Reasons to be Cheerful

For more information on what Reasons to Be Cheerful (#R2BC) is all about please check out this post from Michelle at Mummy from the Heart for a full description.

This week's Reasons to be Cheerful: 
  1. Little Lady is settling in well with the childminder. I really like the childminder too, instantly made me feel at ease.
  2. I have made a start on revision for my OU exam, which is good as I only have 11 days left!
  3. I lost another 3lb at Slimming World. So I have now lost my first stone, well actually 16lbs so far :) Only another 8lbs to my 10% loss goal.
  4. On Friday, I attended a Introduction to Group work meeting at Leeds Mind. I was so anxious the night before and felt so sick, and did my usual trick of babbling away ******** to cover my nerves! But I survived. I think it helps that everyone understands and shares mental health issues. I started the group meetings on Tuesday, and again fought through the anxiety to get there, but felt it helped once there.
  5. Both me and Kiki have had cold this week; for Little Lady this meant she struggled to sleep as she couldn't breathe well; for me, I just feel shocking, tired, aching, etc. I have ended up with painful ribs too, I suspect through coughing. I fought through the urge to just stuff my face with chocolate. I did mention I'm a comfort eater, right? So I'm feeling proud of myself for that.
  6. Even with my cold crappiness, I have managed to keep exercising. Not as much, I have had two days off though.
  7. I gave my friend her weight loss tracker to keep her motivated at Slimming World and she loved it. 
  8. I'm still trying to organise my crafty corner, and have started scanning all my patterns and 'how to's'.
 So over to you, what have you been up to this week? What are your reasons to be cheerful? Do let me know.

11 comments:

  1. That's lots of good reasons, glad you are both feeling better and well done on your continued weight loss.

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    1. Thanks Lou. I really had to fight hard not to give in to comfort eating this week!

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  2. Great reasons altogether. Hope you and the little one feel better health-wise soon. Good to see you getting your way on the childminder front and pursuing your own life as well as being a fab mum

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  3. Your post today sounds 'bubbly', it's like I can feel the positivity coming from it! Good luck with the exams.........study woman!! xx

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    1. Thanks Jo, I'm trying to revise as much as poss x

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  4. I'm so glad you've managed to find a childminder you and little one are happy with. It sounds like you're making a lot of really positive steps in your life! Good luck with the exams. x

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  5. Good luck with your exam, well done with the weight loss and the not giving into the temptation to comfort eat!

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  6. oh well done you on OU and group. weight loss always reason to smile :-)

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  7. Big well done on the weight loss and going to your group session. Sorry I did not stop by last weekend, Miss M ended up breaking her elbow so we spent my blogging time at A&E! Mich x

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