Today (28th June 2026) I'm grateful for...

...getting really good news on the unofficial weigh-in I've just done.  I'm slap bang on the exact weight the nurse wanted me to be and I'm sooo proud of myself for finally getting there after first being significantly over, then a bit under, then over but now I'm bang on the exact weight she gave me for my height, so I'll just be experimenting to see how to maintain that weight now.

I'm feeling sooo positive now and my OddBox is due at any time now so I'll have 400g of my favourite fruit (cherries) to devour this week and I can't wait!

I'm hoping that my 8 me-friendly creams will be in stock tomorrow (please Gaia?) so that I can devour as many creamy drinks as I want to and maybe have some with the cherries too, just to see what I think, 'cos I've never had creamy cherries before!

Today has been a very good day.

I've just unofficially weighed myself and...

...I'm bang on the right weight for my height and the exact weight the nurse wanted me to aim for when I went to have my health MOT.

It's officially weigh day after breakfast tomorrow and I might be a smidgen under by then, but I've got no reason to restrict the hot choccies now and can even snack on the dried fruit and nuts that I've got tubfuls of now, without worrying about going over my daily calorie budget. If the me-friendly squirty creams are in stock on Tuesday I'll be able to have creamy hot choccies and creamy decaff mochas too.

If I am a bit under where the nurse wants me to be tomorrow morning, then I won't be exercising no matter how good or otherwise my Visible's 'Morning Stability' score is... if it's at 4 (rare) or 5 (yet to happen) then I might do a few gentle laps to keep my heart healthy, but if it's below 4 then I won't risk it.

I've hopefully got a "bumper pack" of 400g of cherries coming with my OddBox hopefully at around 6pm tonight, so I'll be able to dig into those and other fruits next week without trying to calculate how many calories I'll go over quite so much as I have for the last few weeks.

I've got a celebratory drinking chocolate on the go which means I'll be awake and desperate for a wee at 2am again, but it's sooo worth it lol

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Back up archive folder
• Delete archive folder
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• 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 - it's big enough for a while now
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Back up archive folder on 28th
• Delete archive folder from laptop on 28th
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath/shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now - I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or apples
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps 
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Do twists in hall
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up phone
• Charge up watch
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Choccie raisins in the fridge too
• 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

Today's (28th June 2026) tea photo

I was debating on whether or not to have any tea today 'cos I had extra fruit for lunch and it's nowhere near as hot today, but I figured that the ice poles were there to be eaten, so that's what I did and today it was a cola and then a lemonade ice pole.

Here's the last photo of the week - today's tea:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Back up archive folder
• Delete archive folder
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• 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 - it's big enough for a while now
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Back up archive folder on 28th
• Delete archive folder from laptop on 28th
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath/shower
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now - I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or apples
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps 
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Do twists in hall
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up phone
• Charge up watch
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Choccie raisins in the fridge too
• 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

Today's (28th June 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was a bit different to recently because as well as the 2 apples and 2 pears, I also had the 2 nectarines that I'd forgotten for the last week and washed it all down with a can of Sparkling Lychee pop lol

Here's today's lunch photo:

Today's (28th June 2026) breakfast photo

Over 6 hours late but my backups have only just finished lol

Today's breakfast came in two parts:  a 500ml glass of water to take my 10 morning pills with, then my solid breakfast of choccie Weetabix swimming in waaay too much soya milk, but it finished off the carton and washed it down with another 500ml glass of water so that I can keep the fruit juice ready for next week, as long as the new carton is delivered with my OddBox this evening.

Here are today's two breakfast photos:

Today's (28th June 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run monthly virus scan
• Back up archive folder
• Delete archive folder
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• 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 - it's big enough for a while now
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Have caffeinated coffee/peach tea
• Bring in binders
• Sort OddBox recipes into breakfast/lunch/tea/pud/snack/drink
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• Back up archive folder on 28th
• Delete archive folder from laptop on 28th
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022 - they will hopefully be here by this weekend - they arrived this morning and I'm really shocked by the first 3 pages unfortunately
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover - someone phoned last night and apparently I'll get a letter through the post with a number to call to arrange the engineer's visit to put in the necessary phone line and connect me to the digital thing, so I've just gotta be patient with that as well as the ASHP service document to send to my insurers now
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
• 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
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Do morning twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen/have bath
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend - menu won't change until September now - I've just put next week's up 'cos it's a bit different in a good way - fruit all week this week again! - eggs to go with the fruit for the rest of this week - just fruit again this week
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or apples
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of fruit/leftovers/biscuits
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps 
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Do twists in hall
• Charge up powerbanks
• Charge up Visible
• Charge up phone
• Charge up watch
• Refill bottle with squash
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• Choccie raisins in the fridge too
• 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

Mornin' all

Well, looks like today is gonna be another day of diarrhoea but hopefully it won't be too bad.

My blood pressure was normal, I've popped my morning pills, had my breakfast and started off the monthly virus scan while charging up my phone and Visible again.

An Olio-er is interested in the apples at last so I'm hoping they'll go today, but they changed their mind about the time they would be coming 3 times overnight, so I've just gotta hope that they actually turn up at all.

I've got a 'Morning Stability' score of 3 this morning, so I'll be able to do one set of laps and exercises when the apples have been picked up.  I've gotta keep an eye on the delivery time thing too, just in case they are early.

Gotta remember to put the OddBox container and my rubbish and recycling out this afternoon too.

Time to get today's to-do list together while I wait for the virus scan to finish the last 1% then I'll back up my archive folder and delete it then carry on with my day.  

BBS

Nite nite orl

I'm proud of myself for discovering that I can have hot drinks to cool my body down enough to stop sweating, so it'll be drinking chocolates all day tomorrow.

I've popped my last two pills of the day so I'm gonna shut down now, after reminding myself to charge up my personal phone and Visible tomorrow and I've gotta keep an eye on my delivery too, just in case it's delivered earlier than Monday.

I've had a very good day today and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl