Do you think celebs tell is the truth?

i don't, not all the time, maybe not even at all.

My mum buys bella, best, woman and womans own each week and this week the celebs are out in force trying to flog their fitness DVDs.

Some have gone from a size 18 -12 other 10st to 7st etc etc, each mag has each celeb at a slighly differnt weight / dress size but you know what i mean.

One that struck me was Nadia Sawalha who has gone from roughtly 13st to 9.5st and size 18 to 10. most articles put her at 5'6" tall, might height.

Now i'm not making an excuse but i am big boned but even so i weight quite a lot more than her start weight and am size 18 -20 now. so either her dress size was wrong or her start weight was wrong?! who knows you decide!

i know everyone is differnt make up but it really kinda buts a dampener on life when my goal weight (not confirmed) is about 12.5st and if i am still a size 18 then i will cry!!! (be warned just be glad i didn't decide to rant about the loveky Vanessa or we'd be here all day!)

Last night i went a bit off track but not till really late on, don't know why i did it to be honest, but today has been much much better. 

Breakfast - 42g All bran HXB topped with frozen Blueberries Superfree and Muller light Free

Lunch - half a pack of golden savoury rice with extra frozen veg chucked in when it was cooked - Free

Snack - Apple

Tea- Mango Chicken 3syns

Sos far thats it i'm planning at least one muller light and 3 kiwi fruits, since i left work i don't eat enough fruit.

i'm going to Manchester tomorrow to try and get some nice shoes i can walk in for my holiday, i always struggle doesn't matter what shoes i take but this time i want to do some walking and take some pictures, i love Lanzarote i can't beleive the 1st time i went i vowed never go back!

See the full gallery on posterous

These pics were taken by mum mum as i'm still on main PC roll on lap top charger i need you!!!

just been looking at my Lanarote pics on FB and i can't wait!!! just need to empty my suit case from last time i went!!!

 

A Little Less Conversation More Action Please

And thats exactly what i need to do!

The Wii got dug out for the 2nd day in a row! this morning i played Just dance for a bit and then Wii Sports Island i do like the 100 pin bowling!

Then this afternoon me and La Mama played Samba De Amigo (or what ever its called) and a bit of just dance - sadly all but 2 AA batteries we had in the house died so we were single player just dance and it wasn't much fun!

Thanks to the lovely #slimmingworld people on twitter i have managed to keep 99% focussed today - i've gone over on my syns by 3 but at the end of the day its not gonna kill me gonna stay foucussed and cut back tomorrow.

Cos my laptop charger has died (new one on route thanks to Amazon - fingers crossed it works) i'm on the "family PC" and decided to see what photos of me where on here to get a bit of perspective and see how far i've come.

Picture 1 - taken 5th or 6th Dec 2008 - i joined SW 05/01/09

Picture 2 - taken 10/01/09 - i'd lost my 1st half stone this week! not my dress my friend made me try it on to see what it'd look like on her she was smaller than me then and now she's bigger than me.

Picture 3- 30/05/10 Whit Friday Lees bandcontest - think this was when i was at my lightest 49.5lbs lost

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Picture 4 - June 2010 - Spain the thinnest i'd been on holiday!

Picture 5 - October 2010 in Lanzarotte where i am going again in 2 weeks! Ekkk excited and fatter!

Ok Sos May & June i look very happy, i'm going for that again!!!

Lanzarrote here i come!

 

Happy New Year!

I am going out, i have decided!

i have some "crazy" crap to take out with me some plastic tiaras, pirate batches and some wackey eye glasses, let the merriment commence!

Thanks to the lovely #slimmingworld ladies on twitter i feel i can be in control of this meal out, going to avoid the poppadoms 4syns each! eeekk who'd have thunk it!

i have no idea what to wear, i need to find a balance between looking like i'm going out and being over dresses. we are only going for a curry so it doesn't have to be too dressy. I have a dress from Next, its blue with grey and black "animal" print with an asymetrical neck line. with leggins and boots.

I've also re-coloured my hair so its looking much more plum, i'm quite impressed as its only a cheapy dye from Superdrug.

ok gonna have another raid on the wardrobe see what i can see- would help if i knew what other people were wearing!

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NYE is fast approaching

What can i say about today? its been a bad diet day i dived into the bread about 4pm and not stopped since.

Earlier on i really didn't feel well, we popped into town and i spent all my time sat in the Cinnamon roll coffee shop nursing a cup of tea wishing i'd had it black! feeling very sorry for myself.

Well tomorrow is NYE! how fast has that come round.

i'm gonna share a few pics from last years NYE, it was a very strange night, we'd gone to the pubs near where i live ( i think we only went in 1) then on to a  houseparty, where they had a moose head on the wall, strange i know! my friend borrowed some trainers to walk me home in (many sizes too big) and ended up goijng home in them and having to go back the next day for her own shoes! Crazy times! 2nd thoughts i'm only going to share 3 pics

one of me, one of the light built into the wall we thought was an ashtray and were very impressed they had built these into the wall - only yo later realise it was a light! its a wonderful source of amusement! and three the moose which i now realise is a Raindeer!

See the full gallery on posterous

Hopefully there will be some pics that are ok to show from tomorrow night! At 10.30pm i found out we have to take a "crazy" or "wacky" item to wear for a bit og "fun" no idea what to take, i did have some ladybird wings that i had for Race for life a few years ago but i binned them 2 weeks ago along with some "bonkers" loveheart shapped sunglasses!

I have finally updated my @blipfoto journal please feel free to have a look.

i took this picture yeasterday but changed it to BW on my camera - i uploaded the original to blip but wanted to share this version as really liked it Night night xxx

#slimmingworld getting there fingers crossed

Firstly i ramble and go off track and i apologise in advance.

When did you last get an award from your slimming group, or award your self. When was it, what was it and how did you feel?

Mine was 24/05/10 it was my 3.5stone award and certificate and it made me feel really chuffed. I ask this because i need motivation and support and a bloody big kick up the backside! As i mentioned in my 1st post i am not back up to having lost 2stone and hmmm what lbs let me check!? 2.5lbs! (eeeek) that christmas weight gain has buggered my weight loss up even more than i have done myself since May.

In 2010 i have only lost 2.5lbs! shamefull - but if i hadn't kept going to Slimmingworld how much could i have gained?

Food Diary - Extra Easy

Eggy Cheese on Toast HxA an 3Syns

2x Kiwi Fruit

Mango Chicken and Rice 3syns

Mini Biccies 10syns (eeek)

Blackcurrant Tart 11.5sysn (double eeek)

Ham and mustard butty HxB and ½syn!

Total = 28syns (triple eeek)

Why did i give in and have that bloody tart i'd have still have gone over but no where near as badly!

Its been a strange day as had to go to a funeral my grans cousin and as my gran gave us the wrong times we didn't have breakfast, so we were starving by the time we got to the wake i could have eaten a scabby dog, but the buffet was all white oven bottom muffins, Quiche and sausage rolls no salad or cooked meats so we didn't have anything, so our 1st meal of the day wasn't until 2.30pm. After tea i was still starving thats why i attacked the xmas biccies and had the evil blackcurrant tart my dad bought.

Does anyone have any plans for NYE? its my least favourite night of the year, i always feel like i should have a god time and i have to paint on a happy smile, i normally end up crying! (woe is me) This year my friends are up to now going for a curry i have been booked a place but i really don't want to go, for a start there will be a number of couples there. Off the top of my head there will be 5 couples, then 1 guys who is seeing someone but she's not coming (odd yes i though that too) then the 5 singletons. i wish they'd just have a house party then i could cope with that.

Jan Aims

Wow how quick has that come about? Saturday becomes 2011. i'd like to lose as much as i can this month - but i will be happy if i can lose 8lbs. I'm really hoping the wi 3/1 will be a decent one. (curry permitting) There are 5 wi's in Jan so there is a decent potetial for some decent weight losses. i said i wanted to shift this 19lb baggage by St. Vday. That might be a bit unrealistic so i will re-assess at the end of jan!

Another aim is to find a job - let the job hunt commence!

and the final aim is to get out walking, weather permitting!

 

One final thing this is a link to my Slimmingworld food pics in a facebook album, please feel free to have a look, what i will say is some of the food hasn't photographed too well and it all looked a lot yummier in real lfe xxx

 

 

New Day New Dawn

Ok giving this a go, i have a blogger.com blog but not updated it for weekand to be honest i got bored of it.

Someone on Twitter (Hello Sazzle) mentioned this site and hit a key phrase "easily bored" and as the sign up one 1,2,3... here i am!

Ok so the basics are i'm Steph, 29, eternal singleton as no one likes me :0( (i hope your all saying awwww right now) pic taken 23/12/10

I do a diet called SlimmingWorld and i bloody love it! i joined Jan 2009 after serveral failed attempts at weight watchers, don't ge me wrong i loved WW but i never stuck to it, i always cheated maing points up here and there and not eating fruit as it cost me points (i know this has recently changed) As of my last wi i have lost 30.5lbs it was as much as 49.5lbs in summer but its been a dodgy 6months i'm sure if i keep this blog up you'll learn more.

My 1st mission is to shed those pesky 19lbs and i'd like to do this by Valentines day then i can get on losing the rest of this weight.

 

i'll leave it there for now xxx

 

 

 

test

just to see if my auto links work

too much time

1st dec was rge last time i blogged, i just can't seem to get my mojo for blogging etc!

i've been doing shocking on SW. i gained 6lbs last week! in a week eeek. i think it was a catch up from the week before when i lost half lb when i should have gained!

been 90% this week until friday when my mum and dad was due home from holiday and flight got divered to Leeds instead of Manchester.

uo to now i'll have only lost 3lbs this year! in theroy i cpuld have been only a couple of stone froma target weight!



we put our xmas tree up today and since then i've felt really down, year ending and not acheived anything. i'm jobles and fat and miserable!

need to snap out of it.

also got a dilemer of what to do NYE. a night i hate with a passion!

option 1 - go out with a load of couples

option 2 - girlies sleep over with drunken frriends

option 3 - stay home and sleep

i'm liking option 3 best! xxx

The Blog of Neglect

Hola anyone still reading? Its been a while and as you might have guessed i'm off track, its been a very stressful week or two and i feel so mixed up and i'll try and explain.

at work today i wrote this out longhand as our internet blocks blogger as an unacceptable site (boo hiss)
i have few things to say- want to include photos but they might nie

Here goes
1) WI result plus ½lbs - not bad i was very happy i was expecting a good 3lbs if not more
2)  The source of the stress -

•  a)The hectic week started last week when i was on a course to help me prepare when i leave work prepering CVs thinking outside the box for interviews and job hunting. so  i got the monday off work and me and my mum decided to go to Manchester markets for the day, then as it was my friends 30th that day she came, it all got a bit mixed up as my mum felt iss but still insisted on going, i had got helen that giant fearne cotton hat box from boots so was lugging that, then she texted to say she was ill, but did turn up in the end but bless she wasn't well. so i felt a bit stressed as thinking what can i do, by the time we got back to oldham my mum looked bad, full of a cold and generally feeling unwell. my dad bless him came and got us and my mum went to bed.
• b) Tuesday mum still not well so i got train to work took forever and was late
• c) Wednesday mum looked terrible insisted i went to work which i did, my dad took me in. before i left i said i thought she should go to hospital as has Asthma and really didn't look good, all the way to work i kept saying to my dad she didn't look right and said check on her as soon as he got home, when he got in she said ambulance and they rushed her in, she was very very lucky he got home when he did, a few mins later and i'm not sure what would have happened and there was no way she could have called one herself. i feel sick at the thought if it. she was kept in til Friday - it was an asthma attack triggered by a virus so she's on striods, antibiotics and inhalers, slowly getting better. 
• d) cos of all this i've had to keep cancelling my driving lesson and i can tell my instructor is getting pissed off with me, but some things in life are more important. i only got told at last min i had to work thursday last week so i changed, then i booked for this thursday and got told at half 3 i needed to be in this thursday and no mangers about to allocate me a new day off, by this time the instructor had no spaces left and with the snow i've canx saturdays lesson, i know its all good practice but the last thing i need is to be here all weekend panicing about that. i'm booked in for monday / wednesday next  week so fingers crossed this bloody snow will have gone by then!
• e) then this morning to top my stress levels up to max - my dad woke me up at 5am to tell em there was about 8 inches of snow outside, so didn't know if he could take me to work - he said he'd try to get the car out at about 5.30am by 6.10am there was still no sign of him, so i started to look out no sign, looked in fridge he's took his dinner. he'd decided to go without me - cheers papa. Yes ok i leave on friday but don't you think it'd look odd if i just didn't turn up? so then as we live very far from work i had to text someone as as we know i broke my phone i only had one number, i didn't know her start time but i thought if its 8am she'd be setting off at 6.45am so made the decision to text at 6.30am (ops i woke her up she was on a9am start) decided better to go in with her than get buses and trains. picked up 7.45am got to end of my road 8.02am got to next pick up point 8.59am! (NORMALLY 15MINS MAX) got to my desk at 10.15am! ops then i had to tell my manager i was going at 5pm instead of 6pm! 
• f) Trivial point but a point none the less - we missed our last every company works do, as soon  as  we put our names down we booked a room at the hotel then my mum didn't get a  ticket, then she got one then i had to canx as she was in hospital, i decided to call the hotel out of politeness (its non refundable but thought they might be able to re-sell it again) the hotel was good and allowed me to move it to this week. BUT will i use it or not thats one of the reasons i canx the driving lesson  couldn't face co-ordinating the 2. we are meant to be going out from drinkies after we leave on friday but its a trek from work to the hotel as thats in the town centre - i wouldn't mind but our works dos are always at the hotel opposite work and this year they changed venues! - i'm not arsed if i have to canx again but seems a waste 
• g) its our leaving do on Saturday in Manchester 3pm meet at the print works and 6pm meal at Teppanyaki i've decided if we go its just to the meal i'm not trogging round town with a poorly mama, thats if the snow clears enough to get there safely! 

3) Manchester - before it all went tits up  -  trot round teh markets here some pictures
I love this Hat - didn't buy and i'd look a fool wearing it  but its so cute

 Breakfast - Americano with skimmed milk and a skinny poppy seed muffin

 Its Papa Chrimbo

 The Windmill

 Is it s trivet - haha sorry private joke love the mousse

 Mulled wine - didn't have one but might do next week when i go again

 MMMM PIG - i do love, roast pork  again didn't have any but next week!

 Chestnuts cart at the side of the markets

 love the colours of these olives

 New for 2010 - French market smelt yummy

 Ze wheel

 One Vision - i love Freddie x

 I did eat something at the market and ti was this strudel and it was fit!

I went to see HP7.1 on friday instead of the works do, it was ok, a bit slow in parts but i am in love with rupert grint, 8 years too young, but he is so cute, i love his facial expressions

The time travelers wife was on sk this week, i've always been put off the book as people said its confusing but i might give it ago now - the film made me cry a little but but i really enjoyed it

Is anyone watching i'm a celeb - i'm hooked i want Stacy to win, i thought she's get on my nerves but i love her!If she doesn't win i'd like it to be Shaun.

My friend Chris has bought some of her friends virtual advent calenders and i've just opened my dec 1! can you believe its officially December! eeeek!

i'm hoping to update my blip photo journal tomorrow this has taken me longer than i planned (those photos took a while)

JYC starts today, my cover is done and i've planned by day 1, just want to wait for the prompt to make sure it is what i think it is!

Nighty night xxxx

weekend food disaster

oh well can say i have been totally and utterly off track this weekend, but tomorrow is a new day as they say, but tomorrow may not be much better as i'm off to Manchester Xmas Markets, it was a day out with my mum, shopping coffee xmas markets maybe a mulled wine or 3 and a pig butty (£4 as people keep telling me) but totally worth it!! MMMMMM PIG! haha sorry to people who don't won't can't eat pork but my got is my fave meat and pigs are soooo cute nom nom nom (sorry in a silly {sugar fuelled} mood) back to what i was saying it was a mama daughter day but now my friend Helen is coming as well as its her 30th Birthday and as her mum is poorly (emphysema or something similar) she is not up fro full days out) so we're taking Hels under our shopping wing and taking her out for dinner, i'm having my eye browns waxed at 9am so i will be bright red all day but xmas party on friday so needs must! 

Dis anyone watch i'm a celeb - Gillian Mckeith what is she like! can't be doing with her fakery!

 Ok so this isn't from tonight's show (its from the locked in a box one) but u get the idea, she is a muppet in my opinion!

Anyone know what an amazon kindle is? i kinda want one but i have no idea what it is or what it does!

where does time go to?

i have planned to blog every night this week and failed miserably to do so.

I can't really say anything good diet wise after a fab week last week all i have wanted to do is eat, and i haven't been too bad until the last couple of days friday there was very few times when i wasn't eating so naughty i took so many healthy things and only started on them once i had run out of cash buying naughty things, it doesn't help that there is a lot of "naughty" food about cos people are leaving work each week, peoples 12weeks notice period is coming to an end!

if you are new or have forgotten i am taking voluntary severance (redundancy) at work because i did not like my new job of call centre chicken

Don't get me wrong i loved speaking to customers and helping them, but i didn't like the pressure to promote additional services and the wrap time / AHT pressures so i decided to take the money and run, not i am pooping myself as to what i do now, i need to start applying for jobs and stuff but i'm on a course next week to help me and to top it all i've brought my leaving date forward to 3rd DEC ekkk 2 weeks away!

so eating well has been the last thing on my mind, but today i realised it should be at the forefront as when i'm being good i feel so much better about myself, so i'm back on track as of now!

we're having mango turkey with veg and rice for tea,

i have loads of photos and things to share but they are on my lap top and i'm on the PC.

i might do another post later with everything i want to say i really need to start planning my blogging as i just seem to prattle on.

it's my works xmas do next friday its a hollywood night, what every that might mean!

still not got outfit planned, i have 2 options at the moment a black long top from evans

with leggings and not sure what shoes or a blue dress from sainsburys its the one i'm wearing in this post!


i'm going to Manchester on Monday with my mum for a spot of shopping / visit the xmas markets but i'm pretty sure its between these two.

i've got another do on 4th dec so i'm thinking which ever o don't wear on friday i'll wear then!

just needs some shoes but don't know what sort i want!

best be off ski and make some tea xxxx

best laid pla

i had planned a haf decent post tonight but its 20past 11 and i need sleep

just to report in i lost 2.5lbs tonight and feel pretty motivated to carry on!

still a way off getting in to onederland but just gonna ain to get back to where i was, which is 10lbs away - i think
nighty night xxx

Good couple of days

Yesterday i passed my theory test - Yay not told many people, don't like talking about it. but aside from that i decided to walk back from the centre took me about 40mins but came along this path.

Should have worn my wellies rather than my primark boots!

Food intake hasn't been bad really.

Thursday
1st thing  - Hi Fi Bar 6 syns
Brunch - 3 x quorn sausages, grilled mushrooms and tomato, scrammbled egg and an ASDA pita HxB.

Tea - Steak, SW Chips, onions and mushrooms
Snack - Cottage cheese on toast with red onion 6syns 3mini baby bel light HxA

Total 12syns

Friday
Breakfast - 42g All Bran HxB, banana, blueberries and muller light

Snack - frozen fruit

Snack - Pineapple, quavers 4 Syns, satsuma

Dinner - mixed salad, tomato, beetroot, egg, prawns, cottage cheese and blasamic dressing 1.5syns
fresh mango, velvet crunch 4syns

Snack - golden wonder pasta nation

Tea - chicken, chips and salad

Snack - 3 mini babay bels HxA, cottage cheese on toast 6syns

Total 15.5syns

Not sure what else to say really.

nighty night x