Weight loss for geeks

Ever since I saw the Adipose episode of Doctor Who, I've wanted Adipose to be real. You take a pill, and get to lose weight and gain adorable little friends both at once.



If only there was such a thing as a quick fix that worked, ha :)



Talking of Doctor Who, I now have one of the stars of The Curse of the Black Spot on my fridge.



She's there because of a thread on Minimins, a weight loss forum I joined a few weeks ago. The first post of the thread mentioned having a 'vision board' of pictures and general motivational stuff. I thought the fridge was as a good a place as any, so there she is among the magnets, with "Put less food in your bowl, get to look like Ms Cole".

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I had a bit of an unhealthy one last weekend, so I didn't lose anything at yesterday's weigh-in. From Monday onwards though, I'd been really good, so at least I didn't gain anything.



Lately (for the past week, anyway!), my head's been in quite a good place with regards to weight loss. Fridays and Saturdays are usually my unhealthy days, and it's very easy to overdo it. Last night though, I was good. Allowed myself a few treats, but included fruit in the snacking so that I only used half the weekly ProPoints that I did on the previous Friday. So now I have plenty left for tonight's post-Who pizza, and a few spare for the week if I need them. :)

A weekend away

At the weekend, we went up to the Lake District for a family get-together. It was really lovely - my parents had rented a gorgeous place called Eskmeals House for a joint celebration of their Ruby Wedding and my Dad's 65th birthday. Various members of the extended family came up, and it was great to see everyone.



Lots of very yummy food and wine was consumed over the weekend - needless to say, the diet was put on hold for a few days! We had caterers on the Saturday night and had a dinner of soup, then beef, then sticky toffee pudding or pavlova, then cheese and biscuits, then a very full belly :P My brother-in-law made a cooked breakfast for all 20 of us the next morning too. Nom nom nom. I doubt very much that I have lost any weight at all this week ...

Here's how the dining room looked just before we left:





I wish I'd taken a photo of the room when it was full of food and people. I don't think folk would have taken too kindly to being photographed while eating though!

My boyfriend Simon and I had the top floor of one of the wings of the house to ourselves - a gorgeous bedroom and surely the warmest bathroom in the world.







I think we could very happily have lived at Eskmeals, but we did have to leave.







Bye-bye big house!