Gingerjo’s Blog

I’ve just realised - it’s week 15 of my diet so I’m half way there. Both in terms of time and even better in weight too.

Having tried my dress on recently I’ve been able to revise my necessary weight loss for the wedding. It’s much closer to fitting than I expected it to be so I don’t think I really need aim for 10 stone. I think somewhere between 10st 7lb and 10st 10lb will be just about right.

It has to be said I’m feeling great - mostly because I’m now a size 14/16 and everyone keeps telling me how fab I look. Certainly shopping is fun again! It’s a bit of a rush really.

In some ways I can understand how people become obsessed with achieving a really high level of control over their eating, but it’s not for me. I don’t want to become a rake, but I do think the health benefits of losing my blimphood are significant. I feel more energetic, and I haven’t had indigestion in months, and sometimes I even get the urge to run.

Perhaps now I can relax a bit and have a few chocolates over Christmas.

I’ve had a long weekend - how was it? It was glorious!

Saturday I spend chilling out in front of the telly while making a necklace and finishing off modifying the handbag I’ve bought to go with my wedding dress. I’m soo glad Sky 1, 2 and 3 are back on Virgin TV. I’ve really missed Stargate and Bones.

Sunday I confess I chilled out in a big way - I had a long lie in, a luxurious bath and then went and did the weekly shopping - well there had to be some semblance of the normal routine. Then I cooked Mark and I a yummy fillet steak dinner.

Today - well today I had a long list of things to do because I hadn’t done anything the whole weekend. I spent the morning catching up with Mum’s website - that took a good 3 hours. Then I did the ironing (no, honestly). Then I did the washing, well at least most of it. Then I did the washing up.

Then I took all the clothes that were too big for me to the charity shop, but I kept one big pair of trousers and a big top as evidence.

Then I went clothes shopping - I was supposed to go to Asda in search of cheap trousers, but I ended up in M&S in the Trafford Centre instead (for somewhat convoluted reasons) where I got distracted by Per Una and ended up buying a rather expensive but truly gorgeous Christmas skirt and top for going out in. I had to do it - the skirt is a size 14 - a size 14!! And it fits perfectly. The top is a size 16, and is probably a smidge tight but I’ll get away with it. Then, even better, I found a cheap pair of work trousers - also size 14, so I bought them too. Then I remembered that my belt was too big as well so I bought a spangly snakeskin belt from Next. I had real fun shopping for clothes for the first time in years. No longer am I a mishapen freak.

When I got home I made a curry from scratch - making the paste in my spice grinder and everything. Then it was off to Weight Watchers. Now after last week’s failure I’ve been super stringent this week. Basically I’ve done the points plan just eating core foods. I really wanted to loose 3lb because that would get me to my interim goal and exactly the weight I planned to be when I planned to be there. I am delighted because I lost - 3lb!!! Well done to me! Also this evening, they revealed the new plan - Discover - funnily enough it’s basically the points plan where you eat core foods - at least I know it works!!

This week I was supposed to be studing for the CIM exam on Thursday, but given everything that’s going on at work, plus all the pressure I’m piling on myself at home I decided to leave it till the summer. Come May/June I know I will regret it, but work have been very supportive and have let me book two weeks off work to study for the two exams I’ll have to do then. Turns out this was probably a good decision as Mark has got an Ofsted inspection at work this week and is really stressed. It would have been awful if we’d both been really grumpy and time starved this week.