September Dryathlon

Happy Birthday jogginggirl

Are we to gather from the song above that it's your 64th??

Mea culpa, Anya (gulp). And the rest. I'm hoping DGS will deign to have a nap today so that I can get out and walk those calories off.

Happy Birthday, JG!

How are you doing, Ana and anno? (changing the subject).

Bah!

Yep!! That's me - 64 today!! I'm hopefully going to get my steps in early and then eat too much cake and behave badly for the remainder of the day
Thank you Anya and Maggie for birthday wishes
Maggie - you didn't even save one measly strawberry cream - we would have shared wouldn't we Anya lol
Happy Monday X

Happy Birthday jogginggirl

Happy birthday jogginggirl
Have a great day and I've left an extra large box of strawberry creams so that you can share them!!!!!

Happy Birthday jogginggirl!

Well! On Saturday evening I realised I had lost my pedometer!! Somehow it had worked its way out of my bra and disappeared who-knows-where - I've checked the car, the house (even the loos) but it's vanished...

So yesterday I went out and bought another, simpler one, which only counts steps and no faffing about setting your stride distance etc. When I got home around lunchtime I clipped it on to the top of my jeans - I'm not trusting my bra any more - and was amazed to see by the end of the day that I'd done 2,500 just pottering about, taking shopping from car, clean washing upstairs etc. and doing a bit of pruning!

I did check it was accurate by actually counting my steps around the garden, and it tallied with the result on the pedometer, so I am now a bit more optimistic about reaching my goal soon.

I was wondering how accurate a pedometer inside a bra would be Ana - my thinking was, if the bra was good and firm and allowed little 'jiggle' room then you might not be registering your full quota of steps. But if it wasn't very good at the 'stopenzeefloppen' bit and had a high 'jiggle' factor you might get a high false reading

JG I'm not sure I understand the concept of 'sharing' strawberry creams

Anyway I've make a momentous decision. I have a Big Event to attend on November 28th and I plan to wear my velvet trousers which are a tad tight at the moment. Sooooo......

I am forswearing anything with added sugar that comes in a wrapper until then.

My low carb diet is still going well as regards bread, potatoes, rice and pasta but.....the odd chocolate treat (sadly not strawberry creams Maggie) started to creep in and then it sort of escalated. So here goes

Good luck Anya! I know you'll be able to do it.

Re the bra, I'm hoping you're right about the false low reading - I usually wear a sports bra and it is good and tight all right!

iPad almost out of charge so just a quickie.

Done steps, abstained from plonk and sugar

Thanks all for the birthday wishes, I had a lovely day with precious family members - all good

Lona thank you for the strawberry creams, they are yummy, I would like to share them with Anya but she's on this sugar-free lark so she won't mind if I don't I might give one to Maggie if she asks nicely

Steps achieved, birthday wine drunk - dry again now - well until I pop over to France for a couple of weeks - it would be rude not to do a bit of wine-tasting...don't you agree???

There's a lot of talk about bras and false readings etc... I would definitely recommend the Fitbit, it doesn't fall down the loo, get lost in your pants and there's no problem with giggle jiggle factor or the 'stopenzeefloppen' bit (I had to copy that Anya) but well done on the abstinence of plonk and sugar, I'd love to join you but there's still cake.....
You're no quitter and I have every faith in you

Back to normal tomorrow, night night

Well, I'm on one of my 5-2 fast days today, JG, so am not even thinking about strawberry creams (really, I'm not... ).

I have had a very quiet DGS-minding day, and even though I made a special effort to go to the local Co-op while he was napping, and to take him to meet his mum from the train, I've only got up to 3803 steps. I realise this is totally unacceptable and will do better tomorrow. I'm meeting some of my old work team for tea and cakes, so will have to!

Night all.

Hope everyone's had a good day?

Done my steps and now off out with DH and DS for a drink - allowable under my new rules.

4,319 - must start checking earlier, when there's still time/light enough to have a quick jog around the garden!

Getting there though - quietly pleased

Well done everyone - enjoy yourself, Anya!

Does the 5:2 work for you Maggie I quite like the idea of it. Let me know when you're on a strawberry cream day and I'll leave one out for you
Ana - don't stay quietly pleased - shout it from the rooftops

Excellent stepping everyone - even though I haven't been outside the house today, I have still managed my steps - lots of trips up and downstairs - and a dry evening for me

Hope you've had a fun evening Anya

Of to practice Big Red Combine Harvester for the Diva's Harvest Festival tomorrow.....

Crikey, you must have a lot of stairs, jogginggirl!

Hi! Escaped here from A.N.Other thread - my refuge!

Well done Ana excellent, though I hesitate to point out you could use a torch? But WTH you were within spitting distance of your target. Onward and upward, as they (?) say.

JG I did have a fun evening. Though I also had to steer the conversation away from manly boring subjects such as golf, rugby and football. It's nice to have a good old political ding-dong with those who are prepared to listen and concede points.

glances around nervously to check no-one from other threads are lurking

I know the Big Red Combine Harvester song too well as well JG - ALL the verses I've written my own words to one verse, but DD got a tad annoyed when I taught it to DGS!

I though the same Ana (about the stairs)

Just 'hide' on here for a while Anya - there's only a few of us and we're so busy stepping it out and running up and down stairs - we sometimes avoid miss other threads

Just the usual number of stairs - but lots of trips - getting ready for holidays and cleaning the house at the same time

Do share the naughty verse of BRCH - obviously I wouldn't dream of teaching it to the Diva

Would I ...?

Heck, I forgot to sign in last night after my quiz night and the obligatory couple of g & ts. I also had supper at the quiz (chips were involved) and lemon drizzle cake and a Kit Kat whilst putting the world to rights with the girls earlier that day.

Good job I did a bit of brisk walking. Virtuously turning down the lift to my friend's, taking back last week's lovely spotty wellies (too small ) and picking up my M & S end of sale extra 20% off bargains (not tried on yet, but I predict the skinny jeans will be going back next week ). So my target was achieved and I also made up Monday's shortfall, hurrah!

I love my 5:2, Anya. I've been on it for a couple of years, so it's just a way of life now. I lost a stone in the first few months, but now I'm maintaining, by having the 500 calories 2 days a week and pigging out not counting calories on the others. I started it initially because my blood pressure had sneaked up to 139 while my back was turned. It was back under 120 last time it was checked, so seems to have worked for me. It doesn't suit everyone though.

Anya, stay safe . Ana, I have resorted to marching round the coffee table in front of Corrie till I fall down dizzy to make up the last few hundred steps....

Ha ha Maggie - when I first read your post I thought it said you had nearly forgotten to 'sin' last night
I like the 5:2 idea - I find eating a bit of a challenge sometimes because I am on a gluten-free diet and also follow a FODMAP plan - I should look into it...

Steps achieved, packing done - early start tomorrow - France here we come..
I will be stepping and checking in over the next couple of weeks

Be good all

Have a great time jogginggirl!

I have a question - do trampoline jumps count as steps?

I would certainly say so Ana - 10 mins of trampolining apparently burns as many calories as 30 mins jogging...so all good exercise
My GD's a nutcase on a trampoline - can't bear to watch

Had a small unplanned drink tonight because I'm so

What kind of low-life scum, steals from a child's grave?