OK, Sept 1st is the first day of my new 'lifestyle' anyone want to join me? Or even hold my hand?

[SlightlyMadShockwave]

So as of Saturday I shall be attempting to acheive the following, I may be biting off more than I can chew initially but I am determined to get there. My aim, to lose a bit of weight, have a more organised home and happier DP.

1. No nibling at DCs tea/leftovers
2. No eating snacks & treats I have brought/made for DCs
3. Walk up to my office on the second floor every day
4. Takeaways once a fortnight at most
5. Participate as fully as possible in Flylady activities
6. Lounge floor to be cleared of DD3s toys before I go to bed
7. Bottom of stairs (where clutter accumulates) to be cleared at least once a week
8. No MNetting between 3 and DTDs bedtime (I know don't laugh)
9. No MNettinng after 11pm when I have to get up in the morning

So anyone else want to pledge to make changes in theier life or am I going to be talking to myself?

Well my house is looking OK....shame about my diet

Is it too late to join? This school year is starting chaotically and I want to get back in control. My aims:

1. to have a home-cooked, healthy meal ready at 7pm every day (ie menu planning)
2. to keep the house clean and tidy enough for me not to feel ashamed when MIL turns up unnanounced (ie FLYing)
3. to actually go to the weekly dance class I have just signed up for
4. to find a babysitter/nursery for DS so that I have no excuse not to go

That'll do for starters, I think

I was here earlier; sorry for disappearing but first week back at work after the hols (am a teacher) so have had a pretty manic week.

I have eaten more healthily this week and deffo feel a pound or two lighter - my jeans didn't feel quite so appallingly tight today anyway!

We've eaten home-cooked meals all week, until last night, when we went out for curry; but I had two starters rather than a main course so felt quite virtuous!

One of my targets was to do more family things and we've had a lovely day today, pootling round a farmer's market and then played scrabble before bedtime,s o that was nice.

The house is fairly tidy too. I have FAILED on the water target though; next week I MUST remember to have a bottle of water on my desk as I've had a horrid dehydration headache for most of the week.

Another good day from me....I think I have hit most of my targets...well maybe I have MNetted too much. But I am defo doing more pelvic floors....

Unfortunately I am going to fail on hte takeaways thing as DP has just been thru his diary and he is working until at least 7:30 every night next week...he won't be home until 9pm on Tues ...he is self employed but won't turn work away...it is nice having the money but shite doing the bedtime routine with cranky DCs every night

Oh SMST, you are putting me, for one, to shame! But well done on doing so well.

I can't say I feel as though I've achieved much, but the dentist today. Tomorrow its Drs all morning for lo check and jabs, so the whole day will be taken up with that, ditto wednesday with hospital appt.

And I've still not done my list!

Oh, and I bought a new pair of jeans and a pair of boots. Oops! Not going to clear the debts is it?!

...I've fallen off the wagon on my great intentions somewhat.

although we did do family bonding stuff this weekend which has made life with a de-throned 5 year old much much easier.ooooh, me too please

I plan to:

1. Repair my fragile realtionship with my five year old DS - check, have done family stuff all weekend rather than chores
2. stop eating sugary sweets and eat more fruit and veg; its setting a bad example to my DS - check on the fruit and veg but scoffed half a pound of american hard gums yesterday.
3. get down to optimim BMI....around 2.5 stone to lose - and that's all i'll say on this one
4. stop drinking red wine through the week - check but i had a g'n't instead
5. Only MN for an hour over lunch and after DCs are in bed (that's a popular one isn't it...it's going to be mightily quiet here in the afternoon!) - again,
6. Get out for a walk with the pram at least once a day and do buggyfit once a week - check on the walking, but not registered for buggyfit. Am rethinking this one and joining WW instead yo help with 3.

I haven't done too bad when i write it down.

will do better this week!

Well done slightlymadsweden, you are achieving loads

Yes well errr....my MN has been bad today.
I need to lose weight. I want to ask DP for a pair of sz 16 jeans that properly fit for Christmas....at the mo I am struggling with 18's. I should be able to do it. It is not to much to lose...but I just don't have the lifestyle for it ATM...

Oh well I seem to be talking to myself...

I have had a BAD day.

Cooked lunch and cooked tea
Nibbled DTDs tea knowing I wouldn't get my tea until 9pm
aaple and blackberry crumble
NO FLYing
Havn't tidied toys and there is no guarantee I will
And I have MNetted FAR FAR FAR too much

Oh well there is always tomorrow

I'm still here SMS. Sorry you've had a bad day, but remember it's all about little steps. Pick yourself up and start again afresh tomorrow

'twould be difficult to avoid MN today. It has been a day of car crash thread content...too awful for words, but you just can't help but look.

And having bad day too....DS and I had major falling out at bedtime, even after successfully avoiding the homework flashpoint

tomorrow I join Weight Watchers....I've recently discovered that ALDI sell their own version of magnum ice creams (which are just as, if not more, deelish IMO) at 89p for a box of three......enuff said really

...and my housework hotspots have started to spontaneously combust

i'm here too (1 hsnded typing whilst feeding, so sorry!)

SMST - you've done SO well, as Daisy said, tomorrow is another day. hope today was better.

Daisy - BACK AWAY FROM THE FREEZER!!

I have done two of the things on my list which have been on there the longest time: I have switched my b'band, phone to Sky and halved my bill. And got someone coming to give me a quote on my conservatory repairs.

Have also consistently eaten within my WW points.

Am quite pleased, although I don't feel 'on top of things', and slowly things are mounting up still. The toys aren't ALL getting put away every night, so its all looking a bit scruffy generally.

I've been doing pretty well food-wise but went out for a meal tonight with friends. Didn't eat MASSES but I did have three courses and feel really, uncomfortably full now - I suppose I was getting used to eating less, so it's a bit of a shock to the old tummy!

The house is pretty clean but dp has done all that, as he's not back at work yet .

Not enough family time as I've been very busy at work. I was feeling guilty about that but then I watched SuperNanny tonight (my daughters' current favourite programme!!!) and felt a lot better about myself! We WILL do things together at the weekend; in fact I'm thinking of buying a pair of skates so that I can go skating with them - or is that too, too ridiculous?

Not been on for a couple of days, so.....

Handling DS better and managed to keep my temper tonight when he was having a massive hissy fit about eveything

Joined WW yesterday and have started diet proper today, so feeling quite pleased with myself ...but the night is still young

Have eaten more fruit and veg in the last two days then in the last two weeks

Haven't eaten any sweets today

Walked, but only to school and back twice so maybe a mile and a half in total

Have been glued to MN all week ...but in my defence it was too exciting on Tuesday not to.

where has everyone gone......they seem to have fallen by the wayside!

I'm still here - I guess the others are either a) lacking in willpower and not wanting to admit so or b) sticking rigidly to the "I must MN less" quotes on their lists.

I wasn't around yesterday. I think I only MNetted for about 30mins in total . But it was more forced than chosen as we were busy plumbing new dishwasher until about 10:30. Still doing OK, I am having a few puddings at work - which although it isn't strictly on my list it is probably more relevant to the weight loss than some of the things that are on the list...

Anyway. I will still keep posting if nobody else ever does. Even if it is to just tick all the boxes I am "documenting" the fact that I am diong it IYSWIM and I can't/won't cheat .

Daisy - can you come and sort out my relationship with DTD1 - we have had an horrific few days....?

Sadly, I am no expert on the parenting front as DS and I rub each other up the wrong way all the time.

I take my hat off to anyone dealing with twins and more!

Do you have any other DCs or is it just your DTDs?

I have 6yo DTDs and a 17m DD too. DD3 is as placid as hell, DTD2 is a mumys girl big style so is usually (but not always) on my side.

DTD1 goes thru these phases. SHe gets a small telling off for something - today it was using DD3s flannal to clean tiles in bathroom. It culminated in a full scale water fight - I was soaked, DTD2 was soaked, bathroom floor was soaked. It just escalates and she doesn't know how to calm herself down.

I'm here too, but without much to report. Not been MNing much, spectacularly fell off the WW wagon today, but I knew it was coming - and today was my weigh in day - which i couldn't go to, so I have a week to catch up. Not feeling bad about it.

Things are just going quite well and there's not any massive issues at the mo. The washing is being put away, the house is OK, and I'm getting my jobs done.

It'll be a different story this weekend, lo is off for first jabs tomorrow. Sob!

Is everyone sticking to their restricted MN'ing but me then?

EErmmmm.....I would be if I wasn't here

Sorry I haven't been around I would like to say it's the restricting MN-ing, but I've been too mad busy.. the shoes at the foot of the stairs appear to be breeding in a 'Sorceror's Apprentice' stylee - every time I take a pair upstairs and put them away, another two seem to appear in their place...

Well done to everyone who's managing to stick to their lists, I'm quietly proud of myself for the food thing (have somehow managed to lose a stone - woohoo!!! [does happy dance]) and although the house is still a pit, I actually put a whole wash away today (believe me, that's a huge thing for me, I normally have several weeks' worth of 'clean' (it's been washed and dried but the cat has probably sat on it/dd has thrown it all over the floor in the meantime)
washing sitting around on the back of the sofa, so to get it tidied away is rather wonderful!

DH has just appeared round the door looking rather mournful and asked me if I intend to come downstairs at any point - he apparently is too hungry to wait for me to cook any longer (part of me is thinking 'lazy sod', part of me is ) so he is going to the chippy... oh dear, how crap am I?

A stone? Wow! Well done, that's an achievement. You deserve the chips!

I was very good [angelic emoticon] and just had a shish kebab - our chippy does a nice salad with it - it was practically health food!

A stone sounds wonderful, but I am vastly overweight (have another 2.5 stone to go before I'm down to pre-preg weight), so I'm kind of not surprised that the first stone fell off so easily, if that doesn't sound a bit up myself... I suspect the next 2.5 stones are going to prove far harder to shift!

But thanks

Not been dipping in too much as it justs reminds me of what I have't achieved. Good to see good things are being done! Well done on the stone Lovecat. I suspect I may have actually put on weight this week, but have been feeling poorly and crap with mastitis so have been comfort eating.

I'm endeavouring to sort the house out so am making a list with three things that need to be tackled each day.

Today......

1. sort out the laundry (which sounds very much like lovecat's pile, except we have no cat)
2. put sorted laundry away.
3. sort out big mess of sheets and duvets that never ever get used and bag up for the charity shop (this has been waiting for me for a year )

I'll check in later....at the moment am halfway through the laundry sorting and have stopped for a cuppa!

can i join, need all the help i can get.

Of course.

I am still here but feeling really ill so most of mine are either not relevant (i.e. not at work to walk up stairs) and I am hardly eating my own food let alone leftovers. I ahve no energy to clear floor at end of day or FLY

Will be back in a few days....