Pre 2025

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  • Countdown – 14

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    Day 14 pre-op Day 14 pre-op VLCD. – – – a meeting of the numbers! Dinner last night: Pulled Pork & Mash. === Rain: 0 I spent most of the morning doing laundry and in between loads I was doing work out in our bus, trying to get the window covers cut to shape. It’s…

  • Countdown – 16

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    Day 16 pre-op Day 12 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Mushroom Omelette === Rain: 0.5 Not a lot of news today… Did some sewing this morning as the bias edging on the gazebo for our bus was coming off, so I have been sewing it back on again, and gone around the entire edging to…

  • Countdown – 18

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    Day 18 pre-op Day 10 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Dinner out – I had a small lamb shank on a bit of mash. I only had a third of the mash and was very satisfied. It was good to be out of the house for a bit. === Rain: 73 Weigh day for me…

  • Countdown – 19

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    Day 19 pre-op Day 9 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Fish Tacos === Rain: 4.5 Last night I ate too much. We had fish tacos for dinner. An absolute favourite inner house, and my Dietician had even been kind enough to recommend some wraps that would be suitable so that we could still have them…

  • Countdown – 20

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    Day 20 pre-op Day 8 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Chicken & Prawn Salad. === Rain: 14 I have a bit of a case of cabin fever. My car is still in the mechanic shop, and the rain continues. Thank goodness we live on our Farm where I can get outside, even if I…

  • Countdown – 25

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    Day 25 pre-op Day 3 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Warm Chicken Salad, and a jelly and lemon mousse dessert. === Rain in the last 24hrs? ZERO! Don’t get toooo excited, the place is still a veritable quagmire and according to the weather app over the next 10 days there is an 80-90% chance of…

  • Countdown – 26

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    Day 26 pre-op Day 2 pre-op VLCD. Dinner last night: Frittata, with a jelly and lemon mousse dessert. === “only” 8.5mm of rain since yesterday. There is something shiny in the sky today, but that’s all I’m saying about that right now!! I feel like my first day of VLCD went really well yesterday. I…

  • Countdown – 28

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    Day 28 pre-op 0 days left til pre vlcd – tomorrow it begins!! Dinner last night: Homemade Beef Stoup. === 23mm of rain. Today was the day for the trip down the hill to the airport to drop our Son off, and for me to have my CT scan and Barium Swallow. The airport can…

  • Countdown – 32

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    Day 32 pre-op 4 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Garlic prawns on rice. === 20mm of rain overnight – I’m about ready to cry. We seriously need a damn break…Actually – scrap that. Today, I have cried when each fresh downpour begins. We didn’t even have the tease of sun breaking through this morning,…

  • Countdown – 33

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    Day 33 pre-op 5 days pre vlcd. Dinner last night: Panko crumbed chicken with home-made air fried chip, and a mixed salad. === 68mm of rain overnight – at this point – do I even need to try and explain what a shit-show our Farm truely is?? Big high rubber boots – only boots –…