When shall we three meet again? The not quite NT, not quite weightloss thread ......

[moosemama]

We were full up ladies, so we finally have our very own weightloss-ish thread!

Well, not necessarily moving... We'll stay in the same town, but we did discuss whether it was worth trying to sell this miniature pad and get something we can fit all the kids and dogs into (pref with a garden. It's a total pita having to walk the doggits so often when they need a pee.) even if it sells (big if) we'll lose a hundred thousand dollars at least, but suppose we have to accept that the house we buy will also be less than we would have paid a few years ago when we bought this place. We shouldn't be in negative equity as we put quite a lot down, but it does stick in your throat a bit.

I'm still doubtful that it will sell. There are literally gazillions of similar properties in this here town (all thrown up as holiday homes) and ours is at the really pricey end. And lots of desperate sellers willing to do pretty much anything to shift theirs (most of which are empty and ready to go) whereas ours is stuffed to the gunnels with family claggage and obv we can't do anything about buying until it sells. The joy of living in a tourist trap.

A very lovely tourist trap.

Well done for exercise and food! You sound totally back on track. My trip seems to have recharged my batteries a bit as well, and I'm a lot more positive about things I was definitely ignoring and avoiding before I went, so i'd better make the most of my positivity!!

Oo, driving. it took me a good ten years to be confident. I passed my test at about 23/ 24 or so, but then didn't drive for the next few years. It was only when we moved to Germany and I was pg with dd1 that I really started driving at all. And despite me driving back to the uk, and doing quite a lot of really long journeys solo, it's only the last five years that I can honestly say I don't fret when I get behind the wheel. I still can't parallel park or reverse. I can get myself out of trouble if I need to, but really it's a good job I live in Canada. The parking spaces are huge. it used to be a standing joke at work that I deliberately broke the rules. (we were supposed to reverse park outside the building). There would be a whole row of cars all neatly reverse parked, and mine, driven in. It used to drive everyone up the wall, but I was adamant it was far safer that way. In the end they gave up asking me, as I would just grin and refuse, or chuck them my car keys and tell them to turn it round. even the parking nazi on the top floor would just roll his eyes instead of marching round the building demanding to know whose vehicle it was.

Ah, happy days. If I can do it, you can.

Sounds like selling is going to be stressful then Madwoman.

By your reckoning I should just about be driving regularly around my mid-50s! I had to giggle at your refusal to reverse park - I had a colleague that used to do that years ago. She would drive round carparks for hours until she found a space she could drive into and out of without using reverse. I shouldn't laugh though, as I suspect I will be the same.

I just pointed out to dh this morning that I am no longer insured on the car, so we can't actually start until he's sorted that out. Not holding my breath there as he hasn't managed to do one thing I've asked him this week so far.

Well, I am in agony this morning - I've been shredded! It's not as bad as it was first time round, I can still sit on the toilet without lowering myself down slowly using my arms and I can actually walk up and downstairs - just not very quickly.

Managed to stick to plan yesterday and so far today, but am seriously not looking forward to my workout today. Everything hurts and I have a horrible withdrawal headache, but I am not going to let it beat me. If I don't push through it now, I'll never get back to where I was, let alone any slimmer and fitter than that.

I was feeling really ropey this morning, and even had a bizarre dizzy spell similar to the ones I was having during that neuro summer... But I seem to be ok. Boot camp was hideous. still alive, though. V hard work, which I think is as a result of the carb dropping. My recovery rate after the class is definitely improving though - although I am getting muscular soreness the day after lol (and the day after that - I did chuckle at 'i've been shredded'). The drinking loads of water and eating straight after seems to be keeping the migraines at bay though, so it looks like it was bog standard dehydration etc.

I've got over my shame about being a living cliche on the driving front. I'm functional. . Keep nagging dh about the insurance, I'm a firm believer that if you think now is the time, then now is the time.

Urgh, busy day today. But at least I've got a new kettle! I can't do complete caffeine withdrawal...

You had a dizzy spell and then went to bootcamp anyway!

You've put me to shame. After saying I wasn't going to let it beat me this morning, I went on a painkiller hunt to get me through the morning until workout time and found we'd only got cocodamol, no ibuprofen or paracetamol. Mum was here and persuaded me to take some, because my head was so bad and that was it .... I was knocked out for the rest of the day, pretty much. By the time they'd worn off it was too late to get a workout in, so I decided to face up to typing all the changes to ds1's proposed statement instead. Been sat here ever since, typing away and I still have section 3 to do. It is just typing up my notes though, so not much actual thinking involved - luckily!

After reading chocjunkie's thread in SNs where the LEA just ignored all the amendments she sent in and issued a final statement exactly the same as the proposed one, I also rang our statementing officer and got her to agree to call me to discuss it if there are any changes they don't want to make. She also said she will probably issue a second proposed statement if there are a lot of changes anyway. We had a brief chat about what the changes are like and she said she couldn't forsee a problem, especially as the school are already happy with them all. I have drafted a letter confirming our conversation ready to go with the amendments, so, fingers crossed it will all go smoothly.

Also finally managed to get through to Legoland to sort out ds1's dietary requirements. They actually gave me the restaurant's direct line number and I spoke to a lovely lady who couldn't have been more helpful. She's booked us a table for our evening meal and typed a message for the chef to take note a week beforehand of ds's special dietary needs, including being coeliac, vegetarian and not eating potato - unless its chips. I did explain that he has autism and isn't just a fussy eater and she obviously understood, because straight away she knew that meant he was likely to self-restrict on certain foods. I was very impressed.

So, not a wasted afternoon exactly, but not much cop on the diet and exercise front - and my muscles still hurt like b***y!

Glad you've got a new kettle - I couldn't live without mine either.

That all sounds really positive. (statement and legoland lol)

I've been a right hormonal cow today and it doesn't make sense. And have erupted in huge acne boils over the last couple of days. V attractive. Am hoping it's just the change in water or something weird. Not expecting pmt for another week or two!! Might have to limit my time on mn as I seem to be excessively mardy and upsetting people... And am reet annoyed by the trivia that dominates people's lives.

Hmm.

Cocodomal wipes me out completely. I can't believe you can type!

I read somewhere that longhaul flights can mess your cycle up, so maybe that's it? You have been pushing yourself a bit this week what with traversing the globe and bootcamping. Maybe you just need a couple of days to adjust?

Don't disappear, come here and rant, it'll do you a power of good and we won't mind a bit.

Had a funny turn meself at tea-time. Got up to try and cook the dcs' tea, not long after I posted on here and went decidedly odd. Dh came home and found me clinging onto the worktop, literally shaking all over, unable to hold onto the bowl I was trying to fill with soup and with my legs doing a kind of funky chicken dance all of their own. I don't think it had anything to do with the cocodamol, because I took that this morning, so it should have completely worn off and been out of my system. Came to lie on the sofa and have been here ever since, still feel shaky, but am ok-ish as long as I don't try to stand up or move.

Here's hoping its just a blip and we both have a better day tomorrow.

Well I've weighed-in and it seems all my painful muscles have grabbed a load of water, so I'm 2lbs up on Wednesday.

Friday 13 April 157lbs

Hopefully the water weight will come off in a couple of days and I'm hoping I'll lose a pound as well, but I'm not confident so I'm going to set next week's target at 155lbs to be back where I was before I started working out.

I could barely move from muscle stiffness this morning and everything hurt, so decided the only thing for it was to get stuck in again and push through the pain. Did 20 minutes on the exercise bike as an extra warm up, in the hope of loosening up my leg muscles and then a level one shred. I nearly cried with the pain in my calves when I had to start doing jumping jacks, but it did get better as I went along. Still very sore, but at least I can move now.

I remember this from last time I started shredding and know from experience that you just have to keep going until you work your way through it. Its seriously no fun though. Trying to keep my eye on the prize (and not on my belly jiggling up and down in the mirror [blush).

Right, off to be honest with MFP now.

Urgh. But like you say, it's pretty normal when you get back into it, so not unexpected.

I am 11. 13 1/2, so I have lost half a pound. I'm actually chuffed, because that's since Monday when I weighed, so I've only been back on the wagon proper for less than a week.

I haven't restarted mfp since I got back, but will deffo be back on there today. I feel kinda positive! (and also kinda sore and achey. Not quite sure what the physio is going to make of my elbow today when the rest of me is equally tight and sore!!)

Glad you got over your funny turn as well. We are a pair.

Where are our lost compadres?

Well done at losing half a pound in less than a week.

I am finding logging properly on mfp again is helping. I really hated logging a rise in weight today, but it had to be done and at least I'll get to see the nice downward slope again once it starts shifting.

No more funny turns today, but still have tremors in my hands, which is making it surprisingly hard to get a spoonful of coffee into a cup. I was pretty frightened by it last night, but am more philosophical today. I know I have something, I know it makes my body do odd things and I also know that unless I properly collapse, the docs aren't worried enough to do anything about it, so I just have to get on with it and hope that never happens really.

Lamb is child free this week, so probably out and about enjoying the freedom. Not sure about TLP though.

That should have read 'well done for losing half a pound'

Aaarrrrgghhh! That's the sound of a Moose who has just woken her dd up from her nap to find she has an underarm temperature of 39.2. She seems perky enough at the moment, but says her head hurts in the middle of her forehead, she's got very red cheeks and you could fry eggs on her head.

Just when ds2 was starting to feel better and his temps have stopped as well.

Might just have got overheated under the duvet? Give her a drink and see how she goes. She'll probably be fine in half an hour....

Nope. I thought she felt hot when I took her up, but figured maybe I was just cold, iyswim. When I went up she was snoozing on top of the duvet, so obviously felt too hot.

Took her temp again half and hour and two drinks later and it was still 39. She's saying ow when she moves her head too quickly now as well. Have given her some calpol and am just waiting to see if her temp comes down with that.

She's usually pretty resilient, rarely gets proper poorly or poorly for days and days, so hopefully it will just be a 24/48 hour virus.

Deep joy. Still, at least it's the weekend, so you won't be on your own with poorly kids....

All hail, calpol. Do your thing!

Temp is down to 38 now and she seems happier. Dh just walked in and she practically leaped on him. Poor bloke looked very as he was expecting her to be lounging around looking pale and interesting. Gotta love that Calpol magic!

Have managed to stick to my diet today. Salad already prepared and waiting for me in the fridge and I now have a grumpy dh, because I've told him to make his own tea!

That's good. Gotta love calpol.

Have had one coffee shop meeting already today but made sure I ate sensible breakfast before I went, and have another one this afternoon and am filling up on tuna salad for lunch so that I'm not tempted by the buns

So far, so good.

Friend from not for profit was in a bit of a pickle this morning as she's got a lot of friends who are leaning on her to get through v hard emotional times, and she's completely running on empty trying to recharge everyone else's batteries. She turned up weeping, but trying to get herself together, so it was half business, and half trying to fortify her for the next round. We also bumped into another friend from the same board, and he ordered a breakfast bagel and a huge plate of fried deliciousness. You would have been v proud of my abstinence! It would have been v easy to do sugar and sympathy!

Will steel myself to be as good this afternoon. Tea shop with lovely jasmine tea, so can look forward to that and ignore the sweet treats. It helps that I'm skint, too.

Hope you and dd are both right as rain in the morning (and that dh recovers his equanimity!) x

Well, her temp never got any lower than 38 and was back up to 38.3 at bedtime, but she doesn't appear to be feeling very ill, so I'm not too worried.

I am very impressed with your strategy for avoiding coffee shop temptation. I'd be dreadful in that situation, it just doesn't feel right to me to only have a coffee when there's a shop full of cake to be eaten.

Even more impressed that there was the whole tea and sympathy excuse available to you and you still stood strong.

Dh decided to retaliate for having to make everyone else's tea by cooking chips. I stayed in the living room to eat my salad, well away from temptation.

Ya gotta love this town - it's apparently cupcake Friday. I did only have jasmine tea, but I did buy Ds a cupcake. They looked amazing, and they had a v impressive selection of gf as well!

I am dead proud of myself!

Urgh, right, now tidying the house before physio. Friends from out of town coming round later and it is a tip.

Fingers crossed for dd. (and bah to chippery)

You have an offical cupcake day!

Well done for resisting the temptation. You are rightly proud of yourself.

Dd had a temp of 39.5 in the night, even though she was only sleeping in vest and pants with just a thin blanket over her legs. She was red all over and I started panicking that it might be measles, so didn't get much sleep myself for checking on her. Its down to 38 this morning and despite looking pretty awful, she insists she doesn't feel poorly and is behaving quite sprightly.

Weighed myself again this morning and I am down to 154 lbs, so am feeling much happier now and hoping for 153 by next Friday. It's also motivated me to stick with the shred, level 1 - day 3 today and not looking forward to it, at all.

Sounds virusy... Probably another couple of days and then she'll pick up?

Yay, for 154!

It is snowing this morning. big fat spring flakes. Two inched on the balcony and still snowing hard. Everyone else is off skiing today in an hour or so, and I have put my name down for a workshop on brain development this afternoon. Typical!

Oh, and good luck with the shred!

The workshop sounds really interesting and as you say, there's the potential to make some good connections.

We don't have snow, but it's blooming cold here today and I have had to sit here looking for a swimsuit, because the dcs want to go in the Pirate Adventure swimming pool at the hotel when we go to Legoland. The last time I wore a swimsuit I was 17 years old and weighed 7st 4lbs! I can't find anything I would be brave enough to wear - only a victorian full body suit will do the job really, but I have a feeling I might feel a bit daft in one of those. I don't want to spend much, as I'm unlikely to wear it again, so am watching a couple of 1950's style suits on ebay. It would be so much easier if I didn't still have a 34GG chest, that happen to have bf 3 dcs, so need serious scaffolding to look anywhere near acceptable. I have some Bravissimo vouchers, but am loathe to spend £46 on a costume I'll never use again, when I could do with some new undies.

I was totally when I got on the scales this morning, having watched it go up and up so far this week. I am so relieved though, as I was starting to think I may actually have gained 6lbs in weight, rather than just water weight. Now its looking like I've only gained 3lbs, which I can cope with.

Dd is still doing ok. Temp still high, hovering between 38 and 38.6, but lively enough and wanting to play etc. I'm sure her temp will rocket again at bedtime, as is the way with these virusy things.

Enjoy your workshop, let me know how it goes.

Well, things have gone a little off track here... Ds threw a complete and utter hissy and made everyone late leaving the house for skiing as apparently he didn't want to go. So he just sat upstairs when he was supposed to be getting ready. And then threw a total wobbler.

Soooooooo, now I am left here on my tod with a crying and angry ds1, and have to come up with some plausible reason why I've brought my child to the workshop. Who may or may not be dressed by that point. And who is now apparently throwing stuff around and trying to come through the floor. it also sounds as though he is flipping the electrics on and off, so better go before he blows the switches.

Well, we got over that blip and he was a doll the whole afternoon at the presentation. They had a free childcare session, but as he was by far the oldest he went back and forth as he pleased, just hanging out in the back of the room reading, or going to play with the little ones.

Presentation really interesting. Nothing I didn't know already, lol, but it did put it all together, which was nice, as it was just stuff I've gleaned from all over. She did quite a bit about the effects of cortisol on the developing foetus and also a teeny bit about adult brain injury

Hope everything is ok!

Psych session interesting. I did a huge mind dump (v useful to have the session today after Saturday's workshop lol, and ds's meltdown) and the psych said she would need to have a think... I talked a lot about environment particularly in the realm of whether it was better to seek out the cause and try to change environment, or medicate to cope with environment (tee hee) and also raised the dd2 thing - we didn't have a choice with her, there is no medication to 'fix' cp, so would it be better to look towards more environmental supports in the short term for ds1 (with the hope that this will help him 24/7, rather than the medication that works 8-10 hours a day but doesn't resolve underlying cause...). She was very interested. I know she's paid to be, but it seemed that she was genuinely pondering what I was confused about, and was thinking it through herself, rather than trying to 'fit' it into preconceived boxes.

She did say it was a really good sign that he was initially not keen on the homeschool thing, because it showed he was valuing peer relationships (ie he hadn't given up on them or got to the point of not caring) and she felt this was promising for the future, even given his difficulties in peer group interactions, because he might be able to use that 'desire' to connect with peers to alter some of his other social characteristics.

And I met my friend afterwards as she wanted someone to restart couch to 10k with her.

So, so far, so good today. Need to get healthy lunch into me, as off to the city later...

Sorry Madwoman, I've had my head immersed in this damned proposed statement for the last two days. Still not finished my amends, but it's starting to shape up at least. Managed to identify a missing objective and some areas that are covered under needs in part 2, but not under provision in part 3 (which wasn't easy, considering how chaotically the whole thing has been thrown together). I have to hand deliver it tomorrow, so will probably be up half the night on it as well.

Just had to have chips from the chip shop for tea, as I didn't have time to cook - and I haven't been able to fit in a shred for two days.

Dd is much better thanks. She never did develop any symptoms, just raging temps for a few days and looking very pale with big black rings under her eyes. She appears to have got over it now though, which is what I thought, she seems to have a much better immune system than the rest of her shonky family.

Ds2 is still not right though. He's been playing in my Mum's garden for quite a bit today and ended up with sore ankles, knees and feet. He was definitely looking very pale and wan by bedtime and was bursting into tears every few minutes. Finished his anti-b's today, so it seems a second course is in the offing - again.

Glad your ds calmed down after his meltdown and was a little star during the workshop. I love it when they pleasantly surprise us like that.

Am sending good luck dd to your dd for her dance comp - hope it all goes really well for her.

Psych appointment sounds really interesting and positive. It will be interesting to see what she comes up with re the medication vs environment thing.

The peer group thing is interesting as well. Ds1 had all but given up on his peers and friendships when he was in year 3 after really struggling and being on the receiving end of some awful bullying, but, he also flatly refused to be home schooled and has now come full circle, enjoying the company of his peers and even starting to make some new friends. These days (year 5) I can definitely see him gradually learning the skills he needs to get by socially, whereas back then all I could think about was not putting him through the pain and upset anymore.

Couch to 10 eh? You're going to be super-fit come the summer with all this working out.

Right, best get back to it.