Continue the change and enjoy the journey!

fedupandskint

So far then today. Had a nice jaunt around town looking at sale stuff, returned my boots that don't fit for a refund and collected shoes ordered online only to discover they are wide fitting which it never said anywhere so these need to go back too unfortunately.

Discovered a lovely dress in the sale which was half price however still couldn't justify it as I don't go out enough. If it comes down in price some more though I'll be tempted if it fits! So I'll keep an eye out for it over the next few weeks. There was a great deal of sale stuff out in quite a wide range of sizes so not too much as flown out in the madness of the sales reported in the media. Town was expectedly quiet too. 2012 looks a tough year out there for retailers as reported and the reality looks like it might match up too.

Still very windy out there and after bodge-repaired the fence only for it to blow straight down again - humph!

So after a bit more washing heavily pegged out on the line and mopping the floors AGAIN I'll make a start on the assignment for a couple of hours. Then take the dog on a nice walk and then do some more studying tonight. Oh the joy!

fedupandskint

Good news time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What could it be? Well I've ground to a shuddering halt with the assignment however I've done a little reading and I'm doing some more tonight and will have a full day on it tomorrow bar some ironing, a run and a longer dog walk in the afternoon depending on the weather, so I should get most of it done tomorrow!

What could the good news be? Well its this......I ordered some new work trousers in the sale in a size 12 and a size 10 thinking well I'll see if they fit and if not they're easy to return but for £6 each it was worth a try. Well the 12's fit fine as I expected and I got the 10's on - just! They do up and I can sit down in them and I am super surprised but MEGA PLEASED!!!!!!

They fit better than the other pairs I had that were similar and now gone through wear and tear and fading. The waist is cut higher this time which is better and they remind me of how the size 12 and 14 fitted like I had more than a year ago when the 14'd fit fine and I really really had to squeeze into the 12's to the extent I didn't want to wear them as they cut into my so much at my fattest point on my waist. Now the new ones fit better and they don't cut in or dig in, just one pair is a bit tighter

I'm happy that they fit, I'm not desparate to be a 10 at all as I'm happy at a size 12. Anyway the next half a stone suddenly makes me feel a bit more motivated to lose. And if I don't then that's fine too!

fedupandskint

Unfortunately no time for free listings this weekend. Shame it landed on assignment hell weekend! I'll wait until next time and really go for it!

Todays plan
aim for a NSD
run
ironing
complete assignment
get work stuff ready including food
Take dog on a longer afternoon walk
stay off MSE until much much later as have an awful lot to do today!

fedupandskint

Ok, how I am doing

Deffo getting a NSD as not shopping today - study instead
Been for a run - 40min quick run today which went ok and a little puffed on my return
HAVE written the assignment - lots of referencing and rewritting and chopping out still needs to be done

Still to do
Assignment to tidy up
Long walk this afternoon and ironing

fedupandskint

Still tidying up the assingment - its a long job plus I've quite a long break after the first go

Did get a NSD - number 5 in the bag now and trying to get another one tomorrow too

Took the dog on his longer walk, nice bath to ease my achy legs after this mornings run using up my HM bath salts. Pampered with face mask and skin looks really nice. Shame I'm not going out anywhere!

When I was busy this time last year with assignments and uni almost everything else went out of the window as I tried to juggle work, uni and life. This time around I'm determined not to repeat the same and isolate myself and let everything drop I like doing. I do have time to fit it all in and I need to remember this.

So today I've been for a run, gone for 2x 45min walks, made a nice tea, had a nice bath to relax and still finished the main writing of my assignment. Now that tells me I can do it and I can fit it all in and I'm lucky that I can

Lula-Hula

It's great to read how positive you sound about what you can achieve. Sometimes the unexpected can throw our plans out of order, but you seem to be fully on top of things at the moment and that feeling of pleasure is well deserved. It's your hard work & determination that have got you here, so enjoy your rewards
xx

fedupandskint

Why thank you Lula - I never realise if I sound positive or otherwise in the way I write!

Well, slowing down to a stop now with the assignment. List of references finished now and just a bit of tidying up to do tomorrow and a few more references to do then it should be finished, I hope during the day freeing up the evening for a change!

Can't quite believe I'm there now considering how far away I felt this time l;ast week - just goes to show what a difference a few sessions of 2 productive hours can achieve.

If I get it finished during the day tomorrow (shhhsh....at work in a spare couple of hours, fingers crossed) then I'm having the evening off before starting the next one on Tuesday and boy is the next assignment hard work and I'm not looking forward to it at all at this stage. Here's hoping I get my head around it sharpish as I need to get a lot done by next weekend before deadline date zooms up on the 30th

fedupandskint

FINISHED!

Assignment is submitted now after quite a lot of work today - cutting and referencing then a quick 45min write in the missing bits. So all done now and I'm having tomorrow evening off for a longer run, a relaxing tea and a tidy up of papers then back to make a start on Wed hopefully

A NSD today number 6 - might not be tomorrow will see if I have time to go out for a quick lunch after handing in the paper version

fedupandskint

Chosen the run for tomorrow - the one I didn't do to complete the interval training sessions that were so helpful over the last 3mths and still are. Off I go for a speedy rapid transit run on tuesday if all goes to plan and with the day I have ahead tomorrow I might just need that head clearing run to do its job!

fedupandskint

Well the run was hard going - attempting to keep up with a 180bpm 'race pace', hard work and not really keeping up but I did it in the end and it was 60mins running still so worth it. Especially as I've eaten quite a lot today to fuel myself and I was v.hungry when I came back!

Also got weighed today and I'm now back to my pre-christmas weight of 10st 3lb and have lost the 2lb put on over Christmas. Next weigh in aim is 10st and hoping to get there by the end of the month and then I'll have a big grin on my face at that point!

So its full steam ahead now on the next phase of weight loss and running to keep the training ticking over and aiming to increase the mileage a little over Jan. I want to repeat the 7.3mile run at the weekend to try and run that distance better than the first time.

And finally, the assignment was handed in on time and before the deadline! So its a nice relaxing night off before work starts again on the next one which at this moment in time I have no idea what I'm doing.

Not a NSD today as did a bit of shopping and will only need a couple of bits at the weekend to make it easier to carry home