The Invisible ...... Mango - 10 / 10 thread - all welcome

[FrannyandZooey]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page.

I have two names. Is complicated. Let's forget it.

Ooh I love eating chocolate by myself while the boys are busy doing boys' things Franny. Actually this afternoon I have been eating chocolate like there's no tomorrow AND I've been really snappy for some reason. This is NOT ON because I am not pre-menstrual. I must go and do the dishes. Dp has been complaining of a headache and I don't want him to over-exert himself

yes I am divine - if you look closely at that picture you can see I already have a teeny tiny stalker.

oh - what chocolate tatties?

Maya gold

I am going to Brighton next week to see a friend and I will be able to buy the crying chocolate - it originates there.

I am going to be your teeny stalker. I am going to lurk in Ladies Leisurewear.

I was a bit too.

Especially as our meeting was coincidentally timed with a general picnic with other people who i had to admit to that i was having a date with someone who i'd never met or spoken to and whose name i'd only just found out. And they were all laughing a bit and teasing me about the fact that you'd be a balding man. Would have been a bit easier without them. But i was a quite sad when you left as i'd have liked to chat longer.

So that means it went well.

My photo is now on my profile. I'll take it off again later.

Oops that took ages to write and now is out of context. ho ho ho.

100x i think i've worked it out. Are you in a witness relocation programme? And that's why the 2 names. Don't worry, we won't talk about it anymore. I'm sure you did the right thing, grassing up those criminals, whoever they were.

yes - haha you had to explain it to all those people. I thouhgt you might have been scared that I was a horrid person so you arranged all those people to come.

I couldn't think about it too much because I was navigating anf finding the castle and sticking the 'v's up at the school so that helped.

Would have likd to stay longer too.

more chocolate chat please!

you are in a hat in a shop like me!

PSW you are also adorable and gorgeous. You also have a much better, more flamboyant hat than BBee.

Yes, I think it was worth it Boco. Those damned pickpockets of the London streets will never try to steal a silk handkerchief again.

Thanks for worrying TooT! I came away yesterday thinking that I did want to go back to work, then by last night I definietly didn't want to and then this morning I wasn't sure again! I might start a thread about it, but I don't want to start a SAHM/WOHM row just to ask about people's thoughts/reasons for what they did. I don't know if MN can do that topic without mud slinging!

No mud slinging in here PSW at least, if it gets bad you can hide in veg. Are you wearing a Shed 7 T-shirt?

100x! Sorry i doubted you. Just got a confused message from Fox - i'd sent it to her by accident and it had made no sense to her.

psw - I went back to work when ds was 6mths and didn't like it and left after about four months. I was then able to piuck up quite a lot of part tiem work at home that has gradually increased as they got older.

I feel for you though - is very hard and confusing thing to decide.

do you like your job?

what is you r childcare situation?

No Boco, it's a Hershey's t-shirt!

Evening

I have had a crap day, just thought I'd share. Work was rubbish, and DS & I have been abominable to each other all day (tired, lots to do as getting ready for holiday, DH away, etc etc).

I feel quite crappy about it.

I have shouted loads and normally I make a real effort ot be not shouty

Anyway he went to bed at 6.30, and I KNOW he was exhausted because he was standing on his head for most of his stories

Chocolate

I have eaten lots of plums, and a big stir fry, though.

BBB my job would only be 3 days a week but I would have to find a childminder (I think I'd prefer that to nursery). Moneywise we would be quite a lot better off (ie wouldn't just be working to cover childcare) but can manage without (ie no treats or holidays!) I like the job but it doesn't define me. DH would rather I stay at home.

FK sorry you've had a crap day. I've done shouting today - i'm not often a shouter, but i have been today, both girls very tired and lots of arguing and wailing. It's stupid to react to lots of shouting by joining in, but for some reason i couldn't think of any other approach, so we all shouted, and some of us cried.

PSW do you want to go back?
I didn't want to - which is why i found a way of working from home, but now i want to go out to work as i'm not good enough to ever do this for an actual job - so i want to know what to do next and go and do it.

I would like to go back but I don't think it outweighs the reasons that I don't want to. Does that make sense?

I shouted yesterday when DSs were squabbling over a wheelybug and the thing went skidding across the kitchen floor,

into the bin, which wobbled with a slow motion effect, and then spilled all this crap over the kitchen floor.

PSW you look jolly in your picture.

Bins always feature largely in my threats - so much so that when dd1 was being waily this evening, dd2 was wondering around singing 'will be consy-kensis!' -which is what i usually say along with the bin thing.

PSW that does make sense. Can you delay it till the balance shifts and there are more reasons to go back?

I have to hand my notice in by the end of the month if I don't want to go back after Mat Leave. If I want to go back within 3 years I can request an interview for any job that comes up at my level, so that cuts out the application part. I guess I just don't want to let go of the job I have and the hard work I've put in before, then start again in a few years when dd (or dc by then?) are at school. But I guess I'll just have to live with it because I don't think I can bear to leave her with anyone else!