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[SunshineCake]

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

thanks@MrsJonesAndMe

I should probably feel sorry for DH in the house with them all the time though

It just feels like youngest creature spreads a carpet of toys wherever she goes and it's never ending! Plus the tide of lego.

We've had one lockdown birthday with another to come next month. They are a bit sad not to be having parties with friends but are overall happy with cake and presents and bad video calls I think!

I have weighed in randomly 0.5kg lighter today, I'm suspicious so will see if it appears back on next week...

Hi all

Another busy day. Weighing day for me and I am half a pound down. Happy with that.

I made picnic lunch - tagliatelle with Savoy cabbage and anchovies for dh and I and everyone else had a choice of roasted new potatoes, home made focaccia, home made cheese, onion and corn quiche, ham and olives. I have half made a banoffee pie for tomorrow as the boys asked for it. Dh has spent most of the day turning the cupboard under the stairs into a pantry for me and it looks amazing. He was telling me to stop ordering food and then a bit later my heart started pounding when I told him there was another bag of food upstairs. That is treats for the kids though that I wouldn't normally buy so many of plus baking chocolate, marshmallows. I do need to stop ordering though.

I feel like going out is going to be strange and don't want too apart form with my dog. Though I do have to think about my therapy appointment and seeing my friends.

Oh that sounds so familiar @Galvantula DS leaves little toys (and big ones) all over.

Oh bless you @SunshineCake I have 2 plastic crates of food in the shed. DH thinks I'm mad, but when it all went crazy, I think he understood - and I got it all stocked for Brexit and then again at the start of March before all the crazy started.

Well done on the weight loss.

I'm meeting a friend tomorrow, but I think it will be very odd indeed not to hug...

I've been eating non stop. Can't decide if it's hormonal or just reached the end of my tether can't do this anymore eating. 8 weeks! And DS has said today he doesn't ever want to go back to school, but he doesn't really want to learn with me either, so catch 22. Think he just wants a long holiday really!

Gym gear according to MN:

www.mumsnet.com/swearsby/best-gymwear-for-women

Oh, sorry *@MrsJonesAndMe, I forgot to report I ordered two pairs from M&S this morning.

I'm waiting to go to bed as DH has been trying to fix the dishwasher for ages. There has been lots of sighing. He sounds quieter now so hopefully it is going okay..

Thank you for all the hugs! I'm really struggling with DS1 at the moment and his behaviour - I do write about him sometimes on the SN boards so I won't go into it here, but I suspect he has some form of ASD and finds life difficult in general. @SunshineCake they are indeed 4 - no other DC (couldn't face it after them!) - thank you for the ideas and I am in awe of your picnic lunch

I have some food in storage too, mainly tins/ pasta etc which won't go off for a long time. We didn't qualify for any priority delivery slots, DP works full time and I can't take the DC to supermarkets, hence we are a bit stuck sometimes... but hopefully the situation will improve soon.

I'm hoping that Sainsburys will do their 25% off over half term (they do usually) and then I can buy my much coveted socks. I've added pyjamas to the list as mine are disgracefully holey. The DC are permanently in need of socks too!

@MrsJonesAndMe have your DS' school asked if he'll be returning on June 1st? Mine can go back if we want them to - obviously in one way I definitely would!! - but there have been warnings that they may only be able to go part time and that social distancing will be pretty much impossible for the littlies. I will probably say yes for now and see what happens nearer the time...

We will apparently receive a questionnaire this week asking us about it, but neither my children are in the first wave of returners being specified in the press.... so the short answer is I have no idea

We can carry on as we are, but the teen will definitely need to see her friends (one to one in the park on a picnic blanket 6ft apart) It's just not natural to spend so much time at home with your parents at their age

@RubySlippers77 we were on the verge of getting an assessment for my oldest DC's difficulties in school when all this happened. He struggles so much with focus and transition from a task he's enjoying to what he's meant to be doing and general procrastination. He's also a bit impulsive and gets himself in trouble (mostly at home) for doing random stuff without thinking. He still has a little while until high school, so I hope we can get help organised by then, which is what his teacher hoped. 🙈 Also, um he's extremely similar to me. So I had just been referred by the GP for an adult ADHD assessment before lockdown. Which is now obviously not happening for the foreseeable. :( It's all minor in the grand scheme of things, but I felt so close to getting some help with stuff I always struggled with, but thought I was just a shit person. (maybe I still am of course, but it was like a lightbulb when I tried to search for tips to help DS focus and it came up with like 10 pages describing me)

Still maintaining weight around 60kg here, still happy considering the extra snacking and alcohol consumed the last couple of months!

Oops that was a massive paragraph, sorry!

Morning all,

Run number 5 but didn't do as well as had to keep stopping to sort out doggy.

My two youngest are in the secondary school cohort due to go back. DD has said she's not going and DD prefers being at home but hasn't said he won't go back. I'm wondering how they will get there as I'm concerned about the bus situation. The schools are in opposite directions and so if I dropped one then the other and took doggy with me it would be an hour from leaving home to getting to the park we walked in before the virus.

Idiot that I am I weighed myself and I am half a pound up. Convinced it is because I'm not following my intolerance plan but emotionally I can't deal with avoiding so many foods. I will concentrate on increasing my veg intake and doing my running. I also need to go add to two dog walks a day.

Go back to....

galvantula don’t despair it will come together nicely once these strange times settle. Professionals will be back at work soon.
Weighed in at 159.5!!! My food choices are working out well. Thrilled to be in the 50’s

(((hugs))) @Galvantula you are not shit! Such a huge impact on all aspects of life.

and for you @SunshineCake

Well done @fallfallfall

Still munching lots here!

@SunshineCake don't worry about the random gain. The pound I lost the other day is back 🙄 so I think unless there's a pattern it's maybe just within normal fluctuations?

Thanks for the nice thoughts and hugs guys :)

Thanks *@Galvantula. Serves me right for weighing. I hadn't for ten days so why I did twice in two days is beyond me. Emotionally I struggle with wanting to lose weight as I blame dh for the fact I have too.

sunshine weight loss is a long game. Don’t worry about daily fluctuations.
Why do you blame dh?
My dh loves food, can tolerate way more calories than me. And makes me lovely treats I have difficulty refusing (makes or buys) so he is part of my weight challenge but ultimately I should be able to control my portion sizes.

I'm the same @fallfallfall. DH eats crazy amounts of snacks in the evening and it's been hard to train myself not to get some just because he does.

Currently demolishing a bar of chocolate mind you...

My recent lowest was in March when I was half a stone lighter. I've lost the same half stone at least twice. Feel all sorts of emotions. I'm not weighing again until next Saturday. Will try to do better re food but I keep cooking and baking for everyone.

I blame dh as when we were newly together he said he'd leave if I got fat. He's since said he meant 20 stone and to be fair, I don't think he would, but it has stuck. Plus he did something really bad a few years ago which means I am trying to be thinner and so it all feels very unfair.

www.pamperedchef.ca/recipe/Main+Dishes/Asparagus+%26+Roasted+Red+Pepper+Tart/910677
tonight's supper. i am currently roasting my own red pepper and instead of any pastry i am thinly slicing sweet potato. the yellow not orange yam variety so it looks more like pastry.

sunshine; i believe that in life everyone makes unhealthy decisions occasionally (be it mentally unhealthy, emotionally, spiritually, physically, environmentally, financially or employment) the key thing is not not repeat those actions.
so in my life i forgive myself my wrongdoings and focus on moving forward having learned a lesson or two. i know that beating myself up about it, is not healthy and that no one is perfect. now religion is not my forte but someone once told me that once i ask for forgiveness (and it is always granted no need for formal confession just genuinely mean it) all the afterpains and self doubt are the work of the underworld sooooooo when those sad self doubt feeling creep in i know it is not good or right and to shake it off asap.

i'm sure everyone has their own version of this kind of way forward. just sharing my own funky version ;).

By body neighbours have their friends/family over for a camp out.

10pm they started chopping and sawing wood in the back garden and lit a huge bonfire, now they have a load of kids running and shrieking a round the garden telling camp tales and still chopping up wood.

I might cry, have a load of work to do tomorrow and no chance of sleep, plus we've had to close the windows to stop the smoke getting in and I hate sleeping with the windows closed.

Oh gross and irresponsible!!!

Ha ha ha my automated sprinklers might just be aimed at them...or the shot gun...

Well that was about 4 hours of non quality sleep, I hate my neighbour! Really hope they all got bit by every midge, fly and mosquito possible last night!

Oh gosh, that's horrible @TorysSuckRevokeArticle50 I feel shattered after a fairly good night!

(((hugs))) @SunshineCake very insensitive of him but it was a long time ago, so probably best to let it go.

I've gained more because it's non stop eat-athon here, but after 5 days of spotting and messing, period seems to be here which hopefully settles things down.

Have a good day all!

It's just there, *@MrsJonesAndMe. He has said he is sorry he said it and wouldn't leave me but I can't help remembering it especially with him hurting me a few years ago.

I've walked the dog for two hours this morning and then the second time I didn't mean to be out for so long but it ended up being about 1 3/4 hours. I can't remember if breakfast happened but lunch was home made veg soup with fish simmered in it for protein. I made it using home made chicken stock. Tea was terrible, left over roast chicken and chips. I have really watched what I have eaten today as I am trying really hard not to eat anything I am intolerant too but I am laid on the bed and feel my stomach is huge. Does anyone else's tummy look bigger when you are laid down than stood up ?

I will make soup every day as easy to do, filling and I can put as many veg in as I want.

Might go on the bike later but tomorrow is run day anyway.

Off to google material now as I want to make some bags.