OMG, the FIFTH WWW 10yy Boot Camp of 2007, all welcome

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This is week ONE of the fifth boot camp of 2007 everyone is welcome.

The rules (anyone can join):

This is about feeling better about yourself...not necessarily a diet per se etc etc

• Sunscreen at all times
• No or little booze. Wine at the weekend is allowed if you want it
• Walking is important, a small amount every day if possible. 30 mins if you can
• Lots of water, aim for 2 litres a day
• Apply body cream as often as possible
• Use hand cream
• Go to bed early, by 10.30pm if pos
• Eat healthily
• Be happy

The idea is that at the end of six weeks we all feel happier, healthier and glow with the good food, sleep, exercise, water and lack of sun damage.

I will post everyone's stakes as posted on the last thread later. Have a day off to spend in bed and at cinema with dh, who is out dropping off both children

Can you say where it is Sobernow?
I would be concerned too in your position.

Winnie, good about body lotion
batters, sorry abut lunch but impressed emoticon at staying off the wine

Drank loads of wine Friday
yesterday toast, salad for lunch with hummus and pitta then went to a friends where I had fat free sausages, corn on the cob, and a small potato. Drank some wine last night but not excessively BUT dh went and bought Pringles and dips so I need to ask for those to be taken into consideration.

so a crap we bootcamp wise really. Must do better next week.

Sobernow - we are about to do the same but have known about it for a good few months. It is scary but I am trying to be as positive as I can. I know the first few months will be difficult and we have already started arguing so that will continue for a while!! In the long run I know that this will be good for us. I don't work at the moment but there is something in the offing which will again be rather stressful. I, too, wake up mulling things over in the early hours. I suspect you will have days of going over it with your DH - hope you are happy with your decision in the end.

Doing okay with Bootcamp apart from lemon biscuits, cheese and wine (ahem).

I rather like Leeds, I have to say, not that this helps your dilemma at all.

I personally have been eating chocolate brownies and apple cake, going to bed FAR too late (as did the Inferiorettes) and swigging bellinis

sobernow - that sounds exciting if a bit daunting! Leeds is a nice place though!!!

WWW - could you possibly email me ggg's article? I sent her an email, but I guess she's a bit busy sending it out! Thanks.

Sobernow, it was completely brilliant from our POV, moving BUT it was because:

A) I had a job to go to and we could survive on just my salary for a while while dh sorted out a nursery for dd and a job for himself and we've moved to an area where there are lots of jobs and practically a labour shortage so we knew dh would get somethnig easily

B) ex dh is in London and ds goes to him every other weekend so moving nearer London really suited us and made a massive difference - ex dh is here a lot now and that wasn't pssible when we were in Bristol, it was just too far

C) Ds was in a terrible school in Bristol so almost anythng would have been an improvement

D) we've moved to a sweet place, in the countryside but with a John Lewis within half an hour and London an hour away, which suits us all and means I could work in London if I REALLY had to (would rather not but nice to know the option's there)

E) We didn't have a great social life in Bristol so didn't really have many friends to miss

F) We don't have time for one here! Well, I suppose we could fit the odd outing in but not a proper social life

G) We moved from somewhere where house prices were out of all proportion to salaries, 10x I think in Bristol to somewhere where we're paid London salaries but where house prices are MUCH more realistic, bizarrely.

H) We're fairly self sufficient as a family unit and don't need many other people. I've made an effort to invite ds's and dd's friends to tea and they both seem to have settled v well

I) We're further from ILS and my mum but neither of them help out or anything anyway. And we're nearer EX ILS who DO help out, a LOT so we're much better off from that POV, ex MIL has stayed and had children overnight twice and we've only been here just over a year.

It was absolutely 100% the right move for us. I don't want to move again though, this is is, we're settled now I think and hope. HTH, do feel free to call me/email if you want a chat.

You'll make friends and get a job I'm sure - aren't you from up North originally?

Sorry for doing Southern thing of grouping all of "The North" together! And sorry if I sound smug about being self sufficient family unit, it's more that there just aren't that many hours in the day - ds and I leave the house at 7.30am 4 days a week, and dh and dd leave at 8am and then we don't get back until 6, 6.30pm. I have Fridays off but dd and I just potter, go to the library, deli, make cakes etc and that goes very quickly and weekends we sometimes have old friends here or we do stuff that's just us 4.

Tortoisehell, will email but later if that's ok, just about to go and see Shrek 3.

No problem, just whenever! Enjoy Shrek!!!

(BTW, WE miss you after your move!!!)

Leeds has a very nice aromatherapy shop

Sobernow - I also remember that stage of "maybe they will not like him" but it still didn't stop me from looking at schools in the area and houses. We have moved a fair few times and I know that the initial madness and "why did we do this?" do pass after a few months. I am excited about what might happen as well as apprehensive but there is no going back now! It certainly concentrated my mind on what I might want to do too.

Sobernow I live in Lancashire but visit Leeds quite often and it is so much better than it used to be. The shopping is great (although I like Manchester better but then I know it better) good theatre, great places to eat and drink and a much more cosmopolitan vibe than it used to have when I knew it in the 80s. It is not as grim as it used to be up north honest.

you've just missed Leeds fairtrade fortnight

LOL sobernow. My only real problem is the weather but hey you cant have everything and frankly the countryside beats anything down south.

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