it's supposed to be straw coloured, any darker and you're dehydrated, lighter and you're over-hydrating.
xx
Excellent advice, and, may I add, neon yellow means you've overdosed on the Vit C tablets!
I know this because I once had a hypochondriac boyfriend who after doubling his Vit C tablets in the winter to "prevent a cold" went running to his doctor worried sick about his fluorescent pee!
Oh Hershey! Is your name Lou (ise)?
I've been so overwhelmed lately that I've not had space/time/energy left over to read anyone else's journals or contemplate their problems. I'm sorry :-(
But I got an email today saying this thread, which I sub to, had been updated, so I clicked it and have read some of your posts.
It's made me realise that we are SO ALIKE! The problem with not feeling like drinking cold water in winter ... made me laugh, yes I am the same! But i have a solution for you. This is what I do: take a pint mug or beerglass and fill it 1/2 full with boiling water. Add either a fruit infusion teabag, or freshly squeezed lemon, then top this up to the pint with sparkling water (I pay 17p for a two litre bottle in my Tesco order). Result: a warm, fizzy lemony or (slightly) fruity drink! (Victoria Wood once described fruit tea as tasting like "Drinking hot water from a mug someone once used for Ribena.")
Although our family circumstances are different (you being married with son, me single, childfree, living in shared house) and I am a lot older than you, at 56, our physical problems, mobility issues and issues with food are pretty much identical.
And we are
the same weight! (Double take?) What I mean is, we are pretty much the same amount overweight, because although you are a few stone heavier, you are 6 inches taller, so our BMI is almost the same.
Like you I shop online at Tesco, and like you I sometimes fill up my virtual trolley with a load of naughties, and delete them before paying! Like you I prefer to be at home with one or two people not in a crowd. And like you I have developed an aversion to going out. And like you I have been a yo-yo dieter - which means that, like you, I HAVE found a way that works. Our joint problem is sticking to it.
Darling Lou, we are soul sisters and we will stick together. And we will succeed together! You have been "there for me" and I want you to know that I am also "there for you" and that I understand exactly what it's like to be this big AND how hard it is to stick.
Helena xxx