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  1. Medusa

    Broken Britain was mended today!

    Hence my quotation marks Max. :) I am familiar with Al Murray's alter ego. :p I've pondered on a reply ... really not sure how best to phrase it ... I have absolutely no issue with them having an absolutely wonderful wedding day and I am glad that those who enjoy that sort of occasion enjoyed...
  2. Medusa

    Broken Britain was mended today!

    It did absolutely sod all for "broken Britain" but I'm glad those that like this sort of thing had a good day. :)
  3. Medusa

    A Poll/ celebrating or not ???

    And that "extra funding" is coming from where? Not the Windsors or the Middletons I assume? :D I caught the news highlights. Loved Camilla's hat, thought Kate's dress was very lovely but not jaw dropping - absolutely loved her sister's frock. Don't know who the wean on the balcony was with...
  4. Medusa

    A Poll/ celebrating or not ???

    What numpty on Spanish TV bought that nonsense?!! It's not officially a state occasion as William is not heir apparent. Won't be until his grandmother dies. There's the difference as far as "funding" is concerned. Aside from the fact that I am astounded that anyone should expect the...
  5. Medusa

    A Poll/ celebrating or not ???

    Massive tummy bugs all round here too...:( Kids so far but I'm teetering on the edge of iffy. Just hope I don't succumb as daughter's birthday on 2nd and mates over for a birthday sleepover this Friday. :eek: I love Avebury ... I was in Carnac last summer and it had the same feeling although...
  6. Medusa

    Anyone seen Aunt Bessie's carot and sweded mash in any shops?

    Or you could just make it from carrots and swede from scratch. :D
  7. Medusa

    Trying new foods on holiday/abroad.

    Ostrich is gorgeous ... first tasted it in a backwater French restaurant on a wet Sunday in the Pas de Calais. We didn't recognise what it was on the menu and the waitress said it was "beeeeg cheeecken" complete with flapping arm movements - we were expecting turkey. :D What we had was far...
  8. Medusa

    From 17's to 16's

    Last weigh in I was 17.7 1/2 which is 2 stone down from my start weight in January. But really knocked off kilter these last 2 weeks (an old friend died suddenly and bit of a row with my mum - I tend to look in the fridge for comfort). The long sunny bank holidays aren't helping - not so much...
  9. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    I think she's very disappointed I'm not the daughter she'd like me to be. She would like me to be a touchy feely, bezzie mates type of daughter now I'm older but I can't suddenly become that when I've spent most of my life treading on eggshells around her and even hugging her feels awkward. btw...
  10. Medusa

    this is a tricky one hope some1 can help, advise bout my children and wills

    The thing is you don't have to pay for a will. You can get DIY will kits from Tesco or WH Smith etc...you can even write it out yourself on a plain sheet of paper as long as it's witnessed and you make sure none of the witnesses are beneficiaries. BUT ... I'd only suggest that for the most...
  11. Medusa

    this is a tricky one hope some1 can help, advise bout my children and wills

    CAB shouldn't cost - the charge would be the (usually fixed) solicitors fee. Although in a complicated situation they may charge more. And notwithstanding your wishes the other parent may have rights that contradict your wishes, or even the child's if they are seen as too young. In my case I...
  12. Medusa

    this is a tricky one hope some1 can help, advise bout my children and wills

    Yes, you need to make a will. Are you married to your current partner? Were you married to your son's partner? All this is relevant. Either way in your situation not having a will is foolhardy in the extreme. Get it sorted!! :)
  13. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    Max - I MUCH prefer: They f*** you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were f***ed up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern...
  14. Medusa

    A Poll/ celebrating or not ???

    Well duh...:D Free holiday - I'm not proud. Although the office is shut I admit. But then I'm an aetheist and don't work through Christmas and Easter either. I reason these christian festivities have been unashamedly nicked from pagan festivities so buggrit. :p I'm also a republican so have...
  15. Medusa

    Oh no! What have I done?

    I wish I was built to run...**sigh**
  16. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    Sometimes I wish I could Beth. :( I'm not sentimental about stuff like that - as I've become older I've become far more callous about the negative people in my life. My children already hate her snide little digs at their father (OK he IS a complete arsehole but I've worked hard NOT to have...
  17. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    Not cruel here either just rather self centred. That's why I feel bad griping about it but I barely slept last night I was so wound up and I hate she can do that to me. :( sarah .. thanks hon. Tis just me and the teens and they are with their dad, stepmum and half-siblings for Easter so...
  18. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    :D:D:D I am very like my dad - mum and I have never seen eye to eye really. She has very little self awareness, other than she does very like to be the centre of attention. As long as we can pander to that all is well. She is becoming more and more like her own mother which is scary. I...
  19. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    And yes .. I was upset because I could not make the funeral (distance) and told mum because she knew Alison. I was astounded at her response. OK I didn't expect her to be upset but common courtesy should have prompted a more sympathetic response...:confused: Luckily, I have plenty of friends...
  20. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    Oh she can keep the silent treatment up for weeks!! My dad is currently waiting on heart surgery so has been told to take it easy which is why I hung up more than anything. I knew I was about to explode and he does not need that. I expect she'll have the hump until I apologise for being so...
  21. Medusa

    So excited just booked.......

    Excellent!!! We're off to see Greg Davies next month. Can't wait. :cool:
  22. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    No wonder This Be The Verse is my favourite poem. :rolleyes: She gets away with murder because we all tiptoe around her. Her own mother was a real piece of work and her sister doesn't talk to 2 of her 3 children so it's in the genes. Let's hope I'm more self aware and can filter out any of...
  23. Medusa

    Just hung up on my mother...

    And now all hell will break loose...:( I just reached the point where I knew to carry on the conversation would lead me to explode and say things - well not that I'd regret saying to her but that I knew would cause a complete rift so I said I really could not continue the conversation and hung...
  24. Medusa

    Is there any way to get green peppers to change colour?

    My daughter does that!! Thank goodness for Aldi.
  25. Medusa

    Tomato sauces etc and bad day!

    Naaaah they wouldn't. Do as I say not as I do. :D
  26. Medusa

    Anyone buy wine by the case?

    I take it this is wine to slurp on the day not wine to put down for their 18th or 21st? What is your budget big bear?
  27. Medusa

    Lets get to know more about each other (be nosey!)

    Name - Sue (yes, we're everywhere!!) How old are you? 47 and 10 days. When's your birthday? Take a wild guess. :D Where do you live? South Wales - about 20 mins from the coast and 20 mins from Cardiff. Are you married, single, divorced..? Retired :sigh: Have you any children...
  28. Medusa

    what do we do with a lonely goat

    :o:o:o:o Me too....
  29. Medusa

    what do we do with a lonely goat

    Oh the poor love. :( Can't you bring him indoors for a cwtch?
  30. Medusa

    Rant please re: tax credits/benefits etc

    I think that's called "Welcome to the private sector" :D My father was a civil servant all his life and is totally bemused at the stuff my employers get away with - especially in this economic climate.
  31. Medusa

    Gallstones :(

    :D:D:D Sod's law his APGAR at birth was 8/10 and 5 mins after was 10/10. Little sod was not in any distress at all - and nearly 17 years later he's still taking life at a yawn and an A* :D
  32. Medusa

    Leaving wheelie bins in a layby 24/7 legal?

    What a ****ing *****. :mad::mad::mad::mad: Not sure what this will post as ... language was not the best. :o But very heartfelt...
  33. Medusa

    Gallstones :(

    I have had a general anaesthetic once - my son was an emergency section and the spinal didn't work. I had about 10 mins to get my head around the idea before they stuck the wotsit over my mouth. Boy did I take deep breaths. :D:D It was a no brainer really as we thought my son was in distress...
  34. Medusa

    Ecology or Ecoli??

    Although I do have an electric steamer on a day to day basis I use my non-electric hob steamer. Cleaned and washed everytime. However, I always did empty the water - never occurred to me to re-use the water. :confused:
  35. Medusa

    minimising excess skin/stretch marks

    Mine's not far off. :sigh: It's completely and irredeemably hideous ... I'd love a tummy tuck just to feel normal.
  36. Medusa

    Whats everyone up to tonight?

    Sat at home with a glass of white waiting for daughter to get home from from her night out...fretted all week about her coming home by train - albeit with a big group of mates and this morning she announced a friend's mum has a people carrier that can fit them all in and is able to pick them up...
  37. Medusa

    Last night I dreamt that I was pregnant with Quadruplets..

    Try this website :) An Online Guide To Dream Interpretation At the end of the day dreams are so subjective only you can know which interpretation may be right.
  38. Medusa

    Last night I dreamt that I was pregnant with Quadruplets..

    I often have bizarre and convoluted dreams so love the dream moods website!! Pregnant To dream that you are pregnant, symbolizes an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that is growing and developing. You may not be ready to talk about it or act on it. Being pregnant in...
  39. Medusa

    Blinking blooming pizza blasted hut

    I'm not a big pizza fan but I will make an exception for Bellinis!! Not been to a Pizza Hut for years ... is their salad stuff all creamy sauces? :( I'd just try to go for a basic tomato pasta thing and cross my fingers.
  40. Medusa

    Feeling a bit sorry for myself...

    Wow...I wish I looked as good at 17 stone!! :cool: You're here and you're motivated. xx
  41. Medusa

    Im on telly!!! Right now :)

    Gah...just missed you.
  42. Medusa

    anyone ordered from...?

    Use them loads - as much as, if not more than Amazon. Never had a jot of trouble with delivery. :)
  43. Medusa

    When to draw the line - teenagers.

    IN by 10pm?!!!! I had to beg my parents to be allowed to STAY UP until 10pm when I hit 16. :D They are having the same trouble with their teenage grandchildren now. Great up until puberty but clueless after that. :rolleyes: I couldn't even sneak out. Having said that when I was lumbered...
  44. Medusa

    When to draw the line - teenagers.

    I am very lucky to have two very decent offspring. Not perfect - we have our moments - but I've not had half the worry some of my friends have had. Re: their dad. His two youngest are still very young so he's not yet had the pleasure of raising teenagers on a day to day basis. Roll on another...
  45. Medusa

    When to draw the line - teenagers.

    :D at Happy Holidays... Update .. the beach is off. Weather does not look good. BUT she really does want to catch the train home with her mates so back to square one there. However there are going to be 8-10 of them boys and girls (her usual gang) and they are all good kids by and large, not...
  46. Medusa

    Fish Pedicure

    I took my mum to Year of the Tiger in Cardiff for part of her Xmas gift. She had 15mins of nibbling and a 15 min foot massage for £20 - she adored it. :cool: Lovely place too - staff really great. Year of the Tiger Health Spa, Cardiff, South Wales
  47. Medusa

    Thump

    I so nearly didn't go last week. The weekend before I'd been away and in situations where food choices were dire. I was way over budget synwise and so convinced I'd blown it I didn't want to think about weighing. I was persuaded to go and I lost 3lb. :D But even if I hadn't lost a thing it was...
  48. Medusa

    When to draw the line - teenagers.

    That's my worry tbh. She is a sensible girl but a little dizzy in a way only teenagers are. :D All input welcome guys. :) I have a couple of friends but one is as bad as my folks were and the other completely the other way with her daughter. Yes to mobile. And I have friends numbers...
  49. Medusa

    Thanks Miniminners xx

    :D I think a comment like that is worth at least half a stone!
  50. Medusa

    When to draw the line - teenagers.

    On Friday my daughter has asked to go to the beach with her friends - this will mean taking the train. They then want to go on to a Battle of the Bands concert, catching the last train home at half ten. We live a couple of minutes walk from the station and another friend lives a few doors down...
  51. Medusa

    M&S sarnies and salads...

    Thanks guys...I'll bring my own salad stuff in I think. M&S sarnies may be nice **drools** but I'll be in a meeting so not really able to savour them. I might get funny looks if I start moaning as I chew. :D:D
  52. Medusa

    Im Tired!

    I hope the overtime is worth it!! :eek:
  53. Medusa

    M&S sarnies and salads...

    I thought there might have been some secret syn free option. :D We get precious little perks in this job a free lunch sounded good. :sigh: Oh well, Sue's salad yet again then.
  54. Medusa

    M&S sarnies and salads...

    I have a lunch meeting on Wednesday and being the last of the big spenders :D the office usually get M&S sandwiches in for us. Not had a lunch meeting since I began SW and I'm terrified I'll choose something horrendous by accident. Weight in for me is Thursday so by Wednesday lunchtime every...
  55. Medusa

    Treat time : most likey to break the diet ....

    I'm safe then as I'm in work and access to food is limited. :p My danger period is from when I get home (5.45pm) until supper is ready. I am starving by that time and likely to cram anything down my neck if the wrong mood takes me. :break_diet:
  56. Medusa

    Plans for today?

    Thank you :) xx
  57. Medusa

    sad news

    How terrible. :( Was it suddden or had he been unwell? Take care lovely. xxx
  58. Medusa

    Has anyone else got ugly legs...

    :D:D:D:D
  59. Medusa

    Positive first day!

    Well done!! Why not try one of the blogs here as a way of recording how you feel? Hopefully your enthusiasm will continue as you lose. I've had a few weeks when it's been a pound or half a pound ... and I'm impatient enough to want to lose 5lb every week! But I am looking at this long term...
  60. Medusa

    Plans for today?

    He had karate this evening...**sigh** Just sitting down now with a glass of the red stuff. This has been the most tee-total birthday in years. :D
  61. Medusa

    Not a happy bunny

    As long as neither of you are individually earning over 40k then your child benefit will be OK. :) It might be worth getting a claim form from the Council to see if you can recover the cost if you can identify the pothole that damaged your car and when BUT remember there is no automatic...
  62. Medusa

    Plans for today?

    Dropped son off at his karate grading at half nine - waiting a text from him to collect. I wasn't allowed to stay and cheer. :D I had planned to do my food shopping but gave up waiting for the shop to open by 10.20am and came home where I finished some edging to the paint in daughter's...
  63. Medusa

    Scenic places to go to for a long weekend.

    Well it doesn't take long to fly anywhere in the UK. ;) If you want somewhere quiet and chilled then Pembrokeshire is good. As is mid Wales ... I've mentioned Bruges before. Lovely and chilled there and probably about 3 hours from London. It's about an hour from Calais/Boulogne anyway!
  64. Medusa

    Started work and lunches

    pennypig - I love your avatar!! :D:D I always make my own lunches. I'm not sure how people can afford to buy a salad every day when it costs pence to make. :confused:
  65. Medusa

    Totally depressed....

    my-girl - you have done absolutely the right thing. How easy would it have been to get depressed and seek refuge in the largest bar of chocolate you could find? But you didn't. You decided to take control and do something about it. So this is as bad as it's going to get. Trust me. ;) Three...
  66. Medusa

    Has anyone else got ugly legs...

    When I was a "normal" size my legs were never too bad - it's the family tummy that's the problem. :D I put it down to a lot of swimming. BUT since having my children I have the most awful thread veins. My knee area and ankles are particularly bad. :( So much so I'm pretty much always in...
  67. Medusa

    excitement

    Well there ya go ... I never knew and wondered where they were coming from .:D
  68. Medusa

    My cat died :(

    Oh honey...I am so very sorry. :( xxx I've lost a fair few aged from 15 - 22 years and it just breaks your heart. Not that I'd swap a moment with any of my lovelies.
  69. Medusa

    Feed a cold and starve a fever. True or not ??

    I've also heard "feed a cold TO starve a fever" but either way that doesn't help you does it? :D I think if you are poorly then all bets are off to a certain extent. If your body is demanding scrambled egg or chicken soup then go for it.
  70. Medusa

    Thursday Weighers

    Can anyone join in? :D My Thursday class starts at 7.30pm which is tough as I don't like to eat before I go so am usually starving by the time I get there even though I will have eaten a good lunch. Really dithered about going this evening. I had a tough weekend away with food options...
  71. Medusa

    complaints

    Goodness...I'm not sure. Are there area reps? Have you tried contacting head office?
  72. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    :D:D It'd take a lot believe me. He's the loud, outgoing one. Y'see she really doesn't see she's being rude. When brother met his current partner - some months after he and his wife had split up - she was very anti and often very, very rude to the poor girl. Now they get on really well...
  73. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    http://usermap.minimins.com/ Erm...NattyMo - I'm a guest at a wedding in Ireland in June. :eek: Actually - no. Scratch that. The bride is tall and slim but by no stretch is she an 8. Unless she's lost way too much weight since I saw her last a year ago. :eek:
  74. Medusa

    Jealously from people after weight loss

    You've just reminded me of a junior school teacher - goodness she was a mean minded cow. Everyone was scared of her but when I think back I realise she was just a bitter gin-raddled old spinster (rather like me now then :D). I was a very small, quiet, shy child but I was good with words. I'd...
  75. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    Sometimes I really don't think they register what they say. For years my brother was the one who'd "inherited the good family genes" and having finally gone to uni in his 30's I then had "Well, it's about time. He always felt intimidated about the fact that you'd been and we know he was always...
  76. Medusa

    Jealously from people after weight loss

    Years and years ago I heard one very skinny school mate of mine giggling about another girl (who was about my size - which was normal then) and saying "she's so fat her legs meet at the top". Now aside from total bafflement - I mean wouldn't you fall over if they didn't meet at the top? :D- I...
  77. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    What a shame slim. :( They have noticed you've lost weight I take it? Do you cover yourself up like I do? I took my cardy off in work the other day and two colleagues remarked on how much thinner I looked. Not yet ready enough to risk shedding more l;ayers quite yet though. I had a dire...
  78. Medusa

    Jealously from people after weight loss

    What an insecure *****. :mad: I'd be inclined to say I felt sorry for her...there are whole industries out there to help you look good, diet clubs, health spas, gyms etc ... yet the poor cow will never be able to have a personality transplant.
  79. Medusa

    work/ttc issue help pls

    Are you a union member? Might be worth a chat if you wanted to take it further. Regardless of her comments (which were a breach of confidence) his comments are discriminatory.
  80. Medusa

    what winds you up???

    I loathe celebrity stuff ... my bestie gets Hello and OK and I don't know who half the people are. :D My secret vice was Big Brother and IACGMOOH. But my interest was the social and psychological interaction between the people NOT the awful meedja/celebrity stuff that came to go with it (not...
  81. Medusa

    A sad day for me today

    Oh fillymum ... :( Your little babies. xx Glad they are safe and sound. :)
  82. Medusa

    BBQ ideas for Royal Wedding

    **sigh** My signature bbq dish is mushrooms stuffed with stilton. Hardly syn free. :o Take large field mushrooms and crumble stilton into the open cup. Wrap in foil and shove onto the bbq - delish. My SW class are doing a "royal wedding party" next Thursday. I'll supply something for it to...
  83. Medusa

    Look How they grew.

    I love big dogs ... next door's Otter Hound is a delight but he'd be teeny next to your two!! Gorgeous. :cool:
  84. Medusa

    Quick Query re Birth Control

    Oddly enough I and one friend (both c-section veterans) found it mildly uncomfortable - like a bad period cramp - whereas another friend who'd had 3 "normal" deliveries found it very painful to have fitted. Go figure! I still have the same one fitted from 2003 - but then contraception is not...
  85. Medusa

    Quick Query re Birth Control

    I have the marena coil hon - fitted in 2003 not for contraception but heavy periods. Highly recommended as I've not had one since. :D Friends have had it for contraceptive reasons - it's supposed to be more effective then the pill as antibiotics/upset tummy don't affect it. The marena coil...
  86. Medusa

    Very off-topic: Party in apartment 3...

    My son gave me the link to this bod's blog. He's an Australian living in the US and you may have stumbled across him before. Very very funny. :D Warning - if you have issues with bad language best not read - not his I might add. The people he winds up. :p I'll copy one of his entries but...
  87. Medusa

    Cant wait for my holiday to lovely Devon,anything you looking forward to?

    Our trip to Ireland at half term. A good friend is getting married to a Norn Iron girl on 2nd June so we're travelling to Dublin where we pick up another friend then onto Enniskillen for 3 days of wedding/parties/sightseeing. :cool:
  88. Medusa

    what winds you up???

    I honestly can't remember. :D I do know the DT? (used to be Home Economics not sure what they call it now) teacher has a sign pinned up by her white board saying "Of is not a verb" so it clearly wasn't her! Last parents evening my son's (yr11) English teacher did say rather accusingly "You TELL...
  89. Medusa

    what winds you up???

    Oh no hon ... tell him clearly what it is you're off to do. That will shut him up. :D
  90. Medusa

    what winds you up???

    I know..it IS petty in the big scheme of things but to me it's the verbal equivalent of nails scraping down a blackboard. I once sent a school memo back - corrected - when a teacher did that. :o Bad parent....
  91. Medusa

    Arguments!

    Apparently I'm very like my father. We're both impatient and quick tempered. :D Having said that I will explode - rant for 5 mins - then it's over. He's the same. We don't hang onto an argument. My mother has a slow burning very cold temper that involves weeks of not talking and insists on a...
  92. Medusa

    what winds you up???

    One particular colleague. My father in the front passenger seat. :D People who think "of" is a verb.
  93. Medusa

    GRR-Daily Mail comments...

    I think that may be my ex-husband under an assumed name. :D Seriously ... it's a pretty common mindset. You won't change it as long as skinny bints frequent magazines and all that celebrity gossip crap.
  94. Medusa

    Feet-Eating Fishies!

    Mum had this done at the Year of the Tiger in Cardiff- my Xmas treat. I'd not do shopping centre ones ... YOTT have a quarantine period between treatments and mum loved it. :D
  95. Medusa

    slimming world "saints".....or not??!!

    What she said. :D Come on ... those of us who go to group know the same old same old crowd who lose some gain some week after week after week after week. :rolleyes: And this may be a "support" forum but this is also the Off topic section. Heresy rules I'd have thought...
  96. Medusa

    Banned from Sainsburys...

    :D:D:D:D:D
  97. Medusa

    Zumba for the wii!!!!

    Ooo...I hadn't realised they had Zumba for the Wii. They have a class close by but I still feel too self-conscious. :o That would tide me over.
  98. Medusa

    Minimins Facebookers. Someone off here???

    It allows me to keep up with my teenagers social lives fillymum. :D You can limit the information and what is shown - my privacy settings are quite high. Only those within the circle of trust are allowed in. :D
  99. Medusa

    Leaving wheelie bins in a layby 24/7 legal?

    Good - that means the Council's Highways department are responsible for maintaining it. They have to inspect it every so often and make sure any defects/potholes are repaired. One thing that usually gets the Highway dept moving is a report/complaint by a councillor. Try emailing/phoning your...
  100. Medusa

    Leaving wheelie bins in a layby 24/7 legal?

    If the layby does form part of the adopted highway then you should contact your Council's Highways department. Most have a "complaint" line for reporting potholes etc - use that. If any part of their bins are on your property then you are entirely at liberty to remove them. if they start...
  101. Medusa

    everyone done their census?

    Just finished it online - always last minute. :D
  102. Medusa

    Parking across your drive!

    I have quite a long front drive which will comfortably take two - at a push three - cars as long as they're not too long. My particular bugbear is that it gets used by random drivers to turn around - some cheeky beggar just pulled right onto the drive (I saw the lights and thought we had...
  103. Medusa

    Laser surgery v Contact Lenses

    You should get a free trial. My local optician was more then happy to trial me monthly varifocal lenses after months of daily disposables. I've worn contacts since 1986 - my first paycheque. :) I have specs but they are for at home only. :cool: My daily disposables were causing me trouble...
  104. Medusa

    Parking across your drive!

    You're right Lucia of course and I don't think anyone would begrudge you using it for one instant. :)
  105. Medusa

    what size clothes

    :eek::eek: Really? **wimpers" I so wish. :o Well yes, really I guess. How tall are you? I'm now 17st 7lb (5 foot 6-7") and comfortable in a 22 - occasionally a 20 - but then I am busty and have a nasty baby belly so have to get sizes to fit over the tum and boobs. Even when I was "normal"...
  106. Medusa

    Parking across your drive!

    My dad was a fraud officer for the Benefits Agency (as now called) for many years and some of the stories he recounted made you shake your head in disbelief. :(
  107. Medusa

    Parking across your drive!

    On the parent and child thing - I remember two work colleagues (both without children) getting very riled about those with small children getting special places close to the entrance. I tried to explain it wasn't our fault they were close to the entrance but that what was important was the extra...
  108. Medusa

    Men v Women (clothes sizes)

    Well obviously the higher the number the larger the lady. :p Sizes vary from retailer to retailer as well so you could be say a 16 in one shop and a 14 or an 18 in another. It's all very hit and miss. :o I'd suggest going on the M&S website (for example) and looking at the womens size guide -...
  109. Medusa

    Feeling a bit disillusioned to be honest

    Please don't beat your self up hon. You're still 5 stone down and that's bloody amazing. I feel like a bit of a fraud even commenting as I've only been here a wee while but I do know what it's like to feel out of control and you get to that "Oh sod it, what's the point?" phase where you...
  110. Medusa

    Putting photographs on here?

    I know when I've had trouble in the past I've been able to reduce the size on my photobucket account and they've posted without a problem. Not posted any pics here though...so can't speak about this site. I don't think I've had my pic taken for years. :D Aside from one hideous family photo...
  111. Medusa

    Wedding dresses!

    **nods** I have a posh June wedding in Northern Ireland and last week my brother and OH booked their (2nd time for both) wedding on Xmas Eve. :eek: I've been looking at the Monsoon site for a dress for me to wear to both and mentioned their wedding dresses to my sister-in-law who loves them...
  112. Medusa

    Life is too short!

    Really puts things into perspective doesn't it? :( How awful ... I think as well when it's someone your age it's especially poignant and makes you feel so - well mortal.
  113. Medusa

    saggy skin and how to combat it without the knife!

    If it doesn't sound too personal Shrimpy your puppies look OK in that pic. :D Are you doing the old palms together and pump routine? I've given up - I'm 47 in a couple of weeks and a 38GG. At my thinnest I was a DD. But after 2 kids one of whom breast fed until I insisted she stop well - frankly...
  114. Medusa

    saggy skin and how to combat it without the knife!

    Well he was honest at least... it is bloody hideous. Worse now of course as I still have weight to lose but it won't ever disappear. As you say - if the bloke who fathered my children was so revolted I can only imagine what anyone else would think. :eek: So dating is a complete no-no... And -...
  115. Medusa

    If you had to kill, clean & prepare your own food...

    Seafood - I could do seafood. It can't stare back at me. Otherwise - tofu all the way.
  116. Medusa

    Feeling really sad & low at the moment..AN UPDATE

    Lovely - please go see a doc about any PND. Been there myself and hope you have a decent doc who gives you the support you need. In the meantime - small steps. take each day as it comes and don't beat yourself up if you have an off day. Exercise helps with depression - but don't fret about...
  117. Medusa

    where is everyone from??!!

    My mum is from Fishguard and when I was little and used to stay with my grandparents we used to "swap over" in Whitland as it was halfway. :D
  118. Medusa

    where is everyone from??!!

    It's lovely. :) I now live near Llantrisant - about 15 miles north west of Cardiff where I work.
  119. Medusa

    where is everyone from??!!

    LOL...I do. We lived in Farnham when I was pregnant with son and was booked into Frimley Park hospital. He decided to arrive (this in 1994) during Farnborough Airshow week. :eek: :D
  120. Medusa

    where is everyone from??!!

    Whereabouts hon? I grew up in Burry Port - folks still live there near the harbour. :)
  121. Medusa

    Weekend away all sugestions wanted!

    I've stayed at these apartments twice soccermum. Once in each of the two larger apartments in a big group - last trip was for my dad's 70th. They are really lovely. There is parking too - not too far away. The apartments are about 2 mins from the main square - although as you know in Bruges...
  122. Medusa

    Weekend away all sugestions wanted!

    Not just France - if you don't mind driving Bruges is just an hour on the motorway from Calais/Bolougne. I highly recommend these apartments: De Drie Koningen » Apartments Bruges is lovely - you won't need a car one you're there. Lots of meandering streets, lovely places to eat, canals -...
  123. Medusa

    2 yr old not sleeping in his own bed...

    Maybe he sees the stairgate as another set of cot bars and ones he can't climb over like he did with his cot?? Stick with it though honey - it's tough being a single mum at times like this. You have no-one to play bad cop/good cop with!
  124. Medusa

    saggy skin and how to combat it without the knife!

    Ah well. I won't say it hasn't affected me since the thought of getting my kit off in front of anyone still terrifies me BUT I'd not go back to the sap I was then for all the clotted cream in Devon. :) :cool: xxx applejack - I think it just comes down to lots of tummy cruches and when needs...
  125. Medusa

    juicygooseface and blondee have a question...

    Yeah - those women look like they need the lard sucked in. :D And please tell me - WHAT is the point of this one?! :confused::D http://www.spanx.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10918467&cp=2992555.3010053&parentPage=family
  126. Medusa

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    Just about to finish Wolf Hall - being tightfisted as I am I waited for the paperback. :D I'd heard good and bad reports but I've loved it. Totally engrossing.
  127. Medusa

    What foods can you not have in the house?

    Marmite and proper butter. Luckily my children prefer that processed marg stuff which is eurgh. If I had both together then it'd be slice after slice of fresh bread with lashings of butter and marmite. :o And cakes ... I come over all Margery Dawes when it comes to cake. Especially with...
  128. Medusa

    saggy skin and how to combat it without the knife!

    You can buy Avon online I think Maximus. Then no-one need know. ;)
  129. Medusa

    saggy skin and how to combat it without the knife!

    This is going to sound really depressing applejack but the bottom line is that losing weight and exercise can improve it somewhat but it won't get rid of it. I am speaking from experience. I had 2 c-sections 20 months apart and was left with an awful "baby belly" - really saggy. And stretch...
  130. Medusa

    Tattoo Quotes??

    My brother has a tattoo on his right shoulder that looks like a celtic sign but is actually made up of the initials of his 3 daughters L, C and D). Coincidentally you can also see 2 intertwined A's - he and his OH both have names beginning with A. His OH designed it. I have one on my lower...
  131. Medusa

    Does losing weight mean losing your sense of humour?

    I really hope I can still be the me I've become over these last few years - I don't want to discover thinner me becomes me-lite personality wise. I've worked damn hard to become this much of a pain in the arse. :D Your joke did make me laugh - years ago my mum packed my dad off to the docs as...
  132. Medusa

    Does losing weight mean losing your sense of humour?

    Steal away. :D They're not mine - they belong to Steven Wright. I've not had any barbed comments yet - possibly they're too scared, or it's about time I stopped wearing such baggy clothes. :D Are people more wary about commenting on a woman's weight than a man's I wonder? :confused: Sorry...
  133. Medusa

    Pregnancy age

    I was 29 when I fell pregnant with my son and 30 when he was born. Even at that age my medical notes had me down as a geriatric mother. :D At the NCT classes I attended we were all of an age 28-35 but the few NHS ante-natal classes I went to at Frimley Park hospital I was definately the...
  134. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    And yet regarded as one of the healthiest diets we've ever had Reg. My father was born in 1936 and remembers the taste of his first banana. Sweets were rationed until the early 50's - when my folks were teenagers. My parents cannot abide waste. I usually make a huge pot of bolognese so I...
  135. Medusa

    Parking across your drive!

    Can I have your direct dial? :D
  136. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    Mel :D My 2 are teenagers and yet mum still brings chocolates and cakes and stuff for them when they visit. As if they don't have any of that in the house anyway! When I was a child I always had to finish what was on my plate. Didn't matter if I was full or if it was the kidney beans I...
  137. Medusa

    Does losing weight mean losing your sense of humour?

    I've been thinking a lot about this ... Here's my dilemma. My life turned upside down in 2002 and for the next say - 6-7 years I really went through the mill. It changed me almost completely. These days I am known as a someone who is not intimidated by anyone or anything and who has a...
  138. Medusa

    Money making ideas?

    My brother and his OH are "secret/mystery shoppers" - some pay cash others in kind but that might help?
  139. Medusa

    Parking across your drive!

    Frustrating isn't it? The people who live opposite me had loads of visitors and although they don't park right across my drive they part right opposite it on a narrow road - I can get out eventually but it takes a lot of too-ing and fro-ing in the car. Bung a note on their windscreen - I bet...
  140. Medusa

    What makes you feel slim ??

    Needing a belt to keep my jeans up!
  141. Medusa

    Work rant

    I can't even begin to suggest what's the right thing to do hon. However, what I can say is that burning the candle at both ends makes no difference in real terms. 2010 was a tough year for the team I am part of. We lost 2 colleagues at a time when our caseloads went through the roof. I...
  142. Medusa

    To fringe or not to fringe

    Looks good big bear!!! :cool: You are so lucky you can choose to fringe or not to fringe. I have to fringe - I have this monumental forehead I HAVE to keep covered up. :eek: :D
  143. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    You've not met my mum then ColJack? :D No, one does not get pinned down but trust me - the long term consequences are dire for anyone who challenges her will. :eek: And when you rely very much on your parents for so many things where the children are concerned (school holiday cover/dental...
  144. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    I am so sorry for your loss Clareel. That's why I hesitated about even posting my gripes.
  145. Medusa

    When to send out invites?

    We have a wedding on 2nd June - had the formal invite about 2 weeks ago but knew the date a year ago so we could "keep it free". :)
  146. Medusa

    OMG!!!!! MOrtified!!

    Superb. :D :D :D
  147. Medusa

    What's better than new clothes???

    Woo hoo curvesncurls. :D:D For me it's books ... lots and lots and lots of books. Never happier than when I have at least half a dozen waiting to be read. :o:o I can buy books without feeling guilty. Clothes and shoes are another matter - I usually come back with stuff for the kids. :o
  148. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    I hesitated so much about posting fayhamy as I know I am incredibly lucky to have two fantastic parents in most respects. :o I have a difficult relationship with my mum as she had with her own. As a child I was very slight. When I hit 12 I developed slight puppy fat and that was a constant...
  149. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    That's it exactly cherry-pie (actually that's what she offered me as an alternative to her bread pudding last night!!) - you can't win if you are seen eating a plateful of syn free spag bol and can't win if you refuse the Greggs belgian bun she bought "specially". Gah! I'm in Llantrisant...
  150. Medusa

    Tell me honestly...

    Sometimes just writing stuff own helps you make some sense of it. Why is trust such an issue for you? I agree you might want to think about some counselling. Relate don't just speak to couples you know - you can see them on your own to discuss any relationship issues. Relate - the...
  151. Medusa

    Can I vent a little about well meaning parents?

    Well here I am 9 weeks in and 21lb down, wearing smaller clothes and feeling - well if not particularly svelte - then definitely less rotund than before. :D I must admit I dithered about telling my parents I was going to SW but I did and in all fairness they have been very supportive. A...
  152. Medusa

    Can someone explain to me why wine is so synful?

    Ach ... we all have to live after all. I don't smoke and sex is a distant memory so my weekend vino keeps me going. :cool: **slurps 3rd large glass of merlot** :party0048:
  153. Medusa

    Laser eye surgery

    Please let me know how you get one salsaqueen! I'd love to have it done being hugely shortsighted. Money and some basic squeamishness keep me back. :)
  154. Medusa

    Food Rage!!

    Goodness - that place is 5 minutes from my office and I never knew it existed. **drools** But I have to say ... "Police were yesterday trying to trace the woman. She is described as well-built..." Well built eh? :D
  155. Medusa

    matron of honour

    Matron of honour is brilliant. Even better than being the bride I think as you have all the fun bits to arrange like the hen party without any of the family gripes she'll have to put up with. And best of all you get to look great and don't even have to worry about making a speech. ;)
  156. Medusa

    First date small talk...

    They say that men appreciate a good listener so I'd say do what it takes to keep HIM talking and look interested when he is talking. :eek: Good luck....just the thought of a date terrifies me!! :D
  157. Medusa

    Woohoo - I got a job!

    Brilliant news!! :D
  158. Medusa

    Dydd Gwŷl Dewi Sant hapus - Happy St. David's Day

    Happy St David's Day! :cool::cool:
  159. Medusa

    The red carpet...

    Ouch...I normally like quirky individual styles. The colour is a bit washed out but while OK from the waist down the top half is :sigh::confused::sigh:
  160. Medusa

    Where will you be and what will you be doing in 5 years?

    In 5 years time I will be 51 with certainly one and most likely two children at uni/college. :eek::eek::eek: Best get used to eating bread and water now. ;) Roll on retirement - I'm going to have MY gap year then. They didn't really exist when I graduated. :D
  161. Medusa

    funny, funny misused words.

    A neighbour who occasionally catches the same train as me always moans about it being "rampacked" meaning jampacked of course - it really winds me up. :o The best though involved a secretary of mine many years back. The office had just introduced Word spellcheck and spelling never being her...
  162. Medusa

    Supportive partners,family etc...

    It's just me and the teenagers here and my 14 year old daughter is really supportive. She loves me as I am which is something I find amazing and her support is all for my increasing self confidence - it makes no difference to her what size I am. Such a difference from her father who always...
  163. Medusa

    What do we all do for a living?

    :D:D I'm a legal executive working for a firm of solicitors. My clients are all local authorities and it's basically my job to defend those claims we can and settle those we can't as soon as possible. The killer these days isn't so much the payment to the claimant but the amount their...
  164. Medusa

    I did it!!!!!!!

    :D:D Nothing like a new hair style to make you feel like a million dollars is there? I went for a short choppy style about 6 weeks ago after years of a boring bob. Made such a difference...
  165. Medusa

    Another Mirena coil question - sorry!

    Bear in mind if you do need it for contraceptive reasons you'll have to have it refitted every 5 years - although I understand it's the most effective method of contraception. Even more so than the pill as some medication and even a bad tummy bug can affect that! Mine is still the original and...
  166. Medusa

    Another Mirena coil question - sorry!

    I had one fitted in 2003 and not regretted it for a moment. Of course I had/have no need of it for contraceptive reasons but in my late 30's started getting very heavy periods. Same thing happened to my mother and her mother and both had hysterectomies in their mid-40's. There was no way I could...
  167. Medusa

    That nervous/excited feeling.

    Congratulations Lila. :) Monday is bound to be a bit of a gamble but I'd be surprised if they didn't have somewhere for you to get lunch sorted. Who can afford to eat out every day after all? Go prepared. Once you re there you can see how the land lies and plan accordingly.
  168. Medusa

    Holiday ideas - where to go?

    I really fancy one of those cruises to see the Northern Lights. Iceland too but that's expensive.
  169. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    Doh!! What an idiot I am. :D The thread title is a dead giveaway and I completely forgot it. :o I know from my class the usual advice for those who hit a glitch is to mix it up a bit and eat other things. Your body does get used to certain types of food I think and you might have to surprise...
  170. Medusa

    Holiday ideas - where to go?

    Bruges is lovely - and compact so you can walk everywhere! Barelona highly recommended too - plenty to see and regular buses from the airport to the main square. In the UK how about the Lake District or the Scilly Isles? Or even one of the Channel Islands?
  171. Medusa

    University help

    My son is in year 11 too and wants to study psychology at uni. Although he'll get his degree in the UK he's after a career as a forensic or behavioural psychologist and is already thinking about some post grad study in the US...not a clue how that'll work at the moment!
  172. Medusa

    Anyone else get a sore mouth from eating pineapple?

    Thanks for that ColJack - I knew there was an enzyme or something to blame ... :confused::D My daughter has always loved fruit and when she was 3 or so wolfed loads of fresh pineapple - it gave her such nasty mouth ulcers and she was in so much pain she still can't bring herself to eat it 11...
  173. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    That looks OK to me :confused: ... but I'm not an old hat at this. Looking at what I've eaten this week I think I've eaten more than that yummymummy. Are you eating enough? And I have a LOT to lose ... I don't expect to eat as much and lose as much as I get nearer target. How much do you want...
  174. Medusa

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    Still a baby Miss Mango ...:cool: Mind you aren't they always? Our eldest was 23 before we lost her and she managed 18 years of that on 3 legs! Five others all got well into their 20's. Currently we have 2 "twins" who are 5 and an older lady of 8 we acquired when her previous owner had to give...
  175. Medusa

    At last - an explaination for weight gain :)

    **worries** Does that mean this time next year we'll be thin and dribbling over our laptops...? :eek:
  176. Medusa

    New Evening Dress Arrived ......

    What dress did you get Margery? I love Monsoon stuff - have one pair of white linen trousers but would kill for a wardrobe full. I have a wedding in June and I'm nail biting about suitable attire. :eek:
  177. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    **makes notes** Thanks for that!! I am getting stuck for packed lunch ideas now they've taken the microwave away. Cold food or nothing. Meh! Back from this week's weigh in...3.5lb down so 1 stone 5 lb in all since 6th Jan. I know next week will be a toughie so am counting it as lbs down in the...
  178. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    I weigh in tomorrow yummymummy. :eek: Lost 5.5lb last week and got Slimmer of the Month at my club. :D Not entirely sure how that worked .... :confused: I hope I've lost again tomorrow. The scales here at home say I am but we'll see. I'm home all next week so a glass or 3 of wine in the...
  179. Medusa

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    Just discovered Jasper Fforde's Shades of Grey: Utterly bizarre and addictive. Currently on Amazon seeing what else of his I can get. :D
  180. Medusa

    Going to strangle my son!!

    Alcohol is a tough call with teenagers. Luckily my 2 are not into it yet (daughter is 14, son 16) but I have provided the odd bottle recently for my son on a sleepover here as his mates will indulge. I have always taken the view that alcohol should not be a banned substance ... daugher will...
  181. Medusa

    I have decided!

    Brillaint...you're never too old for sexy undies.:p
  182. Medusa

    Annoyed with Asda delivery

    Jenny is right. I used Asda store delivery which came from Cardiff Bay's store and they were so terrible I stopped using them. When an Asda opened in Bridgend I - very warily - gave them a go and they have been brilliant. Well aside from one driver accidentally reversing onto my front lawn...
  183. Medusa

    Valentines & singles

    Meh...Valentines Day is a watered down version of the old pagan festival it replaced... Lupercalia, the True Origin of St. Valentine's Day Sounds like a damn sight more fun to me. Names in a hat anyone? :cool::D Seriously, I don't even register it these days - maybe that's somehting that...
  184. Medusa

    For those on Extra Easy plan

    I do EE Maximus. I use the A option for milk - mostly in my morning porridge which makes up my B option. I'm a touch wheat intolerant so avoiding bread is good for me. For lunch I vary the following: Last night's leftover chilli and rice, spag bol, jacket pots with baked...
  185. Medusa

    Avatars

    Now you're getting too technical for me. :D Some websites automatically downsize ... is there an option when you to try to save an avatar here? I know my Ms French was OK as I've used her elsewhere.
  186. Medusa

    My Big Boys had a fight !!

    Sorry that made me :D:D:D I have a cat with a real "dog in a manger" atitude to food. I shudder to think what she'd be like. And fillymum ... your boys are gorgeous.
  187. Medusa

    Im an aunty!!!!

    How lovely, xx
  188. Medusa

    History Lesson

    I used to share a bath with my brother when he was a toddler for the same reason I think judi. He's 6 years younger than me. Scummy water was the least of my problems. Once he had a poo in the water - he must have been 2 or so. I jumped out pdq and yelled for mum to come and stop him playing...
  189. Medusa

    Awaiting News re a TT on the NHS!

    Oh wow, it's been YEARS since I wore shorts. You look fantastic!! Actually that's another problem area for me - pregnancy was bloody mean to me all told. :D Thread veins, stretch marks and a saggy tum ... what a catch eh? **snorts** I actually have a very good female GP. She's likely to help...
  190. Medusa

    Valentines.

    I'll be at my son's Year 11 Options evening. :D Did anyone know there is a Welsh St Valentine? Celebrated on 25th January - if that makes it any cheaper for those of you fed up with over priced roses/chocolates and restaurant prices! St Dwynwen's Day 25th January - Welsh patron saint of lovers
  191. Medusa

    Avatars

    I was going to say the same thing jelly beans...double check the size Kim. These sites can be really fussy about avatar size.
  192. Medusa

    History Lesson

    Well they have, it's just not a history shared by most of the present inhabitants! In the UK (rather than "England" - being Welsh the use of England to describe the UK always annoys me :sigh:) we have had plenty of immigrants as well over the centuries but by and large they have assimilated...
  193. Medusa

    Having a "blah" day..

    I hate days like that jelly beans... :sigh: I call them "Meh" days. Nothing you can put your finger on but still...
  194. Medusa

    had to snigger at this

    :D:D:D
  195. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    My local pool is a bit of a dive but they do have adult sessions after 8 or 9pm I think. I'm OK once I'm in the water .. it's just the thnought of the walk of shame in and out that freaks me. :eek: Swimming properly was out of the question until recently as I couldn't leave the kids home alone...
  196. Medusa

    Where did you get your habits from?

    My mum was/is a housewife. Not worked since 1962 so we always had good "wholesome" home cooked meals. She made her own bread, cakes and everything was made from scratch. Chips were a rare treat but what we did eat was without a thought for fat content etc. We had our evening meal at about...
  197. Medusa

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    I'm not a sci fi fan but if you're into social/psychological sci fi rather than action sci fi then I recommend Iain M Banks. It IS Iain Banks - he adds the M for his sci fi stuff. :D Iain [M] Banks
  198. Medusa

    Notice in a pub today - made me giggle!

    Can't abide uncontrollable kids ... I'd sell 'em to the circus as lion food. :D
  199. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    When lost...not if! And that's not me in my avatar btw. All hail Ms Dawn French. :D
  200. Medusa

    Thank goodness for fruit or else!......

    My employers are not brilliant in many respects but the one major plus is that they provide free fruit for us all during the week. I munch my way through their bananas, plums, satsumas, apples, pears and whatever is in season all week. And if there are any bananas left over I make my easy...
  201. Medusa

    Awaiting News re a TT on the NHS!

    I would kill to have a tt though not right now as I have some weight to lose. I did actually lose a chunk of weight after daughter was born. Two c-sections in 20 months did most of the damage though my mum has a similar problem and she had us 2 naturally so maybe it's in the genes as well. It...
  202. Medusa

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    Alison Weir - I've read her non-fiction and recommend it even if I'm not convinced by all her conclusions! If you are a history nut you might like the Ken Follett books Pillars of the Earth (on telly recently) and the sequel World Without End?
  203. Medusa

    What's everyone reading at the moment?

    Hello all. My name is Sue and I am a bookaholic. :D Just finishing The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. Wasn't entirely sure I'd like it but it's bloody good. Set in Mexico and the US in the 1930's/40's. Read The Angel's Game a while back - when in Barcelona as it happens. I liked the links...
  204. Medusa

    Jillian Michaels 30 day shred DVD

    Star jumps/jumping jacks are impossible for me for same reasons as you MichelinMummy. :rolleyes: These boobs weren't made for jumping. :D Too damn painful. I always try and do something else if faced with those - is there an alternative which involves keeping both feet firmly on the ground?
  205. Medusa

    Abandoned puppies.

    How cruel :( Why abandon them somewhere where they are trapped and bound to suffer a very painful death? It makes me so angry.:mad:
  206. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    I might just make it a monthly thing or even wait until every half stone. I have until Thursday to shift some more. :D I'd better make a good job of it - we're moving offices next weekend and Friday evening is the "Drink The Cellar Dry" session where everything must go.:break_diet:
  207. Medusa

    Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm - mango

    Aldi do great punnets of frozen fruit but no mango that I've seen so far. I always seem to waste such a lot of the flesh so a special cutter sounds great. Is that Lakeland/Betterware??
  208. Medusa

    Whats for tea today?

    Just had roast chicken with tons of veg and a small dollop of sage & onion stuffing followed by a couple of satsumas. I'd have liked a glass of wine with it but have to take my son to karate later so I'll save it to slurp when watching Being Human. :cool:
  209. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    I'll measure but I'm not posting anything! Maybe when I'm down a few inches. ;) On the plus side I have finally lost my star week weight - my morning weigh was 2lb down. It's given me a real boost. Even though I knew what was causing it, it's still so dispiriting to stay put.
  210. Medusa

    Useful tips!

    There's an old saying "Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and supper like a pauper" to lose weight. In winter I like to make cawl - a traditional Welsh broth usually using lamb but I've made it with chicken or even without meat at all! It's wonderful comfort food even without the...
  211. Medusa

    Have you seen any good films lately?!

    Hot Fuzz on here. :cool: Son has been explaining the the three cornetto significance.:D It's a Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in joke. In Shaun of the Dead Nick buys Simon a red cornetto (zombies/blood etc), in Hot Fuzz he buys him a blue/vanilla cornetto (police). In Paul he should buy him a green...
  212. Medusa

    Savory Rice

    Thanks!!
  213. Medusa

    Confused about exercise- help please?

    can I just say fayhamy - your avatar is making me dribble!!
  214. Medusa

    Confused about exercise- help please?

    There have been a few studies lately which have said that exercise does not help weight loss - that's all down to reducing your calorie intake. So in the most basic sense she's right. BUT - in the long term exercise can only be good for you (as long as you're OK healthwise that is). It...
  215. Medusa

    own up....

    Y'see the issue here is that 2 finger kitkats only come in multipacks. You buy one, you buy six. Potentially that's 12 fingers ... I'm not a big chocolate head but if I get the urge 2 fingers won't cut the mustard if there are 12 to be had. :break_diet:
  216. Medusa

    Savory Rice

    I know Bachelors Savoury Rice is free. Does that apply to any brand? I bought Aldi Savoury Rice today (chicken and curry varieties) - are they OK? :confused:
  217. Medusa

    What a fab day!

    I'm so sorry to hear your lousy news. :( I know it took my sister in law a while to get a permanent position once she qualified. She was able to work as an agency nurse in the interim. It's barking mad as the health authority were paying more for an agency nurse than they would have to employ...
  218. Medusa

    own up....

    :D:D As many sins as a HiFi bar ... I got caught by my SW teacher in Tesco yesterday with a basket full of utter rubbish. My daughter had her braces fitted in the week and eating was a problem for her so we were grabbing whatever she fancied. Honestly. :o
  219. Medusa

    Have you seen any good films lately?!

    It shouldn't be too similar at all hon. Only inasmuch it's based in the same period and similar location. It's a remake of a 1947 film starring Ricard Attenborough and based on Graham Greene's novel. Brighton Rock (1947) - IMDb
  220. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    Kittykat -those losses are amazing. I must get more active too. My job is deskbound. Swimming is my thing but I'm too embarrassed at the moment to risk it. :o Yummy - if it helps it took me a while but these days I do not recognise the person I was back in 2002. Years of living with someone...
  221. Medusa

    Have you seen any good films lately?!

    Tinkerbell - Jason Statham and his motorbike were filming outside my office a few weeks back (The Killer Elite). :D I'd not a clue who he was and kept calling him Jeremy Latham. :o I've seen The Expendables since ... a tad loud but I don't mind a little suspension of reality. Other films on...
  222. Medusa

    I Just Got My First Weight Loss Compliment!

    :):):) Does you as much good as losing the weight.
  223. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    That's just me being tongue in cheek Ymmymummy. :D In mytholgy Medusa was once a very beautiful woman. She was turned into an ugly monster by Athena who envied her beauty. Some historians think the story is a metaphor and Medusa represents the old pagan female/nature religion and turning her...
  224. Medusa

    Facial care on a budget

    I have a work colleague who spends an absolute packet on beauty stuff and I stick to Aldi plus Tesco own brand cocoa butter body cream which smells so good it makes my tummy rumble. :D MadamelaMinx - I bought that eye roll on thingy a couple of weeks back and it seems to be doing the job...
  225. Medusa

    40 pounds in 5 months??

    Yummymummy - been there a decade ago! Apparently "no man can love an ugly woman". It's a killer though - I could kick myself for wasting 19 years with ex yet I have these 2 perfect kids (perfect for me that is, atriculate, opinionated, quirky teenagers...gorgeous obviously - thank goodness they...
  226. Medusa

    10 things you need to know about losing weight..

    Thanks Trace... That's really ringing a bell ... not this programme I think. Not recently anyway. Some similar test with volunteer firemen in the US covering a forest fire. **thinks**
  227. Medusa

    10 things you need to know about losing weight..

    Missed this...what's with the soup thing? Cawl (a Welsh lamb soup/stew) is one of my SW standbys!
  228. Medusa

    My new puppy!!

    He's a star Margery - so laid back he's almost horizontal. :cool: His "parents" have one of these super duper camper vans so he spends every winter touring southern Europe with them. Maybe when I retire I'll get a dog - although at the moment it's looking more like 45 cats and a tartan...
  229. Medusa

    Star Week

    Duh - Just realised why I can't stop thinking about sweet things. And I don't even have a sweet tooth. :o **tries to ignore the kids sweet jar**
  230. Medusa

    My new puppy!!

    He's adorable Margery! I'm a cat person I guess - we have 3, although the one I'm not entirely convinced understands he's a cat. :D A dog is out of the question now as I work full time. Next door have an elderly otter hound called Alfie and I could just eat him.
  231. Medusa

    Star Week

    Mine too welshgirl. I only learned about Star weeks last night! My 4th weigh in and I put on a pound which was really frustrating. I agree with the peppermint tea... Roll on next week eh?
  232. Medusa

    Before and after - even i have to admit the difference!

    I sit clutching a cushion too!!:D I'm right at the start of my journey - at times I look at myself and think there's way too much to shift. You look like a different person. Superb. :cool:
  233. Medusa

    Upset and down......

    Oh you poor love. :( I don't know how I'd have managed these last few years without my parents although they are an hour away - which is just enough! 500 miles is a long hop though - are you close to airports so you could fly up for a weekend?
  234. Medusa

    Other people's eating habits

    Anyone else currently raiding Sainsbury's for their 4 Muller Lights for a £1 offer? :D I have a very close friend who desperately needs to lose 2-3 stone but cannot stay the course for more then a few days without ordering an Indian takeaway - all the full fat dishes. My main worry is my...
  235. Medusa

    Sugar coated pills...

    Thanks Josie. :) I didn't think there would be an impact but it would be just my luck I was knocking back 387 syns a pill. :D
  236. Medusa

    Does your career affect your diet??

    I work for a firm of solicitors. We have a kitchen with fridge and microwave, free tea and coffee and lovely cold water dispensers. Best of all free fruit! Yup - we can stuff ourselves silly. And I'm lucky enough to have a colleague who's at SW goal so we "buddy" each other. I rely on the...
  237. Medusa

    Sugar coated pills...

    Currently having trouble with a bout of sciatica and my GP has given me some co-codamol and some Cuprofen. The Cuprofen are bright pink sugar coated (and sadly needed at the mo!) - is there any damage as far as syns are concerned for sugar coated medication? :confused: I'm taking about 6 a day.
  238. Medusa

    Have you seen any good films lately?!

    Saw the King's Speech on Saturday and loved it - unlike the bloke behind us who snored through chunks of it. :D I was told Black Swan was a bit scary - my mother is keen to see it and I don't think she was convinced it wasn't like a modern Ballet Shoes! Highly recommend Usual Suspects and...
  239. Medusa

    Saying hello...

    Thanks guys. :) I hit post yesterday then realised I had to wait for the post to be approved by which time we had to leave for a family supper at my brother's :rolleyes: - our folks are staying there this week. I'll probably be bugging you with daft questions as the teacher in my weekly...
  240. Medusa

    Saying hello...

    I can't believe SW online doesn't have a message board! I thought as a newbie here I'd better introduce myself and say hello. I'm 3 weeks into SW and 11.5lb down. Lots and lots to go but hopefully I'll be a little more svelte by June when I have a friend's wedding looming. I'm 46, a...
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