It Ain't Nece-celery So - 10 / 10 thread - with new ADDED FOCUS

[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

Am snowed under with work so will read thread in the morning.

Apple,
peas,
tomatoes x2,...

My lovely mum and dad bought me two hats...(I adore hats)...to help make me feel better.

And gave me a HUGE bag of wool for my bags...all jewel like colours and lovely textures and stuff....I am very and content.

Hope everyone is OK/well/not too stressed. Goodnight...enjoy chatting.....xx

yes spatone is so fab
it's like magic metal water

yes forgot to say bee's advice was v good, thank you
i have texted him to say shall i pursue you for lunch or shall i leave you to contact me?

dermatologist tomorrow

we are not flooded but last night environment agency rang my friend (who is even nearer river than us) and said "take your pets and go"!
she went to look at river AGAIN then ignored it
luckily all well

can you imagine, though? what would you do?

melon
apple
raisins
banana
apple
spinach, gem luttuce, cucumber, beetroot, avocado, kidney beans - prob 2 portions?
banana
raisins
grapes
melon

11

dp going out
pros: no sharing the pc
cons: i am stuck with ds2 on lap all evening and can't reach cake dried apricot supplies

Sounds very dramatic!

TooT, dd1 is rather run down. She has a huge ulcer.

I have been giving her dried apricots for lunch every day.
And broccoli for dinner, with anything!
And also chicken.

Think will call GP tomorrow and see what we can do.
Would they do like an assesment?
She was seen by a HV when she was almost 3, had a lot of SALT. But do you see a HV when they are 8??

oh i did have dried apricots! 12 then

ds2 had them also - i blanched in boiling water for couple of mninutes to soften (blw friend's idea)
he adored them and made the most adorable noisy enthusiastic slurping sounds

littlerach yes i think hvs do see primary age children
you could phone them first and enquire generally about it

I think HVs only deal with 5s and under.
Ouch about the ulcer. Ds1 is prone to those.
Vitamin C and sleep.

ah, all mine had dried apricots. Lovely brown toffeeness.

at eating 12 dried apricots

You must have a cast iron constitution Ms Franny.

I have decided despite the unseasonalness of it I need to eat a salad once a day, otherwise I just can;t do 10.

Which is fine, because I love salad. I just need to be organized about it because it doesn;t come in the veg box or grow in the garden at this time of year

Any advice for a raging nearly 5 year old?

He is so angry about everything and anything.

I am weary.

Oh, I think I misread!

lol

LittleRach - yes, you can go and see GP on your own. I did. GP not really qualified for this. Explain your worries, and the schools. Ask for GP to refer you for a Paed consultation at the hospital - which he should do esp if school have expressed worries. Then Paed will look, and maybe send you on to an OT. This is what we did. Paed had quite broad brush strokes. DS2 not very dyspraxic anyway, but worth getting in the system in case you need it later IMO.

Don't worry too much. Just think of it as knowledge being a useful thing. Equally, might just be a bit clumsy - there are plenty of clumsy people in the world who aren't dyspraxic. If her work is good, if they can read her work then you are fine probably! How bike riding, shoe lace tying, knives and forks, climbing over gates, climbing anything, chewing, sitting on chairs (!) pouring etc?

LIZS on here is good on dyspraxia, you could put out a thread for her.

My food focus is going well. Have eaten loads of beans and veg, keep forgetting the fruit. BUT new regime going well by day 3. Home made muesli everyone loves, so that's good.

Must go and focus on rest of life now.

Also worth doing if dd2 is getting stressed LR. Simple things can help with that - like lists, and routines and clear, helpful explaining, clothes in order, lots of talking. Sorry, can't remember how old she is.

Also we were flooded once Fra. I think it is just about one of the worst things that has EVER happened to me. I hated the house after that.

very invasive i'd imagine 100 your safe territory is kind of shat on

FK....have you tried the ermm....tired, can't finsd words...things with the Omega oils (3 and 6 I think).

They made a marked difference oto our DS...and you ccan get some ok tasting ones.

And I agreee about going to docs without DD LR. ppersonally I think it is a good idea to start with because you can talk without her beinh self consciosu

Oh yes, that reminds me. I made some granola and it was DIVINE. Better than enything I have bought - it had a fresher and less cardboard type taste to it.

dried fruit
banana
blueberries
oj
salad
tomatoes
onions
celery
carrots

Good luck at the dermatologist tomorrow Franny. Hopefully you'll get some answers/suggestions.

OMG Fra. So awful. dd was 2 weeks old. I had to carry her out above my head, water knee high. Firemen and dh put furniture up on recycling boxes, ds2 stared, ds1 took his clothes off and JUMPED IN.

I cried like a loon. Then you have to dry the place out, and everything is ruined. And every time it rains, you cry. I tried to stop the water coming in with a measuring jug I was in my nightdress too.

Water WAIST high actually.

Oh 100x it sounds awful like being burgled. As in, the invasive-ness not the swimming ds1

Right. Must away to bed.

TooT. Spatone.

The men who came after - I can't remember who they were, they said we were lucky it was water off the fields, as someone had sewage come through their house

Actually I did a lot of crying in that house. We moved in when ds2 was two weeks old, this time, and they couldn't get any furniture up the stairs. I sat down on the floor and cried then as well. I hate that house. If I ever had another child, which I won't, when that child was two weeks old, I'd stay in bed, just in case.

Okay. Must go. Hope that has helped LR. Let me know if you want to know more - or as BBee.