Sour Crepes

[QueenQueenie]

Well someone had to do it....

Auriga, I have to say I am relieved that we can't see what the DC spend their fob money on. I think DS buys a pattie most days....

I like the idea of the Trousers of Truth. BD, you need to identify a pair!

I don't want to get on the scales, waaah!

Rudy, I had just logged on to suggest Friday as I read somewhere that normally it takes until then to undo the damage of the weekend.

I will now go and do about forty minutes on the exercise bike (I can only cope by watching a programme I have recorded - otherwise I get bored).

DGD2 coming later whilst Dd goes house hunting again, then we're going for coffee with people we met on holiday.

Friday is good, thanks Rudy

Thanks for cat suggestions Windy. We have feliway blasting through the hallway and it seems to help but stalker cat mostly sits outside the french window type doors at the back of the house and stares ... first thing in the morning, all day and evening. If B ignores her she starts to shout and then they have a scrap on either side of the windows. stalker kitten not been back, hope its ok, was tiny.

Off to find my very own trousers of truth

That means tomorrow?

I do need to commit as it is my 50th in just over 3 months and I should be attempting to look all slim and toned

I'm in but am not sure I can find my scales or want them around....I may use the tape measure of truth around my waist or some such.

Very grumpy morning here, dc late, dd foul mood after two late nights (yesterday completely unnecessarily), have had stern words as her exams start next week (couple of AS resits) and she needs to rest her body clock.

I also need the encouragement to continue with the Ladyjogging after my Easter collapse. I felt distinct relief when I heard the rain at 6.45 this morning, though do realise how much less sluggish I'd feel if I'd been able to run too

Auriga, I think the main affair in our choir was between the music director and the (very nice) woman who is now his third wife. It was quite confusing for me when I rejoined after a 13-year gap and they were now married to each other not their previous partners.

Addle, one of the Inferiorcats came and bellowed at me yesterday. I eventually discovered the cat s(h)at on the matand wanted me to clear it up

I don't think I dare weight myself.

Oh there's plenty of one upmanship in the choir but as I can't and don't sing in it, it washes over me. I just made friends with them when dd was a chorister.

I can't think what more to do about stalker cat addle when we had one the cats didn't mind it and it ended up moving in. I think the only solution is well aimed buckets of water or to let yours become a house cat for a while.

It's raining here - my roof has bits of blue plastic sticking out of it and I've got everything crossed. They put the rafters on the porch yesterday - real 'Witness' moment when they raise the barn. Felt quite emotional. I'm a bit weird about building works.

We have pre-Art submission deadline stress here. Might need that Rescue Remedy gum over the next two weeks.

Off to see the ddog's heart consultant today. Between ddog and ddad, I'm learning more about the heart than I had planned.

I really need to do the Friday check in - I'm the fattest I've ever been, bar pregnancies, and I haven't seen a photo of me where I don't look like a house for about three years. I'm banking on it being easier as I have more to lose.

Happy to go with the indexation idea (always comfy with statistics ) or the +/- 1lb etc, or are you all kilo crepeys??

I do in fact weigh what I did before having DD1. But that is still Too Much. And the Trousers of Truth are zipping up but the scales continue to groan. And photos of me look distressing - my face is so round it looks oblong. Actually I avoid pics of myself quite a lot - I haven't for instance, looked at any of QQ's on FB or the ones on the choir website as am terrified of seeing this small barrage balloon hefting past, though am attempting to do a bit of work on this with judicious selfies as otherwise it will Get Out Of Hand.

However, I was talking to a friend last night about how many people we know are quite seriously ill, and I did come home thinking 'ffs, MI, you have spent many decades fretting over your body (thanks mum) but actually it works pretty damn well and looks OK most of the time and the most important thing is to enjoy living in it and keep it in decent shape'.

(Obviously the relief at the rain this morning means the lesson hasn't completely sunk in .)

'fraid you can count me out of weigh-ins etc. I'm dedicated to working on being happy the way I am. I reckon I already do more than enough on the exercise and healthy eating front and if what I'm doing now doesn't hold off the blub, then I've just got to accept the status quo. I'm 5'2 and three-quarters, a muscly 9st 2lbs and have a flat stomach with a lot of muscle definition but a generous layer of adipose on top which can look bad in the wrong trousers. My solution: don't wear the wrong trousers. I exercise for at least 30 mins a day (more like 1hr 30 mins on circuits days) and have been doing my own 10 mins a day abs routine for 16 years. Since taking up doing circuits 2.5 years ago, I have lost fat and gained muscle, but I also have dangly bits of wrinkly skin where I used to have fat, unfortunately (wrinkly bingo wings - nice). I can't get any thinner without ending up looking a lot older very quickly. Also, I am v. happy with the amount I eat and drink and wouldn't want to reduce that any further. Frankly, in order to look better, I need surgery, not more exercise and less food. And that's never going to happen.

I also know too many people who aren't here any more. As long as my body's doing what it's supposed to do and I'm not scaring the horses and/or small children, that's good enough. So there.

Stropps, on another note, you rate the Sunsense facial sunscreen, don't you?

Oooh yes, MI. It's brilliant. I've been using their tinted facial sunscreen for years now and have even persuaded my local chemist to stock it for me.

Stropps, you have just about the same body weight/shape as DD And you are right about being happy the way you are - that is what I have been doing, but I fear I need to shape up again

I have to say that my face is the main bit of me I hate and detest and I've rarely seen a photo of me where I don't look like a turnip in a wig. I have a horror of seeing photos of me but am currently trying to train myself not to slide into a black depression and put a bag over my head every time I have to look at the latest snaps that someone or other has taken. Photos of oneself popping up all over the place = the curse of the digital age.

But BTM - really??? You're already so active and seemed v. disciplined and I also remember those pics of you on FB from your hols last summer. I could never in a squillion years look that good in a bikini!

Also, your dd is a gymnast, whereas my physique is more that of a weightlifter.

OK, Stropps, more about the sunscreen please. Am thinking of putting it on supermarket order . I tried it but wasn't sure; however, am thinking of giving it another go.

Stropps, I am looking a bit more padded ATM, especially in the tummy/thighs department.
DD is very muscular (although that is going a bit as she no longer trains - just coaches) and just under 9 stone I think.

And you do not look like a turnip in a wig. Though that did make me laugh

Au contraire Stropps - you forget we have seen the bikini shot and you looked mighty fine

Here I weigh about what I did when pregnant with ds (note he was a dinky baby so it isn't all bad), but I am, what was it BTM said? Padded on the stomach and thighs and have developed boobs and I'm not keen, so I need to lose a bit, do some circuits and generally tone up....

MI, I find the moisturising component is more than enough for my face, but I do put a wee bit of rose oil on my neck before applying the cream as that area is a bit drier. The tint is just about enough for me not to feel the need for any kind of cc/bb cream/foundation for everyday purposes and makes me look less ghostly. I have never applied any extra sunscreen during sunny weather and don't ever burn, so the Factor 50 is doing its job. I use it every day, all year round.

Oh yes, that one in the rubber ring!

I was at least a stone and a half lighter before DD