Lost & Found... Map Gone AWOL!

[DisneyParis]

Katy, poor you. Sending you hugs. Stay warm & cozy. Loads of colds/flu about at the moment - my husband & l were unwell last weekend & earlier part of the week & my son was off school for two days this week.
Hope the weather in D&G is better than it's been here in Ayrshire today - heavy rain & blowing a gale. I'm freezing.

 

[Bess]

Oh dear, been thinking of you, at least you are home and can get better. Cancel work stuff and don't go back until you are properly well again. xx

 

[Wales]

Lots of fluid and plenty of rest, am sure you know the drill. Hope you feel much better soon x

 

[Katycakes]

Thanks all. Stayed in bed all of yesterday and slept most of it, feel bit better today and am up & dressed though still not 'well'. Will have a lazy day. Yesterday was stormy here too, Dis, but today seems bright & calm, might even get some washing out.

Wales, your new pic is FAB.

One bonus of flu is little appetite, but was good and drank CD hot chocs so knew I was getting my nutrients.

xxx

 

[Bess]

Glad you are up and about, don't be in too much of a rush to go back to work, I know that's difficult being self employed though.
I used to be until March - well still am a bit, but I gave it all up and after 24 years and now in a lovely safe part time (ha! I don't think!!) government job with a pension, sick pay and 7 weeks holiday each year! And the relief is enormous!
Hope you feel even better tomorrow. x

 

[Greeneyes11]

Glad you are feeling a bit better today Katy, have a nice early night curled up with a CD hot choc.... weather is a bit nicer here today, at least the sun is out even tho it is still chilly.

 

[Katycakes]

Well, sitting curled up with laptop doesn't seem too much like hard work... I won't start back 'proper' until Tues, as tomorrow I have a day of ferrying son to orthodontist & then school (this will take all morning) & the fetching OH from station... yup, evening curled up on those new sofas I haven't got to test out properly yet... sounds like a plan... and a CD hot choc. Yum.

Bess, I love what I do, it's my dream really, but it is also the longest hours I have ever worked and the hardest. Funny when there's no boss to tell you what to do how the candle gets burned at both ends & 5 day weeks turn into 7-day ones. And nobody to blame but me! Balance... that's what I need in all aspects of my life. Sometimes being ill is a reminder of that.

xxx

 

[Bess]

Well, sitting curled up with laptop doesn't seem too much like hard work... I won't start back 'proper' until Tues, as tomorrow I have a day of ferrying son to orthodontist & then school (this will take all morning) & the fetching OH from station... yup, evening curled up on those new sofas I haven't got to test out properly yet... sounds like a plan... and a CD hot choc. Yum.

Bess, I love what I do, it's my dream really, but it is also the longest hours I have ever worked and the hardest. Funny when there's no boss to tell you what to do how the candle gets burned at both ends & 5 day weeks turn into 7-day ones. And nobody to blame but me! Balance... that's what I need in all aspects of my life. Sometimes being ill is a reminder of that.

xxx

I'm glad you love your job. Mine was just too hard physically and had got to the stage where I really needed to make it bigger, employ more people and move premises. I thought hard about it and didn't really have the motivation any more so I'm selling the bits I can.
But you are right, it is all about balance. It's just finding that when you are both the boss and the tea girl!
I always insisted that I wouldn't work on Sundays, not from any religious reason, just because I really needed a break.
So, instead I just caught up on all the other things that needed doing - well tried to.
Life should have got easier by now but it doesn't feel like that today! And I get nagged rotten about being on Mini's!!

 

[Laura Croft]

Your new sofas sound so lovely. The ones in this house are really uncomfortable. Nothing better than lying on a really comfy sofa. What do your new ones look like?

 

[Katycakes]

They are red velvet & so soft & squashy, the poshest sofas we have ever had... sigh! Still feel a bit scared to sit on them, but kids are not so shy!!!

xxx

 

[Bess]

Oooooh! There's posh!! Sounds lovely. No dogs on those then?!

We must be nuts, there's a huge white! sofa in the living room. ( Black labrador remember?) In theory the dogs aren't allowed in the living room - ha! She peeps round the corner, head on paws, big brown soulful eyes saying,' don't you love me any more then?' And we give in......again! They aren't allowed on the furniture though. ever. So she just rubs along the bottom of everything before crashing to the floor. Good job they have loose covers!

Feeling a bit better today?

 

[Katycakes]

nope, dog made a good try to get up just earlier, but was repelled! We still have them covered in throws as well, terrified to spoil them! Biggest prob is cat, who keeps trying to sharpen claws on them... grrr! We could never have a white anything in our house though Bess, it'd never last a day!

Do feel bit better today, still feverish & cold symptoms finally coming out too, so working way thru box of tissues. Had to be out & about driving all day, 4 1/2 hours in all, which has exhausted me really so know I'm not in best fettle. Just had a soak in bath and will have early night and hope for better day tomorrow.

OH home, kids happy, and all seems right with the world... mum a bit upset that I haven't seen her much (away last week, then ill in bed Sat, & just brief visits today & yesterday as I don't want her to get this flu bug). But I have to not let that get to me, she has just missed me, doesn't mean to make me feel bad for being ill.

Will start posting food again tomorrow, but choices have been good, and still feel in settled place with meals. And happier than I can say that scales are safely under 11st again... it's like I can breathe easily again.

xxx

 

[Bess]

And happier than I can say that scales are safely under 11st again... it's like I can breathe easily again.

xxx

This is brilliant Katy, need some info on this please. How did this happen/did you do it etc. Sorry to be thick, I suppose it's obvious, you just ate less. It's just that I need very specific advice now, can you offer any?

 

[Katycakes]

OK... I think about 2 weeks ago now, I re-read the first half of my diary on here and finally that brought to an end the huge binge-starve cycle I had been gripped by over last two months. Also wise words of minis people, but a big part was reading the way I was eating when I first hit goal... and it struck me how much my meals had altered. I remembered how much I'd liked that way of eating and changed, and a feeling of calm settled on me almost right away, and the cravings receded and things have been good ever since that point.

The difference is, more quorn (ie more protein); less sliced bread - instead am having wholemeal pitta, a very small wheaten loaf that is very solid that you can buy locally, & sprouted wheat bread (a yeast free bread that's really sweet and lovely with banana for a sweet treat, but has no sugar at all). I think too much sliced bread triggers cravings for me, and too many sweet things the same... and also I was just eating too much.

So... much happier. Back where I wanted to be, and have finally dropped idea of losing 'that extra half stone' and that seems fine too, I wonder if it was triggered by fear after my first little tiny gain after the music fest in the summer? None of that seems important now, just feeling content with food is what matters, and liking the way I am eating. Have just read your diary Bess and have to say your diary for today sounds great food-wise, would happily have swapped with you... that is the style of eating that suits me, so hopefully it will work for you too.

Please don't panic, as that was half the problem for me... just find your safe/happy zone and stay there.

Big hugs.

xxx

 

[herewego]

Hi Katy - Wow there's a lot to catch up on after a few days AWOL! It sounds like you had a horrific journey the other day and then to feel unwell on top of that - poor you! I'm glad you seem to be feeling better now though. You seem to be really settled foodwise which is great - I wish you could bottle that feeling - I'd pay a premium for it

Hope you don't mind me asking, but what do you do for a living? It sounds amazing to have your dream job. I like my job and feel lucky that I never dread going to work in my current job like I have done many times before. I probably should know what you do LOL but your diary have over 1000 posts and with all the best will in the world I'm not going to read through all of that (although I'm sure I skimmed through some of it as inspiration while I was still doing SS).

Enjoy your new sofas - when we had cats they ruined our sofas. I miss them and would gladly get another one but my DH won't entertain it. He had them from kittens and was really cut up when they went (15 and 16 years later) and he now keeps fish instead - hard to get as emotionally attached to a fish

 

[Wales]

Fingers crossed you are coming to the end of your poorlyness!

Thanks for your post Katy, got me thinking.

Have a good day x

 

[miss jelly tot]

:hug99:Hope you feel better soon x

 

[Laura Croft]

Aww you sound fab. Rest well x

 

[Katycakes]

Happy Wednesday everyone. Sun is trying to shine, so plan will be to get out for a dog walk, and do some work. Roofers not here today, phew. I am feeling a lot better, so need to DO something today instead of sitting around doing very little, like yesterday. Post-flu slump?

xxx

 

[Bess]

Def post flu slump. Hope the dog walk helped. We had the sunshine today, really lovely. I was working along the Welsh border in the most beautiful countryside. Drinking tea (refusing biscuits!) in farmhouses looking at the view. And....I get paid!
Mind you I also did an interview in the freezing cold wind on a wheely bin because the person was so ashamed of his housekeeping! But afterwards I found a little switch in my car that made the seat warm - oh luxury or what? I usually let the dog sit on me to warm up!