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[SB2015]

Good morning all. I thought I’d better start posting in here daily again as I have been so lax at taking any readings or managing my diabetes since birthing Eris. She’s 8 weeks old now and I said I was giving myself a couple of weeks after she was born to just enjoy eating whatever I wanted or needed but that’s extended way beyond what I intended and the weight is creeping up again too.
I can’t go back to how I was so I need to start making an effort again before everything gets out of control.

So I’m reporting a morning reading of 6.1. Not too bad for a waking reading without the nighttime insulin. I came off the insulin as soon as Eris was born as per consultant orders.

I’m going to try to start meal planning and get back to my pre pregnancy diet and weight. Please can you all hold me accountable and make sure I stay active on here?

Lovely to hear from you again @merrymunky
I am bit delayed as I missed yesterday, and have just seen the fabulous photos.
What a smiler. And Eris as well.

 

[Lanny]

Why do the ironing when those alternatives are available!!

I quite agree! I’ve always hated ironing & always buy clothes that either don’t need ironing or minimum ironing: a MUST when I was working in the family restaurant; short sleeve dress & longline jacket, more or less the same length as dress, were from a company that makes professional hotel/restaurant uniforms with teflon & didn’t need ironing at all it also, repelled stains if wiped off quickly enough!

 

[SB2015]

I quite agree! I’ve always hated ironing & always buy clothes that either don’t need ironing or minimum ironing: a MUST when I was working in the family restaurant; short sleeve dress & longline jacket, more or less the same length as dress, were from a company that makes professional hotel/restaurant uniforms with teflon & didn’t need ironing at all it also, repelled stains if wiped off quickly enough!

From the start we have had our own ironing baskets. I use the sit on it technique where possible, but still like a crisp cotton shirt ironed. As a child I used to get paid by my older brothers to do their ironing. My rates were fair!

 

[eggyg]

@Lanny and @SB2015 I don’t mind ironing, I do it every Friday and it only usually takes an hour. Since we retired I don’t have any work shirts, Mr Eggy wore a clean one everyday, and as we aren’t going anywhere at the moment there’s nothing difficult to iron, ie dress shirts etc, although this week I do have a tablecloth!

 

[eggyg]

6.2 this morning. I don’t know but might have something to do with the mini cheesecake I had last night

I didn’t have cheesecake and inject insulin and was 6.5! I’d be happy with 6.2. 🙂

 

[SB2015]

@Lanny and @SB2015 I don’t mind ironing, I do it every Friday and it only usually takes an hour. Since we retired I don’t have any work shirts, Mr Eggy wore a clean one everyday, and as we aren’t going anywhere at the moment there’s nothing difficult to iron, ie dress shirts etc, although this week I do have a tablecloth!

We still have pure cotton white sheets and quilt cover. It is lovely to have the crisp cotton ironed bed linen to sleep under. The ironing is on my list of jobs. I don’t mind doing it, but against chocolate and my book I know what would win.

 

[Lanny]

We still have pure cotton white sheets and quilt cover. It is lovely to have the crisp cotton ironed bed linen to sleep under. The ironing is on my list of jobs. I don’t mind doing it, but against chocolate and my book I know what would win.

I sleep in 100% high thread count Egyptian bedding & I have to admit they always look creased, especially having been slept in, but, I don’t really care about the look: it’s the feel, for me, &, shush don’t tell anyone, I sleep in my birthday suit to take full advantage of that feel; expensive personal indulgence that’s SO worth it & might as well get the full advantage, right? 🙄😉

 

[ColinUK]

I didn’t have cheesecake and inject insulin and was 6.5! I’d be happy with 6.2. 🙂

I’m having curry tonight. With konjac rice. Easing up on the diet for a few days to just take a break and regroup before going full steam ahead for the next few kilos.

(Only really easing up as I’m waiting for my next order of Exante shakes to arrive - rationing the remaining ones so as not to run out.)

 

[ColinUK]

I sleep in 100% high thread count Egyptian bedding & I have to admit they always look creased, especially having been slept in, but, I don’t really care about the look: it’s the feel, for me, &, shush don’t tell anyone, I sleep in my birthday suit to take full advantage of that feel; expensive personal indulgence that’s SO worth it & might as well get the full advantage, right? 🙄😉

I quite enjoy ironing. Although I don’t really bother ironing anything these days. All of my formal shirts are non-iron and really are non-iron - just take them out of the washing machine, pop them on hangers and let them dry and they dry without the need for even a tiny press. Bed linen is a high count cotton that also doesn’t need ironing at all if it’s tumbled at a low heat.
I did the first ironing in at least six months last week, just loads of white T-shirts. They were fine without but a quick once over and they’re soft as anything.

I don’t even possess a full-size ironing board anymore but just have a little tabletop one.

I do still make sure I iron in front of the telly though. And if I did have a tonne of it to do then I’d do it sitting down as that’s how I was taught!

 

[ColinUK]

@Lanny do you iron your birthday suit though?!

 

[miguel81]

Reminds me of a joke. An 80 year old Duchess, at a formal ball, decided to streak through the ballroom. Two elderly men watched and one said 'was that the Duchess? The other said yes, the first man said 'what was she wearing?' the other said 'I don't know,but whatever it was it needed a bloody good ironing'.

 

[Lanny]

You 2, @ColinUK & @Michael12421 , made me so much! 😛😎😉

 

[eggyg]

I’m having curry tonight. With konjac rice. Easing up on the diet for a few days to just take a break and regroup before going full steam ahead for the next few kilos.

(Only really easing up as I’m waiting for my next order of Exante shakes to arrive - rationing the remaining ones so as not to run out.)

Never heard of konjac rice. I adore curries and spicy food and love rice but always struggle to get my insulin dose correct for it. But I still keep trying!
I think sometimes it’s good to take a break from dieting, my middle daughter has lost 4 stone since January, calorie counting and lots of walking, but she gives herself a break on a weekend. We’re very proud of her. It was for her sadly postponed wedding which should have been two weeks today. It’s re booked for April now. She only has about 7lbs left to lose. Then the hard bit, keeping it off, that’s always been my problem. I decided about 7/8 years to stop dieting altogether and I have remained almost the same weight since. I could do with losing about a stone but can’t be bothered. 🙂

 

[ColinUK]

@eggyg Konjac rice is like konjac noodles (which obviously doesn’t help that much as I’m assuming you’ve not heard of that either!) but shorter.
They’re made of konjac flour which is zero carb and almost zero calories.
It’s Japanese in origin and is called ‘shiritaki’
They sell it in all the big supermarkets these days. Sometimes it’s packed in water and other times not. It needs rinsing to get rid of the hideously fishy smell (which is actually lime water not fish) and then dry frying before being used to replace pasta or rice.

https://www.barenakedfoods.co.uk/

 

[freesia]

Morning

@SueEK I will phone if I ever get the time to but it isn't going to be easy, between fitting in with everyone else and Bubbles I really only have the time I test and inject to myself or 10pm-6am lol

@freesia I get time to test and inject so folk think that's all I need, even though they know how I'm feeling they always seem to manage to make me feel worse, my mum has suffered depression so you'd think she'd at least try and be a bit more understanding but no

Anyways 6.5 for me today, with grandad being allowed in again its stressed me out more and pushed my anxiety levels even higher but hey ho, mums comfortable with it so my thoughts and feelings don't get taken into consideration

Have a nice day and stay safe
xx

@Kaylz, make a list of things you need to do and put yourself at the top. Sometimes, we need to be selfish though i know thats easy to say and hard to do. I also know that people can make you feel bad about it but i've got to the point of thinking "you're not in my body, you don't know" and i now take no notice. Be safe, ring or chase GP for help and i really hope you have a better day todau x

 

[Bexlee]

4.2 this morning.
Lazy day ...... F1 is back again 🙂

Good to see you back posting @merrymunky.

Hope you shoulder is feeling better @eggyg

Take time for yourself @Kaylz hard to do I know but you need to try......Selfish is good sometimes.

 

[SB2015]

I sleep in 100% high thread count Egyptian bedding & I have to admit they always look creased, especially having been slept in, but, I don’t really care about the look: it’s the feel, for me, &, shush don’t tell anyone, I sleep in my birthday suit to take full advantage of that feel; expensive personal indulgence that’s SO worth it & might as well get the full advantage, right? 🙄😉

Absolutely agree.

 

[Snowwy]

Well yesterday would have been the start of our 2 week cruise around the Aegean sea sadly not happening so we have decided to do a 'virtual' cruise instead! Each day we check the map and the itinerary to see where we would have been and print a picture. We started in Corfu town and today was a sea day... look out for the photos and don't get seasick!

 

[SB2015]

Aaaaaagh. D is definitely not behaving again.

Having had a few hypos over the past few days, I had been reducing my basal insulin gradually and during the day a normal rate was working. Woken up feeling rubbish to find I have had a steady rise overnight to 13. This is getting VERY frustrating and I feel like having a whinge. But as will go and make a cuppa first and see how I feel then.

 

[SB2015]

Never heard of konjac rice. I adore curries and spicy food and love rice but always struggle to get my insulin dose correct for it. But I still keep trying!
I think sometimes it’s good to take a break from dieting, my middle daughter has lost 4 stone since January, calorie counting and lots of walking, but she gives herself a break on a weekend. We’re very proud of her. It was for her sadly postponed wedding which should have been two weeks today. It’s re booked for April now. She only has about 7lbs left to lose. Then the hard bit, keeping it off, that’s always been my problem. I decided about 7/8 years to stop dieting altogether and I have remained almost the same weight since. I could do with losing about a stone but can’t be bothered. 🙂

Your daughter will definitely have a good reason to make sure that the weight stays off. She will want the dress to fit next April. Sounds like she has a sensible approach and good support.