Healthy Revolutionaries!

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Oh Okay, hardly original. :)

But describes us all. :)

Me today,

B- apple, yogurt, cashew nuts and honey
L- salmon and salad
D- honey sesame chicken legs with a greek salad.

O&DW FRs!

Oh Lego how terrifying. I am so glad you are okay, but how terribly terribly frightening.

I hope today is a much better day. I know how you keep replaying that sort of thing too- my DS is a bolter and he slipped from my grasp in the B&Q car park a few months ago, and ran in front of a car, which thankfully stopped in time. I was hysterical, and have had nightmares ever since.

Hugs to you. xxx

God Lego .....nightmare or what.!!!! Glad the lovely people helped you.

Thanks. I'm glad those people were there too! I don't feel as stupid today, apparently lots of people got caught in it, & there are a number of very large trees down in the last couple of days. DD is fine, but the pushchair is wonky, it may be damaged. I'm just glad she's ok though.

Oh Lego you poor thing. I read your post and just cried. Thank goodness for a happy ending. I would have been so frightened.

Not weighing myself, but bought a size 8-10 onside which is nice and loose and my skinny jeans are loose, so I guess that will have to do.

Oops
Cover blown

waves.

I am about to do a seasonal namechange. Amanda you were great at the Halloween one- any ideas?

Amanda are you okay? Have you been sleeping? You were so deeply stressed and low, am wondering how you are.

lego how are you feeling today?

I am a bit low today. DH and I shared two bottles of wine last night and I feel rotten. Having a chippie lunch and an alcohol-free day.

WeWishYouAWellieChristmas???

[twirl]

Thanks Milly

Hi all. Am still feeling low with this blasted sore throat & earache, it's been more than a fortnight now. House awash with empty paracetamol boxes. Doctor useless. Tip: never Google your symptoms. It doesn't help!

Our new Aldi opened recently. I love it! Although it's quite a walk from our house, should help our fitness levels .

I'm nearly there! I've only got a about 3lb left of my baby weight and TBH it's all on my mid section, due to my swelling up like a balloon in the last trimester. Does the skin ever fully shrink back?

O&D FRs

Brilliant Milly. I love that name for wellies
wellies hope you enjoyed the chips.

I am thinking of a Christmas name.

Oooo Glad you liked it.

Hi everyone, hope you are all fine this morning.

I am fine..... have been eating like crazy though, Saw my counsellor again yesterday and she thinks that because I feel out of control in my regular life (being able to stand up for myself regarding guests coming to stay for 24 weeks of the year for example) I practice control by being obsessive in my eating. Mind you, I do not feel that in control of my eating!!!

Feeling a little low today. I rang a friend for her 40th birthday and she told me she had started counselling. After talking about that for a while I mentioned I was also seeing a counsellor as have been not on top of things lately. She snapped 'what the fuck have you got to be depressed about? You have children and a husband. I work at fucking B&Q' and slammed the phone down. I ought to call back, but do not have the stomach for it as I know she will expect an apology from me, and although I know how lucky I am, I still have my own issues which are valid too. I need to think about what to do. I am jst giving myself a day or two to think about what to say to her.

Anyway, plan for today:

B- cheerios and milk
L- tuna mayo and salad sangwich
D- chicken and veg soup.

sorry for whiny post.

sigh. I sent an e-mail saying I was sorry if what I said made her upset, but that even if things look perfect on the outside life has a habit of being difficult sometimes. And that I hoped she is okay and had a lovely birthday dinner with her parents.

Ojh well. I am just going to leave it for a bit. We have always had a bit of a troubled on/off friendship.

Tomorrow is one of the few nights that DH and I will be able to eat dinner together for days and days so I am planning on roast duck, sour cherry sauce and all the trimmings. MMmmm.....

Wellies She was very much the one out of order here and she should be apologising to you. I'm sorry she made you feel so bad. No one has the right to do that. We all have our own paths to walk and we are all different. You needing counselling for you is just as valid as it is for her. You did a very altruistic act by sending her that email rather than telling her where to go so well done you. I wouldn't have blamed you if you had told her where to go though cause she deserved it.

Is she a genuine close friend Wellies . Does she ever support you.? Or does she just phone you to unload upon you. She seems very selfish and self centered.

Wellies Your counselor has hit upon something here with the comment that you don't stand up for yourself. Would I be right in thinking that the on off relationship you have with this friend is all about her offs and ons and that you just apologise to her when she is annoyed with you.....yet you don't actually do anything that needs apologising for !!!

Thanks a lot MIlly. I think what you say makes a lot of sense. My thoughts are a bit all over the place right now. I tried to respond to what you said properly, but they came out jumbled. :)

She does phone mainly to unload it is true. And everything is always someone else's fault which I find tiring. I think counselling is a great move for her. (And me!!!!).

I am going to reflect and post later.

Wellies your Counselor could help you with your self esteem and how to stop attracting negative people into your life and how to say "No" to people. Your food issues are manifestations of what is going on in your life. You need to work on your past before you can sort out your eating. Once you can do that your eating will normalise itself. Food issues are generally a "coping" device.

Hi.
wellies try not to take what your friend said to heart. I think she was just lashing out and she will probably apologise. It sounds as though she's really struggling and might just have been wrong footed by the pace of the conversation. I know that'sno excuse to hurt you though. You're doing so well to be tackling these issues and You've been a real inspiration to me personally.
Counselling wouldbe ideal for me right now. A few days at my mother's and I'm ready for an inpatient assessment and some serious medication.
Bla bla bla frs.

Milly your post above is almost word for word what my counsellor said as well! She asked me this week to stop and think before I do anything and ask myself 'who am I doing this for? Who am I trying to please?'.

Thanks Amanda. Yes, I know she was lashing out also. I know she desperately wants a husband and a family more than anything. Usually I think I am sensitive to that, but clearly hit a nerve last night!

Anyway, on another note.... I taste tested the DCs mac and cheese to the extent that I could not eat any actual dinner. .

Am currently enjoying a glass of wine- a rare weekday treat.

O&D FRs!!

Me today...
couple of spoons of mince and onion ( whilst making lasagna)
4 squares galaxy choc
Home made lasagna slow cooked for 8 hours with vintage welsh cheddar white sauce in.( yum!!!) chips and salad.

cups of tea

Back home today. These last few days have been very stressful so I'm looking forward to entering the relative calm of an upside down, just decorated, "tidied" by dh home.