Posts by juliemci

Yoo Hoo everyone - guess what - it is the middle of the night and I am at work, what a shock

It has gone quite quiet, but like I said it's cos we're all out and about trying to make the most of any decent summer weather. I have got 4 more shifts to work then am on annual leave for almost 3 weeks. We're going camping so I sincerely hope the rain stays away.

I have been very, very bad lately - not counting calories at all and eating all the crisps and cake on night shift but I have been going to the gym.

Started doing upper body weights stuff and I'm obviously using muscles I've never used in years as they HURT. Still I suppose that's an early sign that I'm working the right places, will keep persevering

Hope everyone is well and happy with life, families, gardens, diets and anything else that's important

Julie x

Good morning all,

Everyone is very quiet on the forum - must be cos it's the summer and everyone is busy outside

I am very busy at work just now - because it is the summer time we have a lot of staff on holiday, leaving us short, so i'm doing a fair bit of overtime and cos I work night shift July has kind of disappeared for me !

I'm still managing to go to the gym, I just get up and go there before I head to work. Mind you I've managed to pull a muscle in my calf, didn't rest it properly and then made it worse so am going to give the CV stuff a miss for a week or so - do some weights and swimming instead.

Not much else to report other than the Scottish weather has returned to its norm - wet !   (mind you it's still quite warm, by our standards - about 60 F)

Happy dieting,

Love Julie x

Hello everyone,

Been back to work for well over a week now and it feels like I was never off! We had a very nice time in our little apartment up in Aviemore, the weather was mixed but it never stopped us doing anything - if I get time tonight I'll upload a couple of pictures of our lovely Scottish scenery

Ate and drank like a horse while I was away and haven't quite got back into the swing of things yet but I will ! Anyway one new item of news - I joined a gym so I'm looking forward to making use of their very scary looking machines and their swimming pool.

Hope everyone is well and you are all enjoying the beginning of summer - here's to a long and sunny one (not much hope of that here - Ha Ha )

Hi Debbie - welcome to a very friendly little group and a very helpful website.

Cheers

Julie xx

Hi Della,

Good news about your new grandaughter. How many children does your daughter have and how many c-sections has she had ? There is a problem with 'thinning' of the uterus following c-section because where the incision is made will be weaker than before and if someone has a number of c-sections this can increase the risk of what's called 'scar rupture' (the uterine scar, not the one on the tummy).

Methicillin is not the name of a virus - it's the name of an anti-biotic. There is a world wide problem with a bug called Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus (MRSA) which can cause problems following surgery, in the elderly, the young and those more susceptible to infection. If your daughter has contracted MRSA it will need to be treated with different anti-biotics but dont worry too much. As she is young, fit and healthy it shouldn't cause too many problems. A huge majority of the population carry staphlococcus aureus but it  doesn't cause problems unless you are compromised in some way. Good hygiene practices (at home and in the hospital) are really important to limit the spread, especially with a very new baby.

Obviously, I am not a doctor! so she should ask nursing and medical staff more questions regarding both issues. Tell her not to be fobbed off and ask for things to be explained without any confusing medical terminology.

Hope this has been helpful, if there's anything else just give me a shout.

By the way I looked up where you live on Google Maps - it looks very cold !! Also, this 'South Beach' thing seems to be working pretty well, I had a look at my average carb intake over the last wee while and it's usually over 100. I dont have an awful lot to shift but have stuck with the last 7lbs so maybe reducing carbs might be good.

Hi to all the rest of you guys, hope everyone is doing well and having fun

Take care,

Julie

Hello everyone,

I just spent the entire day tidying up my garden - all the heavy back breaking stuff that needs doing after the winter and I still have more to do tomorrow!

Anyway, according to the activity count I burned over 1000  extra calories today (can it really be that much?) so I am having some apple crumble and custard as a treat

Hopefully it will be another nice day tomorrow - the weather forecast is good - and I will finish the tidying up part and then we might have a barbecue.

I think our top temperature is going to be around 15 C, that's pretty good for April in Aberdeen, probably a bit chilly for a lot of you over in America !!

Feeling satisfied and off to enjoy my dinner