ImmortalVampire
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Ooo good luck at your interview! I hope you get the job!!
A few ramblings to get the ball rolling...!
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becky90
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Holland is rainy lol. Same as uk i guess. My weeks gone good, a bit hard dealing with hunger, usually i would never feel hungry due to overeating. When meal time is coming my stomach knows it lol. Your 5 pounds in 3 days is a bit hmm lol, but hopefully it stays off eh 
. So anyway good luck with your interview!!
. So anyway good luck with your interview!!Thanks for the good luck guys - and guess what... It worked!! I GOT THE JOB! Awooo. Can't wait to actually have some money!! Mega excited.
Yeah Becky I thought that about the 5lbs too haha. I'll see tomorrow what I weigh now!! I hope it's gonna be a goooood number!
I haven't done any exercise today, but calories-wise I've been pretty good again. I'm feeling all optimistic and pleased with myself because I got the job - let's see how long that lasts haha!
Hope everyone's having as good a day as me!
Yeah Becky I thought that about the 5lbs too haha. I'll see tomorrow what I weigh now!! I hope it's gonna be a goooood number!
I haven't done any exercise today, but calories-wise I've been pretty good again. I'm feeling all optimistic and pleased with myself because I got the job - let's see how long that lasts haha!
Hope everyone's having as good a day as me!
Hello, have been reading though your diary. I love your attitude about weightloss, it is so inspiring. No, seriously! Sometimes I feel like, dang, is this weight every going to fall off? Then I hold on to it for a while and then I readjust my attitude, get moving, and drop like 5 pounds all of a sudden and it stays there, while I wonder if it is just water weight! LOL! I try to stay positive now, most of the time, regardless of my busy life. I also started at the same weight as you. I am now down to 185. So, I'm moving slow but still moving, not beating myself up about it, my waistline is shrinking though. Can't wait to see your updates. By the way, what is your height?
Sunflower2
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Well done on the job! Is it a good one?! Hope so I started 4lbs heavier than you back in January so you can def do it! Although my goal was/is to lose about 45lbs. Good luck!!! xxxx
I started 4lbs heavier than you back in January so you can def do it! Although my goal was/is to lose about 45lbs. Good luck!!! xxxxAwww thanks Njoyabl! (What does that name mean?!) It appears like your attitude to weight loss is pretty inspiring too! And I can't wait until I'm 185! Bring on the 180s! Haha. I'm only little - 5ft4 - so that makes me weight a bit worse! But not for long right?! And that's great your waistline is shrinking - to be honest that sort of thing matters so much more than weight - cuz weight is so temperamental in some respects haha! Maybe I'll do measurements of myself tomorrow!
Sunflower - yeah the job's okay - not really exciting, just working in an office but it's exactly what I want right now cuz I'm gonna be doing a qualification at home at the same time so I wanted a 9 - 5 job that won't put too much strain on my poor little head! Haha. Congrats on your weight loss - looks like you're getting very close to your GW!! Good work!
Hope you're both having/had great days! Sare xx
Sunflower - yeah the job's okay - not really exciting, just working in an office but it's exactly what I want right now cuz I'm gonna be doing a qualification at home at the same time so I wanted a 9 - 5 job that won't put too much strain on my poor little head! Haha. Congrats on your weight loss - looks like you're getting very close to your GW!! Good work!
Hope you're both having/had great days! Sare xx
Okaaay, so today's good day went a little down the pan after I had a celebratory glass of wine! ... Okay 3 celebratory glasses of wine but it was damn good wine! Haha. I will make it up tomorrow!!!
Still feeling chirpy about getting the job - just can't wait for money, which I will save so that when I'm a skinny bean I can buy lots of lush clothes and not manky horrid ones anymore! Well okay I don't buy horrid clothes but they look horrid on me! And I will be able to afford the GYM to help make this happen! Although first I should try pay a lump off of my Florida fund but still - moneeeyyyyyyy!! And I'm also excited to meet new people - I get so attached to people and now I've left uni I miss those friends sooooo much, and a lot of my friends from back here and dispersing all over the country/world! Boooo.
I'm sorry, I'm going a bit overboard on the exclamation marks today but I'm haaappppyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Still feeling chirpy about getting the job - just can't wait for money, which I will save so that when I'm a skinny bean I can buy lots of lush clothes and not manky horrid ones anymore! Well okay I don't buy horrid clothes but they look horrid on me! And I will be able to afford the GYM to help make this happen! Although first I should try pay a lump off of my Florida fund but still - moneeeyyyyyyy!! And I'm also excited to meet new people - I get so attached to people and now I've left uni I miss those friends sooooo much, and a lot of my friends from back here and dispersing all over the country/world! Boooo.
I'm sorry, I'm going a bit overboard on the exclamation marks today but I'm haaappppyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Today was a pretty average day!! I did around 4.5km on the bike, so still not loads but I'm trying to work my way up on it because it canes my legs! But I've found out I am strong enough to move the bike, so I pulled it into the lounge and watched the absolutely awful auditions on last week's X Factor! Made the cycling somewhat more enjoyable! Haha.
But then I had the girlies over for some lunch as my friend is leaving tomorrow to go back to uni - and that lunch consisted of bread, dips, crisps, chocolate, cheese straws and a selection of veggies. So not great! I didn't go crazy on it but it still probably accumulated the calories quite quickly! I had a fairly little dinner though (banana sarnie) and a little breakfast (cereal with skimmed milk) so hopefully I haven't done too much damage.
I weighed myself this morning and ...... 194! (Well, 193.8, which admittedly sounds better but I'm just going to round up/down) So I dropped 4lbs this week which makes me VERY happy!! Andddddd I tend to put on a couple of pound at the start of TOM, which happens to be today (sorry if any males are reading this and didn't particularly want to know that) soooo in a couple of days I may find myself a bit lighter!
So yeah this week has been a good week - dropped 4lbs AND got a job! Which I start tomorrow and am actually excited!! But I should make the most of the excited feeling because I'm sure in a few days I'll be dreading it haha. Can't wait to meet some new people and get my first paycheck! AWOOOO! I'm also gonna download this iPhone app that is apparently amazing for counting calories, and giving new ideas for exercises etc - so when I've got that and used it a bit I'll let you know how I find it. It's got great reviews though so hopefully it will come in useful!
Hope everyone's have a lovely day ... I'm gonna go get myself sorted for my first day of work tomorrow! And then gonna get myself an eaaarly night
Night all!! xx
But then I had the girlies over for some lunch as my friend is leaving tomorrow to go back to uni - and that lunch consisted of bread, dips, crisps, chocolate, cheese straws and a selection of veggies. So not great! I didn't go crazy on it but it still probably accumulated the calories quite quickly! I had a fairly little dinner though (banana sarnie) and a little breakfast (cereal with skimmed milk) so hopefully I haven't done too much damage.
I weighed myself this morning and ...... 194! (Well, 193.8, which admittedly sounds better but I'm just going to round up/down) So I dropped 4lbs this week which makes me VERY happy!!
Andddddd I tend to put on a couple of pound at the start of TOM, which happens to be today (sorry if any males are reading this and didn't particularly want to know that) soooo in a couple of days I may find myself a bit lighter! So yeah this week has been a good week - dropped 4lbs AND got a job! Which I start tomorrow and am actually excited!! But I should make the most of the excited feeling because I'm sure in a few days I'll be dreading it haha. Can't wait to meet some new people and get my first paycheck! AWOOOO! I'm also gonna download this iPhone app that is apparently amazing for counting calories, and giving new ideas for exercises etc - so when I've got that and used it a bit I'll let you know how I find it. It's got great reviews though so hopefully it will come in useful!
Hope everyone's have a lovely day ... I'm gonna go get myself sorted for my first day of work tomorrow! And then gonna get myself an eaaarly night
Night all!! xx
First day of work = good. Bit boring but then training days/health and safety days generally are!! Met some nice people though and most are roughly my age so hopefully it'll be a good few months working with these guys!
Didn't have a chance to exercise but was good with the food - according to my iPhone app I had 1312 calories! It is a really good little app actually - you put in what you weigh now and what you want to weigh but which date, and it tells you how many calories you need to eat to maintain your weight, and how many to eat in order to lose the weight you want. It also has a section where you put in what exercise you've done, how many calories burnt etc, how much water you've drunk and your measurements. And then it has an analysis section and it tells you what's good and what's not so good about your diet. It's good! Got many other things too but I won't go into it all unless someone specifically asks!
When I was at work, they brought in a load of yummy food as a sort of 'welcome' gesture ... loads of cookies, brownies, doughnuts, rice crispie cakes!!! Talk about torture haha. I did succumb to one little cookie (a small one, like the size of Maryland cookies, not those big but oh so scrumbo softer cookies you can get!) but that's all I had. Other people were getting loads! So I could have been very badly behaved but I wasn't!! Check meee out! Good going hey.
Hope everyone has had a good diet day!
Sare xx
Didn't have a chance to exercise but was good with the food - according to my iPhone app I had 1312 calories! It is a really good little app actually - you put in what you weigh now and what you want to weigh but which date, and it tells you how many calories you need to eat to maintain your weight, and how many to eat in order to lose the weight you want. It also has a section where you put in what exercise you've done, how many calories burnt etc, how much water you've drunk and your measurements. And then it has an analysis section and it tells you what's good and what's not so good about your diet. It's good! Got many other things too but I won't go into it all unless someone specifically asks!
When I was at work, they brought in a load of yummy food as a sort of 'welcome' gesture ... loads of cookies, brownies, doughnuts, rice crispie cakes!!! Talk about torture haha. I did succumb to one little cookie (a small one, like the size of Maryland cookies, not those big but oh so scrumbo softer cookies you can get!) but that's all I had. Other people were getting loads! So I could have been very badly behaved but I wasn't!! Check meee out! Good going hey.
Hope everyone has had a good diet day!
Sare xx
First week of work (well, sort of. First 3 days at any rate) are done and DUSTED! It has tired me out, this getting up mega early malarky! I can't really hack it to be honest with you - I'm thinking this is definitely something I will have to get used to!!
The thing I'm finding hard about working is ... although I am being mega good when I'm at work ... avoiding all the vending machines and cakes etc which other people seem to flock to like flies, as soon as I get home I'm sooo hungry I start to gorge! So I'm hoping that this is another thing I'll get used to about work ...cuz I don't want this to become a regular thing! Does anybody else find that they get this problem? If so - how do you tackle it?!
So the last few days really haven't been all that great for me. I hope they improve and I hope that this weekend will get me back into the routine again. I seem to have a really good few days and then screw it all up for a few and the have a good few days again. It's doing my head in I need to FOCUS!!! Arghhh. I think I'm gonna go on that walk again tomorrow, as long as the weather is okay (i.e. not raining!). I think I may be feeling a bit more down about this than I would normally cuz I am sleeeeeepy!! Ha so I think that might be my cue to get all cuddled up in bed!
I hope that everyone else's last few days have been better than mine!
Lots of sleepy love xx
The thing I'm finding hard about working is ... although I am being mega good when I'm at work ... avoiding all the vending machines and cakes etc which other people seem to flock to like flies, as soon as I get home I'm sooo hungry I start to gorge! So I'm hoping that this is another thing I'll get used to about work ...cuz I don't want this to become a regular thing! Does anybody else find that they get this problem? If so - how do you tackle it?!
So the last few days really haven't been all that great for me. I hope they improve and I hope that this weekend will get me back into the routine again. I seem to have a really good few days and then screw it all up for a few and the have a good few days again. It's doing my head in
I need to FOCUS!!! Arghhh. I think I'm gonna go on that walk again tomorrow, as long as the weather is okay (i.e. not raining!). I think I may be feeling a bit more down about this than I would normally cuz I am sleeeeeepy!! Ha so I think that might be my cue to get all cuddled up in bed! I hope that everyone else's last few days have been better than mine!
Lots of sleepy love xx
Sunflower2
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With the coming home starrrrving problem--I usually have dinner made the night before and in the fridge so I can just shove it on the heat for a bit and eat right away. And have cucumber/celery/carrots all sliced up in the fridge for when you get home so you can snack on healthy stuff!
And pack a healthy (filling) lunch to take to work? And drinking a butt-ton helps me feel full and avoid ze snacks!
Also, CONGRATS ON THE 4lbs!!!!! That's amazing!!
And pack a healthy (filling) lunch to take to work? And drinking a butt-ton helps me feel full and avoid ze snacks!
Also, CONGRATS ON THE 4lbs!!!!! That's amazing!!
xorie
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Wow. I wish I was as happy and upbeat as you! You're doing awesome, and it is great that you dont dwell on the "whoopsies" rather, you enjoy the moment, acknowledge that it wasn't really in your best interest, still enjoy it, and then move on. It's pretty inspiring.
As for coming home starving, and not eating at work, maybe bring some low cal munchies to work. Like a piece of fruit, or snap peas, ect ect. That way, when you get home you'll have eaten something during the day, and wont have to worry about your stomach yelling "IM STARVING DOWN HERE!" when you get home.
Keep up the awesome work!
You're doing awesome, and it is great that you dont dwell on the "whoopsies" rather, you enjoy the moment, acknowledge that it wasn't really in your best interest, still enjoy it, and then move on. It's pretty inspiring.As for coming home starving, and not eating at work, maybe bring some low cal munchies to work. Like a piece of fruit, or snap peas, ect ect.
That way, when you get home you'll have eaten something during the day, and wont have to worry about your stomach yelling "IM STARVING DOWN HERE!" when you get home. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks for your help girls!
I weighed myself at the weekend, and I had only gone and put the weight back on hadn't I... so I've been very annoyed with myself! However, I've finally started to get into a routine at work so I'm hoping things will improve again. I just need to learn to control myself when things are offered to me - that's my downfall! Just say no, right?! So onwards and upwards from here, I really want and need to get this weight off!
On a more positive note - I had to do an assessment yesterday at work to make sure I had grasped all the training we had to go through, and I got 100%! Apparently I'm the first person to have ever done that, which I'm pretty proud of! Now to direct some of that skill to losing weight?! Haha.
Hope everyone's week has been good and that the pounds have been lost!
Sare xx
I weighed myself at the weekend, and I had only gone and put the weight back on hadn't I... so I've been very annoyed with myself! However, I've finally started to get into a routine at work so I'm hoping things will improve again. I just need to learn to control myself when things are offered to me - that's my downfall! Just say no, right?! So onwards and upwards from here, I really want and need to get this weight off!
On a more positive note - I had to do an assessment yesterday at work to make sure I had grasped all the training we had to go through, and I got 100%!
Apparently I'm the first person to have ever done that, which I'm pretty proud of! Now to direct some of that skill to losing weight?! Haha.Hope everyone's week has been good and that the pounds have been lost!
Sare xx
A good day for me!! Went on the exercise bike when I woke up and pushed myself quite hard. And my calorie intake hit about 1200 so hopefully if I keep up days like this I'll see the pounds fall off So I am feeling pleased with myself! If I keep it up I'll have another weigh-in on Saturday and let you know how that goes.
On another happy note - pay day tomorrow!! Not that I'm gonna see much of it because it'll be going towards paying off for things I've already bought, but still!! It'll be nice to see it go in my bank - if only temporarily! Haha.
I hope everyone has had a successful day. I am verrryyyy sleepy so am going to have a read of my book and then hopefully sink into a deep deep slumber!
Goodnight everyone!
So I am feeling pleased with myself! If I keep it up I'll have another weigh-in on Saturday and let you know how that goes.On another happy note - pay day tomorrow!! Not that I'm gonna see much of it because it'll be going towards paying off for things I've already bought, but still!! It'll be nice to see it go in my bank - if only temporarily! Haha.
I hope everyone has had a successful day. I am verrryyyy sleepy so am going to have a read of my book and then hopefully sink into a deep deep slumber!
Goodnight everyone!
Hello folks!
Today has been another good 'un, hit about 1200 calories again today although I unfortunately didn't have time for exercise. Hopefully tomorrow though (weather dependent) I'll go on my nice walk again and try and burn off a few hundred cals!
So I'm feeling quite positive at the mo and in a good frame of mind to lose weight. I'm not really getting any cravings and I feel I got into a good routine this week with working late. I'm hoping I'll be able to extend this to next week though, when I'm going to be on an earlier shift which is a bit more of a killer for me ... I always find it hard not to go overboard on the eating when I come in at 3/4ish. But if I stay in this frame of mind then I'll have no trouble
I meant to say in my post yesterday - I was very proud of myself ... I turned down not only a takeaway curry that my dad offered to pay for, but also a plate of sweet waffles with toffee sauce on them - impressive, no?! Haha well I think it is!! If I can turn down both of them in the space of about 45 mins then I can turn down ANYTHING right?! Haha.
Have a good day/hope you had a good day chaps and chapettes!
Sare xx
Today has been another good 'un, hit about 1200 calories again today although I unfortunately didn't have time for exercise. Hopefully tomorrow though (weather dependent) I'll go on my nice walk again and try and burn off a few hundred cals!
So I'm feeling quite positive at the mo and in a good frame of mind to lose weight. I'm not really getting any cravings and I feel I got into a good routine this week with working late. I'm hoping I'll be able to extend this to next week though, when I'm going to be on an earlier shift which is a bit more of a killer for me ... I always find it hard not to go overboard on the eating when I come in at 3/4ish. But if I stay in this frame of mind then I'll have no trouble
I meant to say in my post yesterday - I was very proud of myself ... I turned down not only a takeaway curry that my dad offered to pay for, but also a plate of sweet waffles with toffee sauce on them - impressive, no?!
Haha well I think it is!! If I can turn down both of them in the space of about 45 mins then I can turn down ANYTHING right?! Haha.Have a good day/hope you had a good day chaps and chapettes!
Sare xx
xorie
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Hello folks!
Today has been another good 'un, hit about 1200 calories again today although I unfortunately didn't have time for exercise. Hopefully tomorrow though (weather dependent) I'll go on my nice walk again and try and burn off a few hundred cals!
So I'm feeling quite positive at the mo and in a good frame of mind to lose weight. I'm not really getting any cravings and I feel I got into a good routine this week with working late. I'm hoping I'll be able to extend this to next week though, when I'm going to be on an earlier shift which is a bit more of a killer for me ... I always find it hard not to go overboard on the eating when I come in at 3/4ish. But if I stay in this frame of mind then I'll have no trouble
I meant to say in my post yesterday - I was very proud of myself ... I turned down not only a takeaway curry that my dad offered to pay for, but also a plate of sweet waffles with toffee sauce on them - impressive, no?!
Have a good day/hope you had a good day chaps and chapettes!
Sare xx
Thats awesome.
you can do anything you set your mind to, and I know that you're well on your way to your goals. And I totally know what you mean about coming home at the "in between times" I have to find myself working on my hobbies to keep me from going into the kitchen. Keep up the amazing work, you're a wonderful motivator for me.
Shinsplint
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Hey chapette
You sound really motivated. Congratulations on your new job. Do you live in London? Are there lots of jobs there? (Cos here in Melbourne it's the pits right now unless you're a bricklayer). I feel you on the coming home hungry thing. What I do is have a punnet of fresh strawberries ready and waiting and by the time I've chomped through those and maybe some nuts, the hunger has subsided for enough time for me to prepare something. Just look for fruits that are in season (or if you're in London, that aren't!) and enjoy that sweet sweet juicy magic.
You sound really motivated. Congratulations on your new job. Do you live in London? Are there lots of jobs there? (Cos here in Melbourne it's the pits right now unless you're a bricklayer). I feel you on the coming home hungry thing. What I do is have a punnet of fresh strawberries ready and waiting and by the time I've chomped through those and maybe some nuts, the hunger has subsided for enough time for me to prepare something. Just look for fruits that are in season (or if you're in London, that aren't!) and enjoy that sweet sweet juicy magic.
Hey guys! Been a while since I was last on here! Sorry!!
Xorie - thanks for the nice and encouraging words! I like to think I CAN do anything I set my mind to - you gotta be the one in control of your own life right?! Make things happen for yourself and all that! I think that's the thought that keeps me going most! Hope you've been doing well on your loss!!
Shinsplint - sometime I am motivated, other times not so much! Haha. Way of the world I guess. I live nearish to London - about 40 mins away. Jobs aren't abundant around here to be honest, I'll just take what I can for the time being just to get some money under my belt! U live in Melbourne?! Wow, very jealous! I'd love to go there! Ahhh good call on the strawberries, I love strawberries!! Om nom nom! Thanks for the tip! Hope you've had a good week!
Sooo, this week has been pretty good again! Going to weigh myself tomorrow, hopefully there'll be a loss. I have had the beginnings of people noticing I've lost weight - my friend asked me last weekend and today my mum was like 'Sarah, you look like you've lost an inch all over!', so that was nice to hear! Even more so as my mum isn't one to give praise where it's not deserved really, so I'm hoping to see a good result tomorrow!
I've fallen more into a routine with work which has made things easier! I've also found if I have my breakfast just before I leave for work rather than when I first get up that I'm a lot less hungry throughout the day!! Crazy how much difference an hour makes eh!
Apparently it's supposed to be beyond shitty weather here where I am (and if today is anything to go by then it definitely will be!) which has scuppered my plans YET AGAIN for that long walk. I should really join the gym - I just have so much to pay for at the mo and I just don't think I can afford it right now. PAIN. Also I dunno if I have the confidence to go to the gym quite yet. I'll just do as much as I can from home, it just never feels like I do enough. But I guess every little helps right?!
I really hope everyone's had a great week and has lost the pounds!!
Night all! xx
Xorie - thanks for the nice and encouraging words! I like to think I CAN do anything I set my mind to - you gotta be the one in control of your own life right?! Make things happen for yourself and all that! I think that's the thought that keeps me going most! Hope you've been doing well on your loss!!
Shinsplint - sometime I am motivated, other times not so much! Haha. Way of the world I guess. I live nearish to London - about 40 mins away. Jobs aren't abundant around here to be honest, I'll just take what I can for the time being just to get some money under my belt! U live in Melbourne?! Wow, very jealous! I'd love to go there! Ahhh good call on the strawberries, I love strawberries!! Om nom nom! Thanks for the tip! Hope you've had a good week!
Sooo, this week has been pretty good again! Going to weigh myself tomorrow, hopefully there'll be a loss. I have had the beginnings of people noticing I've lost weight - my friend asked me last weekend and today my mum was like 'Sarah, you look like you've lost an inch all over!', so that was nice to hear! Even more so as my mum isn't one to give praise where it's not deserved really, so I'm hoping to see a good result tomorrow!
I've fallen more into a routine with work which has made things easier! I've also found if I have my breakfast just before I leave for work rather than when I first get up that I'm a lot less hungry throughout the day!! Crazy how much difference an hour makes eh!
Apparently it's supposed to be beyond shitty weather here where I am (and if today is anything to go by then it definitely will be!) which has scuppered my plans YET AGAIN for that long walk. I should really join the gym - I just have so much to pay for at the mo and I just don't think I can afford it right now. PAIN. Also I dunno if I have the confidence to go to the gym quite yet. I'll just do as much as I can from home, it just never feels like I do enough. But I guess every little helps right?!
I really hope everyone's had a great week and has lost the pounds!!
Night all! xx
Weighed myself this morning - just over 7lbs lost now from when I started!! Very happy with that, especially as I have had a few mishaps! So that 7lb equates as half a stone for us English lot and I'm sooo chuffed - at the beginning I was so eager to get that first half a stone off and now I have!! Yipeeee!! Now for the next 7lbs!!
I have had a good day again today - really am finding it so much easier now I'm in a routine! I'm also managing to turn down snack treats and so on, which is such good inspiration in itself for me to do well! Every time I say 'no I'm fine thanks' I feel empowered!!
Have had more comments that I look like I've lost weight which is so good - I'm only a seventh of my way through what I want to lose so it seems crazy people are already picking up on it! Also, something that made me feel very proud was that I went out the other night and I was actually getting a fair bit of attention from guys. Not loads, but more than I usually do! I got a few drinks bought for me and guys just coming up and chatting to me ... it probably had a lot to do with confidence and how I present myself now I've lost even a little bit of weight, but it still felt good! Really starting to get into the frame of mind for it now, I really want this weight off!
Hope everyone is feeling as good about this losing-weight malarky as I am!
I have had a good day again today - really am finding it so much easier now I'm in a routine! I'm also managing to turn down snack treats and so on, which is such good inspiration in itself for me to do well! Every time I say 'no I'm fine thanks' I feel empowered!!
Have had more comments that I look like I've lost weight which is so good - I'm only a seventh of my way through what I want to lose so it seems crazy people are already picking up on it! Also, something that made me feel very proud was that I went out the other night and I was actually getting a fair bit of attention from guys. Not loads, but more than I usually do! I got a few drinks bought for me and guys just coming up and chatting to me ... it probably had a lot to do with confidence and how I present myself now I've lost even a little bit of weight, but it still felt good!
Really starting to get into the frame of mind for it now, I really want this weight off! Hope everyone is feeling as good about this losing-weight malarky as I am!