Gail's diary and thoughts on her SW journey
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Pommette
Trying - very!
No - had the spots dealt with surgically years ago.
And my stripes are red although old age has faded them to pink.
skinnydawn
Gold Member
Hi Sis x
Hope work has been kinder to you this week x
Just keep focussed on next Saturday!!! Really really can't wait to see you again! :bliss:
Hope work has been kinder to you this week x
Just keep focussed on next Saturday!!!
Really really can't wait to see you again! :bliss:
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
Afternoon Gail, hope all is good with you.
Counting down the days until Saturday. Jess and I are really looking forward to it
xxx
Counting down the days until Saturday. Jess and I are really looking forward to it
xxx
fillymum
synful soul
Hi Sis x
Hope work has been kinder to you this week x
Just keep focussed on next Saturday!!!
Gail, if you are Dawns sis you must be my long lost daughter. BABY !!!!!
Have a wonderful weekend with your minis friends and hopefully I will be able to get over one of these days.
Here we have a little saying......no trabajas tanto chica.....don't work to hard.
hugs xxxxx
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
See you Friday chica. Viola under chin! Gulp . . .
That's novel Bev, I have a chin under my chin
:8855:
skinnydawn
Gold Member
Hi sis x
Just wanted to say how totally brilliant it was to see you on Saturday!!! :bliss: It's great chatting on the phone but so much better face to face!
Got all those dates safely in my diary...just say the word and I'll be on my way up to see you! :shifter:
And your rooms ready here whenever you are
Lots of love and thanks again for a great day xxx
Just wanted to say how totally brilliant it was to see you on Saturday!!! :bliss: It's great chatting on the phone but so much better face to face!
Got all those dates safely in my diary...just say the word and I'll be on my way up to see you! :shifter:
And your rooms ready here whenever you are
Lots of love and thanks again for a great day xxx
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
Hi Gail, hope you have recovered from Saturday.....you've been awfully quiet
Lovely to finally meet you and all the other girlies (and boy) and hope we can do it all again very soon......apart from the cold, brrrrrr xxx
Lovely to finally meet you and all the other girlies (and boy) and hope we can do it all again very soon......apart from the cold, brrrrrr xxx
Chelsea Lou
Gold Member
Howdie Gail!
Where you disappeared to? - I suppose you might be stuck on the motorway under an igloo or similar.
Next time, I think we should have Loulou choosing the date and venue cos these southerners have built-in heat detectors.
Hmmmmm, I'll have to get my thinking cap on
skinnydawn
Gold Member
Morning sis!
How are you doing? I do hope works behaving itself for you! If it isn't, come see your sis and we'll go get some retail therapy...always cheers me up!
Have a good day gail xxx
How are you doing? I do hope works behaving itself for you! If it isn't, come see your sis and we'll go get some retail therapy...always cheers me up!
Have a good day gail xxx
skinnydawn
Gold Member
Just to say Gail's fine but really busy.
She sends her love to everyone and hopes to be back soon xxx
She sends her love to everyone and hopes to be back soon xxx
I like the Gail being fine part not the busy part!
gl12282
Plodding on.......
So sorry for my total silence.
I don't want to say too much about it (when I started thinking this morning about what I might say on here, it made me cry) but I wasn't having a good time. Quite a lot of things in my life fell apart (albeit temporarily) - both work and home, over a short space of time and I struggled to deal with it. Things are quite a bit better now but I think it knocked my confidence a bit to see what could happen to me given the right set of circumstances. Anyway, I stayed functional (just) throughout and things are quite a bit better now. I am really grateful to those who sent messages and hope you haven't taken offence at my rudeness in not replying. I will be replying to those soon. I'm so sorry about that.
Anyway, glad to be back and will try and get back onto peoples diaries. Difficult for me given my (mild !) OCD tendencies wanting to read back everything that has happened over the last few weeks however I know that's impossible so I'll try and swallow my OCD bits and get back.
So, my news:
Current weight (official - last weeks weigh in 13 stone 2lb - total loss 4 stone 7 lbs)
Gain (from maximum loss) - 1 stone 2 lbs
Gain (from 'stable weight) - 10-14lbs
Weight: had been drifting upwards for good reason (before all this happened really) - went through a short phase of not eating (totally unlike me - my response to stress is usually the opposite) followed by the opposite (more normal for me !). However, I have started running over the last 2 weeks which is helping in so many more ways. I am eating more sensibly (only a few days but even so), feeling more motivated and positive and the weight is starting to move in the right direction.
I had also been struggling in that I kept saying 'I just need to get off the weight that I've put on and then I can relax again' and expecting a big loss (because of the ridiculous overeating) and then when it didn't happen straight away, going off and eating. So now, I have got back the 'it doesn't matter how long it takes' mentality which has helped. I am now aiming for 1lb loss per week (from last weeks weigh in) until I go away on my hols ie 12 stone 13 lb when I go. It looks as though I may significantly overachieve that but that's all I am aiming for. Then when I get back, I will do the same thing from my weight 1 week after getting back.
Other:
Personal life: a bit more stable but still feel a little fragile. Still taking on too much and saying 'yes' to things that maybe I shouldn't but actually not quite as busy at the moment as I have been in recent times. Weekends are a bit too busy (lots of plans for the future) but hopefully trying to still give myself a bit of a break.
Started running last week. Being helped by a friend who's interested in fitness and making great progress. Running is a very loose term for what I'm doing but it's a start. Making me feel good and pretty certain that it's helping my weight.
Last week - first run (total distance about 2.7 miles) - did in only 3 bits (eek !)
Since then have done 2 park runs (5k) running all of it apart from the steep hills (2 in total) as well as a few other training runs. Improved my (v slow) time this week by 3.5 mins which I am very pleased with. Last week I came 132nd out of 133 beating only an 80 something year old man (who runs regularly in a cycle helmet) but I can only improve. I have also been getting up early on Saturday morning for this which is almost unheard of for me !!! (had to have a nap today to compensate)
So, that's my news (if anyone reads this). Thanks for not forgetting me and hope to see you back on your own diaires soon.
Hugs.
Gail x
I don't want to say too much about it (when I started thinking this morning about what I might say on here, it made me cry
) but I wasn't having a good time. Quite a lot of things in my life fell apart (albeit temporarily) - both work and home, over a short space of time and I struggled to deal with it. Things are quite a bit better now but I think it knocked my confidence a bit to see what could happen to me given the right set of circumstances. Anyway, I stayed functional (just) throughout and things are quite a bit better now. I am really grateful to those who sent messages and hope you haven't taken offence at my rudeness in not replying. I will be replying to those soon. I'm so sorry about that. Anyway, glad to be back and will try and get back onto peoples diaries. Difficult for me given my (mild !) OCD tendencies wanting to read back everything that has happened over the last few weeks however I know that's impossible so I'll try and swallow my OCD bits and get back.
So, my news:
Current weight (official - last weeks weigh in 13 stone 2lb - total loss 4 stone 7 lbs)
Gain (from maximum loss) - 1 stone 2 lbs
Gain (from 'stable weight) - 10-14lbs
Weight: had been drifting upwards for good reason (before all this happened really) - went through a short phase of not eating (totally unlike me - my response to stress is usually the opposite) followed by the opposite (more normal for me !). However, I have started running over the last 2 weeks which is helping in so many more ways. I am eating more sensibly (only a few days but even so), feeling more motivated and positive and the weight is starting to move in the right direction.
I had also been struggling in that I kept saying 'I just need to get off the weight that I've put on and then I can relax again' and expecting a big loss (because of the ridiculous overeating) and then when it didn't happen straight away, going off and eating. So now, I have got back the 'it doesn't matter how long it takes' mentality which has helped. I am now aiming for 1lb loss per week (from last weeks weigh in) until I go away on my hols ie 12 stone 13 lb when I go. It looks as though I may significantly overachieve that but that's all I am aiming for. Then when I get back, I will do the same thing from my weight 1 week after getting back.
Other:
Personal life: a bit more stable but still feel a little fragile. Still taking on too much and saying 'yes' to things that maybe I shouldn't but actually not quite as busy at the moment as I have been in recent times. Weekends are a bit too busy (lots of plans for the future) but hopefully trying to still give myself a bit of a break.
Started running last week. Being helped by a friend who's interested in fitness and making great progress. Running is a very loose term for what I'm doing but it's a start. Making me feel good and pretty certain that it's helping my weight.
Last week - first run (total distance about 2.7 miles) - did in only 3 bits (eek !)
Since then have done 2 park runs (5k) running all of it apart from the steep hills (2 in total) as well as a few other training runs. Improved my (v slow) time this week by 3.5 mins which I am very pleased with. Last week I came 132nd out of 133 beating only an 80 something year old man (who runs regularly in a cycle helmet) but I can only improve. I have also been getting up early on Saturday morning for this which is almost unheard of for me !!! (had to have a nap today to compensate
)So, that's my news (if anyone reads this). Thanks for not forgetting me and hope to see you back on your own diaires soon.
Hugs.
Gail x
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