tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48458995264004569032024-03-14T08:04:01.407+01:00A Slimmer's DreamsRamblings of a middle aged woman called ME!Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-55995175940160454802009-10-18T13:03:00.001+02:002009-10-18T13:09:37.391+02:00Ahh is it Sunday again!
I have been battling with myself again... I am going into more positive thinking with my back... I have to learn not to worry what others think... and learn to let things go. I think I am carrying all these years of stress on or in my back and that this is contributing to my back problems!
It has been nearly 2.5 weeks since I pulled a few muscles and they should be getting better.. well Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-50796765032948299142009-10-16T09:52:00.000+02:002009-10-16T09:52:06.351+02:00Day Two......Yeah ok.. so I had a few crisps last night and ermm I didn't have gravy and made the pork roast a healthy one... but might have had a little too much pork... but then I counted that as 2 x hs so that is ok.. I guess!
Today so far...
B.. 2 bananas and an apple
L: Tin spag and a yogurt and coffee.
HA. Milk.
Getting so frustrated still with my back... I just want to be normal and Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-57602117075889958202009-10-14T13:30:00.001+02:002009-10-14T22:43:32.575+02:00What Again!Oh gee... if you were me you too would be beating yourself up! I feel the weight clinging to my hips etc again and I so want to say.. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... but the will power seems to have just taken a run and jump!
Think we are on Wednesday and every day this week I have got up going... "Today's the day!" only to find that I eat the wrong things and then feel guilty and then eat Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-60794083553819948372009-09-29T23:21:00.000+02:002009-09-29T23:21:14.924+02:00TuesdayRight scrap yesterday... that sort of went out of the window rather quickly.... *It was that darn quiche and the shortbread biscuits I made*
Why is the food out to get me? I can't stop thinking of it.. do you think I need help? Mmm maybe I do.. nah this is normal.. you always want what you can't have.
Spoke to brother today.. he suggested I come over earlier... but worried Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-50878361174136361112009-09-28T10:46:00.000+02:002009-09-28T10:46:21.873+02:00Another Monday...Yes... yes... where have I been? Honestly... I have been stuffing my face rather stupidly....
So today being a Monday I thought I would give it another go... as it is this time last year that I decided I was going to lose weight and did... and how all these months have gone by and I have still be dieting on and off and not lost anymore since Christmas.. shocking isn't it really!!
Not Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-25427886802563153822009-09-16T14:24:00.001+02:002009-09-16T22:00:24.404+02:00
This should be our motto..... but hey...
I have been good today... so far.. more than my five pieces of fruit and veg...
2 plums, 2 apples, half a melon, % fat yogurt and a % fat jelly....
Well off to do some sanding down and get half a pumpkin from a friend.....
BBL... oh you might want to check out my other blog... only just started it.. so will have to see how it goes...
Crafty gCardz*Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-78607250412919484942009-09-15T23:47:00.003+02:002009-09-16T00:06:33.161+02:00Good Luck Tuesday! 15th September 2009What have I got to be happy about I hear you cry... I have put on weight.. *Not a lot but still* The nights are drawing in .. *But means wrapping up nice and snug .. and getting the chance to see all the programmes I love on the telly*... well there are lots of things really... shall I list some...I have my family and friends...I am aliveI am smaller now than I was this time last year!My Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-38398640139735794982009-09-13T14:45:00.005+02:002009-09-13T15:18:04.454+02:00Silly Sunday 13.09.09Nothing like starting the day off with some darn Wii scary game... "Cursed Mountain" is a good game.. if you have hand and eye coordination.. and that I am not good at! *Well I can't be good at everything* I like the investigational part of the game.. but as for fighting ghouls.. *Gets my heart racing and I can think of better ways to do that!*Best played in the dark.. *No not me.. well Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-43416416433697881392009-09-12T15:46:00.006+02:002009-09-13T14:40:31.695+02:00Where did August Go?Yikes we are in September already.. and today it is like a cool winter's day..*Not that I mind as I do prefer cooler weathers to the heat.. *I haven't written for ages as I still seem to be battling with this darn eating thing... die if I don't and can die if I do.. *Over eating that is.. as in too much* Wonder how much you have to eat before your stomach bursts? Anyone know.. might have to Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-46187211143672184642009-08-30T16:48:00.001+02:002009-08-30T16:50:24.964+02:00DohYes are you wondering where I have been the last couple of days...Pigging out.. why I have no idea..So monday is again upon us tomorrow and no doubt I will get on the scales and they will say I have put on again.. And I have no one to blame but myself...Tomorrow is a new day and I know I should start now.. but feel like beating myself up a bit longer for some strange very stupid reason!!So speakJacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-29224379131131423872009-08-26T15:43:00.003+02:002009-08-26T20:11:29.940+02:00Wednesday.. Bahhh! 26th August 09Yep the scales are against me again... they are raging war with me personally... what did I doooooo *Maybe over eating the last month.. that might have something to do with it...*Anyway.. yesterday.. they read.. 00.04.8 today is a different story... 00.06.6 ... ok so where did that nearly 2 lb come from.Spent nearly the whole morning doing Wii fit or some other fitness coach one.. *Nearly Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-12442055988856974682009-08-25T12:53:00.007+02:002009-08-25T23:35:32.535+02:00Tense Tuesday!! 25th August 09
<!--[if !mso]> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-1474418046259140662009-08-24T09:24:00.004+02:002009-08-24T15:30:08.466+02:00Monday New Start - 24th August 2009 Wii Day 1Ok ok.. so I have just spent basically more than a month pigging out... yesterday was no exception!! I think I must have tried to eat the entire contents of the house... Why.. well in fear that I will go hungry from today onwards!!!Which I know is completely stupid and now I have all that extra weight that I have put on to lose. I am going to try and aim to do at least and hour to an hour and Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-2994413448964143692009-08-23T08:28:00.002+02:002009-08-23T09:09:36.294+02:00Relaxing Sunday!Ahh right well I am back again!! *Oh nooooooooo I hear you cry.. stop it!!*This is the first time in .. ooh must be just over a month that we have the house back to ourselves or not going anywhere.Yesterday was a manic trip to the uk.. we dropped the kids off at the coach station then did some food shopping and then back home on the ferry! Was shattered last night! So today was a day that I Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-20634302645997493882009-08-18T19:15:00.003+02:002009-08-18T23:40:03.111+02:00True Tuesday!Is it really only still Tuesday... not that I am wishing my life away.. but geesh.. Tuesday...Not the start of the week.. not the middle or the end... just limbo... right I have decided I don't like Tuesdays anymore!Been a busy bee today...All the clan has gone out.. actually felt sorry for GOS today taking the girls out again... they still mention going to Paris and he rolled his eyes and his Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-38588142143830072532009-08-17T08:44:00.004+02:002009-08-18T15:31:50.291+02:00Monday BluesSaid I was going to wake with vigor and get back on track today.. but just don't feel like it..Feeling really pressured to go to places and go to shops that I have no interest in.... *Now this makes me sound really selfish... but if GOS doesn't want to do anything... basically WE DON'T!*So now I have come across as being a real bore... I thought it would be nice that he spend some bonding time Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-27878367111010072892009-08-15T20:51:00.005+02:002009-08-17T08:31:07.162+02:00Back from the UKAhh yes.. I am back... and feel like 4 stone heavier... and shockingly enough I have just had some chocolate!!1 *I will never learn..*Giving myself till Monday then I am going to get back on track... I want a day or so here to settle back in and get some food shopping in and then hey presto back to work and get rid of all this extra weight I have put back on grrr!While away.. did I say we got aJacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-47771775200539737842009-08-05T09:59:00.003+02:002009-08-05T10:42:00.492+02:00Scorching Hols!Well ... I don't know where the days are going...the food is being piled in.. *Hangs head in shame*.. and having the usual traumatic times over here!Yesterday was like a day that you would watch in a film!! Well part of it.. We were in my brother's shop and heard this hissing.. the next thing is I see my brother lunge towards me grab my arm and shout GET OUT NOW and pushed me towards the door..Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-25310883915890118252009-07-29T22:50:00.001+02:002009-07-29T22:51:49.496+02:00LinksA lovely blog worth visiting... not just cause she is doing a give away but fantastic if you love shabby chic!Country In The Town....Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-59963568173637921272009-07-27T11:02:00.008+02:002009-07-28T02:42:31.600+02:00Last July Official Weigh InDrat.. darn.. and all the other stuff that goes with it....Delicately got on the scales *As if that is going to make any difference, but I live in hope!* and it says 3 lb loss not as much as I wanted... still have another 1.6 to go to make it back to my 4 stone.... why did I have to get poorly... Not only is my body against me but the worlllllllllllllllld.. Do you hear me!Ok.. so I was a little Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-13810676574702688142009-07-26T17:21:00.002+02:002009-07-26T18:08:42.933+02:00Missed Day!!Where are the days going....Having LM here is great... we get to do lots together but the days are just whizzing by!!..Went for dinner last night with GOS and LM... to a friends.. it was her husbands 60th birthday.. so took some bubbly round... and to be honest let go.. had 4 glasses wooohooo! I know not like me... also had a hot dog sausage..a really small bit of brie, about 10 half peanuts.. Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-77870716059014345002009-07-24T05:53:00.002+02:002009-07-24T08:22:27.124+02:00Mosquito’sYep you guessed it... I have been awoken with a tingling in my lip.. so toodled off to the bathroom to discover that my lower lip has been bitten!!! *I was blessed with fuller lips.. but this is ridiculous...* After getting a wet flannel.. tried to get some sleep but the thought of getting bitten again and trying to fight with the paranioa of being bitten on the tongue or something and not beingJacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-90281296406236823922009-07-23T22:58:00.003+02:002009-07-23T23:43:09.973+02:00Loosing Track Of Days...*I was looking for a picture of a calendar.. then thought you might like this instead!*I can't seem to keep up with the days.. but I am still on track...*I say that.. eating healthy food.. but still not coming off.. waaaahh* But Rome wasn't built in a day and I have to stay positive.Just chilling now with a cup of coffee. LM and I have been making Christmas cards today for her school friends Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-49138541974383893462009-07-22T09:46:00.002+02:002009-07-23T10:28:41.836+02:00What Does Today Hold... Less Fat Hopefully!Had a bizzare dream last night... dreamt the weather was very very cold in fact a blizzard outside.. but I was back at my old comprehensive school. I looked out of the window and could see all the snow on the ground and ice... and see the cold mist in the air.. it was also still dark!Inside I was with my old tutor from college... she was or is lovely.. anyway... all the students in the class Jacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845899526400456903.post-27141711811687766222009-07-21T15:59:00.002+02:002009-07-22T09:45:54.763+02:00Is It Leaving Me....??On the scales this morning.. surprise surprise.. it was 00.00lb 4 oz!! *Shock horror ... was it wind?* Nah.. don't remember that... but if it has gone.. I am not going to complain!A look at my Horrorscope today.. now let's see...July 21, 2009Others don't know much about your inner process, so their expectations of you can be quite unrealistic. In fact, as Uranus in your 1st House of PersonalityJacqui - Crafty Cardz - The Freebie Gatherershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700505456163258045noreply@blogger.com0