Hi Jane, it’s so refreshing to listen to someone who is “real” in their words, thoughts and actions. Your honesty is a great incentive and I always leave your vlogs feeling ready for the week ahead, even if this one wasn’t as good as I wanted it to be. It’s funny you mention the law of attraction, as less than 5 minutes ago, I watched some of The Secret, (not the movie) I decided to watch the rest later and closed it, but caught your channel accidentally (I didn’t have time to watch all of your vlog yesterday), and watched the last 8 mins or so of this vlog. I was meant to start my day with honesty and positivity. Thank you for I’m like you, not giving up on vlogging, you help more people than you must realise Jane. . I read every word of a book, even down to my slimming world books which I keep rereading as if I’m a new member, about once a month. I find it helps me to stay on track,
Good God Woman, real people watch your vlog because you are real people. I watch you because you are real too, I’d rather see someone who is honest and transparent about their journey, rather than a picture Perfect Instagram version of Slimming World. I love sitting down of a Saturday afternoon with a cup of tea and watch your Slimming World sensibilities. You inspired me to revisit my own channel. I think the SW RU-vidrs should put a date in the summer to all meet up to celebrate your journey to target to give you a goal as I know that you mean so much to all of us. Leanne xxx
Love your videos! I get complacent about being at target. I don't want to go back to the weight I was before. When I attend group I hear new members and their milestones. I try to remember what that felt like. Thank you for sharing your Journey! Glad to hear your on the mend :)
Jane don't stop doing your vlogs as they do inspire. They are real no sugar coating reality and that's why you are different. You chat about such interesting things too each week. Love your vlogs always watch them so please keep them coming xx Rosey
First I’m sorry you had the shingles and glad your a bit better. I had a taste on Wednesday of the new bar and thought it was ok, sweet but ok. Now jane I’m glad that girl told you she liked your blog and that made you change your mind to stopping. What would we do without your weekly blogs. I’m just so like you at the moment. Going from week to week and the scales not going down just up by 1/2 lb each week and I’m totally on plan and not changed anything which is so annoying. I’m still in target but getting close to the top end. I got an SAS log to fill in to see if it brings up anything but I know it won’t but we shall see. Heading off to church soon so I think we both need a prayer put in to help us to stay motivated and not worrying about these scales. Do have a good week and look forward to seeing you next week love Doris x
Sorry to hear you’ve been unwell xx it’s tough keeping up with the channel and sometimes for me it’s nice to have a break but I always come back because I miss the interaction and support. None of us are perfect and I think it can be helpful to see others struggles as well as successes lots love xx
Hello you, I wasnt going to watch any RU-vid this week as i spent most of the very long week travelling for the funeral. What an amazing life and i was so privileged to have met him. Things i never knew, battle of the bulge, surviving his tank being blown up. Liberated Belsen and security at the Nuremburg trials. The funeral had all the pomp of a military funeral. Standard bearers, motorcycle escort local television coverage and a write up in the local paper. Anyway I'm glad i did please dont give up you tube i look forward to seeing you being so bloody honest 💕 Question, how visually impaired are you, can you make out shapes without clarity? If its too personal I'll understand. Hope you feel better soon and keep chipping away 💕
Thank goodness for Sandra! You are literally my favourite vlogger, my favourite muse and a virtual friend. You are real, you are relatable and you are wise! We need our weekly dose of Jane medicine! Thank you for keeping on keeping on! Xx
Jane, I don’t leave comments very often but just wanted to say I’ve been enjoying your channel for such a long time now, week after week I look forward to hearing how your week has gone and very often by strange coincidence I’ve also been experiencing similar feelings, knowing that I’m not on my own helps me too. I do hope you continue to do your video diaries. You are such a lovely lady, INTERESTING, MOTIVATING AND ALWAYS REAL x
HiJane, Joe , Great flog again . Glad Sandra spoke to you this morning your my inspiration . I'm late answer you as I can't make my mind up which one I want to do ,then this flu has really got me down so not been doing any but not gone mad . I keep asking myself by I don't feel inspired by much lol. Can you come and give me a kick up the bum please . I'd started back reading again. You'll soon have that half off ,I need about 2stone with messing about seems very daunting even breaking it down into 7lb . Anyway enough about me glad you've decided to still blog . Lots of love lovely lady .Ros xxx
Hi Jane long time no speak. So sorry you have not been well, shingles can be very painful, glad you are over the worst of it. I am still in target, but a stuggled a little bit. My life is turned upside down somewhat, my mum is needing much more time at present not supprising really she is 98 in February. So I have not had a lot of time for social media, but I have been listening to you from time to time, hopefully things will settle down and I can get back to normal. My mum is suffering with leg ulcers it's not very nice for her, but she never complains. You are still looking great, and so pleased that I have a bit of time this evening to make a comment. Glad you are still getting out walking, I am doing as much as I can, life has many blessings even in hard times. Be blessed this coming week sending you much love Kath xx
Hey lovely Jane and Joe. Half a pound on... it is what it is sis, you're still journeying and being very real in the process which I applaud! Omdayzzzz Jane I'm so very sorry that I didn't realise that you had shingles hun!😱 I feel terrible about this! How on earth did I miss that???I've never had it but I've known people who have had it and each of them really suffered as a result. A colleague at work a good few years ago, actually lost her sight because of shingles. She also had it across her face but higher up. Unfortunately one of the spots was on her retina of one eye. Anyway thank God you are getting over it by the grace of God. I really think you don't see how inspirational you really are. I think it's because you're so honest with your experiences. I would urge you to please continue vlogging. I for one would keep in touch with you anyways, but your vlogs touch people Jane. We read the same, in that I also read every single word. Skim reading isn't for me because I need to 'be there' to watch the scenes unfolding. I adore music, and enjoy various genres - reggae and RnB, but my taste is very broad so it includes classical music and opera. I've been learning on my love for music more especially since my baby brother passed. It's been a great comfort to me. Btw I keep forgetting to mention what a sweetheart you are for crocheting your beautiful blankets, you clever lady!😍🥰😘
Please keep the videos coming I look forward to it every week. As I am also blind you inspire me. Can you film a what i eat in a day please? Have a great week X
Hi Jane, I'm so glad you're going to continue to vlog. A big thanks to Sandra from all us viewers. I hope this question is not too personal but I'm just wondering if you ever lived with your husband. My husband and I have separate bedrooms as we find it hard to sleep together. It feels perfectly natural to us and if we ever felt like living in separate houses I don't think it would bother me too much. I like when people do what they feel and don't conform to normal standards x
Hi Darling Twin Hi Joe. My question is how did you go blind. I am like you with regards to catching people out mine is with scenes from movies like if someone has her hair up and it is down after the camera has panned around. You know how much you have truly helped me by sharing your journey on here and I understand you don't feel that you are helping others but I would truly be lost if you was AWOL. Love the idea about the book sharing I follow a young lady who is on SW and she shares her books so more the merrier. My own kick up my own arse truly has gone infact just this past week I said to Tom that's it I cant do this any more even with having a goal like my holidays on the horizon I have lost the the bloody plot if it can be eaten I am eating it yet again I am self sabotaging I need to come to a realisation that if I want to stay happy I must work the plan and cut the crap or I will be having a surgeon cutting off for me. Thanks for sharing have a better week love as always Tom and your very crazy Twin xx
Hi Jane, I just finished The Holiday. I quite enjoyed it. I've been reading Lisa Jewell on Audible, definitely worth a try. I get through loads of books as I'm a dog Walker. Have a lovely week x
Well done Sandra. We would really miss you if you stopped vlogging. Your destination could simply be that you get to where you want to be , knowing how you feel at that weight. X
Hi jane I'm glad your not having a break, your words are very true and always makes me think twice although I am struggle as I'm insever pain and still work 70 hours a week I need a new hip but by dinner time I am also very very tired and quite often it's a chore to stand and cook I am in pain but I also think I make it an excuse too so I need to stop making it an excuse I really need to plan, I start with good intentions but it quickly changes, my life is difficult anyway as my husband is Muslim and such a fussy eater we been out and about a lot this week looking for a new car for me we eventually found one so I need to change my mindset as I have a new car I want a better person sitting behind that wheel hubbies bought me a car to make my life easier now I have to play my part and look after my body. I've not had a good week on plan but I do hope I at least have a small loss tomorrow and today or tonight make my meal plan for the week ahead we can get it back jane I've kept 7 stone off for 10 years but I still need to lose 3 or 4 more. Come on we can do this and will get it back xxx take care xx
I'm glad your. Not leaving us Jane .ilove my books jayne and will look forward to your book chats I think I know why you do get fed up with the struggle to keep on the maintain train iv been struggling since Christmas been at target for 4 years but no matter how I try that needle on the scale is not moving in the right direction ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I think we all struggle at some point maintaining don't we? Ive sat 5/6lbs outside target for a year! Ive decided its only going to take 3 weeks so head down get on with it but ive been out so long i had started forgetting my slim grooves! Gone back to being ultra strict and i FEEL more authentic again. I was being SW-ish! It wouldnt have mattered if i was happy doing it so back to being true to myself and doing slimming world properly whether i feel like it or not in that minute. I got out all my SW magazines and found all my role models in the true stories again.. Im doing it! Im with you Jane!
Love this comment. It is fighting talk and positive actions that will get us back into target. Let’s not just talk the talk and be SWish, let’s walk the walk and be victors!!! Loads of love Jane x
Happy Sunday Jane. Please don’t stop. I look forward to your weekly vlog appearing in my notifications. It makes me smile. You continue to motivate me on my maintenance journey and just generally by your approach to life. Music is a big part of my life. Gets me through the ups and downs. I listen to Roddy Frame, former front man of Aztec Camera. Check out his album, Surf. Also, Neil Finn (Crowded House) and Ocean Colour Scene. Brit pop but also very folk driven. Have a good week ahead x x
Sorry you have had the shingles Jane, it sounds very painful. I always look forward to your vlogs, so very pleased you will be continuing with them. Have you read the latest Peter May, "A Silent Death" it hasn't been out long, but it's great and interesting to us, it has a blind character in it and he writes it very well. Actually, she has ushers, so she's blind and deaf. It was up to his usual standard and I think you would enjoy it very much. My weightloss is pants at the moment I feel I just can't think about it any more, for the time being anyway. Love to Joe and keep up the good work. X
Hi Jane. That was such a lovely comment. You really do inspire me when I watch your channel . I am so pleased I plucked up courage to speak with you this morning. Looking forward to sitting with you in two weeks time. Sandra
Oh Jane glad you are feeling better. Please dont stop vlogging I look forward to watching them every week. It may sound selfish but I class watching the sw vlogs as my time. A time when I can escape for a while. I have been watching your channel for a while now I found you from watching Debbie Fawcett, Would love a Q an A, my question would be if you dont mind how did your loose your sight, and why you dont live with hubby, if this is to personal I understand. I think a good may people would be sad if you stopped vlogging. Music I like Jim Reeves, Shannia Twain and and country music. Take Care lol Lynn xx
Oh Jane you're such an inspiration to so many people, not just in terms of weight loss and working the SW plan. You know I've not been on SW for months now but I still find you inspiring and try to watch your video as soon as I get the notification. I would really miss your vlogs if you stopped! It would be great for you to do a book vlog, maybe even separate from your weigh in ones. I love listening to books but I'm getting bored of the same styles so it's nice to hear about books other people read. I've also been an audible member for years and didn't realise you could return books you don't like! I'm going to try that now with one I got before Christmas and really couldn't get into. Sorry to hear you've had shingles, that is so painful! I'm glad you're on the mend. Take care, fiona x
Thank you for the message. We are well tand safe currently. Stay safe yourself and let’s look forward to a new kind of normal at the end of all this uncertainty. Much love Jane x
Hi Jane + Joe sorry to hear you’ve had the shingles it’s a sore thing Claire my daughter gets it quite often too with being a school teacher. Your my inspiration every week so I’m glad your not stopping. Your face when you tasted the hifi bar was priceless 🤣. Have a great weekend love from Irene xx
Noooooo! I look forward to a Saturday where I check to see wether Jane has uploaded. You say things like it is, it's not easy and we all struggle, it's bloody difficult. I too need to get back to my target, it's not easy when the need isn't as urgent as it once was.
Oh Jane x Over the years I've often referred to you as my Mecca.However, you are a real person like the rest of us ,that's why we love and watch you. Thankyou for continuing and to Joe too. Peter May is my favourite author too,not read The Man Without A Face. I love Nathaniel Rateliffe & The Night Sweats. He's playing at the Birmingham Symphony Hall in April (without the sweats) My husband & I are going,it was my main Christmas present. We've seen him once before at the O2...Raw & real...what a band,what a voice !!
you could never bore me x i see so much of me in your weekly vlogs x sometimes yes its not always positive but its true and thats what we need to know its not just us that feel this way yet still continue our journeys, a goal a reward can be a feeling the reward of feeling proud of yourself but a spa day a facial now you have had your shingles again x thank you again for just being you, being real being true so glad you are not leaving us but would have understood and waited for your return x much love to you and Joe x
Hi Jane, you're a really good kind friend to me even though I've never met you. Thank goodness for the comment from Sandra. Shingles is terribly painful, glad you're over the worst of it. I've been eating dates, figs, nuts, avocados, full fat yogurt ad nauseam, but no rubbish and of course weight up again. Back on plan. I'm not reading enough, but you've made me rethink that too. Walking this morning with 7 women. A couple of hills included but have to walk slowly, otherwise gasping. Allan continues to improve thank goodness. All good. You're a whizz at the crocheting! Jx
Hi Jane. Great vlog as always. Though your journey's not going where you'd like just now, it's reflective of how challenging it is to maintain. I'm sure everyone at target finds it hard at times, i know i do. So your vlogs are reassuring that it's not just me finding it hard. And remember you said your vlogs were for you, so who cares about viewing numbers etc, if you're still getting something positive from vlogging, that's what matters. Just this week i signed up to Audible in a bid to stop spending so much time on social media. I read a Chris Brookmyre book this week. First one of his i've tried. Enjoyed it so will be trying some of his others. He's a Scottish writer and i got very excited that my home town got mentioned in the first chapter lol! I love music and listen to all sorts, old and new. Have a listen to Sean C Kennedy. He's an up and coming singer songwriter. He's from the next town to me and has recently moved to Nashville. His music isn't country but there's definitely threads of it through his work. I'd love a Q&A, and would ask what your career was, if it's ok to ask that. If not i'll send you another. Good result this week, especially since you were poorly. Hope you're over the worst. I maintained this week so still bang on target weight, can't ask for more than that. Wishing you another fabulous week. X
Jane blanket is lovely! Sorry you ve had shingles it’s awful. I m glad Sandra saved you because l for one would miss your vlogs.I need all the help and l look at your vlogs each week Jane.l m sure there are many more who love your vlogs too. Don’t beat yourself you for half a pound. See you next week! X
Hello Jane, I am really pleased you are continuing your channel. I just love your videos on a Saturday, it is my treat when I sit down in the late afternoon. Whatever you talk to us about, it us always thoughtful, reasonable and interesting. Thank you and sending love.
I also crochet and I knit sometimes too to help keep busy and keep me from snacking. I’m making a waffle stitch blanket in lots of different colours to use up some of my yarn that I’ve bought over the years. I also knit/crochet for charity. Sorry to hear you have been poorly. Xxxx
Can I ask what motivated you to have tattoos? You have never shown us your food shopping hauls recently , I would love to see a couple again as you and Joe always buy interesting things. Thank you
Sorry to hear about you been poorly and so glad your feeling better Jane. OMG Jane doing taster my favourite that would be... Honeycomb HI FI. It’s always been a pleasure and inspirational to hear what you have to say about your journey. Lots of love (I am the person who emails you) (about parsnips)
Hi Jane oh how awful to get shingles, great vlog, very interesting has always, and yes I am a real person going though gains, maintains and losses and we all have our up's and downs, glad you are not going to stop vlogging I look forward to watching you every week, you make so much difference just knowing you go though the same has me, yes I think a Q&A would be good but I can't think of anything at the moment I will though I lost 1/2lb this week, but don't know how this week will go I have had the munches lol have a good week love Jackie xx
There is no destination because you have to maintain for life and that’s for life and that’s so very hard Just a thought why don’t you do a shorter video love Annie sparkles 💖💖💖💖💖💖
