticking with the yoghurt being snuck in whilst I cover the dishwasher - its working really well, keeps me going till around 3;30 when a frothy coffee keeps me going to dinner at 7;30. Last night they had sausage, eggs, chips and beans - I had a mushroom omelette with a sprinkle of cheese, the beans and a handful of air fryer chips , was very very satisfying without having the syns of the sausages . But I felt very bloated, still do this morning, like Ive gained 5lb or something ( I hope not) After the weekend blow out Ive been very mindful and haven't used any syns on food at all, kept within the HEA and B and speed/free food. Im so windy that even the dog is giving me looks of pure disgust. Do you think you can just go overboard on veggies?

Anyways, weigh in tomorrow then if the rain stays away we are doing park run, haven't made it for a couple of weeks as Ive been working Saturdays , looking forward to that. We have got into the habit of stopping off for a coffee and scone if we get a personal best - a wee reward. Dont think a PB is in the bag this week as both of us have been quite lazy, the longest walk we did this week, being 3 miles took near on an hour!!!

Anyways , time to go walk the mutt and get ready for work. Hopefully it will be busy today and time will fly and I get some decent steps in. Ive gone from an average of 15k in the 4 hours to barely hitting 5 as its so quiet

joedenise

Morning all, it's another dry and bright day here so another load of washing done and on the line.  Hopefully it will dry as the ground is beginning to dry.  Not much breeze though but hopefully enough.

@bubbs - we're going next Saturday - couldn't fit it in any earlier as DH has a hospital appointment on next Friday and I'm hoping to pick up my new glasses - was supposed to pick them up on 27th but phoned yesterday to change the date to Friday morning.  They'll phone or text me to let me know if they haven't come in.  If that's the case I'm going to be without them until the beginning of December!
 
You got some great bargains there @bubbs but shame you didn't realise the chickens were only £1 as I'm sure you'd of picked up at least a couple more.  Even at £2 I'd have picked up a couple!

@NornIronRose - an STS is brilliant with bereavement and all the stress of moving you have had.  I suspect you BP was also raised for the same reason.  I hope they're not putting you onto medication immediately but leaving it a while before checking again.  Do you have a machine at home that you could check daily to see how it's doing?  That's what I had to do for a while before going onto the tablets.  Glad to say just a single tablet has brought mine back to normal.

@Longwalker - I bet you'll be glad to see the back of these lunchtime shifts this week!  It's good that having your yoghurt and fruit in the kitchen is working for you.  Could you do marching on the spot while you're dishwashing to up your steps a bit?  That's a huge reduction in your steps now things are much quieter.

@Coxy11 - it's a self catering cottage we're going to that we've been to a couple of times before - funnily enough we ended up with the same cottage both times!  Wonder if that will happen again this time?  It had a hot tub in the garden even though we hadn't asked or paid for one!  We use the buses while we're over there as there's a bus stop just outside and the buses are regular unlike where we live!  We never use buses when we're at home as they are only hourly and it takes about 40-45 minutes to get into town which is about 8 miles away!

Today's plan:

B - scrambled egg with spinach, toast - HEB; P; S
L - sweet chilli crabstick noodles - S; F; 3
D - Fakeaway KFC, chips, beans, corn on the cob - P; F; 4.5

HEA - milk
HEB - bread
Syns - sweet chilli sauce 3; instant mash powder 4.5

Have a good day everyone.

maman

Will post properly later but just wanted to tell @Coxy11 about the app. It starts reminding you to WI after 4 weeks although target members don't have to weigh until 8 weeks. Just press 'remind me later' and ignore it. I find it infuriating. I did email SW about it being misleading but no surprise, didn't get a response. ☹️

MrsPorridge

At WI today I lost half a pound - absolutely delighted with that as it was a bit rubbish for a few days.

B 2 potato waffles (5 syns), scrambled eggs and watercress
L oh dear - a big piece of chocolate cake at our local NT property - just because I had weighed in!  
Back on track with dinner
D chicken with watercress, rocket and leaves and tomato
Snacks banana and yoghurt

Coxy11

Thanks @maman - app beginning to annoy me!

Well done @MrsPorridge on your loss xx

Longwalker

MrsPorridge said:

At WI today I lost half a pound - absolutely delighted with that as it was a bit rubbish for a few days.

B 2 potato waffles (5 syns), scrambled eggs and watercress
L oh dear - a big piece of chocolate cake at our local NT property - just because I had weighed in!  
Back on track with dinner
D chicken with watercress, rocket and leaves and tomato
Snacks banana and yoghurt

I’d have done the exact same , which is why I changed my weigh in to Saturday morning.  Now I can be lazy for two days if need be and have 5 days to pull it back.   WI on a Wednesday was hard on me. But saying that I’ve cut the cheats down a lot over the weeks and I might go back to Wednesday WI , more fun and laughter in the group