Aw I'm sorry to hear that 😢 I find bedtime yoga helpful to unwind at the end of the day. I hope yours calms down soon. Do speak to someone if it gets unmanageable though xx
I remember when my children were young and I wanted to do the best for them but you also need to look after yourself too. Make things as easy for yourself and hubby and do the best you can. Don't beat yourself up if you can't do everything right. I learnt that this can lead to burnout and then you aren't any good to anyone so give yourself some slack. You are doing a really good job. Take care😘
Your not alone and your not crazy, I started doing work outs recently about 5 weeks a go and that has really helped me. Changing my diet like you are and I feel a lot better for it. Small changes help x❤
Your definatley not alone not sleeping I wake up three or four times a night am getting fed up with it , great haul my grandson doesn’t try new things either he’s Austic and has the same things in his lunch box ever day . Hope you sleep better soon this hot weather doesn’t help much either . Take care xx
Thank you 🩷 That must be so annoying waking up so much. I suppose when it comes to children who are neurodiverse, you just have to give them what they will eat and at least they're eating something at the end of the day xx
Try ryvita cracker bread with hummus it’s so yummy, wow there is a lot of healthy items there your doing well, I started getting obsessed and almost developed an eating disorder so don’t worry about having a treat from time to time it’s all about balance xx
@@MumLifeAndMore I am yes thank you lovely. I was counting calories all the time but I was getting too obsessed with it where it was taking over my life x
I absolutely love how you share sweetener free things! We've been buying sweetener free bits for years now so it's nice to find some new things in your videos I didn't know about. Especially the sainsburys squash! I even do my food shop in sainsburys but never knew their own brand was sweetener free (or at least some of them) sweetener is in so much its ridiculous! 👎🏼
Thank you 🙂 It's so hard to avoid sweetener isn't it as it's in EVERYTHING! I tried to find jelly pots for my eldest in Aldi and all of them were 'no added sugar' and had sweetener I'n them 😤 we should have the choice! I just found the apple and mango high juice in Sainsburys (as well as the orange and summer fruits) they do a sweetener free one and one with sweetener in, so you just have to check the label x
@@MumLifeAndMore it is in absolutely everything so not fair to those who don't want to consume it. Oh well itl make us healthier in the long run not eating all the rubbish 🙈 yeah I havnt found a Jelly it's now in to be honest x
Aww Claire bless your heart. I don’t suffer with anxiety but I can’t imagine it is easy. I do get fed up though but that’s because I have serious health issues , disabled and in constant agony. I am currently waiting on 3 surgeries 2 of which are very major. I don’t sleep I am awake until 4-5 am every morning and it is draining. I feel you lovely and I hope the CBT helps. I am a qualified counsellor and know this therapy is particularly good for anxiety, so I do hope it will help you. Your certainly not going mad thought lovely and please never, ever thinks that. Your a lovely mum and doing a great job with your beautiful kids so be kind to yourself. Make sure you allocate some you time too as I know your always rushing about with the kids and working, but remember you matter too. It can be so easy to not look after ourselves when we have kids to look after. I have a 16 year old daughter and been supporting her through all the stress of her GCSE’s right now. She has one exam more on Tuesday then she’s finished. She’s so excited and has prom next week too, then we are off to Kos for a week in 9 days. Looking forward to that and that’s her little incentive for working hard with all her exams. I hope your feeling better soon and if you ever want to chat please inbox me. Sending you love and wishing you all the very best xxx
Aw thank you so much ❤️ I'm so sorry that you're suffering with health issues, that must be so horrible for you. Sending hugs. I hope your daughter's GCSEs went well. Have a wonderful time on holiday. You definitely deserve it! Xxx
Claire the other sweetener that gets added to food is acesulfame K, it's as bad as aspartame. There are sweeteners that can be added as a sugar alternative these can be, agave, carob, erythritol as well as others. These will sometimes show up as a chemical name. Daughter has PCOS so, have to check a lot of stuff prior to buying.
@@MumLifeAndMore Hi and love to you all, just had to jump in and IMO the reason they add is to hook people to buy, just think of all the money involved . Keeps people in jobs, cost to the NHS and lots more. Think what you are doing is great ! X
@afcwfcwfc I completely agree and it's disgusting. Economy would benefit at more from healthy people spending money on leisure things rather than medical bills etc x
True, sorry to say that would help people live longer which is of course happening now. You are too young to remember years ago you worked till 65 and died a few years later, less cost to the government. Now its seems that 70 is too young to die. X
The way I deal with not being able to sleep due to anxiety for the kids medication bills doctors appointments you know your in bed there is absolutely nothing you can do no one you can call they unlike you are in the land of nod getting needed sleep so say to your self I can't deal with it now noones going to awake to sort it out with me so I'll attend to it tomorrow close your eyes take a deep breath exhale slowly and try to drift off then it really did help me a lot xx
Good on you trying to eat less processed, our lives have become so fast we forget to pay attention to what we eat and over long term all these fake chemicals will have an effect! I've been on this journey for the past 2 years for me and my family. Some tonic does have aspartame so still check, sparkling water mixed for a natural cordial is good. Belvoir and Teissiere are pricey but no nasties. Look at msg too in crisps etc, I've just had to break it to my children I won't be buying doritos or monster munch anymore! 😂
Claire i was think u might enjoy making ur own lemonade it is really easy of course you will have 2 pick up extra lemons citric acid and sugar . I make a lovely raspberry and orange one px
Hi claire anxiety is awful ive sufferd for years the slightest thing sets it off its not surprisig were all stressed with everything going on in this world with the cost of liveing prices and outher things please take care were all hear for you ❤ xxx
Don’t know entirely what you are feeling financially as we are fine but my husband and me spend different, have different thresholds when it comes to spending. It’s very stressful especially around the time of trips, replacing highly expensive items like appliances or tech or having a lot of medical bills suddenly. Obviously I’m American. LOL. We can’t get our internet down or our phone bill down. Usually after the contract ends you go to the place and they sign you up for a program at half the price and then it keeps inching up over the next two years and you repeat. This time that did not happen. We must be on some list? Or our credit rating is good so they figure we do not need a reduction? Even my husbands new car we usually are 0% interest. And it was 1 1/2%. Just no inventory to try and clear the lot. And the amount of the payments are double our first car loan and longer term. Now income is up dramatically. It’s not that we can’t spend that much. It just seems a crazy amount to spent on that. Anyway one thing that keeps my calm about money is every month something goes to savings, something gets donated and most get spent. It’s automatic savings. So even if I need to go into savings to pay for appliances I don’t really think on it cause I know something went into savings. Feeling okay financially and calm isn’t really about the total amount in the savings or retirement account. If we saved something, shared something and spent during the month I feel safe. Even if it pulled out more in savings to pay the car insurance an amount automatically goes into savings each month, so that process of saving month is what matters. I do not stop the savings in a month I need to pull out money. So if I put 100 a month in and need 200 out of savings 100 still goes in and I take out 200. I do not not save anything and pull out 100. A number of bills for us are every 3 months, every 6 months, etc.. So there will always be times we dip into savings. That is what it’s for. You need to find your calm about finances. And work around your spouse. Maybe a trip is more important for the next five years than retirement? Maybe you just improved a bunch of items and just putting 20 a week in an envelope will have a sum saved the next time a repair is needed and there won’t be stress cause it’s already in the envelope? Donation does not have to be a huge amount. It was 5 a week in the church basket at first. Then it was 20 after a raise for the both of us. Giving something away is very psychological. It means you believe yourself to have more than enough. That can be very calming. Or maybe for you it is a number in the account you feel fine but if lower you panic. Then you need to talk with husband about that. Another thing you could do is go around the house and declutter items you are not using. Things that don’t fit. It will tell you you have plenty. It will tell you your closet is big enough, there is room for things. It may tell you there are plenty of pants but not enough tops so when you do accumulate more it’s the stuff that will serve you best. Have your kids retire 10 items in their room. Buy less for bday and Christmas now they have money to pick things out on vacation and have done so, maybe they need 5 new things at Christmas instead of 8? Maybe Christmas is for wishes and the clothing and book gifts just get added to them when they need the next size shirt or there is a book fair or vacation and having more books would be ideal then? You seem to be changing a lot lately. Work, trips, reading, new eating. It’s on you to put the cucumber on the kids plates. It’s not on you they eat it. There are foods we as adults do not like or don’t want to even try. Same for kids. One mom on RUclips suggested a method. Put one somewhat a large bite not teeny tiny piece of the food they have not tried, not tried lately or don’t like on the plate. Don’t tell them to eat it. Maybe they put on their napkin immediately. You may throw it out several times but at some point they may put it in their mouth. But no battle. There are smells and textures and maybe the one time they tried orange it was not sweet or too fibrous but another try might be sweeter. It hanging out the plate can let them touch it or smell it on their timeline. Maybe cooked broccoli is gross but the raw crunchy broccoli is a whole different story. My son refused plain water until around age 5. Even preschool pushing the option. It was after all sweaty on playground on a hot day getting into car I grabbed a fresh water bottle I kept in car, gave it to him and he chugged all 8 ounces. From then on water tied with milk for his beverage of choice. Nearly fainted. It was so abrupt a change. All the struggle ended that moment. I had watered down so much juice in his short life until then. Sometimes I didn’t bother watering it down. Water was a game changer. Actually once red grapes, apples and baby carrots were fairly counted on to eat I felt I could relax about food. He had a few others but those things would be the go in the lunch box items. We have quite the list of allowed and forbidden food here in the US. What made no sense is since he got the therapies at school they constantly gave him candy for doing his work. Fortunately he was all sensory and never ate it. So many smarties gone to waste.
In some ways I agree with you but please tell me when your next essay lecture is going to begin ? Claire and Gareth are fabulous parents and tbh nobody should be lecturing on what they should do. Sorry but this upset me
@@kristinesharp6286 as a mental health nurse imo you werent helping. And now you are being rude. If you watch Claire does clear out ans sell things. You came over as bossy and overbearing
@@CarolandDave is that right? Now, I’m being rude but not to her. There was some seeming question in there about stress regarding financials (that I just replied was to you that is was probably meant to be rhetorical) and I typed up a brain dump is all. I’m suggesting the brain dump to be ignored. That was following your suggestion that I’m an @@@ (just pick a word from above). I can’t seem to delete it to satisfy you as it was posted too long or my tech skills are lacking or IPad rebelling. IMHO not a mental health nurse but comment sections are usually not helpful to mental health. I was a librarian. We are known for information. She is an adult with agency. She can skim over, ignore, reject or close comments. She is in complete control.
Cupboardy bits.. love it. I shall borrow that one 😅 My little grandson loves Dinos especially if nanny has bought them for him.😊 re Cbt. I was a therapist for ten years and it has a good track record for helping many people. I hope it helps you as anxiety is miserable. I'm now a bereavement counsellor in my retirement. Take care xx
Oh they anything than Nanny's buy don't they ❤️ thank you. I'm definitely going to refer myself for it, I've heard good things about it. Thank you, take care too xx
“Given them dog 💩!! “ I know it isn’t funny when they are fussy but that made me laugh the way you said it!!! It’s very interesting to see the changes you are making, makes me think about some of the rubbish we all eat, though I suppose it’s everything in moderation ( which I’m not particularly good at, I’m a bit all or nothing) How are you finding it since you made the changes or maybe it’s a bit early to tell so far? I make excuses really. I don’t sleep particularly well either, some of mine is I’ll health ( physical) but there is nothing worse than lying there not sleeping with everything going round in your head and escalating, I get anxiety at times. I also worked shift work for many years and that has definitely affected my sleeping pattern. This heat really doesn’t help either xx
I'm sorry you don't sleep that well. It's really annoying when you have a bad night. We're finding the changes good to be honest. The children don't seem to mind that much. We're still allowing them to have treats and things, just not all the time. A lot junk food happened at the weekend because we were at 3 parties 🥳 xx
Also forgot to say you have a lovely figure and certainly don’t need to diet. You look lovely and I am sure your husband says the same. Don’t put extra stress in yourself and you really don’t need to dirt as your very slim as it is xxx
My anxiety has been since hearing all the negative things about sweet now in the media. I have been following that slimming world diet for so long and they recommend sweeteners. So much. I haven't had any Pepsi Max for a month now. Struggling with squash though. As not a fan of tapwater.
Oh bless you. Easier said than done, but try not to let it bother you too much. Maybe just cutting down rather than going cold-turkey will help you feel better. Sending lots of love xxx
@natashajones4657 Oh, I understand. That does sound challenging ❤️ I'm sorry i can't say anything more than that. Maybe just get him to look out for the things that say no artificial colours/flavours etc on them and treat yourself to a Pepsi max every now and then xxx
I don't buy anything with artificial sweeteners either because I am very allergic to them so I don't think you're trying to preach to everybody I hope your anxiety kind of settles down for you and you can get some sleep
Oh that must be quite a challenge for you at times, it seems that sweeteners are hidden in so many things! Thank you, it's been better recently which has been good 👍 x
Anxiety is through the roof at the moment , trying some yoga and tai chi breathing techniques as I don t want to take any meds , take care x
Aw I'm sorry to hear that 😢 I find bedtime yoga helpful to unwind at the end of the day. I hope yours calms down soon. Do speak to someone if it gets unmanageable though xx
I remember when my children were young and I wanted to do the best for them but you also need to look after yourself too. Make things as easy for yourself and hubby and do the best you can. Don't beat yourself up if you can't do everything right. I learnt that this can lead to burnout and then you aren't any good to anyone so give yourself some slack. You are doing a really good job. Take care😘
Thank you so much ❤️
Your not alone and your not crazy, I started doing work outs recently about 5 weeks a go and that has really helped me. Changing my diet like you are and I feel a lot better for it. Small changes help x❤
Thank you. I'm glad your changes are helping 😊 xx
Just came across your channel & subbed. Lovely lady well done
Aw thank you so much ❤️
Your definatley not alone not sleeping I wake up three or four times a night am getting fed up with it , great haul my grandson doesn’t try new things either he’s Austic and has the same things in his lunch box ever day . Hope you sleep better soon this hot weather doesn’t help much either . Take care xx
Thank you 🩷
That must be so annoying waking up so much. I suppose when it comes to children who are neurodiverse, you just have to give them what they will eat and at least they're eating something at the end of the day xx
thanks for the video 🥰
No problem ☺️ x
Thanks for posting. Really good haul. Sometimes it can be expensive to change up your diet, but small changes is good 😊
Definitely finding it.a bit more expensive, but hoping it will pay off for us health-wise. Thanks for watching ❤️
Try ryvita cracker bread with hummus it’s so yummy, wow there is a lot of healthy items there your doing well, I started getting obsessed and almost developed an eating disorder so don’t worry about having a treat from time to time it’s all about balance xx
Oh don't worry, we're still having treats 😉 they're too yummy to give them up completely 😋
Are you doing better now, letting yourself have treat? Xx
@@MumLifeAndMore I am yes thank you lovely. I was counting calories all the time but I was getting too obsessed with it where it was taking over my life x
I absolutely love how you share sweetener free things! We've been buying sweetener free bits for years now so it's nice to find some new things in your videos I didn't know about. Especially the sainsburys squash! I even do my food shop in sainsburys but never knew their own brand was sweetener free (or at least some of them) sweetener is in so much its ridiculous! 👎🏼
Thank you 🙂
It's so hard to avoid sweetener isn't it as it's in EVERYTHING! I tried to find jelly pots for my eldest in Aldi and all of them were 'no added sugar' and had sweetener I'n them 😤 we should have the choice!
I just found the apple and mango high juice in Sainsburys (as well as the orange and summer fruits) they do a sweetener free one and one with sweetener in, so you just have to check the label x
@@MumLifeAndMore it is in absolutely everything so not fair to those who don't want to consume it. Oh well itl make us healthier in the long run not eating all the rubbish 🙈 yeah I havnt found a Jelly it's now in to be honest x
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Aww Claire bless your heart. I don’t suffer with anxiety but I can’t imagine it is easy. I do get fed up though but that’s because I have serious health issues , disabled and in constant agony. I am currently waiting on 3 surgeries 2 of which are very major. I don’t sleep I am awake until 4-5 am every morning and it is draining. I feel you lovely and I hope the CBT helps. I am a qualified counsellor and know this therapy is particularly good for anxiety, so I do hope it will help you. Your certainly not going mad thought lovely and please never, ever thinks that.
Your a lovely mum and doing a great job with your beautiful kids so be kind to yourself. Make sure you allocate some you time too as I know your always rushing about with the kids and working, but remember you matter too. It can be so easy to not look after ourselves when we have kids to look after. I have a 16 year old daughter and been supporting her through all the stress of her GCSE’s right now. She has one exam more on Tuesday then she’s finished. She’s so excited and has prom next week too, then we are off to Kos for a week in 9 days. Looking forward to that and that’s her little incentive for working hard with all her exams.
I hope your feeling better soon and if you ever want to chat please inbox me. Sending you love and wishing you all the very best xxx
Aw thank you so much ❤️
I'm so sorry that you're suffering with health issues, that must be so horrible for you. Sending hugs. I hope your daughter's GCSEs went well. Have a wonderful time on holiday. You definitely deserve it! Xxx
Hi hope you and your family are all well I love the dress your wearing its really suits you and you look tiny in it so jealous lol xx
Aw thank you! Honestly it's just the camera angle 🤣 I do love that dress though, had it years! We are well thank you, I hope you are too Xx
Claire the other sweetener that gets added to food is acesulfame K, it's as bad as aspartame. There are sweeteners that can be added as a sugar alternative these can be, agave, carob, erythritol as well as others. These will sometimes show up as a chemical name. Daughter has PCOS so, have to check a lot of stuff prior to buying.
Thank you. Can't believe they're even allowed to use anyone this stuff in food, especially food targeted at children, when it's so bad for you x
@@MumLifeAndMore Hi and love to you all, just had to jump in and IMO the reason they add is to hook people to buy, just think of all the money involved . Keeps people in jobs, cost to the NHS and lots more.
Think what you are doing is great ! X
@afcwfcwfc I completely agree and it's disgusting. Economy would benefit at more from healthy people spending money on leisure things rather than medical bills etc x
True, sorry to say that would help people live longer which is of course happening now.
You are too young to remember years ago you worked till 65 and died a few years later, less cost to the government. Now its seems that 70 is too young to die. X
Just realised as this came back up in notifications. Did not say, the sugar alternatives I mentioned are meant to be the safe ones.
The way I deal with not being able to sleep due to anxiety for the kids medication bills doctors appointments you know your in bed there is absolutely nothing you can do no one you can call they unlike you are in the land of nod getting needed sleep so say to your self I can't deal with it now noones going to awake to sort it out with me so I'll attend to it tomorrow close your eyes take a deep breath exhale slowly and try to drift off then it really did help me a lot xx
Thank you ❤️
You have done another good haul. I liked the change of camera angles. Personally, I would go have a drink with girl friends to help with anxiety.
Thank you 🩷
Good on you trying to eat less processed, our lives have become so fast we forget to pay attention to what we eat and over long term all these fake chemicals will have an effect! I've been on this journey for the past 2 years for me and my family.
Some tonic does have aspartame so still check, sparkling water mixed for a natural cordial is good. Belvoir and Teissiere are pricey but no nasties. Look at msg too in crisps etc, I've just had to break it to my children I won't be buying doritos or monster munch anymore! 😂
Thank you for the tips 😊 Much appreciated. Oh dear, how did that go down with the children? 🙈 x
Claire i was think u might enjoy making ur own lemonade it is really easy of course you will have 2 pick up extra lemons citric acid and sugar . I make a lovely raspberry and orange one px
Here the amount of tomato sauce ur lot use you should maybe try tomato lemonade is that a thing ha ha
This idea actually popped into my head about a week ago! 😄
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@@MumLifeAndMore great minds think alike pxo
Hi claire anxiety is awful ive sufferd for years the slightest thing sets it off its not surprisig were all stressed with everything going on in this world with the cost of liveing prices and outher things please take care were all hear for you ❤ xxx
Don’t know entirely what you are feeling financially as we are fine but my husband and me spend different, have different thresholds when it comes to spending. It’s very stressful especially around the time of trips, replacing highly expensive items like appliances or tech or having a lot of medical bills suddenly. Obviously I’m American. LOL. We can’t get our internet down or our phone bill down. Usually after the contract ends you go to the place and they sign you up for a program at half the price and then it keeps inching up over the next two years and you repeat. This time that did not happen. We must be on some list? Or our credit rating is good so they figure we do not need a reduction? Even my husbands new car we usually are 0% interest. And it was 1 1/2%. Just no inventory to try and clear the lot. And the amount of the payments are double our first car loan and longer term. Now income is up dramatically. It’s not that we can’t spend that much. It just seems a crazy amount to spent on that. Anyway one thing that keeps my calm about money is every month something goes to savings, something gets donated and most get spent. It’s automatic savings. So even if I need to go into savings to pay for appliances I don’t really think on it cause I know something went into savings. Feeling okay financially and calm isn’t really about the total amount in the savings or retirement account. If we saved something, shared something and spent during the month I feel safe. Even if it pulled out more in savings to pay the car insurance an amount automatically goes into savings each month, so that process of saving month is what matters. I do not stop the savings in a month I need to pull out money. So if I put 100 a month in and need 200 out of savings 100 still goes in and I take out 200. I do not not save anything and pull out 100. A number of bills for us are every 3 months, every 6 months, etc.. So there will always be times we dip into savings. That is what it’s for. You need to find your calm about finances. And work around your spouse. Maybe a trip is more important for the next five years than retirement? Maybe you just improved a bunch of items and just putting 20 a week in an envelope will have a sum saved the next time a repair is needed and there won’t be stress cause it’s already in the envelope? Donation does not have to be a huge amount. It was 5 a week in the church basket at first. Then it was 20 after a raise for the both of us. Giving something away is very psychological. It means you believe yourself to have more than enough. That can be very calming. Or maybe for you it is a number in the account you feel fine but if lower you panic. Then you need to talk with husband about that. Another thing you could do is go around the house and declutter items you are not using. Things that don’t fit. It will tell you you have plenty. It will tell you your closet is big enough, there is room for things. It may tell you there are plenty of pants but not enough tops so when you do accumulate more it’s the stuff that will serve you best. Have your kids retire 10 items in their room. Buy less for bday and Christmas now they have money to pick things out on vacation and have done so, maybe they need 5 new things at Christmas instead of 8? Maybe Christmas is for wishes and the clothing and book gifts just get added to them when they need the next size shirt or there is a book fair or vacation and having more books would be ideal then? You seem to be changing a lot lately. Work, trips, reading, new eating. It’s on you to put the cucumber on the kids plates. It’s not on you they eat it. There are foods we as adults do not like or don’t want to even try. Same for kids. One mom on RUclips suggested a method. Put one somewhat a large bite not teeny tiny piece of the food they have not tried, not tried lately or don’t like on the plate. Don’t tell them to eat it. Maybe they put on their napkin immediately. You may throw it out several times but at some point they may put it in their mouth. But no battle. There are smells and textures and maybe the one time they tried orange it was not sweet or too fibrous but another try might be sweeter. It hanging out the plate can let them touch it or smell it on their timeline. Maybe cooked broccoli is gross but the raw crunchy broccoli is a whole different story. My son refused plain water until around age 5. Even preschool pushing the option. It was after all sweaty on playground on a hot day getting into car I grabbed a fresh water bottle I kept in car, gave it to him and he chugged all 8 ounces. From then on water tied with milk for his beverage of choice. Nearly fainted. It was so abrupt a change. All the struggle ended that moment. I had watered down so much juice in his short life until then. Sometimes I didn’t bother watering it down. Water was a game changer. Actually once red grapes, apples and baby carrots were fairly counted on to eat I felt I could relax about food. He had a few others but those things would be the go in the lunch box items. We have quite the list of allowed and forbidden food here in the US. What made no sense is since he got the therapies at school they constantly gave him candy for doing his work. Fortunately he was all sensory and never ate it. So many smarties gone to waste.
In some ways I agree with you but please tell me when your next essay lecture is going to begin ? Claire and Gareth are fabulous parents and tbh nobody should be lecturing on what they should do. Sorry but this upset me
@@CarolandDave just a brain dump. Ignore. She asked probably rhetorical…
@@kristinesharp6286 as a mental health nurse imo you werent helping. And now you are being rude. If you watch Claire does clear out ans sell things. You came over as bossy and overbearing
@@CarolandDave is that right? Now, I’m being rude but not to her. There was some seeming question in there about stress regarding financials (that I just replied was to you that is was probably meant to be rhetorical) and I typed up a brain dump is all. I’m suggesting the brain dump to be ignored. That was following your suggestion that I’m an @@@ (just pick a word from above). I can’t seem to delete it to satisfy you as it was posted too long or my tech skills are lacking or IPad rebelling. IMHO not a mental health nurse but comment sections are usually not helpful to mental health. I was a librarian. We are known for information. She is an adult with agency. She can skim over, ignore, reject or close comments. She is in complete control.
@@CarolandDave kind of you to edit.
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Thanks lovely. Have a great week xx
Cupboardy bits.. love it. I shall borrow that one 😅 My little grandson loves Dinos especially if nanny has bought them for him.😊 re Cbt. I was a therapist for ten years and it has a good track record for helping many people. I hope it helps you as anxiety is miserable. I'm now a bereavement counsellor in my retirement. Take care xx
Oh they anything than Nanny's buy don't they ❤️ thank you. I'm definitely going to refer myself for it, I've heard good things about it. Thank you, take care too xx
“Given them dog 💩!! “ I know it isn’t funny when they are fussy but that made me laugh the way you said it!!! It’s very interesting to see the changes you are making, makes me think about some of the rubbish we all eat, though I suppose it’s everything in moderation ( which I’m not particularly good at, I’m a bit all or nothing) How are you finding it since you made the changes or maybe it’s a bit early to tell so far? I make excuses really. I don’t sleep particularly well either, some of mine is I’ll health ( physical) but there is nothing worse than lying there not sleeping with everything going round in your head and escalating, I get anxiety at times. I also worked shift work for many years and that has definitely affected my sleeping pattern. This heat really doesn’t help either xx
I'm sorry you don't sleep that well. It's really annoying when you have a bad night.
We're finding the changes good to be honest. The children don't seem to mind that much. We're still allowing them to have treats and things, just not all the time. A lot junk food happened at the weekend because we were at 3 parties 🥳 xx
Also forgot to say you have a lovely figure and certainly don’t need to diet. You look lovely and I am sure your husband says the same. Don’t put extra stress in yourself and you really don’t need to dirt as your very slim as it is xxx
That's really kind of you to say, thank you xx
Cook whole wheat pasta a little longer than white.
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My anxiety has been since hearing all the negative things about sweet now in the media. I have been following that slimming world diet for so long and they recommend sweeteners. So much. I haven't had any Pepsi Max for a month now. Struggling with squash though. As not a fan of tapwater.
Oh bless you. Easier said than done, but try not to let it bother you too much. Maybe just cutting down rather than going cold-turkey will help you feel better. Sending lots of love xxx
It's difficult as I am blind with no vision and my husband has ADHD so ingredients list can be overwhelming.
@natashajones4657 Oh, I understand. That does sound challenging ❤️ I'm sorry i can't say anything more than that. Maybe just get him to look out for the things that say no artificial colours/flavours etc on them and treat yourself to a Pepsi max every now and then xxx
I don't buy anything with artificial sweeteners either because I am very allergic to them so I don't think you're trying to preach to everybody I hope your anxiety kind of settles down for you and you can get some sleep
Oh that must be quite a challenge for you at times, it seems that sweeteners are hidden in so many things!
Thank you, it's been better recently which has been good 👍 x
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I'm finding it all very interesting and eye-opening.