Thanks for visiting and giving me lovely words of encouragement. I really appreciate it.
I like seeing people on my walks that I have got to know. I think that I have got to know most of the postmen in the area because we are all there every day. Also quite a lot of the dogs keep there owners having fairly regular habits.
I must admit that I enjoy people noticing how much weight that I have lost. All these strangers that start speaking to me mention it. I dont hold back. I tell them that I have lost 8 and a half stone. They all seem surprised - I think that anyone can lose that much in a year.
Kellye
Welcome to my diary.
I have long classed myself as being somewhat reclusive too. I think that it stemmed from never knowing quite how someone would react to someone that was of a different order bigger than the vast majority of the population. I had to lose quite a lot of weight before I stopped being morbidly obese.
I was a bit concerned earlier in the year when strangers started speaking to me as I wondered how they were going to be. So often though, people have been so nice. I have had such a lot of nice comments.
Kimberly
I know the thing that is holding hubby back from going to Rhodes - and that is because he is convinced that he would need to go first class or business class to get into the seat. For a number of years we have not been able to get into the seats of cheaper airlines - but the seats on such as Olympic economy were ok. I admit the seat was pretty tight on him the last time that we flew and he has put on weight since then. The last two times we went out - we drove. That has a lot of advantages (no problem with plane seats, generally more civilised, nice drive through France, Switzerland, the Alps, Italy, Greece, 3 nice ferries) but it is quite a lot slower so does not fit into a standard 2 week trip. My initial stance was that the ideal solution was for him to leave a job which does not appreciate his talents and us spend another summer there. I could rent a room really cheaply on a long term basis and be fine. He doesnt want to leave his job. I have said that the ideal solution in that case is for him to lose a bit of weight and he has time before next summer to get back to where he can get into the Olympic economy seats.
He came up with the idea that he fly business class and I go in economy. I am pretty sure that he was joking. I retorted that was a great idea and since we would not be sitting with each other there was no need for me to be on the same plane. I could go out a couple of months earlier and leave a couple of months after him to no disadvantage. He didnt seem to like that idea. He has a fairly old-fashioned notion that we should be together. We have spent comparitively little time apart over the years. He always seemed to want me to go with him on business trips and I used to try to make the time to do so. The stupid thing is that it is one of the few places where I could go by myself as I have such a lot of friends there. I have more friends there than here.
I must admit that I was livid with the yoga instructor. Everyone else in the class is thin - but I have never made any secret of my project. They all know that I am actively trying very hard to lose weight. Heaven knows how many temptations are going to come my way before the month is out. I just hope that the keep fit teacher has more sense at the last class this coming Monday.
Take care
Love
Margaret
for everyone after I just busted my butt!
LOL I am soooooo craving some sunlight right now. I think I should live in Florida or somewhere the sun shines regularly. 
