Meike is not feeling it atm - sry girls :(

[omnomnom]

I'm the same, I love buying boring stuff like kitchenware and camping stuff. When I'm not a poor student and have my own house again I'm going to be mooching around debenhams and matalan all the time at the weekends I need to buy a tent soon as I want to go to a folk festival.

 

[Meike]

I'm the same, I love buying boring stuff like kitchenware and camping stuff. When I'm not a poor student and have my own house again I'm going to be mooching around debenhams and matalan all the time at the weekends I need to buy a tent soon as I want to go to a folk festival.

oooh, it's not boring at all!! Love buying kitchenware - just wish I had a bigger kitchen, I really do need a house so i can finally get all the stuff I want (was tempted to write 'need' there, but realised that that's so not true!! i WANT them!! )

Hehe, and buying that tent has just allowed us to buy more stuff - coz obviously we'll need that for when we go camping which I am not sure will happen at all after that summer episode - but at least we will have all the gear at the ready

Won't be going before next tuesday, so you're not quite rid of me yet Kally!! but thanks for the nice wishes already! xx (and the goooey bit in the chocolate is what i love about it - don't like it out of the fridge, need it nicely temperatured and melting.. mjjam.. just remembered what a mess I made as a child with chocolate, loved to lick the melted chocolate off my hands - so I let A LOT melt there my mom hated it obviously but I can still remember that I used to run off with my choci so I could let it melt and lick it off wihtout having her shouting at me

Nowadays I am waaaay to sophisticated for that - obviously!! so I let it melt in my mouth first.. takes aaaages for me to finish off my chocolate-egg/Malteaster or similar.. love it!

Not sure if bringing loads of stuff home with me is really a good idea? If I only indulge in it while I am there I can start afresh when I am back here, but if I bring loads and loads of that stuff home?!?! might be a bit hard I'll see how I feel..

Work is sooo boring at the moment.. sighs.. can't wait for 5:30 - even though that means that WI is close.. aargh...

 

[Meike]

am so pleased, lost that silly 0.5lbs that I gained last week!! Now just have to STS in the next three weeks and I am a happy bunny at the end of April!

saying that, just had some chicken kiev at a whooping 7.5pts each (adn they were fairly small) and it was really scary to see all that fat coming out onto the tray.. only had one and wasn't too keen on it either.. oh well, won't have that again any time soon..

have a good eve! xx

 

[Mumma K]

well done on that 0.5 off sugar plum, and we will keep you on the straight and narrow untill you go off on your jolly Tuesday

 

[Meike]

ooooh, life is bright!! Sunshine and nearly weekend! YAAAY!

Amazing how good I feel today, mood is up since getting off the scales yesterday, even though it is just a teeeny weeeeeny 0.5lbs, it is off again and I am confident that it's off for good!

Been up and jogging this morning, luckily it is light enough now and really enjoyed it, still fairly cold to begin with but just the right temperature once you get going, not too cold that breathing is painful and just enough warmth to not freeze in the walking parts of the jogg.. am so pleased that I went - have to admit was a bit nervous that I might just start letting myself go with the excuse of the holiday, but no, I seem to be on track and happy really really pleased with myself at the moment (guess I shouldn't say so - can't help it though ) Hehe, even dragged OH along with me - don't think he was too pleased but in the end i know he enjoys it - somehow..

Had my lunch outside in the sunshine, a new ITSU just opened close to the office and we got nice sushi for lunch. Love sushi and ITSU has all the nutricional information on their webside so my huuuuge portion of Sushi came up to only 7 pts! If I would've pointed them all separately that would've been more, but if I go calorie wise, that's more precise, right? Well, when in doubt I always go with the calories per portion and calculate the points rather than looking them up in the eating out guide.. should be ok I think!
But sitting outside in the sunshine was lovely, got an icy backside though, the steps seem to need more time to warm up.. )
Already spotted the first freckles appearing - not really a huge fan of them, and I only happen to have them since I came to England - before that I got a nice even tan, have to say i much preferred that to this spotty appearance.. but what can I do?? hehe, just keep smiling, sunshine makes me happy!!

Hope you all had time to enjoy the sunshine a bit!
xx

 

[DopeyAngel]

Well done on the loss Meike. Glad to hear you feeling so cheery - it's the sunshine! And huge congrats on getting out for a jog, I've not been for weeks and I'm starting to think it may become a bit of an issue before long.

Your sushi sounds lush - I always want to go to Yo Sushi! but I'm frightened to because I can't get my head round the points and stuff (I definitely need an EOG and a calculator methinks!)

Think that maybe just scoffing what you want whilst on your jollies but not bringing any back might be the way forward, too much temptation!

 

[Meike]

Thanks Girls - chuffed at being back on my lowest - good starting point for the holidays

oooh, go and buy a tent Nikki, we can all go camping together, preferably in someones garden, so that we can go inside if we change our minds

and yeah the kievs were ready made - OH bought them for himself when I was at my WI (two for him, two for the freezer (for when I am on holiday)) but I couldn't be bothered to cook myself something separate so I put the other two in the oven for my little self.. but after seeing the points (and the grease on the tray) I just opted for one and left the other one in the kitchen - OH got it as a midnight snack 'at least not on my hips' is all I can say to that!

Thanks Hannah - have to say that I surprise myself, getting up in the morning and off to jog! hopefully I will keep this up!! and once you've started again you'll be fine - it's always hard until you get out of the door, everthing after that just goes... (no, am not saying 'easily' coz it blo*dy h*ck isn't!)

Yosushi: http://www.yosushi.com/static/downloads/YO!NutritionalBooklet.pdf
print it out and take your calculater - all good

 

[Mumma K]

I do love Sushi we kept saying we'd go to the one in Westfields
the one and only time I actually went to Westfields it had closed down ha! typical.

Well done Meike on getting out there and jogging
Doing it in the sunshine certainly makes a difference

 

[Meike]

hehe, yeah, so typical! at least at some point he appears to be a man, sometimes I really wonder, when I moved into his flat he had way more decorative things and candles and even pictures than I had in mine!!! He also takes longer to get ready, in the shower and complains about his hair all the time! He is the one lighting all the candle every night and keeps the flat looking nice and cosy - really think I am the rough one in this relationship.. right now he is looking for his bag he wants to take with us to Bewl Water and preparing a flask of coffee for later Love it!
While I am sitting here, being ready to go (have been for a while really) and waiting for him.. sighs.. MEN!!

Oh yeah, really only wanted to say that I had a change of plans: no jogging this morning but therefore a trip to Bewl Waters - they have a ferry to the other side of the water and to get back to the carpark you either walk 7,5m (clockwise) or 5.9m (anticlockwise) we've not decided which one we're going but I am opting for the anticlockwise on am so boring!! Feeling a bit bad for not going joggin even though I said I would but think the walk should make up for it, what do you think??? excuses or fair enough?

Will take my pedometer again to see if it will show the proper distance this time, can't believe that it showed 11m when apparently we only walked 7,5..

Oh well..
Speak to you later - he is putting his shoes on - might get going soon!! And I need to get to the bookies before they close!! hurry up man!

 

[blackwidow]

well done on your run hope you are enjoying the nice weather

 

[OneDeterminedChick]

Enjoy ur day hun!!!!.xx

 

[Mumma K]

Oh well..
Speak to you later - he is putting his shoes on - might get going soon!! And I need to get to the bookies before they close!! hurry up man!

hahaha !!!! Grand national day ah!!!

Enjoy the weekend hun
sounds like fun

 

[Meike]

O-M-G.. my legs hurt.. there was no ferry.. nothing at all.. in it for the whole or nothing.. had to walk the full 13.5m!! that's a half marathon distance!! Really could kick myself in my fat backside if I could reach - my poor poor feet! have a couple of nice and huge blisters on my feet! walking barefoot at home is fine, wearing shoes is outchyoutch..
OH said we can't (he doesn't want to) turn around and walk back as he thinks that's too boring.. so we kept on walking.. and walking.... and walking.. we were both fed up and tired and in pain after roughly half way, but still he wouldn't turn around so we kept on walking... so painful..
Have to say that now after we've been and after a good night sleep (god, felt asleep even before my head hit the pillow.. exercise is really not for me!) - it is nice to look back and say 'yupp, did that' but I won't say that it was anything near easy - steep hills, muddy stretches and muscles which are not used to walk that much.. not too sure if I will walk around a lake anytime again soon, as you just can't really shortcut across it and not knowing how far you've been and how much there is still in front of you is quite depressing really.. but at least it was sunny (and I got plenty more freckles since yesterday ) and quite nice temperature really, not too hot and not too cold.. prefect day I have to say - but next time, I will def make sure that there is a ferry or something like that BEFORE we walk off..

hahaha !!!! Grand national day ah!!!

Hope you backed a winner!

*sniffs* I wish.. didn't win anything
It's not that I am a gambler really but I just play the grand national once a year. We have a sweepstake at work each year so that always reminds me of getting my own proper bets on the horses.. OH won £150 two years ago, think that made me want to gamble a bit more

Off to see some friends now, have to put the tent up in their garden and get all their praise for it OH's family wasn't really into it when we got it up in their garden first time last weekend.. so a bit more excitement this afternoon hopefully

Eating: hmm, wasn't too bad yesterday, had a huge bowl of musli with fruits and skimmed milk (which already came up to a whooping 10pts), 1 banana and 2 kellogg's musli bars before the walk, and a huuuuuuge curry with rice, poppadoms and sour creme in the eve after the walk - so it wasn't too bad, esp as that was homemade so prob 1/12 of the oil a proper indian would've used but I was too exhausted to count points..

But think the walk should've made up for that!

Will not be doing any exercise today, don't wanna overdo it really, so there will only be one more jog before I fly home, not sure if monday or tuesday, will see how I feel tomorrow

Hope you all have a good weekend!!
xx

 

[Mumma K]

Ouch ouch ouch is all I can say, and well done Chicken that is one hell of a hike not sure i'd even make the first mile hahaha!!!
Enjoy your afternoon in the tent

 

[Mumma K]

Hope the feet are feeling better meine Heldin, um ganzen diesen Weg zu gehen
have a great day my sweet xx

 

[.Nicki.]

Hope your feet feel better soon x

 

[DopeyAngel]

Your poor lickle feet Meike!
BUT - well done you on the walk! That's absolutely fantastic stuff and you will have burnt an absolute shedload of calories. Fantastic thing to do before you go away - giving yourself a good head start. Congratumilations

 

[Meike]

Hey girls!!
Many thanks for the thoughts for my poor (huge) feet! they are feeling a lot better but I decided not to go jogging today or yesterday as the back of my knees still feel a bit sore and I will be doing lots of walking with my friend and her dog anyway so I think that's ok!

So for today I only have my suitcase to pack, get the stuff out of the tumble dryer and make sure I don't forget too much stuff

oooh,and Kally: very impressive your German! It's always nice to see ppl speaking German!! Well done! :flirt2:

I still think our 7.5m were great, and good fun, would do it again with you anytime Nikki xx

And I checked online how many activity points I earned for walking 4,5h: a whooping 14,5pts!!!

Am not too sure how often I will have time to come here as I will be staying with different friends and family and don't really want to spend too much time on their internet but rather with them enjoying a glas wine or the other So I hope you won't forget me until I am back on the 26th

xx

 

[Mumma K]

Have an absolutely wonderfull holiday Meike
and enjoy a well earned rest
don't worry about the team, the batton has been passed
and Kally has a firm grip on it
huh!!! you thought Meike was a tough cookie
you aint seen nothing yet you horrible lot
now drop and give me 50 of your finest

 

[DopeyAngel]

you aint seen nothing yet you horrible lot
now drop and give me 50 of your finest

Meike! Don't go! Don't leave us with her!

Have a fandabulous holiday - may you come back rested and feeling great. We won't be able to forget you. And we will make sure we keep your diary 'bumped' in the main page until you get back