@NewSue Well done on the 10k steps. Mine’s set for 10k but I’m happy if I go past 5k. I’ve only done 10k a couple of times 71k + in a week is awesome!

@Kitn Happy Birthday you young thing you! And yes, not many people get a Princess as their gift do they? So sorry about all the cramps etc and truly hope it’s stopped now. If I get cramp in my calves it is so much more painful than getting it in any other muscle, it’s kind of weird. I hope your wonderful Randy has solved it for you. ‘Randy’ here is only ever used for ‘chasing a bit of what you fancy ’ but we’re aware it’s a name in America, and seemingly in Canada too so I’m trying not to grin like a school girl, I truly am! Hope you have an awesome time at the restaurant! I really love ethnic foods but our beautiful Mexican restaurant closed years ago now and we can’t find another we love as much. The main server was the most gorgeous and cheeky African man and the décor was amazing.

@Jane Can you imagine how many pages we’d have all filled by now if we could speak our posts? Ha ha! I know – rotten David has gorgeous slim legs doesn’t he? Petite build all round really, and although he was gaining a ‘bus drivers tummy’ LCHF has shifted that in very quick time even though he’s barely trying and still drinks a few nights a week gggrrrrr! And yes, everyone’s calories disappear which is not always what you want. It’s actually easy to turn the script on and off now you have it – just click on the S on your internet toolbar and tick ‘turn off all styles’. To turn the script back on uncheck the box. And don’t worry about the dairy free thing – it’s only an option for those who wish to take part. My hair is *dead straight*. Even my other hair *barely* has a kink in it

In Oz the accent barely changes despite the massive size of the country. I worked for directory assistance for 4 years so I’m familiar enough with it all. I can pick someone from the east coast by the way they say the word ‘you’ or ‘you’ve’ and you can pick a country Queenslander because they speak rather slowly and the older ones use words like ‘frock’ instead of dress – so gorgeous! I don’t think anyone that’s not a hardened Aussie would pick any of us apart.

My school dinner lady used to say “Get ait and stay ait!” and we always laughed at her, yet hers was a Bucks accent that I (and my school friends) should have had. And recently here I met a younger guy who I thought could be from Essex or London by the way he sounded. I asked him where he was from and he said “A little place called High Wycombe”. I could not believe my ears. So I guess the accents in England are changing. I love accents and languages – Dubai must be amazing. Can people who’ve never worked in Britain get a British pension? I don’t like sand or beaches either. Maybe in winter when the sun is glaring back and blinding you.

To a Brit I sound Aussie. To an Aussie I sound British. Much as I hate my voice, here you are… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyTFTkMcwg0
Sorry about the wind noises in it.

Oohhh congrats! Gosh I really hope all goes well for Tinka and Chris. My cousin has IVF twins. So excited for you!

@Kitn I can pick a Canadian because they say ‘Oh my!” as an exclamation, it’s so beautiful.

@conniesoper welcome! Sounds to me that you have good plans in place to help yourself, well done. We’re here if you need to talk instead of eat – or just talk I believe the May Challenge should help you a lot. My hot flashes had disappeared but are back a bit now I’m LC, but they’ve never drowned me in sweat or anything like that. LC is worth having them again I think. My spreadsheet is just an excel page with far too many columns where I record all my stats and use far too many highlight colours to point things out to me. I’ll see if I can post a screen print shortly.

We had to have our wedding photos restored, they'd all gone reddish purple, and we ended up getting this as a large print behind perspex to go on our wall, so there's a few photos here. My 'veil' was a hood attached to a lace, sleeveless overlay, and the lace sleeves were attached to the dress itself. We married on 4th January 1975 so just had our 40th anniversary. David looks odd to me without his moustache.

Hello Gorgeous Ladies

@Ellen I’m sorry to hear of your disturbed sleep, that’s no fun at all, and not so good for weight results either. I’m doing dreadfully on the weight loss front so I’ll share the award with you of ‘Gains or Maintains With Consistency’ *groan*.

@MeMaawRebecca I hope you’re settling back in with LC and real life with a continually relieved heart. I love the names our Grandies give us. I’m Granny May, but when my girls were smaller they couldn’t say that so I was May May for quite a while. And yes, all those words we have to now be careful with and make a whole sentence around to show we’re talking about polite things like being gay and happy, or camping in the great outdoors and the list is nearly endless isn’t it? Thank you for the congrats, it’s been a very very happy 40 years. I wonder what the June Challenge will be? It’s nice having them and I feel that it’s brought the whole group together more than it was before. The boards are so busy now. I used to read every thread, but now I’m choosing. Which is good because I get off here and go do some crafts or… housework I’m going to start ACV again after the 5 days dairy-free; I think it was good when I was doing that before and I hope it gives you good results! Oh wow, the cruise sounds wonderful!!!

@Kate How was the weigh-in? Hope it was a happy result. Sounds as if you made the right choices all through, I’m so proud of you and hope the scale rewarded you for it! If you want to order water in a bar without seeming (whatever, don’t know what word – different?) you can apparently ask for an Eskimo on the Rocks. I like that name. It’s just water and ice.

My sweet treat is…
Coconut Bounty Bar Slice (g = gram / T = tablespoon / t = teaspoon)
75 g dessicated coconut
130 g coconut oil
3 T coconut cream or milk
1 t xylitol/sweetener to taste
½ t vanilla essence

100 g 72% dark Ghana chocolate
25 g coconut oil

Mix everything together in a bowl, stirring well. Press into a small square baking tin or similar. Use a spatula or knife to cut into squares and then put in fridge

Melt chocolate and coconut oil together then pour over coconut layer. Set. Turn slice over and cut marked squares all the way through from the bottom.

@Rivka Welcome neighbour! I really hope you feel at home here and are loving the Low Carb lifestyle. I weigh every day too, it’s so interesting!

@Karlotta Great to hear about your energy and desire to Spring clean. My house awaits if you still have energy and finish yours I wish I had stairs in the house so I can get some floors recorded on my fitbit har har! Most houses here are single storey. I was 18½ when I got married. David had just turned 20 so yes, I was a teenager. And thank you, I hope I start to lose again soon. It sure is lovely when it’s moving downwards on a regular basis, but ‘ve been here before and I know it will start again.

@Kitn Oh gosh, I’m so sorry to read about how you’re feeling! I really hope Dr Randy has been able to help you. I’ve had ‘head’ aches where my spine joins my skull and they really are a sickly pain – I wouldn’t wish that on anyone! I do hope he can see what the problem is and help you quickly and completely! My prayers and thoughts are with you in the meantime. It’s beautiful that he gave you a rose! Better than a chocolate too.

My weight is playing silly sausage with me, but I know it will pass. Being dairy free doesn’t seem to be achieving anything at all and, although I’d have loved to be losing this week, at least it means lack-of-dairy is achieving nothing so I can put it back in my life again. I’ve missed butter the most, because I slather that on things to get my fat macro raised for the day when I need it. And I’ve missed cheese somewhat. However, I seem to be losing body fat again. Weight loss and fat loss seem to happen independently of one another on this WOE, it’s really strange.