10 stone lighter.

So as of Monday night I am now 10 stone lighter. I lost half a pound and received my 10 stone award, I am over the moon even if it was just half a pound. After all it was the half a pound I needed :D I now weigh 13st 11lb I'm hoping I can push for my 10 and a half stone award for christmas as there is still 4 weeks to do it 2lb a week and it will easily be mine. But even if I don't I got my christmas wish of getting my 10 stone award anyway.

I went to the christmas markets after weigh in on Monday night, I really enjoyed myself. It's lovely spending Monday nights with Ashley :) I'm off to Stoke tomorrow to spend the weekend at Ashley's house. I can not wait to see him, I've only been away from him for a day or so! I've not been very well the past couple of weeks so I'm hoping that will shift soon as the pain I'm going through is unbearable, I'm on so many tablets I could actually be a walking chemist!

I hope you are all having a good week and have a great weekend.

Jump up and down, do an extra wee!

So last week after losing half a pound this week I lost 2lb! This is awesome but.. when I stood on the scales it said 13.11 which I need to be for my 10st award but it kept flickering to 13.11 1/2 and then stayed. My consultant told me to go for an extra wee and jump up and down so I went and did that haha but it didn't work. Next week it will be mine, I'm so determined now I will get that half a pound off next week because my wall is longing for my next certificate! I'm so happy I'm still losing though and that I will get my christmas wish of my 10st award way before christmas arrives, this means I can attempt to at least be in the lower end of the 13st bracket before santa arrives. I want to be able to enjoy my christmas 10st lighter. I'm not going to go overboard all christmas, I'm just having christmas day, boxing day, new years eve and new years day off plan. I'm spending boxing day at Ashley's this year which will be lovely.

I had such a lovely weekend in Stoke, we went to watch Interstellar which is amazing.We went to the quarter to 11 showing and didn't get back until gone half 2 in the morning! I don't get to see Ashley until Sunday now which makes me sad because I hate being apart from him. I miss having lots of cuddles (we cuddle a lot).

I had some really sad news this dinner time too, my family doctor that I have for my 23 years of existence passed away over the weekend. I was heartbroken and I had to leave placement early, knowing him that long and have a lovely bond with him because he knew the in's and outs of my life. You could confide in him and he was an excellent listener. I also called him dad when I was 4 years old haha. I only saw him Friday morning and he couldn't believe how much I had changed as I hadn't been for a year. He told me how proud he was and how happy he is for me to be finally getting my life back and how much weight I have lost. He looked so well and happy like he normally does so to hear he had died a day later really upset me. It's going to be hard to find a doctor that will fill his boots now. On friday when I was leaving I said see you soon and he said not too soon I hope. I'm absolutely gutted. He will be deeply missed not just by me but all the 1,000s of patients that constantly ask for him when they go into the surgery.

I hope you all have an excellent week and weigh in goes well for you all.

ERMAHGLOB.

Okay so if you follow me on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter you've probably already seen this and know how extremely happy I am. I thought I'd bore you all on here too! I've just been to asda with my mum after town and I was saying to my mum how my size 14 coat was getting a bit big on me and I have to keep pulling the strings in so it fits, I saw a size 12 coat hung up so I decided to try it on to see if it would fit. Of course I assumed it wouldn't but what was the harm in trying? Asda's coats are really true to size as well as I've struggled in the past to fit into their coats. I tried the size 12 on and to my surprise and amazement it bloody fit me! It wasn't tight either. I didn't buy it because I love my red coat I got from Debenhams so I'm not ready to part with that just yet. But I am so happy to be able to say I fit into a size 12, I've gone from a size 28-30 so to me this is such an amazing moment I'm on cloud 9. 10 dress sizes dropped, it's gobsmacking. Slimming world has changed my life and I will forever praise their plan and recommend it so much to people that love food but want to lose weight.

This week I've not been feeling too great I have awful pains in my stomach and the right bottom side of my back. I don't think I will have a loss on Monday at weigh in but possibly a gain even though I've been really good. Hopefully I'm wrong and I will get what I want, which is to be in the 13st bracket. I hope your weeks are going well!

My sincere apologies.

Hi everyone, I am so so sorry I have completely abandoned my blog again! My life is just mayhem at the moment so I barely find the time to get on my laptop unless its to do my assignments. I'm in a very good place at the moment, I've started my placement at such a lovely day nursery. I'm really enjoying myself there and the compliments I receive whilst I'm there are overwhelming it's nice to know I'm doing a good job. I feel so comfortable and welcomed and everybody is just so nice. I am still sticking to slimming world and have been weighed tonight, I lost 1.5lb and I have now lost 9st 11lb which means I am 3lb away from receiving my 10st award! So excited! I weigh 14st exactly now, I really hope I can get into the 13st bracket next week, I will be over the moon and it will mean all this hard work is paying off.

I had my first observation at placement today, it went really well. I passed it with flying colours which I'm made up with. Even in all the hecticness that's going on I'm still spending time with my favouritest person in the whole world Ashley. He's been my biggest support through all of this, he's helping me so much. I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have him, I don't know what I've done to deserve him but I'm so glad he's mine. I really couldn't imagine my life without him nor do I ever want to. We've been together a year and 4 months on Saturday, I'm not seeing him until Sunday now though which makes me sad because whilst he's at my house Monday and Tuesday I'll be in placement but I get to spend the afternoon/evening with him. I can't wait!

I hope you all are doing swimmingly, Christmas is only 7 weeks away!!

It's been too long.

I'm so sorry I haven't posted since August! Life has been pretty hectic, tough also. I recently started college and I'm really enjoying it so far. I've ate so much food, some of which has been not so good for me. But I'm back on track now! I had a lovely break in London last month with Ashley, I gained 13.5lb but lost 10 and a half of it the week after which was an awesome moment. I didn't go to group this week as I've not been feeling myself and have been really poorly. I've drank volvic lemon and lime water (sugar free of course) like it's going out of fashion.
Last week I went to the opticians for my eyes checked because I haven't had them checked in over 2 years. The lady noticed I squint quite a lot when I'm looking at things far away. She then told me I'm short sighted which was quite amusing to hear because I've never had a problem with my eyes before but I suppose spending so much time in front of a computer has finally taken its tole! So I'm now the proud owner of some very geek chic spectacles!
I'm still very much in love with Ashley, we've been together for a year and 3 months today.
Christmas is getting so close now! I'm so excited, I love the fact it's cold as I love wearing jumpers. The fire is blaring every night and the heating gets turned on in the mornings so winter is definitely coming!
Last month I finally got to meet 3 of my favourite slimming worlders, one of which I have known since I was 16/17 but never got the chance to meet. I met Emma, Katie and James. We went to Liverpool where Em was staying with her lovely friend Shirley and we all went to Nando's it was amazing night, it was nice because they got to meet Ashley too!

I'm really hoping for a good loss on Monday, I also start my placement at a private day care nursery which I'm really nervous about. I hope it goes well.
Hope you are all well.

The long overdue catch up.

I have been AWOL for a few weeks, I needed a little break and just have time to myself. My weight loss had been a little crap to be honest. I built myself up to get my 9 and a half stone award and crumbled because I gained after being so good. But last week I did get it, I lost 1lb at another group which is in Stoke. I went in very nervous but the consultant was absolutely lovely, she made me feel so welcome as did her group members. When I told her I was visiting she asked how I have been doing and when I told her how much I'd lost she was amazed and asked if I had any before and after pictures. I shown her my latest one and a few of her members had a look too and they were so lovely and gave me so many compliments. I can't wait to go back to their group again! Which will be in 2 weeks time. It's a morning group too which I find better because I hate having to wait all day to eat properly. I missed weigh in last week due to being at Leeds Fest until Monday morning and I went straight to Ashley's so I booked a holiday. I know I would have gained which I'm fine with but hopefully being back on plan this week will have lightened the load.

Leeds Festival was absolutely incredible, we lived like tramps for the weekend but I can now die happy after seeing my favorite men perform live (ARCTIC MONKEYS). The whole weekend was just amazing, I've seen so many bands some of which I never really thought I'd enjoy but I did. On the Friday the best moments for me were seeing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Blink 182. Saturday was Papa Roach and Paramore (I felt 13 again) and Sunday, well, Sunday was the best bloody day! Imagine Dragons were just amazing, Jake Bugg and then the reason I wanted to go to the festival in the first place Arctic Monkeys they closed the whole weekend with such an amazing performance. I danced my sore little feet off and sang every song. It made being smelly and people throwing urine in cups every where worth while. I really hope the line up next year is amazing as I'd love to go again.

I hope you all have a brilliant weekend and you've not missed me too much.

So apprehensive!!!

So I've completed a full week of red days and I'm just hoping that I've done enough to get a good loss this week especially after the half a pound gain last week. I don't feel bloated, I feel like I've done enough but whether I have or not is down to the scales tonight. I'm currently cooking butternut squash circles so I can make a ham butty for my dinner! Butternut squash is an awesome substitute for bread and it gives you extra super free. I will let you know how I do on instagram later and I will do a blog post tomorrow at some point. I really want to be in my 13's by next week because we go to Leeds fest but to do that I need to lose 6lb (which would make me 13.13 and 1/2) and I some how don't think that's going to happen but I have 2 weigh in's to do it.

I'm feeling a bit sad today, really missing Ashley. I miss him normally after spending the weekend with him anyway but I miss him more so today. I had such a lovely weekend in Stoke, we used the remaining Morrisons vouchers I had (£20 worth) we got so much fruit and veg. I literally have ate my body weight in fruit since Thursday ha ha. Hopefully that is a good thing! We also played with Lego as we built the DeLorean I got him for our anniversary, it's rather awesome. The drive home last night was a bit scary we saw loads of police and ambulances on the A500 because a car was turned over and had gone into a tree it looked so bad! The rain and wind was terrible but today is really sunny with some heavy winds. I'm back in Stoke at the weekend so hopefully the weather will have cheered up and we will have a nice weekend.

I hope you all have a great week and weigh in goes smoothly.