Here we can all be heard for a little while. Part 2

codemonkey

Morning Team WaS.

WaS, if you're looking for a festival, today is Lohri, which is a Punjabi winter festival.

tea_lover

I'm already assuming that is going to be a festival with fantastic food

Birdie85

Right, Wednesday Weigh in!

If you're in it, let us know how you're doing and I also want to hear 3 good things about yourself/your life/what positive steps you've made over the last week and 3 positive things for the coming week!

Remember, this is about being healthy and happy so the positive things aren't exclusively diet-orientated, it can be stuff like getting your hair done, having a manicure, treating yourself to new bed socks... whatever makes you feel good!

I have STS this week at 160lb but in my defence, it's our base-line weigh-in at work today so I'd have been doing myself a disservice to lose weight before now!

3 good things from last week:

1. I have walked for at least 30 minutes a day over the last 4 days and I always feel better just for that little bit of fresh air and stretching of the legs
2. I have tried to drink more water during the day rather than pour a glass and find it still full at the end of the day
3. My skin seems to have cleared up after being inexplicably lumpy bumpy for a week or so (hormones? Christmas diet? Who knows!)

3 Postive steps for the week ahead

1. I have committed to play badminton tomorrow and hope that next week I take the leap to play twice, if not, I must go once
2. I will book in for a haircut as after all the drama with DH the other day I've noticed that my hair is actually quite lively now and could do with taming!
3. I will play Just Dance on the xbox after convincing DH that we neeeeeeeeded a Kinect and Just Dance when we were buying the xbox then only played it a couple of times!

Georgiegirl256

D has got his meeting today :eek: So by the end of today he more than likely will be out of a job. Basically this meeting is just for someone to read out something which kicks off the 30 day consultation thing. Gardening leave has been mentioned, and so this could be his last day in work.

Sorry Birdie, I won't be taking part in this weeks weigh in Wednesday as I can't muster the enthuseasum to join in and also I can't be on with the all the positive thinking right now....I need someone else to do that for me

I need positive thoughts that his will turn out to be ok in the end up.

tea_lover

Thanks for getting us started Birdie

I am down 1lb this week Just 15 more to go!

Positive things for this week:
- I made myself go out for a walk on Sunday afternoon and ended up getting some lovely photos of this amazing place
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lyveden-new-bield
- I got my hair cut
- I made a start on tidying the spare room

Positive things for next week
- I've dug out an old pedometer and will make a real effort to increase my steps (was amazed at how low they were - bad habits sneak in fast!)
- I will continue to eat mostly healthy meals after a not too bad start this week
- I will enjoy a weekend away with friends.

tea_lover

Big hugs georgie - at least you'll have an idea what you're up against by the end of the day and then can start putting plans in place. Is he likely to get an idea of payout today?

Georgiegirl256

I think so tea. He has a rough idea as he got a settlement figure a few years ago, so hopefully it'll have increased a fair bit.

tea_lover

How are things with the two of you now?

Georgiegirl256

We're talking again, so that's a start.

elsien

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

I need positive thoughts that his will turn out to be ok in the end up.

I know it's different for everyone, but although being made redundant petrified me (all those thoughts whizzing round my head that I was too old, had no transferable skills etc), it turned out to be a positive thing.
I had enough notice to cut back on my outgoings, enough redundany pay to keep me going for at least a year, and it gave me the boot up the jacksie I needed to look at other career options.
It's scary, it's stressful it gives you that pit churning feeling of "what ifs", you might remember me coming on here and panicking. But it can also give the opportunity to try new things. Which I realise is probably of no comfort to you now but whichever way it goes for OH, it can all work out in the end.