WWW's 10 year younger bootcamp - it's September, it's serious...

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Hello everyone, old and new.

This is about feeling better about yourself and looking and feeling better etc. But mainly we chat and laugh quite a lot, which has all got to help towards happiness etc.

The rules (anyone can join):

• Sunscreen at all times

• No or little booze. Wine or Champagne or whatever 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 we all feel happier, healthier and glow with the good food, sleep, exercise, water and lack of sun damage.

Some people are doing India and Neris's Idiot Proof Diet (Atkins, more or less), others are doing Slimy World, others are just being as healthy as possible.

Welcome everyone, have a good week.

We know that song Marina, indeed we do.

Have mostly eaten cheese and salami today
went to Tesco at 6.30 this evening and bought marked down raw prawns and scallops and calamari but once I'd cooked it just didn'#t want it and dh was looking at it as though it would poison him so we chucked it and I had more cheese.

I was SORELY temptd to have a glass of wine but didn't.

Am off to bed shortly as it's been a long day.

So pleased for your ds, JJ

Sorry to hear your test results ureb, hope it is mild and can be treated by diet, etc.

Marina is work specific or just work

Batters, noticed you said you walked 21 miles We have a school sponsored walk in a couple of weeks which is 13 miles. The very thought is making me feel faint.

www, I will join you with no alcohol starting tonight.

Dd is back to school tomorrow, today we took all her games kit up to school including new fluorescent green hockey stick (she chose it) as she now needs adult size for height.

The practice nurse measured her for me on Monday, she's almost 5' 4" and there are 3 girls taller than her in her class

Can really recommend the Love Exhibition at the National Gallery - it ends on Oct 5th. Its the smallest exhibition I've ever seen and one of the most beautiful. You can really have the time and energy to examine each painting and there's an informative 15 minute film.

Dd did a few sketches, she is predictably going through a Pre-Raphaelite phase while I was torn between the Dutch Interiors and the Raphael.

Then we walked took a cab to see Frank Gehry's summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery.

Sorry to hear about the diabetes ureb, fingers crossed for minimal life changes.

We had a hit & miss day with the weather at the beach today, we did get rained on but the DCs had a good hour on the sandy bit in the sunshine before it rained again & the tide came in. So we cut our losses and had lunch (chargrilled steak, bearnaise sauce & chips) in the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill which has vast windows looking out to sea. They had a large timber house art installation on display, which the DCs had to be sharply disuaded from playing in.

DCs had tennis lessons this afternoon whilst I dashed to Waitrose for a fast dinner as they badly needed back-to-school hair-washes. I've even removed their nail polish & tattoos. And spent most of this evening packing PE kit, sorting book bags and digging out lunch boxes. Now it really feels like summer is over.

Cereal & toast for breakfast, only water with lunch and no pudding, pizza for dinner, very large raw carrot fix.

I did put sunscreen on earlier but the rain may have washed it off!

I have an appt on Friday afternoon. I am assuming hoping it's type 2, until I actually see the nurse and realise there is lots I can do to help myself iykwim. The good news is my cholesterol is 4.2 (If anything, I thought this may be high). No info as yet about the ECG.

I had no inkling, although do have occasional symptoms if I think about, and DH was unsuspecting too and he's usually very perceptive and we're both aware because he has diabetes in his family. I had a GTT when pg with DS1 and DS2 I think, and they both came back clear, even though DS2 was almost 11lb (and DS3 was over 10lb).

I'm a bit wobbly tbh. I should be (and am) grateful that the tests have been done, and realise it is a good thing, and hopefully can be bought under control blah blah blah. I also think that now this has been diagnosed I know I will have to have regular tests, so this will hopefully help reduce panic attacks associated with the BP checks, and also will make me be stricter with diet/exercise. I know the nurse, so don't feel intimiated, which I often do by medical staff.

Yesterday I was vacillating between "What if they find something..." and "How blardy stupid am I for letting myself get into this position." and had several panicky moments, which did my BP the world of good I'm sure. Today, I'm thrown because it wasn't what I was expecting, but I am calmer now, as long as I think Type 2. I just want to avoid medication if at all possible.

The other thing I keep thinking about is how much worse it could have been! I've lost over a stone this last 12 months, and I'm about three stone lighter than my heaviest. I've also been far more sensible about the way I diet this last few months (apart from August, blast) and upped the exercise. This from when www startd IPD I think.

I've hardly seen DH (and he's just gone on nights) and I've been horrid to him . Good job he's used to me!

Thanks for the support.

DofN one day I'll bump into you at DLWP, we had lunch there a few times this summer, (where else can you get that view). Dd did a week's art course there based on that exhibition.

I'll be the oldster with the stunning pre-teen

Aside from all that, a good day was had by all!

DS1 has finally got two of his SATs resuts back - he's got a 7 and an 8 (still awaiting his science, and that's his strongest subject). So he's mightily pleased with himself.

DS2 has started secondary and is quite happy. Made some new friends and seems quite settled. Methinks he will excel in the sporting arena at school, if not academically. (Form tutor is head of PE, already knows of him through DS1 and has pounced on him, lol).

DS3 is thrilled because he finally got his birthday present today! We have a new addition to the family - Craig, the albino hamster .

My old boss retired today, and sneaked away, bless him. I shall miss him as we go back a long way. He complimented me this morning before he left, and I know the Dep Manager has been singing my praises to the new boss who is lovely. So although I'm extremely busy and other issues remain, things are under control at the moment.

Fingers crossed for type 2 ureb. I remembered you saying how big the boys were at birth - they tested me after dd as she was big, plus the heart thing can happen to diabetic mums. Good that you are fitter and healthier than you were too.

Thinking of you.

How many of us have a child in yr 6 this time?

Lunch sounds lovely Duchess.

We zipped through the National Gallery whilst we were in London Camm. DS2 enjoyed finding the paintings relating to the Ninja Turtles, lol, but DS1 wasn't that bothered "because he's seen it all before in the Hermitage" . He did enjoy the -very brief - visit though.

Know that song, but without the tube, Marina. Like I said, fabulous for the tourist, horrendous for the workers.

DS1 goes to bed really well, always has done, but DS2 and DS3 can be a nightmare. Having said that, they certainly don't need as much sleep as DS1, or DH for that matter. No advice, as my issue with getting them to sleep is mainly because they prat about together if I'm honest.

Hope DD had a good first day www.

Thanks Saggars.

Sorry to read about your health news, ureb - hope you get to know more soon. Sounds like a very good day for your kids though with SATS and sports and albino hamsters.

Pretty good yesterday here. Good food, except for exellent coconut / chocolate Greek thing from friend's wedding, had a jog which hurt but got about 5k in and happiness high because of first day of school and coconut thing. Body cream and water, check. I need to start back using handcream more regularly but they're ok for now with just bodycream.

A friend and I are thinking about going here on Saturday to see a band. I am going to feel old, aren't I?

My eldest is Year 5 btw - panicked yesterday morning about secondary school but got reassured by one of the other parents in the class that all would be fine.

Ureb, jeez, what a shock. Hope you're feeling ok. Is your appt Friday as in tomorrow? That's good and prompt if so. I realise how discombobulating unexpected diagnoses like this can be - my stepmum (just 50) found out last year that she has osteoporosis, which was completely out of the blue. She was pretty down about it initially (my dsis and I cheered her up by getting several tubs of swank ice cream delivered to her house - for the calcium, donchaknow ), but is now managing it entirely with diet and exercise, and glad to have had the early diagnosis. Not the same thing, I realise, but hope it pans out this way for you too. Will be on on Friday to confirm type-2-ness!

Well, just as everyone else is tackling non-sleeping school age DCs, I am happy to report that my own little bundle of joy has slept through for two nights in a row . Sleep bootcamp seems to have worked, though naturally I am not counting my chickens, oh no, not a single one. Plus, I myself tossed and turned the whole night though last night. And why? Because yesterday afternoon I went for my first post-DS bikini deforestation wax. Deemed necessary because of all the baby swimming stuff I've been doing (tired of constantly hitching costume down to disguise the mayhem as I get out of the pool ). And though the initial pain was really quite bearable, it has since then been itching to buggery and driving me crazy. Tried and tested home remedies much appreciated

Today, seeing a friend with 18-month old for coffee and cake. Was planning a walk this morning when DS wakes from nap, but nether-region irritation is such that I may simply sit with legs akimbo and wait for things to calm down

well I am still getting lighter, even tho most of my intake yesterday was cake-based. I just didn't eat much else. Healthy, eh?

last night I did actually manage to get to sleep before 10.30 - I've been having real problems dropping off, even tho I am so tired. I keep going to bed and just lying there. Last night dh was pissing about with his new i-phone until 10pm till I snapped at him - he is v excited about all the different functions but for the last 5 nights I have gone to sleep in its eerie glow

lots of water today, walked dd2 to preschool and then to work (though obv the first half of that walk was painfully slow) and plan to pack self with fruit as soon as working morning is over

ureb if it is any help I know two people who have recently been diagnosed with diabetes - one with Type 1 and one with Type 2. Both of them, particularly the Type 1 person, feel that they are healthier and better now than they have been in years

Batters - the worry about secondary school goes away after it's all decided, right? Ack, that's so far away though. With that and the US elections (am American), I think I might implode from stress and worry by mid-Autumn. And I think your judginess yesterday was justified.

Capp, I am going to do the cake thing in a few weeks around my youngest son's birthday. I love cake.

L&S good news on the sleeping babe and sympathy on the itchy nether regions.

ureb - good luck at docs tomorrow.

I have just been to Body Pump and am worried I'm not going to be able to walk to school this afternoon for pain and stiffness. Am feeling worthy though. My sometimes jogging partner lost weight over the summer hols and looks gorgeous and glam (well, she always looks great, so more gorgeous and glam). I am but it's very very motivating!

Oh Cam, 5'4?! That's TALLER THAN ME! She's only 11 isn't she? Your dh#2 is tall too though iirc. That exhibition sounds lovely, wish could sneak off with dh to see it.

DofN, that sounds like an idyllic day out, how lovely. Summer is indeed over.

Ureb, sorry you're feeling wobbly, you're bound to. And if it's from when I did IPD it's 5th May. My ex mil has diabetes and it's controlled just with diet and she really doesn't find it a problem. Just realised my BIL does too actually. When is your appt? I think you will feel better once you know what to do and then you can just get on and do it (although that could jsut be my projection of my hypothetical approach so do ignore me if so). Glad to read that the SATS were good too and work seems ok.

My ds went into year 6 yesterday and dd into foundation 1.

JJ, yes, you will feel old but who cares?

Batters, oh no at pregnant woman. How awful. Me too on the scared about secondary stuff. How is dd's working in the evenings going?
that my ds has FINALLY seemed to decide to knuckle down, he's only got to keep it up a month. I told him he could slack off big time after that and he said "What, at SATS?" I said "Yep, I couldn't care less about SATS, I just want you to pass the 11+, OK?" and he looked disbelieving. It's true though!

L&S, GREAT news about the sleeping through, gosh you must feel better for that! Eww at bikini line. No advice, I speak as someone who has never opened her legs to a waxer but also doesn't do swimming costumes and therefore doesn't need to, which is no good to you I know!

Capp, glad you're getting lighter. I want an iphone but will resist. Unless I get another job and then I might get one. I also need a new watch and handbag but am holding off on both.

The secondary school worry thing is AWFUL, isn't it? I am worrying about a few things atm, may just dump them here:

11+
no contract
boring but vital chores like going online and registering ds for the school
not having a cleaner and the state of our house

gosh, now I've written that down I realise I need to get a grip, it's all do able!

WWW yes it is doable

yesterday I realised that I spent more time moaning about the state of the house than actually doing anything about it

so I did 25 mins while dh did stories and it looked much better

I was going to get a cleaner with my years-worth of govt Back to Work credits that I got when I came off incapacity benefit in summer because I'm too tired to do everything

but since I have no work after Nov I am holding off because if I get no work, I get no credits

however if I get no work, I guess I can dust my own surfaces...

Oh bugger batters, have just realised the flaw in my cunning plan about 11+ work as it will be on top of homework too at some point. May be really mean and ask lovely woman who collects both children after school to make him do it. He will do it with no fuss for her if I tell him it's a rule.

Capp, you're right about spending more time worrying than doing!

What pissy weather. I am very cross with it.

DD1 & DS1 are at school, a bereft DD2 is playing castles on her own as neither myself nor the dog were good enough apparently! DS2 is fast asleep (but not for long as the cleaners are now on the same floor with the hoover). So the house will look respectable by about 3pm, I have tidied up lots but have shut the door on the playroom and will deal with it next week when DD2 is back at pre-school.

So far have eaten a small bowl of cereal and a large bowl of chicken soup, one slice of toast, 2 coffees, 2 tall glasses of water and several raw carrots (really huge ones, I cannot believe I haven't turned orange yet).

I have decided that I look lardy again. My arms are fat and my shoulders look a bit round. My tummy is sticking out and my boobs are too big. So less crisps and more running.

Good luck to all those studying for 11+ and well done L&S baby for sleeping through. It makes SO much difference. Equally, commiserations to batters for ongoing disturbed sleep. Is there any professional help available for DD?

Hope all is well, apologies for not keeping up, I have been very busy in RL. I will try to keep up more. I have joined a new gym that does not smell of testosterone and sweat and has small classes and a lovely greco pool with resistance jets and no psychopathic personal trainers www.templeofbodysoul.com.au which is a couple of minutes walk from DD's school. Hence NO EXCUSE as I am there twice a day.

I am in a panic because a) I accidentally found out how much I weigh in stones instead of kilos and b) I have booked flights back to the UK in 12 weeks time and I don't think this is enough time to get me back into my UK clothes without a major effort

ARGHGGGHH.

My son is in year 6 not year 5 as I stupidly put earlier. We are going through the secondary school process and will know in March as well. The exams are in January or thereabouts, I think. We've already looked at a school and are going to go visit some more this fall.

I was thinking he was year 5 and the year 6ers you guys had had just started secondary school. I am losing my mind.

I will list my worries whilst I'm here:

• US elections (feel doomed)
• secondary school (again, can see it all falling apart)
• never working again even though I might want to

And now I'm going to have some coffee and tend to the damn house which I deleted from the above list because whilst it will never be featured in a fancy magazine, it's not a pit of doom and despair. I just don't like doing housework; suppose that's different than worry!