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It has been a tough year for you Polly and I do hope things get better for you & hubby. Well done on the "normal" BP. That is excellent. Lots of love from down under, xoxo Cate
 
Hi everyone its nice to be back in touch. We were going away for the day today, but Storm Barney is die to hit our area. Last time we tried to get out, storm Amy hit. I reckon the universe is trying to tell us something!

Be sure your sins will find you out

Yesterday evening we decided to have some fish and chips from the local chippie to celebrate. We'd not had any for months. When we moved across the city 3 years ago, we had to use a new chippie on the rare occasions we have a 'naughty tea.' We've only been to this new one, 'Neptune's Kitchen,' a few times and after THE cod and chips we had last night, never again. The oil used to fry them must have been rancid because we were up all night:ack2:. In future we will warm up the freezer blocks and take the insulated bag to our old chippie... 'THE Cod Father' Never once did it let us down
 
Nothing is worse than a special treat being awful! Well, that's not true, there are a lot of things that are worse but you know what I mean :)
 
fish and chips sound so good. I'm making a list of food I want to eat after I manage to fit into and wear my dress to the event I bought it for. F&C now at the top, lol! With lots of malt!!
 
It's as cold as a politicians heart here in my neck of the woods, and after such a mild autumn it is a shock to the system. I've done 15 mins on my exercise bike and that warmed me up. Just a general tidying up day for us today, nothing much on the cards. We both still miss our old dog tremendously. I find myself waiting for her to stroll into the kitchen when I get the cheese out and coming in to an empty house is really awful
 
Polly said:
Really, there's not too much to tell you about myself. I'm in the UK, on the Welsh Borders and living is some of the most beautiful countryside England has to offer.I am 65 (born in 1950) married since 1975 and now we are both retired we are taking ourselves in hand. I was a neurosurgical theatre sister for many years. It's not as exciting as it sounds, all I did was hand the surgeon the instruments he wanted. The best part of the job though was teaching nurses and the worst part, having limited contact with the patients when they were awake.
Over the years I have tried every quick fix diet going. I lose the weight quickly then put is all back on equally as quickly. I'm attacking the problem now from a different angle. I'm shopping, cooking and eating as sensibly and as healthily as I can. I have a treat now and again, for example, Wimbledon has just finished and it is tradition in our house to have strawberries and cream watching both mens and ladies singles finals. I had the strawberries but just had a dollop of fromage frais with them.
I have an exercise bike and use it everyday. I started off just doing 3mins and now I'm up the 15. I know it doesn't sound very much but with painful knees I had to be helped on and off it the first time I tried:blush5: (yes, you don't have to tell me I know I'm a wreck) I also do step-ups on the bottom step of the stairs. I'm up to 20 each leg.
I had a check up with my doctor before I started and apart from the obvious... eating myself to death I was OK and he gave me the green light for gentle exercise, don't go at it a bull at a gate, just increase it when I feel I'm up to it.
My husband is on the new regime with me. He exercises by riding his bike and walking the dog (not at the same time) My ambition is to be out there riding with him and also walking the dog. They go too far for me at the minute
I have lost a stone since Christmas (that's 14lbs) and this week I have started on my second stone. I know it will take a long time, and I know I will fall off the wagon now and again. That's not as important as picking myself up and getting back on it though.
I think I have to be here a little longer before I can have a ticker. I didn't know what one was till earlier this week. The crafting forum to which I belong doesn't go in for tickers I'm afraid. Where to go, and how to set one had all been written down for me so... as soon as I get a signature box I shall have a bash at doing one.
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Hey Polly.

Thanks for positing. Hello from the uk as well.

I am sorry to read that you have been bouncing up and down with crash diets.

Tell me, have you considered the Paleo lifestyle?

Alfie
 
What a night! When I made the bed yesterday morning, I accidentally put the duvet on sideways... poppers at the side instead of the bottom. I dreamed I was being eaten by a shark and woke up to find I had got my arm twisted up in the poppers. My husband thought I was having some sort of seizure. I really must stop watching David Attenborough wildlife programs last thing at night
 
:D Polly, you're awesome! I once woke up underneath the fitted sheet. Which was still on/around the mattras...
 
You all crack me up! :D I wonder if there's a hidden clause in the forum saying that we be have to be just a little bit whacky.....I'm over qualified I know. Underneath a fitted sheet LaMa? :eek: While it was still fitted? WOW! Love you gals :D xoxo Cate
 
Polly said:
What a night! When I made the bed yesterday morning, I accidentally put the duvet on sideways... poppers at the side instead of the bottom. I dreamed I was being eaten by a shark and woke up to find I had got my arm twisted up in the poppers. My husband thought I was having some sort of seizure. I really must stop watching David Attenborough wildlife programs last thing at night
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HeeHee!! :D I needed a good laugh! Thanks! :grouphug: :biggrinjester:

Reminds me of when I saw JAWS as a LITTLE Girl..(what was wrong w/my parents??!!) lmbo!

I wouldn't get in the bath tub and I slept sideways in my bed for a week!! Being so little it just didn't feel right to sleep with my feet at the foot of bed! hahahahaha!
 
Morning All!
My husband's last treatment tomorrow morning and then the final assessment on New Year's Eve. We shall be glad to see the end of this year.
There are some bad habits creeping back into my routine... bread! I know it isn't the bread that does the damage, but what you put on it. However I seem to have increased my bread intake and I don't want to get too blase about it. Yesterday instead of one bread roll with my soup I had 2. I am allowing myself a little treat at Christmas, but we're not there yet. I made some butternut squash soup the other day and I was up all night with acid reflux after it so I shall have to rethink things
 
Fingers still crossed for the hubby of course! Acid reflux sucks, do you know why you got it from the soup? I´d have assumed veggie soup to be mild for your stomach. Was it you who taugth me the phrase "little pickers wear big knickers"? Careful with those bread rolls ;)
 
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Fingers still crossed for the hubby of course! Acid reflux sucks, do you know why you got it from the soup? I´d have assumed veggie soup to be mild for your stomach. Was it you who taugth me the phrase "little pickers wear big knickers"? Careful with those bread rolls ;)
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Yes, it was the butternut squash and too many leeks

No, not me but I shall certainly use it! My knicker one is... I don't need to weigh, I just wait until my knickers feel tight and then eat sensibly
Yesterday went really well. They are very optimistic about the final result on New Year's Eve. Oh boy, I shall be glad to see the back of this year. We got to the hospital at 8.30 and were still there at noon. Mark was 'taken away' at 9 am and that was the last I saw of him. I met a lovely lady waiting for her husband who was having the same treatment and we got on like a house on fire, comparing our aches and pains, crochet stitches and cooking recipes. At noon, I was fed up sitting on a hard chair and stood up(eventually :blush5:) and tottered into the Ophthalmic unit. No one knew where he was. Yes, he'd been booked in, but there was no trace of him. Pollyanna started to panic, but just then a nurse brought him out of the treatment area and sat him down so I stayed with him for the 20mins he needed to wait to see if there would be any ill effects. We got home at 2 pm and that's when it all went pear shaped for me. We were starving so I cooked steak and chips(fries) for my husband and I had sausage and chips and what is worse, I thoroughly enjoyed it:drool5: I confessed my sins to Elaine next door ( she is 35, eats like a goat is stick slim and beautiful. If she wasn't a good friend I'd hate her) She told me to be realistic. Now is not the time to beat myself up. Christmas is just days away and I need to enjoy it. She said just take it a day at a time, eat sensibly, keep off the really bad stuff and I shouldn't have done any damage which can't be corrected in the new year.
The little girl opposite brought us some mince pies this morning that she and her mum had made together.
 
Hi Polly. Sending you lots of love from the Antipodes :grouphug:
Elaine is a very sensible friend & it sounds like you have lovely neighbours :D Be kind to yourself Polly. With so much stress in your life at the moment I would just go with the flow & try to relax. I must say however that Christmas is not just days away though! :eek: Don't say that. You almost gave me conniptions. I flatly refuse to even acknowledge Christmas until mid December! I'm not a Christmas grinch, but am just not into fuss. Lots of love to you & your hubby, xoxo Cate
 
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