Slowly does it, Sunflower.

Sunflower_

Sunflower_

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Hi everyone - I'm back again!

Have been here for a thousand years with varying degrees of success. Have been stalking all my pals on here and saw a post by the lovely EmilyRose that said "Anyway, let's try it. Let's agree to always try again." Lightening bolt moment.. I don't need to feel ashamed about coming back, I don't need to worry if I don't make progress all the time.. I just need to try again. So here I am, trying again.

Plan is to post food, dust the fitbit off and get active every day.

H xo
 
Hey Sunflower, good to see you back!
Sunflower_ said:
Let's agree to always try again
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Good quote from Emily, kind of like Cate's never give up!

How have you been?
 
Hey Rob :) Really well, thank you. Lock down in the UK is affecting my job role quite a bit..huge increase in domestic violence and we are all working from home. Making it a bit tricky, but I'm managing! My husband lost his job when last month (Covid-19 related..) and so we are tightening the belt and trying to make the most of the time together. I feel like I'm on maternity leave again! How are you?

Hey LaMa, nice to "see you". Hope you're well, lovely lady.

Woken up at 5am by the baby this morning..it has felt like a very long day!

Day 1 - Saturday 18th April

Breakfast: cereal bar (120)
Lunch: toasted sandwich (401)
Dinner: home-made veggie tacos with avocado, halloumi and rice (846)
Snacks: 2 x G&T with slimline tonic, 1 small chocolate (229)

Total: 1596
Steps: 10,500 (exercise calories recorded at 516 for the day)
 
Sorry to hear about your husband losing his job. Same here. It sucks, even if you know you have a good chance of getting a job again when all this is over. How are you doing with the alcohol right now?
 
Hi H
Welcome back. He is a chef from why I recall . So long as you all are safe it's the main thing .
 
Hi, hon & welcome back :grouphug:
So sorry to hear about Yank losing his job. Life is so different for everyone I know at the moment. Your job must be SO much harder than before.
I love it when you come back in here, even though you may not think it's for a good reason. I love your wonderful sense of humour & love for other humans. You are such a compassionate soul. How's your little fella going?
 
LaMa - Sorry to hear you lost yours, too.. Will catch up on your diary when I have a chance and find out your news! Alcohol is fine, actually. I had most of February and March as no drinking months as I had noticed it creeping up again but now it's a couple of gins a few times a week which I'm comfortable with!

Petal - he was a shift manager at a swanky restaurant..wish he was a chef! I'd love that! We are all safe and well, most important thing <3

Cate - I've missed you. Have loved seeing your photos of your walks online, looks beautiful where you are. Little L is beautiful and boisterous - hasn't slept through the night in nearly a year and still a booby monster.. I'd like to stop breastfeeding soon so slowly reducing feeds.


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L "only" up once in the night last night for a quick boob and Yank let me sleep in until 07:30 so feeling like a bit of a human today. I've been working the last few Sundays and am working the next few as well. We get a flat rate of £50 even if we don't get called out and then it's double my hourly rate if I get called to do any visits or court work whilst I'm on shift. So I'll do 8am until midnight today. Just means I keep my phone on me and wait and see if I get a call. We need the pennies at the moment so anything like that helps out. We also took a mortgage holiday for 3 months so we will be set for money for the next 5ish months, even if Yank doesn't find new work. We are luckier than most.

My mum is a respiratory nurse near London so am worrying about her - she is working so hard and has not complained once. Want to send her a care package..She's so sad she will miss L's 1st Birthday. It's so frustrating that we are sticking to the rules and trying to be safe when so many here are flouting the guidance. I am still volunteering at the Soup Kitchen each Thursday (much to Yank's horror) but we are only serving takeaways and not allowing anyone to linger..although they do try. One of our heroin chaps did a poo all over himself last week...luckily we had PPE and cleaned him up! Yank would have gone mad if I'd told him.. :patriot:

Plan for today is to be on call, get L in the paddling pool in the garden (18 degrees here!) and go for our hours exercise. I find that an hour does about 8000 steps for me so that's a good amount. Pasta for dinner tonight I think. Was grossly full after tacos last night so will aim to have a lighter portion of whatever I make tonight.

Hope everyone is well <3
 
Jesus, just found ,my very first thread on here.. January 2010. I was 20. Where has the time gone?!

The prodigal manatee returns time and time again :willy_nilly:

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it sounds like you've tried to lose before and i'm guessing it wasn't very successful. this is a place where i tend to consider the quote wrongly attributed to Einstein that... "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results." if you are once again attempting an "eat less, move more" diet, perhaps it's time you considered an alternate method?
 
I don't really know how helpful the above comment is Flyer. Seriously...

Anyway, welcome back Sunflower. I also had my first post on here when I was around that age. I have no idea what my user name was, but I might do a search for it someday.

A care package is a lovely idea. It is very difficult to not be able to see family, but you're doing the right thing by following the rules. Sounds like you are doing great work as always and I'm glad you and Yank are okay financially. It is a big worry for people.

I'm glad you're trying again hon, love reading your posts. :)
 
Google "eat less, move more dieting".
this concept this is nothing new.

there are hundreds of foods today labeled, "Low Fat".
who is kidding whom?
 
overlandflyer said:
it sounds like you've tried to lose before and i'm guessing it wasn't very successful. this is a place where i tend to consider the quote wrongly attributed to Einstein that... "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results." if you are once again attempting an "eat less, move more" diet, perhaps it's time you considered an alternate method?
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Hey Flyer - a few years back I lost 40lbs (to my goal weight) and maintained for years before getting pregnant by calorie counting and exercising each day so I know it's something that works for me. I don't buy into any other "diet" really, apart from calories in vs calories out. But we will see, maybe I'll change my mind! EDIT: I'm not talking about eating low-fat foods at all..just monitoring calories.

Nice to see you, Em!
 
Thanks DA :)

Another lovely walk with Yank and the baby today - so peaceful out (when not avoiding idiots who still walk waaaay too close to us..had to go into the road quite a few times with the pram.) We were out for an hour. On call but have had no calls!

Day 2 - Sunday 19th April

Breakfast: 1 slice of toast (166)
Lunch: toasted sandwich (401)
Dinner: mushroom stroganoff with wild rice and half a small naan (621)
Snacks: none!

Total: 1188
Steps: 10,025 (exercise calories recorded as 551 for the day)
 
Hello, lovely Han. It is eerily peaceful around here too, but I am avoiding walking in our local town. Some people just seem oblivious to the dangers. How awful that a family with a baby in a pram has to go on the road to avoid people. What is wrong with them?
On-call with no calls, in your job, sure is a win.
I am so happy that you are back in here. You make me smile
 
Day 2 looks good, you are off to a great start!

Sorry to read about your husband's job and the other corona woes. It is a tough time, I sure hope it doesn't last.

A good time to get back on track though. Not that there is ever a bad time.
 
Thanks guys :) Feeling good today. Got loads of work done (L slept for 2.5 hours this morning after being up FOREVER in the night..) and Yank went back to bed too so I had a quiet house and cracked on. We seem to be living mostly on toasted sandwiches at the moment. The toastie maker came out of the cupboard day 1 of lock down and I'm still not bored...yet.

Didn't get much of a walk as worked through my lunch break and L was tired so just did a quick few laps around the block.

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Day 3 - Monday 20th April 2020

Breakfast: worked through breakfast. sigh.
Lunch: toasted sandwich (401)
Dinner: halloumi and roasted veg baguette (942)
Snacks: carrot sticks, crisps (210)

Total: 1553
Steps: 5500 steps (210 calories burned)

Will weigh in tomorrow..feeling very full of bread...
 
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