shenzi
Gold Member
I'm over the moon, I just want to wrap myself up in cotton wool and stay in bed for the next 7 months lol but what will be will be so far so good
xxx
Dinkie Dawnies Dubious Diary of Downsizing, Deflation, and Debauchery
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I'm over the moon, I just want to wrap myself up in cotton wool and stay in bed for the next 7 months lol but what will be will be so far so good
xxx
Pommette
Trying - very!
The Prodigal Son (oops I mean daughter) returns. Lovely to see you again chica.
A stone ain't that difficult to shift, is it ?????
I'm just about maintaining - I'm 2 lbs more than when we met in Feb 2012. Although that makes me 7 lbs over my lowered target, which (like you) I don't seem top be able to maintain. T'was probably a few pounds too far. So currently working out where to go from here.
Great to see you back - and great that all the kids are doing so well.
A stone ain't that difficult to shift, is it ?????
I'm just about maintaining - I'm 2 lbs more than when we met in Feb 2012. Although that makes me 7 lbs over my lowered target, which (like you) I don't seem top be able to maintain. T'was probably a few pounds too far. So currently working out where to go from here.
Great to see you back - and great that all the kids are doing so well.
Emmaline
Hippety Hop!
Lovely to see you back Dawn.
Interesting point you make about looking scraggy at your target weight as my D (Sandra - Irish Lady) got to her target weight and she said the same thing. Now she has gained a few pounds and looks so much better for it.
I'm still struggling as you can see by my sig. .. just hoping it'll improve soon..
Take care and keep up the good work.
Interesting point you make about looking scraggy at your target weight as my D (Sandra - Irish Lady) got to her target weight and she said the same thing. Now she has gained a few pounds and looks so much better for it.
I'm still struggling as you can see by my sig. .. just hoping it'll improve soon..
Take care and keep up the good work.
pjallen1982
Gold Member
Yay Dawn is back
Woop woop woop woop
Woop woop woop woop
skinnydawn
Gold Member
Wow!!!
Thank you all for such a lovely welcome xxx I feel as though I've missed so much! And yet it also feels like I've never been away lol! I'm hoping to visit a few diaries before I nod off xx
Had an awful day at work. Usual story...far more patients than ambulances. And to top it all, my boss called me into the office to discus the fact that I'm unhappy about changing my hours. Actually I have asked them to implement the 30 days "consultation period" which means I don't start the late shift until September 23rd, but tbh there isn't really much consulting going on. She said there may be a member of staff who could do a couple of my lates for me, but that I would have to ask her. Other options are to go back on the road driving the ambulances, or to leave! Charming!
But all was forgotten at 5 o'clock as I met my SW buddy Sue and we went for a 7k walk. We've been meeting up for a few weeks now, and either go to the gym or go walking. And today was just lovely as the weather was perfect. We stop at Costa for a diet coke, and then have a pit stop where we sit on a bench overlooking the lakes and have a little SW picnic. It was so nice that we're thinking about going again tomorrow! Oh, and I spent half the walk telling Sue how brilliant everyone on minis is and so she's joined tonight. When she's had a chance to set her diary up I'll post a link to it on here and maybe some of you lovely guys would go visit her? I'm warning you though, Suzanne is a wonderfully inventive cook and has come up with some great SW recipes so her fred will be full of yummy food porn!
Talking of food, here's my food for today
EE
35g weetabix crunchy bran (B)
175 ml ss milk (1/2 A)
quorn chilli with salad
velvet crunch (4)
banana
apple
nectarine
satsuma
mullerlight
alpen light (3)
Salad with SW sausage, scotch egg and duck (courtesy of Sue)
jp with salad
25g Philly light (2)
salad cream (2)
milky coffee (rest of A)
1xA
1xB
11 syns
7.5k walk
These are the nibbles we had on our walk...
Thank you all for such a lovely welcome xxx I feel as though I've missed so much! And yet it also feels like I've never been away lol! I'm hoping to visit a few diaries before I nod off xx
Had an awful day at work. Usual story...far more patients than ambulances. And to top it all, my boss called me into the office to discus the fact that I'm unhappy about changing my hours. Actually I have asked them to implement the 30 days "consultation period" which means I don't start the late shift until September 23rd, but tbh there isn't really much consulting going on. She said there may be a member of staff who could do a couple of my lates for me, but that I would have to ask her. Other options are to go back on the road driving the ambulances, or to leave! Charming!
But all was forgotten at 5 o'clock as I met my SW buddy Sue and we went for a 7k walk. We've been meeting up for a few weeks now, and either go to the gym or go walking. And today was just lovely as the weather was perfect. We stop at Costa for a diet coke, and then have a pit stop where we sit on a bench overlooking the lakes and have a little SW picnic. It was so nice that we're thinking about going again tomorrow! Oh, and I spent half the walk telling Sue how brilliant everyone on minis is and so she's joined tonight. When she's had a chance to set her diary up I'll post a link to it on here and maybe some of you lovely guys would go visit her? I'm warning you though, Suzanne is a wonderfully inventive cook and has come up with some great SW recipes so her fred will be full of yummy food porn!
Talking of food, here's my food for today
EE
35g weetabix crunchy bran (B)
175 ml ss milk (1/2 A)
quorn chilli with salad
velvet crunch (4)
banana
apple
nectarine
satsuma
mullerlight
alpen light (3)
Salad with SW sausage, scotch egg and duck (courtesy of Sue)
jp with salad
25g Philly light (2)
salad cream (2)
milky coffee (rest of A)
1xA
1xB
11 syns
7.5k walk
These are the nibbles we had on our walk...
Still slimming Suzy
Full Member
Hello.
I think you may be giving me lessons on how to post. xx
I think you may be giving me lessons on how to post. xx
skinnydawn
Gold Member
thank Bev x You're doing really well at this maintaining lark. Yes we may both have set unrealistic targets for ourselves. I think I'm aiming for 10st this time...but I do get carried away sometimes lol xx
Lovely to see you back Dawn.
Interesting point you make about looking scraggy at your target weight as my D (Sandra - Irish Lady) got to her target weight and she said the same thing. Now she has gained a few pounds and looks so much better for it.
I'm still struggling as you can see by my sig. .. just hoping it'll improve soon..
Take care and keep up the good work.
Emmaline!!! How lovely to hear from you! The very first person to comment on my diary 2 1/2 years ago! You're still a lot lighter than you were back then so well done you! And good for your D for doing so well too xxx
Hellooooo lovely Mumsie xxx Oh I'm sorry you haven't been too well, and for not being around. Yes we need a proper catch up at some point x
Gwyn is great thanks. Had another skin cancer scare but it turned out to be benign this time...hooray!!!
And the pup is another shih-tzu, called Sasha. She's a nutcase! Really clumsy, like a bull in a china shop, but we love her lol!!
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skinnydawn
Gold Member
Hello.
I think you may be giving me lessons on how to post. xx
Ooh you found me!!! Well done! You'll soon get the hang of it xxx
Still slimming Suzy
Full Member
Can't find my blog on the app
skinnydawn
Gold Member
Bless u Emmaline x
It's certainly a kick in the teeth after 21 years service. It looks like I'll just have to stick it out until I can find something else.
It's certainly a kick in the teeth after 21 years service. It looks like I'll just have to stick it out until I can find something else.
Pommette
Trying - very!
Can't find my blog on the app
Suzy welcome to the madhouse - but can I suggest you start a diary rather than a blog as people prefer to read these.
I can't see your blog either - it tells me I need more posts !!! What? People are probably sick of my posts :8855:
But it's proobably because you don't have enough posts or have made it private
Pommette
Trying - very!
Dawn - pooh to your employers. I have a friend who works in a supermarket and despite the hours she agreed with them when they took her on they are now trying to change all her working patterns. She was politely told that it was a disciplinary action if she refused to change! What !!!!
Love Sasha - looks a real cutie.
Love Sasha - looks a real cutie.
shrinki
Gold Member
Hi Dawnie
Boooo to your employers! Fancy saying you could always leave I hope you can get something worked out.
Your walk sounds lovely. I have a friend here that I also walk about 7kms with. She's not dieting as far as I know but walks a lot for exercise. It's great to get out in the fresh air. Love the look of the picnic too. Yum.
Welcome Sue! Can't wait to see your recipes. I agree to start your diary in the SW diary thread. X
Boooo to your employers! Fancy saying you could always leave
I hope you can get something worked out.Your walk sounds lovely. I have a friend here that I also walk about 7kms with. She's not dieting as far as I know but walks a lot for exercise. It's great to get out in the fresh air. Love the look of the picnic too. Yum.
Welcome Sue! Can't wait to see your recipes. I agree to start your diary in the SW diary thread. X
skinnydawn
Gold Member
Sounds rather familiar Bev. I'm devastated to be being treated like this. We've really thrown ourselves into this company and worked lots of extra hours to make it work, and this is the thanks we get. My colleagues have all reluctantly agreed to the new hours, but I have not. Of course I will have to do them soon. Unless I find a new job first.
Hi Dawnie
Boooo to your employers! Fancy saying you could always leave
Your walk sounds lovely. I have a friend here that I also walk about 7kms with. She's not dieting as far as I know but walks a lot for exercise. It's great to get out in the fresh air. Love the look of the picnic too. Yum.
Welcome Sue! Can't wait to see your recipes. I agree to start your diary in the SW diary thread. X
We love our walks Shrinkie. In fact we went again tonight, just for an hour, and did just under 5k. We were originally going to the gym but the weather is so good here at the moment we felt we should take advantage of it!!
This is our walk today...
skinnydawn
Gold Member
So, today was a day I really don't ever want to repeat. It was a nightmare! In fact it was so bad that one member of staff went home suffering from stress. Both myself and the other day controller were very tempted to go too, but we muddled through between us. I never thought I'd say this but I hated it in there today. At least I only have two more days to survive before I've got a week off. I was so grateful to go for that lovely walk tonight as it helped to calm me down.
I did have one good piece of news today though...I have an interview for the new Waitrose store which is currently being built only a five min walk from my house. It's a group interview so I'm a bit nervous about it but its a few weeks away yet. I've heard nothing but good things about Waitrose and the John Lewis Partnership, and the way they treat their staff. It appears that they're rather fussy when it comes to taking on staff too! It would mean a massive drop in pay if I got a position there, but quite frankly I think I'm going to be ill if I don't sort something out, and money isn't everything...or so they say!!!
Take care girlies x
Green day
Porridge (B1)
Golden syrup (3)
Milk (1/2 A1)
Banana
Noodles
Mullerlight
Velvet crunch (4)
Alpen light (1/2 B2)
Jp
Butter (2)
Cheese (A2 + rest of A1)
Salad
Salad cream (3)
Alpen light (rest of B2)
12 syns
2 x A's
2 x B's
I did have one good piece of news today though...I have an interview for the new Waitrose store which is currently being built only a five min walk from my house. It's a group interview so I'm a bit nervous about it but its a few weeks away yet. I've heard nothing but good things about Waitrose and the John Lewis Partnership, and the way they treat their staff. It appears that they're rather fussy when it comes to taking on staff too! It would mean a massive drop in pay if I got a position there, but quite frankly I think I'm going to be ill if I don't sort something out, and money isn't everything...or so they say!!!
Take care girlies x
Green day
Porridge (B1)
Golden syrup (3)
Milk (1/2 A1)
Banana
Noodles
Mullerlight
Velvet crunch (4)
Alpen light (1/2 B2)
Jp
Butter (2)
Cheese (A2 + rest of A1)
Salad
Salad cream (3)
Alpen light (rest of B2)
12 syns
2 x A's
2 x B's
Still slimming Suzy
Full Member
I loved our walk to I do hope you have a better day tomorrow.
I do hope you have a better day tomorrow.
