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Well after nosying into everybody else's diaries since I joined sw at the end of January I've kept threatening to start my own diary and after much debate whether to or not - here it is! (There you go Dawn, done it, don't you let me down by not reading it!!!)
Not sure it will make interesting reading though, I just like to read about everyone else! Nosey like that.
I'm 35, married with 2 kids, a Son aged 10 and a Daughter aged 5 (going on 15!!). I have been with my husband for 18 years and love him to bits. Don't get me wrong we've had our ups and downs like everyone but get through anything together. He has his own construction business, which as you can imagine has taken a massive hit during the recession, and he is a part time professional rugby coach, he used to play professional so we've never gotten away from rugby really. Anyway his team are doing $hite this year to say he is stressed is an understatement which makes it, shall we say tense (!) at home at the minute!!
He also has been ill and in hospital with a tear in his stomach that results in severe excess acid but start with they didn't know what all the pain was, ouch. Then his cousin was killed in Afghan which really rocked the whole family so he's had a real rough time too so I'm trying to get him eating better so in the long term he'll feel better - easier said than done sometimes though.
I work full time which makes it tight on exercise time but do try to go to a place near us 3/4 times a week for a walk, you can feed the ducks and it's about a mile round and my kids love it, think it cos they get an ice-cream though!
I hate my job - it's $hite! I worked at a job for 12 years then got made redundant and got a job as PA to MD about a mile from home - ideal, home for lunch everyday etc but not enough work to fill my days as my boss worked between 2 offices so my friend said one of the MD's at our place needs a new PA, his has just left. I now know why, I feel like I have gone from frying pan into the fire with not enough work to fill 2 days a week let alone 5 - arrrgghhhh So light at the end of the tunnel I hope, the Chairman of the company I got made redundant from rang me last week, he was made redundant before me, and is MD elsewhere now, anyway I'm seeing him in the morning about a job he has there - fingers crossed I could possibly hand my notice in next week - daren't get too giddy yet though.
I have always struggled with my weight, or thought I did but when I started going out with my husband I weighed 10stone and thought I was overweight then! I had a real bad case of IBS some years ago which made me really ill, I had to leave my job it got that bad, I got so thin it was almost as if I was anorexic, I couldn't bear to eat or drink as I thought I would be sick everytime so consequently when I did eat or drink I was sick. It was a very hard circle to break but I did and then got fatter!
At Christmas I became quite ill again, sooo tired all the time, joints aching, no appetite, hair really thinning and just general flu like symptoms. I had loads of blood tests and results showed my kidneys weren't working properly for whatever reason and I wasn't producing enough red blood cells. Anyway, I've done ww a million times, no exaggeration, and never lost more than 10lbs so when my friend said join sw with me I thought I've tried everything else, I'll give it a go and I've never looked back. My illness has gone, kidneys back to normal, hair got loads thicker and generally feel 100% better. For the first time in my life I know I will complete this journey, I've never felt more confident of it.
So nearly 2 stones off and a 4 night break in Spain to look forward to with the girls, all ready for a break from kids and hubby's, 10 weeks on Friday not that I'm counting - honest.
So there you have it, sorry to bore you all to death but I've done it Dawn, hope you're proud of me, thanks for letting me invade all your diaries as I have (Ellebear, Maverick, Pinkie, Minimum, Maximus and Dawn to name but a few)!
Love to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Not sure it will make interesting reading though, I just like to read about everyone else! Nosey like that.
I'm 35, married with 2 kids, a Son aged 10 and a Daughter aged 5 (going on 15!!). I have been with my husband for 18 years and love him to bits. Don't get me wrong we've had our ups and downs like everyone but get through anything together. He has his own construction business, which as you can imagine has taken a massive hit during the recession, and he is a part time professional rugby coach, he used to play professional so we've never gotten away from rugby really. Anyway his team are doing $hite this year to say he is stressed is an understatement which makes it, shall we say tense (!) at home at the minute!!
He also has been ill and in hospital with a tear in his stomach that results in severe excess acid but start with they didn't know what all the pain was, ouch. Then his cousin was killed in Afghan which really rocked the whole family so he's had a real rough time too so I'm trying to get him eating better so in the long term he'll feel better - easier said than done sometimes though.I work full time which makes it tight on exercise time but do try to go to a place near us 3/4 times a week for a walk, you can feed the ducks and it's about a mile round and my kids love it, think it cos they get an ice-cream though!
I hate my job - it's $hite! I worked at a job for 12 years then got made redundant and got a job as PA to MD about a mile from home - ideal, home for lunch everyday etc but not enough work to fill my days as my boss worked between 2 offices so my friend said one of the MD's at our place needs a new PA, his has just left. I now know why, I feel like I have gone from frying pan into the fire with not enough work to fill 2 days a week let alone 5 - arrrgghhhh So light at the end of the tunnel I hope, the Chairman of the company I got made redundant from rang me last week, he was made redundant before me, and is MD elsewhere now, anyway I'm seeing him in the morning about a job he has there - fingers crossed I could possibly hand my notice in next week - daren't get too giddy yet though.
I have always struggled with my weight, or thought I did but when I started going out with my husband I weighed 10stone and thought I was overweight then! I had a real bad case of IBS some years ago which made me really ill, I had to leave my job it got that bad, I got so thin it was almost as if I was anorexic, I couldn't bear to eat or drink as I thought I would be sick everytime so consequently when I did eat or drink I was sick. It was a very hard circle to break but I did and then got fatter!
At Christmas I became quite ill again, sooo tired all the time, joints aching, no appetite, hair really thinning and just general flu like symptoms. I had loads of blood tests and results showed my kidneys weren't working properly for whatever reason and I wasn't producing enough red blood cells. Anyway, I've done ww a million times, no exaggeration, and never lost more than 10lbs so when my friend said join sw with me I thought I've tried everything else, I'll give it a go and I've never looked back. My illness has gone, kidneys back to normal, hair got loads thicker and generally feel 100% better. For the first time in my life I know I will complete this journey, I've never felt more confident of it.
So nearly 2 stones off and a 4 night break in Spain to look forward to with the girls, all ready for a break from kids and hubby's, 10 weeks on Friday not that I'm counting - honest.
So there you have it, sorry to bore you all to death but I've done it Dawn, hope you're proud of me, thanks for letting me invade all your diaries as I have (Ellebear, Maverick, Pinkie, Minimum, Maximus and Dawn to name but a few)!
Love to you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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