Help needed for 1st day......

[sparty]

Ahh well done on the NSV so hard to stop that train of thought once it starts.

I think you have done brilliantly and your attitude to it all is so healthy. I think you are one of the most realistic people on this site with regard to undeserved gains and weeks where things don't go as planned.

Have you got much on over the weekend?!

 

[xmisskx]

aww thanks mrs

na, nothing planned really. saw on offer on for 2 cinema tickets for £10 (think it's £12 inside london area) and even though we shouldn't i've suggested we could maybe get the deal and go...nothing definite yet so not sure.

other than that, i've nothing else on really.

i've hurt my back today moving stuff and lifting so need to keep a wee eye on it....i've suffered from spasms before and i swear to god...i've never experienced pain like it so def don't wanna be risking it coming to anything more!

what about you?x

 

[sparty]

It's our local fireworks display tomorrow night so I'll be out there playin with sparklers lol.

Bf has dentists tomorrow lunchtime so I'll wander round town and maybe pop to the butcher for some decent meat. The market is also on for some fresh veggies.

Sunday I think I'm going to visit my friend who has just moved. I can't wait to see her house - it sounds proper grown up!!

What film you gonna see?!?!

 

[xmisskx]

sounds like a decent weekend

not too sure what we'd see. OH fancies Runner Runner, i fancy Bad Grandpa but as of yet, he's still not said yes or no so nothing def as of yet x

 

[sparty]

The fireworks were brilliant and as usual I had two very well behaved little girls to look after.

I'm awake and about to have a nice cuppa while I look through my magazines and make a shopping list and food plan for the next few weeks. Visiting a friend this afternoon so I want to get all my planning done so I can head to also straight after lol.

 

[xmisskx]

aww they sound like wee angels

the weather was awful here last night....not sure how many would've turned up for any displays on round about here....but i was wrapped up inside with the x factor lol.

was going to give shopping a miss today but i forgot one or 2 things on friday when i went for stuff so we'll probably head out....fingers crossed those few things doesn't turn into loads - i'm gonna really try and just get what we need this month and see if it helps with the shopping bills!

other than that we won't be up to much else i don't think.

enjoy your day huni x

 

[sparty]

I managed to get quite a lot of food today from aldi to keep us going for hopefully two weeks. Defrosted and cleaned the fridge as well so we are all clean and tidy. The too part where the little freezer bit is had broken so gets all frosted up all the time! Sorted now though.

I'm dreading WI in the morning as I feel like a moose lol. Def in for a significant gain but prepared to take it back off again this week. My sister is rejoining her group tomorrow as well (yay) so we can help each other stay focused. And she can also get me hifi bars hahahahahahaha

Tomorrow will be red to start me off

Bf and I have just watched blacklist from Friday?! Did you see it?! I can't wait to watch next week now....talk about cliffhanger!!

 

[xmisskx]

oooh i did!
but i think that her OH might want to talk to her...cos he's found multiple passports - for her??!!!

oooh it's really good isn't it!

i had the mushroom and bacon carbonara again tonight (with spaghetti this time) and had a wee drop left over, just had it cold there and def think it's something i could do mid week and take to work for lunch to have?

i had a look for the tins of ham which are syn free but thought they were really expensive! at almost £3 a tin, i decided against it and picked up another box of the dice lean bacon again for £1 which did the trick again!

found the wraps which are a HEb now too but didn't buy those either....i sound such a misery guts but really - £2.80 for 6 wraps is a bit OTT!
and those poor people who HAVE to buy gluten free stuff....well, their shopping must be a bloody fortune! lol

not fair!

hope the scales are kinder than you hope chick x

 

[sparty]

I totally agree with you that he has found passports of her in the box. I knew straight away she was dreaming at the beginning of the episode as well lol. I can't figure out the connection between reddington and her husband but there must be one - or a connection between reddington and the man that was killed.

I was just under 9.9 this morning so that is 2lb on. Not too bad - I'll take that on the chin and do what I can to shift it this week. Dinner tonight is the chicken, BNS and leek bake from the slimming eats website (and I actually have some leeks this time lol) and some salad.

Your food sounds yummy - I think I'll try a carbonara in the week as it's bf's favourite. I'm hoping I don't have to work too much overtime this week so I can get home in time to cook proper meals.

What's your plan today?! Cooking the usual?!

 

[xmisskx]

i knew she was dreaming too!

aww i kinda like reddington...he loves her i think...i want him to be her dad! lol

yeah, try the carbonara...i didn't think it would be up to much without any cheese (philly light) for the creaminess but the eggs def do the job...for me anyway....and it's way better than a big creamy, delicious plate from an italian restaurant....although they are delish! lol

been cooking for the last hr so i'm well ahead of the game today
only thing is, i bought a can of aldi's chickpea dahl to try cos i'd seen it was also free....and i had a wee taste off the spoon but didn't really like it!!
hopefully it being baked with the rice and egg will mean the dahl loaf is at least edible....cos it'll just need to do! hehe

hopefully you get home at decent times this week as you say, and don't worry too much about the gain, your forward planning will def help this week!

i'm expecting a gain this week myself...dunno why, just have that feeling but i guess i'll see tonight!x

 

[sparty]

i kind of want her and her husband to have a big row - he is too boring for me (that boring I cant even remember his name lol). He needs to start acting more suspicious so that the storyline develops more. There must only be a few episodes left in this series though - will need to find something else to watch after that!

wow - you must have been up at the crack of dawn to be up and cooking already!! I have heard other people talk about the Aldi dahl but I have never tried it. I have never seen it in there tbh but I guess that different stores probably stock slightly different things. My one had the new flavour of harvest morn bars yesterday (choc and fudge yay!!!). I know you aren't a fan because of the apple ones you tried - glad I know to steer clear of those!!!

I have a recipe for some ham and mushroom muffin things that I might try this week - I will have to dig it out and give you the recipe but you basically make them in a muffin tin I think. I only have a small-ish cake tin but I will give it a go in that and see if it works lol.

 

[xmisskx]

i hadn't seen the dahl there either but had been looking...but saw it on friday...it's quite random where their things are sometimes and i'm not a fan of that - i like to know where things are so i can head straight to them - but maybe that's their plan, that people have to be in there longer hunting and potentially buying more things?

i agree with you on the husband thing....but i'm more intrigued as to who those people are who put the cameras in etc??

the ham things sound nice...are they just like mini quiche things?

think i saw the new harvest bars, just a bit wary to pick them up cos the others went in the bucket!

asda have alpen lights for £1.50 just now so i got some of the lemon drizzle ones yesterday. next time they're on at £1 i'm buying a load....it's so worth it when they're half price!x

 

[sparty]

The ham things sound like mini quiches from the recipe. It's the usual fry stuff off and then put it in the muffin tin with some egg. Would be handy for snacks though and would be free on red and EE.

My dinner was yummy but bf didn't eat all his BNS again. He seems not to like it that much because there is too much veg in it so I think next time I'll do it on an EE day and bulk it out with some pasta.

I just had a cup of tea and choccie biscuit for a total of 6 syns so my total for today is 13. Successful first day back on plan I think!! I'm just about to call my sister and find out how she got on starting back at group tonight!!

How did your day turn out?! How was the Dahl in the end?!

 

[xmisskx]

the dahl was better once it was all cooked...but i'll be sticking to my asda one from now on.

1.5 on for me tonight...meh! never mind though eh. mother nature made me aware she is on her way (right at my pre WI pee lol) so hoping not to be too ill tomorrow seeing as it's not come to much tonight
think i'll take some tablets before bed in the hope it might help?

i don't blame your OH not eating all the BNS lol....i'm not really a fan and always think it tastes of....well...nothing lol?

the muffin things sound good especially for red days. i made the tuna and sweetcorn things before but they were quite dry once they were cooked....but way more filling that just normal ones

today's been 9.5 syns for me (1 fruit gum, some ketchup, a funsize ripple and some crisps) which is good going me thinks....although i could easily tuck into a chocolate biscuit like you had lol. i won't though. think i'll be heading to bed soon.

not sure if i'll have to scrape the car in the morning. last night it was frosty when i went to bed and had i been out and about this morning, i would've had to do it but managed to miss it cos i never went anywhere until class tonight.

brrrrr! x

 

[sparty]

Are you due a gain this week?! That has come round fast!! Aww hun I hope the pain killers helped through the night and you don't feel too awful! How horrid that you go through this each time. I'm sure I have asked before but isn't there anything the doctor can do?! Change your pill or recommend an implant or something?!

I love BNS - it just needs a bit of seasoning and it's yummy. Really want to try pumpkin as well but seem to have missed the boat as my supermarkets seem to be all out of them now halloween is over.

Sounds like a good use of syns to me I've got some crisps and a cereal bar again for syns at lunch as my hexb will be my sandwich and then tonight it will be butter for my jacket potato

Aww winter is def setting in here too although no frost just yet the temperatures have dropped though and the wind is picking up. Quite lucky that we don't live in a hilly area of town so EE don't feel the wind as much!!

What's your food plan today!

 

[xmisskx]

not sure on the food front today seeing as i'm back in my pj's and heading to lie down shortly
woke up sore about 6 but thought i'd just get up and get ready cos i knew it would pass. couldn't stop boaking (sp??) and physically saw the colour drain from me...def think it's a blood sugar thing for me so managed to book a holiday from work.

this will be me in a panic now cos when it comes at the weekend, yes i still feel sh1t but it avoids all of this and even though i know i'm using my own time, i had having time off work.
to be honest, i've not been to the dr about it in years, i'm not on the pill and the main reason being - i'm frightened i'll gain weight!

it's madness that i go through this EVERY month and if they could guarantee i wouldn't then at this point, i think i'd probably start taking it.

i've been sipping at the soup i had heated up but it just floors me and i feel like i've done nightshift lol.

i've got all my food sorted (for work) but might hang on to the mac and cheese i took out the freezer yest and use it tomorrow...it'll save me sorting anything for tomorrow's lunch and should be ok as i froze it the day i made it.

aaah the joys eh lol.x

 

[sparty]

Omg hun!! Please make yourself an appointment with the doctor. Even if you did put on weight on the pill, it's surely better than the agony you suffer now!? There are so many choices these days that the doctor will be able to find something suitable for you I am sure. There are even coils which stop your periods so that could work for you!

Please don't suffer like this without at least getting some professional advice! How ru feeling now!? Did you manage to get any food down you?!

 

[xmisskx]

i'm feeling better now...but was pretty much crappy all day.
i managed to sleep for an hour which helped but food was a bit of this or that until i had a quorn burger on a roll at dinner time.

think i might make an appointment and see what they say....i really thought cos i was up that early that it would have passed by the time we had to leave but it didn't.
the symptoms i get are def those of when blood sugars drop and that's the most horrible part...if i hadn't been able to get the leave today from work, i dunno what i would've done as there's no way i would've gone in the car when i feel so faint and shaky.

most of the time that part passes as quickly as it comes on, or passes once i've been sick....it's just rubbish.

my OH has crashed out on the couch but i've left him to it cos i'm going to end up causing an argument due to me seeing some stuff his pals have written about him not being allowed out....they all live and work 30 mins away from us so my OH never goes to a night out really cos it's a hassle getting home and as i thought, they're giving him stick which, to be honest, we've fallen out about before.
i always tell him to go and leave early or ask if he can stay at theirs but he's not that fussed...and of course as i've always thought, they're giving it the big "she doesn't let you out and if she does, will you be coming to the xmas night out" etc....it p1sses me off more than it should and to be honest, they prob know that it's a hassle for him compared to being on their doorstep but it still bugs me.

and i guess it's not really my OH's fault that they say it (mostly a laugh i suppose) but he doesn't know i've seen it and tonight's not the night to mention it lol

how has your day been?

freddo and some hoops and crosses for me tonight while i watched Karl Pilkington....he cracks me up hehe x

 

[sparty]

Argh sometimes men can be so annoying. I think they don't want to admit that someone doesn't want to hang out with them so they play it up and blame 'the missus'. Some of my bf's friends do that sometimes but I don't care tbh. He is his own person and will go out when he wants to. The only thing that winds me up is when he does go on a boys night but I wake up at 6:30am and he isn't back yet - that makes me maaaaaad! It's not that he is doing anything he shouldn't be but I just think it's rude not to let me know he is staying out. So now I tell him he can't come home and he has to stay at how dads hahahaha.

Try not to let it get to you hun - you are right that it's not his fault but he should correct them if thy are wrongly blaming you and be man enough to tell them he doesn't want to come out or ask to stay over!!

It's odd that it affects your blood sugar levels like that. I've never heard of that symptom before so I def think you should get it checked out. So dangerous as well - what if it had come on while you were driving?! Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better though - hopefully it's on it's way out now.

My food was ok yesterday. I didn't stick to what I had planned as bf and his dad went to football instead of going for dinner so I had salmon, SW chips and veggies. My treats were a choccie biscuit and a harvest morn bar with a nice cuppa in the evening. Your treats sound good maybe that's why you are feeling better!? Lol.

Today is red for me. I've got a sandwich for lunch again as I couldn't be bothered to prepare anything yesterday evening lol. Maybe I'll do some over the weekend to chuck in the freezer. Dinner is going to be chilli but I won't have rice with mine. Think I'll just do a load of veg and make some SW coleslaw to go with it.

You having a green day today with your mac and cheese?!

 

[xmisskx]

yep...you know me so well eh lol.

to be honest, it wasn't as good as it usually was - slightly watery but it had been in the fridge since monday so that'll be why.

re the sugar levels, i had a look online and it's not uncommon but most of the stuff was focussing on it dropping for people who were diabetic.
think it was hypoglaecemia or something like that but i'd be interested to see what my levels were at the exact point i get that way...it doesn't last long but boy is it awful!

i think my OH has probably said it's not easy for him to get to nights out and home etc and to be honest, before he lived with me, he'd stopped going to as many things cos it meant 2 trains or he'd stay...but he was married before and their relationship was dead for years before they decided to split so he wasn't bothered about staying over somewhere where as now, i don't think he really wants to.
it just bugs me cos i know it's easier for them to say stuff like that and i mentioned in text this morning that i was miffed about it but nothing new and that's all that's been said.
it p's me off cos i bet if he was to ask them all through here for a night out, they wouldn't come...for the same reasons as he doesn't go...cos it would mean someone driving, having to leave early to get a last train back or trying to find a bed for the night!

my OH def thinks different now and i sometimes worry that it's partially to do with me....but as you say, it's his choice. if i hadn't seen stuff, i'd still be thinking they were blaming me and i get that it's all a laugh and joke but grrrr just the same!

how were those new bars from aldi - any good?

i've taken a quorn peppered steak out for dinner tonight, will have that with potatoes and veg i think but need to get deciding on my food for tomorrow.

how has your day been work wise? stressful or not too bad?x