Vvvvv odd!

Have has a pretty poor week and then suddenly, today, i'm not really interested in eating.

This could be one of two things I think, we've decided that we're moving, I'm trying to get the house ready for sale, the kids are off school and we have a full weekend planned and we're goinbg on holiday on Monday so i'm feeling super stressed.

Or, my period is due in a couple of days and last month I seemed much less hungry.

Anyway, no matter really, i'm pleased that I feel a little more under control, hopefully my extra 3 pounds will drop off tomorrow!

Scale said 16st 6lbs again today (230 lbs) really hope that its better tomorrow.

Just going to catch up with some blogs, this house cleaning business is really curtailing my internet time! Hope that everyone is well.

Today has been a really really good day.

None of this is band related.

We looked at the house and it is fantastic, both Paul and I are head over heals in love and I even like the beams.

This means that we have to put our house on the market, which means I have to declutter and clean it! We're trying to get it all sorted this week as we're away next week and hope that the agent will show any buyers around.

The other good news is that my clever daughter got a prize at school today, she won the form prize for attainment. I'm very very proud of her and took her out for dinner. 3 out of the 18 in her class got prizes, we've had a pretty torrid year at school so this has been a lovely way to finish it off.

For Barbara, a car bootsale is kind of like a yard sale I suppose. You get all your old junk, I mean quality items but rather than selling at home, you stick it all in the car, drive to a field with lots of others sellers and display it all, lots of mean people then come along and offer you virtually nothing for it! I've found even more stuff to take, not sure it will all fit in the car!

Channeling Anne Widdicombe

Good morning all,

I had my hair cut and coloured the other day, its a bit darker than usual and a bit shorter and I can't help but think that I look like Ann Widdicombe in her dark hair period, for non UK readers there is an image of her above, thats not me! The hairdresser has done something very odd with my fringe.

Haven't blogged for a couple of days which means that i'm not being very good, I think that my restriction has worn off and i'm hungry and keep getting in the habit of picking at food and it seems like i'm constantly eating.

My scales said 16st 5lbs (229) and then 16st 6lbs (230)which is probably correct. I really need a fill but can't see when i'm going to be able to go and get one, George has finished nursery and Isobel finishes tomorrow lunchtime and Paul is working the whole time, getting a fill is such a pain. I'm going to at least book on for the future and try and work out how I can get there.

Not band but possibly exciting news. We're hopefully going to a view a house today which seems to fit exactly what we're looking for, we're currently in a fairly new 4 bed detached house with little parking and a very small garden. The house size wise is fine but the outside space isn't big enough. There is a house for sale in our village which is 4 bed with much bigger garden and lots of parking, it has full river views and is about 200 years old, it used to be an inn about a 100 years ago. Its lovely, although i'm yet to see inside, I think that it has lots of old features like beams which are not really my thing but we'll see what its like when and if we go to view.

This all means that I need to attack our house incase we decide to put it on the market to buy the other house. I'm starting by clearing all clutter, of which we have loads and loads, i'm going to do a car boot sale on Sunday to get rid of it. I hate car boot sales!

Grace, I really need you now!!

We have Isobel's speech and prizegiving afternoon at school, please think "behave well Isobel or your mum will kill you vibes" for me!!

Have a good day all xx

I'm over it!

I had some kind of feeding frenzy yesterday, not quite sure what went on, think it was my last hurrah and now i'm on the straight and narrow. My scale still says 16st 5lbs, (229 lbs) which is very very very lucky, I think that even if i'm super good i'll be there for a good few days and I deserve to be.

Whilst having my gym reassessment yesterday the lady was asking me what I eat, I told her that i'd had a hernia operation rather than the band. She thought my diet was pretty good, i've gone from living on carbs to not having many at all and eating mainly protein and vegetables. She was concerned that I only had a protein shake for breakfast though and stressed that it is better to eat, I had porridge this morning, it was ok but a shake works better for me as i'm never hungry and I can just drink it as I shout at the kids to get dressed!

She says that if I have a better breakfast it will speed up my metabolic rate and therefore I will loose more weight, is this true?

I found a dress in my wardrobe, i've had it a year or so but never worn it, I wore it today and got lots of compliments, its a UK 20 (I think a US 16)

Hope that everyone is well x

NSV

Hello all,

Scale not great today, 16st 4lbs, (228 lbs) only a pound over my lowest so not the end of the world, i've been eating really well but spoiling it by eating chocolate, i'm not buying anymore.

I went to the gym today for my re-assessment, I weighed 2 pounds more than I did when I joined just over a year ago which is ok, when I joined they tried to measure my body fat but couldn't, the machine can only go up to 50%, they measured it today and its was 48.3% which although horrendous is better than it was over a year ago. My program has been changed and is much harder, it felt good today but not sure how i'll feel when i'm doing it alone.

Its only 2pm and i'm shattered, might need some chocolate to get me through the day!

Have a lovely day xx

meh

Feeling quite meh today, no real reason to be honest, just sometimes feels like I never stop. Had the regatta all day on Saturday and lots of friends and family dropping in. Sunday went to the gym, then church and then to yet another party for Isobel. We don't have any more booked other than the party i'm planning for George but that isn't until September.

My scales are still saying 16st 5lbs, (229 lbs) i've not been bad over the weekend really, certainly in no quantity but ahem, have been a little constipated so could be that. My scales are still giving several weights when I stand on them so I can't be sure really, I must buy some new ones.

Have been shopping this morning for our holiday, the weather here is so unpredictable but i've bought the kids lots of pairs of shorts and t-shirts so fingers crossed.

Regatta went well, Paul was off doing things leaving me with the kids for most of it, that pisses me off, I end up with miserable and hot children. I have some pictures of the kids but they are not great and my computer won't let me crop them, have posted one.

Happy Saturday all

Hope that everyone is well, thank you for all your comments, I love to read them.

We have a regatta in our village today, we live right on a river and there is a boat race and lots of stalls, a beer festival, live music, brass band and food food food! There is also a dog show this year which I can't get to grips with, there just isn't the room.

I was baking for the cake stall yesterday which is always a problem for me, I just can't help but sample, the scales have reflected this and i'm up 2 pounds today. Eating cake always sends me on a downward spiral and I bought ice cream and chocolate last night, I didn't eat any of it as I think I was a little stuck/full from some chicken I had for dinner, I didn't feel stuck but I had a really sore back which has gone this morning.

Its been ridiculously hot here, 30c yesterday (87f) and I hate it, it wouldn't be so bad if we had air conditioning in the house but houses here don't. So far it seems a little cooler today.

Nothing else to report really, went to the gym Thursday and this morning. Food wise i've been so so but I seem to be feeling more restriction now, do bands sometimes tighten in the heat?

Have a lovely weekend, Isobel and George are entering the Princess and Pirate fancy dress competition, i'll try and post some pictures of them tomorrow.