What a Fruitiful Day....nothing is impossible with my own powerful lime! 10/10 Club - all welcome.

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For anyone who wants a boost to their general health (and to talk bobbins with a load of fruity nutters). 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 all

had good weekend buying rest of baby stuff, not much else needed now so feeling calm and ready to pack hospital bag and push a baby out although am anxious about coming early or on time (I know, I know, am weirdo) so hope to be overdue so I can sort out childcare etc in advance!

Thanks for birthday wishes

Love the gingerbread Moominhouse MrsC

Hope tomorrow goes well FK

MamaG, how long to go now? Is it 5 weeks or am I making that up?

Oh Bero, thank you for your lovely email. I will reply when my brain is awake. I don't feel so bad typing nonsense on MN but feel emails should be a little better.

I am having my birthday cake tomorrow morning - dd1 has made it but didn't start until late ion the day

Do I lose points for picking the freaky little banana chips out of my muesli? They don't actually count as fruit, do they?

MamaG I'm glad you're feeling prepared. I on the other hand am terrified I got a catalogue out last night to start thinking about what this poor little mite might need and just got all teary because of course 'it'll be a nightmare, I won't be able to cope, it will be a really difficult baby, I will have placenta praevia or something awful and it will all go wrong, I won't be able to breastfeed, dd will start acting up etc etc'

Ah well. Feel better this morning (despite dd getting up at 5.30 )

Mornin'

Happy Birfday Stuffit if you're lurking!

I have a crick in my neck. I am having to turn my whole torso to look at someone if they are talking to me, wild eyed to stiffle the yelp of pain. Not a good look. I seem to get cricks way too regularly, need to see a body fixer upper - not sure wht particular breed though.

I think a combo of lugging books around on one shoulder and an increasingly heavy toddler on t'other hip is taking its toll.

Hello lovely veggers

Happy birthday to all the old celebrating people

How exciting MamaG

Pink don't panic lovely, everythign will be fiiiine

I would love an allotment. DH seems to think that it would be too much work. How long do you spend allotmenting, roughly, would you say? Obviously its season dependant. I have my name down for one anyway.

OsBa what about a cranial osteopath? I've only heard of them in terms of babies and pregnant people using them, but they straighten you out.

Happy Birthday Stuffit

Thanks TF I know it'll all work out ok but I had a wibbly moment! I'm sure that there will be more to come! It's good to write it down though cause you get to see how ridiculous it all is

Aw pink, I felt all panicky about halfway through too - I think it suddenly seems "real" and you think omg omg I won't be able to cope!

I had that panic too but feel much calmer now, so hopefully you will too.

Am 36 weeks on Thursday - it has flown, so much. Think its because its my third and I'm so busy with the other two (9 and 4) that I ahven't had time to dwell on this pg! Poor baby - will be one of those babies that gets left in a shop, completely overlooked!

F&V has been shameful. Am trying to make up for it today (2 x banana, apple and pear, sweetcorn and red pepper so far)

Good lord MamaG, that's not very long at all! (I don't see your nickname as a cuddly granny btw - i always thought of it more of a naughty name, I have always pictured you afro-carribean though!)

Or asian - as in Mama-Gee, which is how we referred to our nanny in Pakistan many moons ago.

Not sure if that is any better really! Lets stick with the first?

Had first assignment dished out today.

Have to do a 3 day food diary (right down to each gram of onion used)

then enter it into some nutrion type software and analyse our own diets against recommended daily allowances etc

then talk about limitations of the exercise, differences in days ie w/end scoffing vs weekday virtuosity etc what we discovered

and so and so forth.

1500 words.

Piece of cake. I do that on here every night

obv there is more to it than that, we have to choose a prticular micronutrient ie potassium to investigate in our diet.

Am pleased. Seems v do-able and a good opener into what I am sure will become more complicated investigations.

And mum is coming today, haven't seen since June.

Hope everyone is having good days.

That reminds me, I have to fill in one of those diet charts for ds2 to be put in a machine. I never remember to do it.

We are having a very mixed up dinner of roast sweet potatoes, braised fennel, baked beans and bacon and mushroom courgettes followed by raspberry cake which is just starting to smell done.

MamaG - you haven't got long!

Assignment sounds interesting OsBa. Dinner sounds delish Guad.

We had pasta and meatballs. So tomato sauce and tomato soup for lunch. Half a banana, half a kiwi, a bite of pear, a whole avocado and some salad. I'll finish the half pear that dd has left in a minute!

hello lovely veggers. OB I am quite as secretly, I'd love to study nutrition but I think I'd flail at the sciency bits.

Now then.
I think we need to boot camp ourselves (in franny's absence) as we are not being Good.

Though I have had raspberries, pineapple, leek and pot soup and will be eating veggie chilli later so...
And I have walked 4 miles today, and done an hour's digging.

So do I get to wear the big boots and that saucy leahter cap?
I'll pass it on tomorrow,,,

2 bananas
apple
satsuma
salad for lunch (2?)
fruit salad (2)
sweet potato and veg with chicken stew for tea later

erm, 9 altogether I think. I may have to squish in another apple to make 10.

I would love to study anything really, but nutrition would be interesting. I was stroking stationery at the shops the other day, wishing I had a reason to buy it. And I would love to jack in my job and Do Something Less Boring Instead. Maybe one day...

Its funny how many MNers picture me as afro-carribean - in actual fact I've got mucky blonde hair, blue eyes and rather sallow skin - DH says yellow

no, not long at all (eek)

Bootcamp? Bootcamp?

Cranberries & sultanas
Apple
Carrot, parsnip & squash soup
Spaghetti with courgette, brocolli, cabbage (don;t ask), leeks & peas

OK probably altogether about 7 portions

TooT hope the cake was yummy

DS seemed to cope well with his first full day, and wasn;t even particularly tired.

I will brace myself for the inevitable meltdown that I'm sure will arrive around about Thursday

DH has gone to Seoul

Which makes me get that blardy Erasure song on the brain every time I think about it

Cake yummy yes thanks. And gone.

Pie with spinach/tomato/courgette/onion/garlic. Crumble with rhubarb, apple, pear, blackberries.

Seem to be busy again and not emailing people back. Sorry No time, no space in head. Things happening constantly. Must sleep.

Love to you all xxxxxxxxxx

Hello-o-o-o

hi, nowt to add. been to see new shiny shopping 'destination'. exhausted.

There is a Zara! We haven't had a Zara before. Also a Ghost and a Harvey Nicks. Which obviously I've been really missing in my life............... And sadly a Wank White Company.

Went to Raymond Blanc's new brasserie. Nothing bad to say about it. Manager came over and spoke to us at length, very nice man, food tasty, portion sizes good, staff absolutely charming to and about DD, changing her bowl of fries cos the bowl was too hot before it even arrived at our table(!!) playing with her, bringing her free juice (and asked if I wanted water to dilute it (!!)

and v good price.

celeriac
banana
green beans

am planning enormous sprouting shoot salad for dinner.

Hopefully 7 by the end of the day. (meep!)

Hey osmo am making your 3 bean chilli tonight.

Just had parents evening. Seems work hard to judge as dd never stops talking long enough to do any. Wasn't expecting that.

Oooh I'm going to be in an exhibition for RCA - one which won't lead to any money, but rather a fun private view. It's called Postcards, lots of famous artists do pictures, and lots of not so famous artists, but you don't know who has done what, and they all sell for about £45 each so you could get a Damien Hurst or you could get a Boco. People queue up all night to get one.

Right. Beans.

we had 3 bean chilli last night

Pears, leek and potato soup, raw peas, pineapple. so far.

Chicken with ome sort of tomatoey/vegetabley sauce for dinner.

Boco, that sounds ace Will you get a postcard??

I know the thing Boco, DH and I tried to go a few years ago but got wrecked the night before had to work. How cool!

Simmer the beans till most of the liquid is gone. otherwise kids will look at you askance I suspect. better when stodgy.

Hmm I got distracted and now we're having something else - beans tomorrow as I'd thought we had more than we have. It would only be one bean chilli.

Am going to have 3 pictures in the exhibition - dont' think i'll get one Filthy as I can't be arsed to queue all night and there's no buying allowed on the private view night.

I'm excited about the postcard thing

I would queue for a Boco. S*d Damien.

We had chicken and vegetable pie. It was a kind of finsihing up leftovers meal but it seemed like pie weather today. DS appreciated it.

Today has been trying.

Work is manic and ATM I am doing a full-time job (IMHO) in 20 hours a week and it's rather close to everything falling off the table.

DS had a screaming crying fit coming home from school and another one before bed.

He is tired and obviously not coping well today

I am tired and DH is away which probably not helping either

Where's the chocolate stash?

Hell, yes, I'd queue for a Boco too!