DAY 61 - GREAT WI!

Well I have shocked myself!

I lost 12lbs at my WI.  I didn't get weighed in last week so this is two weeks worth of weight loss but it's pretty amazing!

I did have another chocolate waterfalls incident on Thursday, so it may be connected to that to be honest.

And it will probably mean that my weight loss over the next few weeks will be slower.

But who cares.  The important thing is that it's coming off!

My dress sizes are dropping really quickly at the moment.  I'm basically a size 18 now - my 20s are too big, but some of my 18s are still a bit tight - whilst others are just right. 

I'm hoping that by the New Year I will be in the 13 stone range (which for some reason psychologically feels almost "normal" to me) and a size 16... which does have a big impact because, of course, that's when theoretically I can start shopping in normal clothes shops again and kiss goodbye to Evans! 

Although I wonder if my inches may slow down a bit soon.  When I weighed just over 11 stone I was a size 14.  So I don't know if I'll be a size 16 at the top end of the 13 stone range to be honest.

Anyway, it's all academic because I'm not planning to buy any new size 16 clothes.  I have plenty left from before and I'm only planning on wearing them on my way through to some smaller sizes anyway!

Went to lunch with my common-in-laws and my mother and brother today and everyone was stunned.  F-I-L seems to be quite tempted himself, although I don't know whether he would really enjoy it.  He's such a gourmet and such a great cook.  On the other hand, although I mourned cooking, shopping for food and eating at first, I've become used to the way things are now.  Food just isn't such a big part of my life anymore.

Other news: Kublai and I have signed up for intensive dance lessons for next Sunday and also for the 2nd Sunday in January.  We went to a jive party a few weeks ago as I reckoned it was probably one of the few sorts of "clubbing" type things we could do where I wouldn't need to be pissed to fit in and enjoy it!  And it wasn't.  People put so much energy into their dancing that many were drinking water or just a small amount of alcohol.  Amazingly, Kublai loved it!  Sadly we were absolutely terrible and nearly took out a few experts on the dancefloor.... not so much murder on the dancefloor as manslaughter by dangerous dancing!

I've made my first e-bay sales of 2nd hand clothes that no longer fit me and so far have made over £60 - although I'm still waiting for a few payments.  It's a fair bit of work to take the photos, do the listing, pack it all up etc - but since I have no income and these days seem to be spending WAY too much money on myself - I really do need to do something!

So... still going great guns.  Don't think Christmas is going to be too tough after all.  We've lined up several shows, a bike ride on Christmas Day, some countryside walking with best friends and god daughter and on my birthday (New Year's Eve).. I'm going to go to the Sanctuary in Covent Garden and really chill out in the saunas etc (is that a kind of oxymoron?).

It's wierd now because I do feel almost normal and although I'm still fat - I don't have "fat days" anymore.  So it's hard to think really that I'm not even half way through in terms of how much weight I want to lose.  I can see it's going to be really hard to stay motivated as I get lower and lower.

Must focus on the bikini!!