Deirdre Geraghty

I thought it was a fluke when I weighed myself and I have lost a load of weight. When I got back upstairs with my breakfast I did it again and I have lost even more… yay!

I had a very revealing counselling session when I admitted that the one word that describes how I feel and have felt for most of my life is heartbroken. Oh l have happy days and wonderful friends and I love my family especially my son so I suppose that should be enough!

The Tories are trying to look good for the electorate before the General Election next year. It is too little too late l believe!

I had put on some weight with the constipation which I now seem to have lost again as I use a product twice a day since yesterday. Still more to do – it has been a disappointing week!

It will soon be Xmas card time again. Although I am not a Christian I take this opportunity to send a card to all my friends including those l don’t see from one year to the next. A good time to send my‘Season’s Greetings’ message with good wishes for another year. Very important to me even though very expensive to do these days

I went to the pub yesterday for lunch to celebrate my friend’s birthday. I had a steak and ale pie and veggies and a glass of red wine and my weight is right up this morning. Hopefully it will be down again after I take the laxative that I have arriving today.

Constipation is kind of a taboo subject. I am having no problems putting food in – just getting rid of the waste. I have never really had this problem before. I have increased the amount of flaxseed I am taking which has helped a little. So I have ordered in the big guns and should receive a product on Monday which hopefully should solve the problem… these milkshake meal replacements have their drawbacks after all!

My system is all bunged up this week and my weight is going up which is to be expected. I have taken flaxseed in my milkshake meal replacements and my yoghurt in the past two days but that’s not been much help so far. I suppose patience is a virtue!

So I didn’t sleep again last night – I sorted out my last Xmas presents and watched an episode of ‘Vera’ and now we are getting nearer to a time l can have breakfast l have started yawning – typical!

I had a very busy day yesterday and I ache all over today after the physical stuff over the past 48 hours and my arthritis is very painful. I can’t do much else but take it easy!