Andrea81
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I have been doing Slimming World for a month now and have lost 1 stone 1/2 a pound so far. Am loving it, don't feel I need willpower as this "diet" is so much more flexible than any other I've failed at, and I'm still running on enthusiasm alone. Long may it continue!
A bit about me... I'm from Sunderland therefore football is very important to me (if you came here you'd understand) I have a season ticket at Sunderland and try to get to a few away days a season. This isn't frequently possible as I work Saturday mornings teaching violin at a local music academy. I really enjoy the relaxed and fun atmosphere that we teach in. I also have several private pupils who I teach violin and piano to. I recently lost my job teaching violin in a school as they'd had their budgets cut and that was me out the door. But taking a positive from a negative I decided to use the free time I'd gained to start Slimming World and I weigh-in on a Thursday at Shiney Row. The other four days a week I spend working in the Finance Department of a 16-19 training organisation. I've been there two years and I mostly enjoy it, although I do get a bit bored from time to time. I am a qualified Secondary School teacher but decided about 4 years ago that that kind of teaching wasn't for me and I left my job at a school in Basildon to return home to the North East having been away for five years. I don't see myself returning to full time classroom teaching without a serious overhaul of the education system (don't get me started).
I like the outdoors, love walking be it at the coast or in the country and I really enjoy going up to Northumberland, where my parents have their caravan, for holidays or just a weekend away.
I also love dancing. I was never overweight as a child / teenager as I attended dancing lessons three times a week, this time 10 years ago I weighed my lowest adult weight of 7 stones 13 lbs. I don't wish to get back to anything quite that low but anything in the 9s is my ultimate target. I now do two dance classes a week. I went back to tap dancing last year, which was always my favourite, and the dance school recently started a new class "commercial jazz" both of which I do on the same night.
I just bought a bicycle a couple of days ago and (having assembled it myself - an achievement for me as I'm not DIY-minded) went for a short ride in the park tonight. It's a lot more difficult than it was as a child, I was exhausted after only 35 mins and I think my thighs and back have seized up, and it hurts when I sit down!! It was fun though, even with the rain coming thudding down in the last five minutes, and I'm definitely going to make the effort now that I've gone and bought the thing. I'll say it here first that it is a target for me to complete my works' annual bike ride, from Allenheads in Northumberland to Roker in Sunderland (half of the C2C route) a 57 mile ride which takes place in July. I hope to be ready to do it this year, if not next.
What else?
I'm single still looking for Mr Right, but hope that the weight loss will give me some confidence in that area.
I love reading - try to read a book per week though sometimes I get stuck with a particular one but always finish so it can take me longer. My favourite book is "A Fraction of the Whole" by Steve Toltz.
I love music both playing and listening to it. I play in a contemporary orchestra and we do gigs from time to time. We play everything from The Beatles, to 70s Disco to Film scores and I really enjoy it. I love BBC 6Music radio station and it's pretty-much always on in my house and at work. If you've never heard of it and you like good music go... now...find...
Right, that's me. Please add me as a friend (if you like), if not, thanks for stopping by and good luck with your weight-loss.
:thankyou:
Andrea xx
I have been doing Slimming World for a month now and have lost 1 stone 1/2 a pound so far. Am loving it, don't feel I need willpower as this "diet" is so much more flexible than any other I've failed at, and I'm still running on enthusiasm alone. Long may it continue!
A bit about me... I'm from Sunderland therefore football is very important to me (if you came here you'd understand) I have a season ticket at Sunderland and try to get to a few away days a season. This isn't frequently possible as I work Saturday mornings teaching violin at a local music academy. I really enjoy the relaxed and fun atmosphere that we teach in. I also have several private pupils who I teach violin and piano to. I recently lost my job teaching violin in a school as they'd had their budgets cut and that was me out the door. But taking a positive from a negative I decided to use the free time I'd gained to start Slimming World and I weigh-in on a Thursday at Shiney Row. The other four days a week I spend working in the Finance Department of a 16-19 training organisation. I've been there two years and I mostly enjoy it, although I do get a bit bored from time to time. I am a qualified Secondary School teacher but decided about 4 years ago that that kind of teaching wasn't for me and I left my job at a school in Basildon to return home to the North East having been away for five years. I don't see myself returning to full time classroom teaching without a serious overhaul of the education system (don't get me started).
I like the outdoors, love walking be it at the coast or in the country and I really enjoy going up to Northumberland, where my parents have their caravan, for holidays or just a weekend away.
I also love dancing. I was never overweight as a child / teenager as I attended dancing lessons three times a week, this time 10 years ago I weighed my lowest adult weight of 7 stones 13 lbs. I don't wish to get back to anything quite that low but anything in the 9s is my ultimate target. I now do two dance classes a week. I went back to tap dancing last year, which was always my favourite, and the dance school recently started a new class "commercial jazz" both of which I do on the same night.
I just bought a bicycle a couple of days ago and (having assembled it myself - an achievement for me as I'm not DIY-minded) went for a short ride in the park tonight. It's a lot more difficult than it was as a child, I was exhausted after only 35 mins and I think my thighs and back have seized up, and it hurts when I sit down!! It was fun though, even with the rain coming thudding down in the last five minutes, and I'm definitely going to make the effort now that I've gone and bought the thing. I'll say it here first that it is a target for me to complete my works' annual bike ride, from Allenheads in Northumberland to Roker in Sunderland (half of the C2C route) a 57 mile ride which takes place in July. I hope to be ready to do it this year, if not next.
What else?
I'm single still looking for Mr Right, but hope that the weight loss will give me some confidence in that area.
I love reading - try to read a book per week though sometimes I get stuck with a particular one but always finish so it can take me longer. My favourite book is "A Fraction of the Whole" by Steve Toltz.
I love music both playing and listening to it. I play in a contemporary orchestra and we do gigs from time to time. We play everything from The Beatles, to 70s Disco to Film scores and I really enjoy it. I love BBC 6Music radio station and it's pretty-much always on in my house and at work. If you've never heard of it and you like good music go... now...find...
Right, that's me. Please add me as a friend (if you like), if not, thanks for stopping by and good luck with your weight-loss.
:thankyou:
Andrea xx
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