Frump to Fab 2016 - Lets make it AWESOME!!!

maddiemay

Hopefully I will be able to catch up with all your posts later.

Haircut day today, had it cut a little shorter with a bit more "bob" this time and it has "lifted" my face, just short of my chin now, hairdresser used a shampoo for silver hair and it looks really nice, so will probably buy one soon.

Feeling very tired and a little down, I should have been starting my antibody replacement training today, but the appointment was cancelled are re-made for the 28th:(, so on my way to the bus I looked into the beauty salon and am going back shortly for a manicure. My nails have been growing like crazy, but they badly need re-shaping, a couple of nails have been damaged over the years and they seem to grow unevenly.

We may get rain later according to the forecast, it is already feeling a bit thundery, if it does you may find me outside weeding, the clay soil here is now like concrete and one is likely to break a wrist trying to wrestle a weed out:eek:

sugarbaby125

Back on track with my healthy eating. lost a pound of the weight I gained last week.

Ellsbel

Your hairdo sounds very chic, maddie I hope you're feeling a bit brighter today and that you managed to get some gardening done.
Those pounds will be off again in no time Sugarbaby! Glad you're still enjoying the karaoke and feeling good:)
Ladies, I need to have a little rant too - hope you don't mind me unloading to you, but it'll keep me from exploding
I love my 3 guys to bits and they're good guys too, but honestly - DS1 has been home from uni for almost a week, and I'm still asking him to unpack and sort his stuff out. OH left me a load off soggy towels all over the bathroom to get up to, and DS2, who is a lovely lad really, was in such an obnoxious mood last night that it spoiled what had up till then been a really lovely day:(
We'll be fine - he's been extra nice this morning actually - but am currently thinking the idea of living on an island, alone, seems attractive
It's just all put me in a bit of a funk and needing to get it off my chest (have a moan!)
Anyway I'm showered and perfumed and am about to take the car into the garage for some work to be done on it; the walk back will clear my head and blow the fog away.
I've lost 4lbs over the past few weeks (I may have given them to you Sugarbaby:D;)) and I feel like I'm now ready to follow a proper plan to keep it going. Sorry for being so off topic this morning, but I was wondering maman or ruby,if either of you know whether Slimming World online membership is any good? The classes that are near me are at difficult times for me, so wondered if online would be a good option.
Have a good day all. Sorry for whinging!

lessonlearned

Ellsbel. - you could be me this morning.......:rotfl:

I definitely feel out of sorts and I feel like committing murder. I could cheerfully throttle my son this morning.

For years I was the only woman in a household of men So i know exactly how you feel. Even with just one male in the household I still get cross at Times. My son is lovely and I adore him to bits but it has to be said he can be an untidy slob at times.

I used to say to my husband "sometimes I wish I were a man because it must be lovely to see the house through a man's eyes and not notice what needs to be done" I would be grumbling about the mess and the clutter and neither he nor the boys could see what I was getting at. To them the house looked fine whilst to me it looked like a tip.

This morning I too feel overwhelmed by stuff and jobs to be done whilst DS2 is calming having a lie in. TBH I can't say i really begrudge him - where he works has been blisteringly hot ......literally like a green house and I know the heat just drains him.

I went in on Monday to buy plants and the heat was suffocating, You could hardly breathe. I had sweat pouring off me and I was only browsing ......I felt really sorry for the staff.

Even so I woke up feeling cross and grumpy this morning and very grudging at the thought of all I need to do. :rotfl:

I know I will feel better when I've lost weight and I've been cursing myself for not tackling it properly. I'm very impatient and I want it gone now...right this instant.:rotfl:

We are a long way inland here and it's very humid. Heaving all this extra weight around in this heat and high humidity is just awful but it's my own stupid fault.

I am just plain fed up .....and the idea of housework, cooking, laundry etc today just makes me :mad::mad::mad:

:rotfl::rotfl:

So rant away I understand just how you feel this morning.

I vow here and now I will not go through another summer being overweight. Next year will be different.

You are my witnesses.......

maddiemay

Hello lovely ladies, it is great that we can come together here and have a good moan as well as share our good tidings with each other.

Haircut is lovely, nails look so pretty in a sort of greyed Wedgewood blue, but I have just had to phone the cs to say that I can only go in for reduced hours today as my left foot has decided it wants to be swollen and painful doh!

My really cheering news is that the Flying Scotsman is due to steam past within sight of my hours this afternoon, I adore steam trains, so am as chuffed as nuts.

Hope everyone's day improves.
MM

p.s. I am sure that having made up your mind to sort out your weight LL that you will achieve it. No more than 2llbs per week to prevent all that spare skin which must be horrid. I am pleased to say that only my upper arms is saggy, the rest of me is OK, even my face seems to have settled and look less drawn.

Ellsbel

Thank you LL!! I can empathise with every word you've written - especially the weight; my own fault, also, but enough is enough.
I've walked back from the garage, as well as walking the dog and will walk with him again later, plus walking back to get the car - all should help towards shifting the pounds (trouble is, in the case of the car, I'll be shifting the pounds literally - 160 of them!!!:D)
I even have one son still lying in bed like you!:D
Ah well, here's to us, and the sylph like figures we'll soon have!:)
ETA - Maddie I cross posted with you:) I love the sound of the nail colour; absolutely love Wedgwood blue.
Hope your foot improves soon. Take care.

ScarlettMcCain

I didn't find SW online very useful unfortunately Ellsbel - the food database was ok (not great) but I thought what it was really lacking was any interaction. WW online has loads of forums which I personally found very useful chatting to other people, if SW added those then it might be better value for money, but not at the moment. It's quite basic and more expensive than WW, annoyingly. Do you have much weight to lose?

LL, I empathise too; it's definitely what's waiting for me in future with twin boys!! OH is an all or nothing type person, he's a bit OCD with cleaning when he gets started. He's currently in 'the house must be spotless' mode, which is very frustrating with babies, not to mention the hours I spent cleaning & tidying once they'd gone to bed when he wouldn't lift a finger.

Well everyone, I am exhausted today was planning to turn over a new leaf and eat more healthily, start my exercise DVDs again etc. However the boys were both up several times in the night - there was a 4.30am Calpol call for one of them, who's teething! - plus OH's snoring is so bad that I had to sleep on the nursery floor again the other night, my back is hurting as a consequence. It's lovely being a stay at home mum but physically tiring, just wish I had more energy and organisation. On the bright side I've downloaded a productivity app which includes the things I want to work on, will see how that goes!

maman

Am I allowed on here today if I've nothing to moan about?;)


At the moment we still have wifi. DH thinks it's because Virgin managed to get the existing providers to hang fire. Personally, being the cynic, I think it's just another error!

Ellsbel, I've never done SW myself but there's nobody on the thread on here with a good word to say about it. A bit like ruby said you don't get much for your money.


Shame you can't get to a group as a couple of hours to yourself would probably be good for you. What you could do is go to a group once, have the introductory talk and the set of books and then try it on your own. Id also suggest you go online and try the sample 7 day menu and see if it suits you.


This is the SW thread:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5454365


They're a lovely group of people and if you wanted to try going it alone then you'd have help.


Back soon. I'll see if I can catch DH doing something bad:D.

Ellsbel

maman wrote: »

Back soon. I'll see if I can catch DH doing something bad:D.

:D I just laughed out loud at that!
Thanks to you and ruby for the feedback - I'll have another look at the days and times of classes to see if I can't try and fit one in; you're right - even if I get the books then go it alone with the thread, it probably would be better that way. Thanks for the link to the thread maman:)
Ruby, I'm embarrassed to say that I've good a good 3 stone to lose, I can probably afford to lose 4 if I'm brutally honest:eek::(

shandyclover

Well it must be contagious!

I am totally shattered today. Due to staff shortages (4 people left our dept. last week, including the manager) myself and another part timer have stepped into full time hours and are trying to keep our food hall running. Much we are having to learn on the fly and its all extremely stressful. Couple that with for some reason customers suddenly seem quite rude and demanding 'when are you clearing the shelves then?' and not believing us when we say we have been instructed to continue trading as usual for now. After a 10 hour shift today I got cross when I arrived home and found shoes in the hallway and the stairs carpet in need of a vacuum, and told everyone off! Oh dear! I am also falling off the 5:2 wagon more than I am staying on - sugar cravings winning majorly and though I have not weighed myself I know weight is beginning to creep back on. I have fri/sat/sun off though this week so I am hoping to get back in the gym with some nice calming yoga/body balance, and get back into the 5:2 healthy eating again.

In better news the exam on friday got off to a rough start but I think it went ok. Myself and 3 other examinees were publicly chastised by a terrifying invigilator as we were 2 mins later than the rest having gone with a pregnant student to buy water from a vending machine in the next room (but still 20 mins before the exam started so therefore well in time according to the university instructions), I felt like a naughty schoolgirl walking to my find my seat in a huge hushed hall and having to walk right to the top as my name begins with A, no slipping in the door for me . I'd purposely tried to detach myself from the other students frantically revising minutes before as the tension in the room was palpable, and this seemed to annoy 1 particular invigilator so when I sat down I was quite embarrassed and flustered. I don't particularly have problems with anxiety, I don't like heights, and I can be somewhat claustrophobic, having been in an accident where I was buried as a child, but within seconds of opening my exam I had a few moments of panic where I literally had the 'fight flight' impulse! Thankfully I managed to breathe a few deep breathes and I was ok, the poor man in the desk in front of me literally shook most of the 3 hours!

In fabbing news I have been using my beauty products on regular basis, minimal make up and perfume everyday. My hair needs trimming but that will have to wait till my hours are a bit more predictable. I fell on the way to work last week, and managed to tear my black work trousers at the knee. I rushed into Primarni and picked up a pair of 3/4 length slim fitting ones to replace them with. I've never worn this style before but they were on sale so I chanced it. I really like them and paired with black ballet flats and a smart shirt they are quite chic looking showing off my ankles, the one part of me that is slim:rotfl: . It just shows, sometimes its good to try something different.