Dippy-doo-dahs

Dip, pitta bread and veggies - a more interesting lunch than my usual sandwich :)

Picturing it

I joined the Weight Watchers forum last night. I thought you had to be a paying WW member to join, and, as I had a referral from my doctor and I therefore don't have to pay, I thought I couldn't join the site. It seems that I could though! Everyone is really nice and supportive there - one of the girls posted a link to a thing called WeightWatchers Picture It - a little application that lets you see what you'll look like at your goal weight. All you do is upload a 'before' photo, mark where your head, hips etc. are on that photo, then you get a sliding scale so you can see what you'd look like at different weights. Here's mine (look at the chicken legs! Hehehe):


Try it yourself at www.weightwatcherspictureit.co.uk/. (Try it on IE if you're a Firefox user though.)

After yesterday's overindulgence, I'm back on track today. Had my usual breakfast of cereal and skimmed milk (2 points), a leftover lunch of a roast chicken and pea sandwich (8 points), and fish, oven chips and salad for dinner (6.5 points). I've also done what my pedometer tells me is a 'healthy' amount of exercise today. :) Hopefully I'll find I've lost a bit at weigh-in this week!

Another oops

Being down the Asda end of Merry Hill at lunchtime is not a good idea. McDonald's calls to me, and today I gave in. Quarter Pounder with Cheese, plus fries, plus Diet Coke came to 15.5 points (my daily allowance is only 19). Ouch. Next time (next time?!) I'll know to have chicken nuggets - 6 are only 4 points. What makes it worse is that, apart from posting parcels, I was only down there to buy healthy stuff for tonight's dinner! Bad girl.

That stone I'd lost last time I posted is not quite a stone any more - I put on half a pound last week. So I should be being good, not eating Maccy D's! Tut tut tut.


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Me in summer clothes, at my current weight of 11st 8lb. I look like I have a weird bump on my belly, but it's just the tie on my shorts.

Quarter of the way there!

I lost two pounds this week, which means I've lost a stone (14lbs) altogether, woo hoo. A stone in four months is not too bad. Maybe I can lose the next stone more quickly though! If I lose a pound a week (not too ambitious), it'll be gone by the end of September. I might even be back to a size 14 by then, which would be very nice. I'd have so many more clothes!

Talking of clothes, as mentioned in a previous post, I've started to sell off a few pieces of clothing. It's not quite yet a case of selling my clothes because they're too big, but that can't be far off.

Click the image below for my little collection of eBay auctions:


Thank you please x

Hahaha, oops

No weight lost this week, oops. No weight gained either though, so it's not all bad. Although this week's effort wasn't helped by the pub lunch I had earlier - burger and chips, nom nom nom (and salad - healthy!). At least I didn't have what the boyfriend had - a mixed grill thing which involved steak, black pudding, gammon, a sausage, a fried egg and pork, plus chips. Mine was my entire points allowance for the day, so I dread to think of the points in his!

Fat clothes, thin(ner) clothes

I'm maybe being a bit premature, but I just felt the need to get my big-box-of-clothes-that-don't-fit-me-yet off the top of the wardrobe to see if any of them do actually fit me now. None of the jackets in the suitcase that was on top of it fit me yet, though that's no surprise because they're size 14s and 12s. Not quite there yet!

From the big-box-of-clothes, I've so far tried on a little purple skirt, as seen in a photo that I took a couple of years ago:



That just about fits me again (yay). I've also tried on two red dresses (one cotton, one velvet), but I've still got a bit too much belly for those! Hopefully there will be a few bits of clothing in the big box that can be taken to the charity shop (or sold on eBay, I'll let you know if I do that) so I can make a bit of space. I'm just looking forward to the day when I can give all my fat clothes to charity!