Happy Holidays
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Oh no, I hope you start to feel better soon, is there anything you can take for neuralgia?
Quins; back to the plan.
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Texty_F
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Quins
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Hi Texty , I thought I was getting better, trained last night, felt good. Git up this morning feeling totally rubbish, back to St Tommy's. More bloods and tests. They now think it is migraine! Brought on by trying to hard at everything...... Me and you both! Can barely keep my eyes open, went to work after and then gave it up. Feel dizzy too. Everyone says I look crap. I feel it, feels like my eyes don't belong to me, like lychees!
Anyway , I'm gonna nip over to yours.....
Anyway , I'm gonna nip over to yours.....
Texty_F
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Migraines can be nasty Quins, they affect people differently. I hope your feeling better soon though. Try to take it easy for this week, I know its not what you would prefer but might be wise?
Quins
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Reckon I know what brought on my migraine type thing, I really did put the effort in, I think just done plain over did it! I rode like a lion!
Quins
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Nah I'm justifying to mtfu. I reckon I might have a worm in my head, the pain moves around....plus the voices, THE VOICES that keep telling me to get off my butt , run, go training, do this do that, you know how it is, I feel a fraud , my leg isn't hanging off. I did take some paracetamol today, I can't take the indomethacin they prescribed , a couple of them sent me off somewhere else, I left planet earth, very weird. Red today B. 2 wm hovis toasted, 2 nu me sausages, 2 syns, lean bacon and cherry Tom , lettuce all squeezed into sarnie. L. Chicken leg, Not feeling great. 2 nu me sausages, 2 more syns D. Made some apple crumble sw style, with oats topping hex b, and a table spoon of sugar, syns, made a separate one for mrs and daughter. Tuna boiled egg salad, 4 olives ,syns I will weigh tomorrow. Probably a massive gain, still I had loads of spare to play within target range.
565.5 miles walked jogged and run, 3 more walked, 5.5 more run, 573.5 total (500 last year)
565.5 miles walked jogged and run, 3 more walked, 5.5 more run, 573.5 total (500 last year)
Texty_F
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im being blonde here mtfu? ( if its swearing then dont I dont want u to get banned lol) That will be the same voice that just told me to put the jelly tots back - but I beat it and didn't now feel yuk cos I was still full from my tea what a gissy I am oink oink.
Mmmm the apple crumble sounds lush.
Mmmm the apple crumble sounds lush.
Quins
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It was man up! I really think i knocked myself sideways with the effort of that bike ride. I reckon you might lose a pound when you're reading my ride reports,
Weighed in , 12'7 , pleased with that, . I think if I was on plan I'd be back to 12'5.
You will get that pound off no problem, just keep to plan and give yourself a big pat on the back for getting so far. You've done brilliantly Texty.
Weighed in , 12'7 , pleased with that, . I think if I was on plan I'd be back to 12'5.
You will get that pound off no problem, just keep to plan and give yourself a big pat on the back for getting so far. You've done brilliantly Texty.
Quins
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1615 miles cycled, another 54 today 1669 total.
Wasn't sure if I was going to ride today after feeling rough all week. Pushed myself out of bed, put layers on and got out the door. A big group, 20 of us today, so we had to split into 2 x 10 to consider other road users. Some hills on the way out, heading for the garden centre at Tenterden. I deffo didn't feel 100% so I made a pact with myself no to push it.
It was difficult to find what to wear too. About 3-4 degrees with bright sunshine. I wore a long sleeve skin base layer, a very thin long sleeve Lidl cycling top, then short sleeve club top , bib shirts, longs over the top of the shirts then long sleeve club top and a heavy merino wool zip neck sweater, 1 pair thin cycling socks, , 1 pair long shooting socks under the long legging, 3 mm neoprene overshoes over cycling shoes . Feet were cold in parts of the ride. I used a thin pair if running gloves inside an old pair of next leather gloves. Hands were fine. A bit of a retro look but it wasn't too bad, I looked like an 70s classic Italian rider , nice! It was a very pleasant run out, beautiful country lanes and scenery, it made a change to going flat out.
Scrambled egg on toast, always disappointing to have eggs that are almost white as my hens lay free range and the yolks are bright yellowy orange. Still, it hit the spot.
Then as we were about to leave one of our ladies couldn't find her bike computer , a garmin Edge 705. That might not mean much to you,but I've been researching these bits of kit and they cost £250-300 plus, new. She bought it new! I helped her retrace her steps back to the cafe, no one had handed it in.... She was sure that she had put it inside her bike helmet with her gloves. I could see she was really disappointed. I Took her back to where her bike was. She and others had already looked around the area of her bike and in the bushes. I searched the bushes near where she leant her bike..... I found it laying face down, very difficult to see., but I got really stuck in and it paid off.She was very pleased, I claimed my peck on the cheek and set off for the home leg.
The pace picked up as usual and I had forgot about my agreement with myself not to get involved with a burn up... The next thing I know I'm in the front three as we head past the award winning Raja of Kent Curry house, I looked over my shoulder and couldn't see anyone behind, the front two were zooming off. I kept my sights on them and kept looking back having slowed to a stand still, I was waiting for a fluorescent jacket to come round the bend, nothing. It was obvious that the rest of the pack had taken the sharp right, tiny lane, next to the Raja. I managed to call the other two back and we retraced our steps at a flying pace. The other two caught up with me at a junction, still no sign of the pack. We agreed to work together, take it in turns at the front and were convinced we could haul them back.
Off we set, Phil in the lead, Del then me. 2 minutes in and catastrophe , Del gets a puncture! We stop on the tiny lane , good job I stayed with them , I was the only one carrying a tiny pump, Del would not have made it back easily ! A quick change of inner tube and we got on our way again. I took the lead, 19, 21 mph , sweating, , nose running, gasping, Del took the lead , Phil goes by me, we were working really well. Round a bend to be confronted by a pony and foal In the middle of the lane. We stopped, the foal was feeding from the mother, the mother had blue twine on and in its mouth, tell take signs of the way travellers tether their horses. Poor thing, not only did it have a foal at heel but it was in foal too, swollen belly and flanks. I tried to approach it to get a grip of the twine to move it off the road but the foal was skittish and the mother protective. I didn't want to spook it and have a panicked, pregnant nacre running free on the lane into God knows what could be coming round the bend. All we succeeded in doing was herd them up and down the road About 5 minutes later a farmer in a 4x4 came along, I flagged him down, asked if he knew where they were from, he confirmed that they were the gypsies ponies back along the lane and he would let them know. My 3 rd good deed of the day. We got back to work, but I was flagging. By the time we hit the roads where we normally really ramp it up , I was fading. Pain in my back, legs, everywhere. I really was off the pace and let the lads know. We made our way back at a slower pace , but it still averaged out .15.2 mph, not too shabby considering how rough I had been feeling. The 5 mile ride home was slower, I was knackered.
A coffee, some home made Dundee cake were hitting the spot. All I needed was a hot bath and to watch the England v New Zealand rugby league semi. If England could overcome the odds and beat NZ they would be in the a World Cup a Final , my eldest daughter has tickets for it at Old Trafford next week! While I ran the bath , that was burning my fingers, England took a lead 18-14 against the current World Champions! It was on! 10 minutes to go. I jumped in the bath, toes stinging with the heat. The rest of my body whining, not satisfied with the luke warm water! I was peed off, but the excitement of the footy was taking my mind off the negative hot water situation. NZ attacked the England line , set after set , England repelled the tattooed Maori warriors. 5 minutes left and NZ had an attacking move down the left wing with 4 tackles to go, they went wide early and made a long pass to the winger, the ball flew over his head into touch. That was it, a scrum to England with just 3 minutes on the clock to play out 6 tackles deep into the NZ half. Game over, World Cup Final for England, and my daughter would be there to,possibly witness history in the making.
England played out their tackles with 1 minute on the clock for NZ to attack. That's what they did, they pumped it up the middle with big carries by the likes of their superstar Sonny Bill Williams. Another off load and the England defence, with 30 seconds remaining, made a high tackle and gave away a penalty. This meant. 6 more plays for NZ who had encroached into scoring territory. They tapped, went left. The England skipper Kevin Sinfield darted out of the defensive line to shut down the NZ half back before he could turn on his magic. The NZ half back stepped inside Sinfield jinked again and ran the ball into the try zone, he had just worked the best magic trick of his career so far. No time left on the clock, the hooter had sounded. 18 all with the conversion to come. It wasn't a difficult kick, less than 25 metres, slightly to the left of the posts. Easy. Unless you let the pressure of kicking your team into the World Cup final get to you. They young NZ half back placed the ball meticulously on the kicking tee, amid the boos of the 60,000 or so a England supporters. Stepped back, made his run up and planted the ball between the uprights. GUTTED! Watch the news, watch a replay, feel for those England players, covered in blood who gave everything today, I felt lime weeping for them and my daughter who will now be going to with a Southern Hemisphere final between Australia and NZ.
Ah well.
Wasn't sure if I was going to ride today after feeling rough all week. Pushed myself out of bed, put layers on and got out the door. A big group, 20 of us today, so we had to split into 2 x 10 to consider other road users. Some hills on the way out, heading for the garden centre at Tenterden. I deffo didn't feel 100% so I made a pact with myself no to push it.
It was difficult to find what to wear too. About 3-4 degrees with bright sunshine. I wore a long sleeve skin base layer, a very thin long sleeve Lidl cycling top, then short sleeve club top , bib shirts, longs over the top of the shirts then long sleeve club top and a heavy merino wool zip neck sweater, 1 pair thin cycling socks, , 1 pair long shooting socks under the long legging, 3 mm neoprene overshoes over cycling shoes . Feet were cold in parts of the ride. I used a thin pair if running gloves inside an old pair of next leather gloves. Hands were fine. A bit of a retro look but it wasn't too bad, I looked like an 70s classic Italian rider , nice! It was a very pleasant run out, beautiful country lanes and scenery, it made a change to going flat out.
Scrambled egg on toast, always disappointing to have eggs that are almost white as my hens lay free range and the yolks are bright yellowy orange. Still, it hit the spot.
Then as we were about to leave one of our ladies couldn't find her bike computer , a garmin Edge 705. That might not mean much to you,but I've been researching these bits of kit and they cost £250-300 plus, new. She bought it new! I helped her retrace her steps back to the cafe, no one had handed it in.... She was sure that she had put it inside her bike helmet with her gloves. I could see she was really disappointed. I Took her back to where her bike was. She and others had already looked around the area of her bike and in the bushes. I searched the bushes near where she leant her bike..... I found it laying face down, very difficult to see., but I got really stuck in and it paid off.She was very pleased, I claimed my peck on the cheek and set off for the home leg.
The pace picked up as usual and I had forgot about my agreement with myself not to get involved with a burn up... The next thing I know I'm in the front three as we head past the award winning Raja of Kent Curry house, I looked over my shoulder and couldn't see anyone behind, the front two were zooming off. I kept my sights on them and kept looking back having slowed to a stand still, I was waiting for a fluorescent jacket to come round the bend, nothing. It was obvious that the rest of the pack had taken the sharp right, tiny lane, next to the Raja. I managed to call the other two back and we retraced our steps at a flying pace. The other two caught up with me at a junction, still no sign of the pack. We agreed to work together, take it in turns at the front and were convinced we could haul them back.
Off we set, Phil in the lead, Del then me. 2 minutes in and catastrophe , Del gets a puncture! We stop on the tiny lane , good job I stayed with them , I was the only one carrying a tiny pump, Del would not have made it back easily ! A quick change of inner tube and we got on our way again. I took the lead, 19, 21 mph , sweating, , nose running, gasping, Del took the lead , Phil goes by me, we were working really well. Round a bend to be confronted by a pony and foal In the middle of the lane. We stopped, the foal was feeding from the mother, the mother had blue twine on and in its mouth, tell take signs of the way travellers tether their horses. Poor thing, not only did it have a foal at heel but it was in foal too, swollen belly and flanks. I tried to approach it to get a grip of the twine to move it off the road but the foal was skittish and the mother protective. I didn't want to spook it and have a panicked, pregnant nacre running free on the lane into God knows what could be coming round the bend. All we succeeded in doing was herd them up and down the road About 5 minutes later a farmer in a 4x4 came along, I flagged him down, asked if he knew where they were from, he confirmed that they were the gypsies ponies back along the lane and he would let them know. My 3 rd good deed of the day. We got back to work, but I was flagging. By the time we hit the roads where we normally really ramp it up , I was fading. Pain in my back, legs, everywhere. I really was off the pace and let the lads know. We made our way back at a slower pace , but it still averaged out .15.2 mph, not too shabby considering how rough I had been feeling. The 5 mile ride home was slower, I was knackered.
A coffee, some home made Dundee cake were hitting the spot. All I needed was a hot bath and to watch the England v New Zealand rugby league semi. If England could overcome the odds and beat NZ they would be in the a World Cup a Final , my eldest daughter has tickets for it at Old Trafford next week! While I ran the bath , that was burning my fingers, England took a lead 18-14 against the current World Champions! It was on! 10 minutes to go. I jumped in the bath, toes stinging with the heat. The rest of my body whining, not satisfied with the luke warm water! I was peed off, but the excitement of the footy was taking my mind off the negative hot water situation. NZ attacked the England line , set after set , England repelled the tattooed Maori warriors. 5 minutes left and NZ had an attacking move down the left wing with 4 tackles to go, they went wide early and made a long pass to the winger, the ball flew over his head into touch. That was it, a scrum to England with just 3 minutes on the clock to play out 6 tackles deep into the NZ half. Game over, World Cup Final for England, and my daughter would be there to,possibly witness history in the making.
England played out their tackles with 1 minute on the clock for NZ to attack. That's what they did, they pumped it up the middle with big carries by the likes of their superstar Sonny Bill Williams. Another off load and the England defence, with 30 seconds remaining, made a high tackle and gave away a penalty. This meant. 6 more plays for NZ who had encroached into scoring territory. They tapped, went left. The England skipper Kevin Sinfield darted out of the defensive line to shut down the NZ half back before he could turn on his magic. The NZ half back stepped inside Sinfield jinked again and ran the ball into the try zone, he had just worked the best magic trick of his career so far. No time left on the clock, the hooter had sounded. 18 all with the conversion to come. It wasn't a difficult kick, less than 25 metres, slightly to the left of the posts. Easy. Unless you let the pressure of kicking your team into the World Cup final get to you. They young NZ half back placed the ball meticulously on the kicking tee, amid the boos of the 60,000 or so a England supporters. Stepped back, made his run up and planted the ball between the uprights. GUTTED! Watch the news, watch a replay, feel for those England players, covered in blood who gave everything today, I felt lime weeping for them and my daughter who will now be going to with a Southern Hemisphere final between Australia and NZ.
Ah well.
Happy Holidays
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Wow what a day, you did well just to get out,
Quins
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Hi anyone who is out there, I've been on the missing list, felt utterly rubbish. Eventually got to GP, no thanks to the nazi gatekeepers. Acute sinusitis , anti bios, my blood pressure is high probably due to be being ill.... Felt a lot better today, managed to rake some leaves up. So fed up being ill and being at home.
Trying to get back into the swing.
Green
B. Porridge hex b, banana, water
L. Snack Veg and lamb stock broth
Pasta , sw wedge, left over veg, pesto sauce, 2 syns
D. Basmati rice, veg, ends.
Sw apple crumble and yoghurt, 4 syns.
Trying to get back into the swing.
Green
B. Porridge hex b, banana, water
L. Snack Veg and lamb stock broth
Pasta , sw wedge, left over veg, pesto sauce, 2 syns
D. Basmati rice, veg, ends.
Sw apple crumble and yoghurt, 4 syns.
Happy Holidays
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Yep you have been AWOL & missed, hope you're starting to feel better soon.
Quins
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Thanks ladies, I still feel pants...great big dirty grey up to your chest pants! Feel like my head is somewhere else other than on my shoulders. I'm trying to get a bit motivated about doing anything....cycling usually does the trick, I ordered some gloves and a winter skull cap ( dead sexy! Gonna look like a right wrong'un) hoping to actually feel like going out on Saturday.
Youngest was sent home from school today, coughing like a goose. Nice.
Green ( I must be off colour, usually have red this stage of the week)
B. Porridge, water, banana, truvia hex b
Snack, scrambled egg on a wm toast Hex b
Late lunch. Lentil, cauliflower Dahl, rice
To come.
D. Lamb Quorn strips with knor beef stock pit leek, carrot swede in a casserole styley, jacket spud,
Left over sw apple crumble
Youngest was sent home from school today, coughing like a goose. Nice.
Green ( I must be off colour, usually have red this stage of the week)
B. Porridge, water, banana, truvia hex b
Snack, scrambled egg on a wm toast Hex b
Late lunch. Lentil, cauliflower Dahl, rice
To come.
D. Lamb Quorn strips with knor beef stock pit leek, carrot swede in a casserole styley, jacket spud,
Left over sw apple crumble
