After being as good as gold, visiting gym, sticking to ww points, along comes parents evening week - long days + tiredness + everything else we have to do normally + cold weather = comfort eating!! not going to be too hard on myself, feel like i 'deserve' a few treats this week, is a matter of survival! would just love to know am not the only person/teacher who despite learning new good habits, needs the occasional treats, am sure i wont feel so deserving of treats when i weigh myself at the weekend .....

oh no! so tired cant even spell!! doom doom

Why don't you use the spell check and let it do the hard work for you.

Tee hee - I've just left a post about using the spellcheck for one of the Times editors whose post was full of typos - naughty eh? Can't remember where it was now

Good lord, you're not my daughter's English teacher are you?

And another thing - why do we have parent/teacher evenings? I could understand Years 7, 11 and 13 perhaps, but the rest? I'd like to think the school would call me if there was a problem.

And yes we all deserve occasional treats - the problem is assessing 'occasional' and how many 'treats'?

Emm

PS My daughter says teachers paint a brighter picture to parents than to the children, so that they don't look bad, is there any truth in that?

I had parent's evening yesterday straight after school, so they kindly make us a buffet before we start. It's lovely food but unfortunately for me it's all high calorie food. I was however very good for once and only had 2 small pastries as I'd saved myself some risotto in the fridge. My poor children and husband seem to be a bit fed up of risotto, homemade soup, etc. that they got a Chinese Takeaway last night. Bad move - my husband waved a piece of prawn toast in front of me. How can you say no to that?? Still, I've still got my stash of chocs from Valentine's Day/Mother's Day saved up for after Lent. That'll be a tricky one - one chocolate a week the day after I do the weekly weigh!

Jaki

ps I certainly don't paint a brighter picture to parents - as a parent myself (7 and 11 year old) I would want it as it was.

pps Don't blame me for grammatical/spelling mistakes - I'm a Maths teacher!

no you cant paint a brighter picture to parents, this is what can make p eve so difficult when you have to tell a few home truths! ah well, the joys of the job ...

Well then, my daughter must be doing better at Spanish than she thought and her teacher obviously does know something.