Photographer is BOOKED!!!!

The photographer came to see us last night and I must admit we were really impressed.

A lot of photographers either creep me out or just look scruffy (the ones ive met anyways) but he impressed us.  It was only a 15 minute chat at our house but he was on time, polite, smart and more importantly his photos were AMAZING!

I was seriously impressed!

http://www.davidbousfield.org/

This is his website for you all to have a look at his work!

So I sent him an email today and confirmed we would like him to be our photographer :) YAY!

Things booked so far:

- Venue
- Chair Covers
- DJ
- Food & Drink
- Colour scheme picked
- Photographer
- Scatter crystals & petals - lol was an ebay bargain!

Off on Sunday to Longhirst Hall to meet the suppliers who work with us included in our package with the venue and then to a wedding fair at The Sage - cannot wait!!!

xx

Mid Week Update

Hey all

So we're now midweek and I've done good so far this week.  Ate healthy and walked about 15 mins each day which I know is not much, but its a start!

Already worried about the weekend as I'm going out for a meal - hate worrying about what to wear! I've ordered a new skirt n top so I just pray it looks okay on me! All my clothes feel either tight or make me look fat! :(

Haven't managed to walk to work - its been chucking it down and my fiance just wont budge on the walking situation so seen as im the only driver outa the 2 of us, its either drive or he wont go to work lol! But ive managed to get in a walk at dinner time so all is good!

Still no vouchers from weight watchers though! Grrrr! Its so frustrating as I could of joined yesterday but HAVE to wait for the vouchers!

My aim is a stone off my xmas (more or less 1lb per week so should be doable) and another stone off by our hols in june! :)

xxxx

Monday 24th September - weekend

Not going to lie had a hurrendous weekend!
Stuck infront of my laptop for the whole weekend was not good! Uni work is finished as of late tonight so should be able to start working out!

Got weighed this morning - stayed the same as last week which isnt too bad considering i didnt have the best week!

Felt a little low over the weekend though, but cheered up as my  weight watcher vouchers have arrived from the doctors - so im starting that at 10am tomorrow YAY! :-D

Very excited to get myself on a proper structured diet that i can follow so watch this space!!!

Nicola xx


- so just found out after phoning weight watchers that i might not get my pack for 14 days :( sob! so gonna try and get my mum to join tomorrow so that i can follow the info in her book for my diet! xx

How far we've got with our wedding plans......

So I decided not to make this blog all about my weight loss Ive decided to include our wedding preparations too!! xx

Here is how far we have got with our wedding plans :)

We are getting married at:

Longhirst Hall - Morpeth on May 4th 2014 at 1pm

The venue is booked and deposit paid for.
Registrar is booked and deposit paid for.

The package we get at our venue includes 50 day and eve guests so we just now have to sort out who is coming to both or just the evening? Prob have about 100 eve guests in total!

Chair covers and sash are included within the package too!

The colour we have went for is LIGHT BLUE (which is what all wedding posts will be in)

So far light blue I have bought scatter crystals (thats it lol) but I have seen the table runners in light blue organza that I would like to get however I need to work out how many table there will be before I do that!

We have our florist sorted - just need to meet with her, decide exactly what we are having and pay a deposit to her.  http://www.stemginger.com/
She is amazing and so talented with faux flowers - I think I will be having silk ones rather than real as they can last forever :D

Erm what else have we got.....

Maid of honour, Bridesmaid, Best Man & Usher have been chosen - Trying to see if we can afford one extra of each as theres a couple we really want to ask but dont know if we're able to afford another suit, another dress etc.

Meeting our photographer on tuesday night, he is bringing us some photo albums that he has shot and designed, so if we are impressed we shall be booking him :)

Oh and we know we want to go to Egypt for 3 weeks for our honeymoon just not sure what hotel yet!

I will keep u updated as and when something is booked :) xx

Stupid, stupid me!

So feeling today like ive let myself down.
All day yesterday was adament that I was going to have a stir fry for tea - went to shop at dinner time and bought everything I needed, then had SUCH a bad afternoon at work - was so stressed ended up having a takeaway :(
Not just a takeaway though - had 1/2 pizza, chips and kebab meat.  As soon as id ate it I thought why did i just do that???
So feeling pretty awful today about it.

Had brown toast for breakkie with banana and jacket potato low fat filler n salad for dinner, and i WILL have a stir fry for tea tonight.

Dreading gettin on the scales on tues morning though - prob put on weight rather than lose any!

So its been a bad start but I will get better I promise!

Nicola xx

My diet and goals!

Ok so here are my plans for dieting and what I am aiming for!

By May 4th 2014 I want to be at least 2 stone lighter! So my goal is to remain somewhere between 10st and 10st 5lbs.  

I am a dress size 16.  My goal is to be able to fit into size 12.

Dieting has always been my problem - as soon as I hear the word "diet" I am hungry so I'm going to try and do this weight loss thing as painfree as possible ha!

I am going to join Weight Watchers next week (awaiting vouchers) and stick to their diet - I find structure a lot easier to follow!

Until then however it is up to me to get started.

So for breakfast I am going to be having fruit.... I have grapefruit, bananas, tangerines & apples currently in my fridge so I think I will be having some of them each morning.

I once read that doing exercise in the morning will help speed up my weight loss, so as of tomorrow I am going to do at least 15 mins worth of either brisk walk or x trainer each morning.

Not an excuse but my uni work is due in on sunday and I am having to spend each night infront of the computer so I am unable to do any exercise after work just for this week.  So this is why I am going to do it in the morning!

Ive also suggested to my fiance that we walk to work one day a week to start off with (about a 20 minute walk one way) but he wants to begin that next friday lol - no idea why! So I will have to persuade him to try that out sooner!

I am determined!!!!!

For dinner this week I'm going to have either jacket potatoes with a low fat filler n salad, or just salad with the 1cal caeser sauce spray

For tea its going to be meat and veg! Aiming for 2lbs off by monday! Wish me luck :) x  





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Starting off!

I've got to start somewhere!!!!

 Ok so here goes, this is my blog.

I'm Nicola and I am 25 years old.  Like any other girl out there I have struggled with my weight all my life!  I don't think I have ever had a moment where I look in the mirror and thought WOW about myself.  Dont get me wrong this isn't a blog full of self pity its more of a challenge for myself.

Today I begin my new life!

I am engaged and due to get married on May 4th 2014.  I WILL NOT look like I do now on our wedding day - this is the promise I have made to myself.

This morning I got weighed and although I don't admit this to anyone - I will admit to you (anyone who wants to follow my blog) I am a size 16 and I weigh 12 stone 5lbs.  I went to the doctors this morning on an unrelated issue and she worked out my bmi as 29.9 :( which according to the NHS anything over 25 is seen as overweight.

I'm not sure how I have managed to put this much weight on but I am now determined to lose it!

So here goes nothing.........!

Each week I will weigh myself, share what I have been eating/doing for exercising on here and please feel free to comment! 

Speak soon and wish me luck!

Nicola xx