Nikkis diary
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this gave me such a giggle. Thanks girls!!!!
Well, I bought a laptop yesterday and am looking into getting mobile broadband today at lunch so should be definately back tonight/ tomorrow night to catch up properly on everyone at write a good update!!
So, lost 3lbs this week!!!!!
which brings me to 11stone 10lbs!!I'm so delighted because it appears that my exercise is really paying off - I always lost 2lbs a week - I've lost 3 this week and last - I dont expect this to continue though, but it's just lovely that its sped it up a bit.
When I bought my wedding dress, I told the lady how I was loosing weight so she ordered it in a smaller size, I tried it on and there was the tiniest bit at the top that would'nt zip up properly - she said that a stone off would definately get me fitting perfectly in the dress and that any further loss she could sort out with alterations..
Anyway, that was on the 5th of January so Im now down 11lbs from them, so only 3 to go before I'm officially in it. Really happy about this cos I was nervous I would plateau or start slow losses and the dress is coming from Australia so I cant exactly return it!!
Woo hoo!!
So, 6 stone 4 down (and counting!!), 1 stone 3 to go.....
Cross your fingers for me guys, I have to get this off once and for all, it's driving me crazy.
Its funny, is'nt it - I still feel fat, well, when I refer to myself I would say I'm chubby - this drives OH mad as he reckons I have enough lost now!!
or that I should definately stop at 11 stone I still find myself searching for size 18, 20 in shops.. think as Marie pointed out, its probably just going to take my head a while to catch up with my body...
Hope all the Tuesday weighers have done great!! x
Off to update ticker.... (love that part!!)
Thank you all so much Guys!!! xxx
How’s all? Meant to catch up last night but was in my aunts til all hours meeting with a second cousin of mine who used to own an invitation making type business – she was giving me a few ideas to make mine. I already know exactly what I want but she gave me a few great ideas too, bless her. I really have no idea where I’m supposed to find the time though, the day invitations have to go out 6 – 8 weeks before hand so really and truly I have about 3.5months to make all day invites, evening invites, thank you cards and mass booklets!!!. Its one thing I don’t want to be doing right up to the wedding, would love to get it out of the way.
Fed up, my house is in such a mess at the moment I would really just pretend I wasn’t there if anyone called. It’s so hard to keep on top of everything with a full time job, washing is piled high. I honestly sat down and cried this morning cos I just don’t know where to start or where in the name of God I can possibly find the time to get everything done that I’m supposed to.
I am up to my eyeballs at work, electricians are starting Wednesday on the new house, Plasterers are giving us loads (LOADS) of grief (we actually may have to get rid of them, which breaks my heart, even though they are a*seholes, I just don’t want to do that to anyone), I’m constantly ringing people about wells/shower measurements/kitchen designs.. so on, I’ve yet to arrange wedding band for the church which really I should have done last year as everyone is so far booked ahead. Have to book hairdressers too.
To make things even better, OH is away with work from next Tuesday to Friday next week which means I have to take care of Shannon on my own, run the house (will be freezing when come in as he usually lights fire), deal with all the lads on the site (which is a nightmare at the minute), ensure they are doing what their supposed to be doing (which I don’t have a clue about), work out what wages will have to go to who depending on what days worked etc.., make a start on these damn invitations (2 o’clock in the morning job, no doubt), cook all dinners.. (for the workers too and leave for them before I go to work)
I know many people have to do this on a day to day basis and I really shouldn’t be complaining, Its just nice to have a moan sometimes (actually I’m always at it on here!! I never stop!! I’m so sorry – just cant do it anywhere else) I wouldn’t mind doing the above its just that I have to go to my own job each day for 8 hours that makes it difficult!!!, Ill have to run errands on lunch break, I suppose, I’m just so stressed out at work – am contemplating on taking some home with me next week (another 2 o’clock in the morning job), then I obviously want to make sure myself and Boo get enough time together and that I give her enough attention. Oh, sometimes I would love to be a stay at home mummy – it would make things sooooo much easier – but then the grass is always greener.
Do you know what’s bugging me though? I will not even get a thank you for holding the fort from OH when he comes back, I know myself that he will work about 4 hours a day down in Cork, the rest will be spent bumming around and the nights - enviably been away from home is an excuse to go out every night – Its like a mini holiday for him (he would even admit that himself). I said I was tired last night, when I came in a 12 o’clock and he replied “why? What would have you tired?” aaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhh! It’s a mans world (sorry men!!)
Diets going fine, was a little bold last night and went 4.5 over but I don’t mind cos I KNOW I’ll pay them back.
I’m planning on staying the same next Tuesday anyway – cos of valentines – well I know its on Thursday night but because of work we’ve decided to celebrate it Friday night. (cant wait – haven’t been out since Christmas) We’re going to a fabulous restaurant that we had to book 2 months ago to get reservations, its really gorgeous, really expensive and everyone raves about it – I’ve been once before and I love it – so I’m going to have a “break” and enjoy myself. I’ve been planning this for a while. Going to have whatever I want!!, we’re then going to the cinema (where I plan to have popcorn he he) and then on Saturday, I plan to be really good but get a Dominos that night.
I hope I stay the same anyway.. I might not though! – with my eating plans!!!
I said I would be good and stick to points this week from Tuesday (weigh day) til Friday evening (eating really light FriDAY), then enjoy myself Friday night, be good SaturDAY, then pizza Sat night. I’m then back to normal Sunday and Monday for Tuesdays weigh in.
I’m also going to Pilates tonight, going to walk/run my 5 miles tomorrow night, walk/ run 4 and a half miles on Saturday and Sunday and walk/run 5 miles on Monday. I should stay the same shouldn’t I? ah, to hell with it!! One weekend is’nt going to kill me, even if I do put on a pound.
Hope you are all well!! Xx
Sorry rant over!! Feels good to get that off my chest he he!!
Starlight
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Jeez Nikki you should really get online a bit more, you sound as if youre getting really lazy with nothing to do :giggle:
I cant believe youre making all that stuff for your wedding, I wouldnt know where to start, and wouldnt dare to unless I wanted to say my 5 year old niece had made them
Cant wait to see more up to date photos of the house, it must be looking fantastic now.
Enjoy your valentines meal when you finally get it, oh and lay it on with a trowel about how much youll have to do when his nibs is away
I cant believe youre making all that stuff for your wedding, I wouldnt know where to start, and wouldnt dare to unless I wanted to say my 5 year old niece had made them
Cant wait to see more up to date photos of the house, it must be looking fantastic now.
Enjoy your valentines meal when you finally get it, oh and lay it on with a trowel about how much youll have to do when his nibs is away
Hi Nikki
Im a stay at home mum and it drives me crazeeeeeeee! I need function in my brain! I honestly sympathise with you about the amount of housework / cooking / cleaning etc and to be honest I moan my bag off about having so much to do in the house and thats without working a full time job.
I recently started a 2 hour a day job at my kids school (I just take, sort and bank the kids dinner money). Its only 2 hours a day but I find it so hard to catch up on those 2 hours! LOL! Still I love it as it gives my little brain a workout!
Try to slow down a bit and enjoy some quality time with your little one. They soon grow up!
xx
Im a stay at home mum and it drives me crazeeeeeeee! I need function in my brain! I honestly sympathise with you about the amount of housework / cooking / cleaning etc and to be honest I moan my bag off about having so much to do in the house and thats without working a full time job.
I recently started a 2 hour a day job at my kids school (I just take, sort and bank the kids dinner money). Its only 2 hours a day but I find it so hard to catch up on those 2 hours! LOL! Still I love it as it gives my little brain a workout!
Try to slow down a bit and enjoy some quality time with your little one. They soon grow up!
xx
Oh Marie! you always have me in the stitches!! he he!!
Good thing Im not sensitive!! lol!!!
Thanks sweetheart xx
Jeez Nikki you should really get online a bit more, you sound as if youre getting really lazy with nothing to do :giggle:
I cant believe youre making all that stuff for your wedding, I wouldnt know where to start, and wouldnt dare to unless I wanted to say my 5 year old niece had made them
Cant wait to see more up to date photos of the house, it must be looking fantastic now.
Enjoy your valentines meal when you finally get it, oh and lay it on with a trowel about how much youll have to do when his nibs is away
Thanks pet!!! don't you know thats EXACTLY what I intend to do!! he he
aw Paula - 45 - 50 hours!!!!!! now I feel bad for complaining!! I know what you mean about having a cry and a moan - but it doesnt seem to make any difference, does it?? - you SHOULD get a cleaner!!! I think its something all working parents should have - keep threatening to myself but have too much expenses as it is and I think it would make me feel inadequate for not being able to juggle it all AND I'm the sort of lunatic that would clean the house for the cleaner to come - to save embarrasment of the mess!! he he!!
Jools - congratulations on your job!! well done pet!!. Oh Jools - you have THREE though!! I honestly dont know how you manage to dress yourself in the morning! - that IS a full time job. I dont think I'd manage at all!! your brilliant xx
Oh your dead right Sandy, especially being on shift work!! - you'd need someone in. I keep saying that when we have the new house I'm going to get someone in once a week but as I said, I would be gauranteed to clean for her arrival!! he he!! - my house is always such a pig sty though, sometimes I think there is something wrong with me that I cant just keep it running, when everyone else seems to manage fine or does it just SEEM to run fine for everyone else? please tell me you find it hard too!! :sigh:
or does it just SEEM to run fine for everyone else? please tell me you find it hard too!! :sigh:Ok! warning you all now! this is gonna be a long one! - especially for little miss Marie, incase shes having trouble sleeping tonight - a dead cert to send you all off nodding!! he he
So, how are you all?xxx
Thanks for your lovely messages.
sorry for ranting on as usual, but it was great to get the frustrations off my chest!!
I took work home with me tonight, so I should be working right now but am having a wee break and said Id pop on here for a proper catch up.
Oh - first thing I have to tell you!! (Marie, your gonna love this for a good 'ol laugh) I bought a scanner! well its a scanner/ printer/ photocopier thing that I'll need for my crazy invitation making idea but just realised that I can now scan in that most embarrasing picture ever in the whole world of me, Christmas 06 at 18 (and probably a bit) stone - OH found the picture the other night and burst out laughing - he hadnt seen it in ages and although he NEVER EVER mentioned my weight when I was big (when I was huge!!!) (I wouldnt be here if he did!!!) and always told me (at the time) that I was lovely blah blah he just laughed his bum off and said "Oh God Nick, now that I see it, compared to now - you really were a whale!!" (how lovely, hes full of compliments, my fella) I probably should have been insulted but I really was (Huge), he meant it in the nicest possible way (if that sounds possible!) I couldnt but laugh too- and its lovely to be ABLE to laugh at it now.
I'm still contemplating wheter to put it up or not - I probably will though!.
Ok, so news - well I felt really bad on Thursday - I woke up, gave OH his valentines card and a few scratch cards I had bought him and sat tapping my toe waiting for mine. He didnt say anything and I asked - "do you want to give me mine now?" to which he shrugged "dont have it yet" and didnt seem atall bothered/ apologetic etc... I was so angry!! A card would have been nice!! anyway, I said very little but went into work fuming and vented out with the girls in the offices about just how awful men etc are blah blah.. anyway, I felt soooooooo bad when, at 11am, a delivery guy came in with a HUGE bouquet of flowers, I thought he was asking for directions for another department but they were for me!!! - I nearly had a heart attack - I didnt think he had it in him - (5 years together and I know by now that hes simply not the romantic type). To make me feel worse for giving out about him, it wasnt an after thought/ get himself out of trouble/ last minute thing, the card was wrote by himself and he had ordered them on monday! - bless!!
We went out for our meal on Friday night and it was fabulous - I truely had a diet break!! I had:
Smoked salmon with lemon, capers and brown bread (starters)
Sizzling chicken (with tortilla wraps, salad and garlic mayo) (main)
and...
he he..
warm chocolate fudge cake with butterscotch sauce and malteasers icecream for dessert
I also managed to fit in a small popcorn at the cinema!!! (pig!!) - we went to see Juno, which was brilliant - was just the loveliest night!
Had a Dominos pizza Saturday night!!.
Anyway, that "off" weekend was planned so I dont feel one bit guilty. I really enjoyed it - I was really good all last week and exercised as much as I could, I sent for a long walk sat and sun and was straight back to counting points on Sunday.
Needless to say, I decided to skip my weigh in this Tuesday - I hope Ive stayed the same but I more than likely put on a pound or two. Reason for skipping it altogether is that I havent gained once since starting this ( I dont think I have anyway, or have I?) so I didnt want a planned break to mess that up, also, if Im as good as gold this week, Ill more that likely loose a pound or two and be back to what I was at last weigh in or better still down a pound from that! - It would put me on a complete downer to see a gain so I said Id skip it altogether - do you think that was a good or bad idea?
Will definately take and put up pics of house this week - its really coming on now, thank God, the electrians are working away putting in all the wires/ first fix etc and all the walls between the rooms upstairs are up so its really a house!! - outside is completely finished, plastered and all so its all indoor work from here on in ( well garden is a wreck but dont care about that at the minute!)
Shannon is going through a phase - I really, completely understand now why its called the "TERRIBLE twos" - shes such a little darling and I adore her to pieces but oh my God she is driving me crazy!! please tell me this doesnt last long???????? x (please?)
So, MOST of my size 12's are offically too big (noticibly baggy) particulary trousers/ pants/ skirts - you know the way they get so big the material starts to gather in bunches under your bum/ top of thighs? - I NEVER ever thought I would be saying this!!. Anyway, how is it actually possible that I weigh 11stone 10 and my size 12's are too baggy?? Is that not mad??? - and I really do still look big - chubby anyway!
I'm getting the whole "ah, you've lost enough now", "we're concerned about you" stuff from people/ family - I know its so well intended but sometimes I wish people would mind their own business!!! - I AM still chubby looking but I think that when you are huge and loose a good bit of weight - people immediately think that you must be starving yourself - they definately have'nt discovered ww anyway!!
ARE YOU ALL AWAKE???
XXXXXXX
So, how are you all?xxx
Thanks for your lovely messages.
sorry for ranting on as usual, but it was great to get the frustrations off my chest!!
I took work home with me tonight, so I should be working right now but am having a wee break and said Id pop on here for a proper catch up.
Oh - first thing I have to tell you!! (Marie, your gonna love this for a good 'ol laugh) I bought a scanner! well its a scanner/ printer/ photocopier thing that I'll need for my crazy invitation making idea but just realised that I can now scan in that most embarrasing picture ever in the whole world of me, Christmas 06 at 18 (and probably a bit) stone - OH found the picture the other night and burst out laughing - he hadnt seen it in ages and although he NEVER EVER mentioned my weight when I was big (when I was huge!!!) (I wouldnt be here if he did!!!) and always told me (at the time) that I was lovely blah blah he just laughed his bum off and said "Oh God Nick, now that I see it, compared to now - you really were a whale!!" (how lovely, hes full of compliments, my fella
) I probably should have been insulted but I really was (Huge), he meant it in the nicest possible way (if that sounds possible!) I couldnt but laugh too- and its lovely to be ABLE to laugh at it now. I'm still contemplating wheter to put it up or not - I probably will though!.
Ok, so news - well I felt really bad on Thursday - I woke up, gave OH his valentines card and a few scratch cards I had bought him and sat tapping my toe waiting for mine. He didnt say anything and I asked - "do you want to give me mine now?" to which he shrugged "dont have it yet" and didnt seem atall bothered/ apologetic etc... I was so angry!!
A card would have been nice!! anyway, I said very little but went into work fuming and vented out with the girls in the offices about just how awful men etc are blah blah.. anyway, I felt soooooooo bad when, at 11am, a delivery guy came in with a HUGE bouquet of flowers, I thought he was asking for directions for another department but they were for me!!! - I nearly had a heart attack - I didnt think he had it in him - (5 years together and I know by now that hes simply not the romantic type). To make me feel worse for giving out about him, it wasnt an after thought/ get himself out of trouble/ last minute thing, the card was wrote by himself and he had ordered them on monday! - bless!! We went out for our meal on Friday night and it was fabulous - I truely had a diet break!! I had:
Smoked salmon with lemon, capers and brown bread (starters)
Sizzling chicken (with tortilla wraps, salad and garlic mayo) (main)
and...
he he..
warm chocolate fudge cake with butterscotch sauce and malteasers icecream for dessert
I also managed to fit in a small popcorn at the cinema!!! (pig!!) - we went to see Juno, which was brilliant - was just the loveliest night!
Had a Dominos pizza Saturday night!!.
Anyway, that "off" weekend was planned so I dont feel one bit guilty. I really enjoyed it - I was really good all last week and exercised as much as I could, I sent for a long walk sat and sun and was straight back to counting points on Sunday.
Needless to say, I decided to skip my weigh in this Tuesday - I hope Ive stayed the same but I more than likely put on a pound or two. Reason for skipping it altogether is that I havent gained once since starting this ( I dont think I have anyway, or have I?) so I didnt want a planned break to mess that up, also, if Im as good as gold this week, Ill more that likely loose a pound or two and be back to what I was at last weigh in or better still down a pound from that! - It would put me on a complete downer to see a gain so I said Id skip it altogether - do you think that was a good or bad idea?
Will definately take and put up pics of house this week - its really coming on now, thank God, the electrians are working away putting in all the wires/ first fix etc and all the walls between the rooms upstairs are up so its really a house!! - outside is completely finished, plastered and all so its all indoor work from here on in ( well garden is a wreck but dont care about that at the minute!)
Shannon is going through a phase - I really, completely understand now why its called the "TERRIBLE twos" - shes such a little darling and I adore her to pieces but oh my God she is driving me crazy!! please tell me this doesnt last long???????? x (please?)
So, MOST of my size 12's are offically too big (noticibly baggy) particulary trousers/ pants/ skirts - you know the way they get so big the material starts to gather in bunches under your bum/ top of thighs? - I NEVER ever thought I would be saying this!!. Anyway, how is it actually possible that I weigh 11stone 10 and my size 12's are too baggy?? Is that not mad??? - and I really do still look big - chubby anyway!
I'm getting the whole "ah, you've lost enough now", "we're concerned about you" stuff from people/ family - I know its so well intended but sometimes I wish people would mind their own business!!! - I AM still chubby looking but I think that when you are huge and loose a good bit of weight - people immediately think that you must be starving yourself - they definately have'nt discovered ww anyway!!
ARE YOU ALL AWAKE???
XXXXXXX
