Why do you build me up, butternut baby, chestnut lentil me down? 10/10 club - all welcome!

[pinkspottywellies]

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 even did the link! Night all.

Bravo Pink!
Now, everybody come and look at my shooooooooes!

Which did you get in the end?

Hello

TooT, one of DD's friends is one day older than your DD2. And your DD2 shares a birthday with my DH .

How long can we go without mentioning F and V I wonder?

i like the shoemaker site..i wish i could afford some boots

Oh marvellous, thank you

I was feeling a bit uncomfortable yesterday, I felt it was getting a bit combative

I know we like to have a robust debate and all that on MN, but I feel this thread is a little oasis and it doesn't feel right to me to have people's parenting decisions picked apart. Other people may feel differently. I would like to feel if I said "I do x y z" that I wouldn't get called on to defend it as I would on MN at large, and people would just say "well personally I do this" and move on if they don't agree. However it feels a bit unreasonable as I am articulating this, so perhaps I am wrong. I wanted to say it, anyway.

oh, bugger, I was just about to come on and say a piece about it that I'd rehearsed over the packed lunches but you're right, Franny, this will go round and round we'll get goggle eyed. Good call.

Morning! - I have nothing for breakfast. I am also rehearsing my speech about the warts. Dh got in at 2.30am so I suppose I am expected to let him have a lie-in. I might even take him up a coffee. I fancy a coffee, but I will resist.

Oh dear am not meaning to censor anyone

I just think maybe somewhere else on the site would be a better place to debate and try to prove points about things which are sensitive to us. I'd like to think we'll all support one another, on this thread, as a kind of matter of course

I may be totally wrong here - this isn't an edict, just my opinion - other people must decide what they think is best

What are you planning to say about the warts MrsC?

I am planning to say what happened and why I am not happy about it. DD was extremely upset and I'm not sure she believes me either, she's still worried. It's the twist of 'screamming every night' that bothers me most.

I must go now, I will report back.

Good luck. It's a nasty one.

good luck mrs c

zippi is in a world of her own..i haven't noticed you have had some kind of an upset or something on here

but all have a kiss and cuddle please

xxx babes

Oh dear.

Sorry.

I think of such exchanges as a conversation. I do see that perhaps others are more sensitive or insecure or something and think I'm being a challenging or something terrible like that. Can you not exchange points of view on somethng without it being combative or unsupportive?

Oh well. I shall leave you to your supportive oasis in that case.

{small, well-heeled flounce]

Oh and before I back out the yurt and leave you all nodding and patting each other on the back all the time - MrsC she's refering to that wart stuff isn't she? The one you put on and it dries and you file off? I think that's the thing she's saying is painful. She sounds rather ghoulish though.

Well, I'm sorry to have annoyed you or upset you 100. My post was intended to be part of a conversation as well, and not meant to cause a flounce or any upset.

I think you can exchange points of view, yes, and still be supportive, but I didn't feel it was terribly supportive last night, no. Perhaps others feel differently, as I have said. It is just my opinion.

Hello,
I'd like to join please
Will start by having a banana shortly.

I don't you think were being part of a conversation. You were having a pop. You were saying 'please 100 could you not question why people might do something differently to you.'

I can understand why you'd tell me off if I'd attacked anyone personally. I certainly didn't mean to do that, I don't think I did.

But tbh Franny, I wouldn't work well in a collective! I'm too nosy and talkative. I'm interested in why people do certain things or believe certain things, and I ask them about it, and then I tell them what I think. And yes, this does get me in trouble often. I'm constantly AMAZED that people don't see the world I do.

But I do see that perhaps that 10/10 isn't the place for that. I'm not upset, I'm a bit annoyed. Consider knuckles rapped. I don't think I'm really very 10/10 anyway. FWIW if Avi wanted to ask me why I do what I do, I really wouldn't consider it any way an attack or a judgement. I'd probably be flattered.

And also (I keep popping back in and barking things through the yurt door flap don't I?) Why should everyone be supportive all the time? I don't even understand that at all. If someone says I want to educate my small child in the ways of evil marketing at Christmas, isn't it okay to say 'Why would you want to do that?'

Yes Myrtle. Here. Welcome. You can take my place.

100 it doesn't seem like we can have a conversation about it without getting personal, from what you've posted today, so I'll leave it. I've no desire to have an argument or annoy anyone, or tell anyone off. I did ask for something that I personally thought would work well for the thread, but I am not the only one posting here.

Myrtle unfortunately it doesn't seem like the best time to join at the moment!

I am sure someone sensible will be along soon to welcome you etc.

I can have a conversation without it being personal. Oh yes.

I disagree with you though. And I think it's a patronising thing to have said. I also think you're right probably, and that the way I express myself isn't appropriate for the yurt.

That's okay. I hear you!

I think I am probably too insular to have noticed other people were having a disagreement. Or too tired to notice.

Hello Myrtle .

I am not saying I am a more sensible person by the way .