Weighted Thursday- Wohoo 3 more lbs and a new addition

Well I had my weekly weigh in yesterday and I have lost another 3lb. I really seem to be getting in the swing of things now, I am 1lb away from my next goal which is 5% and only 4lb away from a stone! I am also pleased to say that I have not once felt like I was on a diet and couldn't have things that I like to eat, I had Chinese takeaway on Friday, I chose wisely but still really enjoyed it and I never eat it all in one go, I save some and have it the next day. I have also had a naughty Maccy d's breakfast this week, but the rest of the time I have made sensible choices. We got our dog, Ruby on Saturday and I have been walking her loads, four times a day as we don't have a fenced off garden other than our decking, so that has definitely helped. Seen as I will be continuing to walk Ruby for a long time, I should keep steadily losing weight if I eat well along side it.

So we picked Ruby up on Saturday. When we arrived at her old home I think we went with a preconceived idea of what she would be like, i.e bigger and a little slimmer and when we first arrived we were shown a lot of puppies which were really cute and then we saw Ruby in her Kennel and were at first a little disappointed. Linda bought her out to see us and lifted her on the grooming table so that we could examine her, instantly my disappointment melted away and after walking her I was 99.9% sure I wanted to take her home. Unfortunately Phil did not feel the same, but we weren't really given time to discuss and it and so Ruby came home with us in the car, all be it a little sad to leave her old home.

On the way home

She is such a good dog, because she has been shown she is obedient and well trained, waiting or staying when you ask her to, walking to heel etc. She is an angel and the perfect dog for us. I love her already and I am pretty sure she loves me back. She loves phil too and he now loves her, but she is a little wary of him, I am not sure how much she has been around men and certainly not humongous giants with big feet like Phil! Within an hour she was on the sofa making herself comfy and then soon found our bed too!

As you can see she is a little on the chubby side as she has been spayed recently, but nothing walks and light food won't shift, we will lose weight together.

At night she tends to get on our bed for a cuddle before getting into her own comfy bed on the floor, but last night she was actually in our bed under the cover! She also stayed there for quite a while until moving to the end and lying down. Then in the night we were woken up by her barking at another dog staring back at her from the mirror! She is such a character, I am really looking forward to our life together. I am sure there will be more updates on Ruby here soon.

x

Weighted Thursday- 7lb success!

I have finally reached the 7lb loss mark and am so chuffed. After a lot of ups and downs in weight gain and loss I am now feeling like I am in control and well on my way to losing my weight ready for being a brides maid at both my friend and then my brothers weddings. I am aiming to be a size 16 by Easter so I am definitely on track, in fact some tops that I have recently purchased were a size 16, so really only the trouser size to work on!

Getting Ruby will really help as I will be doing a lot of walking!

Ruby Valentine, AKA The Love Dog

Life is very busy at the moment, and is just about to get busier. This Saturday I am finally getting my own dog. I have grown up with dogs and had never been without a canine companion or two until I left home to go to uni. I never moved back home after uni and due to living in with families and friends I have not been able to have one of my own.

Now that me and Phil have a place of our own with lot's of great walks on our doorstep we are taking the plunge. We have decided on a 5 year old Japanese Shiba Inu as I have owned one before and know what to expect. We don't have the time at the moment to commit to a puppy, but an older dog will fit us perfectly. Her name is Ruby and she has been living with a breeder and been showed up until now, they have lot's of dogs that they show, so when they get as far as they can with them in the show world, then they re-home them to a loving family where they can relax and just enjoy being a dog.

We are getting her the day before Valentine's and she is in fact our joint Valentines present, so hence we have named her Ruby Valentine which she is also lovingly referred to as The Love Dog!

I am so excited, I am really looking forward to walking her, I love walking but hate walking on my own, it also gives me a reason to exercise and no excuse can get me out of it, so hopefully it will aide my weight loss. I Hope it will also help me to make new friends around the holiday park and in the area. I can't wait and needless to say I have not yet shut up about it!

Xmas Makes

Well it has been a very long time since I last posted on here, I can't believe it is nearly Christmas. For once though I do feel very prepared. I have almost made all my cards, just have 3 more to make (see below the ones I made yesterday for my parents and family). I have also almost finished my Christmas shopping which I completed mainly online. The few gifts I am yet to get I know what I am getting and I have managed to stay on budget.

I am very pleased with one of my Christmas presents that I know I am getting (because I ordered them) they are off my boyfriend. A brand new set of 36 copic pens for my card making, I cannot wait. Unfortunately they got lost in the post, but they have now been tracked down and are on there way to me, yey!

I am now all moved into our new home and I am loving having our own space. Unfortunately i have been ill for the last week so haven't been able to fully appreciate it, but I am on the mend now and beginging to get things sorted and take in my new home.

I am also on track again at weight watchers, I went to the weigh in and Christmas party last night and I have lost another 1lb, to mak 6.5lb, unfortunately still 0.5lb away from my silver seven, but I have one more weigh in before Christmas and I will get it off then. It is a long slog but I am already feeling the benefits. Being able to cook our food has also helped, lots more veggies and healthy home cooked meals.

I am also really excited at the moment about the prospect of getting a new pet in the New Year. A dog. I have always had dogs when growing up and have hated not always having one around whilst being a student and then lodging in other peoples houses, but now we are able to have a dog and even though I work I am 5 mins away so can go home for lunch and walk him, and will also have time in the mornings at night. It will also help greatly with my weight loss. I am a huge animal lover and dogs are a big passion of mine. I love training them, playing with them and just generally caring for them. I am particularly interested in getting a Goldendoodle, although Phil is currently not sold on the idea, I have however printed off a very cute piccy of a lovely curly goldendoodle to win his heart! It worked with getting a hamster, plus he always gives in to me in the end and I know he will love it when he has one.

Well I hope everyone is enjoying the build up to the festive season. Merry Christmas.

Time flys!

Gosh..I really do not know where the time goes! I have been so busy lately in all areas of my life that I don't seem to have time to stop and think and before I know it it will be Christmas!

I have been up to all number of things, including celebrating my boyf's 30th birthday, confirming the purchase of our caravan, which it is looking like we will be moving into in a couple of weeks, so will be in by Christmas! How exciting, working very hard in my job, cooking for my boyf, sister and Nan as his parents are away on holiday, sorting out bank accounts & finances ready for starting our life in our new place.

I haven't even had time to make my cards really and still haven't taken pictures of the ones that have made and haven't posted as yet. I haven't started my Christmas shopping and to top it of some little Ba*@ta&d has hacked into my email and facebook accounts and changed the passwords, so I am now trying to change all passwords and ensure that I am secure from identity theft! Great! Why can't they just get on with living their own lives and stop trying to steal other honest, hard working peoples lives and hard earned cash!

Also I now have a new addition to my hamster family, a lovely dwarf roborovski hamster. Her name is Gussi, she was in the addoption section at pets at home and I had to have her as soon as I saw her, much to my boyfriends annoyance. He said no at first but then we went the next morning and got her. We already had the cage, we buy bedding and food already for Cocoa and she only needed a few toys and we were ready to go. Apparently she is only a baby and the reason she was up for adoption is because she used to fight with her brothers and sisters. She even had a bit missing from her ear, a proper little tom boy, he boyish name suits her.

We had a drama with our other hamster last night when she escaped out of her ball, chewed her way out and I found an empty ball! She was discovered exploring the back of my chest of drawers and luckily we caught her once we had discovered her. I swear she has the hamster form of ADHD, she is so hyperactive!

Well hopefully I will be able to get back to regular blogging soon. Hope everyone is well, I am trying to have a read of your blogs and catch up.

x

Lots to tell

Wow it has been a very busy few weeks for me... I haven't even had time to post on here.

It has been extremely busy at work, so I have been manic there and also had loads to do in my home life too. Me and my boyfriend are finally getting own place which means a huge amount to us. It means our own space, privacy, lot's of cooking time and able to choose what I want to cook, we can have friends and family round or to stay so less money being spent on going out all the time. I will even have space to do my card making because we will have more than one room to call our own.

We have purchased a luxury mobile home on a lovely holiday park called Lakeside on the south coast. The park itself is just on the edge of town so we have the convenience of being close to work and shops, restaurants and bars, but also we have the countryside all around and are not too far from the sea. The Park is surrounded by 10 fishing lakes so it is quite beautiful.

The mobile home it's self is very smart, it is only two years old and has been well looked after. It comes fully furnished so all we need to get is a few items for the kitchen and we are good to go. We have a nice lounge, a modern kitchen with a dining area, one guest bedroom, a small seperate toilet, an en-suit bathroom with shower/bath and then a double bedroom. There are double patio doors from the lounge which will open onto our lovely decking space. I cannot wait. It just feels like you are in a flat when you are inside.

On top of this I have also been busy making cards and even went to a card making workshop, where I learnt some handy techniques, but actually I was surprised at how much I already knew and how professional my cards already looked. I lost my camera battery charger for a while, but it has now been located and I will post some pictures up on here very soon. It will be so nice to have space to do my hobby very soon.

Weighted Thursday: Slow and steady wins the race

I am still going steady on the weight loss front. Apart from a little slip after my birthday celebrations I have lost every week since I started going again.

I lost 1/2 lb this week, small but a 1/2 lb in the right direction. Just 2lb to go and I will have lost 1/2 stone and I already feel much better for it.

I have continued my two classes a week and I am definitely improving fitness wise, I am no longer at deaths door by the end of boxercise, just feel more like I am getting over a bad bought of flu! I also now have a regular partner, Patricia to complete the class with which is nice.

Also for those of you card makers out there, I haven't given up, still love it, but have lost my battery charger for the camera so cannot take photographic evidence, must have a search tonight!

I am also mega busy at the moment, I work full time, go to weight watchers once a week, singing rehearsal once a week, and then gigs hear and there, 2 lot's of exercise classes, I am trying to complete a distance learning HND in business in marketing (I have been enrolled for 2 years and so far have only completed 2 modules so far! My tutor had a little word and said that I need to pick up the pace to at least 1 module over 2 months and that will mean I will finish in Feb 2012! There are 16 modules to do in total, so I have to get my arse into gear) then I am also trying to re-start my PartyLite business back up part time to try and bring in some extra money, so if anyone lives in or has friends in west sussex area spread the word. I feel like I am on overload at the moment!

Hope everyone has a nice day.