false starts

right well, I have missed a few weeks of WW, my weight hasn't moved, and I am not going to make weds meeting either. I guess next week itwill be re register and get stuck back in. Next week my exam will be over and I will hopefully be able to record a loss. Must stick to points. Not writing things down folks. It's fatal.

stone me!

i did it!! woohoo, at last. I have lost a whole stone!!!

help!! I have a problem

I went to border today and ASDA and between the two came home with three more cookbooks:
La Dolce Vita - Isabel Cole
Jamie Oliver - Jamie's Italy
Nigella Lawson - how to be a domestic goddess.
I am sick. Help me.
I also bought a pretty storage box for all my loose recipes ripped out of magazines. :)

not before time

I haven't posted any pics here before so I thought i'd change that.

When you look at this you'd be forgiven for thinking i love to cook, but really ilove to imagine that i love to cook, i rarely give it the time and attention it deserves being basically bone idle. :)

So here are my cookbooks.

The little shelves are in my kitchen and the green books with "RECIPES" on the spine contain some written out by my Nanna along with my own additions. These books contain some of the secrets of my childhood and I love them. The black notebook with the little monster on the front is full of bits and pieces about cooking and booze but no actual recipes. Some of these books are hand me downs from Nanna and Mum, some are bought and about a further 15 were given to friends and charity as part of a recent clear out.
These are the only books in the front room, our many hundreds of books are upstairs on the bookshelves. Whe we finish doing up the downstairs more of them may move back down.

I didn't change weight at all in the last week but with camping and being full of cold thats ok. By next weds I am going to have completed my 1 stone weight loss.

close but no cigar

2 pounds lost, so I have now lost 12 pounds, 2 more for a stone. My first stone. Glastonbudget this week, i'm glad Jo is going because we are both weight watchers people so can support each other through a weekend of camping and drinking and tribute bands. I will certainly need the help.
Wish me luck folks. On the plus side, if I shift the two pounds by the time i see mum on weds next week there is almost certainly a shopping trip in it for me.

Time for a hard push

Right well I lost 1.5pounds this week, which is ace. That's a total of 10pounds and only 4 left to my first stone. This week then, I am going to walk to work every day that it's not chucking down with rain and be really strict about sticking to my points, I really really want to get those last 4 pounds off this week. For a start losing a stone is going awesome, second, it means i'll be the same weight i was when I met my man. There's a long way to go before i hit healthy, but I am really please with my progress.

restraint

Spain was easy in a way, we walked lots and were having so much fun we hardly thought of food. The few days at home, in bad weather bored, just hanging out, that was hard. Boredom is a killer, it's when i nibble, and that's fatal. I coped, but it was a trial, so there we go, not a major breakthrough but i managed some self restraint and to stick to my points.