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Hi Tammy
I suppose the bigger you have been - the bigger the fear of going back there. I have tried to be as controlled as I can but there are times that I have slipped up and eaten stuff that I know that I shouldnt (Sunday was one such day). If I was counting calories that day would have probably made me self-destruct! That is the kind of thing that has finished my diets in years gone by. When you compare us to each other you have to remember that I was a lot bigger than you before the project so I probably have a bigger fear.
Hubby has not been able to do any exercise for a couple of weeks. He had a gout attack in his left leg just before we went away. Then as he travelled to Newcastle he was hot when it was cold in the car (he kept turning the heater off when the guage said that it was below zero outside). He then had cold while we were away. As we got home Thursday he had another gout attack - this time in his right leg. Initially it was affecting his big toe, ankle and knee - but after some medication it eased to be hurting just his big toe. He therefore hardly moved Friday.
Foodwise I would say that hubby has been pretty good compared to other years - all things considered. He did have more Christmas pudding and cream than me - but just the one big bowlful. More was suggested by my mother the next day and we both turned it down. He is a gem that does all the meat roasting (and when I tell you that involved an 8Kg turkey, 2.5 Kg leg of lamb, 2Kg leg of pork) while I always deal with all the vegetables. As "chef's privileges" he gets the dripping and although he had the pork and some of the lamb dripping - he did not touch the turkey dripping and there was 3 bowls of that. He had very little in the way of cakes, puddings and mince pies etc but he did have quite a lot of chocolates. My mother kept producing them and he almost always accepted.
Hubby is very sweet as he spent Christmas in Newcastle with my family and I know that he would have much preferred to stay at home. His own family (he gets on better with some of them than others) lives near where we live and he has never lived up in Newcastle.
I hope that you have a good weekend and New Year too.
Take care
Love
Margaret
I suppose the bigger you have been - the bigger the fear of going back there. I have tried to be as controlled as I can but there are times that I have slipped up and eaten stuff that I know that I shouldnt (Sunday was one such day). If I was counting calories that day would have probably made me self-destruct! That is the kind of thing that has finished my diets in years gone by. When you compare us to each other you have to remember that I was a lot bigger than you before the project so I probably have a bigger fear.
Hubby has not been able to do any exercise for a couple of weeks. He had a gout attack in his left leg just before we went away. Then as he travelled to Newcastle he was hot when it was cold in the car (he kept turning the heater off when the guage said that it was below zero outside). He then had cold while we were away. As we got home Thursday he had another gout attack - this time in his right leg. Initially it was affecting his big toe, ankle and knee - but after some medication it eased to be hurting just his big toe. He therefore hardly moved Friday.
Foodwise I would say that hubby has been pretty good compared to other years - all things considered. He did have more Christmas pudding and cream than me - but just the one big bowlful. More was suggested by my mother the next day and we both turned it down. He is a gem that does all the meat roasting (and when I tell you that involved an 8Kg turkey, 2.5 Kg leg of lamb, 2Kg leg of pork) while I always deal with all the vegetables. As "chef's privileges" he gets the dripping and although he had the pork and some of the lamb dripping - he did not touch the turkey dripping and there was 3 bowls of that. He had very little in the way of cakes, puddings and mince pies etc but he did have quite a lot of chocolates. My mother kept producing them and he almost always accepted.
Hubby is very sweet as he spent Christmas in Newcastle with my family and I know that he would have much preferred to stay at home. His own family (he gets on better with some of them than others) lives near where we live and he has never lived up in Newcastle.
I hope that you have a good weekend and New Year too.
Take care
Love
Margaret
Hi, Skinny!
I really appreciate each and every one.