61lb gone in six months!
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AmandaJayne
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Well done!! thats brilliant!! Such a good feeling!
Yeah
, I'm feeling kind of 'normalish' iykwim. Not uncomfortable.AJ
AmandaJayne
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Can't agree more - fab result and a great motivator!!
Hia JaxieD! Ta hun
. I love that white top you're wearing in that photo on your post, it really suits you.AJ
AmandaJayne
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Mornin' M, another early bird
. The birds woke me just after five this morning, so I decided to get up and settle in the conservatory with book and cuppa and cat. It's blooming raining so all the washing I hung out yesterday tea time is now wetter than when I put it out. Well, it can stay there until it dries...Paying the balance for the holiday today, and am busy on another forum researching ports and organising activities. There are loads of Scots on this cruise because it is just at the beginning of our summer hol season and we could take advantage of the free children offer
. AJ
AmandaJayne
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AmandaJayne
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Morning all!
Well, I had a good week at school. We have been gearing up for a Citizenship audit , which took place on Tuesday. I'd been involved in doing displays in the public areas of the school and was one of the members of staff chosen to be interviewed by the panel. I got a copy of their report yesterday and it was really positive about how we are developig citizenship in our schools.
One of the panel members was the depute from the school my kids used to attend. I remember several meetings with 'Mrs J' about my son, who was exhibiting 'challenging' behaviour at the time. I'd worked closely with the school to put in place strategies to support him, and keep him out of situations he couldn't handle. Over time things did improve. However, there was one boy who caused real problems for him, and they just rubbed each other up the wrong way all the time.
Mrs J might have been interested to know that, now several years later, this boy is one of my son's best friends. They are very similar types - risk-takers who are game for anything. I am glad I kept out of their previous troubles. It's funny how things work out...
Yesterday (an easter dress down day), one of the support staff treated everyone to a big bowl of stovies (a traditional scottish meal) at lunchtime. I got up to wash my dish and the jannie said to me "you need to get smaller jeans, you are showing your knickers". "Well, it's a good job I'm wearing some today, isn't it" I shot back. I guess I'd better get to ASDA and get one of those £3 pairs.
AJ
Well, I had a good week at school. We have been gearing up for a Citizenship audit , which took place on Tuesday. I'd been involved in doing displays in the public areas of the school and was one of the members of staff chosen to be interviewed by the panel. I got a copy of their report yesterday and it was really positive
about how we are developig citizenship in our schools.One of the panel members was the depute from the school my kids used to attend. I remember several meetings with 'Mrs J' about my son
, who was exhibiting 'challenging' behaviour at the time. I'd worked closely with the school to put in place strategies to support him, and keep him out of situations he couldn't handle. Over time things did improve. However, there was one boy who caused real problems for him, and they just rubbed each other up the wrong way all the time.Mrs J might have been interested to know that, now several years later, this boy is one of my son's best friends
. They are very similar types - risk-takers who are game for anything. I am glad I kept out of their previous troubles. It's funny how things work out...Yesterday (an easter dress down day), one of the support staff treated everyone to a big bowl of stovies (a traditional scottish meal) at lunchtime. I got up to wash my dish and the jannie said to me "you need to get smaller jeans, you are showing your knickers"
. "Well, it's a good job I'm wearing some today, isn't it" I shot back. I guess I'd better get to ASDA and get one of those £3 pairs. AJ
Hi AJ, you're doing amazingly well! Love the quick response to the jannie over your knickers showing! Hope you treated yourself to some nice new jeans!
I see you've achieved 4 out of your 6 goals - Fab news - am sure the other 2 will be achieved before your cruise too!
Enjoy the easter hols!
I see you've achieved 4 out of your 6 goals - Fab news - am sure the other 2 will be achieved before your cruise too!
Enjoy the easter hols!
AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
Quick update. I didn't get to the WW meeting last week, instead I took my parents to the Wetherspoons curry night. It was good to see them although my dad found it difficult to get about this time. We made good use of his disabled badge and were able to park right next to places we visited thankfully.
I had him playing the guitar (guitar hero) one evening, with me 'singing'. He did good, but my mum wouldn't have a go.
Bought my Asda £3 jeans in size 16. Bravely (the loft is creepy) went into the loft and got some bags down to look through. Found some size 16 and 14 stuff which will fit just now... with a bag of smaller stuff just ready to bring down in the near future.
Getting this stuff out brought back such memories for me and made me think of how I was then. What happened that made me screw it all up? Will it happen again?
Part of me feels that I am a whisper away from disaster, that stepping off the tightrope will cause another major fall, although I feel secure enough at the moment. I hope that I have learned my lesson after the last mistake. I've been here before though and I know how quickly things can fall apart. The question is, will I pull myself back from the brink next time? Well let's face it, no one else can, I have to take the responsibility myself. I just hate it when my failure is so visible to everybody, so shameful really.
I'll go along to the meeting tomorrow and see how I get on after missing last week. Fingers crossed its another good week...
AJ
. It was good to see them although my dad found it difficult to get about this time. We made good use of his disabled badge and were able to park right next to places we visited thankfully.I had him playing the guitar (guitar hero) one evening, with me 'singing'
. He did good, but my mum wouldn't have a go.Bought my Asda £3 jeans in size 16
. Bravely (the loft is creepy) went into the loft and got some bags down to look through. Found some size 16 and 14 stuff which will fit just now... with a bag of smaller stuff just ready to bring down in the near future.Getting this stuff out brought back such memories for me and made me think of how I was then. What happened that made me screw it all up
? Will it happen again?Part of me feels that I am a whisper away from disaster
, that stepping off the tightrope will cause another major fall, although I feel secure enough at the moment. I hope that I have learned my lesson after the last mistake. I've been here before though and I know how quickly things can fall apart. The question is, will I pull myself back from the brink next time? Well let's face it, no one else can, I have to take the responsibility myself. I just hate it when my failure is so visible to everybody, so shameful really.I'll go along to the meeting tomorrow and see how I get on after missing last week. Fingers crossed its another good week...
AJ
AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
Thanks Jane
. Did ok this week, lost 4.5lbs over two weeks. That's me lost three stone now.AJ
AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
Nooo it wont happen again! You will be thin as well as fabulous forever!
Yeah, really pleased about the jeans
. Got a top too, in the sale. You know when you get a top which fits really well and the shape/cut/style is perfect? Well it looks really flattering and I feel great wearing it.Took son and pal to see Fast and Furious tonight - really enjoy that type of film
, not much plot line but lots of fast cars, reckless driving, crashes etc. Lovely. Wanted to see "Let The Right One In" but apparently Cineworld are not showing that one
(not mainstream enough?). I have just started reading the book though (it's by John Ajvide Lindquist), the feel of it reminds me of the book "Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow" (stark, intense, disturbing, brooding) and that was made into a film too.Ah well, last day of the easter hols tomorrow
. Back to school Monday. After five minutes back it'll be like I've never been away.AJ
westiegirl
Gold Member
Well done on the jeans AJ.
Another trip to Spoons, well I never
I agree totally on the stepping off the tightrope, it all seems so easy to fall off and so hard to get back on.
We can do this though, you know!
Another trip to Spoons, well I never
I agree totally on the stepping off the tightrope, it all seems so easy to fall off and so hard to get back on.
We can do this though, you know!
AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
Well done on the jeans AJ.
Another trip to Spoons, well I never
I agree totally on the stepping off the tightrope, it all seems so easy to fall off and so hard to get back on.
We can do this though, you know![/QUOTE]
Yes we can
AJ
Tootiefrootie
Wants it Gone!
Hey Amandajane thats fantastic fitting into a size 16 well done you! I cant wait to get into my favourite pair of jeans (they are 16 too!!)
Less Rotund One
Gold Member
AJ, well done on the size 16s and all that smaller stuff will be being worn before you know it.
hope being back at school is ok. xx
hope being back at school is ok. xx
AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
"...Hello and well done on the new clothes and that fab weightloss result,have a nice evening.
Good morning,have a lovely day today xx..."
Hia Fuzzyzella:wavey:ta for your best wishes!
"...Hey Amandajane thats fantastic fitting into a size 16 well done you! I cant wait to get into my favourite pair of jeans (they are 16 too!!)..."
Lumpyroo! I hope you fit into yours soon. AJ
"...Hi AJ, well done on the size 16 jeans - Am sure you'll manage to stay on the tightrope this time hun - just think size 16 now - size 14 by the summer! Take care xxx..."
Jax! No wobbles as yet. Size 14 for summer? That'd be lovely. It could mean that I won't need to buy any new frocks for my holiday. Aye right, like that would happen.
"...AJ, well done on the size 16s and all that smaller stuff will be being worn before you know it.
hope being back at school is ok. xx..."
Being back at school is good. Being off on holiday is great, but I am far too happy lazing about in the conservatory or garden, reading - I never know where the day goes.
Since I went back to work on Monday I have had a lot of attention from staff who have noticed that I have lost weight. I find it all embarrassing and am non-committal when questioned. I suppose it is because we have been off for a couple of weeks because I only lost 4 lbs over that period. I don't really feel that much different and I wish there weren't any comments, well meaning though they are. I feel like eating my lunch in my car but that's just silly. Maybe it's because I've been there before and it all went wrong and maybe I am wondering whether it will happen again. I don't think it will though precisely because of what happened last time.
Tonight, I was sitting watching my son have a sandwich; white bread, butter, cheese and ham. I imagined myself having one and realised that it would be a mistake for me to do that, because it would awaken a need for more, and probably more again. It would be nothing to do with feeling hungry, no, nothing at all. I sat and thought about exactly how I would feel to eat that sandwich; hmmm, oh yes I wanted it, and one would definitely not be enough! How would I feel afterward? Blooming awful.
:sigh: I guess I will have to accept that some stuff is going to be off-limits. period. That's not a bad thing, just takes time to come to grips with.
Take care everyone.
AJ
Good morning,have a lovely day today xx
..."Hia Fuzzyzella:wavey:ta for your best wishes!
"...Hey Amandajane thats fantastic fitting into a size 16 well done you! I cant wait to get into my favourite pair of jeans (they are 16 too!!)..."
Lumpyroo! I hope you fit into yours soon
. AJ"...Hi AJ, well done on the size 16 jeans - Am sure you'll manage to stay on the tightrope this time hun - just think size 16 now - size 14 by the summer! Take care xxx..."
Jax! No wobbles as yet
. Size 14 for summer? That'd be lovely. It could mean that I won't need to buy any new frocks for my holiday. Aye right, like that would happen."...AJ, well done on the size 16s and all that smaller stuff will be being worn before you know it.
hope being back at school is ok. xx..."
Being back at school is good. Being off on holiday is great, but I am far too happy lazing about in the conservatory or garden, reading
- I never know where the day goes.Since I went back to work on Monday I have had a lot of attention from staff who have noticed that I have lost weight. I find it all embarrassing and am non-committal when questioned. I suppose it is because we have been off for a couple of weeks because I only lost 4 lbs over that period. I don't really feel that much different and I wish there weren't any comments, well meaning though they are. I feel like eating my lunch in my car
but that's just silly. Maybe it's because I've been there before and it all went wrong and maybe I am wondering whether it will happen again. I don't think it will though precisely because of what happened last time.Tonight, I was sitting watching my son have a sandwich; white bread, butter, cheese and ham. I imagined myself having one and realised that it would be a mistake for me to do that, because it would awaken a need for more, and probably more again. It would be nothing to do with feeling hungry, no, nothing at all. I sat and thought about exactly how I would feel to eat that sandwich; hmmm, oh yes I wanted it, and one would definitely not be enough! How would I feel afterward? Blooming awful
.:sigh: I guess I will have to accept that some stuff is going to be off-limits. period. That's not a bad thing, just takes time to come to grips with.
Take care everyone
.AJ
