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Try anything! The raspberries were good in it yesterday!

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Oh, just got a phone call. Apparently the "boys" have decided that it's ok to invite the "girls" now. For sake!

I don't even know if I want to go any more. *HUFF*

@ *HUFF* -

Will you bite the bullet and gracefully accept?????? Or tell them to off?

I hate those gritty little pip things in kiwi fruit - but I don't mind the little pip things in raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, etc. Maybe its green fruit I don't much like cos I can't remember the last time I ate a raw apple - but I use them for cooking.

Right - time to sit down and work out my entire menu for every meal of next week, calories and all! I know that when I do this I stick with it beautifully - its when I try being clever and do the calculations it in my head as I go along that it all goes tragically wrong!

I don't know - I'm kinda seeing what pregnant girl says. She has her car booked in on that day now.

I can't get hold of the other girlie to ask her. It might just be me, but I just don't know any more.

You gotta go!!!! On principle!!!

I think I'm gonna be having a "lost weekend" on the food and alcohol front this weekend. I drank more than I usually do when I was in Australia (um more than nothing!!!! ) And I realise I quite miss it. This weekend my camping buddy has bought gin and vodka, so I'm gonna just relax. Running after 6 kids (not mine) and swimming and hiking should help!

I'm wearing a skirt today :shock: above the knees :shock: I have decided it's my most flattering length, despite my hatred of my calves.

Hooray for skirts!

I'm in a little black dress which is tight and shows off my legs and my cleavage (perhaps a bit too much for the guys downstairs in the workshop! ) I'm still melting though, this is the coolest thing I own!

Poor Frus, those boys are

Helen, well done on the size 10

I'm back from my sister's graduation. We had a good time, although it was very hot and I ate VERY badly There were cream teas, big restaurant meals, cooked breakfasts and strawberries and clotted cream in abundance . I just couldn't resist when everyone else was gobbling away at it all Now I'll have to eat very sensibly over the next few days if I'm to be down come weigh-in day (monday). I did manage to get my runs in though. We got back at 9pm last night and I was moaning about how tired I was and thinking I wouldn't do my last run of the week, when my sister turfed me out of the house with my running shoes. Only problem was, I couldn't be bothered to put on shorts just to get them sweaty so I decided to run in the skirt I was already wearing. Oops, forgot about the thighs rubbing together problem

Ooh Pachyderm do i know about the thigh problem! Have you any 'comfort shorts/magic knickers' you could have worn with the skirt?

Even worse than the thighs rubbing together is when you shower afterwards and the shower gel stings the rubbed area. AAAH!

OMG! That reminds me of one time when I was at Uni (when I was skinny) and I worked as a very poorly paid nursing assistant at a nursing home for the elderly in my holidays - my legs used to do exactly what your describing. The pain was unbelievable - I treated it with zinc & caster oil cream which helped a bit. (Yes, the same stuff you put on baby's botties.) I didn't last long at that job - some jobs just don't pay enough for the kind of stuff you have to do.... yuck! I do realise that someone has to do it and IMHO they should be paid an absolute fortune.

I've got on a mistake (a pair of white jeans which have been cut off to make fairly short shorts) and a pretty pink and white top. I forgot to get changed before I went swimming so the WHOLE WORLD has seen my day-go white legs!

I've rubbed vaseline on my inner thighs for now so I feel ok, but I don't think I'll be doing that again!

I have day-glo legs as well, but I put on THREE coats of fake tan before wearing skirts at my sister's parties. At least with white shorts your legs must look browner by contrast!

Nope - the shorts and the legs are pretty much the same colour! It looks a bit strange because the top half of me that isn't covered by a tank top (arms, face, top of chest, neck) is very brown and my hairs gone very pale blonde. I keep meaning to try out the instant tan on my legs again but I got a bit frightened off it by going streaky orange last time

I used to get that at school. Most times I'd wear tights to stop it happening, but then my tights would go into holes and then I'd get a horrible rash where the holes were. I think I was the only person who wore tights in the summer term

I exfoliate and moisturise my skin first, then apply a mixture of fake tan and moisturiser. I find that then I minimise the risk of streaks (although they can still happen) and I definately need more coats to see a good colour. I use the Elizabeth Arden stuff which was recommended by some magazine last year as the most natural (ie non-orange) colour. Having said that, I can only be bothered to do it for special occasions and normally just put up with the day-glo look.

I am now trying to tan my legs using the old fashioned method of lying in the sunshine for short periods of time, but I find that the browner top half just burns and the legs STAY WHITE!

I went to Turkey last year, my top half was a lovely shade of brown, my legs stayed white as white. I did self tan for my Christmas formal, but I don't normally bother. Everyone teases me for being a very pale Australian, but think of famous Aussies - Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Cate Blanchett - none of them are known for being brown!

09 minutes til camping.

Sarah, you're absolutely right about you diluting the sodium in your body. You need to add a tad more salt to your cooking or to your food as you eat to stop the cramps. I was told this when we first got out here as I had calf cramps something wicked and went to the doctor with huge knots still in my calves all through the day.

I drink loads of water, a definite have to with temps at 115 like today is, and add salt, I actually use the less sodium good for you salt and touch wood, I don't have cramps at all....watch tonight, I'll have one now

So give that a try luvey and see if it helps, also, my Mother swears by crampex, she takes one when her legs feel tight and she doesn't get cramps at all. Hope this helps you.