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katiepoppycat

you'll find something that makes you happy vix!

I found the below article today that had me thinking . . .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1247537/Alice-beautiful-confident-average-size-woman-Britain-today--does-feel-fat.html

some of the comments are very interesting - some incredibly nasty, others making the point that average doesn't equal healthy and that you shouldn't make sweeping judgements about anyones reasons or excuses for being fat/thin. I found it quite motivating in an odd way, and it did have a positive effect - I was going to go to waitrose tonight to spenda voucher but as i know i'll buy naughty things I'm goingto give it a miss.

PepPop

victory I hope you have muzzled your bread :rotfl:

Lois Lane Well done on your third place and I found this for Superman

beanielou wrote: »

Vixiarooni~Do not put yourseld down

Vix - what beanie said

Mazza wear your ripped jeans - trust me if he's invited you to a rock bar then ripped jeans, boots and t-shirt will knock him dead.

I'm sitting on the naughty step at the moment (hangs head in shame) OH gave me a talking too last night and told me to stop putting everyone else first and look after myself for a change.

mazza111

PepPop quite right too! Strange how we always manage to do that. Put others before ourselves. So now auntie maz will put u on the naught step too. Look after yourself!!!!

Alliwant - That sounds like a terrible practice you're with. Surely they should be trying to encourage you when you've taken the first step to ask for help.

Victory - I love my bread too. Just can't resist a couple of slices with lurpak.

Lois - 3rd place is great, congratulations :j:j:j

Vixarooni - What the others said. Bl00dy hell girl. You got a degree. I'm totally jealous! Didn't have the opportunities like that when I was younger. Was so desperate to get out of education I took first job that was offered and am still stuck in jobs like it. Have you had your hormones checked at the docs? Might be something they can offer you to help settle them.

Made the mistake of asking my date what was the usual dress code, and it was err whatever u want. Men eh? But he did say jeans are a must. So now I just need to control the nerves before then. Hehe. You would think at my age I would stop getting so nervous!!! But this guy is mega cute!!! and a really nice guy, would be nice for things to go well for a change.

PepPop

Mazza I hope you have a fantastic time on Saturday. Want all (well maybe not all..) the details on Sunday.

Brighton_belle

vix - my purpleness slipped through thr net.. will go back and correct, lol.

I get where you are coming from re the ultrabright at uni etc. There is no doubt some are more obviously suited to uni, being more naturally academic. But you can still be bright and capable and not academic - I see myself more as that: I know i am very capable and quick thinking etc etc but I'm not a natural at higher level education and am never going to have a stunning 'important' high flying career.
However, I still think over the years your course won't prove to have been a waste, because many jobs these days ask for degres that 20 yrs ago wanted just gcse's so one day an opportunities will arise that your personality and work experience will be perfect for and they will ask totally unecessarily ask for a degree, but you'll have that and be able to apply. When I was younger, not having that degree held me back from jobs/careers I would have been perfectly capable of doing.

One thing I don't doubt is that you are capable of doing more than 'low grade work'. Only time and life experience will prove that to you though. When I was 24 I thought much the same. I'm 20 ish yrs older than you and I am still discovering new interests and talents I didn't have a clue I had at 24 and life gets richer and richer(though sadly not in the financial sense ,lol).

Victory - sounds an ok move forward in the situation:T.

Peppop: it took serious illness for me to realise is is ok to cherish and value yourself, and that looking after yourself first does not in any way mean you are 'selfish'. Learn to say no - took me a while but it is brilliant and such a relief.
QT - well done on the loss. Keep believing that grad opportunity will come your way.

Mazza - really hope the date goes well. Yup, I'd never ask my OH for dress code advice either:D

Day two of getting down to SW basics:
bkfast, oiled egg and quorn sausage
lunch 113g lentils, 28g feta, 2 x tsp mint jelly. 2x quorn sauage and 2 x satsuma.

Hungry now I am home from work and need to snack so will go andfind something. Tonight will be porkchop, sweet corn , onions and mushroom. Will do OH baked potato.

victory

Thanks peeps:D vix it is thursday friday sat I will be working,
the bread is firmly muzzled thanks pep:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:turns out well not declaring it until tomorrow incase some miracle happens but I have lost according to the lousy scales a paultry poxy p p p p 1/2 lb what makes you think I am not happy with that?:rotfl:crackers have a lot to answer for:rotfl: anyway will check again tomorrow but so that leaves me 11 days until feb 14th to loose 2.5lb rubbish I put a 6 week deadline on a 10lb loss and still cannot get to it well blow me down I give up:rotfl:

I was in a shop today and the lad comes over to help, we start chatting turns out he has 'people talking in my head' so I ask schizoprenic no he says just that I am a failure, over active imagination, have tried everything and I always fail, counselling does not help, suffer from depression near bi polar,adhd, I just want to be normal...well, for someone I only met for 2 seconds before that is quite something to tell another person, I tried all sorts of reasurrances but such a shame turns out he is 17 and feels like everything he does says is a failure....

Hezzawithkids

PepPop wrote: »

Mazza I hope you have a fantastic time on Saturday. Want all (well maybe not all..) the details on Sunday.

Hell Mazza - I want ALL the juicy details please!!

grannynise

Mazza - please type the gory details in white for Hezza, then we can choose not to look if we are shy. I wouldn't dream of peeking. Just like this just like this.;);)

STS again this week please Fred. The only reason I haven't put on is lack of time to eat - so I really should have put on pounds as what I'm actually eating is largely rubbish. Work is somewhat frantic at the moment.

Vix - you are a high level person! Your degree may not have guaranteed you a job at the level you deserve but it wil have trained your mind and that is NOT wasted time.

Victory - hang on a minute - how come there are more hours for you - the person who makes mistakes that have to be gone over again and again and again? More hours suggests that you might actually be an asset to the business doesn't it? You'll be working 5 days a week before you know it.

Good luck Eric - you must have enormous determination, I hope you can transfer that to your approach to losing weight. If you can - send some over my way please.

Have been skim reading - little time to post - hugs to all.

Granny X

vixarooni

Im not putting my self down, i see more as a fact! I have smart moments but im very miss average and im ok with that. I definatly agree with you though BB, I havent done anything taxing to my brain for a year now, and i havent studied or done an exam for even longer. One thing that holds me back is my D grade in maths. There is many a job that wants that and i dont have it, but i cant bring myself to re learn and get a C (if that is possible) In some respects my degree is like trying to lose weight. You tried really hard for three years and you still didnt even manage to lose a pound. That is what it feels like!!

Mazza Yea i did, I get like that and a couple of years ago i was sex mad, now i could quite happily never have it again. Maybe thats cos ive been with matt for 4 years and this is what happens i dunno. I explained this to a doctor and he said to go on the pill, after i had said i didnt want to. Then he sent me off to have a blood test but thats my phobia so i didnt go. External factors make the hormones worse, like being stressed about not having a better job!
Hope the date goes well on saturday and hes a peice of hot !!!!!!

PepPop

Brighton_belle wrote: »

Peppop: it took serious illness for me to realise is is ok to cherish and value yourself, and that looking after yourself first does not in any way mean you are 'selfish'. Learn to say no - took me a while but it is brilliant and such a relief.

BB that's exactly my problem I can't say no to people and feel if I don't do it I'm being horrible. Been thinking about it today and have realised that he is right in what he said - basically I don't need to do everything and try to be superwoman and that I should look after me and relax. It's only when someone says it that it makes you realise how ridiculous it sounds and makes you step back and think "what the hell am i doing?" How crazy is that. But then again OH always was good at sitting me down and putting everything in perspective.

grannynise wrote: »

Mazza - please type the gory details in white for Hezza, then we can choose not to look if we are shy. I wouldn't dream of peeking. Just like this just like this.;);)

STS again this week please Fred. The only reason I haven't put on is lack of time to eat - so I really should have put on pounds as what I'm actually eating is largely rubbish. Work is somewhat frantic at the moment.

Vix - you are a high level person! Your degree may not have guaranteed you a job at the level you deserve but it wil have trained your mind and that is NOT wasted time.

Victory - hang on a minute - how come there are more hours for you - the person who makes mistakes that have to be gone over again and again and again? More hours suggests that you might actually be an asset to the business doesn't it? You'll be working 5 days a week before you know it.

Good luck Eric - you must have enormous determination, I hope you can transfer that to your approach to losing weight. If you can - send some over my way please.

Have been skim reading - little time to post - hugs to all.

Granny X

Granny I couldn't have put it better myself, Mazza, Vix, Victory and Eric - what she said.:D