http://www.thetoadblog.com I am the Toad, you are the Audience. Welcome to the Life and Times of No Ordinary Toad Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:54:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The toad has been indisposed for a few weeks recently so tut has taken the opportunity to upgrade to a newer version of wordpress, this is the software that the blog is written with. Rather than posting a new entry for the moment we are testing photo uploads. So please say hello ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/40 Well, it has certainly been a while since I wrote on this blog. I haven’t forgotten about it – or you – my loyal reader audience – it has just been a difficult month and I have not felt much like writing. Alas, my muse left me for ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/28 Greetings audience, I offer my apologies for neglecting the blog for as long as I have. Basically, after the psychiatric assessment I lost the plot a little bit – going over the past and stirring up the mud at the bottom of the pond is never good for me and I ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/27 So, yesterday was different from my usual Tuesday – no Weight Watchers weigh-in, not out of choice, but after a good two months of waiting, I had my psychiatric assessment for the mental health team based in my new coastal location. I was very anxious about it. With all the ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/26 I haven’t been posting for the last couple of days. The weekend days are always tough for me to sit and write, but last week I was feeling really down and despondent about life. My motivation to do things and fill my day productively just went out of ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/25 I really enjoyed both eating and cooking the wonderful curried cauliflower soup I made yesterday. For the curry powder I used the Tandoori Masala blend that I bought from www.seasonedpioneers.co.uk to make my Delia Smith curry that I created last week. The story of that fantastic curry is ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/24 So today was my Weight Watchers meeting. I had a mad moment about my slippers beforehand. At my meeting you can’t weigh in your socks, it has to be the shoes you have on or slippers or flip flops. It is too cold for the flip flops ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/23 Years ago, possibly ten or more, a magazine recommended a book that you could only get in America; it was called simply ‘The Skinny’ “What every skinny knows about dieting but won’t tell you”. I HAD to have it. I managed to get it from Amazon and when ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/22 In the business of losing weight I think that sometimes you don’t feel like you’re winning unless the scales show a reduction in number. All the effort you put in can feel, frustratingly, a waste of time and in finding out at your weigh in you have stayed the ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/21 I have always felt big and fat. Looking back at childhood pictures of me, I wasn’t exactly a skinny kid and I have always loved nice big home cooked dinners, but I certainly wasn’t the monstrosity that I had built myself up to be. I tried doing silly diets when ... http://www.thetoadblog.com/archives/20