Lentil Guru - is it stew? - 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

I've got BT broadband now

in fact I think we may actually HAVE BT broadband so they are at least on the right track

now I've got acuvue
oh god must stop

hi i shall slink back in i stayed up till 3.30 am i am not doing anything i am suposed to be doing i sent my gardening people a crap email and i havent eaten anything yet or even got up properly

and thanks tootivky

I thought your email was good Zip.

well i agree it was crap but i still think that they would have thought of answering even if they just sent one sayhiong it was rather confusing and they didnt expect me to work miracles was i going to come back next week as it wasnt clear

tbh i am not really up to this i am stuffed because i need to get a job when i finish my course and i am uneployable even i can see that

i am struggling to finish my course or do anything except mn

Not good. Go forth and do stuff! She says. I too am in a MN rut. But I will allow it as I am at work and work is wank.

I really want some chocolate or sweets or something bad. But I have already had some crisps today and I shall be drinking later too. Can't have everything. Tell me I can't have sweets.

Hello everyone. I'm sorry, I joined the f&v club and then went to New York for a week with almost no internet access. I ate salads though, and went running. Since I got back dh had been monopolising the computer for his mortgate spreadsheet.

So I hope everyone is well.

I should be becoming an aunt any time now. I'm feeling very nervous and excited.

Tootshoot is very good

Happy Birthday mini Boco!

DD has her school report. It is all very good and positive but in the things to work on area it said, 'DD is sometimes able to drift off to a beautiful place where finishing writing in a reasonable amount of time is no longer a priority. She can be a dreamer.

You need to put that report Somewhere Safe to be dragged out at all important family events. wedding speech, 21 st birthday etc etcv

GUTTER NEWS

it all needs redoing
the fascia boards are rotten and it isn't cost effective to replace just one or two apparently

END OF GUTTER NEWSFLASH

MrsC I love the report. It's quite poetic and they obviously have a great deal of affection for her.

Baked potatoes filled with butter cheese and sweetcorn are in oven
and a big salad with lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cucumber and chickpeas
if only cheese and potatoes counted towards 10 I would be laughing

Hello slinkers, welcome back zippi and alarka

i have just managed to get up and have my brekfast which was two satsumas most of a pack of frozen summer fruits oats granola and milk and coffee and two chocolate mousses

and toot i had a reply from my gardener man quite uncannily like he had seen my thread on here as he said please dont give up yet and we understand what you mean

it is just coming up to a year since kieran left which i think is making me odd too

your breakfast sounds strangely alluring zip

sorry about the year coming up

glad gardening people understood

my exercise has disappeared altoghether

iwent to be at 3.30

i have a heap of assignments that i cant start

i need a mum i nthink

OB - I will, I will drag it out for years to come.

Her teacher is lovely and she is very fond of DD. One other sentence was, 'Sometimes what DD sees as a useful piece of advice or suggestion is seen by others as bossiness, but this energetic and pro-active side of her has been challenged to her benefit several times in the year and is at a perfectly reasonable level.'

Sorry, but I think that is hilarious, how do they write something like 'she is bossy', like that? It is very cunning. I like her teacher. She also sent me flowers after my op.

Anyway, enough of my daughter's report, how are all veggers.

Still having gutter problems, Franny, that is annoying.

I went out for lunch today and had the fattest camembert goats cheese, gruyuere and roasted tomato tart in the world. Three inches high or so, ate with masses of salad and white wine looking out over a friends leafy garden. Was very relaxing.

Look look at my prize scroll down it's the one with the apples

haha guadaloupe your dd is obviously just like my dd1

prize for what

Guadalupe I like the sound of your dd's teacher

Yes, Zip, she is a character!

Toot - will you use that?

Prize draw in local shop

dd1 told me on sunday that she was writing my cv later

i said but you don't know what i have on it

she said it doesn't matter i know what it should say