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!

Hi FRs. Well done on the fast amanda and well done on giving up chocolate! Not something I could give up to be honest! How is your DD?

Another healthy day wellies All looking much better than my attempts!

Monday:
B - coco pops with skimmed milk
L - pea and ham soup with bread roll
D - Spag bol (freezer surprise - not chilli after all!)
S - low fat crisps, 3 small glasses of wine

Tuesday:
B - frosties with skimmed milk
L - cheese and brown sauce sandwiches
D - chilli and salad
S - er...none! 1 hot chocolate in the evening. No alcohol. I did have caffeinated tea though as I was so tired from no sleep the night before.

I lost my appetite yesterday as my Mums cat is very poorly. Yesterday was horrendous, I can't remember the last time I cried so much. There's a high chance she'll be PTS this week and I don't want her to be. If it was me, I'd go down the treatment route but she's 17 and Mum doesn't want to stress her out. We're going to talk to the vet again on Friday after seeing how she is the rest of this week. She has stage 2 kidney disease and there's a chance she has a stomach tumour but we can only know that by a scan. If she continues to squat but be constipated then it's highly likely there is something causing a blockage in her stomach. Typically, the little devil has stopped squatting so Mum is now in a quandary. I've just said to see how she is and then we can talk to the vet about the options.

Today though, I have to get some work done. I took her to the vets Monday and spent yesterday in tears so I've pretty much got no work done. Whatever happens Friday, I'm unlikely to get much done then either so I have to fit a week in to 2 days. It's our end of year too so lots to do.

My desk is about as messy as my head so I think the first thing to do is tidy both

Oh Hazel I'm so sorry. That sounds horrible for your mum and for you.

Hazel so sorry. FWIW I think you are right to take it as it comes and to keep talking to the vet.

Tell us about your cat. She must have been a part of your family since you were very little. :) My family cat was PTS last year at the age of 23 after she deteriorated. Her name was Millie, and she was a devil. She completely terrorised our dogs... she would always eat first from their dog bowls. it was quite funny to see these cowering terriers waiting for her to finish while she specialised in the 'fuck you' flick of her tail!

Hi everyone...sorry I havnt been on for awhile but my lovely cat Tom had been ill since New Year and I had been looking after him intensively. He was having fits and on all sort of drugs and had to be kept in a cage (so I bought two huge cages and put them together so he could roam. They were 8 foot long put together). Anyway I kept hoping so much that he would get better but he just didn't and one day I went to the cage and he couldn't walk so I took him to the vets to have him put down. Most awful thing I have ever had to do. So sad . Not a day has gone by since that I don't miss him. So Hazel I know how you feel and its just awful isn't it.

Will go back and read more of the thread.

Sorry to hear that milly
It's remarkable how we become so attached to these fur balls. They are lovely.
I second wellies. Let's hear about your cat hazel

(((hazel))) (((Milly)))

Ok. Food.
Yesterday
B: toast with honey
L: nothing
D: spaghetti bolognaise, salad, gar,ic bread. Praline and cream ice cream.
S: two mini homemade sausage rolls. 1 custard cream. 1large glass white wine.

Giving up chocolate for lent has forced me to avoid all the office biscuits. When on a NFD I am usually utterly incapable of eating "sensibly" and avoiding snacks so I think this is a good plan for me.

Thinking of you all.

Hi all,

So nice to see you Milly and I am so, so sorry to hear about Tom Big hugs xx

The cat has improved considerably since Tuesday. She’s managed to poo, although is still a bit constipated and she has stopped vomiting. She’s weeing as normal and has been bouncing around the garden. So my mum has now made the decision to keep her going on a renal diet for now.

I’m relieved to be honest, I think the cat can survive another few months at least and I’m not ready to say goodbye yet

We got her as a kitten when I was 11. I chose her actually. Such a little cutie. Total menace though - used to run off with the loo roll like the andrex puppy. I still remember her trying to climb the stairs and not getting far before tumbling back down. Then she fell in the bath. Then the fishpond. She’d bring frogs and mice in on a weekly basis. Only 3 birds though. I used to deal with the mice and birds, mum with the frogs. Really though, she’s been quite easy. Hardly ever needed to go to the vets, out every day and home every night. Would sleep with me if Mum was at work (she’s worked nights for years) but had the annoying habit of wanting to drink from a running tap so would wake you up by miaowing, then lightly tapping your face but if that didn’t wake you, she’d get her claws out and swipe you. Honestly, she is the original “Simon’s Cat"

I’ve put on 2lbs this week.

Weds:
B – pain au chocolat
L – baked potato with chilli
D – veg & noodle soup with a slice of bread
S – grapes, low fat crisps, a few sweets

Thurs:
B – frosties with skimmed milk
L – egg salad
D – scampi, chips and salad
S – grapes, low fat crisps, a few sweets, 2 glasses of wine

I know what I need to do. I’m going to limit cereal to 2 days a week. I’m going to attempt to like muesli and have that 2 or 3 times a week and have scrambled egg on the other days. Lunches are much better than they used to be but I need to cut out the snacking. I’m going to do carrot sticks next week to avoid the temptation of crisps. The sweets are nearly all gone and so far today I’ve managed to avoid them

At a friends for dinner tonight so that’ll be lardy, I’d imagine. Tomorrow we’re out for dinner again but I’ll probably have soup to start then either the teriyaki and sesame salmon or spicy Singapore noodles.

I’m also going to start exercising again. I go away for a short break in just over 2 weeks and I want to feel better about myself. I also want to be able to wear some of my summer clothes which I haven’t been able to fit into for the last 2 summers

Oh, Amanda my cheapy OPKs arrived today

Yay!

Ah hazel no wonder it's been upsetting. You've known your cat for so long and she's a link to your childhood.
Pesky pets.

Giving up chocolate has been great for reducing (although not eliminating) my sweet snacks.
I can recommend it.

Glad she's improving Hazel My other cat ( Toms sister) has a cough.....arggggg!! I lost weight when Tom was unwell but gained some back once the stress was over. Maybe it's the same for you.

Yesterday
B: full "English" tea and coffee.
L: cheese and cucumber sandwich, crisps, beetroot dip with a couple of breadsticks. Piece of crusty bread with butter
D: fish and chips
S: 2 nice biscuits. 3 glasses of wine.

Oh, not good.
I can feel the weight coming back already.i have been complacent.
But on the bright side I think I definitely would have eaten more without the chocolate ban. The main culprit has been comfort eating. At work. And I need to make sure my wine intake doesn't creep up. I think this is a disk with a more predictable/ flexible and less demanding bf schedule.
So. Fasting on Monday. Mini fasts Tuesday and Wednesday. No alcohol mon- thurs. no chocolate and try oh try to avoid snacking altogether.

O&D FRs.

Thanks Amanda...her cough is getting better now. Phew!!
Hazel hows things for you?
Amanda I am starting back in my gym tomorrow. I would like to go down 2 dress sizes . I also need to be much much more mindful with my eating. Onwards and upwards and all that

Well here we are......."Motivational Monday" . I started back in my gym today. The weather has inspired me that Summer is just around the corner and I want to be two dress sizes down by June, July so gym every day it is. Luckily its only 10 meters from my front door otherwise I would find it a slog as the nearest leisure center is ten miles away. Im also going to refine my mindful eating and really get back into the four golden rules aka Paul McKenna. So far today I have eaten (after a half hour session on the treadmill, weights and situps):-

2 scrambled eggs in butter
one tomato and 2 mushrooms

lots of cups of tea with no sugar

Go me !!!!! ha ha.

Go Milly

I fasted today. So nothing for breakfast or lunch.
I ate a small homemade lamb kebab, some celery and beet root dip, a nectarine and a few grapes.
The hardest time is when everyone else is having dinner.
How you all doing?

Milly and Amanda it sounds like you're doing great!

I'm struggling a bit actually

Friday:
B - Frosties w/ skimmed milk
L - Mugshot
D - Chorizo, olives, cornichons, bread, dips then lamb and chickpea tagine with bulgur wheat. Pernod sorbet followed by cheese. Finished the dinner with fruit kebabs. Gorgeous!
S - Low fat crisps, small chocolate bar, wine, coffee, petit fours

Saturday:
B - Pain au chocolat
L - Fish finger sandwich and chips
D - Calamari followed by mushroom and pumpkin ravioli
S - Wine, twiglets, coffee

Sunday:
B - Frosties w/ skimmed milk
L - Pasta w/ chorizo
D - Roast beef with all the trimmings, pomegranate cheesecake
S - Wine

ARGH! Awful weekend really. Lots of fun but horrendous on the calories.

Monday:
B - Frosties (40g) w/ skimmed milk
L - 1/2 can chicken and veg soup w/ white roll
D - Beef and Shallot stew w/ mash and veg
S - Low fat crisps, small choc bar, glass of nesquik. No alcohol.

Today:
B - Rice Krispies (30g) w/ skimmed milk and a sprinkling of sugar
L - Mixed bean soup w/ white roll
D - Either chorizo and chickpea stew or chicken kiev and veg
S - Low fat crisps

I'm aching a lot around my hips and I'm absolutely sure it's because I'm not doing enough exercise so I'm going to do some gentle exercise and stretching when I get home tonight. Fed up of feeling crap about myself and summer is just around the corner - I don't want to be miserable all summer like I was last year!

Your food sounds amazing Hazel

I don't want to feel like I have to cover up again this summer either.

Hi. hazel I always feel like that about summer.
My summer fears:

1. Strappy dresses
2. Sunscreen mania
3. Fucking BBQ season. DH in garden with meat and fire, me in kitchen for 72 hours making a "quick" salad(s)/ rice dish, potato dish/ cocktails/ garlic bread..... 148 hours of cleaning up.

Mini fast yesterday. Good.
Already had shred dies and coffee today. V tired.
O&D FRs

Sorry your so tired Amanda. I know what you mean about barbies....men think there cooking dinner by throwing a few sausages around and we spend ages making all the yummy stuff to go with it.

Hi everyone,

mad several days with lots of rubbish going on. Tired, depleted and cannot even go out and enjoy this weather as working hard!

me today

B- poached egg on toast. 1 mini kit mat 1 Cadbury crème egg, 4 white coffee with sugar
L- 4 slices toast, mayonnaise, cheese and tomato
s- 1 white coffee
D- DCs wanted jacket pots. So that with veg.

Morning all,

Sorry I've been awol, I'm super fed up. I've put on weight again - astonished at how much I've put on in a week, especially as I've been pretty sensible - haven't snacked nor drank a lot of alcohol. I'm now the heaviest I've ever been.

Feeling really miserable over it. Not got much else to say, really. Will have a down day and then pick myself up and work out a battle plan, I guess.

Hi Hazel. I am also having a down day. I have eaten too much over the weekend, and last night after the DCs went to bed I shared a bottle with DH before he went away for work. We were both feeling a bit ropey.

I am in a bad and depressed mood too. Frustrated with the universe!!!! I work at home, people know I work at home, yet all day I have been disturbed by a neighbour 'popping in' for chat, by a friend 'phoning for a chat' I talked with her twice last week ffs, but she is on sick leave (thankfully getting better quickly) from work so is bored. She even said she had phoned because I am the only other person around 'not working'

Gah!!!!! I am now saying 'would love to, but have a deadline'. I guess if you work from home some people think it is not working. There are LOTS of other things annoying me also right now, but I will stop moaning. Grrrrrr.

spaghetti bol for dinner but I have taste tested it extensively and am not hungry.

hazel sorry you're feeling miserable, but truly, who cares about a little bit of weight gain now? You're ttc. You've just come off the pill.
Your eating should be: quit drinking, eat nourishing food, no liver (etc,)
Go easy on yourself. You've been having a tough time recently.

wellies you poor thing.
my dh works from home and finds similar issues. Luckily he has no trouble whatsoever with being assertive eye wateringly rude and ppl no longer bother him.

Poor things. You're both sounding down.
If it helps, I didn't manage to fast today. I just abandoned the idea altogether on my way back from a meetin this morning.
But I have stuck to my chocolate ban. So I feel quite good.

Well done on sticking to chocolate ban Amanda! And thank you for the kind words. I am being a bit tough on myself but I think I need to be to stop slipping again, IYSWIM?

Eating much better but not yet managed to quit drinking completely, although on the whole I am drinking less. I’ve said to DH that I’ll stop drinking in April, regardless. it’ll be tough though because I actually love the taste of wine

Yesterday:
B – pain au chocolat – breakfast on the run!
L – mixed bean soup
D – curry (chicken) at local pub with rice, salad, poppadum and sag aloo.
S – low fat crisps, 1 cracker, 3 glasses of wine , water and decaf tea.

Food shopping tonight so will stock up on healthy stuff. Already doing better – went to the van and bought fruit instead of a chocolate bar. Go me!

Wellies I hope you’re feeling better today?

Hi hazel. I think stopping the wine will be easier than you think. Don't worry.
Bean soup sounds yummy.

Hi wellies how you doing? Sounds like you're having a tough time. I find it hard to eat healthily when I'm stressed. I wish I was an appetite- loser when I'm under pressure. Sadly not.
Yesterday's food (cba to fast. Work is absolutely horrid ATM at poor little dd has a cold so she's up quite a bit)
B: toast with marmite. A few mini weetabix - they are nice
L: large ish chunk of lemon laf cake, cheese and onion crisps, 3 rich tea biscuits
D: roast chicken etc.
S: small glass Rioja, teeny individual ack of cornflakes (not with the wine obv)

Today I plan on having less shit and FGS I really must stop snacking.
Would quite like a cup of tea right now though.

Hi all .
Amanda posting at 3 am? You poor thing with poorly DD, sleepless nights and work.

I am back to bingeing through stress. I am about to write a schedule for myself today where I plot out every single hour of my time until bed time so that I don't think or panic, just do the next thing.

hazel I hated giving up wine when ttc and pg at first...... my first pg I was utterly miserable and jealous of everyone. Then it got better. I am thinking of giving up for Lent actually (well, the rest of Lent- and beyond) as it is exacerbating the bingeing, my feeling stressed and unhappiness. We can be teetotal buddies if you like.