Healthy, Revolutionary and Gorgeous!

[SixPackWellies]

Good morning Fellow Revolutionaries. Welcome to Thread 2!

Me today:

coffee with soy milk
2 ryvitas with half an avocado
spicy tomato soup (homemade) with a green salad
Small portion of roast pork, with lost of veg, a tablespoon of gravy!

Onwards and Downwards!

Hello fellow revolutionaries. I fancied a name change, felt it was more representative of my life now. More 'ow I stepped on another toy' & less of the, erm, brown. In case you're wondering, these are caltrops.

Well, nothing exciting food-wise, but I should have an allotment shortly. I got a letter & went to see them & OMG they are overgrown! Nevertheless I am going to the council tomorrow to sort out the tenancy for the one I want. Cross fingers no one else gets it first.

O&D FRs

Lego are you Emily? Sorry I'm confused? Or 50?

I heart- yes of course carrot cake counts as your one a day. In fact if you have two slices it means you've had two portions of veg.

Wellies - yes it is hard thinking of positives!

Twinkle - pizza for dinner yum. How's the running?

Emily - I take it you are v busy unpacking and recovering from lovely holiday?

Hello to everyone else too.

So I've shredded this morning and just about to do a run (wk3d2). I'm loving the running but I'm not losing. I'm also doing the 4:3 fasts. Do I have the record for longest stalemate period of no loss??

Keep at it revs.

Morning I?ll take my cold-filled self to the corner so I don?t infect any of you! Symptoms are so strange this time (I get colds a lot)?I?ve got tingly toes, numb fingers, my arms ache deep inside and my ankles feel like they?re going to snap. I?ve felt like this every day since Fathers Day. My glands are like tennis balls (ok, slight exaggeration but topical, no?). Ugh. Am dosed up on nurofen and vitamins in the hope I can shift this asap. Oh and I am FREEZING. Big thick jumper on and I?m still shivering. Woe.

Food wise?yesterday was bad.

B ? croissant
L ? pasta with chicken, cucumber and sweet peppers
D ? tuna steak, asparagus, poached egg, peas
S ? S&V squares, galaxy ripple (forgotten how much I love these), milky way crispy rolls, 2 digestive biscuits, 1 milk lolly, half a bottle of cava. I have GOT to stop drinking during the week.

Today, I have no idea what?s going to happen but I can safely say I will not reach my goal of losing 2lbs by tomorrow. I?m off to a trade show this afternoon (yawn) and I?m making the fatal mistake of taking a taxi. To be fair, it isn?t a ?Wahey, let?s get drunk!? sort of show but the parking is horrendous so that?s the main reason for getting a taxi. I will have a drink though, mainly to numb the pain (it?s such a boring show)

I had a rasher of bacon and a fried egg for breakfast ? couldn?t stomach the white for some reason so just had the yolk. If we don?t eat out then we have chilli for dinner.

Have just booked tickets for Glorious Goodwood so I need to seriously get on with the healthy eating and exercise if I?m to fit into any of my dresses. I need to buy new shoes too, none of mine are suitable (this is a lie but I want new shoes). Ooh I?ve just bought wedge trainers! I have no idea if these are still fashionable or if I?ve missed the boat. I also have no idea if they?ll suit me.

Nice new name lego (I assume you?re 50?)
baking strange that you?re not losing ? perhaps go back to 5:2? Didn?t Emily say she hadn?t lost when doing 4:3? I may have made that up

Morning all.
Sorry you are cold-y Hazel.
nothing to report. Am feeling very low today., I binged for Britain last night- chiops, chicken, pasta, wine.
back to it today. sigh.

O&D FR

Hi. (I think lego was 50 baking)
Only looking at this page so sorry if I appear to be ignoring important updates.

twinkle I Lurve pizza. Am fasting today [faints].

lego'allotment sounds exciting. I hope you get it.

hazel sorry you're poorly. Keep an eye on those symptoms.
You can easily get back on track before GG. Yes, you're right about 4:3, it didnn't work for me. I suspect it might have been because I over ate on NFDs, which I believe is not uncommon.

Big hugs sixpack. Sorry, not weighed today as I wasn't at home this morning (and I have grazed like a swarm of locusts over the past 2 days). Funny how bingeing makes us feel low after the event. I wouldn't even have said I ate till bursting, but it was mindless eating and I ate too much. Felt flat yesterday (also returning from hols doesn't help) due to gigantic grazing but much more sharp now on my fasting day. Looking forward to eating tomorrow.

O&D FR.

Hello fellow revs.

Hope you feel better soon Hazel and Wellies.
Emily lol at the image of you as a swarm of locusts!

You guessed it, I was 50shadesofbrown. Just felt like a name change, & as I seem to spend most of my life stepping on DD's toys now, I thought this one was appropriate. The nappy reference no longer seems quite right.

Yay, I got my allotment! Went to look last night & signed the tenancy today. Finally I can grow some veg in the ground! And it's only 5 minutes walk from my house. (I may need a flamethrower to get rid of the weeds, which are 4 feet high at least.) But FIL has offered to help with that. Feel bad as I have been really bitchy about my PILs in the past on MN (they can be a total PITA) but he has been surprisingly helpful with this.

O&D FRs

Yay legocaltrops that's great news.
Really pleased for you.

Congrats Lego!

I've had a rubbish day. Started well with shred and running. Felt great. But started feeling low about 3pm. I have comfort eaten today:

B: tea and one whole grain toast with butter
L: a few oven chips, salad, slice of bread, mayo. Cuppa
D: one chicken drumstick. One pitta. Salad. Bowl of pasta with cheese all over. Tea. Two biccies.

It's nfd but I feel I've really let myself down. I'm feeling weepy and upset. Sorry to bring the thread down. It's a fast day tmrw so will try and be good. And run a bit. Just angry at myself for eating crap without really being hungry enough for it.

Have had a good day today:

Skinny latte and fruit
2 pittas with houmous and salad
Pizza express pasta and dough balls

Sorry you're feeling down baking :(

Oh Baking Yesterday was a blip, you can get back on track today. Keep focussed on the positives ? you went for a run AND did the shred. Big hugs x

wellies hugs for you too. Sorry you?re also feeling down.

Emily I also feel down after a binge, however, it never stops me from bingeing!

Congrats on getting the allotment lego

twinkle I now really fancy dough balls

I?m not entirely sure if I?m hungover or still drunk. I made the mistake of drinking before eating. Feel like crap this morning. Have been awake since 2am with stupid palpitations.

Yesterday:
B ? bacon and egg
L ? ½ tuna and cucumber sandwich
D ? asparagus with poached egg and hollandaise followed by tagliatelle with crab, chilli & garlic. Bloody delicious.
S ? ½ packet S&V crisps, milky way crispy rolls, 1 packet of mini cheddars, 2 glasses of prosecco and around 4 or 5 small glasses of wine. So it?s no wonder I feel rough.

The major problem with this is today I will eat shit.

B ? a milk lolly
L ? no idea but it?s bound to be carb based
D ? chilli with rice
S ? Likely to involve coke, at least one bag of crisps, chocolate of some kind and another ice lolly.

I?ve not lost anything this week but that?s not really a surprise. Feel a bit blue today, I really want to cut down on the drinking but it?s quite difficult ? DH is a reasonably big drinker and I get annoyed if he gets drunk and I?m stone cold sober (daft, I know) so I tend to just join him. Of course, I can?t sleep if he?s had too much to drink as he snores and if I?ve had too much to drink I spend the night awake with palpitations. I might see if he?ll cut down with me, it?d do us both good.

Anyone have any plans for the weekend? I?m not going to go to the pub tonight. I think I?m going to opt for sofa and a film instead. Work tomorrow morning and a good clean through of the house tomorrow afternoon. Sunday I might pop to the garden centre before the F1. I?ll spend the entire race sobbing over the fact it?s Mark Webbers last British GP (Huge fan of his) and then it?s off to my mothers again for my Grandads birthday. She wants us to get a taxi so we can both have a drink but I think I?m going to drive. Mondays are busy at work and I don?t want to go into Monday feeling like I do this morning.

Morning all.
Thanks for supportive comments, feeling a bit better today. I just hate the self sabotage I go on with. Hugs to you Baking. It is the self-loathing cycle that gets me down. I am better today, hope you are too.
Yay for the allotment lego! That is fantastic!!
Hugs to you too Hazel I also hate drinking too much and then feeling lousy, sad, low the next day.
Gosh we are all blue. .
Me today ? well, I am not planning anything. My only plan is to eat small portions of good and nutritious food. I made a courgette and spinach soup yesterday- it is very green and I want to have a cup of that before each meal too as I feel a bit nutritionally depleted. We have a weekend of parties  which I really could do without as I feel a bit like hibernating, so my only alcohol plan is to alternate with a pint of fizzy water and to not go wild.
When I restrict myself too much, I find that I then go wild. If I say that I can have anything I want, but a small portion, I seem to be much more controlled. So I will try that for this week and see where it gets me?. Although my default seems to restrict again.
Weekend ? crazy weekend with social things, and we hardly EVER go out, so I feel a bit daunted. Tomorrow night we have a 60th. Then Sunday we have a combined party for a 15th wedding anniversary and a 50th. I am hoping that tomorrow during the day we can just spend it with the Dcs quietly.

Hope everyone feels better soon. O&DW FR

Oh that funny number in my post was meant to be .

bugger. pc won't let me pm????
so here are the links i was sent from someone on mn.

www.livestrong.com/article/442481-work-out-routines-to-lose-weight-after-a-c-section/

www.livestrong.com/article/380165-the-best-exercises-to-flatten-the-stomach-after-a-c-section/

www.csp.org.uk/sites/files/csp/secure/acpwh-fffuture.pdf

exercisesforinjuries.com/exercising-after-c-section/

Please don't do stomach crunches. They do more harm than good. I haven't done many crunches post c section and my tums ok. Just did a lot of pelvic tilts, walking, yoga, pelvic floor, light weights and cardio.

sixpack your menu always looks nutritious.

hazel it's very hard to not drink. I am pretty much tee total because was pg and now ebf but the minute ds was off the boob (sorry, probably not a good expression) I found I wanted to drink most days. I didn't, due to having ds to look after but it could easily have crept up.
As I am very old I ttc quickly and was v lucky so there wasn't much drinking time in between.
Really though, there's no need to drink in the week. It's like a con we've been sold by the drinks industry. I am no less relaxed (not really a relaxed person anyway ) nor sociable without drinking. I do sometimes resent not being able to drink when others are but I haven't hangovers and "morning after" cringing. Really I just feel a bit left out when other ppl are drinking but if they weren't I wouldn't be bothered. So that means I don't really want it.
When I can drink again I am hoping to apply the fasting principle so I can go days without it and look forward to having some wine and enjoying it on weekends. [and breathe]
Ok. Monologue over.

Baking what the bloody hell are you on about? That's fine for a NFD.

Today: muesli, tinned fruit (yes,tinned, from Lidl no less), mochaccino.
Bread with pâté, handful of mini poppadoms, mini magnum , 3 small choc chip cookies .
D: waitrose curry. (and most likely a bloody mini magnum)
Will weigh on Monday.

O&D FRs

Emily thank you for your kind words. Do you know some really good tummy exercises? I can't see the links working. Loving the mini magnums!

Wellies - glad you are feeling better. I am too. Ran again today despite it being a rest day. Needed some endorphins.

Hazel - I really feel for you. I don't drink so I'm lucky. Could you try and cut back to every other day? My friend did this and it made a massive difference. She now has cut back to twice a week. It sounds like you really do want to cut back.

Twinkle - love pizza express. Haven't been for ages.

I'm feeling better today. Have decided to go to the cinema with dh tmrw and just have a nice day without the kids which is v rare for us. Some positive words to end the week on: we are all bloody amazing! Despite kids, hubby's, jobs, housework, cooking, cleaning, ironing, washing, shopping, sorting, putting away we still soldier on! We run homes and lives and quite often place ourselves at the back of the queue. We are healthy, gorgeous and revolutionary!!!!!!

Go baking great post!

Sorry the link isn't working. I know the woman said not to do crunches but I do a few. I also do a pelvic lift, lie flat on back, keep shoulders on floor, lift bum off floor. And reverse crunches (you know, feet in the air and lift bum off the floor. The plank is Lso really good.
Oh, I forgot one: lie on back and lift legs so they're bent at the knee and feet are flexed (so thigh is perpendicular to floor and shin is parallel to floor and toes point upwards (does that make sense?) then I push each leg out alternately. It's a bit like the action you do on a step machine but while laying on your back.the lower you have your legs the stronger the pull I think.
Just holding tummy in while doing aerobic exercise or walking is also good apparently.

Ok, I'll try this "one good thing" malarkey. I believe have quite nice ankles.

Just eaten a curry.
Avoided a biscuit at toddler group. (are we still celebrating every success?)

And twinkle
Pizza express = yum.

One good thing 'malarkey' pfft.

Get with the programme, Em. [stern voice]

I am really struggling today. DC3 has been screaming since 2 pm. I have had to put him into his cot and shut the door. I am totally at the end of my rope.

Have had a glass of wine on an empty stomach and am sobbing my heart out in front of the 'puter. Totally over today.

Need to cook something for the Dcs. Feel I have failed at mummy-dom today. They are getting fish fingers and chips. Because I am out of all inspiration.

'Everybody's fed. No-body's dead'. That is the best I can manage right now.

Aw Wellies!! Cry your heart out. That's right, JFDI. Let them sobs out, let the snot run, let the screams release themselves. And when you're done crying wash your face and enjoy the evening. Fish fingers and chips is one of my kids favourite meals so am sure you're kids will be happy today. Is there someone who can have dh whilst you have a bath or a bar of chocolate?

I have many Fuck It days. They're oddly cathartic. My theory is that bottling up snot and tears just leads to total tsunami later on!

Emily - thanks for the exercising. Going to do some tonight. And yes! Yes! Yes! Avoiding biscuits requires major celebration. Hurrah, yippee and wowzers.

Erm, so just read this post back and I sound like a loon throughout but am not retyping something mature!

Wellies - esteemed leader - once the snot has dried come back to tell us you are ok.

Hazel - me and OH used to drink a lot at home, then we made a conscious decision to cut back at beginning of year and now we never drink during the week and I can't remember the last time I had a drink at home. Really, it's just a habit.

Ran 3km tonight so I've officially run 100km since April 5th . Feeling really proud of myself :)

Menu
Muesli and ss milk
Fruit and yoghurt
Houmous and salad pittas
We're having Chinese for dinner :)

Great menu twinkle

wellies massive ((hug)). It's hard some days. I had a big fat cry this week. I happen to know that everyone does.

twinkle you are the champion runner.

Morning all. for kind words and hugs. My snot has dried. :) It all got on top of me last night. Feeling brighter today. As soon as DH came home, DS made him print out all the various bits and pieces he wanted, and then we finished that bottle of wine, the Dcs had fish fingers, beans and chips and went to bed. Was having a difficult to cope day yesterday. It is amazing how a good cry can be cathartic, Baking and Em you are right. It was for me. Hopefully today is a better day for everyone. :)

100 km twinkle!!!! That is incredible!!! That is a mega ultra marathon!

O&D FR and again.

Heavens I MUST have been maudlin yesterday.... have just recalled I bought a Leonard Cohen cd on Amazon.

NEVER a good sign!