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[SunshineCake]

Apologies for the terrible title but I wanted to encapsulate the boss and how supportive everyone is.

Well done sunshine!

Thank you *@fallfallfall .

Oh well done @SunshineCake hope you got a better night's sleep.

Feel tired and achy here. Just keeping going as best I can. Managed to fit in some yoga yesterday.

I don’t think I’m intolerant, it’s just how my body reacts. Defo partly the salt from the Indian - I did not do well at all yesterday and still lost 3lb.

Need to try and pull myself at this abyss. I just feel so sad and lonely. I thought this distance thing was only going to be until August but it’s looking longer term now apparently and I just don’t like my life like this. I don’t want to be on my own anymore. I never wanted a long distance relationship and it’s not something I would ever of chosen. I know I should just have my own life etc but thanks to COVID that isn’t the case and even though things are loosening you a bit, I don’t have the inclination to do the stuff I used to enjoy.

I’ve meal planned today and will try and get out for a run.

Long distance relationships are hard. I thought dh and I had one as we were only able to see each other twice a week but you are much further apart. He ended up moving in with me maybe sooner than we would have done.

Slept a bit better but still could do with a really long sleep.

Thinking of you @Foreverlexicon sounds very tough at the best of times, but even harder at the moment.

How was your day @SunshineCake? How are the legs after a 20 minute run? I was very proud of myself when I managed that, but I never really got beyond that point. I'm rooting for you though!

Been busy! Shoulder very painful. Mum told me (during video call) that I look tired and thin - not in a complimentary sort of way either

My day has been okay, *@MrsJones but I feel weird. I've got lots done, walked the dog twice, not eaten too badly but a friend has messaged to ask how I am and I don't know what to say to her.

My legs are fine but I am intrigued to see what the run is tomorrow. I'm not doing the bike today. Still the same weight so no loss in a few days but that is okay.

Take no notice of your mum but rest that shoulder!

I think she's concerned rather than being horrible, but huh

There's just nothing to say is there because there's nothing happening. Like life has just been put on hold! Go round in circles...grateful we're OK, finances OK, kids mostly OK, but just fed up and then telling myself off again.

I did some gentle yoga for neck and shoulders and will get DH to rub them in a bit

Maybe an early night is needed and good luck with the run. It's another 20 minutes isn't it?

oh mrsjones it probably does come from a place of concern.
yes the days can be a bit like ground hog day...i just need to keep track of garbage pick up.
sticking to my guns on exercise and portion control even though my morning weight was up a lb....and believe me i'm not eating a pound of anything!
positive thoughts life returns to a more varied pace soon.
forever i'm sorry the relationship is proving so challenging, does your gf feel the same or do you sense things are changing?

I don't know how long the run is. It took quite a few before I noticed I could read the plan before I set off . I will only look before I go so I can plan the route. I am at the point now where I can't run with my dog so I will go back fo her.

I am still fine with staying in. Missing a couple of friends. One being weird with me. No desire to go out as too concerned tbh.

Hello all

Where are you all?!

My run was three runs this morning. I found it hard at one point but just remembered what Laura had told me (the voice I have chosen) and kept going.

Disappointed my weight was up but I can see my thighs look thinner even if the tape measure doesn't agree and if nothing else, surely this is helping regarding my asthma?!?!?

I am having a lot of chest discomfort and pain in my back (I never knew lungs were more in the back than the front, hence patients with Covid being laid on their front to aid breathing) so I am a bit worried. Especially when I keep seeing articles about life long consequences on the body after having the virus.

Tonight I should go on the bike in the hope it will burn off some fat and therefore lower the scales numbers.

i'm in my living room exercising like a machine ;), my weight is up but so is my muscle mass. making good food choices or so i think.
i hope my weight gain peaks soon and i begin to see some lower numbers on the scale soon, otherwise it's a bit disheartening.
hair cut at noon :)

Hello *@fallfallfall!!

How did your hair cut go ?

I’ll let you know it’s only 10am now.

I'm no good with time differences .

Hi, was very busy today. Very stressy morning but better since about 2PM.

I am eating everything in sight. Partly because my period is here again! and just eating my feelings too TBH...but after my massive rant the other day, home schooling has been OK. Fingers crossed it continues.

Well done for keeping going @SunshineCake I hope you get offered the antibody test soon so you know if you did have it and I guess it will take time to really learn all the after effects

Good stuff @fallfallfall too!

Hope that you're all hanging on in there @RubySlippers77 @TorysSuckRevokeArticle50 and @Galvantula

Tomorrow is day 80 since the schools shut and I just cannot believe how life has changed from one day to the next!

@SunshineCake I hope you're feeling better now? It is indeed worrying that we don't know the long term consequences of coronavirus... DP & I are both fairly sure we had it in March and I still have very little sense of smell, for example. But, at least this is one issue which we know the government are throwing money at, between the vaccine, furlough money etc.

Oh and well done on your running and weight loss!! I'm listening to Sarah Millican did w3r1 with DS1 yesterday, he found it tough - a combination of longer runs and him talking constantly

Feeling awful today though - heavy AF day - couldn't leave the house this afternoon. I was planning to run again tomorrow but think I may have to leave it till Wednesday. I'm really trying to make an effort with the DC and take them for a long walk each weekend day, making the most of lockdown by exploring local parks/ nature reserves; we went to a lovely park yesterday and walked through the woods but DP spent the entire time with the Face Of Doom on, miserable git.

@fallfallfall what a shame about your weight gain... perhaps it's just evening out after falling for a while?

for you @Foreverlexicon; I haven't had a long distance relationship before but I can imagine it's tough, especially when you didn't know that it was going to be that way. I can vividly remember feeling utterly lost though when coming out of a couple of long term relationships and like you, not knowing what to do with my life. I hope you come to terms with everything soon (one way or another) and that life gets back on a more even keel - with more enjoyable bits too!

Glad to hear the home schooling is going well @MrsJonesAndMe. The DC are coming home from school each day full of grumbles that they have to actually WORK! Ha, their days with me when they could negotiate extra Paw Patrol don't look so bad now...

the smart scale makes it pretty clear it's muscle gain. it will work out eventually, at some magic percentage of muscle the exercise will lead to a better calorie burn. i just need to reach that point.
it's not stopping me from being careful.
haircut accomplished as well as my last ankle x ray at some odd clinic in a disused down town mall....but i was the only person there and was seen right away.
off on my bike ride. rest well ladies and eventually all those menses end and you will never have to fret about those periods, happy days ahead :)

Ha, that sounds like a nice thought @fallfallfall I think I might have a decade ahead of me yet!

Really not in the mood for anything today, but work and "school" and a load or 2 of laundry to do, everyone will want feeding and the hoover needs pushing round.

I'm pleased you're getting out @RubySlippers77 and that school is making them do work. I do wonder what percentage of school children are still doing work/being helped by parents. What a mess of their education!

Have a good day! Thinking of you @Foreverlexicon stay safe if you're working.

Morning all

Another night of not sleeping very well. I think I must have been snoring at some point though as I think dh was about to get up but realised I had woken so stayed put. DH is doing 11 hour days which is bothering me after his heart attack but he seems less stressed than when he was doing ten hours and was first back at work. And at least he is at home as his boss won't allow him to go into the office.

My GP would organise an antibody test as soon as she is able I think with what she has said to me previously but when one can get it more than once I am not sure what the benefit is. My chest and back feel like it did before, though not as bad for most of the time, my breathing is better, I do keep getting a sore throat which is sore in different ways and funny tummy feelings but the worst thing is not knowing whether I should be staying in. I filled in the 111 form but without a high temp, persistent cough or definite loss of taste and smell - I think it has lessened a bit - it says I don't have covid, so..?!?

I know I am, was, peri menopausal but not sure what is happening now at nearly 11 weeks late.

I would like a day in today but it isn't fair on my dog so I will get up soon and walk her early before the park gets too busy. She is struggling with not getting her strokes and cuddles from people she knows and those she doesn't. I would like to go to the local shopping centre but still a bit nervous about going out so I don't know whether I am brave enough, and also whether I should go with feeling poorly .

Yesterday: B oatmeal L scone S green salad with balsamic no oil about 1,000
Weight up again...poor muscles must have been in sad sad lack of shape :(

I'm up about a pound and a half too, *@fallfallfall and feeling a bit fed up but after dinner I will try tomorrow to be 100% intolerant food free. It can't be anything else. I'm not eating loads but I'm not going hungry.

Sorry to hear you are fed up @SunshineCake, and yes, it's very frustrating to know that people might be able to get coronavirus again... makes you wonder what all the fuss is about testing! Also frustrating for you and @fallfallfall when the scales don't move in the right direction. Mine haven't either this week but to be fair AF week is not my best week for 'dieting'!

The DC were full of moans and grumbles about being tired this morning @MrsJonesAndMe. Mean old Mummy still made them go to school

Hello all

I slept through! This is notable as hardly ever happens. I was nodding off on the sofa before nine but didn't put the light out until gone half ten in the hope it might make a difference. Might try the same tonight. Weight the same but at least not up again. My run went okay except for male cyclists who think they own the path . After a shower which was lovely and hot I walked the dog for an hour and half and now I am in for the day. Lunch is planned and ds is making chicken for dinner so I can get on with bits around the house.

Hope everyone is okay. I'm still feeling yuk but I just have to get on with it.

Hi all, I'm currently drowning my sorrows in cheese toasties after resigning as home schooler. I've just had enough and I can't do it any more while DH gets to sit at the kitchen table working for however long he wants and even reading a book in the afternoons.

TBH not so much annoyed about that as just had enough of DS's attitude and no acknowledgement from DH that I'm struggling or easing his burden.

I'm not even cross, just very sad and fed up. Have also bought some new hand towels. Not that anyone else will give a crap, but then at least when I'm cleaning the bathrooms with Dettol daily, I have nice new towels to hang up without constantly worrying about keeping up with the washing - just something else no one else in the house would ever have to give a second thought!

Raining here now, so glad we got out for a bit of fresh air. Ready meal for tea.

Well done @SunshineCake and yes, what is it with entitled men???