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Thank you for that!! Hoping to find the extra encouragement and motivation! And Nicole, Ive sent you a personal message, thanks for your help :smile:

Must be so worrying having little ones in hospital and I take my hat off to you, hpoe your little ones are feeling better now. My kids are 2 boys of 8 and 13 and a girl of 10. My 8 yr old son is undergoing tests to confirm the autism he gets very low moods and anxiety about going to school bit of a draining time, long…

This week I will mostly be: Chewing gum and drinking water, whilst running round the block!!! Hope I dont choke on itt!!! Good information...thank you!! :happy:

Yes I have 3 kids, my youngest is being assessed at the moment for autism, he has tics and he suffers with anxiety issues so he is home from school at least twice a week. Its quite draining at times. Youve done very well and have lost a lot of weight, how do you cope? I get stressed with it and have ended up gaining most…

Isaac's teacher has apologised to me!!! I told the teaching assistant (who is lovely) about the teacher's attitude and the teaching assistant must have had a word as I had a grovelling apology today!!! The teacher is sending off some forms to the Ed Psych team and we have someone from the Autism Spectrum team coming in to…

Hello! Ive been here for a week or two but not introduced myself! I got here from the post on the message boards a few weeks ago! My name is Helen, Im a single Mum to 3 children, my youngest who is 8 has been having lots of difficulties lately,just going through the autism diagnosis process. Watching my son and also…

Thank you! There is someone from the psych team going into the school to observe him. The school nurse has been in touch and all the paperwork has been filled in by the teacher and sent off, so things are moving in the right direction. He was in a right state about going to school this morning, it took two of us to…

Thank you for your lovely messages. I chatted with the school SENCO 2 months ago but it didnt go well. She told me there was no point me talking to her as the conversation would be relayed to my son's teacher, so she said I may as well discuss it with my son's teacher instead!!! Both the SENCO and his teacher acted…

Wow incredible! Well done on the weight loss and awesome blog! My daughter (who is 10) really wants to be a forensic scientist or go into criminology. You've led an interesting life, reminds me of the way Im raising my 3 children we're living in the country (well on the outskirts), I keep chickens, cats and every wild…

Wow you look amazing! Thank you for posting...its stories like this that keep my motivation going!! Well done!!

PS: I have to say that weightwatchers for me was only successful because of the leader and her clerk, I live in Cornwall in the country and the group was small and mainly lots of older women, and the leader was like an old aunt...such a smashing lady, in her late 60s. Her talks were amazing...all about hardship in the…

Ive been a weightwatchers member since 1995, I did weightwatchers everytime I gained weight (after every pregnancy). To be honest I hated the points system and preferred the old system of counting carbohydrates, protein and fat selections every day. I found it to be really healthy and balancing and always ensured I would…

Id be delighted to lose half a pound a week...I usually only lose half a pound a month lol! (although thats an age/menopausal thing) I will try and alter my settings, didnt know you could do that? I have about 12lb to lose, so breaking that up into manageable portions would work!! Thank you for your help, will give it a go.

Oooh thank you, they sound divine! I love nuts and dates, I will have a look in my local Tesco and health food store for those. Thanks very much!

Thanks Sleepy, spot on advice, cheers really appreciate it. Thanks Mwapay, I hadnt thought of it like that but I think I should adjust my goals a little and exercise every other day, as opposed to every day, there wouldnt be so much pressure and I wouldnt set myself up to fail if I felt I didnt have the time or energy to…

Wow these sound delicious!!! Thanks for sharing!

All these recipes sound divine!!! Think I will make a batch tonight!!!

Thank you everyone for all your advice, its really helped. I seem to forget all logic where it comes to myself at times, Im good at giving out the advice but when it comes to myself all logic goes out the window! Mslack, chocolate truffles sound divine! Yum! and Tania, protein shakes sound lovely too, lots of fab snack…

Marticapitt...those merignues sound divine, I will be trying those, and easy to make too! Thanks for your advice, spot on! Im always advising other people but when it comes to myself I sort of cave in and give up! I will have a cooking session tomorrow, kids would love them too! Have a great day!

Thanks everybody, I will shop around for some low calorie chocolate bars and brownies, I think I need to stock up my cupboards, the fiber one brownies sound delicious, not sure if they stock them here in England but I will try and find out!! Thanks everyone for your tips!

Thank you! I will try curly wurlys, havent had a curly wurly since I was little!! Yes I do struggle, Im full of willpower and motivation when I wake up and as the day progresses I eat more and more junk food!!! Thank you Grniys, organic brownie bars sound lovely!

Thank you, I will try the slim fast bars, Ive had some kellogs fibre plus ones, although theyre a bit hard to get hold of where I live. Thank you for your help!

Bless you, thank you!! Its hard at times, Ive been doing this since October and its monotonous at times, one step forward then two back!!! Thanks for your kind words, I will add you!

Ive had several weeks on here where I have plateaued and stayed the same weight and the only thing that has worked for me is suddenly having a week long break from here and then all of a sudden counting calories again. Eating more food more frequently speeds up the metabolism. Works everytime although I dont do it…

ps: Sorry if my reply ended a little bluntly, bit of a bad day here myself, BUT...I really really wish you well and hope you soon start feeling a little better. Lots of lovely messages and self help cures on here which is nice but when youre in that black tunnel, theres no point in looking at any of that stuff as all you…

Hello I also suffer with depression on and off. I was previously diagnosed with post natal depression after each one of my children were born but then I noticed that I was starting to go downhill again a few months ago and it clearly wasnt post natal. Ive never had medication but have always opted for counselling instead.…

Find it terrible that this poor lady has come on here asking for advice and yet you are all arguing on her thread and not being that nice!!! Thats the thing I hate about this site... the way people are so cruel. Really hope you get it sorted, hey dont worry too much, Im sure it will sort itself out. Good luck to you!!…

Like I said.... Does she expect your dog to wear a pair of slippers too?!!! :noway: !!! Dont let her intimidate you, chin up and let us know how it goes, you sound like a lovely neighbour youre not trying to cause her trouble. Good luck :smile:

Thats awful! Youve been living there alot longer than them, they cant suddenly move in and start laying down the law! They have no right to intimidate you, Im gathering you live there alone? Dont let them intimidate you, youre talking about 40 minutes a day, in the afternoon! When I lived in a downstairs apartment my…

Thank you! before we thought it was autism the teacher used to shout at him for not doing his writing and threaten him with the headmistresses office, he was coming home in tears every day and hysterical about going in the next day, so I kicked up a fuss, I told her I thought he was dyslexic as he was getting into such a…