Library Books and Weightloss

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These are our latest books out of the library.  DD1 seems to have stopped reading (or wanting to be read to) atm, but still wants to take books out of the library, so we've amassed quite a collection at home atm.

And, though not quite a week, I weighed myself this morning and haven't lost anything yet.  I've not been specifically dieting, so that's probably the reason, but it has crossed my mind, that I'm back on the Depo jab now.  I was never able to lose weight before, and the two times in recent history where I have been able to lose weight (immediately before getting pg with DD2, and immediately after her birth) I wasn't on contraception.  I hope this is just a coincidence, and it doesn't mean that I won't be able to lose weight at all now I'm back on depo.

New weightloss

I'm starting again, with a new weight target (not just because I've put on weight since my last post )

Current weight: 68kg
Goal weight: 60kg
Weight lost this week:N/A
Total weight loss: N/A

So, I lost the weight I wanted to for my sister's wedding, and everyone said how good I looked, which was nice. It did occur to me, though, that I lost a similar amount before I got pg with DD2 and nobody commented. I know I didn't change shape that time, despite losing over 2.5stone, I didn't drop a single dress size. That used to frustrate me with celebrities who would lose a single lb, but drop 3 dress sizes. This time, I lost weight and went from a size 18 to a size 14; and some of my 14s are too big - hurray! I've never been skinny, and tbh I don't think it'd suit me. My previous goal was 10st-something, which I made, and my ultimate goal was 10stone. This time, my first goal is 10st (approx 64kg) and my ultimate goal is a bit lower, so I know that if I do vary a bit, it's all ok.

I've got rid of all my clothes that are size 16 and above (except a few special things, including my wedding dress), and you wouldn't believe how many of my family (and DH's) have said that was silly, because what if I put on the weight again. Hmpf! They have no confidence in me to stay healthy, or buy myself some clothes! Well, it's a good thing I'm not going to put on weight, or I'll have to be naked, and that'd teach them!

Two!!

DD1 was being naughty again, and climbing on the table again again (it's a butterfly table, so cannot take the weight), so I shouted at her to get off, and finished by saying "How many times do I have to tell you?"  "Two!" she answered cheerfully.  It took all my concentration not to burst into giggles!  She was wrong anyway, because in the 3 mins I've been typing this, I've had to tell her to get off the table again. Hmpf.

An update

I realised I haven't been posting for a while.  A mixture of life having got in the way, me persuing ideas for The Swap Shop UK on facebook, and me falling asleep in the evenings, even when I'm watching a programme I'm really interested in (like Sherlock, last night).   This post is just an eclectic catch up of what's been happening round here.

So, recently when we've been to the library and got out the following books:

• How does a ship float?
• The lion king
• Princess Rani
• Bathtime
• Bless you!

We're also doing the Circus Stars Summer Reading Challenge where you have to read 6 books.  Well, we'd finish it in one week, if we just tried to read 6 books, so we just go back for 6 weeks.  We've already collected the first sticker for our circus stage.

My sister's wedding went really well.  Again, I need to write a separate post about that, but I can now start losing weight again.  That said, i haven't started yet, and will do so after this weekend.  I'm visiting my grandparents, so there is no point even trying to eat healthily there, but next week I will start watching my weight again.  I won't be doing the fat burning foods diet, but will be applying those principles to my normal cooking for the family.

The veg patch is really doing well.  We've been eating tomatoes, spring onions (which are now bulbous and the size of shallots!), and I've even had a few carrots.  The strawberry plant served us well, but has since died, because the hanging basket dried out over the weekend of my sister's wedding.  Next year, though, I will try and plant the seeds at the right distance apart to begin with, so I don't need to keep thinning down.

I still want to move house, and we're still unable to.  Sadly, I have started playing the lottery and so far have won £2.50 on the lottery and £1 on a scratch card.  Not enough for my dream house, yet.  My dream house is still available atm which is probably prolonging my misery.  I'd love to move into no 11 but it's not looking likely.  I've even tried to set my sights lower, and I've found no 13 Chapel Court but we still can't afford that.  It's half the price of my dream house, but double the price of where we currently live, that's in negative equity.  As I said before, we've no chance of ever moving house unless we win the lottery, but in the mean time I'm slowly losing all my savings.  You'd think for a semi-intelligient woman I'd know better, wouldn't you?

I am working on getting more money, without the lottery, although I know this is a much longer term solution, rather than the quick fix I need for either of the homes I want.  I've bought a website for my tutoring (a domain name and a hosting package) in order to advertise myself some more.  Unfortunately, I'm not that technically savvy at programming level languages (I can cope with the higher level drag/drop with a small amount of coding, but what I've bought seems to require a lot more) so DH is going to have to help me.  Unfortunately, with his anxiety, he's not convinced I've done the right thing.  Especially as i've bought a second domain name www.theswapshopuk.com so I can develop my swap shop idea.  Atm I'm planning everything on paper, and then will type the text up and send to DH so he can put it together for me.  He said it looked fairly easy, but when I queried whether that was 'easy for him' or 'easy for him to teach me' his face suggested it was the former, so it may be a while yet, before either of these sites go live.  At worst, I've just wasted £70, which would be a few takeaways; at best, I've not got the means to make some more money.  The website it meant to have an easy to use website building function thing called Click be.  I haven't even found that yet, so I really do need to learn more!