Today's (8th August 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast was the same as yesterday's - a 500ml glass of water to wash all my morning pills down with.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

Well, I managed about half an hours extra sleep this morning but I'm still swollen and cream crackered.  I've taken my 'Morning Stability' reading which was 3, my blood pressure was 119, I've popped all of my morning pills with my breakfast glass of water and asked the Freegler if she still wants the things she said she was coming to get "now" at 8am on Thursday.  I've also asked a regular if she potentially wants the plates and bowls because I'm fed up of waiting now so hopefully they will be going soon.

The virus scan found an "Advanced Issue" which I'm guessing is the plan for my third and potentially final medical memoir that I read through last night, so I'll get that sorted after getting my breakfast photo up.

I'll BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a very long, stressful day today, but I've taken my pills and I'm heading off to beddy-byes now.  I've got nothing happening tomorrow, not even my weekly bubble bath 'cos of not seeing my SIL on Sunday, so I've got no reason to get up at sparrow's fart in the morning... but prolly will anyway 'cos my bladder always wakes me up no matter how little sleep I've had lol

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July
• Use new blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• 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
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/toast/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Give Olio-er their food at 5.30pm - she had an emergency so we are rearranging it - it's been rearranged to Sunday now
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Give Freeze Pops and sweetcorn to Olio-er at 8am
• Give kitchen things (including the dishes in the kitchen) to Freegler at around 4.15pm
• Take photos of plates and bowls
• Send photos to Freegler
• Arrange day and time for Freegler to pick up plates and bowls
• Put new plates and bowls away
• 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
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegler
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out middle cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of middle counter cupboard things
• Offer middle counter things to Freegler
• Advertise middle counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out right cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of right counter cupboard things
• Offer right counter cupboard things to Freegler
• Advertise right counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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
• Match up Steve's statements against my spreadsheet
• Phone up for medical appointment about DVLA renewal - she's off work for a couple of weeks, but it's on her task list to call me for when she gets back - I've got an appointment now and it's gonna be a very busy Tuesday lol
• 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
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• Put menu up on blog every weekend
• 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 the packing material or radiator or cushion or wok or griddle pan or chopping board or roasting tin or frying pan
• Advertise things that Freegler doesn't want
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the cheese/aubergine - someone is coming for both at 5.30pm today - it's been rearranged to Sunday now
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on CheckATrade to see if anyone is interested in kitchen job - there are a couple of people interested and I've sent photos to the one who requested them and offered the photos to the other person - I've had 1 quote so far, over £1000 just for labour and not including parts, so I don't think I'll be using them.  I've sent the photos to the other interested tradesperson so I'll wait and see what they say - apparently the first tradesperson was just guessing "so that you can get your finances ready for the site visit" so I'm definitely not going with them - I've decided to give up on it now
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream/meal replacement
• 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
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Do twists in hall
• 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
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/toast/fruit
• 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

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July
• Use new blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• 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
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/toast/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Give Olio-er their food at 5.30pm - she had an emergency so we are rearranging it - it's been rearranged to Sunday now
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Give Freeze Pops and sweetcorn to Olio-er at 8am
• Give kitchen things (including the dishes in the kitchen) to Freegler at around 4.15pm
• Take photos of plates and bowls
• Send photos to Freegler
• Arrange day and time for Freegler to pick up plates and bowls
• Put new plates and bowls away
• 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
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegler
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out middle cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of middle counter cupboard things
• Offer middle counter things to Freegler
• Advertise middle counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out right cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of right counter cupboard things
• Offer right counter cupboard things to Freegler
• Advertise right counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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
• Match up Steve's statements against my spreadsheet
• Phone up for medical appointment about DVLA renewal - she's off work for a couple of weeks, but it's on her task list to call me for when she gets back - I've got an appointment now and it's gonna be a very busy Tuesday lol
• 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
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• Put menu up on blog every weekend
• 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 the packing material or radiator or cushion or wok or griddle pan or chopping board or roasting tin or frying pan
• Advertise things that Freegler doesn't want
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the cheese/aubergine - someone is coming for both at 5.30pm today - it's been rearranged to Sunday now
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on CheckATrade to see if anyone is interested in kitchen job - there are a couple of people interested and I've sent photos to the one who requested them and offered the photos to the other person - I've had 1 quote so far, over £1000 just for labour and not including parts, so I don't think I'll be using them.  I've sent the photos to the other interested tradesperson so I'll wait and see what they say - apparently the first tradesperson was just guessing "so that you can get your finances ready for the site visit" so I'm definitely not going with them - I've decided to give up on it now
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream/meal replacement
• 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
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Do twists in hall
• 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
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/toast/fruit
• 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 (7th August 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was the same as yesterdays, just with an extra chestnut mushroom (5 today, 4 yesterday I think) and less mayonnaise along with a 330ml can of Sparkling Guava pop.

Here's today's lunch photo:

I knew it!

I weighed myself, as normal, on Monday, and I was 1kg overweight, so I was happy with that.

I've just weighed myself again, unofficially, and I've lost 1.3kg since Monday morning which means that I'm now 300g under where the nurse wants me to be, so I guess I'll be pigging out between now and Sunday evening to try and get my weight back up to where the nurse wants me to be again.

Losing weight has never been a problem for me, but gaining it and keeping it on has been a huge issue for my entire life and I hate it.  People think and say that I'm lucky and that they would love to be in my position, but when you get told off for losing weight by medical bods it makes you feel frustrated that you can't seem to put on and keep on the weight no matter what you try and do!

Today's (7th August 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 4 out of 5 again today
• Take FunCap reading on 1st of each month - 1.7 out of 5 for July
• Use new blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• 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
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music/random music/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Refill bottle with squash
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/toast/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Give Olio-er their food at 5.30pm - she had an emergency so we are rearranging it - it's been rearranged to Sunday now
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Log weight into NutraCheck
• Get washed and changed
• Brush my teeth
• Give Freeze Pops and sweetcorn to Olio-er at 8am
• Give kitchen things (including the dishes in the kitchen) to Freegler at around 4.15pm
• Take photos of plates and bowls
• Send photos to Freegler
• Arrange day and time for Freegler to pick up plates and bowls
• Put new plates and bowls away
• 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
• Sort out left cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of left counter cupboard things
• Offer left counter cupboard things to Freegler
• Advertise left counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out middle cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of middle counter cupboard things
• Offer middle counter things to Freegler
• Advertise middle counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Sort out right cupboard under main counter
• Take photos of right counter cupboard things
• Offer right counter cupboard things to Freegler
• Advertise right counter cupboard things on Freegle
• Indulge in as many creamy drinks as I want
• Run monthly virus scan on 28th of every month
• 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
• Match up Steve's statements against my spreadsheet
• Phone up for medical appointment about DVLA renewal - she's off work for a couple of weeks, but it's on her task list to call me for when she gets back - I've got an appointment now and it's gonna be a very busy Tuesday lol
• 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
• Arrange for emergency plumber to come back out for the other radiator coolant fillings
• Put menu up on blog every weekend
• 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 the packing material or radiator or cushion or wok or griddle pan or chopping board or roasting tin or frying pan
• Advertise things that Freegler doesn't want
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the cheese/aubergine - someone is coming for both at 5.30pm today - it's been rearranged to Sunday now
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Keep an eye on CheckATrade to see if anyone is interested in kitchen job - there are a couple of people interested and I've sent photos to the one who requested them and offered the photos to the other person - I've had 1 quote so far, over £1000 just for labour and not including parts, so I don't think I'll be using them.  I've sent the photos to the other interested tradesperson so I'll wait and see what they say - apparently the first tradesperson was just guessing "so that you can get your finances ready for the site visit" so I'm definitely not going with them - I've decided to give up on it now
• Make lunch of protein and veg/ice cream/meal replacement
• 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
• Refill can dispenser
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Do twists in hall
• 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
• Make tea of water/ice cream/meal replacements/toast/fruit
• 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 (7th August 2026) breakfast photo

I just had the first part of my breakfast this morning, a 500ml glass of water to wash my 10 morning pills down with this morning, because I'm waiting for an Olio-er to come and pick up her Freeze Pops and sweetcorn, so that I've got more room in my fridge and freezer ready for my next OddBox delivery.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Mornin' all

Another late start this morning, but that's OK 'cos I've already taken my 'Morning Stability' reading which was another 4, taken my blood pressure which was 124, had my breakfast glass of water to wash my 10 morning pills down with and done my morning laps and exercises, so I'm good to go until 8am now when an Olio-er is coming for her sweetcorn.  I've got a regular Freegler coming for loads of stuff at around 4pm, then I'll be able to tackle the middle cupboard - I hate to admit it, but I quite enjoy it when I eventually get going lol

The daily virus scan was reassuringly clear so I'm gonna get my breakfast photo up, then today's to-do list then try and catch my breath ready for the Olio-er at 8am.

TTFN but BBS