Alaina Chesney Online

www.peashavepoints.co.uk - thats the new name of my Weight Watchers classes blog. well soon to be. I think to save money and time to host it with wordpress and then redirect the name to peashavepoints.wordpress.co.uk to make life easier? Not sure - got the name so its a start. Its going to hopefully have some weight watchers posts by me, stories by members and comments from them too. Making contributing online free and easy for everyone. Weight watchers monthly pass is only available to members with online access - and 1 in every 3 of our members is either with the monthly pass or has Internet access at lunch or at home. So why not? Couldn’t think of any good names for it either. So was it to be www.darlingtonweightwatchers.co.uk or poundstoloose.co.uk? Nope - peashavepoints.co.uk . Thats because they do! Peas that is. It was a topic at class today - our leader didn’t realise peas have points value until me and another pointed (pun intended) it out to her. So that inspired me for the name. www.peashavepoints.co.uk - aslo has a nice ring to it :).

Well I did it I lost another 1 1/2 lbs! Which means I have reached my 10% weight loss goal already in my 10th week! w00t. I didn’t realise you got a keyring when you get to your 10% goal, and so I did. Its a funky solid keyring with a star and 10% on the back and comes in a wee congratulations box from Weight Watchers on it. I am dead chuffed as its something I didn’t even expect. Another 1/2lb hopefully next week and I have reached my wee goal of 2 stone loss before my birthday in the middle of may. Its going to be hard work this week, travelling to london, work, weekend at my mums and then Alton Towers. But with Dave’s elp and some determination I can do it! x

Well this has been an amusing problem. I have a switch and sensor controlled secruity light out back. its good for winter, and for late BBQs in the summer. Over the last few months it has become a bit of a nightmare. Phantom, my big cat, has got serious light and shadow issues - he attacks anything moving in light or dark at the moment - including his own shadow. Also, when the light comes on it illuminates the entire back garden, dinning room and into the lounge. Bit of a pain. Never was an issue for 3 years, till my new neighbours moved in. The only time it used to go off was if squizzy (next doors old cat), was walking on the ajoining wall.

Now its a problem. They pop out quiet a bit in the back. Also, even opening their back door triggers the light. Anything left on either of our washing lines sets the sensor off quiet a bit too with the wind moving the clothes etc.

So, finally got hold of a tall ladder and covered over the sensor (as there isn’t an off switch for just the senor). Not a problem. Phantom isn’t getting starteld, and finally it doesn’t look like blackpool illuminations anymore. Sorted?

Well was for me. Next door are not happy. They have complained to their landlady (my old neighbour, and friend) that its silly that I have turned it off, and they can’t understand why! Furthermore, they want it back on. They don’t see it as a problem or issue. In case you had forgot - this is MY back light, not a shared one. Running off my electricity. Connected to my house.

I have told a couple of people at work, as well as boyfriend and housemate. Everyone thinks its funny. Neighbour has said he can’t see why it has been turned off, and he never set it off often. I ask you this - if he never set it off why is he bothered that its not coming on anymore?

My old neighbour is getting a bit pissed off as she is getting it in the ear from the new neighbours about the light etc (since she is their landlady). I am sorry to make her get an earful. But, I don’t dare speak to them! He screams and shouts a lot and I think punches the wall, and his girlfriend is quiet vocal too (and quiet scarry). They don’t seem to be very approachable and I am to be honest, scared to talk to them, espcially by myself. They argue quiet a bit, to a loudness that my mum was even embarrased for me when she was visiting at the end of last year. I am fed up, and wish they would just be polite and nice to each other like my old neighbours - at least I wasn’t affraid of them!

Weigh in day. Urgh.

…what a week. Been about busy beeing at work and home. Dave has doofered his foot, and therefore the world is coming to an end (as he is a man afterall). But it did seem to be badly bumped and spranned and was resting all weekend and not able to drive. Been properly driving the new car this weekend and its fun

We have had lots of thunder and rain today. Woosh down the street and was overflowing as the gutters couldn’t cope!

Had a horrible food week and exercise week. Only managed an hour at the gym today all week. Usually aim for 2 or 3 nights exercise a week, and eating good all week (except for Monday treats!). However, I have to order a Vegan meal if its a set menu like it was on Thursday for this training at work. The entire offering on the plater was onion bhajis, spring rolls and deep fried something else. There was a wrap with mushrooms in which is also pap on WW diet :(. Was very upset with myself as my dietry choice made my diet really hard to stick too, and I got quiet upset as I ate double the points on Thursday and I couldn’t help it as I had no other option.

On the matter of food, I was also hungry on that Thursday as the previous night in the Beefeater was not good. I was dead excited as they had a kinda WW friendly veggie range. So after discovering the garlic and herb mushrooms wasn’t veggie I went for Ratouille as a starter. And a creamy roast veg risotto. Delicious yes? Well the ratouille looked like over cooked tomato baby food, it was dier. Then, as expected I asked for my risotto without cheese shavings. This is an important point. So it arrived and it looked a bit too creamy. One mouthful and it defo tasted of cheese. Cheese, urgh. So I asked to see a menu and checked and it didn’t mention cheese, and had a discussion with the waitress. She even said it looked like it has cheese on as you could see it being stringy and stodgy slightly. So after the chefs and manager took me food and debated over the ingredients on the pre packed sauce packet, I got to choose another meal. My colleague made a good point, perhaps it shouldn’t have cheese on but they added the cheese shavings and realsied too late and stirred it in at the last minute. Urgh. So I was left with 2 garlic mushrooms and a plate of chips. Nice. Then an egg sandwich for tea on thursday night made me feel thoroughly empty and starving while using up twice as many points over 2 days :(. Urgh.

Unless something drastic happens, I doubt I have even stayed the same at weigh in tomorrow. Maybe another 3 hours on Huw’s Wii Fit might loose a few pounds? Probably not, as I doubt it would make anyone fitter or better off. Its a good toy, but thats it. A toy. Nothing really replaces proper 30min a day exercise. Its another money gadget machine to get people to believe being a sofa tattie will actually make you loose weight.

Urgh, here comes monday.

This is not my first name. It is not my name. Its not even the right way of spelling my knickname. However, the Smart dealership saw fit to register my new car under this name. I am absouletly livid. I have a friend going through a hard time with her silly female productive organs not keeping their end of the bargin of you know, working, and I know other people have more important things to worry or be annoyed about but COME ON. I AM LIVID. Ali, ALI, URGH. What moronic idiot thinks its a name! When my insurance, finance documents, DRIVING LICENSE, is all as Alaina - I ask you - who in their right mind puts ALI as a registered owner. UUURRGGHHHH. Huw can’t stop laughing at me being peeved by this.