Super cauli-veggie-tastic-Vit C in high doses ! - 10/10 club - all welcome

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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

hello

oh no - what is going on are we all premenstral a la red tent? Cripes!

Zippi - oh hallo lovely - I want to know all about the pyramids - am assuming there s another thread - yes/no?

filth - oh it is normal to be nervous if you haven't been there for so long but it will be fab. Expectations will be lived up to as it will be so different from how he imagined and well - yes the success lies with you but so does all the glory! If it is pants (which it won;t be) all go out and have huge ice-creams and it will be an instant success.

carrottena - school thing is hard - I had a hear to heart with DS about his school last night about loads of things and I said 'do you want to find a new school?' and he got all outraged and said he would never go to another school. I don;t know your situation but I do know with schools that you rarely feel like you have it right.

Idirs - have you gone? Either way I hope it is all fine.

Fran - oh franny fran - how are you? stil tucked up in bed? oh you do seem to have these let downs after lvoely things. Be careful or I will mail order you some crying chocolate!

I've just been planning my wardrobe and put my favourite green swirly wrap dress on with knee boots, thinking ''this is my best outfit, which I feel great in''.

Ds sidled in and said: ''Are you wearing that to London?''

Me: ''ye-es''

Him: ''oh. I thought maybe you'd want to dress a bit london.''

Me: ''which is..''

Him: ''you know. Casual but y'know, a bit cool.''

Well, my ds said if his friends saw me in town with my new boots on it would be the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to him. I told him not to be so dramatic and he said, well, they're alright for cooking in.

Speaking of cooking. DD said, look at this caterpillar in my broccoli. I brought that water to the boil. I feel strangely upset about it.

oh filty - green wrap dress and boots sounds lovely - can you link to green wrap dress? I love green wrap dress.

You will look fab.

Carotte - feling sad rebalances the karma.

evenin' all

I always feel like bending my knees with my hands behing my back when I say that.

FMV thank you for your tips. It is purely frustration at not being allowed to do things he wants to, or being asked to do things he doesn;t. Whereas once he would have just tantrummed (screamed and thrown himself about), now he is getting physical and verbal with me & DH. But it seems to overwhelm him, too, iyswim. He is so full of pent up anger, I can see he wants - needs - to vent it somehwere. Angry hands / blwoing away would be good things to try, so I will next time. Actually he has been lovely with me today, but very shouty at bathtime with DH .

If I take DS into a changing room with me he almost always hates what I am trying on. Unless it is bright red or orange

Puppies we had pizza for supper so...

Zippi welcome back, where did you go was it Egypt?(sorry I missed that bit somehwere I get so behind!).

Franny sorry you are feeling low. DH was made redundant nearly 3 years ago. It was very bad timing, DS was tiny and I had taken voluntary redundancy the previous month while on mat leave.

DH found it hugely unsettling, I was already struggling anyway with thyroid probs and depression, it was a bleak time for us. I didn;t have the energy then to think about using it as an opportunity, and DH wouldn;t have wanted to either (DH = his job, most of the time ).

But things worked out in the end, as they will do. Has your DP got something in mind if he is keen to take a package?

Wombling you are doing so well in keeping going but it does sound hard & worrying. Good news about the appt. I hope it helps sort things out.

Erm, gosh I've lost track already

I have had plums, spinach on my pizza, a big salad, and some greengages (hlaf price in sainsbury's), but could have done better I think.

Plums (1), smoothie (2), cucumber (.5), beans (2), nectarine (.5) broccoli (1), carrots (1), onion, peppers, mushrooms (1), melon (1) 10!! and 1 hour exercise class.

Please may I have a badge.

This is a sad thread today I hope everyone is ok. Maybe a little fairy dust will help.

Hello!
Pizza here too tonight.
FK, hope things get better. Have been through this too, with a very stubborn dd3, and FMV's tips are brilliant. And fingers crossed for the London weekend!
Today I have had veg soup which has to count for loads, rocket on the pizza, a huge chunk of pineapple.

Thank you all. Well done PSW, TooT can you make a "I ate my greens today" badge out of vegetables?

BBB I know. I do much better when my life is boring. Otherwise I just end up tippimg up and down like a pair of dodgy scales. You can see why I had to give up every single substance known to man - the come downs just destroy me [self-pity]

FMF your outfit sounds BEAUTIFUL! Why on earth would you want to look like everyone else? You will look more gorgeous if you stand out a little. I wish i could wear a wrap dress but I have no waist.

Ds had his vaccination and was fine, took it on the chin but I forgot how sore the site gets afterwards and he went to bed feeling poorly as well. Dp thinks he should have the MMR next but I am still not keen. He had measles single vaccine and I think he should just have a booster of that. Hope this doesn't open up can of worms, I know many people feel very strongly about it.

FK no I just think he thinks he will get more money this way and that his job there will not last forever even if he doesn't get made redundant now.

God I feel achey. Dp should be back at work tomorrow especially with all the redundancy stuff happening, but I am worried I will still feel bad, and that ds will feel ill as well. How long do the vax after effects usually last? He just had the 5 in 1 thing. I think I should go and boil my head. Gah.

FK - one thing I did and still do with my DS is a blowing up a balloon mime - you pretend you are holding a balloon and blow it up with big deep breaths and make you mime baloon bigger and bigger - he realy loved it and it worked as it helped him control and be aware of his breathing.

There is a lot of freaky testerone things going on.

Sorry you're not feeling well, F&Z, I would lend you a Chalet School book, my hot water bottle rabbit and my stripey staying-in-bed-all-day jumper which my Granny knitted when I was 16, if I could.
PS I think it was a lovely thing you did for LL

Thank you SK

I am reading Brother of the More Famous Jack which is like a comfort read but with sexy bits in

I never really got to grips with the Chalet School [heresy]. I am more an Antonia Forest and K M Peyton girl myself

oh fran I hope what I said didn;t come out wrong - i know you because I see myself there sometimes. Is crap but am sure you were not made for boredom so don't go that route.

Christ - vacination effects - cast mind back and think that it is only 24hrs but you really need someone more reliable than me.

We did the whole single vac thing - agree it is opening up a whole viperish debate so will leave it there for now.

Okay have to go and bond with DP - which means watching house not a strange euphimism for having beast-with-two-backs time.

Sounds good! I've never read any Antonia Forest, oh well, never too late. I am currently re-reading most of my childhood bookshelves with the excuse of seeing what's suitable for the dcs! Chalet School yesterday, Noel Streatfeld today, Jennings tomorrow....

I love Noel Streatfeild too but having read about 40 of her books she doesn't half churn them out with the same old plots

Antonia Forest is a rare treat

BBB no you have me bang to rights

I shall self-indulgently order some from Amazon, I think, instead of looking for a job like I'm meant to be doing.

Hello! My dress is very similar to this only a little shorter
here

That is pretty FMF and looks quite sophisticated

SK a lot of her stuff was out of print,but Girls Gone By have reprinted them

Dress is lovely fmv.

Woo-hoo fmv, you will be swirly and yet chic. Hope you have a lovely time.

Carotte: DS wrote a sentence today that went, "Caterpillars have a worse face than you think."

There is a lot of entertainment to be had from this mini-beast fascination.

I read Elizabeth Goudge books when I feel really down.

FMV you will look lovely I'm sure. I have a dress really similar to that (different colours) I bought a while ago which I need to shorten to wear with boots.

How can they be uncool?

Just because we are mothers, I suppose!

fRANNY, i HAVE TRIED. Oops! I can't do it atm, it's not behaving. Dp says he will have a go later.

I went . It was all right . Naturally, despite the 2,500 people there (not sure there were that many there but still), person of avoidance and I exchanged eye contact. But that was it - no words spoken (sigh of relief type ).

It is now DD's birthday . And DH has built (and wrapped) the doll's house. Although I think he has used the paper DS chose for his present to DD. I may need to re-arrange.

I am a Chalet School girl. And also Antonia Forest girl. And also Noel Streatfeild girl. Potentially all three at once .

That is a lot of smiles all at once .

I think I may be going to bed now. Needed a little winding-down time.

Have decided I would come and visit the commune, but not stay .