Byebye Big Bum!
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Hi Jay
Glad you're feeling better. What is it with men and husky voices? I remember men going crazy over my voice when I lost it. Nowadays my husband just enjoys the peace
I know what you mean about a size 14. I started to feel 'normal' once I could get into a 14 again. Well done on the weight loss.
Glad you're feeling better. What is it with men and husky voices? I remember men going crazy over my voice when I lost it. Nowadays my husband just enjoys the peace
I know what you mean about a size 14. I started to feel 'normal' once I could get into a 14 again. Well done on the weight loss.
Tigpuppy
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What must you think of me since the only pictures I've ever posted on here are of me in my ugly underwear!!!! Glad you are feeling better though. I lost my voice while sick this go around too. And I'm feeling much better as well - we got this thing licked, right?
Can't wait to hear how your meeting with Mr X goes this week. Eagerly waiting....
jjjay
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LOL Tigs!!! True, very true! You mean you DON'T sit at your computer in underwear all the time?!
Awwww thanks for the picture Sunflower! I DO think of you in a big bay room by the sea!!! I wasn't that far off! Although it is very tidy! I am impressed!
Ecky - I phoned up yet another of X's colleagues yesterday who I've not met/spoken to before and made him laugh when I said "you'll have to excuse me, I'm losing my voice, its not that I'm trying to whisper seductively down the phone at you or be all covert!" - he said he is defintely looking forward to meeting me next week!! hehehe what is it about men...!!
Ok exciting trip out yesterday - went for a Nandos with my best friend from work and shopping for a new meeting outfit. She loves dresses and skirts and styling like Mad Men on tv (50s womanly outfits) and has quite a strong sense of curvy asthetic. So she had me in shift dresses and pencil skirts with little jackets and all sorts...to the point where, when I put on a normal trouser suit...it just felt so...bland....(this is what i've been wearing for work for the last 10 years...). And OMG, I bought a grey neat little very fitted jacket, a deep purple shirt (I do like a splash of colour) and a very fitted pencil skirt:
I feel GREAT in it! Seriously, I cannot remember the last time I wore a skirt. Ever. But I felt really feminine in it - just got make sure I don't fall over or split it when I sit down! Plus got to rememebr to cross my legs in the right way ratehr than the wrong way!!
So, I am wearing it today for my meeting as a test run...!
Awwww thanks for the picture Sunflower! I DO think of you in a big bay room by the sea!!! I wasn't that far off! Although it is very tidy! I am impressed!
Ecky - I phoned up yet another of X's colleagues yesterday who I've not met/spoken to before and made him laugh when I said "you'll have to excuse me, I'm losing my voice, its not that I'm trying to whisper seductively down the phone at you or be all covert!" - he said he is defintely looking forward to meeting me next week!! hehehe what is it about men...!!
Ok exciting trip out yesterday - went for a Nandos with my best friend from work and shopping for a new meeting outfit. She loves dresses and skirts and styling like Mad Men on tv (50s womanly outfits) and has quite a strong sense of curvy asthetic. So she had me in shift dresses and pencil skirts with little jackets and all sorts...to the point where, when I put on a normal trouser suit...it just felt so...bland....(this is what i've been wearing for work for the last 10 years...). And OMG, I bought a grey neat little very fitted jacket, a deep purple shirt (I do like a splash of colour) and a very fitted pencil skirt:
I feel GREAT in it! Seriously, I cannot remember the last time I wore a skirt. Ever. But I felt really feminine in it - just got make sure I don't fall over or split it when I sit down! Plus got to rememebr to cross my legs in the right way ratehr than the wrong way!!
So, I am wearing it today for my meeting as a test run...!
healthyjess
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The outfit sounds fantastic jjjay! I love grey and purple, especially together!
mizzie
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jjay, I know just what you mean! I love clothes shopping now and I used to hate it so bad! That outfit sounds really cute, bet it looks great on you.
I don't picture people in certain places, but I do picture them as their avatar. Which is fine if it is actually a pic of them, but when it's an inanimate object it can get a little odd. And it completely messes me up if someone changes their pic. lol
I don't picture people in certain places, but I do picture them as their avatar. Which is fine if it is actually a pic of them, but when it's an inanimate object it can get a little odd. And it completely messes me up if someone changes their pic. lol
Tigpuppy
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I think the skirt sounds great! I live in skirts myself. Even when I was heavier I always had tiny ankles and slim calves, so I liked to show them off. In my younger days I always wore mini skirts (the shorter the better!) but now I tend to favor longer, flowy skirts. So comfy too!
jjjay
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OK! Howdy folks!
Test drive in my new fitted skirt suit went well! Lots of nice compliments -even from unexpected quarters at work - like a couple of guys who don't usually comment on people's clothes looked me up and down and said "you look very...smart today!". Wearing it for a whole day first was definitely a good idea as I felt much more comfortable by the end of the day and am not worried about wearing it next week now. Not sure if I can survive the day in mega high heels though...
What else...been eating a bit too much - TOM which always makes me scoff my face more than usual, plus i went to the good food show with four friends yesterday - oooooh it was lovely. Lots of delicious scrumptious food around - and I realised just how much my everyday attitude to food has changed. It was very nice to try little bits of cheeses and chocolates and gourmet sausages but I wasn't tempted to buy a big bag of fudge or anything. And, when it came to lunch time, i didn't go straight for a gourmet burger and chips, I had roasted chicken with salad in toasted pitta...and it was delicious - made much better by the very sexy farmer serving it up who was more than happy to flirt with me (great ego boost!!)...even though we resorted to the age old line of "leg or a breast man" joke.... Great day out, not toooo many calories nomped up...lots of walking though - must have covered miles in the conference centre!
OOooooh, and the nicest thing? I called Mr X today and he was really pleased to hear from me. Said they had all been talking about me in their meeting and he was just about to email me. We chatted for like 40 mins, and had a laugh and a joke and he tried to impress me with tales of what a maverick he is (and succeeded!!!). Reassured me about the meeting next week - all in all, just a lovely conversation. The best bit? When I said cheerio and see you next week, he replied that it had been really nice talking to me. That's not how he is professionally?!?! I think a bit of "non-work" slipped in there!! I was definitely more flirty than I have been for a while - I just though "sod it, I've been very preoccupied with being professional, what does it matter! Its not like he's running away because he doesn't want anything to do with me!"
awwwwwww.
Down to 181 this morning even though ToM started. So from 179 up to 181 with ToM - not bad at all...we'll see what I dip down to again in a couple of days but I am FEELING GOOD!
I bought a couple of 2nd hand suits on ebay - in a size 14..and the trousers are a little tight but kind of fit...the jacket also...I need to lose a couple more lbs but heck, not much!!! I really am in between a 16 and a 14....jeepers....I AM NEARLY A SIZE 14!! (that's a 10 in US size!!)
Test drive in my new fitted skirt suit went well! Lots of nice compliments -even from unexpected quarters at work - like a couple of guys who don't usually comment on people's clothes looked me up and down and said "you look very...smart today!". Wearing it for a whole day first was definitely a good idea as I felt much more comfortable by the end of the day and am not worried about wearing it next week now. Not sure if I can survive the day in mega high heels though...
What else...been eating a bit too much - TOM which always makes me scoff my face more than usual, plus i went to the good food show with four friends yesterday - oooooh it was lovely. Lots of delicious scrumptious food around - and I realised just how much my everyday attitude to food has changed. It was very nice to try little bits of cheeses and chocolates and gourmet sausages but I wasn't tempted to buy a big bag of fudge or anything. And, when it came to lunch time, i didn't go straight for a gourmet burger and chips, I had roasted chicken with salad in toasted pitta...and it was delicious - made much better by the very sexy farmer serving it up who was more than happy to flirt with me (great ego boost!!)...even though we resorted to the age old line of "leg or a breast man" joke.... Great day out, not toooo many calories nomped up...lots of walking though - must have covered miles in the conference centre!
OOooooh, and the nicest thing? I called Mr X today and he was really pleased to hear from me. Said they had all been talking about me in their meeting and he was just about to email me. We chatted for like 40 mins, and had a laugh and a joke and he tried to impress me with tales of what a maverick he is (and succeeded!!!). Reassured me about the meeting next week - all in all, just a lovely conversation. The best bit? When I said cheerio and see you next week, he replied that it had been really nice talking to me. That's not how he is professionally?!?! I think a bit of "non-work" slipped in there!! I was definitely more flirty than I have been for a while - I just though "sod it, I've been very preoccupied with being professional, what does it matter! Its not like he's running away because he doesn't want anything to do with me!"
awwwwwww.
Down to 181 this morning even though ToM started. So from 179 up to 181 with ToM - not bad at all...we'll see what I dip down to again in a couple of days but I am FEELING GOOD!
I bought a couple of 2nd hand suits on ebay - in a size 14..and the trousers are a little tight but kind of fit...the jacket also...I need to lose a couple more lbs but heck, not much!!! I really am in between a 16 and a 14....jeepers....I AM NEARLY A SIZE 14!! (that's a 10 in US size!!)
Sunflower2
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Exciting Mr X update! He does sound very into you, just wary of the work/play thing, ya know? What was the good food show like? I'd love to go! Did you bring anything back?
I'm having my TOM right now as well and got a pizza tonight (hence no update on my food diary tonight ). Maybe all us WLF women are syncing times!? It happened to me, my mum, and my sister when I lived at home. Spooooooky. Us women work in mysterious ways.
Glad everyone loved the suit!
I'm having my TOM right now as well and got a pizza tonight (hence no update on my food diary tonight
). Maybe all us WLF women are syncing times!? It happened to me, my mum, and my sister when I lived at home. Spooooooky. Us women work in mysterious ways.Glad everyone loved the suit!
It's true. Women living in close quarters will eventually sync with each other. And I think we've spent enough time together on here for that to count
I've been flitting around TOM for the past few days, but I never get a realy one because of the implant.. It's actually quite annoying because I feel periody then don't get one.. So I just look grumpy instead of having a real reason!!
Aaahh You're like our very own soap with the Mr X stuff
Hope you're meeting goes well. When is it? Glad the practice run with the clothes went well.. But now that means you have to put a picture up
I've been flitting around TOM for the past few days, but I never get a realy one because of the implant.. It's actually quite annoying because I feel periody then don't get one.. So I just look grumpy instead of having a real reason!!
Aaahh You're like our very own soap with the Mr X stuff
Hope you're meeting goes well. When is it? Glad the practice run with the clothes went well.. But now that means you have to put a picture up
Sunflower2
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Dude, we are the exact same weight right now. Freakkkkky. Anyway, lets get our butts down to 178 asap! Have a good day lovely x
jjjay
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URgh! I am so mad at myself. I've been desperately trying to find my nice work coat over the last couple of days - looked at home, looked in the office, checked mum and dad's, thought it was in the boot of my car...but no. Now all I can remember about when I last wore it a month or so ago was carefully folding it up and putting it on the top rack of the train compartment and thinking to myself..."must remember to take it with me". OH FFS. Not only did I leave it on the train, I completely forgot for like a month that I'd left it on the train. It was SUCH A NICE COAT and now I can't wear it on Tuesday. And my other posh work coat is too big for me now and I didn't see any I liked yesterday in the shops even though I had my plastic friend ready to swipe. PAH!
So rant over.
Good news, firmly at 179 now that TOM finishing. Bit spotty but they should clear up in the next couple of days.
The good food show was amazing Sunflower. Just all sorts of food and kitchen gadgets and stuff. My favourite purchase was these large pouches of cocktail mix that you add hot water and rum to, then shake em up and put them in the freezer and they turn to slush and you can just go and pour a cocktail any time you like - they last for years....I love having a pina colada or daquiri every now and then but never do it at home because its such a faf that you'd have to be makign them for lots of people or drinking more than one...however this solves that problem for me!! Plus, they aren't tooooo bad calorie wise... Also bought some dried apple crisps that taste amazing and are only 76 cals per packet so stocked up on them for work lunch. Bought a few christmas presents too...
I have got SO much work to do over this weekend - prep for tuesday but also client work that just has to be done, no other time, Monday is packed out with meetings and conference calls...I can't see how much longer me and my boss can go on doing the work of 4 people. It's crazy. We badly need to recruit more people but finding the right people in our specialism who are good enough is so difficult.
Sunflower...you and me babe, through the 170s - lets blitz them!!
Red Piggy - I know what you mean, women do strangely sync over time. Not sure why..or how...
Cabbie...unfortunately, I usually need to be slapped over the face with a wet fish before I finally pick up the signals that someone does actually find me attractive and its not all in my head!!! I'll give you an example:
there was a guy at uni that I was friends with but liked - one of the professors when I was a post-grad. And we'd go out, I'd go back to his place, we'd sit up talking most of the night in his kitchen drinking tea, he'd put on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks album (just to set the mood), light some candles...he says don't drive home tonight, you can stay here...I agree if he'll give me an old shirt to sleep in...he takes me upstairs, flops out on the spare bed and says "I am so tired I could just sleep here too, I think I might need a massage". Hmmmm...HOW HAVE I STILL NOT PICKED UP THE SIGNALS HERE? Because rather than climbing on the bed too and getting down with it...I go to the bathroom and end up in the spare bed on my own whilst he sleeps in his bed. Just goes to show how low my self-confidence can be when you strip away all the flirty behaviour and fun interaction and actually get down to the needing to make the leap...the first move...
Sigh. I am such a doofuss!
Anyhow, I'm going off to do some work...there's only so long that Barbie the movie will keepa 6 year old happy for!!!
So rant over.
Good news, firmly at 179 now that TOM finishing. Bit spotty but they should clear up in the next couple of days.
The good food show was amazing Sunflower. Just all sorts of food and kitchen gadgets and stuff. My favourite purchase was these large pouches of cocktail mix that you add hot water and rum to, then shake em up and put them in the freezer and they turn to slush and you can just go and pour a cocktail any time you like - they last for years....I love having a pina colada or daquiri every now and then but never do it at home because its such a faf that you'd have to be makign them for lots of people or drinking more than one...however this solves that problem for me!! Plus, they aren't tooooo bad calorie wise... Also bought some dried apple crisps that taste amazing and are only 76 cals per packet so stocked up on them for work lunch. Bought a few christmas presents too...
I have got SO much work to do over this weekend - prep for tuesday but also client work that just has to be done, no other time, Monday is packed out with meetings and conference calls...I can't see how much longer me and my boss can go on doing the work of 4 people. It's crazy. We badly need to recruit more people but finding the right people in our specialism who are good enough is so difficult.
Sunflower...you and me babe, through the 170s - lets blitz them!!
Red Piggy - I know what you mean, women do strangely sync over time. Not sure why..or how...
Cabbie...unfortunately, I usually need to be slapped over the face with a wet fish before I finally pick up the signals that someone does actually find me attractive and its not all in my head!!! I'll give you an example:
there was a guy at uni that I was friends with but liked - one of the professors when I was a post-grad. And we'd go out, I'd go back to his place, we'd sit up talking most of the night in his kitchen drinking tea, he'd put on Van Morrison's Astral Weeks album (just to set the mood), light some candles...he says don't drive home tonight, you can stay here...I agree if he'll give me an old shirt to sleep in...he takes me upstairs, flops out on the spare bed and says "I am so tired I could just sleep here too, I think I might need a massage". Hmmmm...HOW HAVE I STILL NOT PICKED UP THE SIGNALS HERE? Because rather than climbing on the bed too and getting down with it...I go to the bathroom and end up in the spare bed on my own whilst he sleeps in his bed. Just goes to show how low my self-confidence can be when you strip away all the flirty behaviour and fun interaction and actually get down to the needing to make the leap...the first move...
Sigh. I am such a doofuss!
Anyhow, I'm going off to do some work...there's only so long that Barbie the movie will keepa 6 year old happy for!!!
You sound just like my daughter Jay. She is so lacking in self confidence and she is gorgeous. Last week she cried before she went out as she thought that she looked awful. She always thinks that boys are taking the p**s when they chat her up and goes all defensive on them. Because of this she hasn't had a boyfriend since she was 17 and she's about to become 21. Boys love her and she is everybodies best friend but just doesn't read the signs that even I see when they want to take it further. She is back on healthy eating now and starting to lose weight again so maybe that will do her confidence some good. She's 68 kgs at the moment and taller than me so another 5 or 6 kgs and she will be drop dead gorgeous.
Looking forward to hearing how your meeting with Mr X goes!!!
Looking forward to hearing how your meeting with Mr X goes!!!
douknowjello
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ah I'm so jealous!! I've always wanted to go too one of those but they're always hours away. We were going to go for work once and didn't. Prolly for the best though cuz I'd have spent my whole paycheck on kitchen gadgets. And mmmm dried apples
Funny how always reading this weight loss forum makes me hungry!! Guess we're even now :X
thecabbie
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain
Jay... I live by that quote. It means a lot to me in a lot of different ways. It *might* be applicable.
Jay... I live by that quote. It means a lot to me in a lot of different ways. It *might* be applicable.
jjjay
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Ecky, your daughter is absolutely stunning from the pics I saw - I'm astonished that she is that lacking in confidence. Funny isn't it? It really is down to what's on the inside...I mean, nice "wrapping" helps i.e. losing weight, getting clear skin etc.. but you got to come to terms with it all and feel comfortable as yourself before it all clicks into place. I swing from one end of the scale to the other - feeling great about myself to feeling terrible....
Cabbie - that really hits home (apart from the fact that I do a lot of sailing...), its true - its the times I haven't done stuff that I really regret. However, I'm still going to be cautious hahahah. This bit is too much fun anyhow!
I've just tried on the last of my "packed away too small clothes" and they all fitted. This means that I am now the same size as I was when I was 18. Wow. I'm really really chuffed. Where to from here?!?!!! The latest size 14 trousers that I bought on ebay just arrived today and they fit without a problem and when I was trying on jackets in the store last night it was a case of 16 too big...14 just a bit too small (them darn bosums again!).
Things I like at the moment:
- being 1lb away from 60lbs lost overall
- being in the 170s!
- my clavicle bones (hmm hello...haven't see you for a while!)
- my pelvic bones (again, where have you been hiding?)
- how my stomach feels when I stretch out or lie down with my arms up by my head
- my calfs (calves? no idea of the right spelling here) that are still a little chunky but rock hard with muscle definition from running
- my wrists that my watch is very loose on
- walking into clothes shop and being able to fit into their range