{"id":7086,"date":"2014-12-04T17:12:31","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T17:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=7086"},"modified":"2014-12-04T17:12:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T17:12:31","slug":"menopausal-munching-for-xmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2014\/12\/menopausal-munching-for-xmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Menopausal munching for Xmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Unknown.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7087\" src=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"Unknown\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Unknown.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Unknown-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>I have just consumed an entire Thomas The tank engine advent calendar I had bought for a friends son.<\/p>\n<p>25 wee bits of shiny not very chocolatey chocolate \u2013 pop, gulp, \u00a0pop, gulp, pop, gulp , pop, gulp, pop x 25. All gone.<br \/>\nWell I need some comfort I have lost my voice.<br \/>\nA joy for my friends and family but a nightmare for me &#8211; the shouty one.<\/p>\n<p>Some bright spark said go to bed and sleep until you feel better. I tried that but I can\u2019t sleep.<\/p>\n<p>I have been reliably informed that one of the side effects of the menopause \u2013 yes boys read the words and cringe \u2013 is ye cannae sleep.<\/p>\n<p>If I can&#8217;t sleep. I must eat.<\/p>\n<p>Lots.<\/p>\n<p>Which I do and if I pause for too long<\/p>\n<p>I become particularly grumpy.<\/p>\n<p>Probably because my belly expands daily because I cant stop eating.<\/p>\n<p>Because I&#8217;m not sleeping.<\/p>\n<p>And lets face it \u00a0&#8211; comfort comes in the shape of chocolate, cheese , rum &amp; coke. Not necessarily all in the same glass but hey ho never say never.<\/p>\n<p>Hell maybe it\u2019s just me.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is I am a health freak in a dysfunctional middle aged womans body.<\/p>\n<p>There.<\/p>\n<p>Spleen vented I\u2019m off for another Advent calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Peppa Pig where are you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Unknown-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7088\" src=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Unknown-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Unknown-1\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have just consumed an entire Thomas The tank engine advent calendar I had bought for a friends son. 25 wee bits of shiny not&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,24],"tags":[1433,386,234,424,139,1290,1040,1432,1431],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7086\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}