Where have all the fit, interesting and available men gone (part 29)

[lilacisinlove]

Too good an opportunity to miss!

:) jillian michaels (?) from 'the biggest loser.'. takes 20 minutes a day, but it's hard work.

3 batches of:

3 minutes strength exercises with dumb-bells.
2 minutes of cardio (star jumps, bouncing on spot etc
1 minute of sit-ups.

the exercises change each time - so strength for group 1 is push ups and then squats with weights... strength for the second group is back exercise with d-bells, then alt leg squats with bicep curls...

its hard. but effective.

will it help get rid of the pot belly i have gained since being with dp?

I'm starting Zumba tonight. Bought some lace up pumps and new liner socks so I have to go now.

Im quite interested - 20 mins a day sounds doable.

DS1 has bought one of those pull up bars which he's attached to the door frame between the front room and kitchen. But I'm not going on that.

hey all

enforced day off as nanny has vomiting bug, porr girls, sounds like she had torrid night. DD2 falling asleep on the sofa next to me def looks like she is sickening for something too....yay......

MZ, mistook the VD comment for the embarassing trip to dr rather than valentine's day , had to read that a couple of times to get my brain to click to what you meant

Lou, huge yay for dp and washing mach, what a star that man is

SCL what the others said. I can't believe how little XH and I ever discussed improtant stuff, either before we married or during. It's not the only reason wwe ended up where we did, but no surprise really that we turned out to be quite so incompatible. I still am at the stuff TLM and I chatted about in the very early days but am glad we did as there is no ambiguity now about what we want

contentment is breeding a big belly on me, the shred is sounding like something I need to do....

Hi everyone, marking my place, as you do.

Great to 'see' you Passmyglass, pleased things are ok.

Saw a couple of new posters upthread, so welcome to you

Adamschic - love the new name

lou - hurray for new washing machine!

elasta :( re not being able to speak to DCs. My ex has always been a bit like this, even though they have phones he would forget their chargers, or switch them off. Hope also that all goes as well as it can with your mum's house, that was the thing that made everything seem so final to me, so wishing you strength to get through it.

snape, know what you mean re standards. I dont think I can drop mine much lower tho so am already resigning myself to another year as a singleton despite fact it's only Feb.

Am feeling much better and going back to work tomorrow. Have decided I hate my house. well, not the house per se but the fact it is still a building site, and has been for the last 7 years. I need to get it finished asap, but have huge fear of being ripped off by unscrupulous builders, and also its such a half finished mess am not sure most builders could be bothered :( Annoyingly, 90% of it is stuff the Ex could have done himself, although not without me being constantly on his back to nag him.

pmg I think it's you who recently friended me on fb?
hi monty hope all aok with you
shred - I honestly think I've gone beyond that. I can't do press ups. No hope. I do manage the odd run round the block, and have been on the 70s egg and grapefruit diet for two days, but that's it. Someone brought chocolate into work. Still wearing the clothes I bought just post dd while waiting to lose preg weight (she is 5)
hate with the building stuff you just have to hold your breath and do it, bit by bit if necessary. Otherwise you won't feel chilled at home, you won't feel you can sell .. I have used a random horde of men some word of mouth some adverts and I'm sure a buildings expert could have done a more rational economic plan but it has worked out ok on the whole (except for a crap draining board lol)
elasta you can#t talk to dc
hi to everyone else
lou I bet you're washing even the clean stuff!

and sponge it was a pita getting people do do some jobs eg steel girder in roof but was ok in the end, maybe they did rip me off but it was that or the roof cave in so had no choice in that instance

I keep reading but none of it is going in

Agent popped up on IM but then disconnected after saying hi. Dunno if I am meeting him tonight or not.

It is coming on thurs, but i cant wait. I have soooo much laundry to do. Luckily its an 8kg one so it shouldnt take too long. Just got to buy a tumble dryer abd find 495 quid for the new car now. I can live without a dishwasher.

aha, my brain finally creaks into gear, have worked out adamschic

to Monty

elasta, on both those fronts for you.

Sponge, I reckon you will feel like a different woman if you get the house sorted

DD2 has perked up so am now on tenterhooks waiting to hear back from nanny if she is feeling fit to come over tomorrow......

ninah - re shred. right, you say that but....

i have a friend who lost half of her body weight in a year. she started with shred and ended up running a half marathon. she was a size 28-30 at the start. I can't do press ups! i do girly knee bent press ups for the first set and either wall-press ups or hold ontothe wooden bit at the bottom of my bed for the second set. there are plenty of modifications in shred - i really recommend it. it really is for everyone at all levels of fitness. sorts you out very quickly.

I forgot to add that i need a new bathroom sink, as somehow it has been chipped and now has a growing crack along the basin.

I must have been v bad in a previous life

snape - am impressed by your friend! as I need to lose about 40% of my current weight I am not far behind her. Maybe I'll try the Shred then. I too am shit at press-ups (unlike my dad who could still do 1 handed press ups into his 60s! )

Ninah/Mily - you're right about the house. I just need to get going with it rather than faffing endlessly about where to start. Please feel free to nag me, as I work better under pressure :)

Sponge, sad that I am, I would probaly do a project plan on a spreadsheet and work through it

No nanny tmrw, poor love still sounds awful, but thankfully lovely friends who can have the dds at various times in the day so I can get some work done

Just shredded. I love and hate it in equal measure.
Just a fleeting post as I need to call Mr big back. Spoke to him for a few hours this afternoon. Have agreeded to meet up, go get drunk and talk in march. What good taking will do... lol. It's all we do.
We skyped. I've been avoiding skyping with him as o get all butterfly, heart beats faster, sweaty palms when o see him. Damn the man for being too good looking.

Went to Zumba tonight. Enjoyed it and will go again. Might go for a short run on Friday night as well.

Hey should we change this thread to here are all the fit and interesting women.

Hi all, Am at mums this week to sort out her house

But DS1 finally got his act together and called me on his mb from france - they are having a good time and I am feeling better now I have spoken to them both so know everything is OK. Have told him to call me any time he wants on his phone as I pay the bill so it wont matter if their dad doesnt want them to call me.

No word from prof - he said he would like to meet again so I said yes and suggested some dates, then have heard nothing back at all - Looks like another one bites the dust

hugs elasta

glad DSs are ok

at prof

Hi Mily, Am sat in my brothers house atm, clearing out mums for the next couple of days - but its crap - probably one of the worst jobs I've ever had to do.

What a great way to spend my week without the kids - and its not as if I even have a date to cheer me up!

Elasta, more hugs

sorry I wasn't online still to respond last night. It is crap, I can't imagine just how crap, but I really feel for you

I guess the only thing you can do is remember all the good stuff (sorry total cliche) and just grit teeth and get on with it

thanks MILY. We are getting through it.

One good thing this morning is Prof has responded finally on txt and a very funny e mail, apologised for being a bit slow and asked if we can meet on Sat, my choice of place. So maybe, just maybe he might be interested

elasta - so difficult - isn't it. I was quite ruthless in giving my mums stuff to charity shops , almost 20 years ago now and I wish i hadn't been quite so through. I kept a few things, but think my children would have liked some small momentos as well (they weren't even alive at the time..) I'm particularly thinking of my mums favourite dress - baby pink lace from the 1950s - loads of chiffon. my daughter would have loved that and I think it would have been like wearing a hug. :) and good-oh for saturday. :)

day 2 of the shred here - at a quarter past six this morning. i ache everywhere.

Hi Elasta - just wanted to say that I'm thinking of you - I remember having to sort out my dad's stuff after he died ... and worse, sorting my sister's stuff/flat after she died ... it's a nightmare but as MILY says, just grit your teeth and remember that these things too shall pass. One thing I would say, is don't be too ruthless - if you can't face chucking some things out, just box them up and put them away for dealing with at a later date ... better than regretting throwing something you later wish you'd kept ....