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Evening/Morning Crackers! I've got to start getting to bed earlier! Hurrah that you finally made contact with Bracken and that all is well with her and I'm very impressed too about the exercise room! I look forward to her return. Well not a lot to report here. I was working this morning preparing potatoes. I then spent the…

Thank you! I've stepped on the scales again this morning just to double check this wasn't all a dream!

I've just realised what it is I love about your photo - it's the hedges which you don't see in my part of the world, it's all open fields/hillsides/mountains with no boundaries.

Good Evening/Morning! Well I don't know why but my weight loss is not showing up on my feed!!!!! Where do I complain?! However early yesterday morning, I could be found moving my scales around the bedroom floor as I couldn't believe I had lost 2.6 pounds!!! Me! But it didn't matter where I positioned them it kept coming up…

Good Evening Crackers, I've just lost my post! However well done LMV that is excellent news - I'm so pleased for you! I had just been saying (before it disappeared) that either I've stretched my exercise outfit or the workouts are actually working because after 3 weeks, I no longer look such a fright if I catch sight of my…

Afternoon Crackers, Well I'm just having a late lunch as I've been squashing potatoes all morning. No need to feel guilty on my account LMV when we are actually 'working' I just sit all day and the only thing that moves is my fingers! So if you were knitting I'm sure your hands were working just as hard! And what a ghastly…

Evening Crackers, Steps 9,668 without a walk or max (but I too have done my quota for this week) it was 6 hours solid in the garden raking and cutting. You know how you said you were sick of apples - I'm sick of leaves! Living in a religious area the one good thing is Sunday is a day of rest. There is certainly no…

In my rage (maybe because my husband is called Andreas and I call him Andy) I see I typed Angie instead of Andy! Apologies.

Evening Crackers, I have calmed down! But I just wanted to let you know against my better judgement I rescued the coffee machine as the husband was so adamant he could mend it, since it was just a part (rubbish) but the microwave still went. I believe that is called compromise! However I was equally adamant it was not…

Afternoon Crackers, Well if there was ice-cream in the house I'd probably eat the whole tub right this moment! But fortunately there isn't so it was 2 biscuits and a couple of spoonfuls of yogurt to sooth my frazzled nerves!! It's the bi yearly collection HOUR in our village for electrical items, old medicine and paint…

CORRECTION - I just looked at my chart and I actually hit 9.11 for a week in May of this year tut tut but the last time I was 10 stone was April 2015.

Good Evening Crackers, Yesterday I managed 12,235 steps and I did fit in a max, walk but I didn't rake many leaves. Today I only did 8,909 steps as I didn't go for a walk, but I did max and I've raked and raked and raked... Having just finished work (schlipfkrapfen) once I've cleared up I always have an evening snack! If…

Morning Crackers, Well done LMV - so pleased for you and now you are up and running again - not literally! I gained 0.6lb which I'm happy to accept as I did not have my dieting head on most of last week, so I've got away lightly - literally! Fingers crossed third time lucky with Bracken. I have a busy day ahead of…

Very Early Morning Crackers, I'm just off to bed but a quick pop in... LMV I'm so pleased that you 'quite enjoyed' the max! There is nothing to dislike - no nasty Jillian! I too like the fact there is a normal class doing it of all shapes and sizes although if you watch carefully there are some who disappear... But they…

Evening Crackers, Well I've had a productive day; steps 14,531 and I did a 'max' in the afternoon as I knew I was working tonight. How has everyone else been? Be good Crackers!

Evening Crackers, Friday as I suspected would be the case was not a 'fun' day. I spent many an hour cutting peppers in half making sure each half had half a stem attached... and then scooping every single pip out.... That was easy compared to scooping with an ice-cream scoop too many mounds of this 'mixture' made with the…

P.S. As Black Friday marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the USA I thought I would just add there are 72 days until Christmas!!! I know far too early to mention the C word!

Evening Crackers, A very quick pop in - where has the day gone to?! LMV - Simon Rogan was born in Southampton (he escaped too!) and started his career at 17 as an apprentice in the New Forest at Rhinefield House. I worked as a receptionist aged 18 at the Forest Park Hotel next door at the same time although our paths did…

Evening Crackers, I have a confession to make - I still have NOT 'maxed out' this week so I'm looking forward to you returning and joining me LMV! I'm blaming the beautiful autumnal weather we are experiencing, as I've been out in the garden working very hard as there is still so much to do before winter and then after…

Evening Crackers, Have a super break LMV. Hope you have good weather and get to do plenty of hill walking to burn off any excess calories - champagne drinking that may come your way... I'm assuming you are not attending a WW class this week for a weigh in. I've been in the garden again today chopping bushes and then I…

Evening Crackers, Up until lunch time as we were working and I was sat, I hadn't done more than 200 steps however in the afternoon the husband did indeed drag me around the village and yes climbing up the hill behind us was hard work. I could tell I hadn't done that for 3 months puff puff - use it or lose it springs to…

Evening Crackers, Well done BM on your fantastic weight loss are you still online with Slimming World? An absolutely beautiful day here so as the husband was doing a wedding, I spent the afternoon out in the garden working. I cut the grass hopefully for the last time this year and then set about clearing the leaves which…

Evening Crackers, LMV I'm not surprised the cake went down well! We too have apples coming out of our ears. I pick up a bucket load daily which the husband then takes to work to cook and those we've yet to pick, we will store in trays in the basement for cooking over the winter months. I forgot to put my pedometer on again…

Evening Crackers! Oh LMV that looks absolutely delicious! I'm not sure I could be trusted to stop at one slice. I have spent today working out in the garden as there is much to do, so I did very little walking but lots of raking. That is a brilliant step count for day 1 what is your daily aim? This evening I cut the labels…

Good Evening Crackers! According to Beck 'It doesn't take that much time to actually do everything, what does take time is how long you spend deciding to do it.' So LMV I think you just got a 10/10 and now that you've drawn the line, faced the scales, booked your flight tickets there should be no stopping you! I confess I…

Evening Crackers! Just quickly checking in to report, I have returned from the UK and what a treat to discover LMV you have navigated your way back to us! Do join Weightwatchers if that is what it takes to get you back on the straight and narrow again and weighing in weekly. I am eager for an exercise partner to help…

I'm off to the UK today for 2 weeks back 2nd October.

Afternoon Crackers (hopefully Bracken will return) Well summer is officially OVER 22nd September and I for one will be glad to see the back of it this year! I am finally back at my target weight - after a summer of stress and final straw, after the washing machine flooding and the pipes then flooding downstairs in the…

Well I would find it such a shame if our little group were to end after 5 lovely years together?! Deborah, I suspected you were on your 'annual endurance' test, as I noticed you were not logging in so I was just waiting for your return after the summer break, as is hopefully Bracken. Sadly my summer has also been an…

Good Evening Crackers! There is a huge storm fast approaching from Italy which I shall try my very best to outrun as I want to quickly post before I leave for the UK again tomorrow. Bracken lovely as always to hear your news and congratulations on your fantastic 6 pound loss. I do hope you are able to feel and see the…