Put that down, fatty! (again!)

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Haha I know that museum. I am.a huuuge iceland fan. I dream of going there! Awesome that you will do that.

About the president thing... well obama (and his predecessors) left your country in a pathetic state as well. But at least he *seemed* capable of being a good president.

Funny that your fb friend admits that he gets his news from facebook. That's so sad. It's a problem that people can't think for themselves anymore. But they still wajt opinions! So they get em quick and easy from the mainstream media and social media, which are full of propaganda (fron the left and the right). It's sad

needless to say, I don't regret leaving fb.
 
Hey Tri - I will certainly be checking out the penis museum. Wonderful things. I'm English, not American - although our country is just as fucked at the moment. Unfortunately we've confused "being British" for "being racist". Situation still worse in US - our prime minister is so far up Trump's ass..it's pathetic and there is a huge movement here right now to stop him doing a state visit to our Queen. We don't want him here!

Had a quiet evening last night, am still very full of cold so didn't go to soup kitchen (must go next week!) and watched Fantastic Mr Fox with Yank. Huge Wes Anderson fan so absolutely loved it. I'm taking Yank out for a date tonight - I'm going to surprise him from work and take him for a few drinks and then go to a talk at a planetarium on the Northern Lights and look through some telescopes. He'll love it - he's a massive nerd when it comes to all things space/sky related! I'm off work today on a study day so going to get on the trampoline in a minute and do my 10,000 steps.

Had an absolute disaster with making these puff pastry tarts last night - soggy bottoms all around. Damn stuff just would not cook! I'm making walnut & parmesan pasta tonight when we get in so just need to keep wine cals down. I've had ONE small glass of wine in 5 days! Unheard of. Not lost the 2lbs I wanted to this week yet but I'm 100% down 1lb so hoping a good hike on Sunday might tip the scales in my favour. Slow and steady wins the race I guess... a 1lb a week will still have me down a huge amount by Summer!

I also have to remember (and celebrate) that in April 2015 I was 211lbs. So I am now 26lbs lighter than I was then. That is an achievement. I'll take my 1lb a week - its all in the right direction ;) - I'll post actual results for the week on Sunday as usual though xx

2nd February

Breakfast: alpen bar (again), jelly (72)
Lunch: tiny portion of jambayla, no rice (296)
Dinner: failed puff pastry tart with mozz, pesto, tomatoes and fresh basil, roasted new pots (840)
Snacks: alcohol free beer, 3 ciabatta crackers with low-cal cheese spread, 1 bag crisps (284)

Total: 1492
Steps: 12,500
 
Sunflower_ said:
Hey Tri - I will certainly be checking out the penis museum. Wonderful things.
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Lol.

Wes Anderson can be a bit hit or miss for me, but I loved The Grand Budapest Hotel - Ralph Fiennes was so funny in that one. The Darjeeling Limited is good too.

Enjoy date night, sounds fab!
 
Ok I was very jealous of the bedtime reading thing but planetarium date night means you really deserve it!
 
Ah of course, you are British. I forgot about that. I think you are lovely people. I always love meeting British people, you are so polite (at least compared to us Dutch. We value honesty/straightness over politeness, which is very practical, but not as kind :p).

Don't fear being called racist. More often than not, it's those who call people racist who are the real racists. Most people don't give a fuck what race other people are. I, for one, don't. The only people I hate are those sensitive folks who cry racist all the time. Character is what matters and what people should be judged by, if anything.

(you see what I mean by us Dutch being direct? :p)

Let's move to a more positive topic.... So, what else do you want to see on Iceland? The glaciers? Volcanoes? The rugged landscape? Hot springs? Awesome wooden sweaters? Sigur Ros? Asgeir? (<- two bands/artists you may want to check out). Reykjavik? The language? Icelandic sheep?

Yeah, I am jealous! ;)
 
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Emilyrose said:
I loved The Grand Budapest Hotel
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Such a beautiful film - like moving art. Loved it too!

Little John said:
Nice date plan! Northern lights, too?
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Noooo, it was just a talk on the lights, not actually seeing them! We will see them in Iceland though, I hope!

IAmGoingToTri said:
More often than not, it's those who call people racist who are the real racists. Most people don't give a fuck what race other people are. I, for one, don't. The only people I hate are those sensitive folks who cry racist all the time. Character is what matters and what people should be judged by, if anything.
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Don't agree with ya here, bud, but that's okay. We all have different opinions. Anyone who "cries racist" aren't overly sensitive in my books - as a white British person with no experience of racial discrimination to myself I don't think I'd be in any position at all to judge what other people find racist. Agree that character is important, but now more than ever it is vital to stand up to any form of racism or prejudice - my country and Yank's country are rife with racial hatred.
Moving on now - Yes, Sigur Ros are one of my favourites! Have loved them for a long time. We are going to see some Icelandic folk music at a concert hall, going to the secret lagoon, glacier walk, two day tours, trip to Videy Island and hopefully horse riding if I can persuade Yank..the horses there have an unusual gait you won't find in any other horse in the world - it's amazing to feel!


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Well, date night did not go as planned - we ended up having a few drinks and then my map took up completely the wrong way to the lecture so we ended up on the motorway, rather tipsy and couldn't find the damn place. Ended up going to a jazz bar back near home and dancing til the early hours. Was brilliant - they played a ton of Fats Waller for me so I was a happy girl and Yank danced with various old ladies who thought he was just fabulous. Feeling very in love and very happy. Yesterday I went to a friends from work and she made the most delicious spread of food - halloumi, chorizo, mozzarella salad, asparagus wrapped in parma ham etc. Was very naughty. Then we watched A Monster Calls which made us all cry like babies. I didn't take any wine but took a few slimline gin and tonics - lots of salt and real butter in the cooking so weight is not very happy this morning..

Week One: 199lbs to 194.5lbs (-4.5)
Week Two: 194.5lbs to 191.5 (-3)
Week Three: 191.5lbs to 190 (-1.5)
Week Four: 190 to 189 (-1)
Week Five: 189 to 187.5 (-1.5)

Total: 11.5lbs down since Jan 1st

Really need to step it up this week (I said that last weeeeek). I did over 100,000 steps last week and won the fitbit challenge (woo!) but eating has been a bit off. However, I only drank 2/7 days this week which is just insane. Just need to get portion sizes down and avoid Friday night binge drinking!
 
The food your friend made sounds really yum. You're 1.5 pounds down this week, that's brilliant! Keep on keepin' on, you should be proud.
 
Sunflower_ said:
Don't agree with ya here, bud, but that's okay. We all have different opinions. Anyone who "cries racist" aren't overly sensitive in my books - as a white British person with no experience of racial discrimination to myself I don't think I'd be in any position at all to judge what other people find racist. Agree that character is important, but now more than ever it is vital to stand up to any form of racism or prejudice - my country and Yank's country are rife with racial hatred.
Moving on now - Yes, Sigur Ros are one of my favourites! Have loved them for a long time. We are going to see some Icelandic folk music at a concert hall, going to the secret lagoon, glacier walk, two day tours, trip to Videy Island and hopefully horse riding if I can persuade Yank..the horses there have an unusual gait you won't find in any other horse in the world - it's amazing to feel!
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Thanks for responding so politely, I can learn a thing or two about that I think. Anyways, I am not disputing that racism is a real thing. It exists, and it is very sad. But it's not just white people who are racists. It's also other groups who discriminate white people (and white people doing it to themselves). And black people who are racist towards other blacks. I think it's all equally pathetic.
My reason to judge people by their character, as individuals, is just to counter this group thinking. I think that's the most healthy approach. If someone treats someone badly, I don't think "is this a white person treating a black person badly? That's racism! Or is it the other way around? Then it's definitely not racism!". That's how a lot of people seem to think, and the funny thing is that they are actually treating black and white people differently themselves, which is racism.
I don't want to make this distinction. I prefer to treat people the way the treat me, no matter what they look like.

That said, perhaps I should not do these discussions in other people's diaries. I don't mind it myself, but I see that this is not a smart thing to do on internet forums (it always blows up), and perhaps not very respectful. And it's not what I care most about... I want to see people succeed at reaching their health goals, and offer my bit of support if I can, that is what I am here for.

Awesome plan for your holiday! Such nice destinations! :) I hope you have a great time! Btw, I just heard that Sigur Ros is coming to my city later this year! I will definitely check them out!
 
IAmGoingToTri said:
If someone treats someone badly, I don't think "is this a white person treating a black person badly? That's racism! Or is it the other way around? Then it's definitely not racism!".
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That can't be a blanket rule though.. For example, I work with a couple of asylum seeking children from Syria/Afghanistan - they face discrimination everyday in the form of "you're terrorists/bomb jokes" etc but a few of them are equally as intolerant of our Albanian asylum seekers because of where they come from...Racism goes further than black or white.. it's all discrimination. If it was, "I don't like you because you're unkind" then that's obviously a separate thing..but assumptions or negative feelings based on where a person comes from, their religion etc is clearly different to that. I understand not wanting to leap to the "they are being racist" assumption - but you must understand that when racism is a factor it must be challenged and talked about. Maybe your experiences have lead you to feel the way you do - I work with a client group that gfaces casual racism daily and more extreme racism frequently - I'd rather be hyper-sensitive to these issues so I can combat it when I see it. Anyway, we can take this to PM if you want to carry on talking about - lets get back to FOOOOOD.


I've been positively saintly. Super low-cal day to combat excessive weekend nommage.

5th February

Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: ciabatta crackers, laughing cow cheese spread (171)
Dinner: Sunflower's soooop with a paratha (690)
Snacks: satsuma x 2, peanut butter hot chocolate (103)

Total: 964
Steps: 10,500
 
Sunflower_ said:
Week One: 199lbs to 194.5lbs (-4.5)
Week Two: 194.5lbs to 191.5 (-3)
Week Three: 191.5lbs to 190 (-1.5)
Week Four: 190 to 189 (-1)
Week Five: 189 to 187.5 (-1.5)

Total: 11.5lbs down since Jan 1st
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That is awesome Sunflower :D
 
Good going, Hana! Maybe don't overdo the superlow calorie days since you're normally quite low anyway.
 
Thanks Cate :) No, LaMa, don't worry - won't be doing a silly low cal day like that for a while. Just wanted a kickstart to my week :)

Not much to report today - work was good, still feeling a bit under the weather so heading to bed early again. Yank's health anxiety is all over the place again (woo!) so he's not in a great mood. Made delicious stuffed peppers for dinner - they were filled with cous cous, halloumi and chorizo (but tiny amounts!) and were beautiful. Got my last session with my wellbeing worker tomorrow - I'm on week 8 of the healthy drinking now and feel like I have my head in the game. Can always re-refer myself if needed in the future.

6th February

Breakfast; alpen bar (65)
Lunch: sausage casserole, graze box (373)
Dinner: stuffed red peppers (556)
Snacks: 250ml white wine, crackers and low-cal spread (376)

Total: 1380
Steps: 15000
 
What's health anxiety? I also have the sniffles and so does my housemate, definitely the time of year - we're all vitamin D deprived I'd say.
 
Even in Summer, I take Vitamin D. Hope you & Yank are better soon hon xoxo
PS Is health anxiety, worrying about his health?
 
Hey lovelies - didn't have time to post yesterday. Had a friend come to stay over which was nice.

Basically, Yank's brother died quite traumatically a few years ago (suicide but just really horrifically done) and his mum had a nervous breakdown and Yank had to go over, clean up the flat (lots of blood) where he'd done it, etc etc and it was just a terrible time. Ever since then he is really, really paranoid about his health. I think it stems from worry about his mother (who has literally no-one in her life but Yank and piles on the guilt that we are here and she is in the states still..) and she will spend a lot of time saying "if anything happened to you I'd kill myself too". So if he has a cold, he's dying of some horrible disease, if he's overly tired he's got MS, if he loses a couple of lbs he's got AIDS and is going to die any second.. it's very distressing for him. And he genuinely believes that he's dying whilst he's feeling that way. Luckily it only happens a handful of times a year now (the first year was just insane, he wouldn't let me leave the house unless he knew exactly where I was going, how I was getting there, having to check in with him a hundred times a day) but it's much better now. Still comes up from time to time and it's not very nice for either of us. I worry about his resilience to stress now. I think the whole thing was so traumatic for him.

Anyway, onto more positive things. Yesterday my food was really good. I saw my wellbeing lady for the last time who was really pleased with me. I can go back at any time if I feel I want extra support again. Steps were insaaaaane. Not feeling very supported at new job - being asked to do some things I'm not happy to do so need to speak to my manager today if she is around.

7th February

Breakfast: skipped
Lunch: sausage casserole, crisps (350)
Dinner: soup, paratha (690)
Snacks: 250ml of wine, peanut butter hot chocolate and a satsuma (351)

Total: 1391
Steps: 23,500
 
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