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Hi everyone. What wonderful posts from you all. Today was our communal Christmas lunch and we had a fabulous time. The food was wonderful and I chose a fillet of Sea Bass which was beautifully cooked and accompanied by some wonderful vegetables. For desert I had a pear poached in red wine with a lemon panacotta. Delicious…

Connie - it's so good to hear that your husband has made such good progress that he is able to find fault with everything!!!! I know from personal experience how frustrating this is but just be glad that he is alive to grumble - thinbk what the alternative could be. Try to keep smiling and get plenty of rest. You need to…

Hi. Have changed my profile picture so that you can see the view from my front door!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Happy weekend, Lushes, make it a good one and Happy Hannakah to anyone celebrating. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Pam xx

Hi. I'm not feeling too sore after the fall, though I am beginning to feel a bit stiff - still, it could be a lot worse. I have changed my profile picture so that you can see the view from my front door. I'll have to post a link to my Facebook page sometime so that you can all get to see some other views of England!! Happy…

Have been trying to be a good neighbour today. Went round the complex to see if any of my senior neighbours needed any essential shopping. While going around the top walkway, which is exposed but which we had gritted yesterday, I found some black ice and went flat on my back.. Fortunately the only damage was to my dignity…

Have been trying to be a good neighbour today. Went round the complex to see if any of my senior neighbours needed any essential shopping. While going around the top walkway, which is exposed but which we had gritted yesterday, I found some black ice and went flat on my back.. Fortunately the only damage was to my dignity…

Hi. Like some of the others I still miss a cigarette with a cup of coffee or a drink but after 9 months since quitting I feel so much better and my skin is looking great. So, I just look in the mirror if I feel like weakening and I am determined not to go back there. On the self imposed weekday booze abstinence - I hit a…

I really feel for you - been there, done that. My first lasted 10 years and then I found the love of my life and we had been married 34 years when he died. Take care and know that there is a big group of people here on this thread who will cheer you on. Pam

Marie, good to read a bit more about you. Where abouts in USA do you live? For the last few years my husband and I took a lot of cruises - he was disabled and in a wheelchair, so a cruise was a very safe holiday for him and much more relaxing for me. We liked Carnival so would visit the States and spend some time…

Hi everyone and thank you all so much for the warm welcome. Just to let you know a bit more about me. My darling husband, Stephen, suffered a massive stroke and died in August 2009. It has been a hard year as I retired just about when he died and then moved home before Christmas last year. However, the move was closer to…

Louise, that is fantastic; well done. I've only had a small loss this challenge - SW 177.6, today 176.6 - so 1lb lost. Still, at least I am still losing and good luck to all the other big losers!!!:smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile:

Marie, many thanks for the warm welcome. My birthday is 12 July. Pam

Hi everyone. Robin, many thanks for the new thread. Karen, really good luck with the quitting and hope the electronic cigarette helps. Like Bobobbin I had a drink last night - a 47 mile drive took me five and a half hours so I really felt as though I needed one!!! Here in the UK we seem to fail miserably coping with a…

Hello everyone. Have been using this site since early September but have not come across this thread before. I'm 62, a widow and I live in the UK. I have lost just over 12lbs since September and find MFP really helps because I can keep track of my calorie intake and the amount of exercise I am taking, as well as having…

That sounds delicious, Robin. I think you needed to let yourself go this holiday. I am sure you will be back on trick with the new week. I had a great day today. Spent the day with my youngest daughter and her family. Ollie, my 18 year old grandson, was home for the weekend and it was great to spend some time with him. He…

Welcome Clive. So sorry for your health scare - it must have alarmed your wife too. Anyway, it is certainly a motivator to give up for the time being. I don't think I had a particular problem but rather that it was turning into a habit to have one drink every night. My weight was creeping up and I realised that along with…

Welcome to you both. I have been using this site since early September and find that the inspiration and motivation provided on the various topics keeps me going. It is good to share the ups, and the downs, with people who have similar goals. It is really great to get encouragement when things are going well but it is even…

Hey, 7kgs in 25 days - you are brilliant!!! :smile: :smile: :smile: I find that I need to allow myself the odd day when I can let go and indulge in one or two treats. Apart from anything else I find that it does my metabolism good to 'shake it up'. It is particularly good if I hit a bit of a plateau even if I am…

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you across the pond. Have not been able to find any pumpkin pie on this side of the water and the only carrot cake I could find was a large one, which I though would be too tempting. So, as an Honorary American, I am celebrating Thanksgiving with a Pecan and Maple Danish. Hopefully tonights…

Karin, that is all so beautiful - a really great time to say Happy Thanksgiving. Live in the moment and enjoy all these wonderful blessings.:smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: Pam

Well said , sunlover, :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Pam

Happy Thanksgiving to all my MFP American friends; haven't been able to find any pumpkin pie on this side of the pond so I will pick up some carrot cake tomorrow to celebrate with you (but I'll skip the alcohol until the weekend). :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Oh yes, half way through the week so that much closer…

Oh Kim; thank heavens she is home safely. One of my daughters really put us through the ringer when she was younger but we now have a fabulous relationship (and have had since she hit her 20s). I have said in the past that, if that was the price I had to pay to have the relationship we have now, I would pay it three times…

Well done, Yvonne, keep it up.:wink: :wink: :wink: Pam

Lots of good luck thoughts coming from me to you, Kim. :smile: :smile: :smile: :smile: Pam

What a fantastic story and WOW what a result; you look fabulous and, as others have said, years younger. Keep up the good work for maintenance if not for more weight loss. You are an amazing inspiration to the rest of us on MFP. Mant thanks. :smile: :smile: :smile: Pam

Hi Lushes. Nearly the end of another weekend here in the UK. Sounds like most of you are having fun, even those with snow!!! Karin - hope Kitty continues to make good progress. Robin - the hot butter rum sounds delicious - think I need the recipe in case we get snow here again this winter!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:…

That's really good news and glad that you have 10 years before the next one. :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink: Pam

Glad to have been of some help. At times like this it is important to just live in the moment and enjoy each second you have with your mother. That was one of my blessings; there were two months between Stephen having his stroke and him dying. We spent every day together and, although his speech was affected by the stroke,…

Sounds like a plan!!!!