Chelsea Lou - The Ventura adventure, not a sinking ship!

[Chelsea Lou]

:8855: You're all heart Chels!
A heart with a tart!!! My kids cost me loads of money, despite them being all grown up and "independent" so if I can save some money somewhere......... hahaha
Scuppering my efforts? A little bit of...anything fattening. Hard to explain and no magic answer - what I mean is that because I've never dieted in the traditional way, I've never really noticed 'cause and effect' before.
I lost 2lbs on SW, following it in my usual sloppy fashion. Ok, I know that's pathetic in 4 weeks (yes it is, don't be kind!) but finally I could actually see and understand a direct effect of (kind of)following a diet, even with a measly 2lbs, I could tell.
Then we went away to an amazing place and I ate amazing food, with puddings, cakes, red wine and whisky. All in moderate amounts but the 2lbs is back on again, in spite of walks along the beach and coast path. So, really I can't eat 'normally' I expect ever again. I have to find a balance and then learn to tweak it to suit me, a little less to lose weight, a little more to maintain, but too much and I put it on. That's what I am learning, stuff that probably so obvious to other people but it isn't to me, not in practise anyway and that's the point, I always muck about trying to bend the rules, I told you I was a slow learner. But now I have to work out what I can and can't do because I know where I want to be and I'm bloomin' well going to get there! xx

Well good for you Bess. You've won half the battle by just realising what is good/bad for you and more importantly, knowing how much is good/bad for you. I suppose its a bit like most sensible people knowing their limit with alcohol. Three drinks is 'fine', four 'not quite so' and five is 'being in the recovery position for the whole of the next day' If only eating could be worked out in a similar way.

One biscuit to dunk in a cuppa is 'fab'
Two is 'a bit greedy'
The whole packet is 'why did I do that?What a greedy *****, I'm always going to be fat, I'm a failure so might as well go and eat a loaf of bread with a jar of peanut butter and eat all the kids Easter Eggs, which I can easily replace and they will never know'

So credit to you for working out exactly what you need to do....... and no doubt, you will get to where you want to be xxx

 

[MinnieMel]

Morning Yang,

I hope you have a good day. I am off soon to check and make sure that your nightmare does not become a reality for my friend's MIL. I'll be glad when this day is over -- my BFF had a mini-meltdown yesterday. I think all the familial stress with regards to this situation is becoming too much. By this time tomorrow, she'll be able to redirect her focus on their little holiday next week (booked last autumn). Good!

MM

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Morning Yang,

I hope you have a good day. I am off soon to check and make sure that your nightmare does not become a reality for my friend's MIL. I'll be glad when this day is over -- my BFF had a mini-meltdown yesterday. I think all the familial stress with regards to this situation is becoming too much. By this time tomorrow, she'll be able to redirect her focus on their little holiday next week (booked last autumn). Good!

MM

Morning Ying,

I hope all goes well today......as well as these things can go. You are so good, supporting your friend. Hugs to you for that.

Whatever you do, don't think about my dream and start to get the nervous giggles. I always crack up at funerals but it is purely a nervous thing. What's the saying, laugh at a funeral and cry at a wedding? So true :cry:xxxx

 

[LellyCD]

Morning Chels, sorry been a bit slack on posting lately, things just just away from me sometimes! How are you doing? Enjoying SW? How's it working for you, hope you are doing well hun.

Greay n rainy here, sucks! hey ho...sun to come this week i think...woohoo!

Have a lush day hunny

xx

 

[Greeneyes11]

Morning Chels, hope you have a good day today, weather is yukky here, hopefully it will be better tomorrow. xx

 

[Katycakes]

Chels, some very inspiring stuff on here from you & Bess, definitely getting to grips with SW I think. I hope I can do the same... please don't stress about the slight gain, it WILL be water weight. I let it get to me & look at me now, I have a 7lb gain and not a 3lb one, and it's NOT water weight, and it's all my own fault. So... stay steady, keep your nerve and step carefully onwards. And haul me with you if you can!

xxx

 

[herewego]

Hey Chels - how are you getting on today?

Are you drinking lots of water? - I just realised that I haven't had any today, just lots of coffee so am going to brace myself to go to the train shop and get some water without picking up anything to eat while I'm there. Wish me luck!

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Chels, some very inspiring stuff on here from you & Bess, definitely getting to grips with SW I think. I hope I can do the same... please don't stress about the slight gain, it WILL be water weight. I let it get to me & look at me now, I have a 7lb gain and not a 3lb one, and it's NOT water weight, and it's all my own fault. So... stay steady, keep your nerve and step carefully onwards. And haul me with you if you can!

xxx

Katy, so nice to see you back on here. You will soon get that 7lbs off sweetie. Once you put your mind to something you are very good at sticking with it.

I have been really good so far today. No syns and have had fruit, my milk allowance and free food for lunch, which was the rest of a home-made chilli and rice. I am not sure about supper tonight.... I have some chicken breasts in the freezer, so could do something with one of those I guess, fling in a jacket potato and some salad leaves and Bob's yer uncle I've got two flavours of sugar-free jelly in the fridge, which are lush with a fat free yogurt or some of the 0% natural greek yogurt.

Went for a 20 minute walk in my skechers at lunch time. I felt a bit of a fool a couple of times though, as the sole is so much thicker than normal trainers and I was guilty of not picking my feet up properly and tripped up a few times Quick look round at the offending, "non-existent, dodgy paving slab" - just to let passing motorists know that tripping up wasn't my fault lol lol. Does anybody else do that???????

Have a lovely day KC xxx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

I've gone all unnecessary!!!

Crush is sitting by the window above my desk, eating his lunch and looking soooooooo yummy! He has blown me a kiss and I am sitting here trying to look very cool, very calm and very collected but feeling none of those things. I am such a stupid schoolgirl at times like these

Memo to self:

Dribbling and wriggling about on chair is not attractive, alluring or in anyway a turn-on hahahaha

 

[Katycakes]

I kept doing that when I first got my MBTs, then again I am quite clumsy anyhow... lol. Must drag mine out and do some walking, it has chucked down here all day... ugh.

xxx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

I kept doing that when I first got my MBTs, then again I am quite clumsy anyhow... lol. Must drag mine out and do some walking, it has chucked down here all day... ugh.

xxx

lol, I looked such a pillock and was desperately trying to find SOMETHING I could blame it on but nah.......all my own doing

We've been dry here but chilly. They reckon it could get up to 20 degrees tomorrow.........heatwave yay!!! xx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

hahaha...don't get stuck to it!!! :8855:

You mucky mare.............not that kind of dribbling

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Waist whittling Wednesday

Morning Campers It is beautiful here today. Crush is upstairs making a coffee and I can see his lovely face He has just looked down and given me a lovely smile, so that's me sorted for the day

The weather is gorgeous and it is already warm at 08:50 hours. I had a good day diet-wise yesterday and the bloat of the last week or so has gone. My work trousers are loose, the blouse I bought a couple of weeks ago doesn't have the buttons straining open in the chest area, so maybe my body is getting used to the new regime. Fingers crossed.

I ordered the Food Directory from SW and it arrived yesterday, so will be able to check just about everything imaginable for syns. If anyone needs to know anything, then give me a yell

Have a great day everyone xxx

 

[LellyCD]

Morning Chels! Happy Sunny Weds!! Enjoy the sun and your view today!

Great news that you are feeling everything settle down and those trousers woohoo!

You'll be the SW guru now hun

xx

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Morning Chels! Happy Sunny Weds!! Enjoy the sun and your view today!

Great news that you are feeling everything settle down and those trousers woohoo!

You'll be the SW guru now hun

xx

Thanks Lelly, although I don't know about a guru lol. I am so boring when it comes to food. I tend to go for the same old stuff.....I was the same with CD, Capuccino, Toffee and Walnut and Choc orange were the staples of my diet. It took me two years to discover the virtues of MAM for goodness sake

Time and tiredness are such major factors for me, with planning, shopping and cooking. If I was a housewife *sigh* I would be a right skinny (old) bird lol.

I am going to have a little study of my book - I remember from SWing years ago that there was lots of 'ding meals' that were free food, I know that's not ideal but I would rather do that then be too tired to cook/eat properly and then start piling on the weight.

So what do you have lined up for today? Loads of appointments I bet. You must be a very popular CDC and it is easy to see the reason why... you are always so full of enthusiasm and encouragement. More power to your elbow Lelly and cwtch (did I get that right lol?) xx

 

[MinnieMel]

Morning Yang,

Ah, lucky you -- a "room with a view" *sigh* It is amazing how much better our lives are when we have something lovely upon which to gaze.

You sound even more determined and organized re: the Slimming World. You are going to a fab model for all of us who moved over to that plan. As Lelly said -- you rapidly becoming a valuable source of information and support.

What is a "ding meal"?

I am loving the sun, and so happy it is starting to burn through those clouds. I am hoping it energises me, as I really have a lot I need to get accomplished today.

I hope your day goes well.

Ying

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Morning Yang,

Ah, lucky you -- a "room with a view" *sigh* It is amazing how much better our lives are when have something lovely upon which to gaze.

You sound even more determined and organized re: the Slimming World. You are going to a fab model for all of us who maved over to that plan. As Lelly said -- you rapidly becoming a valuable source of information and support.
Awwwwwwww, I am picking the brains of gail and little sausage over there for ideas but at the end of the day, like Bess is discovering, its what works for you. We are all so individual. I know that carbs in bread are not good for me and I haven't been having my HexBs whereas someone else would not have a problem loading up on bread etc. By the time you switch over, you will know exactly what to do and not to do, as Bess, Alli, Jess, KC and myself will have been the guinea pigs......pigs NOT being the operative word here I hope
What is a "ding meal"?
Lol, a ding meal is one you put in the microwave for a few minutes until it goes "ding"
I am loving the sun, and so happy it is starting to burn through those clouds. I am hoping it energises me, as I really have a lot I need to get accomplished today.

I hope your day goes well.

Ying

Thanks Ying, hope yours is a good one too.

BTW how did yesterday go? Hope it wasnt too much of an ordeal for you and........did you *ahem* check

 

[Chelsea Lou]

Morning Yang,

Ah, lucky you -- a "room with a view" *sigh* It is amazing how much better our lives are when have something lovely upon which to gaze.


Ying

Hahaha, what AM I like?? I read the above as having something to graze on!!! Ooooh I wish

 

[MinnieMel]

LOL -- I really need to proof my posts better. I left out the "we" so no wonder you mis-read it. But, maybe "having something lovely to graze upon" is even better.

Thank you for asking. It went really well. DD sat with her BFF and they held hands through out the service. She stayed by BFF's side all day. They met in Reception and are now finishing Year 6. BFF is an only child and DD for all intents and purposes is, also (her brother is nearly 8 years older). So, they are like sisters. The mum and dad (our friends, too) held up well, also.

The church was standing room only, and the wake afterwards went well. The family is finally able to move on and sort things that they could not deal with prior to yesterday.

Re: Your Dream:
It was a closed casket, but the family had viewing the day before and the daughter said that her mum looked lovely (and she checked). And, my friend had visited her MIL in hospital before the post-mortum, and she said (as she has been a carer for years in a residential home for the elderly) that there was no doubt.

I went to the crematorium (there was a 14 seater taxi provided for friends who wanted to go and support the family there) -- and the service was brief but lovely. However, they close the curtains and you leave -- so, I have no idea when the "deed will actually be done". I think the family was undecided about what to do with the ashes.

I like what my uncle instructed (and was later done). He asked that his ashes be held until his beloved dog passed away (my cousin kept his father's dog). Then he wanted Jinx cremated and their ashes scatter together along the wooded path they used to walk -- so, they would be on that trail together forever.

MM

 

[Chelsea Lou]

LOL -- I really need to proof my posts better. I left out the "we" so no wonder you mis-read it. But, maybe "having something lovely to graze upon" is even better.

Thank you for asking. It went really well. DD sat with her BFF and they held hands through out the service. She stayed by BFF's side all day. They met in Reception and are now finishing Year 6. BFF is an only child and DD for all intents and purposes is, also (her brother is nearly 8 years older). So, they are like sisters. The mum and dad (our friends, too) held up well, also.
Aw, that is so sweet, how lovely that she could be there for her friend. Girls of a certain age can be so cruel, so it is lovely to know that there are some lovely ones out there.
The church was standing room only, and the wake afterwards went well. The family is finally able to move on and sort things that they could not deal with prior to yesterday.

Re: Your Dream:
It was a closed casket, but the family had viewing the day before and the daughter said that her mum looked lovely (and she checked). And, my friend had visited her MIL in hospital before the post-mortum, and she said (as she has been a carer for years in a residential home for the elderly) that there was no doubt.

I went to the crematorium (there was a 14 seater taxi provided for friends who wanted to go and support the family there) -- and the service was brief but lovely. However, they close the curtains and you leave -- so, I have no idea when the "deed will actually be done". I think the family was undecided about what to do with the ashes.

I like what my uncle instructed (and was later done). He asked that his ashes be held until his beloved dog passed away (my cousin kept his father's dog). Then he wanted Jinx cremated and their ashes scatter together along the wooded path they used to walk -- so, they would be on that trail together forever.

MM

That is such a touching story with the dog and his master being together forever. I can feel a lump in my throat forming. I am such a sucker for animals and the bond that they share with their owners.

Did you see the dog that was rescued out at sea from the tsunami the other day? She had been floating around on a rooftop for 3 weeks and was rescued and then re-united with her owner. It was on the BBC news and I cried buckets. The little dog looked so pleased to see her mummy. Gawd.........I've started myself off now :cry:xxx