BPB - dress - v. horrid and funny :lol: It seems Sarah has had a narrow escape.

Thanks for the advice about aerobics, I shall go and work through the pain :eek: :angel: :lol: Carol, it was the "green" Lorraine Kelly video with that woman with the undistinguishable accent!!! I have a confession to make now; I stopped the video after 35 mins, I was totally out of breath and the kids were driving me mad so I just turned it off, needless to say I did no cooldown or stretches, my own fault I know. That is why I ache so much. My Cardio Bounce video hasn't arrived (although it's been dispatched) so I have a lonely tramploline sitting in my living room, the kids won't let me put it away - it's driving me potty:spin: :dizzy:

I have been a lazy so and so today and have laid on the bed reading it's now about 4pm and I'd better go and do the housework.

The shape is right - but imagine an apricot under skirt and sash with little puffy sleeves (with my fat arms!!!!) and a neckline that has the shape of the bottom of a heart.... oh - and not forgetting the Pride & Prejudice hat!

She has found another poor sucker to take my place (a younger one, thank goodness) but I am still under a promise to help with the bridesmaids.

Delaney - no wonder you are in agony - poor you! I even warm up and cool down when I am walking nowadays after having spent a couple of days (and nights) in agony with cramps and strains in my legs. You have my every sympathy! Try some neurofen and a hot bath that might help.

Wet
 

I got totally soaked walking to tesco to get my sister a birthday cake got back to a phone call from other sister saying she'd bought one DOH! Bet in the end she will end up with about four! Hopefully will end up with some cake for me :devil: thats the whole point of buying someone one isn't it :devil:

I got soaked at lunchtime, but I had my umbrella & didn’t care it was nice to be out of the office for a while.

I’ve just eaten a Kit Kat chunky – can’t believe that. Guy I work with got it for me & I ate it – why ??? There is 174 cals & nearly 4g of saturated fat – probably a million WW points – last thing I needed on weigh in night. If I gain later you can all nag me all week about the Kit Kat.

Carol

Moan
 

My umbrella blew inside out soaked I tell you SOAKED!

We had nice weather yesterday right up until tea time then it started raining and hasn't stopped since. The wind is so strong that the rain is going sideways and has got a bit of ice in it. Kevin had to get a bus home last night ( :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ) because the car is STILL being mended and said the rain felt like he was being sandblasted. Its good for him to see how the other half (me) lives!! I just hope it stops in time for my walk with George later.

Melissa - how are your muscles today??

I have got aching leg bones (the ones between the knee and the ankle) - Kevin said I have been rubbing them for some weeks now, but last night it was enough to keep me awake. Does anyone else who walks a lot have this problem?

Carol - I think the man you work with did possibly the worst thing it is possible to do to a dieter. I don't find it a problem (well not much of one) to say 'no thank you' if something is OFFERED to me, but I can be easily sabotaged if I am told that something has been bought SPECIALLY for me. Its like throwing a present back in someones face - my rationing goes - they have gone to the effort to think about you.... its a sign that they like you.... etc, etc. I wouldn't say anything right now, but if he carries on buying you sweets then you might have to develop some sort of strategy for dealing with it. Don't ask me what though!

OK - I need some advice - Kevin and I are having to go on a foster carers training day on Saturday. In the invitation letter we are told that a 'buffet lunch will be provided' and tea/coffee and snacks. I have spoken to someone who went through the training last year and she tells me that the 'snacks' are danish pastries in the morning and doughnuts in the afternoon - but worse - because the training is on a Saturday the 'buffet lunch' is a monumental takeaway from the local chippy laid out on dishes which we help ourselves to! So I said 'well, thats OK I'll just take my own packed lunch' - and she said that she didn't think that was particularly a good idea because even the lunch probably forms part of our assessment (whether we are picky eaters, whether we might encourage eating disorders, etc). Anyone got any ideas about how I can deal with this??

I thought it was supposed to be showers today! This is torrential!!!!

Veggie - does that cake count in your calories????? :nono:

pooh bear
 

sarah i think youll make a great foster carer your sure making my wee one very happy now yesterday piglet ,today pooh shes very excited shes only 2 lol maybe thats why i seem to be losing weight so fast running after her

My leg muscles ache too. I got a pedometer last week (the one from Boots, it was only £8 ish, hope its accurate) and my walk home from work is 2.9 miles. That's much further than I thought. However, since I found that out, my legs have been aching :dizzy:

Sarah, your buffet lunch dilemma is a tricky one. It seems strange that all the food they are going to provide are quite fatty - doughnuts and chips. I think if I was you, I would eat the lunch, but in moderation. That way, they will see you are not a fussy/picky eater who would pass on bad habits to a child but they will also see that you are able to not go overboard on the fattening food. I think it would be acceptable during the morning/afternoon snacks to just have the tea or coffee, at least on one occasion anyway. Good luck for Saturday :)

Carol, did the chunky Kit Kat affect your weigh in? I hope not. Work colleagues seem to like sabotaging our efforts. I work in an office with three other skinnies and they are forever bringing in chocolates, cakes and other home-made goodies. It makes me :mad: sometimes but they think they are being nice.

lol my friends to bring out the sweeties and goodies and always offer me them even though they know im dieting they say its because they feel sorry for me!!!

Not sure if this helps, but a friend who is a nurse told me it is normal for your legs,especially knees to ache when you lose weight. Something about them being less compressed and needing a while to adjust. I had very sore knees after both the babies.
I think you should eat the lunch, but not the snacks Sarah. I don't think it would hurt to point out that a healthier option might be nice though....I think most parents these days worry about giving their kids healthy food. I can't stand having to eat unhealthily in public...see someone skinny eating a bar of chocolate oin public and no one bats an eyelid, but if you are fat you can see people looking thinking 'she shouldn't be eating that'. I hope they aren't 'testing' you all the time, they should help you relax so they can see what you are like and which children should be placed with you.
Geneve

How strange about the pains in the knees - you sort of expect losing weight to stop all that sort of thing - but it does make sense. I wonder if that explains the pain in my shin bones.

I agree with you completely, Geneve, on EVERYTHING that you say - there certainly are double standards about eating anything in public where larger people are concerned. No one bats an eyelid when a thin person munches through pizza/pie/fish/burger and chips every day for lunch, but if a fat person just puts one chip in to their mouth you can almost feel everyone in the vicinity think 'Well, no guessing about how she got THAT big!' Its because of that exact reason why I am almost phobic about eating in public nowadays!

One positive thing - worrying about the buffet has taken my mind away from worrying about the actual training... which is a surprise now I have seen the agenda! This Saturday seems to be dedicated to the younger kids - we are warned to wear clothes we don't mind crawling around the floor in because they will be lots of role playing. Looking down the list I doubt I will feel like much lunch anyway because the topic to be discussed immediately before the break concerns dealing with the trauma of sexual abuse in the 0-11s....

I've been thinking about it and, well, no matter which way I turn I will be judged. If I eat the food provided they are going to look at me and think 'fat cow, she's out of control' and if I don't eat it they are going to think that I am a faddy eater! I can't win. Its at times like this I really resent being large. Well - seeing as I can't miraculously change my size I am going to go with my gut feeling and just be open and say that I am on a diet.

I will give the snacks a miss and if there isn't a healthy option at lunch time then I will just have fish and not eat the batter - with perhaps a helping of mushy peas.

Its going to be sooooooooo hard though - fish and chips are one of my favourites.

Here's another animation for Flumper's little'un

On a positive note - because of all this rain I dug out and tried on a waterproof coat I bought myself a few years ago and have never worn because it has always been too small - :) - and it fit perfectly! The only downside is that its exactly like the coat the Queen wears when she is in her country tweeds (but definitely not as good quality).

And another one....

ty bpb a sarah she loves pooh and friends downside is i cant change threads cos she screams, srah cant you fone the social work dept and ask them what sort of lunch it will be , ask if it is ok to bring something healthy for yourself doesnt matter what anyone else thinks about that after all you are losing the weight so you can be fit and healthy to truly enjoy having a child in your care.........oh nearly forgot when i started walking up and down to school i got sore shind like red hot pains DH says its called shin splints!!! but it does go away i think stretching and doing the walk every day helps eventually you notice you can do it without it hurting you could ask stef about them though...................and how do you attach an image!!!!

Hi, Finally made it in to read all the posts and catch up with everyone. Don’t know about Flumpers wee one, but all the images are making me smile. Having a horrible day, I’m doing a really boring task in the office and it is taking ages, besides that people keep asking me things they should be phoning the helpdesk about, but cause I’m the only one IT bod sitting here they just ask. The chunky kit kat didn’t affect my weight loss, was down 3lbs and am still floating on air.

The Kit Kat buying incident was a one off hopefully. My weight can’t handle one of them every day / week.

Managed to get up early this morning and pedal that exercise bike. I watched Bread on UK Gold while it was on. I really used to fancy Adrian in it when it was on the first time round, after watching it again this morning I’m really beginning to wonder about my taste in men! We had all that torrential rain first thing this morning but luckily by lunchtime it had cleared up & I walked round the Business Park in lovely sunshine. Only thing is loads of ‘nice weather’ walkers were out there too. I prefer it when it is quiet & I can daydream my way round.

Melissa I did the pink Lorraine Kelly vid last night – I only ever do two of the sections at one time, plus the warm up & cool down. Prefer the cool down on the pink tape as the green one needs two people – I try & do it myself, but don’t think I do it quite right. Doing the green one tomorrow, never done the third section in that one yet, still trying to get the rhythm through the second section.

About to try & sneak away from work - only an hour early – want to go swimming with my boys. Sean has his lessons & Steven loves a splash around in the water. Plus I have already counted the points for my chips – can already smell them.

Carol

I don't know if should post my weight...I have a real problem weighing myself in the mornings, I'm usually too busy getting the kids out of the door.I thought I'd lost a pound this week, but I moved the scales to the kitchen and now it looks like I've lost 4! Talk about a dilemma...do I take the loss as my own, or do I dare move the scales back upstairs and try again???
I think I should take the weight loss as mine, I'm out for a curry toningt. I have no idea of the values, I'm gambling on Veggi biriani as the best, or maybee a tandoori mixed grill. Can anyone help me out with that one?
DH suggests I go for a vindaloo which will be too hot to eat at all!
Sarah, in my experience children much prefer the larger, softer lap for a sit and a cuddle!
Byeee
Geneve

OMG I went to see Lord of the Rings last night and don't you miss a lot when you do't get on the boards for a night. Taken me all day to catch up.

The dreaded weigh in tonight and I don't think I've lost - no reason why not - but there you have it.

I have just made a curry - all free on the SW red days - eat mine on my return. I am really looking forward to something with some real taste.

Didn't like Lord of The Rings. Didn't know the story and it wasn't obvious to me that there wasn't any more to it than the ring being found and it was going to be returned. Brilliantly made film with the effects etc, but not for me thank you.

Still trying to sort out Vanilla Sky - has anyone else seen it yet. ?Friend in America was told that 2nd time around was better. She thinks that the person who told her that must have shares in it LOL.

Oh well - off I go to the scales - see ya later!! :wave:

I know what you mean! I feel like every1 must think Im a total pig if they see me eating something unhealthy (something which doesnt happen much anymore! YAY!), but all the other girls in my class seem to eat loads and none are as big as me! For example: I notcied today that the girl in my class that I hang around with most ate a chocolate bar and a packet of crisps at 9am, a sandwich oozing with mayonaise at 11am, another packet of crisps at 1pm, and another chocolate bar and packet of crisps at 2pm!!!! And this is just at college! She's not fat, why?!

Hi all,
Well it's my second weekly weigh in tonight. By my friends scales it looks like I've lost two pounds...I hope the WW scales agree. I've been very good again and am proud of myself. I had my WW, buddy aka real life friend doown the road and her family join us for dinner at the weekend. Hubby cooked BBQ ribs, I had none, and for me and Sandra, BBq chicken. It was yummy, we weighed our meat out on the table, hubby's were laughing, but it's all very important I told them...LOL!
I have a question for anyone attending WW. At our meeting here, the scales you stand on have a bit of paper over the digits so you can't actually see what you weigh. Only the thin person weighing you see's your weight and then writes it down. I thought at first, 'well this is ok, no one behind me knows how fat I am, nice privacy and all' but since talking to another friend who was a WW in England and California, she said she goes behind a screen, can see what she weighs, and she thinks it's a tad strange. My evil mind took over before I had talked to her and thought, maybe WW are telling me I've only lost this much, but really I'd lost more and they just told big fibs so I'll keep paying them and going back? Please let me know what you think on this matter. I'd love to know your opinions as I think I might question the bit of paper tonight, not literally of course, I'd look pretty stupid standing there talking to a bit of paper at the top of the scales wouldn't I?

Not that I haven't look stupid before mind you! LOL! Forgot to say congrats to all who have had their weigh ins and done good again and to all who haven't...not that I think there are any, keep going. I really love this group and enjoy a great read when I get on the puter, you've all given me a great start and the will to carry on, cos I know I can do it, even if it is a long slow process. By the way, no rain here in NJ yet although we are forcast for some tonight. Must be heading this way from jolly ol' Blighty :)
Have a great evening all of you.
Chris.

Interesting
 

I presume that the bit of paper is changed for each person for hygiene reasons. WW here, when I attended went through a spell of asking you to weigh in shoes. I think they also sold papery slipper thingys at one stage.

That being the reason, I agree with it, but you could say that you don't mind people looking at your weight and ask that it is folded clear of the dial as you would like to see for yourself.

I think it is more likely that they would fib the other way and tell you that you had lost more than you really had so that you would be impressed and keep going.

A woman locally ran her own club here sometime ago. It was a spin of from Slimming Magazine and she was telling people that they had lost no end of weight so that they would keep coming back.

Eventually a few ladies, who didn't feel any slimmer, raised suspicions and I think the lady who ran it went to jail for taking money under false pretences. Hmmmm

Do that, ask to see your weight - I like to see mine, because some times they genuinely make a mistake.

At the very boring ww group I used to attend, the scales has no display on them. There was a gadget plugged into the scales that sat on the thin person doing the weighings table & only she could see the weight. Like yourself I didn't like that. I like to see it for myself, not just be told what I weigh. It's like when you go to doctors and they weigh you in kilos & then you have to wait while they hunt down the table for the stones & pounds value.

Janet well done on sticking to plan all week. Stick with it this week and you should see a difference by next week. Our bodies aren't clever enough to know that they are supposed to lose weight every week by our weigh in days and some bodys have the cheek to drop a pound off on the day after we weigh - watch out for those boys in blue :dizzy:

Carol

Thanks for your imput girls. I did ask about the paper and they said it was for privacy reasons, but if I wanted it removed they would take it off for me. I don't think I'm ready to share my weight with the other ladies standing in line behind me just yet, maybe in a few more weeks?
I only lost half a pound this week, so I must admit to feeling pretty sad about that, but I am an optomist so half a pound loss is wonderful compared to a half pound gain :)
My WW bud, actually got her 10 pound loss ribbon tonight, I am SO chuffed for her. She's actually lost eleven and a half pounds since we started two weeks ago. The leader said that if she continues to lose like she is, she'll have to be reported to WW...me and my friend looked at each other and guffawed...and asked why. Apparently fast weight loss has to be reported to the big wigs in case you decide to sue them....only in AMerica I say, who would want to sue some company that you're paying because you lost weight fast?
We decided when we got home to measure each other, didn't think to before we started of course...DUH! SO we will keep an eye on those inches falling off every month. Although I have lost just the half pound, I believe I have lost inches as I can feel it in my clothes. They aren't actually falling off of me as such, but feel baggy on the bum area. I won't moan about that :)
Anyway, here's to another new week. I CAN DO IT!!!! Good luck to all of you and have a happy healthy week.
Chris.

Geneve, BritinNJ - congratulations on your losses! Could you post your losses on the Weekly Weigh In thread so I can add them in to the group's weekly weight loss total.... please?????? :^:

Geneve - I have got a calorie listing book that has a section dealing with eating out (the Indian section is virtually falling to bits) and you have got it exactly right with tandoori grill and vegetable biryani. OMG - its only 8am and my mouth is watering at the thought..... Kevin makes a great curry but it just isn't the same as restaurant food (although his chicken tikka is better!!)

Curiosity is getting the better of me .... I have got two (very old) Jane Fonda ones (the original 'make it burn' one and a later one) and a power yoga video I bought last year - and I find all of them INCREDIBLY boring - I just can't get motivated enough to move the furniture around, get changed, lock the dog out and etc. Even when I have made the effort to just get on with it I have never been able to keep up because I just don't seem to have any coordination. They just aren't FUN. I am always open to persuasion though and your enthusiasm for LK makes me think her videos must be better than the ones I have got and might be a better option than trundling across the moors in this dreadful weather. So what makes these Lorraine Kelly videos so good??

Flumper - thanks for the suggestion about phoning the SS - which I did - and the toffee-nosed woman on the other end (who sounded like the Queen) said 'Oh - we never thought about people on restricted diets - how TERRIBLY un-PC of us - we'll have to think of something else' so hopefully it won't be fish and chips after all. Kevin was most put out - he had really been looking forward to it.

We got ANOTHER 'homework' pack from Social Services in the post yesterday - with yet another list of topics to be discussed before we get there on Saturday. This list is supposed to help us find the weak points in our relationship. I think the idea is that we need to find them now rather than when we are caring for someone else's children. Basically they all boil down to how much we trust each other. For instance - the first one is 'What would you do/feel if your partner was accused of inappropriate conduct with a 14 year old in your care?'

I think this is getting to be an over kill situation by the Social Services - me and Kevin have had so many 'in depth' discussions of one sort or another in this last month (all because of all this Social Services homework stuff) that the impact has sort of worn off. When we had the first lot of discussions it used to have me bawling my head off (as some of you might remember) but now I feel all cried out and look at the questions in a slightly more detached way. But then maybe thats the whole point.

Were ill here - everything from aches and pains, coughs, runny noses and upset stomach's - not nice being here:( I havent eaten anything since yeserday lunchtime - so i'll probably lose a lb or 2.

Sarah I have a Lorraine Kelly video and I like it because it's has a more modern feel than say, Jane Fonda, plus it's lots of kicks, and stuff, no star jumps etc. The reason I like it is because Lorraine Kelly is still "chunky" on the video and doesn't look like a stick insect and she makes mistakes which makes me feel normal too.

Sarah - I'm certainly no expert but I agree with you about the discussion topics set by the SS. Looking at them from a slightly detached point of view and not taking it so personally has to be the way forward. Good luck this w/end :D

When I go to Rosemary Conley (pinched old bag) class we arn't allowed to see the scales either, you stand on a platform and the results come out of a little box on her desk - never thought about it before, maybe i'll start asking to see the results for myself.

Supposed to be going to Salsa class tonight and I'm too ill to go - really fed up:cry:

Melissa - poor you - sounds like this 'flu thing which is going round up here. Just take it easy, drink lots of water and eat lightly when you feel like it. Salsa class will still be there next week.

Maybe the Salsa class would cheer up Melissa, even if you sat & watched for most of it. Sometime when we’re feeling ill getting up & doing something is the best thing, sometime though staying nice & cosy at home is just wonderful.

Sarah I like the LK vids. I brought the pink one first & found it a challenge without being to boring. I have an old Jane Fonda low impact vid too, sometimes I put it on for a laugh, but haven’t worked out to it in ages. In the LK vids there is just LK & Jenni ‘the expert’ no Barbie dolls in the back ground tying to join in. What I like though as Melissa said. LK is chunky & she gets things wrong in the vid, messes up the steps, etc. Both vids also break down in to 3 sections, the pink one does, upper & lower body workout, Back to front work out & all over body work out. The green one does the same but I don’t know the proper names, burn & kicks, fight flab & tone and floor work – something like that anyway. I like them, but before you buy them why not see if you library has a copy which you could hire for a few days – nothing worse on spending money on something you aren’t going to enjoy.

Well work beckons – yet again. It’s nearly time for my walk but the weather isn’t great & I’m having doubts – what was I saying about fair weather walkers yesterday ?? I think I will make an effort to get out, even if it just for 10 minutes or so. I managed to drag myself out of bed to work out this morning so surely I can put on my jacket and grab my umbrella & go outside for a wee while.

Have to go, really have to get on with some very interesting stuff (NOT)

Carol

Hi everyone

Glad to see you are all doing well. I am feeling much better after my disappointing weigh in last week, partly because of buying those leather trousers, but mainly down to the fact that I managed to do 15 minutes on the stepper machine at the gym. As you all probably remember my goal is to reach 20 minutes non stop...well I am just back from todays session, I was on the stepper machine and I started talking to one of the other ladies there while I was on it and I completely lost the track of time, when I checked I had done 19 minutes 10 seconds...well I went for it and did it :)
Not only did I feel great that I managed it, but I can't believe what a thrill I got from knowing I was still able to talk at the same time, when I think back to how I was a couple of months ago, when 30 seconds had me so out of breath that I would have to stop for 5 minutes before I could do anything else and today I did 20 minutes without stopping, talked all the way through it and didn't even need a rest before I went onto the next piece of equipment, I really can't explain how great I feel, but I';m sure most of you can probably imagine :)
TOM has finally mad its appearance today allbeit 2 weeks later than it should be so tomorrows weigh in does not look promising...I have stuck really well to my eating plan, drunk loads of water and obviously exercised well....so you know what...even if I haven't done great on the scales tomorrow, for once I don't care. I know I have been good and next week it will show :)

Well time to head back to work

have a great day everyone

Ali :wave:

:lol: :lol: :lol:
just tickled me!

I'm inclined to agree with Melissa about Rosemary Conley. I think the one thing that REALLY annoys me is that we are supposed to find her story inspirational - I just find it (and her) really irritating!

I can't begin to imagine how much money she has made out of other people's weight misery - I have got her Hip and Thigh diet book somewhere - and I have got her first recipe book (which I hate to say that I can recommend). Melissa goes to RC classes as does another good friend of mine. She must be worth a fortune.

Hmmmmmm - Do you think I could start up a diet class in my kitchen.... ????????? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Incidentally I thought it was really funny on This Is Your Life when the spokesperson for the original 'kitchen group' was still more than a little overweight!

God, I love this page, you are all so inspirational to me. Just wanted to say that after my half pound only weight loss last week I was inspired to start my Tae-Bo work out again. So up I was this morning at five o'clock...God it's early then...and I actually managed to keep up with Billy. I got all the tapes last year and did them religiously for a few months but of course they faded out of my life. My new goal in the weight loss is to try and do the video every day now before I go to work, which will mean me getting up at 5 every weekday, but I think I can do it :)
I actually work in a classroom with five autistic children at the moment so I do get a daily work out while I'm there, but I know I need something else to shed these pounds so Tae-Bo it is.
Hope you are all having a really great day.
Chris.
PS. My dogs thought I was mad bopping about and doing karate kicks, while they lounged on the bed and watched me....

Mmm...yesterday...champagne and birthday cake...ok I know on monday I'll stay the same again and you will all be thinner sob...


Least of my worries... on monday not looking forward to my course only thing that makes it bearable is my sister is starting a job she doesn't want on monday :lol:

I wont moan to much just have many worries about it :?:

Every time I start a course I think Im going to have to sit all day in one of those chair desk combos this has only happened to me once but that was enough!!

Dont get me started on my lift phobia and the fact Ill have to use one about 4 times a day...

Ok I'll shut up now...:p

oh sisterly love you cant beat it........well no to hard or shell tell mummy :lol: veggie i love the new shirt what size does it go up to and where is it from!!!! i deserve a new something:D

Veggie - don't use the lift, use the stairs instead - good exercise (I don't like lifts either)!!!!!!!!!! What sort of course are you starting? Anything interesting??? Why is your sister starting a job she doesn't want??

At least those chair/desk combos aren't as close fitting as the table/chair combos in most fast food places - a few years ago I got wedged in one of those in a McDonalds on the (I think) M1 services - and I wasn't even at my heaviest weight. It took Kevin and another two people to get me out of it. Obviously they don't allow for the effect of their product on the human body when they are designing their seating.

Chris - your dogs must be older than mine. George is 11 months old and thinks the ONLY reason I might want to do an exercise video is because I want to find a new strange way to make a fuss of him. When he was younger I did attempt a yoga video in front of him but every time I lifted my hands in the air I got this bundle of fur leap up and hit me right in the middle of my (non existent) midriff and when I locked him out he just cried and cried - which was another reason I stopped doing the video.

Well... we've done all our homework and we are off to our foster carer training tomorrow and I can't tell you how nervous I am/we are - I am really fighting hard against comfort eating!!!! Thank goodness for the Rescue Remedy. I have got in touch with a email UK foster carers 'group' on Yahoo! in the hope of getting a bit of reassurance and, perhaps, inspiration - but I really dipped out doing this because they don't really seem to have a good word to say for it. I refuse to believe it can be all doom and gloom, but one thing's for sure now - after reading all their tales of woe, I am definitely NEVER going to foster teenagers - either male OR female!

I'm not looking forward to weigh in on Monday - I have noticed that if I am going to lose any weight I usually do it between Monday and Friday - but this week my weight seems to be going up and down like a yoyo from one day to the next. I suppose I shouldn't take any notice of it until weigh in day on Monday, but this hasn't happened to me before - I'm on HRT so my hormones are stable, so I really haven't got a clue why.

Flumper its from evans goes up to size 30 is £25 and has matching trousers and skirt!!

Sarah you may have heard the tale of the job my sister got last year and is still waiting to start...well that is still going on...so she went for another job and starts monday just not as good a job as the one she is supposed to be doing!

I had a trauma this morning went to the doctors felt ok before totally miserable afterwards! When I went in there was a woman talking to the receptionist obviously a bit of a pain kept going on and on...whilst a queue formed behind her...she then started shouting at a bloke in the queue for him daring to say people were waiting and then just went mad shouting and swearing bursting in on the doctor whilst he was seeing someone...the receptionist made everyone waiting go into a room and locked the door on us whilst the mad woman just carried on until the police came and then she pretended it was the bloke in the queues fault!

All go where you are then veggie! I though I was having an exciting day because we missed the school bus and I had to get the car out!
I'm in a bad mood, and have just eaten two wagon wheels.
Was at the gym this morning having a shower (nightmare...communal showers, but I have to use them or I'd never get clean) and I had to listen to two x-ray bleached blonded talking about what they were going to wear out this evening, and then launch into a ***** about how fat/old some of their 'friends' were and how that was OK 'cos it made you look better if you stood next to them.
I WISH WISH WISH I'd had the confidence to tell the evil old slappers where to get off, but I didn't and now I'm suffering for it.
I hope they trip over their sling backs and fall into the gutter...no actually I hope THEY get pregnant and put on 4 stones.
AARGGGGGGHHHH!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:

Your poor sister! Its outrageous that her checks are taking that long. Has she tried chasing it up again recently??? Kevin had to have the same check done when he started this job - they charge him £10 and it took 24 hours.

That poor woman - it must have been an awful experience for you and everyone else waiting to see the doctor (and how about the poor person in with the doctor??) - but you can't help but think to yourself that the woman obviously needs more medical/psychiatric help than she is getting.

This wind is strong today - I've just come back from my walk and there were a couple of times I am sure I left the ground and I know for sure that George did. I tried to double up my usual walk because I don't think I'm going to get one tomorrow, but didn't really manage it because my legs started to go all wobbly.