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Ok...so I have been a very busy bee over the last few days. I was at a meeting in London all day on Thursday so unfortunately could not do my weighted Thursday update.I didn't stay to my weight watchers meeting on Wednesday as I needed to spend the evening with Phil as I wasn't seeing him on my actual birthday last Friday, so I just went to the weigh in bit. To be honest I wasn't expecting much and was pessimistic about any weight loss. But I had lost 1.5lb again, so still moving consistently forward. I have lost 4.5lb in total in 3 weeks. I am pleased and will be very happy if I keep up with this. Hopefully I will get my silver seven award either this Wednesday or next. It was my Birthday on Friday and I turned 25.
I spend the weekend at my parents in Worcestershire. My Mum and dad were at work on Friday so I opened pressies on Thursday night, I got lot's of lovely things, a coat, face cleansing products, vouchers etc. On Friday I spent the day with my Nan and cousin Sam. We went to Ludlow, had lunch in the castle tea rooms there and then had a stroll around the market and shops. Then on the evening I was treated to an Indian meal by Mum and Dad and my little bro came along. It was lovely.
Then on Saturday I spent the day with best friend shopping, watching Fame at the cinema and then a light meal on the way home. I bought lot's of bargains in Primark, we spent two hours in there!
On Sunday I went to see a close old friend from college, who has asked me to be her brides maid. I had a mini breakdown before I left to go and see her, I was a little worried about seeing her because she hadn't seen me since I had put on weight and I was worried that she would be disappointed that she had asked me to be a bridesmaid. Silly I know, but I just don't want her to worry about me looking awful on her photo's. I know, she doesn't even think like that. Anyway it was nice to catch up and I am now more spurred on to lose the weight.
After seeing my friend, I dropped round to pick up my Nan and took her to Mum and Dads to have a Sunday lunch. (It will be a miracle if I have lost weight this week, but I have been good the rest of the time to make up for it and I do have boxercise tomorrow night to burn some calories!). Then a long 3hr drive back to my home in Worthing.Now... well it's Monday and work is nearly over, so that is a plus...but still 4 days to go at work! Hope everyone else had a good weekend.
I just found this fab blog, and to top it off Daniella is having a Candy give-away with lot's of lovely crafty goodies. visit her blog and enter. Candy closes 25th September (my Birthday!). She has a lovely blog and makes some fab paper creations.
Cheryl is having a fab blog candy, to win this fab pack of goodies. Visit her blog to enter. Candy closes 30th September.
Another busy weekend gone and back to work! It seems like half my office have a touch of Mondayitus, there's hardly anyone in!So this is how my weekend panned out...I have loads of clothes, shoes and bits that I want to sell so I decided to do a car boot sale to get rid, along with my boyf sister who had few things to sell. We had to get up at 5.00 and we were there by 6.30, then we sat in a huge que for 1 hr starving and tired. Finally the car boot opened at 7.30 and we were all let in and could un-pack and begin selling immediately. I always get a little stressed about this because people try to look at things and hassel you whilst you are getting things sorted.
The car boot was very busy and I sold some shoes within the first few minutes. I made £50 in total, Natalie on the other hand only made £1 so was at a loss with the pitch fee! She is new to the world of car boot and was still in that stubbon stage where she won't move on price! She will learn.I always find at car boots that it is wise not to look at other peoples stalls as I will always spot something that I want to buy and then spend all the money I have gained. I was being really good and following this rule, but unfortunately the mans stall next to me was full of the most delightful antiques. All morning I had been resisting the temptation to look at a lovely 1950's sewing box that was causing quite a stir, in the end the temptation won when the last lady almost bought it. It was full of buttons, ribbon, cotton, needles, pinking sheers and the box was beautiful and all for £20, the contents would cost more than that alone. I had to buy it.I think you will agree it is lovely...
(it has legs as well)So now I have loads of buttons for my card making.Sunday was spent finishing off a tri fold shutter card which I had started making for my Nan's Bday. I am quite pleased with it.
I also started working on a decoupage for my Boyfriends 30th Birthday card. He is an arable farmer and loves his John Deere tractor, so I have made a tractor the main theme and will work around that. I just found the image on the internet, printed it several times on the card stock and then cut out the pieces, then coloured the layers and stuck them together. Voula!
I just found these lovely party bags on line. I don't have an children but I thought they were cute. They have various designs for girls and boys. You can choose the contents by age range and budget, so there is something to suit everyone. Lovely.
So I had my second weigh in since my return to Weight Watchers. I was not optimistic as I had been ill and really had the urge to 'feed my cold' as the saying goes. Also it is my bday next week and so due to Phil's unpredictable hours he is not sure when he would have the weekend off next and I am away at my parents on my actual bday, so he took me out for an early celebration meal. Nothing too fancy just good English food and good conversation. I didn't count points on this occasion, naughty I know, but I knew that they would be a lot and as it was my bday treat I wanted to indulge a little. It was also a lady at works birthday and they had non-low fat cakes in the office, and due to my cold my 'no thank you' mechanism was not working to it's full potential, so I said, 'ooohh yes please' to a piece of some lovely delicious chocolate cake! (naughty me!)
So taking all of that into account I thought that last weeks efforts were a wash out. But I still went to my meeting, and am I glad I did. I lost a lovely 2lb's bringing my total to 3lb so far , I think the pilates class on Tuesday may have helped a little. Only 4 more and I get my silver seven, fingers crossed for a good week this week. I know you may be thinking '2lb, is that all' but I would rather lose slow and steady, than go full steam ahead and and burn out before I have barely begun.
So I am now going to set some goals:
In total I would like to loose 5 1/2 stone to get me in my healthy weight and BMI for my height. The date that I'm aiming for is the end of June 2010, as I would love to go on a nice summer holiday and wear a bekini, I would like to feel great in flowing sun dresses and little shorts. Goals: Short term - Get to 7lb and earn my silver seven
- Reach my 10% goal of 11lb by Christmas
Long term - Loose at least 4 stone by end of June 2010
- Wear a bikini on holiday in 2010
Ultimate goal - Loose 5 1/2 stone and maintain for the rest of my life (apart from when I have children) within 5lb either side
Although it sounds a lot and I have a long road ahead of me, taking baby steps helps, so I think of it as being 2lb per week, doesn't sound so bad when you think of it like that.
I am so sad to hear the news that Patrick Swayze has passed away. He had been ill for quite a while, so at least he no longer suffers. I have always loved Patrick Swayze as an actor, especially since first watching Dirty Dancing at the age of 5 when my Nan left me in the care of Grandad for a day. I will always be greatful to him for sharing this film with me. I have seen it 100's of times, I love the script, characters and songs. He will be remebered fondly by his fans and is imortalised in his fabulous films.RIP Patrick x
