WWW's 10 year younger bootcamp, it's September, it's serious and we're NOT worrying about the Hadron Collider

[WideWebWitch]

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.

[WideWebWitch]

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[WideWebWitch]

Hello all and welcome Mumi, absolutely agree on the full moon, dh reckons I go loopy around it too.

LOVELY weekend with lots of forbidden carbs

yesterday evening
chicken with green beans/gruyere from M&S
then, oh the shame, a CHIP BUTTY made with white bread, thick butter, chip shop chips, vinegar, salt, oh it was gorgeous
wine, obv

and then today

bacon sandwich
brown sauce sandwich

roast beef
parsnips , not allowed on I and N
roast potatoes not allowed on I and N
carrots, ditto
yorkshire puddings x 2, ditto
all above were HEAVENLY, needless to say
green beans
broccoli
tiny bit of left over meringue and vanilla ice cream
lovely red wine with the beef
and children have been fab today, current;y ds and his friend are playing Dr Who vs Darth Vader (both dressed up, ds in dh's long coat, with his sonic screwdriver and friend in darth vader helmet and red light saber), dd is playing with snails in the front drive, dh and I have managed to talk quite a bit today which is lovely and makes a change from the rest of this week.

Am very excited about taking Nov and Dec off, really can't wait!

All, confess on this thrad, I'll start another later today

[JJ]

I'm going to still that as my mantra??? Steal! I'm going to steal it still.

[JJ]

I'm going to still that as my mantra, Mumi: "It's just a full moon and pmt, oommmm". Welcome to the thread!

My husband has run away to Canada because of his moodiness. Ok, he's going on business which does make life (well, cooking dinner) easier.

Arfishy, do you really have a parrot on your head?

SMBK - hope that exercise, even if it wasn't your own, improved your mood. I took the boys for a bike ride and just realised how cardiovascularly unfit my eldest is now. Ack! I don't think it counts as exerise for me.

ureb - that sounds like a good plan. Do what you can now and take further action if it's not enough. Talk about it all you want! It requires a lifestyle change from the sound of it.

VS - yes, the low-carbs people talk about it and then the lower-cal people like myself get cravings and have to have it too. In fact we have sausage pasta in the fridge. Not chorizo but it'll do.

[Mumi]

Newbie alert!

Sunscreen at all times -

• substituting for after sun now we're in September as my skin is very sensitive but after sun heals it well

No or little booze. Wine or Champagne or whatever at the weekend is allowed if you want it -

• last had half a bottle when offered on Wednesday and am likely to be again on Monday and Tuesday next week but will wait until parties on Friday or Saturday

Lots of water, aim for 2 litres a day -

• will put a bottle in the fridge as I hate drinking water which isn't cold enough from the tap

Use hand cream -

• will keep a bottle by both bathroom and kitchen sinks

Go to bed early, by 10.30pm if pos -

• night toilet training and nightmares (DS not me ) isn't helping but been laying in this weekend.

Eat healthily -

• could also be better Need to make a home delivery order of lots of fruit and vegetables rather than just bringing back what I can carry from the shops every day

Be happy -

• repeats "it's just a full moon, it's just a full moon... "

But on the bright side:

Walking is important, a small amount every day if possible. 30 mins if you can -

• Check! school runs = 1 hour per day and I did more than that to, at and from shop yesterday, am strimming the back jungle garden this afternoon. Hoping to start running on the treadmills at the gym when I return to university in a couple of weeks as well as well as swimming both without and with DS as he needs to learn before school lessons. That MN Virtual Gym offer is looking good as well and DS also loves joining in with exercise. Still not lost hope of a Wii Fit for Christmas though, even if I do have to buy us one myself

Apply body cream as often as possible -

• Check! Have applied aqueous cream for 2 days running and rinsed off but it works well enough as again my skin is sensitive

[arfishy]

Where is everybody?

LOL at chorizo. Yes, I think you're right vers. It's the India and Nerys lot. I don't think I'd get away with it on WW.

Am doing the usual. Low fat cereal, crispbreads with low fat philly for lunch. Patented zero point soup for dinner. I am now 'chowing down' to use slimming magazine vernacular on a plate of vegetables for supper. With a begging parrot on my head.

Swam lengths yesterday. Back to the gym in the morning.

I have appointed the gym scales 'the scales of truth' and will ignore everything else.

I bought some exfoliating mitts today so will start to sort out my scaly winter skin.

No booze. Bored. Bored. Bored. Bored. Bored.

[Saggarmakersbottomknocker]

I think you're allowed a case of the grumps ureb.

I, on the other hand, like JJ am inordinately grumpy for no good reason. The source of my grump has taken himself off to the gym for awhile.

Glad dd's puking was a one off www.

[VersdeSociete]

I must catch up with this properly. Is it my imagination or does a lot of chorizo get eaten on thsi thread?

[unknownrebelbang]

Oh, and it had to happen...someone very kindly informed me I had the old fogey's variant of diabetes

She was joking - of course - and was very helpful, after I'd had a dramaqueen moment

[unknownrebelbang]

I have been grumpy today too. The sensei got a bit of a roasting this morning - not sure if I didn't go slightly OTT , but hey he's sorted out the issue I raised, for now at least.

poor DD, www, and poor you. You deserve a couple of months off!

Fingers crossed for DH, TFM.

www, as far as the diabetes is concerned, I'm settled - it's manageable for now, and whilst I've not become a paragon of virtue overnight, I've made great strides with healthier eating/regular meals plus daily exercise and sleep. It's amazing how it's concentrated the mind.... If it becomes unmanageable then I'll deal with it at the time - I can't look too far ahead yet, because that is scary.

I've spoken to various friends with diabetes, they seem to agree that my levels are relatively low at the moment, and that's been reassuring.

The BP however, is another issue. I don't want to take medication for it, but realise that is the likely outcome, and I'm stressing about it. Oh hum. It brings back lots of memories of my pregnancies and they were stressful, so that doesn't help either.

Sincere apologies - I know I'm going on (and on and on) about this, and folk have far worse things to deal with, but it's all been such a shock, it helps to get it down iykwim.

Anyhoo, have a lovely Sunday everyone.

[JJ]

I think you need a Plate of Shame to deal with soft play places.

WWW - the boys are mine, the girls are my sister's.

I am ferociously grumpy at nothing at all. ARRRGGGGHHHH

[Snaf]

Hello all, hope the weekend is progressing jollyly (?) - the weather is suddenly gorgeous here in Sarf Lahndahn...whodathunkit?

I have come to confess a Plate of Shame - kid's party this morning in large noisy soft-play hangar, fortified by a coffee and danish and then a small slice of pizza - could have been worse, though...

Still, have been swung back onto the straight and narrow by the sight of Davina McCall stalking round my local Sainsbury's, two kids in tow, no makeup and looking pretty darn fabulous, I have to say.

So, am having asparagus and chorizo salad with a hefty dollop of 'the dancing ladies', as ds refers to Strictly Come Dancing...

[WideWebWitch]

I've only just noticed, hours and hours after coming back from the hairdressers that my hair isn't really blonde any mroe. And I'm not sure I like it

Oh well can go lighter agani in six weeks I suppose.

JJ, I know, your children look LOVELY! (how many in the photos are yours?)

[JJ]

foo, thanks for recipe! I made a thrown together lentil dish the other night that was the blandest thing ever. Sigh. At least it wasn't inedible, I suppose. It is good to have a proper recipe!

WWW, phew. I thought it was you. You kept coming up in the 'people you might know' bit. You have lovely children! How did your son get so old? Hope you and dd feel better.

I have this idea for a fb app based on the idea of behind this thread. Hmm. Have spent the last couple of weeks fannnying about on the computer building my portfolio so might try including that.

TFM - hope your husband's job is ok. That sort of fog of worry makes everything harder.

moonshine - my husband just puts his chicken stock in the freezer. And there is stays.

VS - you are in E London too? There's a couple of us here. (LoveandSqualor, too and maybe batters although she might be SE London.)

[WideWebWitch]

Today got up, had to go and get my car from station before hair appt and dh going to see 2 houses for ils, started to drive and realised I'd had no breakfast (no time and it's SATURDAY ffs) so ds, who was in the back with a pain au chocolat siad 'do you want one of these?' and I said yes because we had no time to stop somewhere or go home and there wasd no way I'd have lasted a 2.5 hour hair appt without eating anything. I could hear SW saying "that'll be on your arse, mark my words"

So

Pain au chocolat
spinach and tuna salad
chorizo
camobozola

feel horribly bloated, must be the week of wine so hope to improve next week. And feel so wound up and angsty that I think a long walk in the grey would be in order this afternoon.

[WideWebWitch]

Hello everyone, right, have more time now due to ignoring of children!

Foofoo, you're absolutely right. Dh and I talked about this and as he's been doing what I usually do this week (gtting up at 6am and home at 6.30 ish) he's realised that he's hardly seen them this week. Or me, come to that.

FIS you're right too about endofcontractitis!
We've agreed more or less that I will ahve Nov and Dec off and look again in January. So I can stop stressing about the school plays and carol concerts and stuff and just enjoy going to them and being around a lot more. I also intend to walk every day, I know it helps my mood etc.

Camm, dd is fine now, I think it was sweets + car combo. Glad your lurgy has gone.

Blu, well done on the no booze front. And me too on unproductive week due to too much mn

FallenMadonna, sorry to hear about your dh, sounds stressful.

That wong is a right show off isn't she? Prancing in here in her size 10 jeans

Bundle, ewww at camping, but hey, enjoy the Cava.

Anniemac, fish and chips not quite in spirit but I hope you enjoyed them!

Foofoo, sorry you're feeling down and ikwym about the idea of rest. ha bloody ha.

Arfy, no wine for 8 days is v v good. I read terrifying article in hairdressers about how terrible alcohol is and I must go back to being teetotal in the week from Sunday. Went to the hairdresser this morning and was therefore forced to stare at this fat middle aged woman for 2 whole hours (me, in the mirror) and felt bleurgh. I think you should believe whichever scales you prefer.

Well done moonshine on lack of wine too.

Oh god DofN at periods coming back, that's not a long enough break 10 days.

ureb, glad the head apologised, how are you feeling now?

Snaf, that sounds like a cheering evening with gf and deciding you're happy is a Good Thing indeed!

Marina, how's work? Any better?

Batters, how's your lovely dd? Poor love.

[arfishy]

Oh dear WWW, that sounds awful. I hope DD is ok now.

Agents are a nightmare. Mine failed to pay me for about 6 weeks earlier this year for some dubious invoicing amount mis-match reason (6 times ). I had to get mean with the 12 year old who masquerades as my account manager before they sorted it out.

[Cammelia]

Oh dear www. Hope dd is fine now?

[WideWebWitch]

AND agent has forgotten to pay me for last week, grr!Have emailed, they prob will pay on Tuesday but still irritating.

[WideWebWitch]

Very quick one, JJ, you've sent me a friend request and I am www (my profile pic has dd with her babies!)

Left work at 5.30 last night, got to Beaconsfield to be told all trains stopped due to flooding, got a cab to Amersham, train to Aylesbury where dh and children met me, (NOT where my bloody car was!) then dd threw up EVERYWHERE on way back so we travelled about 15 miles of the journey home with dd and me COVERED in sick (I took her clothes off her and cuddled her, hence being covered myself). Finally got in at 9pm, from the journey from hell. Total cost = £50 train ticket and parking, £16 cab, £6 ticket to Aylesbury, £? petrol and £££££ in inconvenience and fked offness.

FINALLY had children in bed and a glass of wine in my hand at 9pm

Had lovely sea bass with rosemary crust though (hadn't eaten since 1pm so was about to eat my own leg) and some Cava and then collapsed into bed, exhausted at 10.30pm.

Will come back later and read you all, hope everyone's havbing a lovely weekend.

[Cammelia]

Staying up far too late, but I'm feeling a lot better, think the virusy thingy has gone. Of course I can't possibly go on the school sponsored walk tomorrow though, as its too soon - the virus might come back

Dh will accompany dd and I'll sponsor her very generously so as not to have to goto help the children in Africa

Food, not too bad. Exercise: no.

[Blu]

Oh, bloody hell it's Friday and i haven't even checked in on the thread!

Had a really bad and unproductive week - far tooo much time simply wasted on MN.

BUT have had some alcohol-free nights - uite a few, actually.

But my lunchtime walks have led me past some very very tasty new delicatessens.....

Astoundingly attractive decorator starting on our house next week..

will catch up on everyone's news - Batters - really concerned about your lovely dd...

[TheFallenMadonna]

cava...

[TheFallenMadonna]

Moonshine - yep - my name is sadly most appropriate.

DH works for a tiny company. Big set back this week. We'll have to wait and see.

I love camping - spent two weeks under canvas in Brittany this summer and it was great. But it's chilly and wet right now (although tomorrow will of course be gloriously sunny and unseasonably warm bundle don't fret). I'd be stocking up on the whisky rather than the cave I think

[moonshine]

TheFallenMadonna -your name always makes me think of the Madonna with the Big Boobies (and that will hopefully make sense to anyone who remotely remembers 'Allo Allo')Sorry for such triviality in light of dh's job - is he self-employed or part of a corporation?

Camping is always madness imo (and it scares me).

Gym today, although felt knackered after more nocturnal activity from the dcs, and so am looking forward to a glass of red. I am also making some chicken stock but have not a clue what to do with it. My mum would have made her own egg ribbon pasta to make a gorgeous soup but my skills or patience do not stretch that far.

Suzywong - at the rate you're going you'd better avoid drains and cracks in the pavements .