Hello Everyone!

[noodles1609]

If you get the mens monthly pack and have 4 packs a day it works out at £1.11 per pack including the postage, £4.44 a day, I used to spend more than that on lunch! It's a bit of a downer when the scales don't budge but I have to wonder if every few weeks your body needs a bit of a breather from shifting weight and readjusts itself. I've seen small weight losses with BIG inch losses on quite a few signatures on here. I'm definitely measuring this week! I can see my loss so much in my face and in how my clothes are fitting, the scales shouldn't be so important, but that's what we've conditioned ourselves with, and I for one reinforce that condition several times a day. Maybe we should start a buddy group that commits to not getting weighed for a month eek and see what happens? Would be interesting to see if we lose more!

Hope you're feeling on the mend soon, really hope you get something sorted with your job

 

[katycan]

Nattycat - cute website! I like your style - especially love the cut-out style love birds and cards, they're beautiful! I really hope you find some work soon that'll sustain you into the NY. I'm hoping for a little more energy today and get stuff done, but I find myself watching This Morning and drinking tea.

Noodles - no weighing for a MONTH??!! A MONTH? I'm a daily weigher, but I agree with you - prob better off without the scales and boring my mind with the details of how much I weigh! Maybe we compensate when we know we've lost or use the scales as a reason to be discouraged?

Ugh. I'll think about it. But not too hard. Or I'll get on the scales again!

 

[nattycat]

Thanks hun, feeling much more positive today - i think i was just having a blip yesterday - at least i managed to stay away from the biscuit tin!
I just don't feel like eating at the moment, i'm not used to it! My friend noticed my face looked slimmer, which was a boost - she's always been a natural size 10 since we met, and i've always been jealous!
The funny thing about the scales is - when i was on orlistat, i used to get weighed every 2 weeks by the nurse and didn't bother in between time!
I lost 17 kgs in the year on that, i'm already down like half of that in a few weeks - and no horrible side effects!!

So no matter what happens i'm doing well - we all are

Thanks for the kind words, with the sheer amount of jobs i've applied for, someone will have to have me!!

 

[5sttogo]

I know how you feel about jobs hun. My hubby is at uni and getting a student loan so when i lost my crappy call centre job it turned out we weren't entitiled to Jsa either (because £650 a month is so going to feed 3 of us and pay the rent and bills!! but according to the gov apparently so) I then decided to start my own business i am currently re training as a nail tech i got a gov grant to start up too. plus because your young (sub 26) if you were to set up on your own graphic company you would get a princes trust grant (young entrepreneurs something or other) worth a ponder.... xxxx

 

[nattycat]

I know how you feel about jobs hun. My hubby is at uni and getting a student loan so when i lost my crappy call centre job it turned out we weren't entitiled to Jsa either (because £650 a month is so going to feed 3 of us and pay the rent and bills!! but according to the gov apparently so) I then decided to start my own business i am currently re training as a nail tech i got a gov grant to start up too. plus because your young (sub 26) if you were to set up on your own graphic company you would get a princes trust grant (young entrepreneurs something or other) worth a ponder.... xxxx

Ahh it's rediculous! My oh gets £400 - we do get some help but we struggle to make ends meet every month - luckily when i wanted to start s&s i had saved some money! I've applied to every job from call centres to even *shudder* mcdonalds!!! So fingers crossed, it'll all work out
I've had my own 'business' if you can call it that, but it was a horrible experience! I'm too nice haha x

 

[nattycat]

I have a job interview on saturday - im so happy going outfit shopping with my mum tomorrow, hope its not as much of a terrible experience as usual!

 

[Hamish's Mum]

Fantastic. Well done

 

[iwillbethinagain]

Well done you!

 

[katycan]

Brilliant! Excited for you! X

 

[nattycat]

Thanks everyone feeling happy today! Hoping this is where my luck begins to turn around! Looking forwards to buying something nice xx

 

[noodles1609]

That's brilliant news - enjoy the outfit shopping too. Can't wait for the point where I can go shopping. so looking forward to it

 

[nattycat]

@noodles - im nowhere near goal but it cant be worse than about 4 weeks a go, i got a dress stuck on my boobs in primark - which my mum announced to the whole changing room! Eek! But im 6% of my way to my ugw, so i cant complain for the timescale really do you have a christmas goal outfit? Mine is one from 2 years a go, i only wore the dress a handful of times and got too big for it! x

 

[noodles1609]

It's funny, I've been big for so long I daren't buy anything else yet! I still don't quite believe I will actually be smaller. In September I saw my fertility consultant who told me the only way I'd lose enough weight to have IVF was if I had a gastric bypass as I only had 2 years left before I'm too old. 6 weeks into this and I only need to lose another 9.5lb and I've reached the weight where I can have it! Yesterday I tried on one of my "measure" dresses - I got it for a wedding in April but it was waaaaay tooooo tight then. It's a Julien McDonald bodycon dress in lime green with a leopardskin print belt and I love it. I've never worn it cause of how hideous it looks on me. Of course, it's now too big! Last night I dug out a denim skirt I got from ebay back at the beginning of the year when I was going to lose all this weight for my holidays, I never did get into it though. Now it fits. I've got 3 more unworn dresses in my wardrobe, all suitable for Christmas, I've not tried them on recently but I reckon by Christmas they'll be too big too. On the one hand that's amazing and I can see that evidence before my very eyes when I try these clothes on - but on the other hand, I still don't quite believe what I'm seeing yet! I suspect my Christmas outfit may be whatever Very have left in an assortment of sizes so I can find the one that fits after I order a wide selection!

Dresses + boobs + public trying on places = a mare! I feel your pain!

 

[nattycat]

Well i went shopping, matalan size
18 blazer which is fairly roomy, a size 16 dress and primark a size 20?! Pfft. I still hate shopping, but i looked smart for my interview! Will know on wednesday keep your fingers crossed!!

You sound like youve done amazing noodles a true inspiration! Xxx

 

[iwillbethinagain]

Primark always comes up small- I've never got into a size 10 there (even though I was most places). Sounds like a good shopping trip. Good luck on your interview.

 

[nattycat]

Ooh a size 10 is only a dream for me!! I have some size '18' jeans from primark - i bought them years a go and they are teeny tiny - a friend of mine said 'oh primark jeans are awesome' and at the time she was larger than me, so to be on the safe side i got an 18 and have never been able to wear them (god knows what size they really are!!)

I had a little bit of a day off yesterday - i even had a brownie or two (only the little ones from morrisons!) but it was just not worth it, I got a carb hangover!!

I'm hoping my brain has actually realised that sweets & carbs = not that amazing.

 

[noodles1609]

Primark is indeed odd. Last year I got their thick tights, amazing fit, bought the same this year and they barely come over my knee's!! I have a tshirt that fits in a 16 but I'm not that anywhere else yet so guess it's just a random larger fit from them. I come out in a cold sweat if I think about coming off plan. I can't imagine doing it and now I'm stressing a little about Christmas, daft I know! Just booked a trip to Prague in January too, so haven't decided quite what to do then.... How funny, my work post just arrived and in it is a £5 off voucher from S&S - guess I'll be staying on plan for a bit then lol

 

[iwillbethinagain]

Ooh a size 10 is only a dream for me!! I have some size '18' jeans from primark - i bought them years a go and they are teeny tiny - a friend of mine said 'oh primark jeans are awesome' and at the time she was larger than me, so to be on the safe side i got an 18 and have never been able to wear them (god knows what size they really are!!)

I had a little bit of a day off yesterday - i even had a brownie or two (only the little ones from morrisons!) but it was just not worth it, I got a carb hangover!!

I'm hoping my brain has actually realised that sweets & carbs = not that amazing.

Good luck with that one- my taste buds know that carbs aren't that amazing (I see to have found all sweet things a bit unpleasant) but my brain still craves them! I do love primark and have just come to realise that I need to try everything on and if it looks small take in a bigger size- I have everything ranging from 12 to 18 I think!

 

[katycan]

Hey! Why don't you measure your waistband of jeans to a pair that you normally wear? I did that and it gave me a little hope... Sizes are all made up, surely!

All the best for tomorrow too! I really hope you get it. Go shine! ?

 

[nattycat]

I got the job! Hooray!
I had to go 'smart clothes shopping' today - urgh!!!! it was horrible!!
I can't wait to be able to buy a months worth of S&S - been a real struggle this week without it - but it's been a financial hell hole I got my £5 off in the post yesterday though so at least that makes it a little better How is everyone else doing? I start work on friday so i'll no doubt be coming on here to keep me away from the canteen xxx