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I have been asked to pose for a lingerie shoot! LOL

OK, I guess I should explain, as some of you guys already know, my mum has just bought a lingerie shop in our home town. I have been helping her set up her website and she needs “real” women to model some of her new ranges of lingerie to post on her site. I helped organise the last shoot which went so well we are going to make it a regular thing, each season we will be shooting the new ranges.

I was in charge of hair, makeup and general setting up of the shots and while I was helping the girls and the photograher managed to talk me into modeling for the next lot of photo’s!

Have any of you guys seen “how to look good naked” with Gok Wan? It’s a FANTASTIC show that helps women gain confidence in themselves just by showing them what other people see when they look at them. At the end of each show the women are offered a naked photo shoot to prove that they are finally happy with how they look.

I watched that program sooo many times with tears in my eyes because I could NEVER imagine feeling happy with no clothes on. Well, helping out with this photo shoot showed me what a difference having these photo’s taken can make to someones confidence. By the end of the shoot all the girls, every shape and size were feeling happy standing in their lingerie!

So YES…I am going to attempt to become one of those girls! I am going to work hard to lose a few more pounds before the shoot but I am not going to go crazy, they all looked great so I am sure I can look good too.

Ahhhhhh.

Anyway, I’ll stop rambling on now, I am sure I lost a few readers half way through this mega post! LOL

Hope all you guys have a fab weekend.

p.s. 1 more pound lost this week.

FINALLY…got back down to that illusive mini goal. I thought after Christmas that I was never going to make it! I’ve finally settled into a regular workout routine now, thanks to a lot of support from my other half and my family and taking inspiration from my lovely buddy Angela….workout queen!

You rock Angela!

Anyway, just logged on to change that tracker and check out some blogs before I get on and do my workout for the day!

Have a fantastic weekend you guys.

Big hugs

So I have been getting up at 6am and hitting the pool for a swift 30 lengths….how healthy does that sound?! I am feeling great, apart maybe from the constant ache, well not so much ache as kind of a heated feeling in all my muscles! LOL

Hitting the gym 3 times a week is keeping me motivated, nothing better than watching men in shorts pumping iron. Then of course there’s the amusement factor of watching all the young (skinny) girls in….well, not very much, trying to impress them!

I’ve got just under 4 weeks until my birthday and my new mini goal is to lose another 7lbs by then and 2% body fat…..watch this space my friends.

Some of guys may have nocticed that I have been AWOL for a while now….SORRY! Things have been more than a litte hectic, i’ll give you a brief run down and then let you know what I have been doing to get back on track.

OK, so the last time I blogged I was steadily gaining weight and stressing over christmas as I am fairly sure a lot of us were doing! My mum has now settled into the lingerie shop she is now running and I have been working in there for a couple of hours each day while she looks after my little boy for me, it gives me a break and helps her out so we’re all happy! I have to go back to crown court in feb for the stupid stalker case…thats had me stressing A LOT. I basically spent the entire month eating constantly and making excuses! LOL

My weight crept back up to 178lbs by the end of December and by new year I was so unhappy I vowed to pull my finger out and do something once and for all. (famous last words eh?)

Sooo…I joined the gym on the 3rd of Jan….weighing 178lbs and knocking up a whopping 34.9% body fat! Ahhhhh

I now go swimming 5 times a week (20 lengths of the pool each time) I go to one exercise class per week and I use the gym 3 times a week! I LOVE IT. I also have to walk just under a mile to get there and of course then back home again another mile! I know it sounds like an awful lot but really it’s not, I am happy and my body isn’t under too much stress, i’m finally losing sensibly and looking MUCH better, my body shape has TOTALLY changed.

Since the 3rd Jan I have lost 10lbs and 2% body fat! At last my goal really is in sight!

So I hope all of you guys are as happy in your new year as I am, I am going to spend some time catching up with some of your blogs now.

I’ve missed you guys. HUGS

I have been trying to get online to write a blog for a few days now. Every time I log on I get to my in box and reply to my messages and then I have to log off and run around like a headless chicken. I have to sort my little Ollie out, my doorbell seems to be ringing non stop or I’m rushing down to mum’s shop and help her out. Life seems to have taken a turn  down one very hectic road!

Maybe it’s just because it’s Christmas and everyone wants to spend time together but I don’t seem to have had a single minute to myself! Not that I am complaining really, it’s nice to see that so many people in my life want to spend time with us. Maybe after the Christmas rush I’ll be back on here complaining that I am bored and lonely! LOL

Anyway, I am sorry I haven’t been about too much lately, I hope all you guys are doing OK and reaching those goals? My ticker was adjusted last week after a trip to the doctor confirmed that my scales are indeed broken! I had gained 11lbs and was back up to 174lbs. The confusing aspect of this is that apart from a slightly more wobbly tum and maybe 1/4″ added on each thigh I don’t look much different, I am still in the smaller clothes (maybe I stretched them!)

I have managed to drop 1lb since then…..woohoo! So much for getting down to 160lbs for x’mas. But I must stay positive, we will be entering a new year soon and I am going to make this one a good one.

Catch you all soon, take care and keep smiling….IT’S CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Hi guys, sorry I have not logged on for a few days, my internet connection crashed on me. ahhhhh

Anyway, I have been SOOO busy over the past week or so.My mum has just taken over the lingerie shop in my home town so I have been in there helping her sort it out and getting all her displays done. Free lingerie…i’m not complaining!

I think my scale has been “Ollied” everytime I step on it it gives me really random readings! yesterday I was 300lbs and this morning I was 90lbs. huh. So I wont be able to weigh in again until I have the money to go out and buy a new scale. I promise I will be keeping this one WELL away from little Ollie’s wondering fingers.

So I have been taking this fibresure suppliment for the past 3 days and I actually think it is working, Idon’t feel so hungry and ready to raid the fridge all day. So thats a good start, right?

I have to go and make up some signs for Butterfly..thats mum’s shop! I’ll do my best to log on again later and catch up with all your blogs. I just wanted to let you all know that I haven’t forgotten you! HUGS

Well guys, it may only be 36 hours into my diet but I am going great guns! Yesterday I had a smoothie for breackfast a salad with chicken for lunch and wholegrain couscous with a cod fillet for dinner. YAY. And…I did a 45 minute workout.

So all I need to do now is keep up the good work. Thank you all for all your comments and support, I know that I will keep it up not just for me but for all my friends here who are working just as hard to reach their goals.

Sorry this such a short blog….got some x’mas pressies to wrap up! See, i’m organised too!

HUGS x

whoever guessed 4lbs gain!

If I’m totally honest it’s no more than I expected, it’s been about a month of binge eating and a serious lack of exercise. My bad. So anyway, I have accepted a challenge from my buddy Jennifer to lose 14lbs in the next 6 weeks…only 6 weeks till Christmas kids!

So it’s exercise and a diet that’s wise from here on out. I am feeling motivated, I finally feel better after my flu and the dodgy tum from the takeout the other night so I am back on form and am about to go and write my weekly menu before doing my weekly shop. If I don’t buy the crap, I can’t eat it right???

I don’t really feel like I have gained 4lbs the only things that feel different are my tummy (feels a little more wobbly and bloated) and my chin (or should I say chin’s)

So watch this space buddies…I’ll do my best to blog every day and keep a mini food diary for all of you to peruse and give me tips if you care to.

First of all I want to apologise to all my buddies who have been wondering where I’ve been these past weeks. SORRY.

I admit that I have fallen off the wagon BIG TIME! Things in my life became a little hectic and I took the cowards way out and hibernated with a family pack of chocolate.

Well, I’m back now and I am not going to give up on my goals again, especially as I have a couple of new buddies now that are looking for a bit of support from an old timer! LOL

 To cut a long story short I have spent the past few weeks waiting for the justice system to prove its worth and extend my stalkers sentence rather than letting the crazy B*****D out.

I have also discovered Facebook and with it’s aid I have found and been in contact with my brother and two sisters that I lost contact with 16 years ago! I AM SO HAPPY.

So, that’s where I have been and that’s why I haven’t found myself logging onto BuddySlim as often as I used to. Buddies I promise I will not let you down again….I MISSED YOU GUYS.

I’ll blog more tomorrow and weigh myself (ahhhhh, who knows how much weight I have gained? place your bets now)

For now…goodbye. Ill be back tomorrow.

HUGS

I really thought I was doing well last week, I had steadied my eating habits and commited myself to working out for a minimum of half and hour everyday plus yoga on Mondays.

But now I can’t stop eating! Where did all my willpower go?

I swear I have eaten a whole loaf of white bread in two days (smeared with butter and cream cheese…shhhh!)

I could sit here and blame TOM but that really is a bit of a cop out for me! I just need a massive kick up the butt.

Arghhhhh