Tracey's wedding weight loss attempt (comments welcome & needed!!)

[eeyore25]

Hi Tracey,

I am so sorry to hear about your DMIL. I am glad that she is on the mend....that must have been so scary. I will keep your entire family in my prayers!

Thanks for sharing your pictures, they are great!!!! Looks like you had a wonderful time!

Keep up the good work!

Have a great day

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Tracey, love the pictures, esp the one with you having a cup of tea in bed! That is my idea of heaven! Your food for Monday and Tuesday looks good, way to go getting right back on track after the weekend. Hope mil is feeling better each day!

 

[lovinaz]

Wow, so much has gone on since I've been on my trip! Sorry to hear about your MIL, I hope she is doing better. I'm sure you'll see an improvement every day, that is what happened with my grandmother when she had a stroke a couple years ago.

When I was in the UK I got completely addicted to scones with clotted cream! I am so jealous you got homemade ones... I miss having my "cream tea" in the afternoons... I also love your tea, I brought back a huge box of PG, I love that stuff!

You are doing awesome with your workouts, and I love all the photos! Especially of the party, what a fun time!!

 

[tbstein]

Hi wendy, thanks for stopping by

Ate too much Sunday dinner at mums! She baked scones - my mums home made scones are the best

I LOVE scones! Too bad they can't be gluten free. Altho DH says he can figure out a way to make them. I would love to have some for DD's party!

See ya around!

Wendy

 

[toystoryduo]

Great pictures, Tracey! Hope you're having a great week!

 

[kimwim8]

Hey Tracey. I'm glad your MIL is doing better. I hope your DH is doing so as well. It takes such a toll on us when our moms are sick. I know I personally rely on my mom WAY too much.

You're looking GREAT in those 70's pics. I totally saw you as Beyonce!! (love that move ). And Wensleydale looks amazing!! I could stay in that bed for weeks!!

Keep up the great work! And running 20 minutes on the treadmill is AWESOME!!

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Tracey, hope things are going well and that mil is still improving! Keep up those workouts, you amaze me with how good you are! May it please be contagious! Have a great weekend.

 

[traceycooper]

Hi all thanks for sticking with me!!

Didnt make gym today as i have a huge hangover!

Friday
Went to a local church with school today, i got to play the organ & ring the church bells!!! Found that pretty cool!
Our guide was called Ken & he ran the London marathon last year & is doing a 1/2 marathon next month....he's 62 years old!!
My lunch box went missing (i had eaten most of the food in it before it got lost!), so his wife made me a cup of tea & gave me a plate of chocolate biscuits (cookies!) They were such nice people, i got to write a prayer for DMIL too

B/fast - cereal
lunch - sandwich, chocolate bar, muffin, sausage roll, plate of choccy biscuits
dinner - fries topped with cheese & mayo

Went to gym
Upped TM to 22 mins & did it
Burnt 800 cals

saturday
b/fast - cereal
lunch - bacon sandwich (cut the fat off)
dinner - 4 crispbreads, yogurt....1/2 chk burger & fries (shared with DH in pub)

Went to a comedy club in Nottingham, i got sooooo drunk
One minute i was ok the next i was seeing double & thought oh dear!!
TOM had arrived yesterday & wine + pmt was not a good idea, DH & i had words due to me turning into a drunk psyco (SP!) woman!!

Sunday
Didnt make gym - too ill & tired!
Apologised to DH for turning psyco on him!

b/fast - cereal
lunch - wholeweat pasta with tuna & tomato & cheese
dinner - having cheese & ham roll

Off on another school trip tomorrow to a local theme park for younger children, looking forward to that

MIL doing ok, she has aphasia dyspraxia, which means she has trouble with comprehention & understanding as well as speech difficulties, we are just hoping that she will improve

 

[toystoryduo]

Sounds like you had a fun weekend, Tracey! (Not the hangover part though. )

Prayers continue for your DMIL. That's neat that you got to write out a prayer for her at the church you visited.

Hope you have a great week!

 

[bekkiz]

Sounds like a fun weekend. I hope the school trip with the kiddies was as much fun as you thought.

Best wishes for your MIL

 

[Amy&Dan]

Oh Tracey, I love your posts! Drunk pyscho, can I relate to that or what? Sometimes when I am with my three girlfriends during our family get togethers its just amazing the things we say and do, while our husbands and kids look on in amazement! Take Alka Seltzer after you drink so much, works everytime! And I outta know! That sounds like a fun trip with your school, glad you got to ring the bells!

I will really keep your mil in my prayers. Sounds like there is alot to be thankful for but a lot of improvement still needed. Hang in there!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Tracey,

Sounds like you had a fun weekend. I hope your outing with the kids goes good!

Continued prayers for your DMIL. I hope she starts feeling better.

Keep up the good work!

Have a great day

 

[traceycooper]

Ok first things first:-

Another month down on my WDW ticker

I changed my avatar to show where i'll be in the beautiful Maldives, on Bandos Island in 7 weeks

Monday
School trip was fun Weather lovely. The teacher who's a pain stressed a bit but i didnt let her get to me or spoil our day!

B/fast - cereal
lunch - ham & cheese roll, yogurt, choc bar, dohnut
Dinner - cant remember now, but i dont think it was too bad!!

Didnt go to gym, too tired after trip!
Went to hospital to see DMIL, DH is finding it hard, sometimes she doesnt seem to know him & he misses being able to have a conversation with her (speech still poor, understanding even poorer) Still shes happy, & it could have been a lot worse.

Tuesday
b/fast - cereal
lunch - ham & cheese roll, yogurt
Dinner - baked potato with chk, bacon & cheese filler

Went to gym
New record on cals burnt in one session - 880 cals
Just wish the scales would move.....

Wednesday
b/fast - cereal
lunch - chk salad, yogurt
dinner - chk faghitas

Its raining hard & its forcast up till Sunday
Inner thighs aching from gym!
DMIL went for a home visit today, she cried when she went home, they are putting in some hand rails for her & then she can come home
Hopefully next week!

My savings have gone to pot!! There going down instead of up! I really need to get back on track & stop spending.
WDW is only 13 months & 3 weeks away

Off for a cuppa

 

[tbstein]

Tracey, glad you made it thru the weekend. We were off on a short holiday, and all was wonderful. Was a bit out of it the first day, as I worked all night before we left. The other 2 days were great.

I am sending warm wishes and big hugs to you and your DH to help with DMIL. It is so hard when the communication starts to fall apart.

Take care and keep up the great job on keeping on track (one night of drunken psycho-ness included ) and have a great week!

Wendy

 

[Amy&Dan]

Hi Tracey, I saw your new avatar, that looks like a lovely place to go you lucky woman! So sorry that your mil's condition is so hard on dh. Not at all surprising, that is so stressful and lets face it, men have a hard time dealing with these things. You are a good wife and daughter in law and it sounds like you are holding it together. I really hope and pray she continues to improve. As you say, it could have been worse. Hang in there!

OMG, over 800 calories burned in one workout, that is incredible! And your food looks great, so you are doing really well. Good for you!

 

[toystoryduo]

Tracey~

You are doing a great job at the gym and with your eating! Keep up the good work!

We'll continue to keep Gary, your MIL, and your family in our thoughts and prayers.

I love your new avatar! That place looks absolutely gorgeous! I hope you'll post more pictures and do a trip report when you get back.

Have a great weekend!

 

[CACruisin']

Wow, so much has been going on! many P &PD for DMIL and for you and your DH. Your trip to Wesleydale (sp?) sounded wonderful and the Island in your avatar is gorgeous!

880 calories! Wow, you must be flying on that TM - Great job!!!

I love all the trips your school takes. That is so great for the kids to have so many different experiences.

Have a great friday and weekend! Hopefully the will come out soon.

 

[traceycooper]

Hello wish buddies
Thankyou for all the lovely comments for DMIL, they sure help

Thursday
Cant remember what i ate!! - i did have a muffin
Didnt feel like gym so i went & swam - did 40 lengths & then sat in jaquizzi, met an old work collegue in the jaquizzi so spent ages chilling & talking - i almost cooked!!!


Friday
WI....no change...AGAIN!!!

b/fast - cereal
snack - the other muffin low fat hot choc drink
lunch - chk salad, yogurt, strawberries
dinner - fries topped with cheese & mayo, fresh cream apple turnover, can of cider

Really didnt feel like gym again, so didnt go, but then spent the evening feeling guilty after what i'd ate!!!

Saturday
Went to gym!!
Burnt 860 cals

b/fast - cereal
lunch - 4 crispbreads, yogurt, orange juice
dinner - not sure yet.
EDITED - had chk curry, small piece of nam bread

Weather still awful!!!
DH & I are so skint, so we cant go anywhere either

 

[traceycooper]

Went to gym again & burnt 870 cals
Just read my last post, where i'm moaning the scales havnt gone down - then i look at my food for the weekend & no wonder!!!!
I need to eat better - especially at the weekend!!

Sunday
Busy day!
Went to gym in morning, come home had lunch, went food shopping, went to a new supermarket to look at clothes, bought a dress (so much for being good with my spending!!), went to a sports outlet to get DBIL something for his birthday, i bought some new trainers for gym (spending again )
I wanted some really good running ones but they were soooo expensive $160 - $200 & that was discounted!!! So i found some the same make (sketchers) as what i'm wearing now for about $50, will have to save up for the others

Called in at garden centre on way home, arrived home 5 mins before my parents arrived for dinner!! Quickly packed shopping away & prepared dinner!

Got my dad a Clive Cussler novel for fathers day - had no wrapping paper so i had to put it in a Christmas bag! His card didnt have an envelope either!! Got DH some beer with a nice glass & a card with a key ring that says 'best dad in the world' from DD!
DH has gone to visit his mum in hospital & i'm supposed to be ironing!!!
I'm shattered!

b/fast - cereal
lunch - wholemeal pasta with grilled peppers & chilli & corriander pesto
dinner - cheese & pastrami roll, piece of walnut cake, 2 cups of earl grey, 1 malibu & diet coke

I have dip in the fridge...i ...must... resist .. the ...dip!!

 

[toystoryduo]

I right there with ya about the food thing and the shopping. Are we WISH sisters or what? I just told my DH that we really need to tighten our belts financially and then we spent $100 at the grocery store yesterday that we weren't planning to spend.

Hope you have a great week! Prayers continue for your DMIL.