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@rpmtnbkr - welcome! Shy - so sorry to hear about the basement - what an unfortunate way to end up doing your washing! Glad that you got through the funeral ok and had some fun stuff to do the following day. Alistair fine and back at nursery thank heavens - to be honest, he wasn't sick, he had overdosed on grapes for his…

Jen - blanket update above as requested :smiley: I think you are right - sometimes our bodies do need a big day - just to take the pressure off the logging and do a bit of a reset. Rachel - well done with the skating progress, I am so clumsy and uncoordinated with that kind of thing so I have great admiration for people…

As requested - visual blanket update!

@novten82 - welcome! And NSV is non scale victory - something that shows your weight loss/healthy living progress without being purely a number on the scale! Shy - hang in there girl, you've had a tough week with the death of your friend. Focus on the small stuff like you said - the water, the steps and then reset yourself…

Morning all - sorry for my absence, life is running away with me at the moment. Spent the weekend up north with my husbands family - lots of fun but it's a 4-5 hour drive so somewhat tiring and it's good to be home! @gemwolf110 - gorgeous photos, she looks a real sweetie :) Jen - I'll have a look at that challenge group…

@Rich180k - welcome - good to have you with us on this climb to the top. Nicole - glad the knee is feeling better. Did you get to go shopping for jeans? Rachel - well done for sticking with the skating - safe falling is definitely a good skill to have but I suspect you are much more capable than you give yourself credit…

Morning all and sorry for my silence/absence over the last few days - when did life get to be so busy?! Joy - your Monday made me smile, we've all had days where we just want to go back to bed and give up on the day! Good luck with the Thanksgiving meal - I know exactly what you mean about recommiting and then something…

@BReallyYou, @roblesl65 and @chamberlainsamantha46 - welcome :) Joy - welcome back, we were concerned about you! Sorry to hear about all the ill health - well done for avoiding it so far. I sympathise on the 'pity party' and stress eating - it is so easy to do and it can't be easy having your 21 year old back when you'd…

blimey - you guys have had busy weekends, I started to feel tired just reading about it all! Fairly quiet one with us - swimming and dinner with friends on Saturday - we got about 40 minutes into the film, started talking and never got back to the film - nice though! Jen: we fed the ducks on Sunday :) Will catch up with…

Shy - hope the party goes well - have fun! Rachel - sorry to hear about the flooding - such a horrible thing to have to deal with. Hope you aren't having to repair too much damage. Nicole - so sorry you are having such a difficult time. I can't imagine how you must be feeling having lost someone that you clearly loved (and…

Shy - wow, I felt tired just reading about your week - on the plus side, you may not be getting a formal workout but you are certainly keeping moving naturally. Happy Birthday for yesterday! Rachel - hope the pole dancing class went well and that you met some nice people there. Jen - good work avoiding the Snickers bar.…

Shy - it's only Tuesday and already I have enough targets that my keyboard could claim overwork with the 'co-worker beating'! It doesn't help that I've had about 2 hours sleep - husband stressing about something at work and tossing and turning all night (eventually I went and curled up on the sofa as I' - so I'm shattered…

@lorimccarvel and @shirleymut - welcome! Jen - you may not make it quite to goal but you've made awesome progress in my opinion - where are you going on vacation? Shy - Eating back my exercise calories is something of a problem for me as well - I know all the things about people saying you shouldn't eat back more than…

Joy - don't apologise, there is a part of me that also laughs about it, particularly the thought of him scampering off to hide once he'd done it!! But in seriousness, books from the library is an interesting option - we talk to him a lot and we also read to him a lot so I think that tackling it in a way that he relates to…

@bluepoppies777 - I hear you about the plateau. I have this conversation with myself where, full of enthusiasm and good intent, I tell myself that I've got this. Then by the end of the day I look at my diary and realise that I really don't have this and I certainly don't have the discipline. One thing I have to do is get…

@wishfuljune - good to see you back :). I agree with @health_guard about mixing up the exercise a bit - I'm no expert but I do think that mixing it up helps as I find my body settles if I do the same thing for too long. I do hear you on the plateaus - I think I'm stuck on one at the moment and it is tough to get out. I'm…

Shy - seriously, that sounds like a truly hectic and busy few days if really nice. Sounds like you had a lot of fun! And yes please to some apple pie :) @health_guard - sorry to hear about the sleeping in, I did it earlier this week and it really throws my day out. At least you have an understanding work! Rachel - snuggled…

@turtlemama68 - welcome! There is no group as such - just this thread full of supportive people. Come back, post often - your successes, your slip ups, what's going on in your life etc etc. Probably the easiest way to keep track of the thread is to save the link to your favourites or you can bookmark it (click the little…

Blanket progress!

Joy - a number of people are warning me about the teen years, I'm glad at this point that I have a long time to go to get there! We have Calpol in this country which is great for teething pain, fevers etc so we always have a stock of that in the house. We did better last night - no tears in the period between getting him…

Cari - so sorry to hear about the job, you are right - the universe has a warped sense of humour sometimes. I know this is easy to say but hopefully you can use it as an opportunity - I was made redundant years ago and, gutted as I was at the time, in hindsight it was the best thing that could have happened to me. And…

@want8me9bk - yep, we've got a touch of autumn in the air and I love it - it's been too hot round here recently and I don't react well to excessive heat! Well, I survived my first day back at work and cleared down a load of the e-mails. Now to do some of the work that has come out of all those e-mails! Working from home…

@1AmandaBeaulne1 - welcome! Keep at it - I know it's hard to hear but 10lbs in two months really is good - remember, it takes us a long time to put this weight on, it can't just come off overnight, much as we want it to! @ShyCush6 - glad day 1 of school went ok. I hate those slow work days where the snacks just seem so…

@bluepoppies777 - what a fab sounding weekend (and indeed summer) you sound like you are having. Jealous of your younger son going to Banff - we visited in the winter of 2007 as part of our honeymoon and had an absolute blast - it's such a gorgeous area. Enjoy your weekend off - your 21 year old can definitely fend for…

@FitEqualsSmile - I too have a dentist appointment tomorrow which I'm going to have to move. I hate the dentist with a passion. In a way I'm glad the Olympics are done - I love them but I was feeling so awful last week that I spent most of the time draped on the sofa watching them - by the weekend, I was definitely feeling…

Hi all - well I'm back, kind off! Feeling a whole lot healthier than I did last week although still coughing too much. Finishing off my round of antibiotics and back at work this morning trying to catch up with everything that happened last week - how can one week generate so much work?? Cari - what a great photograph! The…

@ngolden3320 - sounds like you are having a shocker with this new system. Sounds similar to a setup we've got at work at the moment - new system (all singing all dancing really good once it works properly!) however it's a long way from working properly at the moment and is just causing more work and grief than it is…

Have a good week all!

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Hi all, sorry to have been missing in action but having felt generally under the weather last week by last night I think it's turned into full on flu