housework...the way forward i exercise lol

Just given my neighbours a laugh..

privet hedge at my front ahs become a wee bit overgrown but as I experience joint pain in my hands I have put it off and put it off until people finally couldn't get out of the front door ...so I went out today with my secaters...half an hour later I had made a pathe to the front gate only to look down and realise I was stood there not only in my apron (with daft cats on) but also my pig head slippers....oh well teh neighbours wokr with ya smile this morning at least lol

Knackered after 4 hours of solid housework !!!! must have bonus points in there!

Ickle baby steps .....

I stuck to my points today :o) YAY

yes i know I should be doing it everyday but I ahve decided to reward myself for those little baby steps. :o)

Learning to ask myself ...do I need that???

I have lost half a pound of fat tonight :o) its a good thing, I am back to 16 stone, so got 26 days to lose 14lbs.LOL

Ok so my second stone is a wee bit longer in coming than I hoped but I will get there. I have popped up the pic of a lb of fat to remind myself how much of an achievement 1/2 lb is. :o)

I am still looking at habits.

Last night I set myself a life laundry task and achieved it. I emptied not one but two wardrobe bottoms and sorted out a whole box full of stuff for the car boot (all good for teh wedding fund lol)

Today I found myself wandering aimlessly around the supermarket, I had to go to pick up some stuff for work, but I was gazing at cakes...which I avoided by loitering near the toiletries...found 3 shower gels in my basket having been seduced by the 5 items for £3...but then I stopped...do I need these?

The answer was a resounding no, it was a bargain but not when you have a cupboard full of expensive smellies your nearest and dearest bought you for your birthday.

Recognising these things will help me save pounds...not just lbs but £££££'s.

Life long journey methinks.....I have also found my rosemary conley book day by day which has an exercise to do each day :o) May give it a go !!!!


Good luck all of you xxxx

Its been a funny old week ......

I really don't know what the scales will say tomorrow ....i am hoping to have lsot some of this months gain, but you never know.

I have tracked the latter half the week and I have done lots and lots of exercise, but is it enough. I am aiming for a STS but we shall see.

Work is a nightmare so I have decided I really need to take stock and keep myself healthy. Part of that is eating properly and giving myself 'me time'. I have realised I can have 'me time' by exercising, be taht walking with ,ates or going to the gym. I have also realised I need to plan all this.

I am also trying to goal set a wee bit more. I have very little time but realise taht the lack of cleaning and tidying I do gets me down. so instead of disparing at lack of time I am setting myself small achievable 'life laundry taks' each night.

Tonight for example I have decided to look at the messy bottom of one of my wardrobes, full of old shoes and bags and things with no homes. I have a keep, unsure and bin box, and also a take to keiths for car boot sale box. Keith has decided that a carboot sale may inspire me to declutter, and this means we can help our wedding fund :o).

lets hope I can keep this up.

Wibbly Wobbly winners :o)

Yay we made it. 10 miles overnight for wakefield hospice :o)

Yay, but they made me wear a tutu ....grrr.

I am a bit achey and I have missed being with Keith , but we did get a lovely breakfast together before he had o go back to lincoln :o(

I am not sure whether to have a bath or to sleep, know I am going to be really tired tomorrow. Got in at 3.45am and got up at 9.30am so a nap may be in order.

Today woke up with resolve to do a wee bit of exercise and to try to stay on track, so when Keith had a big breakfast I stuck to poached eggs on toast :o).

OK so I am going to slob on sofa and watch eastenders and then have a nap, I also bought some salmon for my tea tonight.

Surviving the social life???

OK so weightwatchers are about changing habits for life. I really don't want to be a fat bride. Earlier this year I identified March was my downfall each year and had attributed that to my birthday and family social events taking over. I actually managed taht quite well, but the engagement has been another hiccup in the weight loss plan.

My goal if you remember was to have got down to 15stone by July 4th....I still have 13.5lbs to go....now I am going to be realistic, it is unlikely I can get to this target but I want to at least be heading towards it.

The issue is the social events, and finding time to plan...well there you go I ahve answered my own question. Seems thsi weightwatchers stuff works. Giving myself time to stop and think about what is going wrong rather than beating myself up over teh gain has actually got me back on track quicker.

This weekend I have the wibbly wobblies team 10 mile walk for wakefield hospice (pictures to follow...tutus not wings this time :o))so I have some bonus points. Now in the past I would have thought, oh my eating will be erratic so I will ignorethis weekend but no this time I am going to point and just keep an eye on it. Tomorrow I am planning to sit down with my lappy and plan my meals for the coming week and get an order out to asda I have found taht if I browse teh aisles I over buy and overeat.

I have a weekend away booked with Keith next weekend but again I am going to plan for it, save some points and then play catch up...if I could be 15 stone 7 by the weddding I am going to in July then I will be happy because I have managed to get back on track and identified my bad habits.

The picture at the top is an incentive. I spent a weekend away with the girls last weekend and we had a great evening in a hot tub, but the photographic eveidence is damning, To say this is one of teh better pictures is telling in itself.

Giggles really has no excuse......she has

1) a lovely man who loves her dearly,
2) loads of great friends who support her in her weight loss
3) her health (more or less) so has no excuse not to do gentle exercise
4) a weight loss plan she knows works when she follows it
5) a huge incentive of a wedding in 2012.


Giggles also knows the things which slow her down.

1) not giving herself time for herself so she can plan and eat her meals.
2) not prioritising her exercise goals
3) her social life and her attitude that she can catch up tomorrow rather than planning.....

So basically I need to put it in action. I will try and put my menu on here for the week too as I think this may help me.

Well thats it I am ready to meet the challenge....onward and upward :o)

Hope you are all making steady progress on your journey.

Finally stopped beaming enough to post properly

Well Keith , aka KKXXSS off the ww boards, proposed to me on 22-05-10, and I said yes....well at first I kind of went ermmmmm oooooo ermmmm, what....ern ooooooo yes yes yes yes.....(after he had repeated his whole speach.

For those of you of a sensitive disposition, or ones that just don't wnt to know the fluffy details, I would skip thsi post as I am afraid he was very very romantic :o)

well he played it very cool all day we went to a local gardens and I whittered constantly as normal :o)....he is always a gent and I love spending time with him so it was just a normal perfect summers day.

He took me to a restaurant and we had a lovely dinner, me playing peek a boo with the toddler sat opposite us, telling keith how much I wanted children and him just smiling and saying soon :o).

then I noticed the music in the pub...it was Taylor Swifts 'Love story', so I say its so nice this, it's our song, it was one of the first songs we heard together :o). He just grinned and said, I remember hearing this at your house the first time I came to see you.

then the dessert board came.....and as I was discussing the virtues and points values of desserts he jumps up and runs off. Very strange says I, thinking he has eaten something dodgey...lol

he then appears in the doorway, the music stops and I clock the dozen long stem red and white roses. :o)

next thing he is telling me how he has loved me since the first time he saw me, wants to spend the rest of his life with me...buy ascruffy dog and have children....:o) well he was more romantic than that but you get the gist :o)

he produces a ring...and I scream yes :o)

If all that wasn't enough, he has been to see my mum and dad to ask for my hand in marriage. Iam very traditional so this meant so much to me.....

so basically for the last two weeks I have let the diet slip and the rose wine flow......


but from tomorrow it all stops....I do not want to be fat bride.....I am so very happy and I have no excuse to emotionally eat :o).......giggles is back on track.

so happy

I am engaged :o)