Happy Halloween

Today we went for a meal for my Grans B'day - we went to the Great Western, in Marsden for Sunday Lunch. i took my camera in order to get some views of Saddleworth Moor but as we passed through Delph it became foggier and foggier and we almost missed the turn to the pub as the viability was so poor.

 For £9.95 you got a main course and a pudding - i had Roast Pork so did my gran, my mum and dad had roast beef and my uncle alan had turkey, such big portions, but it was so nice. my mum had this heart cake which was lovely

 i had this rocky road cake! it was odd but really really nice and the ice cream was lush and i don't really like ice cream!

Last night i went to the pub with my friend, her hubby, her 2 sisters and their fellas and i felt very single very very single, its not that they were all lovely dovey but it made me feel crap. the pic avove shows my new dress / top type thing.

we got summons to my friends mums house at 10pm as they had family up and myself and my friends hubby got plastered! rip roaringly drunk ops! i'd like to apologise to anyone i text i got text happy and i'm really sorry to anyone i texted!

i went to see Easy A tonight, i really quite enjoyed it, it was funny a bit cringy in parts and very predictable but still enjoyable, i loved the 80s movies references and i too want tmy life to be directed by John Hughes

was a fun easy watch! go see it xxx

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today is blah - not in a bad way or a good way just blah - food not brill but not bad, i had a bit of this micky mouse shaped doughnut i got sucked in a tesco and they are minging save your 70p! and some of these retro mushrooms and a few winegums.

the sign tickled me as i wander past to tesco to buy these offending items for my team.

i went to the doc about my back, he didn't say much but i have asked for a referral for a hearing test, for a long time i've felt i'm going deaf... when i was little i had problems and had grommets (sp) fitted twice! my mum is totally deaf in one ear and all 3 of my grandparents have hearing aids. i know my hearing isn't brill i can hear back ground noise brilliantly but when people are speaking directly too me i miss words, usually i can guess i'll here do you ....  ...  brew? plus i work in Bolton so there are always the peter kay esk hand gestures, so i construct my own sentences in my head. but it's getting worse, if someone has there back to me i get very little my mum gets well naffed off with me today in tesco i asked her t repeat as she had her back to me and someone right next to me spoke at the same time and i saw her mutter but still didn't get a word of it. but its hard to try and explain to someone as i'm "too young" to be deaf but i'm getting there. i've asked a number of times at the docs about it but cos i tend to only go when i have a cold /flu they usually dismiss me.

my maternal gran has this frequency hearing problem which is she struggles hearing face to face conversations if there is back ground noise and i think thats kinda what i have, i've never been able to here people on nights out, if i know there voice well i can usually get by but if they are new to me i have no chance most of the time they think i'm too drunk to understand but its noise noise noise and silence silence silence

OUCH

 i went to IKEA Ashton today - i love IKEA , if you follow me on Twitter you will know about my IKEA Love, we only spent £18.00 but got loads including funky bun cases, plates and napkins (and a napkin holder) for Xmas, some gift bags, some bag for life and egg cups - wasn't a bad get.

 i decided to make the most of a disply to take my photo of me of the day. Jeans from Sainsbury's a couple of years ago the t-shirt is from ASDA its a girls face which you can't really see the art work reminds me of an old flat mate from Uni and the drawing is kinda the style her boyfriend does, and the coat is a hand me down from my mum today (yeas it meant to be that creased as my asked today)

pleassse can i have my present in a gift bag like this please.

had a crash on my driving lesson, feeling pretty pants now, don't worry i am ok and so is every one else if not a little achy and bruised and ego bruised.

i made some butterfly cakes after my crash (is that normal behaviour - it took my mind off thinking) had about 3 of them (only1 with the butter cream)

other than that foood wise has been a lot better,

mullerlight

2 sliced of w/meal bread with cornbeef and mustard 2syns
pork chop, tomatoes, muffin 7syns
freddo 5syns
3 fairy cakes - so yes i have gone over syns but it could have been worse, gonna watch nevermind the buzzcocks then celebrity jucie and try and get some sleep, the aches and pain are kicking in x

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hmmmm i'm all mixed up about how much i weigh,

when i got on the scales on Monday i swear it came up 16st 11.5lbs which would have been a 2.5lbs loss i think, but when i looked at the PDA (i do the scales as well as being a member) i saw loss 3.05, which i assumed was the weekly loss, errr thats not right then above it i saw 1.5lbs lost, hmmm not good i wanted more. but then the covering consultant took my card out and i never noticed my weight on the PDA readout, i'd already got off the scale so it wasn't on that display any more, then in group she read out, 1.5lbs lost this week 3st ½lb loss in total, well in my working out (which isn't always very good i'll be honest) is 42.5lbs taken off my start weigh would put me at 16st 13.5lbs as of monday night, HMMMMM not happy and feeling confused as i'm 99.9999999% sure it was 16st 11.5lbs. HMMMGRRR

WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THOSE BLOODY SCALES?

i'm gonna ask my consultant if i can look though all my losses, cos like a fool i never take my book and get her to write my weight down! i might have to start as i'm getting very mixed up.

no outfit photo today as i put my pjs on as soon as i got home from work, but i wore some brown trousers from tesco and a cream and blue stripy top (the one i wore to the band contest in june - if anyone was reading back then) x

it's my day off tomorrow gonna do some planning food wise as i've been a bit off track tday,not intentially but due to not waking up Iahem being woken up) at 8.30am, i didn't have any breakfast, then about 11am i had some huggy bear biscuits (6syns) then i was busy til my dinner at 2.30pm when i had speed food soup - it was lovely but it wasn't what i wanted, then i moved desks as i've gone back to my old team i wanted something so the skinniest person i know gave me 2 biscuits, then i had a clemetine, and apple a packet of square crisps, then a lion bar (this was between 3 -5.30pm)

when i got home at 8.45pm i had 1.5 asda pita breads (hxb +3syns) chicken stir fryed in soy sauce, black pepper and chilli flakes with onions mushrooms and cherry toms, then i had some more bread then some toast a biscuit and some cheese to get my a choice in. piggy pig.

why do i keep eating to much, i know exactly what i am doing yet i carry on!

planning tomorrow!

i miss bitch cakes

she has only been AFK for 2 days but i miss her tweets, since i started following her which is only about a week ago i have been constantly checking twitter (not just for her but she was the reason to start with).

i understand her reason and i accept them and to be honest i have only ever commented once or twice on her blog because she gets so many replies to them and i have only ever messaged her twice on twitter once by accident cos i still don't understand twitter. i was buzzing because she replied to one on them and now she has vanished, i don't think she has put anything on her weight loss blog but it on her the world according to bithcakes site that she wants to be left alone.

Bitch cakes i <3 you hope you are in a better place very soon.

Ok back to me.

This a pic i took of the cat last noght, just makes me laugh i thought i'd share it with you

 Its christmas time in Oldhams town centre, this years decorations are much nicer than normal they are usually the same design but purple, at least this year they look festive. i still can't believe Santa would live in a castle, i always imagine a log cabin like the Alp Uncle on Heidi

 I was on the search for a woolly hat, just something simple to keep my ears warm, but sadly i do not suit hats! i even tried some snoods on but they did nowt for me !

 a while back i used to post what i wore each day, well whist i was in ASDAs changing rooms i thought i'd start this again, it might nt be every day but i like the idea of recording what i wear.

Dress is a hand me down but from H&M originally, brown leggins from Tesco (2 for £8.00) and boots from Primark. Coat a hand me down but i think that was ASDA and the hand bag is from H&M

 I had the best tea in the whole world tonight (well its defo up there)

Slimming world speed food soup which can be very thick, with macaroni and turkey meat balls

The soups sounds disgusting but it is lovely and very filling and very good for weight loss.

the way i made it today was.
i dumped (a technical term if ever there was one)
i used the slow cooker over night but a soup pan would work just as well
1 x 400g tin of bean
2 x 400g tins of tomatoes (passata would work as well)
1 x 200g tinned carrots (or 2 fresh ones)
1x onion
a generaous handfull or 2 of dried red lentils

a generaous handfull or 2 of dried soup mix  (or a can of green lentils)
1x yellow pepper chopped into chunks

2 x veg stock cubes and enough water to cover everything - keep an eye on the water level as i didn't presoak any of the dried pulses i had to top it up a couple of times.

the official recipe is slightly differnt and as long as your getting your superfree you can add what every you like.

The meatballs were dead simple!

low fat minced turkey breast
dried herbs ( ABOUT A TEASPOON)
chilli flakes
black pepper
a small onion finely chopped
1 clove of garlic minced up

mix it all together i made 18 small meat balls and cooked in the oven for about 20mins at 180 degrees C.

i really enjoyed it and will defo be having it again! ideally like to lose 12.5lbs before xmas but to be honest as long as i have a loss each week no mater how small i promise to be happy.

sorry this post has become rather longer than i had planned, i'll bog off now good night x

feeling poorly

:0( itchy throat, block / runny nose. back ache and achy legs i'm a bundle of joy and happiness.

on a happy note i am trying to embrace twitter you can find me @stefijane.

i got a reply from @bitchcakesny she is a top lady i think every blog i follows follows her if you do follow her is is an inspiration! i never comment on her blog as she gets so many but i @twittered her and she replied  made my day! (small minds and all that) to be honest eny @replays i get make me smile but hers was extra special as i know how many people contact her daily i fely honoursed she founf teh time to reply xxxxx

can't decide if i'm happy for WI tomorrow or not? sneaky peek this morning was looking ok but we she find out tomorrow !

where does it go?

The weight we lose, where does it go? daft question and i'm not looking for a fancy answer nothing more than 3 syllable words :0)

i'm kinda of assuming it goes down the loo but is there more to it than that? (sorry i know its a bit crude)

Feel like i've had an ok week this week, its gone out the window today but not by a lot.

breakfast -2 sliced of bread with apricot jam
lunch - jacket spud with prawn in Marie rose sauce and salad from Asda cafe (so the prawns wasn't the best decision but it was bloody good)
snack - a shed load of rich tea  biscuits and a couple of ameretti biscuits
tea SW fish n chips with mushy peas and 2 sliced of ww white toasty loaf, then 2 mini fake magnums and a tesco value scone with jam

1 glass of wine with sprite zero

it could have been a lot worse.

Had a busy night tv wise - sad i know but lets talk about it
Strictly Come Dancing - (SCD)

I think my fave so far is Scott and Matt, none of the girls have really wowed me but Kara has got promise. I just love Ann Widicome (spelling?) in a magazine this week it said she's been causing trouble for the costume people, the dresses are hand made and fitted round a well fitted leotard that they wear under the clothes, ann refused to wear this and will only wear her own bra's that don't really fit! i don't think she deserves to be in but i can't bare for her to leave just yet.

Next programme is X factor - anotheeer sad programme but i'm addicted to it! my fave is Matt Cardle

Love his voice and tonight his version of hit me baby one more time was genius! can't stand katie but i did like her version of the jungle book song! not liking cher or wagner either. He should defo go this week, my fave girl was Rebecca but i didn't like her tonight and i don't think she has the xfaxtor. shes more musical theater than pop career.

Next Merlin

OMG i <3 merlin  wish i'd watched the other two series of it

I'm crushing on Bradley  James who plays Arthur, they is almost always a shot of him without his top, genuis! :0)

sorry you must all think i'm mad, thats all i seem to talk about who a like  as if i'm about 14 years old not more than double that! i'm still blaming hormones!

i had a sneaky weigh in this morning and it was looking good! fingers crossed todays food intake hasn't done too much damage for Mondays WI

kinda back on track

had a pretty good food day but screwed up after tea gave in to biccies n white bread! ops

Ok so in light of my recent weight gain, i'm not bummed about it, a bit disappointed in myself more than anything,

i need to lose half a stone now to get me back to where i was (i think) gonna focus on that!

i stuck my wish sticker on the Slimming World Xmas tree, my consultant said i couldn't ask for brad or george as she's already asked for them so what did i say?!!!

Gift wrapped oh and to lose a stone by xmas!

Any chance you think i'll get my wish ???

4½lbs on!

eek

Some more holiday photos

Be warned most of these pics are of me.

Me at the Airport 

 Me in Chispas - enjoying Sangria

 I did decide to take a phot a day of me but i kept forgetting but i did do some

 I love the flowers on this dress

 some of the books i read - i did read anther 6 but didn't take a picture

 I love this, we were looking in a bike shop window and this was the reflection i couldn't work out then i turned round, had to take a pic

 I saw three (remote control) ships go sailing by....

 This is Phleobie as we called her, such a beautiful cat very clear and so friendly made herself at home on my mums twister towel

Every morning these three used the pool for a chat, no swimming just tongue aerobics, the one in the square dress was a big lady and made me realise i need to get back on track, don't mean to be mean but her belly was lower than her knees, she couldn't have been comfortable

 

It was all going so well

 I'm on a hungry day today, i have done almost well controlling it and not giving in, but i have succumbed to some biscuits and i had this really weird profiterole desert think from tescos.

We went in town and i really wanted something from Greggs - see how close i came to it!

 Instead i went into the inside market and bought this.

 60p and it was yummy!

 We had a really early tea - like 4.30pm, but it was bloody good, Steak, onion and mushroom Pitta, Slimming World Chips and salad. not bad for 7syns (pitta bread)

 Then i had a cherry Muller light for afters!

We then went to tesco to get my gran some shopping, but got the aforementioned desert and it wasn't pleasant, but i managed to eat it all. (don't think it helped it hadn't fully defrosted!)

Guess what i'm still hungry?! ekkkk and we have a warbies toasty loaf sitting in the kitchen!

i fought so hard in town to control my hunger and now i'm at home and i don't know what to do with myself to avoid it, thats why i'm blogging whilst watching Hex Factor, whist this is on my knee i can't get up.

my Ryan Reynolds fixation is getting worse i was scouring HMV for his films today, they were lacking luckily i haven't bought anything yet, well part from that one where he's in with Isla Fisher and i even managed to get over the fact that Isla Fisher (who i hate and have always hated is in it!)

right i'm going now, i need to staple my gob shut!