Thanks Moonbeamish - that's very kind of you to say. I don't feel like any kind of inspiration! and still have a long way to go! I agree, I was talking to a friend at work the other day who lost 45lbs 10 years ago and never looked back (she has an amazing UK10-12 figure which is exactly where I'd like to be and you'd never have thought she was once a UK18) and she understood exactly where I was without me really having to explain it - right down to the "look in the mirror and still see fat old me"!
As for Mr X...I'll talk to him at some stage...I know he is very busy and the stuff that he does for me behind the scenes says enough. I'm back into "lose weight for 2-3 months before seeing him and talk to him once every 3-4 weeks" stage!
My mum kind of upset me slightly the other day (not in a major way at all, we are very close) but I was telling her about this great sailing jacket I'd seen on sale in TK Maxx (a designer discount store here) that was reduced from £249 to £49 - it's a proper "technical" racing jacket hence the price, not just a label!!! But it was a size 12 and I was saying, if it was a 14 then I would have bought it as I nearly am a 14 in their sizing. My mum said "yes, well a 12 is a bit optimistic for you, that's much smaller" or something similar and I just thought...I've bloody lost 60lbs, I've gone down like from a size 22 to a 14/16, I'm obviously not done yet, what makes you think I don't have the will power or ability to get into a size 12 in 6 months time? I KNOW she didn't mean it like that, she's not someone that makes negative remarks or rains on anyone's parade and she is very supportive BUT I think it was a throwaway thoughtless remark. I have a good mind to go and buy the jacket and keep it to fit into for next summer!! If it goes down further in the sale I think I will!
Tig, its London rhyming slang for "knackered" heh but has become so often used that I don't think of it as rhyming slang, just as a phrase!
What else...? Wore my £10 ebay suit yesterday (people are selling virtually new suits on ebay for next to nothing - as long as I stick to the brand I know my size in and recognise some of the styles that they had in their store a couple of seasons ago....some of them I even tried on and know if shape suits me or not...) and I have to say, I think its one of the nicest, best fitting suits I've had in a long time! I don't think I'm going to bother buying any new suits in teh Next sale at Christmas time, might as well buy the size 14 "collection" of work wear on ebay then when I get down to a 12, rethink!! No point spending a fortune on clothes that will be too big!
Fun night out tomorrow with friends I used to work with - we get together 2 or 3 times a year and it is always brill. It will be gluhwein at the Christmas markets and bratwurst in a bun, then a pub, then probably a nightclub for a bit of dancing. Really lookign forward to it, although the calories won't be pretty!! I can't wait until Xmas holidays!!! Need some time off of work! I posted on facebook that I wasn't happy with having so much on that I was working weekends lately, then I got a call from our head partner in London yesterday (not to tell me off, but because he was concerned that I was working too hard - what a sweetie. I mean, I'm friends with him on facebook but it was nice of him to notice - I was quite touched).
Right, off to brave the cold weather and another long day at work!
(i finally get to use this smiley!)
