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Yes!! It was fairly painful... I’ve been putting off going for that very reason... got there at 7:45 and finally got away at 10:30... I have steroids and antibiotics for a week! Hopefully I will be able to get some meaningful exercise in when all is cleared up! Haven’t the energy to wag at the moment

Oh! Live and learn...

Don’t know where the rest of my message went, but I was giving a thumbs up to lemon and sugar... and Nutella and raspberries!!

Hi guys!!! Mmmmmmm pancakes

I have my activity level set to lightly active with negative adjustments enabled. I start to earn extra calories at around 4500 steps... So Sunday 28th I only had 5045 steps and got an extra 37 calories, but the next day I had 15535 steps and got an extra 447 calories. I couldn't be without my FitBit! I love it and it is…

SW: 192 GW: 147 LW: 161.8 TW: 160.8 TL: 31.2

Yayyyy, I'm hearing you on the week flying!!! I had an off site meeting yesterday which took up the whole day as I had to drive to and from Galway! Of course we got free food and I couldn't resist. I'd only had c.5000 steps for the day at 9 last night and forced myself out to go for a walk. It was actually a nice night, in…

SO much for Spring being in the air... armageddon is back in the air this morning!! Horizontal hail and sleet again :neutral:

I got a lovely walk in at lunchtime as well... Really nice day today, crisp and dry... spring is on it's way!! Then I come back to get a message from the girl that I'd shared the Tim Tams with... one of the guys in her section is just back from Oz with another supply of Tim Tams... white chocolate this time!! We're meeting…

Almost back to my pre-Christmas weight so I'm ready to buckle down for Feb!! SW: 192 GW: 147 LW: 162.7 TW: 161.8 TL: 30.2 Hoping to drop 2-3lb in February!!

@beerfoamy Yep there's an app!! It slows down the exposure on your phone camera or something like that!! It works anyway

@tinkerbellang83 - I went to Iceland for 5 nights last April and I can truly say it was the most amazing place I've been to! Would seriously recommend the golden circle tour with visit to the secret lagoon! And we even managed to capture the Northern Lights!!! Download the app for your phone before you go if you're not…

@tinkerbellang83 I just love the 6 nations! Always great fun in the pub for every game... Roll on next weekend!! The Scotland match in Murrayfield is on my birthday in 2019 and I've already started dropping the hints that I'd love to go... Got to Rome for my 40th and had a brilliant weekend! And you lucky duck... Fish and…

Yayyy... happy Friday AT LAST!!! This has been a long week... I'm finished in about an hour and just can't focus on work anymore!! I heard yesterday that Aldi have a low calorie wine in so I'm off to grab a bottle to do some market research!! Probably will be muck, but I'll give it a go!! The troublesome younger child is…

@tinkerbellang83 Wow.... really like that plant display! I also find Valarium root works well for sleep as I would be really bad sleeper. I went through a phase where I woke every night at 3:03 and would stay awake until almost 6! I generally got up and did the ironing or some other quiet task! I did my online Masters…

Getting really fed up of this weather! Yet another status yellow rainfall warning for the north west! So I decided to go for a walk at lunch in case this evening is a disaster.... It looked fine all morning as I looked out from the office, roll on 6 minutes into my walk and the downpour begins! Followed by hailstones which…

One got moved to 9am.. (I was not impressed!!!), organised a lift for one and was able to make the 3rd due to the early start!!! Thankfully do not need to leave until 11am tomorrow so will get some PJ time in the morning :blush: Just 45 minutes left!! (Can you tell I need to escape!! :smiley: )

@tinkerbellang83 Congrats on reaching the 1/2 way point... Amazing loss this week too! @beerfoamy I'm hoping for a relaxing weekend... Just the one football match tomorrow, really need to do some cleaning and ironing. 3 full laundry racks to deal with and 2 baskets to get washed... I was very low on motivation this week!…

I'm in Sligo... it really is beautiful here when the weather is half decent, unfortunately we are nearly always included in the Status Orange weather alerts!! This week has bee particularly miserable weather wise!

Ha Ha!! That's given me a giggle!!! Almost home time and it's LASHING outside.... At times like this I really wish I lived in Spain!! On an aside I just got text from the wee woman and they got free lunch in the canteen so didn't need money, or lunch!! But they did use the pens and notebooks, lol!!

Hi all... happy to be approaching the end of the week!! Trend app had me down 0.3lb for the week... slow going as I had hoped to go 1lb per week until end of Feb. But I haven't had much exercise this week with all the crap weather! Think I'll need to start hitting the gym at lunch break next week as I need to get moving to…

Lol, they're not actually cakey... quite similar to penguins, but the biscuit is crispier and the filling creamier! They are just divine! But I have decided to share and will be bringing some to the canteen later!! (It's just myself and my boss in my section so I could keep them all to myself if I wanted!!) Hhhmmmmmm And…

OMG, feels like armageddon on the Irish north west coast! Haven't had a decent walk in days and was really psyched up to go out at lunch today but the hail is falling horizontally! And my boss is just back from Australia and I can't resist the Tim Tams!!! One just isn't enough... Someone please give me a kick in the rear!!!

Yayyy finally have all the Christmas decorations boxed up and ready to be put away! Now to get my hubby to put them in the attic! I'm too pooped to even consider it! Think I may be coming down with something, really hope not, I can't afford to be sick at the moment

You gotta try the Aldi Thai style prawn fish cakes!! Only around 250 kCal, delish and filling!! I cook all week so often have these on Friday night cos the kids love them too! No matter how I try I can never make decent fish cakes! And I would consider myself a good cook! As for weekend plans... I am jealous of you guys…

I weigh the pack, use what I want, reweigh the pack and subtract... then I log the amount of grams I've had! This works particularly well with cream cheese, peanut butter, spreads etc... but works for nuts, crisps and snacks equally well

I used to do something similar to this at the beginning, like I would cook a pot of potatos that I had pre-weighed, add a measured quantity of butter and milk and mash and weigh, then weigh the portions. After a while I got pretty good at guestimating the portions... I still meticulously weigh occasionally to keep myself…

I generally cook from scratch and work out the entire calorie content of the meal... my hubbie eats a large portion of dinner, my daughter (12) and 2 boys (10 and 8) eat similar size portions, a bit less than me. I normally allocate 1/4 of the meals calories for myself. I used to try and make sure I had some excess…

I have 3 kids so our food bill is normally scary!! I'd love some free food :)

I really like this! So I am making a promise to myself to do this for the next 4 weeks! Hopefully by then it will be a habit and I will continue!