Okrahoma! where the wind comes sweeping down the plains - 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

oo wmbling, that would be terrific to be a presenter on a shopping channel! How did you get that sort of work? Are you a model of sorts? What a hoot.

I also think teh weekend list idea is a good thing. I was getting so fed up in teh wintertime with every weekend seeming to pass us by that I made up a new year list with la famille. I looked up various ranger events etc and we made a big list of all sorts of th ings we want to do this year, ranging from ten pin bowling to toad resucing.

We tick things off as we do them. And sometimes we have lazy ole weekends too because the dds just want to hang out with their friends all the time

Well done LR's dss

The parking ticket sounds like something that happens to us. It's no ones fault, just one of those things.

We realised we were pissing weekends up the wall too so we got National Trust passes and we plan to visit all of the notable towns in our county. We've made a list and we're crossing them off as we visit them, we're also getting a postcard from each place.

I remember that fairydust lady! What the hell was she selling? I remember some of it was jewellery with fairies on. The people who phoned up would get really excited about the lady blowing the sparkles just for them

Oh, and we go geocaching as well. Although we haven't done that for ages

our mates go geochacing a lot. But I think gps are expensive for us at the moment.

I like having lazy weekends. I nearly always have my tea in bed with the paper or a magazine. We usually go out somewhere but I quite like it when we skulk about too. I never seem to get much done but that's what I like about it. Also, I don't cook unless I feel like it.

The tapas place was packed last night so we went to loch fyne. I had mackerel rillettes (sp?) and mussels and chips and a pathetic green salad. I am going out again when dh gets back from Kent with the radiatiors. It;s a friends fortieth so I can't really cancel but I am tired and I know she had a bug in the week so I will be fretting and eating my own contribution and therefore having a wild time.

I love to read and MN, but not during the day for some reason. I get bored!! I like to be doing something. Preferably outdoors. And with cake involved at some point.

oh that's funny, we were talking about geocaching earlier
i would like it i think but we don't have a car atm

however
dp and ds1 went orienteering today and dp says i would LOVE it
he says you have to rush around finding things as fast as you can and follow a strict order of going places and get points and stuff
which does sound up my street i must admit

ho ho, I done good today.

banana
beetroot
raw pea and bean salad, lots
many tomatoes (2)
sultanans and dried fruit in other salad
spring onions (although I worry about adding onions. It probabaly only came to one spring onion in total)

I'd say 7.

I feel wholesome

I went geocaching once

the fairydust woman sold, er, fairies i think
wombling are you the new fairydust woman?

What is geocaching?

I do like doing things. We do national trust and english heritage with all the potted plants, spotted skirts and tapestries - the beach, the woods, the river, the far away park, the cycling, the visits, the cinema, randon drives and property spotting etc. But sometimes, I love it when we don't do anything.

I have eaten before I go tonight in an attempt to stop stuffing later. This may or may not work of course and then I will be a mega pig.

dd1 wants to do geocaching.
Though orienterrign sounds like her kind of tjing too.

Huge salad with lettuce
tomatoes
cucmber
carrot

asain pear
banana
strawberries

We do NT stuff sometimes but we have done it os much it seems almost boring now.
We visit my mum or sister regularaly too.

I like the fact guada hasn't heard of geocaching. Makes up for my apricot-gathering-cooperative gaff.

I have always wanted to go orientering. They done it on Grange Hill and it was really exciting, although I think that was because someone got lost or broke their leg or summit.

Geocaching - a box full of treasures (ie nick nacks) are hidden in a certain spot. You are given gps co-ordinates to get to the starting point, then clues (other co-ordinates, riddles, clues, puzzles etc) are given to eventually get to the treasure. There are some hidden in cities, parks or in the arse end of nowhere. When you find the treasure you can take a nick nack (if you replace it with another) and write in the log book. I there are also some sort of numbered tags that can be taken, but must be put into another cache, then you log the tag on the website and you can see where it is travelling to and from.

Molly - you should ask if you can borrow your friends GPS in return for something like a homemade cake or something.

you crack me up Pointy

Almost, Pointy, almost.

So, geocaching is sort of a serious treasure hunt?

I think I'll stick with the ruins and rivers.

I think geocaching once was enough for me.

i don't think it's very serious guad!

i suppose we tend to do one 'activity' sort of thing per weekend
eg event in the park, kids' theatre, a party, or trip out somewhere
but most of our weekend planning is about things like hoovering and who will play with the boys while the other one goes to the gym
really riveting stuff

Wow, I like the sound of geocaching!

I used to watch the Rio Gel nails and hair sander thing quite a lot. And I bought the gels nails kit (from Argos though) and I once bought DH a solid silver 'last rolo' from a shopping channel!

Well done Rach's dss!!

Going to go and see what Franny wrote on the fussy eater thread now. I was a terribly fussy eater. I didn't eat much at all until I was about 16. I love food now though I am still fussy about it. There's only about 2 things I don't like at all but I'm funny about combinations/presentation/burnt bits etc.

SB - you asked about our dcs. DD will eat anything and always has. Although I say that, there are days when she won't eat something that she liked the previous time I made it, she doesn't like the bol on her spag bol but will pick the mince off and eat the pasta, she only started eating lettuce about 3 weeks ago (but now loves rocket). So she has her moments but for a 2.6 year old is pretty darn fab!

i think i started eating properly when i was about 21 and had this fab foodie boyfriend (the one who went funny when i had ds2, just by the by)
before then i was a bit of a shocker
i remember being made pasta by someone - really simple pasta with onions, tomatoes, and chillies in - and having to try to scrape all the sauce off without anyone noticing, because i couldn't eat onions, or chillies, or tomatoes i was 19 at the time!

my kids eating: ds1 will try virtually anything and he loves fruit and veg so much. in fact he will eat the veg off his plate first every time, and fiddle about with the rest, rather than the cliche of the other way round
ds2 is fussier so far - which is funny as we did purees with ds1 and more blw with ds2, which is meant to encourage less fussiness
however his diet is already a bit limited for eczema / atopic reasons, and i know allergic children can be fussy to protect themselves? so i try not to interfere
he is bonkers about potato though - really odd! will chuck delicious tasty carrot sweet potato / parsnip / butternut etc off his highchair, and go crazy arm waving / eyes staring /feet kicking for a baked spud

I love these stories about DC and food.

I am blessed with a child who eats anything. He loves fruit and veg and is beginning to eat salad. He often says, "But I don't like X" but then wolfs it down anyway.

I was quite fussy when I was growing up and remember being forced to eat sprouts despite the fact that they were making me wretch. And being made to eat things I didn't like made me like them even less. It was the same for other things - I'd look forward to doing piano practice all day until someone said, "When are you going to do PP?" and then I'd feel pissed off and resented doing it. I must have been a difficult child.

Hullo!!

Well.....

My two are fussy eaters but I was forced to eat everything as a child so have gone the other way and am layed back. I weedle in F and V with DS who would live on brownies and burgers, but DD is pretty good and happily walks around with a cucumber.

Never been geocoaching, or watched a shopping channel,moderate on housework and like tidy piles.

Cricket was ace last night, could get to enjoy the occasion and guys were drinking their pints with their fingers crooked which made me giggle.

I said to DS..

'what is your strength in cricket?'

reply.. 'I am quite good at batting when I hit the ball' he he.

He is being assessed for lower spectrum aspergers syndrome, which would bring SO much into focus. I wanted to hug the therapist and nearly wept for all the years I have been trying to get someone to recognise that we were swimming upstream with him. All the heartache and his struggles....but ah well..onwards and upwards.

I have an appointment to have my brain untangled adult therapy or something, and my father is convinced I am going to be sectioned or something... Sometimes you just wish you had kept your mouth shut.

Today has been sort of nothingy. Weekends are sort of odd. I try to busy my way through them but end up feeling like running away. We might all end up at Toots....

Apple x2
Banana
Raspberrries
Orange
Mango
Kale
Onion
Tomato
cranberries
juice
smoothie x2

I appear to have eaten my way through the day......

Anyway...diatribe over...

you is all fab.....

dp is carb loading for the race

well
45 mins at gym

banana
apple
pineapple
raisins
pinto beans
hummus
butternut squash (2 portions and i know it was cos i weighed it )
coleslaw
grapes
melon
strawberries

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