The Big Fat List and the Days of Doom (TM) Part II - Revenge of the Diet Dodgers

[grinningbee]

Hi all!

Hope the title is ok - if not, someone else can do another one

Haha, I just sucked up to you on FB too! Oh dear.

We're going to be near Crouch End - the nasty bit, not the nice bit from what I'm told! Have only lived in South London before so it will be an education.

Kid you are making me feel very guilty with all your exercise. I might have to do some myself out of shame at this rate.

Exercise is good for you pixie it means you can punish yourself for eating junk, that's why I do it anyway!
I suffer from muscle spasms in my neck, I've got the start of one coming now but I really, really don't want it. Hopefully I'll sleep well enough tonight for it to be gone by the morning.

Crouch End is NICE. We lived in upper holloway - the inbetween nasty and nice area. Its great, lots of mummy things to do up there!

Right, am attempting to upload some pics to FB...

I agree kid it does mean you can cheat a bit. Take some ibuprofen for your neck. RIght better go and look at the apples I am cooking for I breakfast - her fav is porridge with apple puree. Then I have to decide the next weeks meals and order the online shop. What a fun Sat evening I am having!

Hi all, am very envious of you all being technologically savvy enough to load up pics. I'm afraid I'm a luddite with these things!

Someone asked upthread about exercise. I bought a Gillian Michaels dvd from Amazon called "Banish fat, boost metabolism" and have found it really good. I was looking at chats about the shred but it sounded far too challenging, I can recommend the one I've got as it is broken into small chunks so you end up doing far more than you think you can.

I have had a strange week as, without boring you all with too much detail, I have had a recurrence of pain in my face and teeth that I had a couple of years back (although oddly on the other side of my face to last time) It makes me scared to eat anything too chewy or crunchy as that can aggravate it. Consequently it is hard to stick to the eating plans as most of the free food is either chewy or crunchy! Anyway it is hopefully easing off a bit now so am aiming to get back to doing things properly soon.

Hot bath for you m'dear Kid!

DH has just moaned at me that all I think about is my weight Oops. Might be getting a bit too excited by the new FB group!

Lots of mummy things to do sounds good Cheese - there is bugger all to do where we are now so I'm going to make the most of being back in civilization!

Am off for a virtual potter around MN and to look at that funny thread that was linked to.

You are added pixiestix. Don't look just before/after eating

bee don't be daft! Unless you have posted a pic of the toilet your DH left....

Oooh, now there's a thought And I did give him lentils for tea tonight.

I think I'm in trouble for being a bit obsessive too. Pizza Hut have a thing online where you can check the nutritional info for the meals, which means you can work out the syn value. Dh thought I was taking the fun out of it. No, I just wanted to know.

Still, we are going away with his mum for a few days in just over 6 weeks, and I won't be very strict then. I'd love to be down into the 12st something bracket by then. Oh, and all this talk of the Shred dvd - I have looked it up and can't believe I'm contemplating it...

me me me! I want to be friends on facebook!

taken me ages to catch up...

bee - my DH left me last March (he had he fecking nerve to blame me - my obsession with losing weight, my depression, being suspicious etc). He buggered off to live-in at work (another part of the long story). We managed to sort things out and he came back in time for anniversary at the end of June. It was a difficult time, and I am still in a bit of turmoil in my head now (though that may ease off with the end of the job), but like you, I can't talk to anyone in RL (my old best friend chucked her husband, lived with 2 women - not at the same time BTW - ceased to be my best friend by her weird attitude, and is now apparently with a bloke. My current "best" friend drives me mad, and is a bit too childlike for serious stuff - other than buying shoes. I can't open up to my family, ever. The only person I can talk to is DH. MN (my AN/PN thread and the odd weight-loss thread have been my lifeline for too long) and if I started a MN thread they would brand him a "twunt" and chant "leave leave" etc - probably whilst baging saucepans or waving burning torches. He might be a bit of a deluded wanker, but mostly he is fine. I do think my ADs might be to blame ATM though. Doesn't help that DS2 and 3 cannot sleep in their own beds... and that DH is never here when it would be useful). It is v. difficult when they aren't 100% honest about things like pubs etc... no advice ATM, but rant if you need to.

Ooops, sorry, far too long post.

Have been AWOL at the beach with Dsis yesterday (trying to blot out a BAD day), and sleeping, and today been baking with the boys for the produce show "childrens domestic" section tomorrow, and forcing DS1 to find all his woodwork and stuff that he had lost in his room. DHs birthday. SW gone to pot (though I did fab yesterday as I can't eat on the beach!!!!!)

bugger, I forgot to say. DH has had health problems for about 13 years now (we have been married 15), he has had many operations, resulting in many short-term jobs, and periods of being unable to work etc. (and he is also an obsessive perfectionist and is quite difficult to please work-wise) I think that was a contributing factor. I think we all have everything crossed that his next operation (a week on Tuesday) is "the one". (He had another op just after he left last year, and has had another since he came back. It is a bit wearing on us all, because we are living with pain-related-grumpiness most of the time. Actually, I am a Saint)

Gosh sounds like you have had a tough time ria. You poor thing! Glad you and DH sorted things out. I do hope his operation works this time.

Today I am venturing bk up to the gym to do a zumba class. Other than that, quiet day of ironing etc . Oh and spending too much time on MN
Food:
B: strawbs and ff yog
L: mackerel pate on toast with crudités
D: ham and artichoke tagliatelle

Blimey Ria that sounds tough hope things are on the up for you.

Things got a little weird last night. Went to bed at midnight, and he was spouting nonsense about looking for car parts that "the company" had delivered earlier. He was very insistent. Um, nope, nothing had been delivered. Then when I tried to tell him it was midnight and we were going to bed he told me I was making him paranoid. I have told him he needs to see a doctor.

Anyhoo.

Food:

Weetabix and a banana
Cheese triangles on toast, fruit, yogurt
Sweet chilli chicken with roast veg

I am going to have half an hour to myself in a minute (luxury!!) and have a bath. Dh has just gone to buy dd a magazine to entertain her while I'm in it.

that is a bit odd bee, has he said anything today?

lunch at Mums today. then off to the produce show later to see if the boys have won any prizes (I hope so!) DH will be home by bedtime I think. He went to work at 4am, came home for an hours sleep and went back again Glad he's out of there.

I lost nearly 2 stone when he wasn't here

have a good Sunday

bee that does sound odd. Was he half asleep - my dh talks nonsense if he's sleepy - he sleep walks too!
ria what does your Dh do, it sounds hard work.

Been to zumba and am now shattered. Will prob go for a walk in the park later if DD grizzling!

yay. my boys all won produce show prizes DS3 even got 3rd for his jam tarts and a whole 80p. (DS1 got 2 firsts and a second, and DS2 got first and second ) We need to up our game with decorated buns though, it seems it requires more than just icing There were some with flower fairies on top!

cheese - DH is a chef. Not just "any" chef though, he lives and breathes it -think Gordon Ramsey before he became a celeb chef, but without anywhere near his pay packet! He took his current job on two years ago now, as a part time job to get him off benefits (he was assessed as not entitled to incapacity benefit, after all, it's only his right arm that he suffers extreme pain in when he uses it), admittedly 2 years is the longest he's been in a job for a long time, but the part-time pay sure as hell hasn't been for part time hours. He has been totally at their beck and call the whole time - one phone call on his day off and drop everything to go in.... Things came to a bit of a head this week though as a decision was made on Tuesday with his assistant, and no-one bothered to phone him to even let him know what was going on, he found out most of it from facebook! As it seems his assistant is now the person they are turning to he has decided to call it a day (probably a good move the way things are going for his workplace IYSWIM, without me giving too much away)

sorry, I can bang on about DH's job for HOURS!

DS1 home from his sleep-over in his mates shed arse-first. Lucky me.

ria will pm you facebook deets now. Well done your boys! DH's job sounds crap, prob best he is out of it!

thanks cheese, hopefully have sent my friend req to the right person

2 more people commented on how much weight I have lost today

I am finding the shred DVD a little easier. I'm desperately waiting to see a difference in my body shape but I'm on day 3 so maybe a few more days will make a difference?

I'm beginning to worry about gaining too much weight on holiday. So, just to help a bit, I'm going to write down the order and length if the shred DVD workout so I can continue it on holiday. Even if I don't use it, a piece of paper won't take up much space in my case!

I still need to pack, I am super unorganised at the moment!

Yep, got it Ria and I have added you to the group, enjoy!

Congrats kid thats great, lovely to get compliments! When and where are you going on your hols? After the week I have had with DD I feel like I need another hol!

I'm off to Cyprus to a 4 star all inclusive hotel

Don't be too I'm going to put weight on that's taken me ages to lose!