Cream coloured parsnips and crisp apple strudel, Beetroot and bok choi and swiss chard with noodles - 10/10 thread,

[TooTicky]

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yes well i am either pregnant or it is to do with phantom periods and the peri/menopause

that is reminding me of a toblerone for some reason OR

Isn't the rhubarb terribly thin if it is grown through straws?

There has just been an odd situation which necessitated me saying, "GIVE him his piece of poo NOW!"

Zippi have your periods been irregular before?

I should think you are probably having a cyber phantom pregnancy in sympathy with me as we were in synch before. Definitely.

TooTicky oh dear [appalled]

not as a general rule no

but i did miss one around may which I put down to stress

which this could aslo be of course or most likely my age

with the third possibility being rather too ironic to contemplate

yes I did type the question then deleted it

do you think is a possibility?

It was a piece of ds2's pretend poo which ds1 was kicking around, but the comedy of the situation struck me as I was saying it

Could it really be a possibility?

lol at an exciting possibility

i might pass on that one

I am going to tescos

Evening

Hello LL sorry ot hear you have been so poorly

Zippi

Perhaps you ought to have a thyroid test however - that could cause similar symptoms..unless you think it might be peri-menopause type thing

Unbelievebale to say but I have been ill again today with the mohter of all migraines - got to work but left again straightway and came home to bed, DH took the afternoon off to keep DS occupied, thank goodness as I was not up to much

I don;t know what is the matter with us all at the moment

Anyway I can;t stay as the PC not good for migraineyness,

Tomorrow is another day

You're all mad

Lully, sorry to hear you're feeling so rubbish Hope you find something that makes you feel ok.

TooT, you missed me out of your round-up. I have been running again today. I can't believe I'm managing to do it! I just hope I can keep up with the programme. I've been trying to eat well but also to eat less so the 10x f&v would mean I wouldn't be eating anything else so I probably won't do that! Just to clarify... does chocolate orange count?

Did I tell you that dd held her breath and passed out last week?!

I went away for the night - first time I'd left her! She stayed with mil, so didn't see us from Wed morning to Thurs afternoon. She was fine when they picked me up from the station and we played at home and she had her tea and was fine. When dh came home from work we went up to get her ready for bed and she got all silly and cross and I picked her up and she threw her head back and arched away from me and stopped breathing and flopped onto my shoulder. I used to do it from about 6 months old apparently so I wasn't too shocked or scared because I'd heard about it before. I think she had been been so fine about us not being there but then realised when we were all back together and freaked out a bit. She was fine though and went to bed ok.

Sorry, a bit waffly. I'm not really a story teller

Avi, have you lost our Scrabble game? I know you've got a lot on at the minute so don't worry if you're busy!

PSW, sorry! I knew I was missing people but my brain is a bit feeble atm. Glad dd is okay!!

don't let it put you off going away psw

I am sure it is some sort of woman thing I have

I didn't put on any weight over xmas and then the last week i suddenly seem to have added 5 lbs

i have had an apple and grapes now

i am hopeless at the veg part cos it never seems worht making food

I occasionally have a bowl of broccoli or caulifour but unless i make a roast for the fa,mily which is about max once a month then it just doesn't happen

and i used to be like you loit baking bread and terry nappies and wholefoods

oh and of course vegetarian for about 15 years

Hello hello

More ailing folk - seems a right epidemic atm. Hope you all feel better soon.

Have had mixed nuts & dried raisin, berry smoothie, salad with lettuce, tomato, red pepper, mixed bean sprouts and blue cheese. Dinner roast salmon roast spuds and carrots, mashed swede, cabbage and gravy.

My sister arrived from the UK last night to stay with me for two weeks and brought me the Superfoods book - I'm very interested to read about these and see which ones will help me recover from cancer.

Apparently the 14 superfoods are beans, soy, blueberries, spinach, broccoli, tea (green or black), oats, tomatoes, oranges, turkey, punpkin, walnuts, wild salmon and yogurt.

Oooo toberlone...

TooTicky's poo story made me lol. It reminded me of one of my first days of teaching where I suddenly heard myself bellow "I already asked you: STOP PLAYING WITH YOUR BALLs" much to the amusement of the caretaker who was walking through my PE lesson.

Have fun with your sister, Anorak.

sorry about dd Pink glad you have some knowledge about it already. I expect that helps

have had mango (JUST ripe) raisins and banana

persuaded ds to go to nursery hoorah (refused yesterday, is always nervy after the holidays), but dp is at home poorly with a fluey sort of thing. He says he may not go in tomorrow either! So I think he may be dying, is normally v dull conscientious type in fact I don't think I ever remember him taking two days off together in living memory. It's his birthday on Saturday so I hope the poor bugger is ok by then

put me down for two more satsumas

a slow f + v day evidently

a banana and raspberries with my breakfast and sunfloer seeds

Lunch= wholemeal baguette with tofu, green pepper, cabbage and tomato. Yum.
Now eating pizza (tomato and green pepper).
Also had sun dried pineapple.
Not many actual portions though. 3 or possibly 4.