Posts by misscherryjane

Ewwwwwwww!! Candy corn looks gross! I'm not a big sweet fan tbh they make me feel a bit sick. Halloween food means apples doesn't it?!

Original Post by pbear999:

Original Post by misscherryjane:

my PE teacher was bad for continually slapping everyone's bum!

 Amusing comment coming from someone who's avatar has their bum sticking out like that! :)

Clint

LOL! Look how I turned out...!

Gina where do you find these men? Lawyer/writer guy sounds interesting! Sorry about Kieran, he could have been honest with you from the very beginning so you could decide whether to carry on or not.

I love making huge pots of soup or chilli and then freezing them/eating them for the whole week! I've never seen black soy beans though. Or any type of soy beans! I use lentils, pearl barley, split peas and aduzki beans as well as any and all veg I have. Sometimes I do specific flavours like chicken and brocolli, mushroom, bacon and lentil (amazing with cheesey scones! Not v cal concious but a nice treat!) but I normally just throw everything in and hope for the best. I've got a chilli plant with little yellow chillis on it, must use them up soon.

Soraya - How's your daughter feeling? YAY for workingout again, the first times the hardest, you'll just slip back into the habit now :) Post pics of your hair i wanna seeeeeeee!!

Karey - Good plan getting your husband to hide treats! But can you be sure he is infallible to coercian/bribes/threats of actual physical violence? Also, what's candy corn and indian corn?!

In my news, I'm second on the waiting list to change from Adult nursing to mental health nursing at uni and have made some friends so am feeling slightly less anxious though the workload seems to grow and grow and grow. Can't see how I am EVER going to be able to have a social life EVER AGAIN!!

Haha exactly. I dunno if the holy basil's working really, maybe my tummy does feel slightly less bloated but that might just be cuz I'm eating cleaner and drinking lots of water. Trying to anyway. I am struggling a bit tbh. How are you managing?

Thank you :)

I've spoken to the uni about changing to mental health and they've put me on the waiting list. I'm #2 so if two mental health students drop out/change courses/whatever then I get an interview to explain why I want to change. So I'm hoping (though I feel slightly mean!) that two people decide it's not for them and drop out :D

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Oh my god oh my god are you ok?? You definately have swine flu now and why were you eating a pork chop????? Pork chops have waaaaaaay too many calories to lose weight. You're gonna be fat AND have swine flu!!!1!!!

Tricia - I am a binge drinker! I've never been the "one glass of wine with dinner" type, I generally don't drink during the week but friday night I overindulge. I'm also an emotional eater. Both are things I'm trying to give up.

As for excercise I'd recommend somthing that's a bit different to keep you interested and make it enjoyable. Kickboxing is a good suggestion.

Thanks Gina and Soraya, for your kind words and also for the acne treatment suggestions!

Just found this site: http://www.adiosbarbie.com/

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Thank for the replies.

I'm not looking for a glamourous job, if I was nursing would be the last thing I picked!! I've never read One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, it's on my list though :)

Anyone from England with experiance?

Original Post by gi-jane:

Last resort options.... a) you're on antibiotics, b) you're muslim, c) you're methodist, d) you're a recovering alcoholic....  Or just tell them you're teetotal and watch their eyes glaze over as they try to remember what that means exactly.

LOL! Or use all 5 at the same time. Antibiotics are always a good excuse.

I've just started uni but I've had this problem for aaaages! Pretty much none of my friends or my bf are students they just like to get hammered of a weekend! It is hard to say no, whether it's for weight or financial reasons. I totally lack self control! Also, it's a lot more fun being around drunk people if you are also drunk :-/

Also can relate to the food thing. I generally just say "I just ate" "I feel ill" "I'm allergic" etc to get round it. Doesn't matter who you are it is NOT socially acceptable to mention diet or watching your weight. Even if you say you just like eating healthily you'll get "But you can afford to eat this" "You don't need to lose weight" etc etc. It's as though people think you're looking down on them because YOU like to eat healthily.

Gah, sorry, ranted a bit there!

Eat it however you want, in pita bread, on salads, whatever. BTW I made some myself (out of necessity, couldn't find any boxed stuff!) and it's surprisingly easy to do. You don't have to deep fry them either, shallow frying is fine, they end up much less greasy

It's disgusting. Why on earth people are being forced to put the health of themselves and their children into the hands of insurance sharks is beyond me.

Hey, sorry about all that, totally lost it yesterday, really need to learn how to keep my mouth shut (or fingers still or whatever!). I'm just totally overwhelmed by uni. It all seems too big for me, I'm finding it hard to socialise, everyone's younger than me (I'm only 21!). I know I'm different and unique and whatever and usually I enjoy that but it doesn't seem to work in this envoirnment. I can't do anything different though, I only know how to be me!

So yeah, basically I freak out a lot. It doesn't help my eating habits at all, I have had some problems in that area in the past and stress doesn't help at all.

Soraya, thanks for your words, I do know all this and I am trying to be my own best friend but it is hard, I have very low self esteem. I am trying to work on this but it's hard.

Don't even worry about calories and not working out. Sleep is the best medicine. Your body needs to rest so that your immune system can beat this illness. If you were working out all your energy would be going towards that and there'd be none left for your white blood cells to eat the invading cold virus :)

I'm doing pretty bad actually haha v stressed with uni and have just over eaten. I know I have to just forget about it and carry on with where I left off and blagh blagh blagh but god im just so tired everythings getting on top of me feel like im losing control a little bit here

gah sorry. soraya really sorry you're feeling so awful. have you got someone looking after you? lots of honey for your throat and don't even worry about what youre eating just do whatever makes you feel better (or at least doesnt make you feel worse) xxxx and lots of hugs

Why not make your own soup, then you know exactly how much salt is in it. You can make up a big batch really cheaply then put it into portion sized tubs and freeze them. Then just defrost as and when you need them.

You could do vegetable and barley, chicken and broccolli, bacon and lentil etc etc