UK/Europe/World - Whinge thread!! - Page 7

quizzical1 · 01-05-2008, 12:04 PM

whine and whinge. I feel better now...
actually I dont. I am sick of being a wii widow

Kissa · 01-05-2008, 12:11 PM

Sorry, what is a wii widow?

quizzical1 · 01-05-2008, 12:12 PM

wii is a game that you play on the TV. Like a video game

Kissa · 01-05-2008, 12:16 PM

Ah, now it makes sense. My DH is fed up with being a LCF widower! He used to spend hours on his laptop before I got mine and said I would never use one enough if I had one. Now I have one and it drives him potty that I seem to use it more than he does!!!

shykins · 01-05-2008, 12:52 PM

aww poor quizz what is she playing thas so addictive??

kissa i dont know what i would do without my laptop.. especialy as i cant use an ordinary computer.. oh and i agree i asked for a meal without potatoes for some reason they couldnt do that so i had to have them and leave them duuh
x

Kissa · 01-05-2008, 01:34 PM

I just hate the silly waste of food!

junkfoodmonkey · 01-06-2008, 01:16 PM

I've got a spot, just under my bottom lip the size of a bloody football. And painful too! Dammit! Can't it at least pop and flatten out so I can put some concealer on it tomorrow? Cause as it is now, concealer ain't gonna cut it. It'll have to be encased in concrete like Chernobyl.

Sorry, gross.

shykins · 01-07-2008, 01:34 AM

aww poor junk.. did it go down??

x

junkfoodmonkey · 01-07-2008, 02:33 AM

It's slightly better this morning and concealer is covering it fairly well. But I just know this damn thing is going to take a fortnight to go away.

Today's complaint, got a muscle cramp in my leg on the way in to work. Ow!!! Any way I can blame it on Atkins?

(Rather than it being a sign of aging!

)

junkfoodmonkey · 01-07-2008, 04:54 AM

Aaargh, this cramp is not going away! I've been walking up and down the office like a loony half the morning, done gentle calf stretches and it's still not going.

Was meant to start exercising again today, but if this doesn't ease off soon I'm stuffed for that. Ever get the feeling fate is conspiring against you?

Kissa · 01-07-2008, 06:16 AM

Potassium for the cramp and lavender and tea tree oil for the spot. I sound like some new age practitoner. lol

lou-bi-wan · 01-07-2008, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Kissa

Oh, and why wouldn't a cafe I went to a few days ago give me the bacon and egg sandwhich, freshly made mind you without the bread? I wasn't asking them for a discount! So I ordered it with the bread and took it out. Madness.

That's mad surely they save money on being able to sell the roll/bread twice? Crazy people . . .

junkfoodmonkey · 01-07-2008, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Kissa

Potassium for the cramp and lavender and tea tree oil for the spot. I sound like some new age practitoner. lol

Is it actually possible to get pottassium on its own anyway? My multivits and minerals has 40mg in it, but is that a lot or what? There's no RDA for it. I just did a quick check on Boots website and Healthspan (my usual supplements source) and they don't have any such thing as a potassium supplement. What foods is it in (Induction friendly ones!)

quizzical1 · 01-07-2008, 07:14 AM

i need to take the potassium i have cramps

junkfoodmonkey · 01-07-2008, 07:37 AM

This still hasn't gone away, so I reckon it must be a pulled muscle. A cramp would surely have eased off by now. So that's exercise stuffed till it heals.

But now the important question: take sickies or not?

shykins · 01-07-2008, 08:38 AM

hmm trouble with a sicky is u will be sat at home and tempted to eat rubbish.. .tho a few days at home might be nice lol... does sound like more than cramp tho

funny enough i had a stitch today when i was swimming cant remember last time i had one of those

kissa is right about the lavender and tea tree for spots in fact anything that itches!!!

lou u would think they would realise the saving but obviously its too much for their poor brains to take in .. one day i said no potatoes please, so they said we can do jacket instead of chips i said no i dont want potatoes thanks. so they offered boiled!!?? i mean what can u say

x

junkfoodmonkey · 01-07-2008, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by shykins

hmm trouble with a sicky is u will be sat at home and tempted to eat rubbish.. .tho a few days at home might be nice lol... does sound like more than cramp tho

funny enough i had a stitch today when i was swimming cant remember last time i had one of those

kissa is right about the lavender and tea tree for spots in fact anything that itches!!!

lou u would think they would realise the saving but obviously its too much for their poor brains to take in .. one day i said no potatoes please, so they said we can do jacket instead of chips i said no i dont want potatoes thanks. so they offered boiled!!?? i mean what can u say

x

Too true that stuck at home I'll turn into the snack monster. As long as I can actually walk I'll come to work.

I'm popping (or hobbling) into the chemist on the way home, so I'll look for the lavender and tea tree oil.

LOL about the potatoes. It's like "No potato? Does not compute."

quizzical1 · 01-07-2008, 12:49 PM

how about holland and barrett

junkfoodmonkey · 01-07-2008, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by quizzical1

how about holland and barrett

I'll poke my nose in next time I'm in town. Actually, the leg is improving rapidly, which is good.

Hang on, winge thread, must complain. My magnesium hasn't arrived from Healthspan yet, the post in my area is rubbish. Oh and my recycling box has vanished.

Kissa · 01-07-2008, 02:06 PM

Potassium, mushrooms I know, should know more but brain has gone to jelly.

I set my V box to record 5 programmes last night while I was out, ALL of them failed! Happily 2 were on the view again thingy! But I am whinging. I wanted to watch Foyles War and the South Bank Show with Kevin Spacey!

Blondie Baby · 01-07-2008, 09:51 PM

Bananas for potassium. Also, if you are suffering from cramps, add salt. I tried to do low sodium but got severe leg cramps at night when I was sleeping - or trying to sleep! I found some natural sea salt - tastes much saltier than regular table salt - but lower in sodium and suppose to be much better for you. Cramps gone - happy again!

May have to look for lavender and tea tree oil. DD is complaining about spots again and we just finished her course of Acutane 6 months ago. Don't know if they will let her do another course.

lou-bi-wan · 01-08-2008, 12:52 AM

Try a drop or two of lavender in bath water I also use epsom salts (Magnesium sulphate - Magnesium also helps with cramp, I take a supplement too!) I get it in 25kg bags from the net but you can buy it from garden centres, it's used to make things greener, doesn't work that way on humans though

Great for mucscle relaxation and helps me sleep!

Tea tree is great for spots, I put a few drops in my son's bath water when his acne is itching it works really well for that, but just be warned to try a bit first as some people are really sensitive to it!

Shy - That is so funny

I come across things like that all the time . . .

I don't have a whinge but the week is yet young!!

lou-bi-wan · 01-08-2008, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Kissa

Potassium, mushrooms I know, should know more but brain has gone to jelly.

I set my V box to record 5 programmes last night while I was out, ALL of them failed! Happily 2 were on the view again thingy! But I am whinging. I wanted to watch Foyles War and the South Bank Show with Kevin Spacey!

Kevin Spacey is yummy . . . I saw the 'Actors Studio' programme about him, he was funny, intelligent and so natural. I love men like that!! Would I?

shykins · 01-08-2008, 01:30 AM

i make upa cream with lavender, tea tree and a water based plain cream for my sons excema and also for his dads chilblains which nothing would shift.. in fact its the one cream i take on holiday cos its good for bites, itches, burns etc etc.. maybe i shuld market it lol

junk i sympathise with the post thing ours arrives about 2.30 if we are lucky and some days i dont get any, i swear they save it up for a few days so they dont have to do all the houses

x

junkfoodmonkey · 01-08-2008, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by shykins

junk i sympathise with the post thing ours arrives about 2.30 if we are lucky and some days i dont get any, i swear they save it up for a few days so they dont have to do all the houses

x

I'm certain that's what they do to my street! Sometimes nothing for days, then a suspiciously large number of items at once. (Most of which is junk anyway.) I'm trying to get more of my bills via email. Most are paid direct debit anyway, so are "for information only", so why have yet more paper?

lou-bi-wan · 01-08-2008, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by shykins

i make upa cream with lavender, tea tree and a water based plain cream for my sons excema and also for his dads chilblains which nothing would shift.. in fact its the one cream i take on holiday cos its good for bites, itches, burns etc etc.. maybe i shuld market it lol

junk i sympathise with the post thing ours arrives about 2.30 if we are lucky and some days i dont get any, i swear they save it up for a few days so they dont have to do all the houses

x

Fragrant and practical, I should make some . . .

Don't get me started on the post

shykins · 01-08-2008, 05:39 AM

oh oh seems we all got post probs, thought it was just me out in the sticks.. while we are moaning about post why do they keep shutting post offices then sticking them in the back of a shop that u cant queue at GRRRR

thank god for my tiny village one which hopefully wont be shut down

x

01-07-2008, 09:51 PM	#201
Blondie Baby MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Posts: 1,326 Gallery: Blondie Baby Stats: 213/136/130 WOE: healthy	Bananas for potassium. Also, if you are suffering from cramps, add salt. I tried to do low sodium but got severe leg cramps at night when I was sleeping - or trying to sleep! I found some natural sea salt - tastes much saltier than regular table salt - but lower in sodium and suppose to be much better for you. Cramps gone - happy again! May have to look for lavender and tea tree oil. DD is complaining about spots again and we just finished her course of Acutane 6 months ago. Don't know if they will let her do another course. __________________ Maryam Proud member of Allies Exercising Around the World/November Challenge

01-08-2008, 12:52 AM	#202
lou-bi-wan MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: England Posts: 2,048 Gallery: lou-bi-wan Stats: 220/188/159-5.5.5" (Large frame) WOE: Low-carb-the-lou-bi-way Start Date: May 06	Try a drop or two of lavender in bath water I also use epsom salts (Magnesium sulphate - Magnesium also helps with cramp, I take a supplement too!) I get it in 25kg bags from the net but you can buy it from garden centres, it's used to make things greener, doesn't work that way on humans though Great for mucscle relaxation and helps me sleep! Tea tree is great for spots, I put a few drops in my son's bath water when his acne is itching it works really well for that, but just be warned to try a bit first as some people are really sensitive to it! Shy - That is so funny I come across things like that all the time . . . I don't have a whinge but the week is yet young!! __________________ I want to see the 150's in 2008 and by Jove I'm going to do it!!

01-05-2008, 12:04 PM	#181
quizzical1 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: London UK Posts: 1,614 Blog Entries: 2 Gallery: quizzical1 Stats: 207/192/145 5'7 WOE: Atkins Start Date: restart 1-January-2008	whine and whinge. I feel better now... actually I dont. I am sick of being a wii widow

01-05-2008, 12:11 PM	#182
Kissa Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 3,343 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/132/125 - 130 5' 4" WOE: Atkins Maintainance/Intuitive Eating Start Date: January 2001 restarted 1 September 2006 at 139 lbs	Sorry, what is a wii widow?

01-05-2008, 12:12 PM	#183
quizzical1 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: London UK Posts: 1,614 Blog Entries: 2 Gallery: quizzical1 Stats: 207/192/145 5'7 WOE: Atkins Start Date: restart 1-January-2008	wii is a game that you play on the TV. Like a video game

01-05-2008, 12:16 PM	#184
Kissa Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 3,343 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/132/125 - 130 5' 4" WOE: Atkins Maintainance/Intuitive Eating Start Date: January 2001 restarted 1 September 2006 at 139 lbs	Ah, now it makes sense. My DH is fed up with being a LCF widower! He used to spend hours on his laptop before I got mine and said I would never use one enough if I had one. Now I have one and it drives him potty that I seem to use it more than he does!!!

01-05-2008, 12:52 PM	#185
shykins MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,516 Gallery: shykins Stats: 262/147 goal WOE: atkins Start Date: 19th April 2004	aww poor quizz what is she playing thas so addictive?? kissa i dont know what i would do without my laptop.. especialy as i cant use an ordinary computer.. oh and i agree i asked for a meal without potatoes for some reason they couldnt do that so i had to have them and leave them duuh x

01-05-2008, 01:34 PM	#186
Kissa Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 3,343 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/132/125 - 130 5' 4" WOE: Atkins Maintainance/Intuitive Eating Start Date: January 2001 restarted 1 September 2006 at 139 lbs	I just hate the silly waste of food!

01-06-2008, 01:16 PM	#187
junkfoodmonkey MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,688 Blog Entries: 42 Gallery: junkfoodmonkey Stats: 183/156/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Reinduction: 01/01/08	I've got a spot, just under my bottom lip the size of a bloody football. And painful too! Dammit! Can't it at least pop and flatten out so I can put some concealer on it tomorrow? Cause as it is now, concealer ain't gonna cut it. It'll have to be encased in concrete like Chernobyl. Sorry, gross.

01-07-2008, 01:34 AM	#188
shykins MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,516 Gallery: shykins Stats: 262/147 goal WOE: atkins Start Date: 19th April 2004	aww poor junk.. did it go down?? x

01-07-2008, 02:33 AM	#189
junkfoodmonkey MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,688 Blog Entries: 42 Gallery: junkfoodmonkey Stats: 183/156/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Reinduction: 01/01/08	It's slightly better this morning and concealer is covering it fairly well. But I just know this damn thing is going to take a fortnight to go away. Today's complaint, got a muscle cramp in my leg on the way in to work. Ow!!! Any way I can blame it on Atkins? (Rather than it being a sign of aging! )

01-07-2008, 04:54 AM	#190
junkfoodmonkey MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,688 Blog Entries: 42 Gallery: junkfoodmonkey Stats: 183/156/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Reinduction: 01/01/08	Aaargh, this cramp is not going away! I've been walking up and down the office like a loony half the morning, done gentle calf stretches and it's still not going. Was meant to start exercising again today, but if this doesn't ease off soon I'm stuffed for that. Ever get the feeling fate is conspiring against you?

01-07-2008, 06:16 AM	#191
Kissa Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 3,343 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/132/125 - 130 5' 4" WOE: Atkins Maintainance/Intuitive Eating Start Date: January 2001 restarted 1 September 2006 at 139 lbs	Potassium for the cramp and lavender and tea tree oil for the spot. I sound like some new age practitoner. lol

01-07-2008, 07:14 AM	#194
quizzical1 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: London UK Posts: 1,614 Blog Entries: 2 Gallery: quizzical1 Stats: 207/192/145 5'7 WOE: Atkins Start Date: restart 1-January-2008	i need to take the potassium i have cramps

01-07-2008, 07:37 AM	#195
junkfoodmonkey MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 2,688 Blog Entries: 42 Gallery: junkfoodmonkey Stats: 183/156/140 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Reinduction: 01/01/08	This still hasn't gone away, so I reckon it must be a pulled muscle. A cramp would surely have eased off by now. So that's exercise stuffed till it heals. But now the important question: take sickies or not?

01-07-2008, 08:38 AM	#196
shykins MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,516 Gallery: shykins Stats: 262/147 goal WOE: atkins Start Date: 19th April 2004	hmm trouble with a sicky is u will be sat at home and tempted to eat rubbish.. .tho a few days at home might be nice lol... does sound like more than cramp tho funny enough i had a stitch today when i was swimming cant remember last time i had one of those kissa is right about the lavender and tea tree for spots in fact anything that itches!!! lou u would think they would realise the saving but obviously its too much for their poor brains to take in .. one day i said no potatoes please, so they said we can do jacket instead of chips i said no i dont want potatoes thanks. so they offered boiled!!?? i mean what can u say x

01-07-2008, 12:49 PM	#198
quizzical1 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: London UK Posts: 1,614 Blog Entries: 2 Gallery: quizzical1 Stats: 207/192/145 5'7 WOE: Atkins Start Date: restart 1-January-2008	how about holland and barrett

01-07-2008, 02:06 PM	#200
Kissa Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: London UK Posts: 3,343 Gallery: Kissa Stats: 184/132/125 - 130 5' 4" WOE: Atkins Maintainance/Intuitive Eating Start Date: January 2001 restarted 1 September 2006 at 139 lbs	Potassium, mushrooms I know, should know more but brain has gone to jelly. I set my V box to record 5 programmes last night while I was out, ALL of them failed! Happily 2 were on the view again thingy! But I am whinging. I wanted to watch Foyles War and the South Bank Show with Kevin Spacey!

01-08-2008, 01:30 AM	#204
shykins MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,516 Gallery: shykins Stats: 262/147 goal WOE: atkins Start Date: 19th April 2004	i make upa cream with lavender, tea tree and a water based plain cream for my sons excema and also for his dads chilblains which nothing would shift.. in fact its the one cream i take on holiday cos its good for bites, itches, burns etc etc.. maybe i shuld market it lol junk i sympathise with the post thing ours arrives about 2.30 if we are lucky and some days i dont get any, i swear they save it up for a few days so they dont have to do all the houses x

01-08-2008, 05:39 AM	#207
shykins MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,516 Gallery: shykins Stats: 262/147 goal WOE: atkins Start Date: 19th April 2004	oh oh seems we all got post probs, thought it was just me out in the sticks.. while we are moaning about post why do they keep shutting post offices then sticking them in the back of a shop that u cant queue at GRRRR thank god for my tiny village one which hopefully wont be shut down x