DoingItForMe
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I hope all went well today Karen. Can well imagine how tough the situation with your dad is 
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Karens WW Diary
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Karen
Serial Foodie!
hi guys, good morning
Well, yesterday was tough with my dad and Im glad its over. Kids didnt notice any tension but 1 of the refugees asked me about my dad avoiding shaking hands. i cringed My dad is from ireland so is an economic immigrant. he and 5 of his siblings left ireland to come to england and america in the 60s. I dont see the difference between my dad and these young guys... except these young guys are in genuine fear of their lives, are teenagers - mid 20s and have severe scars/bullet wounds. they are much more deserving in my opinion and yet my dad is just rude! he has gone back to london now and i have to admit, as much as i adore him.... its a relief! I am hoping S will have other accommodation sorted out for him this week as i can see he feels awkward here. Im enjoying him being here though. Im teaching him a little english and he is teaching me a little kurdish I can now say 'hello' how are you?' 'dog' and 'im fine'. I could be fluent in no time haha. my young friend 'J' told me that 'S' wanted me to know he would never forget how happy he was when I said he should come home with me. im such a sucker for a bit of appriciation lol. I am going to have to speak to work about this young man being at my home... though I am technically doing nothing wrong... it IS a bit of a grey area sod em though... I wont throw him out.
Daughter loved her birthday and the bike is a huge success. the weather was amazing and the BBQ was lovely. confession time though... WW went flying out the window at lightening speed. I dont really know what happened... I have been strict on the plan since i started with only having my sons birthday off in my 2nd week. oh well. no more kids birthdays until the end of october I got on my scales yesterday morning and was already 2lb heavier than WW scales so think my 6lb loss was a bit wrong. i think they weighed me lighter because they were a different consultants scales. i dunno anyways.. this morning i got on my scales again to see yesterdays damage and i weighed 2lb heavier again! my scales weigh me exactly 1lb heavier than WWs normal scales so either way, i have gained this week or mis-weighed at other consultants. who knows. im rather fecked off now lol.
another confession... my interview is today and i am about to leave to go to it. i know i ramble and talk like a fool when im nervous. i feel really really sick!!! gah! i'll be glad when its over and done with
back on track today... i will do menu later.
take care everyone, have a lovely monday xxx
Well, yesterday was tough with my dad and Im glad its over. Kids didnt notice any tension but 1 of the refugees asked me about my dad avoiding shaking hands. i cringed
My dad is from ireland so is an economic immigrant. he and 5 of his siblings left ireland to come to england and america in the 60s. I dont see the difference between my dad and these young guys... except these young guys are in genuine fear of their lives, are teenagers - mid 20s and have severe scars/bullet wounds. they are much more deserving in my opinion and yet my dad is just rude! he has gone back to london now and i have to admit, as much as i adore him.... its a relief! I am hoping S will have other accommodation sorted out for him this week as i can see he feels awkward here. Im enjoying him being here though. Im teaching him a little english and he is teaching me a little kurdish I can now say 'hello' how are you?' 'dog' and 'im fine'. I could be fluent in no time haha. my young friend 'J' told me that 'S' wanted me to know he would never forget how happy he was when I said he should come home with me. im such a sucker for a bit of appriciation lol. I am going to have to speak to work about this young man being at my home... though I am technically doing nothing wrong... it IS a bit of a grey area sod em though... I wont throw him out. Daughter loved her birthday and the bike is a huge success. the weather was amazing and the BBQ was lovely. confession time though... WW went flying out the window at lightening speed. I dont really know what happened... I have been strict on the plan since i started with only having my sons birthday off in my 2nd week. oh well. no more kids birthdays until the end of october
I got on my scales yesterday morning and was already 2lb heavier than WW scales so think my 6lb loss was a bit wrong. i think they weighed me lighter because they were a different consultants scales. i dunno anyways.. this morning i got on my scales again to see yesterdays damage and i weighed 2lb heavier again! my scales weigh me exactly 1lb heavier than WWs normal scales so either way, i have gained this week or mis-weighed at other consultants. who knows. im rather fecked off now lol. another confession... my interview is today and i am about to leave to go to it. i know i ramble and talk like a fool when im nervous. i feel really really sick!!! gah! i'll be glad when its over and done with
back on track today... i will do menu later.
take care everyone, have a lovely monday xxx
CarlyLanky140
Loves Minimins!
Good luck! Sounds like a busy and fun day ... That must be awful with your dad! But u are doing something lovely for someone xx
xxcheekychick81
Gold Member
Hope the interview has gone well!
DoingItForMe
Full Member
(((Karen))) I'm sorry things were so difficult with your Dad. You are doing something quite incredible in opening your home to the young man and for that you are making his life a little brighter. Try not to worry too much about the scales/weight thing. Our weight fluctuates so much throughout the day anyway so it's pretty hard to pitch what is actually happening. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
I hope your interview went well - as for talking too much, heck, it's better that than someone who says nothing.
Michaela x
I hope your interview went well - as for talking too much, heck, it's better that than someone who says nothing.
Michaela x
Karen
Serial Foodie!
heya guys! Thank you for the lovely messages, i appreciate your words and support so much! xxxx I am loving having S here... he is teaching the kids so much and we all gain something from spending time with him. I have always wanted to foster young people when my own kids are older and this makes me certain that I will do it.
The job interview went really well, i thought! The one huge draw back was that they wanted me to commit to fulltime hours (even though the job was advertised for banking staff only) and I just cant do that. So, i think that will weigh heavily against me when they wittle it down to offers. I said that I could do part time (1 x 24 hr shift per week) and possibly bank days here and there on top but no more than that. Also, i'd need to do an NVQ on top of my degree. I dont mind that to be honest, if they are paying! However, i dont know if they will think it likely that I can manage all that. all in all... it was a really good experience and it will make the next interview easier to cope with but for this job, i just dont think they will be prepared to give me fewer hours. Im so glad I went, i chatted and laughed with the interviewer and he said some of my answers were great. there were a couple of moment i wanted to kick myself as I misunderstood questions but i recovered pretty well. Im not going to hold my breath but am glad i did it!
Im pretty peeved with myself in terms of WW. I didnt track again today. what the hell is up with me??? this is totally out of charactor for me but i WILL sort it out. a couple of bad days wont become a full slip... i just wont let it. Tomorrow is a new day. I just hope i dont gain on Wednesday (though i entirely expect to now). Its all ok... i can handle this blip! back to basics tomorrow, for sure. I havent had a chance to catch up on other diaries but will do my best from tomorrow. I have to take my car for a service, go to a refugee centre to discuss S with professionals and then take my girl to football practice in the evening. I need to really prepare my menu!
I hope everyone else is having a good week xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The job interview went really well, i thought! The one huge draw back was that they wanted me to commit to fulltime hours (even though the job was advertised for banking staff only) and I just cant do that. So, i think that will weigh heavily against me when they wittle it down to offers. I said that I could do part time (1 x 24 hr shift per week) and possibly bank days here and there on top but no more than that. Also, i'd need to do an NVQ on top of my degree. I dont mind that to be honest, if they are paying! However, i dont know if they will think it likely that I can manage all that. all in all... it was a really good experience and it will make the next interview easier to cope with but for this job, i just dont think they will be prepared to give me fewer hours. Im so glad I went, i chatted and laughed with the interviewer and he said some of my answers were great. there were a couple of moment i wanted to kick myself as I misunderstood questions but i recovered pretty well. Im not going to hold my breath but am glad i did it!
Im pretty peeved with myself in terms of WW. I didnt track again today. what the hell is up with me??? this is totally out of charactor for me but i WILL sort it out. a couple of bad days wont become a full slip... i just wont let it. Tomorrow is a new day. I just hope i dont gain on Wednesday (though i entirely expect to now). Its all ok... i can handle this blip! back to basics tomorrow, for sure. I havent had a chance to catch up on other diaries but will do my best from tomorrow. I have to take my car for a service, go to a refugee centre to discuss S with professionals and then take my girl to football practice in the evening. I need to really prepare my menu!
I hope everyone else is having a good week xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CarlyLanky140
Loves Minimins!
Hope they offer u it lovely but even if not there will be plenty more u are amazing!
I really want to foster too... Need to get a house first lol....
Get bk to it tomorrow (and shred) - we are still racing missy! Cx
u are amazing! I really want to foster too... Need to get a house first lol....
Get bk to it tomorrow (and shred
) - we are still racing missy! Cx
DoingItForMe
Full Member
Karen, well done for doing a great interview, and it does sound great. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed you get an offer - total pain about the hours though. If not, something (the right job) will come along. Now, here's the line:
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Tomorrow is a new day, you've come a long way and you can get back on track, we're all willing you on
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Tomorrow is a new day, you've come a long way and you can get back on track, we're all willing you on
Karen
Serial Foodie!
Hi Carly and Michaela... Good Morning Minis!
I have been soooo naughty not coming on here properly! I have been so busy and my brain is scrambled. Yesterday I took the car for its oil change. Im using a new mechanic who specialises in our type of car (imported people carrier) and he is brilliant but he is in the middle of nowhere so i had to stay while he worked his magic on 'Lucy'. After that, I went to the refugee centre and spoke with S's case workers, then dealt with a few young people who needed some help, then i collected the kids, cooked dinner and took my daughter to her football practice. Then I went shopping and came home to collapse
somewhere in there i went up to the university and collected 2 essays. I got 70% on one and 67% on the other! yay!!! i just have my portfolio to collect today and then i can rest easy until october and the start of my second year ALSO i called my old gym and asked about re-joining. I was going up this morning to sign up BUT hubby has asked me to enquire about us doing a family membership instead so i have to find out the price and let him know first. I guess it doesnt matter too much as i couldnt start going today because it is my childrens sports day allll day long and i have weigh-in tonight. DREADING that! I've resisted weighing on my scales but I am not keen to get on consultant scales either. Like you say though Michaela.... it'll be the line drawn and i can climb Tors and go mental at the gym this coming week
another thing that happened yesterday is that I fell out with my parents. my mum called in the morning and was a bit funny about S when i invited her for dinner. So, sod her - im not begging anyone to come to my home and eat my food! My dad called me in the evening and completely spazzed out when I said S was still at our house. Who the hell does he think he is telling me who i should or shouldnt have in my home? ya know, he has never had a problem with my husband being an immigrant and its because his motives are racist, not anything related to the issues of immigration. Now, a lot of people have real issues with people entering this country illegally and they are entitled to those views. I dont agree with them but the world would be dull if we all has the same opinions. However, I will NOT be told what to think about asylum seekers and i will NOT be told how the system works and how the people I work with are 'trying it on'. Especially by a man who reads The Sun and has never met an asylum seeker until I moved one in. I see the bullet wounds, the melted ears, the stab wounds, missing fingers and whipping scars. I also see the genuine mental anguish and I'll tell ya... it is really flipping upsetting, especially as most of them are teenagers. and ya know what else? when i see them they are SMILING! So grateful to be alive and away from horrendous conditions with more liberty than they could ever dream of. They get so racially abused here but thats nothing compared to what they are used to so they just count their blessings. Thats my experience of asylum seekers. I just want to cry when I hear how they get spat at and beaten up just for walking around. People can be awful here. Plymouth isnt very diverse at all. I was chatting with my husband on the phone yesterday... he was on lunch and walking to the shop to grab a sandwich. suddenly, i hear shouting and my husband hangs up. it turns out there where 4 black men sitting by a fountain and some lunatic ran up and started screaming at them to get back to their own country. They could have been on holiday or university students (who certainly pay enough for the right to be here) or ANYTHING?! I know i get over emotional about it all but i just dispair at the injustice of it, i really really do
God... im sorry for that rant! I do feel better now though lol. I will add my menu in a mo.
Have a great day guys.. hopefully its a lovely sunny one for us all xxxxx
I have been soooo naughty not coming on here properly! I have been so busy and my brain is scrambled. Yesterday I took the car for its oil change. Im using a new mechanic who specialises in our type of car (imported people carrier) and he is brilliant but he is in the middle of nowhere so i had to stay while he worked his magic on 'Lucy'. After that, I went to the refugee centre and spoke with S's case workers, then dealt with a few young people who needed some help, then i collected the kids, cooked dinner and took my daughter to her football practice. Then I went shopping and came home to collapse
somewhere in there i went up to the university and collected 2 essays. I got 70% on one and 67% on the other! yay!!! i just have my portfolio to collect today and then i can rest easy until october and the start of my second year
ALSO i called my old gym and asked about re-joining. I was going up this morning to sign up BUT hubby has asked me to enquire about us doing a family membership instead so i have to find out the price and let him know first. I guess it doesnt matter too much as i couldnt start going today because it is my childrens sports day allll day long and i have weigh-in tonight. DREADING that! I've resisted weighing on my scales but I am not keen to get on consultant scales either. Like you say though Michaela.... it'll be the line drawn and i can climb Tors and go mental at the gym this coming week another thing that happened yesterday is that I fell out with my parents. my mum called in the morning and was a bit funny about S when i invited her for dinner. So, sod her - im not begging anyone to come to my home and eat my food! My dad called me in the evening and completely spazzed out when I said S was still at our house. Who the hell does he think he is telling me who i should or shouldnt have in my home? ya know, he has never had a problem with my husband being an immigrant and its because his motives are racist, not anything related to the issues of immigration. Now, a lot of people have real issues with people entering this country illegally and they are entitled to those views. I dont agree with them but the world would be dull if we all has the same opinions. However, I will NOT be told what to think about asylum seekers and i will NOT be told how the system works and how the people I work with are 'trying it on'. Especially by a man who reads The Sun and has never met an asylum seeker until I moved one in. I see the bullet wounds, the melted ears, the stab wounds, missing fingers and whipping scars. I also see the genuine mental anguish and I'll tell ya... it is really flipping upsetting, especially as most of them are teenagers. and ya know what else? when i see them they are SMILING! So grateful to be alive and away from horrendous conditions with more liberty than they could ever dream of. They get so racially abused here but thats nothing compared to what they are used to so they just count their blessings. Thats my experience of asylum seekers. I just want to cry when I hear how they get spat at and beaten up just for walking around. People can be awful here. Plymouth isnt very diverse at all. I was chatting with my husband on the phone yesterday... he was on lunch and walking to the shop to grab a sandwich. suddenly, i hear shouting and my husband hangs up. it turns out there where 4 black men sitting by a fountain and some lunatic ran up and started screaming at them to get back to their own country. They could have been on holiday or university students (who certainly pay enough for the right to be here) or ANYTHING?! I know i get over emotional about it all but i just dispair at the injustice of it, i really really do
God... im sorry for that rant! I do feel better now though lol. I will add my menu in a mo.
Have a great day guys.. hopefully its a lovely sunny one for us all
xxxxx
Karen
Serial Foodie!
Day 77
Breakfast
30g Porridge with water (3)
Banana (0)
Lunch
Dairylea Dunker (3)
2 slices wholemeal bread (4)
Ham (1)
Salad cream (1)
Salad (0)
Satsumas (0)
Dinner
Large Salad with Lemon Wedges (0)
250g Jacket Potato (5)
Halal Sheesh Chicken kebabs (4)
soured cream (1)
Snacks
2 satsumas (0)
Apple (0)
Total Dailies: 22/34
Breakfast
30g Porridge with water (3)
Banana (0)
Lunch
Dairylea Dunker (3)
2 slices wholemeal bread (4)
Ham (1)
Salad cream (1)
Salad (0)
Satsumas (0)
Dinner
Large Salad with Lemon Wedges (0)
250g Jacket Potato (5)
Halal Sheesh Chicken kebabs (4)
soured cream (1)
Snacks
2 satsumas (0)
Apple (0)
Total Dailies: 22/34
Michillinwoman
sugar binger
Hi Karen , have been off track this week too but going back to class today. So sorry about the situation with your parents but as you say as long as your hubbie and yourself are happy to have this lad staying then there is nothing they can say. Its your home. I sent you a follow up reply on my page (28) trying to understand (maybe) where you dad was coming from but now I think it runs deeper than that. Well done for having the guts to put your foot down which isnt easy when it comes to parents... Will catch up when I get back from class :sigh::sigh:
DoingItForMe
Full Member
(((Karen))) Sorry to hear you've fallen out with your parents but I do see why. Ultimately it is their problem and they should be proud of you for knocking down barriers and doing things that most other people just wouldn't bother about.
Good luck with the gym membership and WI too Remember whatever happens it is only one WI
Dairylea dunkers only 3PP ... that's one to put on my list
Michaela x
Good luck with the gym membership and WI too
Remember whatever happens it is only one WI Dairylea dunkers only 3PP ... that's one to put on my list
Michaela x
Karen
Serial Foodie!
Hi guys. Thanks for putting up with my moaning . Guess what? I gained 3lb!!!!! I'm stunned and wonder if weighing on different scal es last week has messed me up? Either way, I'm going to lose at least 4lb this week. I have joined gym and going hiking on Friday. Will post later... hate typing from phone! Xx
. Guess what? I gained 3lb!!!!! I'm stunned and wonder if weighing on different scal es last week has messed me up? Either way, I'm going to lose at least 4lb this week. I have joined gym and going hiking on Friday. Will post later... hate typing from phone! XxCarlyLanky140
Loves Minimins!
Hi Karen! Parents who'd have em - big hugs sweetie! Stick to your principles darling - u are so kind hearted
That gain will be gone in no time! Still racing xx
- big hugs sweetie! Stick to your principles darling - u are so kind hearted That gain will be gone in no time! Still racing
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DoingItForMe
Full Member
Hi Karen, I suspect today's gain isn't actually a 'real' gain but a result of last week's scales. Fear not, a good week with soon see the back of that x
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Karen
Serial Foodie!
Hi Miniminers!
I didnt get a chance to pop on last night or this morning. I have been up TWO tors today (dragged by my new buddy, P)and I earned myself 9 APs, or so my new WW pedometer thing suggests (not much i know but i was wiped out!) Those steep climbs will be the end of me! I got to follow P and marvel at his tight bum for 2.5 hours I'd die if he ever knew I said that about him Well.. a girl needs a good incentive to drag herself around the hills and I am a girl of simple pleasures!
When we got back I had some fat envelopes on my matt... guess what they said??
I didnt get a chance to pop on last night or this morning. I have been up TWO tors today (dragged by my new buddy, P)and I earned myself 9 APs, or so my new WW pedometer thing suggests (not much i know but i was wiped out!) Those steep climbs will be the end of me! I got to follow P and marvel at his tight bum for 2.5 hours
I'd die if he ever knew I said that about him Well.. a girl needs a good incentive to drag herself around the hills and I am a girl of simple pleasures! When we got back I had some fat envelopes on my matt... guess what they said??
I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!
Im in shock! I start on 18th July (3 week training period) and have 6 months probation. I dared not hope for too much really as when i went for the interview, i was kinda blown away by how good the job looked... then felt i didnt stand a chance as it was a lot better than i had anticipated. So.. I am going to chat to hubby tonight and discuss whether to take it or not. I really want it and think it'll be a good move for me as it will fit around uni work quite easily. I can still volunteer with the refugee guys as I would only be working 1 (sometimes 2) 24 hr shifts per week but i will have to leave the job i am in now. wow... i am still shocked but really pleased... i hope taking the job will be a viable option as it really looks cool! I like the nitty gritty end of youth work and this job would be living in with kids that are referred because social services find them too challenging or in need of more specialist care. omg... i want to do this job sooooo much!!!
ok... my food today (before i get too carried away)...
Day 79
Breakfast
options hot choc (1)
Milk (1)
Banana (0)
options hot choc (1)
Milk (1)
Banana (0)
Lunch
2 slices wholemeal seeded bread (6)
30g cheese (4)
l/f coleslaw (1)
Salad (0)
2 slices wholemeal seeded bread (6)
30g cheese (4)
l/f coleslaw (1)
Salad (0)
Dinner
Chinese:
1/2 tub of singapore chow mein (7)
Veg Curry (8)
Handful of chips (5)
Chinese:
1/2 tub of singapore chow mein (7)
Veg Curry (8)
Handful of chips (5)
Snacks
2 satsumas (0)
Cherries (0)
Blueberries (0)
2 satsumas (0)
Cherries (0)
Blueberries (0)
Total Dailies: 33/34
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Michillinwoman
sugar binger
Hi Karen . Congrats on getting the job !!!!!. They obviously know a good person when they see one. . The job sounds really challenging to me (I have enough in my own teenagers thanks) but I know you would be well able for it . Will you be able to work it around your own kids and school etc.
Also well done on all the walking !!! . even if you had a little visual incentive
Us girls need our little pleasures ...Well men look dont they !!!!!!!!!
. The job sounds really challenging to me (I have enough in my own teenagers thanks) but I know you would be well able for it . Will you be able to work it around your own kids and school etc. Also well done on all the walking !!! . even if you had a little visual incentive
Us girls need our little pleasures ...Well men look dont they !!!!!!!!!
DoingItForMe
Full Member
Well done Karen, I am thrilled for you. I hope you and hubby decide it's for you. For sure it sounds challenging but undoubtedly rewarding too. I'm so proud of you!
As for today's "visual incentive", marvellous
As for today's "visual incentive", marvellous
