Dedicated Swallower of Passion (Fruit) - 10 / 10 thread

[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

Woah really spooky. I was just planning to come on and start a cheese and potato pie thread!

Ooh, Lullabyloo, I grew up in Bournemourth...

really?
whereabouts?

and Greeny will be disgusted to find that I am now a 'Tunbridge Wells Type'
lol

Sorry you've got such worries with ds Greeny. I guess the good thing is that something has been flagged up and you'll get some answers.

Avi sounds like they're being arses at work. I hope your solicitor can help (especially if they do a free consultation!)

Moony there's a thread about cheap shopping www.mumsnet.com/Talk/2430/240318?ts=1202502996277 How old are your dcs? How much do they eat??!!!

Greeny sorry to hear you are going through a difficult time...

Avi...oh dear, don;t know much about this kind of thing, have you arranged to see a lawyer?

MrsC sorry they didn;t publish your letter. I had a letter published in the EDP once - it was after the Millenium celebrations (or lack of) and how crap they were...I felt hugely satisfied

I've been to the gym this afternoon and have watched The Illusionist as DH & I are doing Friday film nights as of today

But now I am ready for bed zzzzzzzzzzz

Greeny I also do not think you are over reacting. Sorry I didn't see your thread earlier in the week (not that I would have been able to add anything of note but still would have liked to know what was going on). The fact you suspected this might be the case doesn't make it easier to cope with - it's still a shock when someone dies for instance, even if you have been expecting it for a long time. I think it is a real boon that you have such a close relationship with ds1 and that you have been able to help him so much this far, even if he still has a lot of difficulties to face. And I am sure the posters on the SN board know what they are talking about when they say a dx woul be a positive step towards getting him the help he needs (as you may remember I was a bit wary about this about a year ago, but I haven't any experience of it, so I am sure they are right).

Anyway we are all looking forward to you coming to stay very much. I miss ds1's unique take on everything

Avi what the dickens is going on? Blimey. Well being extremely optimistic, what I hope is going to happen is that you are going to get huge payoff from this and that you will not need to work again except when you feel like it.

FMF I was going to suggest Miaou's thread for budget shopping - I assume that was the one PSW has linked to? Sorry things are very tough atm.

Hope everyone else is doing ok (and eating lots of f+v of course )

have had melon, banana, raisins, grapes

am going to book fair have been looking forward to this for 4 months - friends gave me a 'voucher' to be spent at a book fair for my birthday last year, and this is the first time we have been able to coincide non-work days with book fair days

Book fair sounds wonderful.

Dd1's school ahd a book sale yesterday, 4 books ofr £1.
I bought rather a nlot , including a Naughty Little Sister book, as dd1 loves htose, and a Moomintroll one.

Lullabyloo, mainly I lived in Charminster area, and went to the grammar school. I moved to Bath ofr uni.
Where did you live? Why did you move away?

Your meet up is the day before my birthday, so please eat cake for me. Lots of it!

We have been offered part of our neighbours land to buy. It would make a massicve difference to our garden. We can find the money - just. But our neighbour is not the most reliable, so am worried it will be a waiting game for her to remember to instruct her solicitor etc. But not really worried.

Avi - good luck!

LittleRach you must read all the moomin books. I insist. They are so beautiful.

Fmf, oh poor you. I know that feeling so well. I hope you have a miracle.

Greeny, the way I would look at it is that nothing has changed about ds1 personally, and the bonus is that he and you should get extra support. Labels can be daunting though. Hope everything goes well for you. I recommend chocolate cake. It is good for the soul.

Lully, hope you and ds are feeling better.

And hello- to- ---Franny and FK and Tigerfeet and Pink and Wheelybug and MissC and Zippi and EVERYBODY

I am making a big effort on portions today - have been v. bad recently. So far, apple and raisins.

Where did those creepy little hyphens come from?

are you going to arrange to see Franny after all, avi? Hope your work thing gets sorted out.

Greensleeves - Hope you get some answers and the help you need.

Frayedknot - they did publish the letter, I meant that I looked every week to see if the original idiot person responded to it. They never did as far as I saw but I didn't remember to look every day.

1/5 of a pear. Dh says my rear is feeling a lot firmer. This is encouragement to carry on despite feeling like I would rather poke myself in the eye than run this afternoon.

Toot - I was trying to see what you had intended to cross through!

The button with the little lines on it is stuck down and occasionally sensitive.

my keypad is a mess atm, some of the buttons are missing, some are stuck with toast crumbs and it drives me mad when I look up and see a whole sentence of caps. Gah. Must learn to touch type.

Our keyboard is foul. People eat over it, dp sometimes smokes over it. I think there is actually soup around the B.

littlerach....what years are we talking?
My parents lived in Charminster,my grandmother in Queens Park & mainly I lived with her.
I moved to London in my late teens to get away from my barking family and pursue my love interest....then Devon...London again & now Kent.
But I have itchy feet...

morning all, I am stealing 10 mins on here as I have hordes descending later - 6 adults, a 9-yr-old and 2 babies {gulp} And one of those is a PFB so will have to tidy in case the mum gets all paranoid about germs and suchlike
thankfully, only 1 family is actually sleeping here tonight..we are giving them our room, the children will go into ds1's room - unless the 9-yr-old refuses to sleep with boys! in which case she will have to go on floor in room with parents. I'm hoping the lure of a PS2 will tempt her.

Thanks for the link about cheapo food - TBH, it's the boys who are the problem. They are scared of 'new foods' so we are trapped in a cycle of meat/fish and vegetables. They will not try soup or baked potaoes with topping or even fricking beans on toast - all the nice cheap options! I am a great parent in all respects - except for the food thing

It is because dh walked out of his job at new year. We have the promise of a nice lump sum in a couple of months time - thanks to his canal boat 'redundancy' gift but until then we have no money.
Love to you all.
Avi, so sorry about your job but 6 months' respite sounds tempting...

Greeny hope you are ok, I know what a shcok all this can be.

Oh dear FMF I hadn;t realized....is he looking for something else now?

What are your DS' fave foods - maybe we can help think of ways to make things go further?

Sorry MrsC I misunderstood I was verrrrry tired yesterday.

Tonight I have the option of going to friends for dinner (girl firneds so no blokes invited) and either (a) staying teh night and drinking vodka or (b) coming home at a sensible time and no drinking as driving.

Ho hum..what shall I do? I think DS will be OK as he seems to be over his wobbly phase...of course I will be rubbish tomorrow though

Thanks FK. But short of hypnosis for the boys I don't know what I can do.
the boys don't like any sort of sauce on their food... they eat salmon/fish, sausages, lean meat, most veg if plain. One will not eat pasta, potatoes or rice. He has brown bread instead of rice/potaoes etc. The other will not eat eggs and very little cheese.
A typical weekly menu is Sunday roast with veg; homemade pizza and sort of salad (cucumber, raw carrots, peppers, raw vcabbage, apple, grapes); salmon with noodles/rice and veg; sausages, potato wedges and veg; home made meatballs and pasta and veg; chicken and bacon wraps with sort of salad ; white fish and rice and veg; and one day I do omelette for one and spag bol for the other.

Blardy hell, when I write it down it is scarily dull. And scary. And dull.

DH and I obviously eat more normally We eat anything. I try and make sure at least the base of the meal is the same as ours. But in effect I am cooking two meals a night.
We all have packed lunches. They are easier.

DH is currwently exploring the possibility of starting a new company with some contacts. But it will be months before there is any dosh in it.

FMF, dd1 is strange about trying new foods. Today for breakfats I offered them waffles. She decdie dshe didn't like htem, was persuaded to ntry them, said Yuck. Then I coaxed her into tyring osme ,ore, and it turned out she did like them.

Her palate seems ot ocnsaist of pasta, with plain tomato passata or lasagne. Cous cous with peas and sweetcorn. Rice with chicken and vegeatbles. Pasat and pesto. She will eat jacket potatoes, but will not touch beans. She won't eat rissotto. I made pasta with a mascapone sauce and she wouldn't touch it.
In fact, with the exception of pasta, she won't have anythign "wet".
She ahs recently decided she doesn't like mashed potatoes.
But, she will eat dried fruit in abundance, and all berries and apples. Not pears or bananas. Or kiwi. Or peppers. At all. Ever.

Dd2 eats anything, except tuna.

Lullabyloo, Ilived in Charminster from about 1987, so secondary school ages. Before that we lived in Winton and Moordown. And i left homwe in 1994. My sister stil lives in Bmth, in the centre, and my dad has businesses in Southbourne.

we overlapped then
I left in 1990