Today's (17th October 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of toast & juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten - it's already boosted my energy a bit and it's relatively easy to crunch up, but tastes disgusting!
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Advertise plates and bowl on Freegle
• Bring in first delivery
• Open first delivery
• Put first delivery away
• Bring in second delivery
• Open second delivery
• Put second delivery away
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Take part in competitions
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
• Keep voicemail active
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Open living room window
• Open kitchen window
• Open back door
• Open bathroom window
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to| - I'll be trying the last one when the sensor is fully charged
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom 
• Housework - Thursday - vacuum carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
• Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - got very rough menu's until 15th November now
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Wash up plates
• Take photos of plates
• Advertise plates on Freegle and Freecycle
• Wash up bowl
• Take photo of bowl
• Advertise bowl on Freegle and Freecycle
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs 
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Update menu with your lunch
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
• Do afternoon crunches in hall
• Do afternoon twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• Charge up HLTH band
• Charge up fan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your tea
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Close living room window
• Close kitchen window
• Close bathroom window
• Close back door
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Official menu for 19th to 25th October 2026

Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 19th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Aubergine, tofu, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x easy peeler

Tuesday 20th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Aubergine, tofu, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x easy peeler

Wednesday 21st

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Aubergine/purple broccoli, tofu, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x easy peeler

Thursday 22nd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Aubergine/purple broccoli, tofu, 2 x vegetable fingers, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x easy peeler

Friday 23rd

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sweet potatoes, salad potatoes, 7 x vegan pieces, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x easy peeler

Saturday 17th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sweet potatoes, salad potatoes, 7 x vegan pieces, mayo 
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x easy peeler

Sunday 18th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR Sweet potatoes, salad potatoes, 7 x vegan pieces, mayo
Tea:  1 x pear, 1 x easy peeler

Eleventh update to this week's (12th to 18th October 2026) menu

Snacks
Creamy drinking chocolates
Mince pies
Instant soup
Bananas
Omega seeds (chocolate) smoothie
Chocolate
Biscuits

Monday 12th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  1 x sweet potato, 2 x hot dogs, mayo 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear, 1 x passionfruit, 1 x gold Kiwi fruit

Tuesday 13th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x protein bites 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear, 1 x passionfruit, 1 x persimmon

Wednesday 14th

Breakfast: 1 x plum, 1 x pear, 1 x passionfruit, 1 x persimmon, juice 
Lunch:  4 x protein bites
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear, 1 x passionfruit, 2 x gold Kiwi fruit

Thursday 15th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x protein bites 
Tea:  2 x gold Kiwi fruit, 1 x pear, 1 x passionfruit, 1 x persimmon

Friday 16th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x protein bites 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear, 1 x passionfruit, 1 x gold Kiwi fruit

Saturday 17th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  4 x protein bites 
Tea:  1 x plum, 1 x pear, 1 x passionfruit, 1 x gold Kiwi fruit, 1 x persimmon

Sunday 18th

Breakfast:  toast, vegan spread, plant-based Nutella, juice OR Barista milk
Lunch:  Sunday lunch OR 4 x protein bites 
Tea:  leftover fruit

Today's (17th October 2026) breakfast comments

I'm hoping that today is gonna be a healthy day food-wise and I started off the day with a 500ml glass of water to swallow my 11 morning pills with, then my second breakfast was a gorgeous two slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast with approx 10g of 'Buttery' spread and plant-based Nutella as my final reward for getting through yesterday and washed it all down with the last of the Sweet and Sour apple juice.

I feel like barely tepid death this morning so I'm gonna do as little as I can possibly get away with today.  I've gotta remember to adjust next week's menu to put the tofu on as well as the fruit and veg that I know I've got in my OddBox tomorrow.

The nurse was happy with how much fruit and veg I've got in my diet now and she approved when I said that I was trying to get more protein into my diet now.  The tofu is gonna be a regular with my lunches now and I can have the Protein Bites to snack on too now that I know my body can cope with them.

It's taken me almost 13 months, but at least I'm eating properly now instead of just the instant soup.

Mornin' all

Yet again I was wide awake as soon as my head hit the pillow when I went up to bed yesterday so I'm still feeling like poo, but never mind eh?

My 'Morning Sability' score is 2 again, so no laps or exercises today, my blood pressure was low this morning at only 103, I've taken my pills and had my breakfast but I'm not gonna risk having a bath today otherwise I risk falling asleep in the bath and drowning, which I really don't want to happen.

I'm charging up my fan, my HLTH band and my Visible atm and I've remembered to fill up the bottle with squash too.

I'm expecting a few deliveries today and I'm in desperate need of caffeine after 2 days without it and barely sleeping, so that's what I'm gonna go and do now.  The daily virus scan was clear, so I'll be able to sort out my morning admin when I come back.

BBIAB

Nite nite orl

 It's been a very long, totally knackering day today, so I've taken my pills and I'm heading to bed.

I'll see you all after my bath tomorrow, while I wait for all my deliveries to come with Royal Mail.  I've gotta remember to charge up my fan and HLTH band as well tomorrow.

Nite nite orl

First and final update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Scrub myself clean and brush my teeth tomorrow and Friday
• Get changed into new clothes on Friday
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of toast & juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Advertise plates and bowl on Freegle
• Keep an eye on when delivery is due
• Order screws
• Get ready for medical appointment
• Come home
• Reward myself with a J2O for my only meal until tea time
• Wash and dry clothes
• Put clothes away
• Put Freegler's things into the hall
• Give things to Freegler
• Collapse onto the sofa in an exhausted heap
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Take part in competitions
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
• Keep voicemail active
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Open living room window
• Open kitchen window
• Open back door
• Open bathroom window
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom 
• Housework - Thursday - vacuum carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
• Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - got very rough menu's until 15th November now
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Wash up plates
• Take photos of plates
• Advertise plates on Freegle and Freecycle
• Wash up bowl
• Take photo of bowl
• Advertise bowl on Freegle and Freecycle
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs 
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Update menu with your lunch
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
• Do afternoon crunches in hall
• Do afternoon twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• Charge up HLTH band
• Charge up fan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your tea
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Close living room window
• Close kitchen window
• Close bathroom window
• Close back door
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Aaaaaand... relax.

I've had a busy day today and after waking up so early this morning and not being able to go back to sleep at 2.22am I'm gonna take my pills early and head on up to bed.

I've gotta remember that it's bath time tomorrow and I've got hopefully the last deliveries due from Amazon, but I'm really hoping that I'll be able to eat more than a sleeve of biscuits all day tomorrow!

I'm back from...

...my medical appointment and the nurse was happy with everything.  

I'm still the right weight for my height (I thought I was 1kg over but I'm not), my blood pressure was bang on at 128, she used a finger thing for my pulse and that was fine too.  I asked about taking my blood pressure again in the same position that I had it done in the pharmacy and she told me to ignore that reading and if I go there to have it done again, I've just gotta ask to have the machine in my lap so that the cuff is level with my heart next time.  The seat was lower and the desk was higher in the pharmacy so the cuff was nowhere near my heart... just gotta remember next time lol

That's me all done and dusted for another year now though, thankfully.

Today's (16th October 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 2 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July - 1.8 for August - 1.9 for September
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Scrub myself clean and brush my teeth tomorrow and Friday
• Get changed into new clothes on Friday
• Download Visible readings on 1st of each month
• Put Visible readings onto health site on 1st of each month
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of toast & juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Try taking a Goji Berry after I've eaten
• Put photo of breakfast on Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your breakfast
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Advertise plates and bowl on Freegle
• Keep an eye on when delivery is due
• Order screws
• Get ready for medical appointment
• Come home
• Reward myself with a J2O for my only meal until tea time
• Wash and dry clothes
• Put clothes away
• Put Freegler's things into the hall
• Give things to Freegler
• Collapse onto the sofa in an exhausted heap
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups in hall
• Do morning crunches in hall
• Do morning twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Take part in competitions
• Take OddBox container out at 5pm every Sunday
• Keep voicemail active
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Open living room window
• Open kitchen window
• Open back door
• Open bathroom window
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Indulge in a box of mince pies
• Try bands on my HLTH device - tried the second one in the bath this morning - just put the third one on to test overnight so I've got one more left to try now - it stayed around my ankle all night, thankfully, so just got one more to try then I can swap and change them whenever I want to
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom 
• Housework - Thursday - vacuum carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath or shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings - I've just re-found him (TJB Heating if I forget again) on Check A Trade and explained the situation and he's up for doing it, so I've sent him the questions from my home insurers and as soon as I've got their approval I'll sort out when he can come and fit the other 5 radiators and fill them up with coolant
• Contact home insurers for their approval of radiator replacements - I heard from them just before lunch and they had a few questions which I've answered as well as I can before contacting the plumber but I want their approval before I get on the blower to him
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - got very rough menu's until 15th November now
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Wash up plates
• Take photos of plates
• Advertise plates on Freegle and Freecycle
• Wash up bowl
• Take photo of bowl
• Advertise bowl on Freegle and Freecycle
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs 
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants the glasses or the mugs
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of protein and veg/meal replacement/caramel Barista milk
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Update menu with your lunch
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do afternoon sit-ups in hall
• Do afternoon crunches in hall
• Do afternoon twists in hall
• Do wall planks in hall
• Do side steps in hall
• Do hip circles in hall
• Do squats in living room
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up personal phone
• Charge up spam phone
• Charge up watch
• Charge up HLTH band
• Charge up fan
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Bring in OddBox
• Put new fruit and veg away
• Make tea of water/meal replacements/fruit
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Update menu with your tea
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put BP spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Close living room window
• Close kitchen window
• Close bathroom window
• Close back door
• Clear browser caches every Tuesday
• Clear browser caches on 27th of every month
• Do evening Visible check-in
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed