Diary of a VERY Determined Girl!

[Rae Rae]

Thanks Betty, I appreciate it. I'm getting there xx

 

[betty.sw.x]

started the day with a pear and a pint ( of water!)
workies was empty as bosses away so we all chilled. ALL the girls got a mcdees breakfast and i managed to avoid!!! YES! got boyfriend to drop me off a subway salad on way to uni instead! scoffed that and it was deeeelsicious!
im trying to find a different job, so spent the morning ringing collages to see if there was any human biology courses kicking about, and then ringing the hospitals to find out more about anatomical pathology technician. turns out theres only ever one job every couple of years comes up for that. Feel so trapped in this job, obviously im glad ive got a job, but ive done all i can in it now. i need a new one
so the manager pops in with a tin of biscuits and i scoff 5. aw excellent Betty. excellent. you stuff that fat face!
finished workies and went to travel agents to look into holidays. me and the boyfriend have been together for 2years nearly yet have never been on holiday abroad! found a couple i like but boyfriend been horrible and sensiable and saying stuff like ' what happens if the shower/oven/washing machine breaks?!' as we would have to pay like 140quid a month for this holiday. gutted i decided id get a hair cut as i am honestly hideous. i havnt had my hair cut since 2012 and its long but tatty. ( i wear a jacamo 5xl tshirt when dossing about the flat, and when im wearing my gegs and hair in pony tail i have a canny resemblence to comic book guy from the simpsons) so had about two inches cut off and now im bald. fantastic.

went to tesco for stuff for tea ( tomato pasta with chicken and veg) and ive just been cooking it there and lo and behold ive bought a carton of chopped tomatos instead of pasatta! soooo this tomato pasta has double the amount of chopped tomatos. brillianttt!
so tempted to sack off this week and eat rubbish but i known if im already going to have a gain, ill only make it more and worse for myself if i do go off plan.
got to stay strong,.stay on plan and prepair for a gain.
got to go as teas probs burning now!!!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Firstly, congrats on saying no to the McD brekky, and only 5 biscuits, it's not the end of the world it's okay! And ooh where do you work atm? I'm studying my a levels at the moment and moving to lancaster in Oct to study Ecology + Conservation, not exactly anatomical pathology but still related to biology Haha, and could you not book a holiday and if something does break go to bright house? or littlewoods or something? Like so you don't have to pay all up front... just a suggestion but don't get yourself into debt. Holidays are nice tho... haha i've booked to go with my friends to Malia in July and my boyfriend now all of a sudden wants to go somewhere after he said he didnt (we've been together 3 years now dont get how he puts up with me ahha)

This is also weird, i was thinking of getting my hair cut short! I feel like i always have it tied back (and its ginger and frizzy) so it irritates me, i used to have it short and curly and it was so nice, but don't want to cut it now it's so long ): Haha bet you're not bald and you don't look like comic book guy!! Be positive - even though i haven't met you, you'll be a beaut!

You can do it! Keep posting here and i'll make sure you don't go off track ahhaha

hey!
im a dental nurse at the moment! trained for two years and been doing it for five, and now its not seen as a qualification to get me into uni! are you looking forward to moving? i just want a job im intrested in! haha
aw my boyfriend doesnt think like that! this holiday was going to be ten nights away in tenerife, for 705quid each, all inclusive, five star, and in september. havnt been on holiday for 3years and in much need of sun and relaxation! after having a terrible two years i just want to book one but i have a feeling it isnt going to happen haha lucky you just means youll have to have two holidays!!
aw my hairs a load of different colours and ruined, just getting it to one colour now, i hate going to the hair dressers as hate having to sit infront of the mirror and also hate it when its short. its just under where the bra strap sits now but its too short for me!! i bet your hairs lovely!!
thank you so much! i try to post everyday and be 100% honest!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Oh wow that's brave! I hate going to the dentist because my teeth are so sensitive I feel like everything hurts when I open my mouth haha but I do go and aww that sounds so nice as well go persuade him! I am looking forward to moving, I live with my dad ATM in a flat with my younger 2yro brother so it's hectic and I'm struggling for money and ill financially be better off at uni which is a nice feeling because people always get worried of been skint at uni but compared to now ill be like £90 better of a week! Also it's right near the Lake District so I can't wait I'm a huge nature lover. I live near the east coast at the moment and I love going up o visit the coast
and I know what you mean about the mirror but tbf nobody looks great when their hair is glued to your head with water and stuck up everywhere I bet your hair is lovely stop stressing xx and yeah that's good you're posting everyday I try and come on everyday and reply to people keeps me motivated

Aw its such a boring job! Arghhh sensitive nashers a nightmare! I use colagte pro relief as an ointment on mine, like rub it on, and then use oral b on a morning and before bed, it helps!
Hahaha i can imagine thats a choatic! Brilliant youll be better off money wise! More money to spend on fruit and veg haha. The lake district is gorgeous!!! When your not busy youll be able to go on lovely walks!
How are you doing with your weight loss?

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Ah thank you i will go get some actually because it's annoying and becoming a problem....

And yes it is, but i try to support my dad (single parent) and my mum was in a car accident 2 years ago and passed away so it's been a huge lifestyle shift for both of us in the last two years with me moving in, his gf having a child etc so i sort of feel sorry for him but i am happy to move away to Lancaster (but i don't live tooo far away) and also i think my dad would enjoy visiting me Haha, can't wait i'm a huge environmentally friendly person but the only downfall is costs, so cannot wait as Lancaster have their own student vegetable patch, and there are farmers nearby so i can start buying seasonable local (hopefully organic) fruit and veg instead of what ever is on offer in Aldi and Morrisons Ahh im so excited!

I'm doing fine at the moment, had such a good week so far feeling really happy with myself (i have had some tiny slip ups but i know they wont show on the scales cos i've had much worse weeks) but yeah, hoping for a nice chunky loss this week (or next as sometimes it rolls over to the next week). I'm only 10lb until my original target and that will be great as i thought i'd never get there a few months ago (i weighed 15st3lb and my first target is 11st7lb) so happy that i'm nearly there (although i am changing my target) Treat myself to a SW friendly burger and chips meal with my dad and that was so good, i also saved my syns for the day so i could indulge in bbq sauce and mayonnaise

Anyway w.i is on tuesday! I help out on the social team so i get weight a bit before 5 so will let you know how i do I'm excited for once for w.i just because i know i've stuck to plan so i know i should have lost weight... if i haven't i'll be gutted! hahah (should have tho - i have faith in slimming world)

How are you feeling today? x

Yeah do that it really helps! Im about to whiten mine again and the sesnitivity after them is dreadful!
Aw im sorry to hear that, i cant imagine what youse have all been through! At least youse are strong though. Yeah i bet youll feel a smidge guilty but thats a normal! I know its not the same but when i moved in with my boyfriend i felt guilty leaving my dad too, bless him.
Aw a vegetable patch!! Home grown food is the best! My dad has an allotment and the food from there is amazing. Hope you have enough time to study inbetween all this haha.
Massive well done on your weight loss!!!!!! Its amazing your still going even though youve had some slip ups!
Good luck on tuesday!

Im just about to post how yesterday was haha not the best but could have been a whole lot worse!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Woke up late yesterday and done the usual routine!
Missed breakfast (ooops) but made my own chicken salad for dinner with melon and yoghurt for afters!
Boyfriend was meant to mooch into uni but instead he mentioned the pics.
I had to pop to my dads to see when my cars MOT was due. Turned out it expired Friday. Sugarlumps. (so ive had to be up this morning at 8 to take it the yard where my dad works so it can get its MOT on Monday or Tuesday, feel like ive lost an arm!)

Anywhoo me and the boyfriend went to see wolf of wall street. What a loooongggg film!!!! Theres no need for it be that long! Deffo not worth the hype! I gobbled down a box of kellogs cracker crisps (20syns - it was needed!) and had a diet coke. Got out the cinema at 8.30, was going to had roasted butternut squash for tea but its take about 40mins to make so opted for chinese. (very good considering there is a Pizza Hut NEXTDOOR to the cinema!)
I got beef and mushroom with boiled rice (4.5syns) and it was lovely.

So i went over my syns yesterday, but oh well. Ive been good today so far, boyfriend went to uni, came home cause poorly so were going to watch Lord of the Rings (What is it with long films this weekend?!) as hes never seen them before ( i have. A long long long time ago) and its rainy outside.
I might have a cheeky snooze!
Happy sunday everyone!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Its not that good! I fancy the pants off Jonah Hill but even he didn't make it that good! Haha
Yeah i know if i wasn't on sw i know fine well i could get myself up to 40stone plus!! Easy! But thankfully this keeps in control!
Haha will you be doing a job with what your learning? Cause my boyfriend does day release to uni, and hes there one day a week but my friends who do it full time are there like 3-4 times a week. I think it differs with each course! Im sure youll have time to grow your own food! Mind you ive got a tiny christmas tree in a pot in the front room and i have a bad enough time remembering to water that haha

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Well the unis just a bit out of town and i don't know what job prospects are like in Lancaster, i would obviously like a job but its a full time course and with the finance ill be receiving its possible not to have a job - i have a weekend job now whilst doing a levels and i get less than what i would when i go to Uni, so it just depends i guess on what happens...
and yes im so glad i found the way to SW it's the best thing that's happened to me

Im sure itll all be dandy!!! Let me know how you get on tuesday!!!!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Watched lord of the rings and alice in wonderland!
Boyfriend bought a butter nut squash in yesterday and a sweet potato! Dont know what to do with them so ive chopped, deseeded and shot in a roasting tray! Wish me luck!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

butternut squash was dreadful! sweet potato was okay! had that with carrotts, broccili and sprouts, but left majority of it as feel a smidge off. which is odd for me as I LOVE FOOD! aha

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

nope haha tesco! tomorrow haha dreading it!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

ive been up all night been sick so dont think im getting weighed off workies the full shebang!!
thanks ill take a look at that!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

soooooo yesterday was a massive wright off! spent monday been sick, didnt manage to get to weigh in!
But im back with avengance today!!!!
had to get the bus to workies as car failed her little MOT and was getting fixed. 5minute walk to the bus stop, as well as dashing about very early in the morning as was worrying i was going to be late! had a pear for brekky with tablets and water.
managed to occupy myself at workies doing stock and what not ( avoided chocolate biscuite - my work is slimming world hell lately!!) and had a mugshot and muller for dinner.
Boyfriend took me to get my little car after work, all fixed and happy again! He was going to a footy match, and i was going swimming at 7,30, so he grabbed a Subway sarnie for himself and a Subway salad for me! mmmmm was deeeeeliscious!!! i gobbled another muller light after followed by a tesco cookie ( 15 SYNS - NOT WORTH IT!) and then went off to swimming with my brother.
First time swimming this year after not going since December! i havnt half missed it! My brother likes to go ( hes lost 12stone through diabetes) but hes had a bad shoulder recently so we havnt been going. even though im a hefty 24stone, i bloomin' swim well, if i do say so myself! done a couple of lengths when i asked a woman if she was going to go and she said no, you go before me, your really fast! aw it made me smile done 32 lengths and then had to leave as brother was feeling a smidge dizzy!
i used to dread washing my hair after swimming as it was so ratty, now its a breeze! very happy girly right now!
just waiting for boyfriend to come home from match now, debating weather to have a hard boiled egg with some lettuce as im slightly peckish!
enjoyed today, hope i can keep this positive frame of mind.
think its the endorphins i have to thank!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

aww no you feeling better? Did you get weighed? Xx I went to w.i and gutted, I got a loss of 1lb but the amount of effort I put in am very dissappointed. Also got demoted on my social team, usually help out on the shop and someone came along who obviously knows my consultant and asked to do my job so I got asked to get people into the kitchen making drinks... So tea maker. Not happy with that really also being out the house for more than 12 hours and been to the gym. Physically and emotionally drained. Urgh! Gotta keep at it though gone too farr to go back

no i didnt and one pound is amazing!!!! a lot better than a gain! maybe next week will show more? aw nightmare! thats not what you want to be doing is it! think you need to get snuggled up in bed and stop been so hard on yourself mrs!!!! have a nice little snooze and feel refreshed tomorrow!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

aw good! did you have a nice little snooze?
i could go to another group tonight but itll ruin my routine :/ id rather just see if i can have a double whammy loss this week haa,
aw im paying for swimming now! woke up aching all over! and what makes it worse is that mother nature has called at a very innapropriate time, and a time when she isnt due!!!! so it explains why at the weekend i went psyco, i was sick on Sunday, and why i just couldnt keep my hands off my boyfriend at the weekend! im absoloutley gutted have a nightmare with them and i'm in agony!!!
good job i don't have much to do as workies today hahaa

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

weird little day!
Woke up aching EVERYWHERE! Swimming really took it out of me! had a scabby pear ( there quite out of date) and my tablets and went off to workies. what a day. i don't know whats up with me but I spent most the morning in a room on me todd crying my heart out. I managed to stop sobbing so i could scoff my face - mugshot, tesco chicken bits and muller light.
Powered through the rest of the day counting down till home time!
Home time came and i mooched home. Boyfriend came in and i suggested a walk ( hes at uni a lot and a walk before he goes is a way of getting exercise in) so, i made him download a walking app as i was intrested to see how we did. it was freezing outside but we had a lovely walk. through the park, yellow brick road, back lane, and down a main road bit. was a lovely. spent most the time discussing me maybe applying for nursing at a uni.( attempted the sample math test and got 8/15, my weak point!) When we got home I was in a much better mood. In 40mins we did 1.74miles, which im happy with as hopefully we will start getting faster ( maybe even start jogging! too ambitious?!)

was really looking forward to my tea! and i was right too! it was AMAZING!! i made some roasties and some sweet potato, and sprinkled oxo over the top of them and popped in the oven. then after half an hour i steamed some veg, and made some 'battered' garlic chicken strips! A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! chopped up some chicken breasts, washed with egg, and rolled in dry smash with garlic sprinkled in and then put in oven..had beans with that too..Very comfort tea with lots of superspeed too!
followed by a muller light and some melon.
i did however have about 6 of my boyfriends aeros bubbles. oops.
feeling happier tonight.
Fingers crossed im this happy tomorrow!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Woke up feeling very tyty ( whenever boyfriend gets up in middle of night ive started waking up - way too attached) and still a smidge achy. no fruit in the flat ( eeeek) so had a muller for breakfast. intended on having mugshot for dinner, but knew fine well, as i was packing it in my bag, that was not going to be the case - its payday so i had a jacket potat, with salad and cheese and beans and tuna. very nice. Its one of the receptionists birthday tomorrow so all of us from work went to the Toby Carvery tonight. I popped home to get changed ( plus my bobble snapped so my greasy hair was hanging about) and was welcomed by a gorgeous bouquet of flowers from the boyfriend! He was out and he had left them there for me! they are beautiful! ( early valentines pressy he said, cutie) After managing to tear myself away from the flowers i headed to the Toby. Had a glass of diet coke, and pork, roasties, turnip and cauliflower. avoided the crackling and the yorkshire!!! Know there are still syns and what not but felt proud! Then got brought down by the other workies who are doing SW when it came to desserts! Ended up having paffiteroles!!! Suppose i could have had something worse! When i got home i made the boyfriend get dressed into joggies and dragged him on a little walk with me! as it was late we only did a little 0.9mile walk ( gutted we didnt do that little bit extra to make it 1mile!). And again i guess its better than nothing! Feeling quite positive, hoping its a maintain this week! Off to snack on some melon now, as im very full but need some super speed in my life! Hope everyone else has had a good day

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Half a day on a Friday so we love them but its my Saturday to work tomorrow. blerghhh. ( not that it really effects me in anyway as i have zero social life) Had a muller light yoghurt for brekky and then totted off to work.
Patient talking about Aldi alot so thought id pop there for my shopping. Armed with my £1 for trolly ( prepaired this time!) i braved it! Spent £36 on loadssss of veg and meat! very happy with then! Had to go to Tesco for other stuff and ended up spending £80!!!!!! NO! That was on my boyfriends shirt, some simply heat stuff for the freezer, a blender and a whisk, yoghurts and LOADS of fish! ( fancy trying it as i need to branch out a bit!) but hopefully theres enough now for a full week meals!!
Boyfriend out tonight (Dogs) so ive made a slimming world mousse for mwoi ( 2.5syns) andddd there is some mushrooms, parsnips, roasties, tomatos and sweet potato roasting away, with a fish in the oven! Hope its nice! Had some fresh, ready to eat salmon too, and i cant wait to have the rest of that with scrambled eggs tomorrow! Yumyum!
Have, however, had a bag of McCoys. Oh dear.
Im very fat and greedy.
Also freezing! Early night for this chucky egg!

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

Also is great for fruit veg and meat (although I rarely buy meat because of the price ) well done on sounds like a good day! Just syn the crisps x well done hope works okay for you! I'm also working borrringg

how have you been doing?

Betty x

 

[betty.sw.x]

quick post as im out
breakfast was a pear, dinner was two small slices of toast with scrambled egg and salmon on top ( after many failed attempts at poached eggs!) then for tea pork chops and beans.
out with the girls drinking water.
wooo

Betty x