JoRoger
Full Member
Ok, so I finally made it back!
I'm back! Don't know if anyone remembers me but I was rolling along very nicely there back in November last year, then some major, major things happened...reading through my diary seems so strange considering what happened probably not much more than a week after - my dad was diagnosed with throat cancer :-( Massive, massive shock, but luckily he's still here, he's responding very well to a whole ton of treatment, radiotherapy, various operations, chemo, you name it, but the tumour does seem to be shrinking and he is coping pretty well with it all. It seems to strange to look back through my diary on here and realise that was before it all happened. Some of it made me laugh though - I still haven't learnt to drive (although I have applied for my replacement driving licence so I can start lessons again, and passed a few mock theory tests online). I still get bad migraines, my OH's ex wife is still being a complete cow (and is still fatter than me, woo-hoo!) and I'm still allergic to housework!
From a diet point of view, things actually haven't been too bad, I'm roughly the same, which considering a lot of stress, christmas, new year and a holiday have passed since November, I'm pretty ok with the fact that I haven't gained any weight, even if I haven't lost it either. One major factor that I have changed is that I stopped drinking in the new year, I'll have the occasional glass of wine with a meal, but friday nights and weekends in the pub are spent drinking still mineral waters, which have made me feel a lot, lot better. Even giving up Diet Coke has made a massive difference in how my tummy feels, a lot less bloated.
Well, I hope some of you remember, am just about to look through the board some more for names I recognise, no doubt you'll all be way ahead of me now, but I won't let it get me down, I know that I can't keep on like this, the thought of yet another fat summer is really pushing me on to just keep getting through each day.
I'm back! Don't know if anyone remembers me but I was rolling along very nicely there back in November last year, then some major, major things happened...reading through my diary seems so strange considering what happened probably not much more than a week after - my dad was diagnosed with throat cancer :-( Massive, massive shock, but luckily he's still here, he's responding very well to a whole ton of treatment, radiotherapy, various operations, chemo, you name it, but the tumour does seem to be shrinking and he is coping pretty well with it all. It seems to strange to look back through my diary on here and realise that was before it all happened. Some of it made me laugh though - I still haven't learnt to drive (although I have applied for my replacement driving licence so I can start lessons again, and passed a few mock theory tests online). I still get bad migraines, my OH's ex wife is still being a complete cow (and is still fatter than me, woo-hoo!) and I'm still allergic to housework!
From a diet point of view, things actually haven't been too bad, I'm roughly the same, which considering a lot of stress, christmas, new year and a holiday have passed since November, I'm pretty ok with the fact that I haven't gained any weight, even if I haven't lost it either. One major factor that I have changed is that I stopped drinking in the new year, I'll have the occasional glass of wine with a meal, but friday nights and weekends in the pub are spent drinking still mineral waters, which have made me feel a lot, lot better. Even giving up Diet Coke has made a massive difference in how my tummy feels, a lot less bloated.
Well, I hope some of you remember, am just about to look through the board some more for names I recognise, no doubt you'll all be way ahead of me now, but I won't let it get me down, I know that I can't keep on like this, the thought of yet another fat summer is really pushing me on to just keep getting through each day.
