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Well done Bracken, great start, especially in your cold weather! You must have posted while I was writing my post. Hope you and Nellie enjoyed your walk xx

First official day of the step challenge so I went for a walk down to the salt marsh and then back up the hill. Combined with the other running around I've done today, my step total at 10.00pm is 10,195. I'm exceedingly pleased with that, 20% of my weekly target already. I also have quite a long walk planned for Monday.…

ps BM, somewhere you made reference to coming home because your daughter is expecting a baby. I keep forgetting to say "Llongyfarchiadau" xx

Hello Crackers, I have enjoyed reading all the posts. Bracken, your comments about different types of diet and emotional eating put me in mind of a series of three programmes which the BBC put on this time last year. They looked at different eating patterns and then suggested a method of dieting which might be appropriate.…

Well, having worn my pedometer I did 9307 on Tuesday and so far today 4328, but I have spent most of it in the car after being away for a couple of days. Glad to be home and let the battle of the bulge commence tomorrow. Le's go for it! xx

2016 January Step Challenge I have been thinking about what is achievable for me this month. I know that 10,000 steps a day is what is recommended, but looking at my diary, I already have two further trips to London this month as well as other commitments so I'm not sure if I can mange that. I am therefore setting myself…

Hello Crackers, New Year's Day is over and I have been in a reflective mood. After all the distractions and low points of last year I am increasingly ready to make an assault on all the weight that has crept back on and to build more exercise back into my life. I know that sweeping promises made at New Year are usually…

Hello Crackers, As I write this yet more rain is lashing down. I have never known so much water and the pictures and stories of those in the floods are truly heartbreaking. Homes and businesses ruined, treasured possessions gone, people in despair.......but heartwarming stories of help being offered too. Parts of the…

The picture above is my Shaun the Sheep Starbake figurine. The picture below is me and Chris with Buttercup xx

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Bracken, sounds like you had a very full Christmas with lots of family! I think if you have a really big family as you do, it is sometimes easier than a smaller family where there is nowhere to "hide" if one member is irritating you! If you are going to check out Shaun the Sheep, Google Shaun the Sheep Starbake. This one…

Hello Crackers, Belated Merry Christmas to you all. We had a very busy time pre Christmas dashing around the country. As we knew FiL would be in hospital over Christmas and that we would need to be here to visit we asked my family to come to us. It was all agreed some time ago but then my Father decided he would rather…

Hello Crackers, Long, long time no see/speak, but having finally worked out my username and password I'm so thrilled to find you all still here. It's been well over a year since I last logged on and I'm not sure where the time has gone. 2015 has not been a good year for us. My FiL is unwell and has basically been in…

No shredding for me this week. My cold returned and I spent another two days in bed feeling really grotty. On the mend again now and hope to pick up shredding again next week. Hope you are feeling better MITM xx

Bad luck MITM. Sounds like the cold I had and then generously shared with my husband. We both found ourselves confined to bed with it too. It's a nasty one. If you have got it, you won't be doing Jillian any time soon. Look after yourself. Day 4 - done xx

Morning Shredders, Day 3 - done Jillian is starting to irritate me again already. I hate the fact at she can't count and tells you there are a couple left and then 10 moves later says "just two more" I hate that I can't trust what she says. Still, now that I've remembered how to do all the exercises I think I'll switch the…

Hello Shredders, No need to apologize MITM, we have to do these things when it is practical to do so. Day 2 - done I went to bed early last night and had a really good sleep. I got up and did the shred immediately as I didn't want to risk being too tired later on. I'm now enjoying a lovely bowl of fresh mango for breakfast…

Nhello Shredders, Day 2 - aborted Started the shred but had absolutely no energy so I must still be suffering from the after effects of my cold. I could have carried on in a half-hearted way and ticked day 2, but I didn't see the point in that so I gave up and will have another attempt at day 2 tomorrow xx

Morning Crackers, Poor you BM. This all sounds absolutely horrible and when you are on your own With no one to share it with I'm sure it seems like the end of the world. If I were in your shoes, I think I would go back to Management and ask for a meeting with the "top" person. If you know who the other complainers are then…

Afternoon crackers, Weighed in today and I've dropped 4lbs since I weighed myself 2 weeks ago. Part of that is not eating properly while I've been poorly, but I'm grateful because I know I overdid it on my London week-end with the girls, so if I hadn't been ill I think I would have been registering a gain. MITM, I did…

Hello Shredders, Well it's Oct 1st and time to start my annual shred. Day 1 - done. According to Jillian I am now well on my way to being shredded, but sadly there is a long way to go. I am definitely in much better shape than I was two years ago when I did the shred for the first time. I can manage level 1 quite…

Hello Crackers, Sorry to hear about the homesickness and visitors MITM. I'm sure that 3lbs will come off just as quickly as it appeared once you return to your normal healthy eating. I didn't start the shred today as I'm still not feeling 100%. I'm pretty much over the cold but haven't been out of the house for a week and…

ps BM have you seen that MacMillan are doing a sober October challenge? I'm thinking about doing that too. I think there is a website with details xx

Well hello Crackers! Where has the time gone? I can't believe it is so many months since I was here. Once checking in slips out of your routine there never seems to be the time to fit it back in again. I've had a quick skim of posts and see it's congrats to PB on the job. We all knew the right thing would crop up at the…

Well how strange, you two were talking about me on here and I reappear. I must have felt the vibe! I simply can't understand the concept of a favourite Jillian DVD MITM, they are all torture in my opinion! But well done on getting back to daily exercising. I should be doing it too but I can't quite get beyond thinking…

Hello Crackers, I can't believe I've been absent for so long. I haven't read the posts as I haven't got time at the moment but I will try and catch up soon. I've been really busy and gallivanting around the country. All the partying has resulted in the pound on/pound off syndrome but I was pleased to see that I'm 4.5lb…

Morning Crackers, Weighed in on Wed and was delighted to have list another 3lbs. I think I've already put those 3lbs back on though! Someone who I used to work with who now lives in Sydney was over in the UK for a visit. She came to see us, and although it was only for 24 hours, we crammed a lot in and I ate out for two…

Hello Crackers, I'm fine PB, and I expect BM is busy with her parents and MITM with her schlipstuff. Not sure about Bracken. Like you I have been singing. We have our annual concert coming up in June so we had choir practice last night and tonight. We're singing some fun stuff this time so rehearsals are fun too. I've just…

Hello Crackers, Well, after my week of back to basics I was thrilled to get rid of that 2.5lb gain from last week and to ditch 4.5lbs this week. That's a net 1lb a week loss which I am more than happy with. Bracken you asked what "Back to basics" means for me. I didn't count calories but stuck to lean meat, fruit and veg,…

Hello Crackers, Sorry I haven't been around much. My hand have been full sorting out various issues concerning my FIL. He has agreed to leave London where he has lived all his life and move nearer to us here in Wales. After we planted the seeds he suggested the move himself which was fantastic and he now appears to be…