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Yes. But it in all honesty not for a long time so I know that it is possible to escape from that. It takes a lot of work to get over the emotional baggage from childhood, but it sounds like you are making good progress. xx This place is such a great support, but it can sometimes feel like you can’t voice the negative stuff because everyone else is being so positive. What you have to remember is that negative emotions are just as valid as positive ones, if that’s how you feel then that’s how you feel, and it is far healthier to acknowledge them than to try and pretend everything’s fine. You’re doing great.

I’m too tired right now to even process half of the above, so this is just a placeholder until I have some functioning brain cells. I shall return and though I may not be able to add anything helpful, I can always just make encouraging noises in the background!

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Welcome on board! I hope things improve for you and your wife, it’s incredible how long it takes to recover from something like that. You are obviously heading in the right direction though. Bahahahaha! This is awesome!

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Hey! Welcome on board!

Week one update. Long story short - I’m happy with my step count, fasting, and my bedtime routine but did crap at the “organised” bit. I travelled home on Monday to visit my family so it’s not so easy to update just now. I’m obviously not getting as much exercise (too much sitting around drinking tea!) and because Colin is still at home (he flies down on Sunday) I’m not able to do a meditation at night because we are utterly pathetic people and go to sleep with an open phone line between us when we are apart. Like I said, pathetic, lol! I have been at the gym each day since I’ve been here but only for 30 mins at a time and we have been working on drills for the Olympic lifts, mostly with an empty bar or even a broomstick, so not really a workout. Today is the first day of the Pre-65, a two day motorcycle trial where they ride trials bikes from (yup, you guessed it) before 1965 through tricky “sections” of rocks, streams, and other obstacles, with the aim of keeping the bike moving and not “dabbing” or putting their feet down. (The first 30s or so is showing the competitors doing a sort of parade through the village, ignore that bit) I’m going to go and watch some of it with my f-in-law today, then on Monday the Scottish Six Day Trial starts, possibly the toughest trial of the year. The riders have to cover about 100 miles each day over moorland, tracks and public roads with dozens of “sections” along the way. This will be Colin’s first experience of a trial so we shall see what he makes of it.

Yeah, it kinda is. And I think their eating will get much much worse when they go to high school, I seem to remember eating chips and cheese every day for my lunch at that age. Me too, but the family is totally crazy. I don’t think she will exactly have the best opportunities in life. Arrrrgh, time to do an update!

Nice! The only thing about them is that they can stop eating for months at a time which can be a little stressful for new keepers. This can happen if their heat and humidity aren’t spot-on but even when things are right they can stop eating for months. This is something that they would do in the wild during breeding season and some of them still do it in captivity. It’s not something to worry about, it’s just annoying (and costly if you’re throwing away a mouse/rat every 2weeks). They can slow their metabolism down so that they don’t lose much body mass. We have a Bredl’s python that goes on hunger strike for 4-5 months every year without losing much weight.

It’s a little frustrating for Colin because he wants to limit the amount of sugar/sweets/crap they eat but he’s swimming against the tide as literally everyone else in their family thinks that there’s no need. Their mum is concerned that talking about calories or pointing out how many calories are in certain foods will give them hang-ups about food or their weight, and you can totally see her point. Unfortunately Girl Child is turning 10 soon but she’s already wearing clothes for a 13-14yo, and she’s not particularly tall or anything. She’s also quite aware of being overweight and it is affecting her already. It’s a difficult situation.

What species is he going to get?

Huh, that interesting because I do the same thing. I actually assumed you were a dude. I also have a tendency to not reveal that I’m female in most online communities, I prefer to let most people assume I’m a guy, and I don’t think that’s uncommon. Whether it’s because I feel that ill be taken more seriously or because I simply associate more with men I don’t know. I tend to avoid social groups/activities that are female dominant, simply because the conversation tends to run towards topics I find deathly boring. Not that I don’t get on with other women or anything like that, I just find that there often seems to be a group mentality that leans towards traditional gender roles which I really don’t feel like I “fit”.

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Ach, I’m not that fussed. I try not to get annoyed by decisions people make whilst drunk, it’s usually not their finest decision-making hour, lol! No, that is a different neighbour. She seems to have told the kids not to come round here anymore so I don’t see the kids so often these days. I usually still try to feed them when I do see them though (one of the kids once told me she bites her hand when she feels hungry because that’s a bit like eating something) but I think she’s old enough now to get food for herself in the house now. Saturday update We had our line dance “doo” last night which would have gone on until about midnight but I’m still taking antidepressants which make me very drowsy about an hour after I take them and I automatically took them at 9:30pm when my alarm went off instead of taking them at the end of the night. I only realised when I started to get sleepy by which point it was too late to do anything other than go home and go to bed, so I actually made it to bed by 10:45pm. Steps - 10,063 Total - 57,488 Minutes late - 15 Total late - 20 Bonus points - 10 Total points - 60 Today (Sunday) was going to be a fast day but I wasn’t really thinking about the fact that we have the kids today and I don’t really want to fast in front of them, just because there is already an issue with their mum about us trying to educate the kids about food/calories and encourage healthy eating. She is of the opinion that they don’t need to worry about their weight because they are still growing, unfortunately they are really quite overweight but what can you do? We went for a walk to have a picnic for lunch and it really is a beautiful day, only 10°C but for once it’s not blowing a gale and actually felt warm! There are now lots of bumblebees appearing, which are one of my favourite animals on the planet(!) and I saw a wren for the first time. Even though they are a common bird, I’ve never seen one before. The birds here are quite different species from what I’m used to seeing so it makes it interesting. I still I’ll have to pack for leaving tomorrow. The boat leaves at 5:30pm and gets to Aberdeen at 7am, then I have a ~4hr drive to get to Fort William. This is actually quite a big deal, I’ve only been back driving for 6-7 months and usually only for 15-20 minute journeys. A 4hr drive will be a real test. I’ve also booked in a few sessions with The Sadist I mean Norma (my old trainer) whilst I’m home so that should be fun!

Sorry to hear that, glad everything is ok.

Sorry to hear that, but you shouldn’t feel that everything you’ve done is wasted. Bursitis usually goes away after a few weeks and the benefits of what you’ve done so far will carry over. Believe me, I’ve been laid up with injury for 5 years, walked back into the gym and was able to knock out a body weight deadlift after just a couple of sessions. Xx

Not quite. The Glasgow accent is more “whiney”, that’s a bit more highland mixed with east coast. This is is what I always think of as a “real” Glasgow accent..... Wow! What a fantastic organisation!

Thursday update 1. Get organised Possible, I can’t remember now. 2. Get moving I missed my circuits class because I got the start time wrong. I decided to use it as a rest day to recharge before my session with The Dude. Steps - 6,170 Total - 37,375 3. Get to bed Definitely got to bed on time and did a meditation, but was exhausted and didn’t wake up until around 7:20am. I then slept for another 2hrs in the afternoon too! Minutes late - 0 Bonus points - 10 Total points - 40 4. Get fast next fast planned for Sunday. Friday update I had to cancel my session with The Dude because I’d promised my neighbour I would babysit for her to let her go out with a friend and at the last minute she decided that they were going out last night. I could hardly say no because I’m going home to visit family for 10 days on Monday so she won’t get a chance for a while. I did get out for a walk but it basically means that I’ve missed exercising on Wed, Thurs and Fri. 1. Get organised I got a few hours studying done but not the other stuff I should have done. 2. Get moving Steps - 10,050 Total - 47,425 3. Get to bed The girls I was looking after don’t go to bed until 10pm (despite the fact that the youngest is only 4 yo!) so I was about 5 minutes late to bed. I did do a meditation though and got up at 6:30. Unfortunately my neighbour didn’t come home like she said she would and is still not home at 10:30am so I’m stuck here until she gets home. Grrrr! The girls are great but we have Colin’s kids this weekend ourselves and had plans for today. Minutes late - 5 Bonus points - 10 Total points - 50

My biggest regret is that I don’t have any pics of me at my heaviest. At that point I would grab my husband’s phone and instantly delete any photos he tried to take of me, and there’s No Way would I have taken any of myself, but now I wish I had. I’d love to be able to show everyone just how much weight I’ve lost.

Good luck tonight!

Woohoo!!!!

Haha! I thought it must be some kind of event, a fundraiser or something where you (and your dog, obvs) both have to compete

What is “the murph”? I know there’s a CrossFit WoD called Murph, but that doesn’t require a dog as far as I know...