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Keep me a seat on that bus! :D . Funny that you should mention travel insurance, Snoozie. I was just trying to sort that out last night. I've been through lots of companies, all massively expensive, finally was recommended a company by somebody with serious medical problems, spend forever going through all their questions,…

Hope you're having a fantastic time, Suzy!

Well done on the weight loss! I'm the same age as you and also have long-standing knee problems. I lost about 60lb a few years ago and have kept it off, and I found that the knee pain has got worse over time, regardless of weight. I'm told that menopause can make joint pain worse, so maybe that's the culprit! I have…

Hope you're feeling better now! Maui looks beautiful. Of course you're off hiking rather than sitting on the beach! Have a wonderful time!

Sorry, I'm just checking in again and have missed so much! Happy belated birthday, Gail! I hope you had a lovely day! Thanks for asking about my joint problems: I haven't been too careful with my diet recently, but to be honest, it doesn't seem to have made any difference! You sound incredibly busy. I hope you find what…

Having the motto tattooed on your eating hand - oh, that is so funny! But I have to admit, I did start wondering, what if I wrote it on my eating hand just in the evening when I'm at home? Would it stop me? Lol! I think I'd probably pretend I didn't see it! But seriously, the idea of having a reminder like that every time…

What wonderful news! The wedding looks beautiful - well, done you for organising all that! It must have been lovely for your daughter-in-law to have you as mother of the bride too. I take it Benji isn't here yet? Are they living near you? I'm sorry to hear about your father, especially after losing your mother so recently.…

I'm sorry I missed your post, Suzy. It does sound like you did the right thing by cancelling. It always impresses me how much you do on your outings, and so I think you know when it seems to much for you at that point. I have made the mistake in the past of trying to push and push through tiredness, and just making things…

I hope you have a wonderful trip, Suzy 😀

Well done on your losses, Snoozie and Suzy! Especially with both of you being hungry all week. I wish I could say the same i.e. that I have let myself be hungry without giving in, but I would by lying - lol! But it's encouraging to see you getting results. Thanks for the comments about maintenance. When I say maintenance,…

Snoozie, I can't help laughing about you analysing the pros and cons of those shoes! That is SO like me! In my case, I think it's actually a symptom of mild OCD (it helps me to put a name to it), but like you I have found it has got worse as I've got older. It takes me ages and ages to do any shopping, because I'm like…

I'm just catching up, and this just jumped out at me. SO true, Suzy! I've been relaxing a little recently, and wow, has my weight shot up! And I don't mean pigging out all the time, I just mean more treats, not being so careful. I think the awful truth is that all the effort we put in to "dieting" (or whatever we want to…

Thanks for the encouragement, Gail! I'm still up and down, but at least not completely giving up and eating everything in sight (which is what I'm wanting to do - lol!). Well done on your 10000 steps! You probably do more than that too, when you don't have your phone in hand. Congratulations on your weight, Suzy! I hope…

Just checking in here. I'm experiencing a lack of motivation at the moment. I do feel motivated sometimes, but then it goes and I'm giving in far too much, resulting in edging back up the scale again. I'm getting a feelin of deja vu .... I'm sorry about your non-functioning and painful body parts, Snooozie! Pain is so…

No, can't edit it. Strange. I'm going to be scared to post now! What a commitment!

Thanks for the video and for the recipe website. Odd that MFP is playing up. I'll try to edit this after I post it just to see what happens. I love Italy, but for such a huge trip, you need it to be somewhere you really want to go, Snooozie! And with people you'll get on with - in fact, I think I'd rather go alone than go…

Congratulations on another mountain conquered, Suzy! I love hearing about your hikes - so inspiring! I bet the two pounds is just fluctuation. Enjoy your trip!

Congratulations on the loss, Suzy! And on getting back to your logged weight, Snoozie! My double daily weighing does some a bit obessive, I know ... the reason is that I seemed be getting misreadings on both sets of scales, and I thought I'd try using both for a while and see if one seems more consistent than the other.…

Two pounds is nothing, honestly, and doesn't necessarily reflect on your eating! I often go up and down two pounds from day to day. It's a few years since I've been away from home for any length of time, so I don't know if my old strategies still work, but I used to find it helpful to try to keep eating to mealtimes, and…

I'm so impressed that your gain has given you motivation, Suzy! What a great way to see it! And I agree with Snooozie that it should come off again easily. I weigh daily and although with the fluctuation it looks like I'm losing, I'm noticing an upward trend. I know I've been flitting about recently, and not really…

Great post, thank you! I loved this bit: "You can just be “okay” that you struggle with food. Why you struggle doesn’t matter so much. Change your behavior and the rest will follow." I think it's so true, that sometimes you need to just get on and do whatever it is (not just dieting). That changing your behaviour can lead…

My guess is that those pouches are fortified (like breakfast cereal). Funny that they fortify the cheap ones and not the more expensive ones! Yes, Vitamin C is supposed to help you absorb it (e.g. having veg with meals). Also, animal iron (meat, eggs, etc.) is easier to absorb. And animal iron helps you absorb non-animal…

I hope you get it sorted with the Metformin, Gail. I used to take my medication at 7am and 7pm, then tried 8am and 8pm, trying to fit it in around work and other things. And now I take it when I get up and go to bed, simply because that's when I will remember, and won't double dose because it's part of a routine. But it's…

I'm really pleased about your results, Snooozie! I hope the diet sorts out the anaemia and you don't need any more investigations. Funnily enough, I've just started eating more red meat too. Well, I wasn't eating much meat at all. But I just wanted to make sure I was getting enough B vitamins, and then I thought that red…

I'm a daily weigher too, and I never know if I'm coming or going with the fluctation! I find it best to look at the graph longer term (i.e. at least a month). But I know what you mean about the motivation! So frustrating. Well done on not giving up!

Thank you! And I love the quote! So true!

Well done on the lasagne, Suzy! It's great the way you can keep on track while entertaining and enjoying yourself. I hope the walk went well! The walk was only about 7.5 miles, and a lot of it was fairly level. I think the other women usually do more than 10, and were talking about 26 mile day walks, so I think I was a bit…

The walk went well, but I have to say the pace was a bit fast for me, as I suspected. It turned out that there was very little elevation, but when we went up hill I really felt it! It was a bit frustrating, because it's not as if I'm sedentary - I do walk quite a lot, although I suppose it's almost all on quite level…

Pickleball looks really hard! I don't think I could possibly keep up. Would love to give it a go, though. My weight loss is only fluctation. Still trying to push for a new low, but it's not coming! Time2Lose, I noticed you had lost weight due to illness - how awful for you! I hope you've recovered now. Congratulations on…

Fish is best fresh anyway! I know you're seeing it as a lack of restraint, but what a healthy way to do it! If you're going to overeat on something, then at least you're getting full health benefits for your calories with extra fish! I wish my slip-ups were so healthy. Thank you for the recommendation for socks, Suzy! I…