Some Veggers Are Bigger Than Others - 10/10 porkers thread

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General healthy eating and exercise thread with aim of losing weight / shaping up. Aim to eat 10 portions of fruit and veg a day, and do more exercise. No bizarre diets please. Weigh in day is Monday (you don't have to weigh in but we will punish you by with-holding stickers). Diet coke will be frowned upon.

I get the freaky thoughts thread. Unfortunately. Sometimes worse than others.

Is Clockwork good? I've got The subtle knife audio cd for the car along with a few Nesbits
and a bit of paddington.

The unncanny valley thing is very interesting, especially at what point endearing becomes revulsion and why. I don't suppose it's a millions miles away from the other thread really, the anxiety and self preservation, noticing tiny changes in what seems very human as we instinctively wanting to avoid disease and mental instability, and when you envisage something becoming a danger and where those levels are set for individuals. Puppets are obviously still on the valley ascent for me. God knows where I am when it comes to intrusive thoughts. Probably the bottom of the pit.

Anyway, la la la.

Mango
bran flakes
strawberries

Avi - I am familiar with that feeling. Except that I am jacking it in! I don't think I ever chose the right thesis topic. I may go back to it when ds2 starts school, apparently I can retrun any time.

You are passionate about your course though aren't you? Just stuck for a good idea?

guad sorry to hear that but i remember you were not sure about it this time from the start
perhaps another year or two would be a better moment to start

i saw bunraku (sp?) puppets were on the ascent on that scale, i have googled and am not much the wiser
i can't believe they are so lifelike as the scale suggests

i am racking my brains but i don't think i have ever had the intrusive thoughts thing (except maybe when very ill with depression? can't really remember clearly)
it's obviously very normal though!
i think i am more likely to be obsessing about keeping myself away from danger of any sort, rather than flirting on the edge of it
what an odd life it is

oh dear guad and avi i am sorry about the scary thoughts
if it helps, on the other thread it does say 80% of population have them
i would imagine is more usual at times of stress?

avi could you do the questionnaires online or does it have to be local?

there is a nicer thread running about fictional characters you would like to have it away with
no puppets or scary thoughts on there that i can see

Clockwork is very good indeed. Children's book, v short. But sinister and just good.

Avi, don't give up. Maybe if you got the right research focus you would feel far more keen on it all.

what freaky thoughts are you all on about?

You are right re achieving. I should've been off here one hour ago. I am going.

Thanks. But don't be sorry. I am relieved! I am doing more creative stuff if I ever get a minute.

I think the wanting to avoid it and having urge to do it is a fine line though, like you are so afraid you think about it to avoid. I dunno really, maybe that is different to people on there saying they WANT to do it. I reckon it's quite connected though, on a scale of some sort.

My we are all about scales aren't we?

I would actually be afraid of <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.pinktentacle.com/images/bunraku_robot_1.jpg&imgrefurl=pinktentacle.com/2009/01/bunraku-puppet-robots-resurrected-picsvideo/&usg=__-L9QJcElI_IWznAS_KW0IhL_ozk=&h=323&w=468&sz=176&hl=en&start=0&tbnid=jhQP5Hz-VhCqHM:&tbnh=149&tbnw=213&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbunraku%2Bpuppet%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1270%26bih%3D598%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=681&vpy=254&dur=3537&hovh=186&hovw=270&tx=196&ty=136&ei=WrhnTOv3Oc2NjAe2_KTUBA&oei=WrhnTOv3Oc2NjAe2_KTUBA&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this banraku

but these I find quite whimsical and endearing and tactile.

I think, think about nice things today while you are hormonal, avi, and think about something easy tomorrow.

Write a list of things to do today and include eating nice food and reading a book then you have acheived at the end of it.

I must get on too. We are leaving first thing and I haven't packed. Washing still going. Kitchen looks like a bomb has gone off.

that reminds me, you never told me about the scarecrows avi
i know it's a conspiracy to keep me from knowing about their sinister purpose
scarecrows are creepy too aren't they?

guad it is much momre chatty round here when you are about
we will miss you while you are away

avi i hate the feeling of frittering a day but then the weekend is usually the only time that i get to do nothing
i think doing nothing can be an achievement in itself, if you needed to do nothing

today however i have already bulk cooked lentil soup and nut roast, so i am going to do lots of nothing this afternoon

They do a similar thing in stiffkey iirc, lots of strange looking creations about. I don't mind scarecrows either but I suppose I wouldn't want to meet three down a deserted lane.

Franny - That must be code for, Guad, you guff on a lot and not about veg. I am prone to blithering I will admit.

I will list

strawberries
mango
branflakes
crisps
vegi sausage
yorkshire
cauliflower
peas
onion gravy
blubberry muffin

I have packed. Place is not tidy but I am too tired to do anything else. I am going to bed with redbush and papers.

g'fruit juice
banana
2 jacobs and st Agur
lots pea and bean salad
strawberries
honey and treacle ham
potato and sweet potato cubes
baby carrots and green beans
slice cherry almond cake

I'd say 9 as I give myself v big veg portions

happy hol, guad

no guad i knew you would say something like that
really i meant it, i like the chatting

listy listy:

cereal fruit seeds raisins = 4
hummus mushrooms carrot cucumber cheese avocado oatcakes peanut butter = 3
lentil, butternut, swede and carrot soup, with roll and butter = 3
grapes, banana and chocolate sauce = 2
quite a lot of chocolate sauce
i feel a bit queasy actually

anyway TWELVE portions

weigh in day tomorrow chaps
i feel quietly confident
(bullshit do i)

so sorry for awolness

i have been a very very bad vegger indeed

dh and I are now on a mission - he is talking of a sponsored slim for a charity that is close to our hearts so he Means Business. It is much easier when we are both focused. Especially when he is off work next week and therefore in charge of cooking - he is a good cook but is no stranger to the calorie. Far better that he is trying to be healthy too.

Tomorrow is a new start and all that - salad in fridge ready for return to work following 2 week holiday. Just got back from a few days in London - was fab but lugging a 20+ lb baby round all day in a sling counts as my exercise for the next seventeen years at least.

My mate Babieseverywhere who I think some of you know has just had dc3 - a girl - the baby is poorly with HDN and is still in hospital. I can't get over to see her and I am feeling quite sad about it. Living in the arse end of nowhere, miles away from family and friends sucks.

Aw Tiger It sucks when you feel so far away and helpless. Hope she gets well and home quickly and congrats to BE xx

I've been off here the last few days and missed all the chat and now I'm back just as Guad's disappearing! Let me know how you find the lakes Guad. We're thinking of going soon.

I had some friends round for tapas last night. I ate a LOT of food and then finished off the chocolates today. Not looking good for weighing in tomorrow

Guad is off to the lakes? Good choice - I've done some walking up there and it was amazing.

whata... one of the few people I do actually live quite near is you... are you free on a weds/thurs in the next couple of weeks or so? I'm sure dd2 would love to dribble on you for an hour or two :o

ok scales being annoying but i think i have put weight on
obviously is pure muscle
i have a feeling i am stuck around this weight for now, so perhaps will find another goal, like toning up or getting fitter or something

Tiger please send love to BE and I am sure she is feeling your support even though you are not with her
sorry you are feeling down
dh's idea sounds very motivating

pink helloooooo