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Jen - so sorry to hear about your horrible weekend - sounds like everyone and everything was against you. How old are your younger kids? I dread the days when Alistair is old enough for all that stuff and I have to figure out the right way to deal with everything. Hope yesterday treated you better :) Rachel - as Jen says,…

Lovely thanks Steph - I've joined the group!

Joy - that cat meme was me on Wednesday night - regret nothing, apologise for nothing! @kasey39 - I'm with you on the sodiumlevels. Although I like my chocolate, I will naturally reach for the savoury snacks most of the time. We don't add it to any of the meals that we make so not too much of a problem there but I've had…

Jen - really hope your day (and week) improves from here. I know it's easy to say but really sounds like the mother needs some boundaries applied to her - makes it impossible to get quality time together otherwise. Rachel - I must look into walk at home videos - it might be what I need for my winter working from home days…

Hi - I'm Jane, turning 41 in June. Mum to a busy 2 year old boy and working a full time job. I'm good some of the time so I don't gain but I just can't lose the last bunch of lbs that I want/need to lose. Will add you guys when I'm not working off my phone. And I vote yes to setting up a group

@vickyrose94 - welcome! Come and post often - we are a great, supportive bunch! Shy - looking good for Bentley! Sounds like you had a great weekend and well done on the pants fitting again - great result. Joy - I hear you on the in-laws. My FIL lives 260 miles away and that's good - doesn't offer him the flexibility to…

@CallaLilyNess - snap, I've had my father in law with us all weekend so it's been a busy one! Honestly, I think the diet plans cause more confusion than they resolve - they all have different pros and cons and I've given up with them. I just try now to eat the meals that I like (95% home made) in moderation and leave it at…

@kasey39 - yes definitely! I either can't keep the measure straight and taut enough or I lose track exactly where I measured myself last time so I'm never confiddent that the results are consistent! @melaniedscott - sorry you didn't get the job, but at least you are ok with the outcome. I've been in that situation where I…

Rachel - sounds like a great, if exhausting weekend. Hope you have a good week and enjoy the absence of travel. Nicole - that is one sweet looking pup! What breed? @evamutt - what a great sounding weekend, I'm a sucker for good chocolate cake. Glad the turmeric pills helped and that your back is improved - take it easy…

@jenny5344 - welcome! Come back and post often :) I should take that advice myself right now!! One day, I will get back on track and catch up with everything that is going on here. Not sure what my problem is right now - I started the year so well and it's all just gone to bits as I've lost my focus. Had a lovely few days…

@kasey39 - that's a lot to deal with! As Shy says, check in often - we've got a great group of people here :) Shy - so sorry to hear about the food poisoning - that truly sucks! Missy - well done with the cycle class, bet you felt that afterwards! So, first day of my 4 days off work - woohoo! Shy: lots of nice bits and…

Jen - still here, just winding up work in preparation for a few days off - woohoo! Will catch up properly tomorrow when I have a day to myself

Shy - I hear you about Batman vs Superman. I'm normally quite happy with the super hero movies but that one just didn't do it for me at all! Mind you, I didn't enjoy the last Superman movie - no storyline, just lots of explosions and noise. I have a super hero nut for a husband and I might be starting to get super hero…

Ok - I'm back! Not going to even try and catch up with everything on here - I will just say that you are all doing an awesome job of keeping going and I need to get back to that with you all! Alistair is pox free and back at nursery so normal (ish!) life resumes here for the time being. I've got 4 days at work this week…

Shy - I'm sure you didn't gain the 2lbs in the course of one day, it will be water and sodium. Well done on getting the two workouts in - that's serious dedication. I love carrot cake - so good! Nicole - good walk, hope you got to work the other arm out as well :) Rachael - good for you for turning the whole situation into…

hi all - just a brief stop in to say that I am still here and haven't disappeared off the face of the earth! Alistair has chicken pox (as do most of the kids in his room at nursery!) and my husband and I are embarking on a week of juggling child care and work and itch control! So if I'm not around much, that's why - hope…

@dlites46 - welcome! As @evamutt says, tag the thread with the yellow star then just keep coming back to chat - it's a good place to be! Rachel - good to hear you are feeling better. Sometimes, we just need to stop and take time for ourselves. Nicole - what a lovely gesture from your kids - it's nice to have a night away…

Slightly wonky valentines cupcakes

Jen - quilt update as requested!

afternoon all - just a quick pop in, not had a chance to go through all updates so will get back to that later. I'm having a study day at home - writing an assignment on the differences between coaching and mentoring and how it could work in my organisation. Why did I sign up to do this again???? Got a days holiday…

@tbrain1989 - welcome to the thread! Just jump in and post often. As @jdelaroy says, it's a pretty active post during the week but comes to a shuddering halt at the weekends! Jen - hope you are feeling better today. Alistair did as you say behave fine grandma putting him to bed - managed to keep her reading stories for far…

Rachel - happy birthday - have a lovely day and get back on the horse tomorrow. Birthdays are to be enjoyed :). @JenHul - happy birthday when it comes! Lousy timing for your daughter - hope it goes well for her. And once that's done you can celebrate your birthday - do you have any plans? Jen - will try to upload the…

Rachel - our posts crossed! So sorry to hear that the weekend did not go as planned. I struggled with the self care element in the latter half of last year - too busy looking after everyone else to do anything for me (and indeed my words for this year are self care). I found that I got to a tipping point where I just…

Jen - well done making that decision on the chocolate festival. Fun as it sounds, it would set me back weeks if I wasn't careful. Sounds like you had a really nice day doing other stuff as well. Quilt is going well - I'll take a photo and put it up in the next day or so! Joy - sounds like an incredibly busy weekend - hope…

Rachel - well done, you are seriously hitting it hard on the exercise. Enjoy your evening with nothing planned - I love those times! @pudgy1977 - sorry, you are feeling rough - hope today has been better for you. @laceyslabaugh - welcome! I hear you about the energy of your 2 1/2 year old. My little boy turned 2 in…

@pudgy1977 - glad you had a great Monday and that you are feeling good about this. Happy Wednesday to you! @Myki3012 - welcome! Rachel - that's lousy about the day care for Chance. I hate that he gets tarred with the same brush just because of emotional news stories about the breed. Hope the new place works out for him!…

Too busy, here far too busy and not sure where my day has gone! Hope you all have lovely weekends and I'll catch up properly next week - food diary went out of the window yesterday but hopefully I'm back on track today. Jen - enjoy the family birthday party :)

@Evamutt - I hear you on the evening 'munchies' - there are nights when it takes everything I've got to not reach for bread or chocolate. I find if I keep my hands busy it helps and we are also watching less television in the evenings which also helps as it is easy to sit and eat things whilst watching something on TV. Shy…

@melaniedscott - well done on the loss, you are doing an impressive job keeping active with that cast. I agree on the pizza - we have a little local place that does really good pizza that is very hard to resist but beyond that I only tend to eat pizza that we make at home now. @gemwolf110 - enjoy your vacation and the ice…

Shy - well done for turning down the pizza. Not sure I could have been that strong! Joy - glad you feel like you've found a way to handle the extra calories and feel like you are on track. Your supper sounds yummy - keep doing good things! @HG3185 - welcome! Rachel - glad you are feeling better, enjoy your training day!…