My biggest issue was sugar.  I don't like tea and coffee unsweetened, and sweeteners always tasted weird.   I found a sugar alternative, Stevia, I now use that. I can sprinkle it on cereal and in porridge.  The demerara is particularly good. My sweet tooth used to lead me to ice cream, cake, chocolate etc.  I now really limit my intake of those, but I have the odd treat.   Snacking in the evening is under control too!   Alcohol, especially beer and wine, is full of sugar.  Gin and slimline tonic is much better!

There are so many things we can eat, we had grilled bacon medallions, with poached egg and tinned tomatoes on wholemeal toast last night. Easy tea, and it's salad weather now, even easier. 

I hope the meds work for you, OH and son both have had side effects from statins, but moving to different types seems to be working for them. 

Martha and Hattie (grandchildren) took some fantastic pics last night.. Hampshire and Surrey.

Quote from: klondike on Yesterday at 11:09:01 PMHaving dictatorships as permanent Security Council members immediately poses questions.

Look out for the upcoming sovereignty grab coming from the WHO treaty too. Our dipshit politicians will likely sign up for that. Bet Russia and China don't.

Murder people and abduct their citizens and get UN approval .

Keep clam and hug a Hamas 

Our council did the 'no mow' and it was dangerous.  There is a busy junction near us and the grass grew so high that we couldn't see if there was a car coming.

My daughter took some good photos in Manchester.  She's always wanted to see it, even traveling to Iceland but that was a bit of a failure.

Shame on Australia among others including ourselves 

Meanwhile former Liberal prime minister Tony Abbott also took to social media to decry our government's support.
"Dismayed that Australia has broken eight decades of bi-partisanship," he wrote. "Shame the government has forgotten [former Labor PM] Bob Hawke's declaration that 'if the bell tolls for Israel...it tolls for all mankind'."

Having dictatorships as permanent Security Council members immediately poses questions.

Look out for the upcoming sovereignty grab coming from the WHO treaty too. Our dipshit politicians will likely sign up for that. Bet Russia and China don't.

Just borrowed an excellent post on a certain other discussion site, by a certain person from here:

The useless and corrupt  UN has just passed a resolution approving the future Palestinian membership .

A great addition not .

Still we must give the  United Nations some leeway

Sure, they're anti-semitic.
Sure, they're anti-American.
Sure, they're anti-Western.
Sure, they let murderous tyrannical regimes onto their human rights councils.
Sure, they perpetuate wars by calling for a ceasefire immediately so that more fighting can just take place later.
Sure, their organizations fund terror and teach hate.
Sure, they practice in moral relativism.
Sure, there's massive corruption and bribery.
Sure, they refuse to condemn terrorism.
Sure, they won't let democratic Taiwan join.

But their flag 🇺🇳 is quite nice .

I had the first meeting with my "Health and Wellbeing" councillor the other day which the GP recommended. Seems that is mostly aimed towards weight loss. I'd be happy with a stone off. Been trying to do that with zero success for years.

He's had me recording food intake each day til the next session next Friday. I think that alone has cut me down some on picking.

Picked up the meds that are supposed to be an alternate to statins once I get the nod following a blood test (over 2 weeks lead time on what used to be a walk in service). Read up on the tablets. Seriously unimpressed with the potential side effects. I will give them a go but if I get any of the listed common side effects I won't be joining...
Common side effects
These common side effects of ezetimibe happen to more than 1 in 100 people. There are things you can do to help cope with them:

Stomach (abdominal) pain
Diarrhoea
Farting more than usual
Feeling more tired than usual

https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/ezetimibe/side-effects-of-ezetimibe/

Not many stars and no sign of an aurora yet. I'll try again a bit later but not very late as I'll be off out tomorrow.