Happy new year! Things on sticks and pina colada. Have a good one when the bells come. Long may your lum reek 🔔

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Forgot about this. Bought it and had it in my work bag for Christmas shifts. Sadly never got to wear it as I was bedded with the flu.

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New Years Decisions and Inspirations for 2020. Creative one. Pic a day on Instagram as I loved that before but failed by April. Health one. Loose another 2 stone. 2 gone! 2 to go! ( or maybe 1 and a half) will decide when I get there. Mental wellness one. Become a runner. Complete c25k finally and run a couple of times a week. Either inside on the treadmill watching tv or outside when it’s fine. Work one. Swear less lol! Financial one. Spend less. Save more. Only 1 outings for lunch or coffee a month.

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New Years Decisions and Inspirations for 2020

New Years Decisions and Inspirations for 2020 

Creative one. 

Pic a day on Instagram, either my normal one or my weight loss one, or both! as I loved that before but failed by April. 

Health one. 

Loose another 2 stone. 2 gone! 2 to go! ( or maybe 1 and a half) will decide when I get there. 

Mental wellness one.  

Become a runner. Complete c25k finally and run a couple of times a week. Either inside on the treadmill watching tv or outside when it’s fine. 

Work one. 

Swear less lol! 

Financial one. 

Spend less. Save more. Only 1 outings for lunch or coffee a month.

Fresh inspiration for the new year. Will set to work on the 12 week block on the 2nd January as I am hosting a big New Years family meal on the 1st. @drclarebailey thanks for the renewed inspiration. I have lost 2 stone already and want my goal weight by May. Stay tuned for lots of 5:2, time restricted eating, recipes and fitness pics on my Instagram @karens_weight_loss_saga ##52dieting #52diet #fast800diet #fast800 #timerestrictedeating #intermittenfasting

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Long gone are the days of just lovely or handmade decorations on my tree. It’s now most overrun with all the most ludicrous and ridiculous things that my darling children have bought and in the case of the centre lion have altered for their own amusement...... dear me. I don’t know where they get it from. I will endeavour to move them to the back and being my fancy bling and glass ones forward.

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Thought I best try to be festive. Never quite the same when you know you are working over Christmas. This year it’s my turn to do nightshift Christmas Eve Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Bah humbug

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Super excited to be going to see Rod Stewart on Saturday! Ace start to my holiday.#rodstewart @pandjlive @sirrodstewart

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Ace advent calendar. With smells like perfum which for me is fab. I need a new fav perfume but never go pick one. This way I have 24 to try at home. Day 1 was Gucci Rush. Love this one 😍

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Last of the day light for me till Saturday. Nightshift in the winter is no day light at all. On the upside it’s good for sleeping 💤

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Another white start to the day in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Fails me never my Christmas cactus. It’s a good few years old now. 6 or 7 at least.

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Perfect end to the week #smirnoff

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Must be bonfire night! Well display night anyways so it’s always hotdogs! Not just any hotdogs but M&S posh dogs

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I adore writing up my new dairy and calendar. Always have..... anyone else weirdly like doing this?

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Being a responsible nurse and getting my flu jab at the local chemist. Being brave.....

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New gadget tonight after work. Got a tens machine so trying it out on my back. Lovely after a day shift

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Exactly a year ago today the right pic was taken at the leisure centre. What a difference even if I say so myself. Over 2 stone off and making my way through stone 3.

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Best £10 ever spent on gumtree. Clothes pulley is ace from now till spring

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My face just can’t lie 🤪

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Survived my first Zumba class in rather a long time 🤪🎃

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Lovely wee bridge today over the river lossie that I had never seen before.

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Lovely night out to celebrate one of our colleagues getting a new post. Cocktail was super lush but could take your eye out on the spiked leaf sticking out of it!

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Happy birthday to me! New boots, not just vodka but M&S citrus vodka and a tiger loaf!

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Blowing the bleary eyes away with a wee walk with Malf. Back in to normal life for 7 weeks! Goodbye nightshift 🌜Hello dayshift 🌞

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Saturday night pretending to be in the Caribbean

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Halloween is coming! Party this yearand though we don’t have to buy much it’s nice to have some new bits for it. Can’t wait! 🎃 👻

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Sadly no outing for food today. Eye test instead. All I am going to hear is I am blinder than last time.

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Lovely walk this morning Malf says

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So begins the sneaking in of Halloween to the house with dish towels 🎃👻

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… "If you like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain If you're not into yoga, if you have half a brain If you like making love at midnight, in the dunes of the cape I'm the love that you've looked for, write to me, and escape"

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Met with my lovely family from America today. 💕

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“If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.” #buddha

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Guilty pleasure is sitting reading the Avon book with a coffee. Love a scratch and smell page 😂 #avon

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After 18 lovely days off it’s back to the grind.

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This was inscribed in a lintel in 1466! Almost 600 years ago!! This amazed me that it is still so relevant today. I don’t often post deep stuff but this struck so true. “If you wish to be wise, I enjoin you to observe six things. What you say, and about whom, where, to whom, how and when”

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Wee stop in at the farm shop to get back in the zone after a fine 48hr break to JohnOgroats #holiday #fast800 #weightloss #weightlosssaga #52diet

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I can’t deny the difference this way of life has made to me. My skin, nails, hair all seem healthier. Definitely recommend 5:2, fast 800. 2 stone gone #weightloss #weightlosssaga #fast800 #52diet #intermittentfasting #mfp

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Needs must so why not enjoy the sun! Plus far to hot inside ☀️

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What a fine day to be on holiday. Bbq for supper it is

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Better be hot tomorrow!

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This is the view Malf and I have today. Simply being the watchers, go getters and ladder holder

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Typical Scottish summer sky.

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18 days off after this nightshift tonight! Roll on 0715!

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Cat trap in the form of an amazon box never fails to work

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