Bit of a disappointment, and contemplating a holiday

 Husband is having a bad day (which impacts on me), he's already very grumpy and argumentative.  He's also tripped twice, bashing my knee the first time and treading on Betty's paw the second time.  Hopefully, he'll be in a better frame of mind once my lovely cleaner Hayley arrives, he likes a bit of banter with her.

I've got a small list of jobs to do this morning, I like to make sure I've got things to do in the kitchen whilst she's here, to keep out of her way so she can get on with her work.  I've suggested a couple of jobs husband can do in the garden at the same time, which he's moaned about (of course!) - if I don't give him something to do he'll just sit in his armchair watching the TV and talking at Hayley all the time, distracting her.

This low Fodmap diet (I'm still sticking to it) is working wonders with my insides, I've had almost no gut or bowel problems since I've been doing it.  However, having weighed myself I was disappointed to find that I've put on 3 or 4 lbs....not a lot I know, but I need to lose weight, not gain more!  It's not meant to be a weight reducing diet, I know that, and I know why I've put on weight - it's quite carb-heavy.  Somewhat surprisingly, quite a few carby things are allowed on the diet - breads and pasta, providing they're GF and don't contain any other banned ingredients or flavourings.  Rice is allowed, as are potatoes.  All of these carby things are things I know bloat me and thus I don't normally eat a lot of them.  I suppose subconsciously I was so pleased I could eat them on this diet that I kind of thought "ooh yummy" and have been eating them too much.  I found a sourdough loaf (it was recommended on a low Fodmap group I belong to) that is known-irritant free, it's Tesco's own Finest range San Francisco Sourdough, on their instore bakery counter, and it is quite honestly the nicest commercial sourdough I've ever tasted.  I've been eating a slice or two every day, along with GF pasta (which has improved enormously over the years), rice and potatoes, albeit our own new homegrown potatoes.  So that's why I've put on some weight, I expect.  To lose the pounds I'll have to restrict the carbs, so I'm going very low carb for a week or two.  After that I'll try to stick to only one carby meal per day, that should do the trick.

I've had a letter from the opticians saying my eye test is due - the last time I went the optician recommended I have them every 18 months instead of 2-yearly, as the cataracts I have forming are growing quicker than he would have expected.  I've noticed my close up vision in my right eye is getting to be a lot more blurred, I don't know whether that's cataract related but I'll find out when I have the test, I'll ring and book it today.

It's overcast at the moment and we've had a few spots of rain, there's a breeze and it's about 17 deg - not particularly warm but not really chilly either, quite pleasant after the awful heat and humidity of last week.

I'm sort of contemplating possibly booking a holiday for September - last year we went to a beautiful lodge on a small quiet holiday park, I loved both the lodge and the park but husband did nothing but moan from the time we arrived.  We came home a day early because I was so fed up with his complaints and thought it was probably the last time we'd go on holiday....I thought if he was going to complain all the time then we might as well be at home.  Still, I'd like to go away for a change of scenery - not far obviously as husband doesn't drive far nowadays, but I'd be happy to go to a different part of Somerset, probably countryside rather than coastal.  It won't be a holiday park, I'll look for a cottage in a nice area with places to walk nearby.