16 Feb 2017 48 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Break, Holiday, time out
Because we have booked a last minute break away! Just the four of us, heading into Central London for a couple of nights. Needed a change from these four walls!
So I may be a little quiet… (Quiet? Ritu? Now there’s a thought!)
I may not get to log in as much…(Who am I kidding? If my phone is with me then unless the battery dies, I’ll be here just the same!)
But I am sure I’ll have lots more to post about after!
And don’t worry, #Loveuary is still going!!!!!! I am all prepared!!!
15 Feb 2017 28 Comments
in #loveuary, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #loveuary, Affection, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Haiku, love
Love is a feeling that comes in many strengths.
The deep passion you feel for your other half.
The ‘I’d die for you’ love you feel for your children.
The all encompassing love you feel for your pet.
The ‘crush’ love you feel for that celebrity…
Affectionate love is that kind of feeling that just makes you go ‘Awwww!’
When you think something or someone is cute. Like a baby, or a child. It isn’t quite as strong as love, per se, but affection is definitely a feeling in itself, that manifests itself into a type of love. A type of tenderness, fondness…
When I look at you
I feel a strong affection
And want to hug you!Ritu 2017
Remember, feel free to take part in #Loveuary! Just ping back to the daily post, as in this one for today! And if you are at a loss for a prompt, then visit my rules post here for a list of prompt suggestions!
14 Feb 2017 69 Comments
in #loveuary, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #loveuary, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, love, poem, Valentines Day
Valentine’s Day is here. The reason this month has got all red, pink and fluffy! We’ve been bombarded with adverts, cards and flowers, deals on hotels and fancy meals, for the best part of two months at least, and now it’s here.
But hasn’t it all got far too commercialised?
It’s a great idea, to have a day to show your love, but that shouldn’t be the only day. If you love someone, you love them everyday, yet the businesses out there have cottoned on to the fact that there is huge money to be made out of days like today. If the other half doesn’t get a card, the Missus will be miffed, that sort of thing!
I, for one, never lose an opportunity to tell him that I love him. Every day. Today, for me is just an extra reason to shower him with a little extra love. But along with him, the love is showered on all my family and friends.
It can’t be a bad thing to spread love, can it? If only for a day, let there be love around the world. ❤
My Valentine
Today’s the day to profess my love
To coo to you, my turtle dove
The day I say how much I care
How to be with you I’d go anywhereTo shower you with kisses and hugs
Cuddly toys and romantic mugs
A bunch of roses, must be red
And propose that I think we should wedBut why today on St Valentine,
When every day I want you to be mine?
Everyday you change my life
For not one day are we husband and wifeKnow my love will never end
Even when you drive me round the bend
A chance to celebrate, it’s true
The very fact that I love youRitu 2017
Remember, feel free to take part in #Loveuary! Just ping back to the daily post, as in this one for today! And if you are at a loss for a prompt, then visit my rules post here for a list of prompt suggestions!
13 Feb 2017 52 Comments
in Health, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Health, healthy, Slimming World, Super Slimmers, Weight Loss
Sitting at my in-laws house this evening I perused the daily paper. Granted it was not a broadsheet, but rather The Sun! Still, it can be an amusing read!
The middle page spread was rather alarming for me to read, given the last six months that I have devoted to healthy eating, and losing weight.
All these ‘Super Slimmers’, the faces that had been associated with various diet plans, such as Lighter Life, The Cambridge Diet, and Slimming World, who slipped back into the overweight depths after a couple of years.
Upon reading the article it claims that basically if you are planning on losing weight, then great, but most dieters tend to put it all back on, and then some within 2 years!
Nooo!
I must admit, the last time I lost a considerable amount of weight, it was hard to maintain the eating regime that had been set, and yes, I did slowly gain all the weight back, with a little extra on top.
Am I gonna allow this to happen to me again?
Am I planning on being one of their statistics for failure?
The answer to that is “No!”
I am aware that in order to keep my weight at the level I would like, I need to make sure I don’t lapse into the bad eating habits of the past. I actually enjoy eating meals the Slimming World way, and you have all seen the photos of the yummy food I have ingested recently!
Once I hit my last target, I won’t officially stay a member of Slimming World, but I have enough knowledge now to make better food choices. I will aim to get that little bit more active too so exercise does its part.
And in some way, I will continue to blog about it. Writing about my healthy living has been a huge inspiration to me, I always want to report a positive week, rather than a downer, saying I give up.
This way, hopefully, two years down the line, I can look back and say “Whatever!” to those researchers, “Look at me, still slim after losing all that weight two years ago!”
There is a documentary about these Slimmers tomorrow which I plan to watch too, so maybe I’ll get some more pointers about what not to do, in order to maintain my weight!
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