Alex's Diary - No big goals, just taking one day at a time!

Well done hunny! Every little helps and all that! Its moving in the right direction yeay!

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Hi Alex,
I've been reading your blog - it's taken a while but it was enjoyable.

I'm new to xenical, and I am (kind of) looking forward to the journey. You seemed to have done really well and prove it can be done.

Kelly xxxx
 
Hi Kelly,
Thanks so much for popping in and saying hello...and for trawling through my story...that must've taken a while :eek:
I must admit, I've been a little bit off the straight and narrow recently, but still losing overall, so that's good enough for me :)

Good luck with your journey...I hope you do really well, and that you get the results you're looking for xx
 
It's awfully quiet around here, hope you're ok and good luck for weigh in tomorrow...

KB x
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Thanks KB....lots going on here, but I will report more on that tomorrow ;)
As far as the weigh-in goes - it's a 1.25lb loss for me this week - again, not earth-shattering, but not bad considering the weekend I had...

Hope all is well with you
xx
 
I have to admit it did take a while, I am at work too so it was kind of naughty spending all that time. But in a way I am kind of excited to have this new opportunity that xenical has given me.

That sounds so silly, but I have been trying to loose weight now for 3 years, at one point for over 6 months I was attending 1 on 1 weight clinic at my doctors following a diet and going to the gym 5+ times a week and still failed to loose weight, I begged for help in the form of tablets but they refused until I lost weight. 2 and a half years later I've now relocated areas (and have a new doctor) and been diagnosed with polycystic ovaries (why on earth this hasn't been picked up on before I do not know), my lovely new doctor (who specialises in feminine health so is perfect) was more than happy to prescribe me xenical. This week is the start of a new life for me.

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hiya alex, ive just sat and read your full diary lol! youve come so far and are doing incredibly well!! i shall be keeping tabs from now on lol! i have a diary going too and neeeed more friends on it lol so if you fancy a gander its called claires food diary! best of luck luv xxxx
 
hiya alex, ive just sat and read your full diary lol! youve come so far and are doing incredibly well!! i shall be keeping tabs from now on lol! i have a diary going too and neeeed more friends on it lol so if you fancy a gander its called claires food diary! best of luck luv xxxx
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Aww, thank you...and feel free to keep tabs on me...the more the merrier!...I will definitely pop in on your diary very soon x
 
OK, so here goes with the latest update...
I don't know whether I mentioned it, but I signed up a couple of weeks ago to Plenty of Fish (dating website)...not in a serious attempt to find anyone, I just thought I'd give it a go and see what happens.

Anyway, I saw this one bloke who caught my eye - but me being me, took a whole week to pluck up the courage to message him! Anyway, he emailed straight back saying 'Wow, you're gorgeous' and it went from there, first chatting online and then texting.
Anyway, cutting a long story short, we went on a date on Wednesday night to the cinema - I fancied him straight away, and he seemed to fancy me. We had lots of snogging during the film, and again when he walked me back to the car, and everything seemed really good...
...the only problem was that right from the beginning his texts were really, ummmm, flirtatious, and I was a little concerned that he was just looking for sex....I did confront him and he said that he definitely wanted a relationship, so I took him at his word.
Anyway, yesterday we text a LOT during the day, and he was talking about coming over to see me tonight, so we were discussing that a bit, along with the usual flirtation...and then the texts just stopped!!!

Bearing in mind that he'd been texting me roughly every 10 minutes, sometimes more often, since Sunday, I thought it was really odd that he would just stop like that....at first I thought he may have left his phone at work (the last text was 4pm yesterday) but now it's been WAY too long for a reasonable excuse, so I'm assuming he's moved on!!
How rude is that? After the first date, I told him to be honest if I wasn't what he expected, but he said I was 'perfect' and that he definitely wanted to see me again. I think the problem is that he thinks I'd be too difficult to get into bed (I was deflecting some of his more full-on texts) but the irony is that I would have felt a lot more flirtatious towards him if he'd actually spent a little time getting to know me as a person!

And what's even worse is that he's updated his profile on Plenty of Fish...and his photo is now one that he took on Tuesday night to send to me!!

So that's that. I know there are a lot of weirdos out there (I've done this internet dating thing before) but this one takes the biscuit. Luckily there's no emotional attachment, because it was only one date and a few snogs, but I'm just annoyed that I seem to be meeting a series of emotional f*ckwits at the moment!!

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
 
By the way - this was doing the diet a lot of good to start with - I was too nervous, and too busy texting to eat, so I had a couple of evenings of just having a slice of toast for dinner. Then on the night of the date, I didn't have anything at all (too nervous).
Now it's all over I'm making up for it. Last night I went out for a meal at my favourite Italian restaurant and had two courses plus wine....and today I started the day with Staffordshire oatcakes, filled with sausage, cheese and mushrooms, then for lunch I had a WW bagel followed by a pikelet with butter (these might be a local thing as well??) and tonight I feel like stuffing my face with whatever I fancy, now I've got my appetite back!!

Muchos love everyone!
xx
 
I hate dating. It's so bloody confusing. You never know what each other is thinking, all the pussy footing around. It's exciting but bloomin' hard work isn't it?
I think you're right though (sorry to say)- he has obviously backed away and it most likely is because you didn't reply to his ruder messages with something on the same level. You don't want to be with someone long term who is so forward with practical strangers though I imagine, so it might be a blessing.

As a side note though: I met my boyfriend on match.com, we've only been going out for a year and half now but we're best friends. So it can work sometimes.

Also.. I know what piklets are, I live in Manchester now but am originally from Nottingham so it's not that far from Staffordshire. :)

xxx
 
Translation required on the pikelets for me...but the oatcakes sound fab! Pity about the current w##ker count but at least you didn't spend too much of your precious time and hard earned cash on him and he can jog on to someone who has no self respect. Alex, you ARE gorgeous and a truly wonderful person, never lose that self respect because he is out there somewhere and is worth waiting for so don't settle for anything less. In the meantime, enjoy your singledom, you'll miss it sometimes when it's not there any more. Remember you have great family and friends and many cyber-friends who really care about you, don't let f#ckwits (great word) like him get the better of you. Now I'm getting soppy so I'm going to refill my glass and toast your health before I keel over. Chin up my good friend!

KB x
 
Alex, you ARE gorgeous and a truly wonderful person, never lose that self respect because he is out there somewhere and is worth waiting for so don't settle for anything less. In the meantime, enjoy your singledom, you'll miss it sometimes when it's not there any more. Remember you have great family and friends and many cyber-friends who really care about you, don't let f#ckwits (great word) like him get the better of you. Now I'm getting soppy so I'm going to refill my glass and toast your health before I keel over. Chin up my good friend!
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Thank you so much for your lovely words KB....I really am lucky to have so many great friends...cyber and otherwise, and I don't know what I'd do without all of you...(my turn for a bit of soppiness now :))

Hopefully, Mr Right will come along at some point, and I'll invite you all to the wedding when it happens!
With any luck, I've had my quota of w#nkers for the time being....I'm just glad that I didn't allow myself to be led down a road that I wasn't comfortable to go down with this latest one. At least I can walk away with a story to tell (and laugh about) and my self-respect still in tact.

So onto the oatcake/pikelet explanation...
Oatcakes are round pancake-like things, but they're savoury, and you usually fill them with cheese (known locally as cheesy oatcakes). However, you can also add bacon, sausage, egg, mushrooms, or whatever you fancy...
 

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Pikelets are similar, but more of a sweet thing, and you'd usually have them with just butter.
I think Staffordshire ones are slightly different to the ones you find everywhere else. The ones I had were fruit ones and they looked like this...
 

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I hate dating. It's so bloody confusing. You never know what each other is thinking, all the pussy footing around. It's exciting but bloomin' hard work isn't it?
I think you're right though (sorry to say)- he has obviously backed away and it most likely is because you didn't reply to his ruder messages with something on the same level. You don't want to be with someone long term who is so forward with practical strangers though I imagine, so it might be a blessing.
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It really is hard work isn't it?!! I think I did it the right way round this time though - I met him quickly, and found out straight away what an idiot he was, so at least I didn't have time to build up expectations, or form an emotional attachment to someone who turned out to be a knobber.
He even wanted to send me a picture of his, ummmm - you know what! Is this what dating has come to? What kind of person wants you to see their bits and pieces before the first date! It's all very messed up in my opinion!

Although I know internet dating can work (I met my ex online and we were together for two years - he was from Nottingham actually) I think you have to develop a very thick skin, and a good radar for w#nkers.
Your story sounds lovely though Kelly, you sound really happy with your fella :) And it does give me hope! lol
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what a first class fanjab!! great advice from the other girls here and *cliche alert* you will find a really nice guy just when youre not expecting it and i'm sure it wont involve bobby photos! dont sabotage your diet alex, youre doing so well and think of the example you have to set for all of us newbies :p xx
 
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