Last Saturday I spent 4 1/2 hours walking round town and I’ve recently bought Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Wii which I’ve been playing a lot. It certainly classes as exercise in my book.

I also took part in a team building exercise on Thursday. It was a walking treasure hunt round Exeter, in fancy dress. So if anyone saw a bunch of people looking like complete muppets, I was one of them. It was a superheroes theme. My team were the Men in Black so we weren’t as bad as some.

I think the weight loss would have been higher if the team building hadn’t ended in a drinking session but I’m happy with 2lbs.

It has been a bit of a stressful week familywise as my little brother (25) was rushing into hospital on Tuesday and straight into an emergency op as he had a strangulated testicle. Luckily he still has everything attached but is on bed rest at our parents for a while. They are hoping he hasn’t done any permanent damage.

Well this lunchtime I got a sandwich from the same place as usual and it was a sandwich I have eaten before but they must have used a different supplier for one of the ingredients because 30 minutes later and I was not in a good way.

So I have had to come home. I’ve taken some antihistamine which is making me feel drowsy and I’m drinking loads of water to flush out my system.

I hate this I’m going to feel dodgy for ages.

I didn’t eat my way through my frustration but I did meet up with my parents last night for a meal. They are on holiday this week in Cornwall and were passing through so we spent a couple of hours together at a cavery. It wasn’t on plan (and I did round it off with an ice cream) but I knew it was going to happen. Still I’ve lost 1lb this week and hopefully it’ll be a bit more next week.

I really liked the look of the walking DVDs recommended as a reply to my last blog but they are all region 1 so won’t work in the UK. There doesn’t seem to be anything similar here which is a shame. I guess I’ll have to keep looking.

I think I need to up the exercise, I seem to spend my entire life sat down. I just need to find something I can do in my flat which won’t terrify the downstairs neighbours!

Things are still going well, I’ve lost the last couple of weeks, with a 2lb loss this week which was slightly suprising as I was at a wedding last weekend and drank way too much. I also ate two of the largest profiteroles I have ever seen in my life, they were each about the size of a grapefruit, I was expecting one or two petite little things which wouldn’t have been too bad. I shouldn’t have eaten them both and I did feel quite ill afterwards.
I didn’t even feel like eating anything from the buffet at the evening do, even though it was a nice spread although that might have been due to the copious amount of alcohol I consumed.
It was a family wedding and things went as well as could be expected. It was quite a refined affair and not really my thing. I never know what to wear and then to think I look a bit of a sight whatever. My mum wanted me to be in a dress or a skirt but I haven’t worn either for at least 10 years and I would have been even more uncomfortable, she eventually saw a bright pink floaty top and told me to buy it. I hated it but at least I din’t get earache from her or my gran about what I was wearing.
My grandad was being his usually tactless self, telling all and sundry that even though I looked like I did, that I had lost weight recently. He has quite a loud voice and he even did it in the wedding chapel, while we were waiting for the bride. He was also making sarking comments everytime I ate or drank something. I tried to ignore it but it still hurts. I wasn’t going to be fussy about what I was eating at a wedding, there was no choice and I was having a day off. I know I’ve let myself get to this point but it can’t all disappear overnight and I’ve lost 37lbs since January.

I knew the weekend wasn’t going to good eating wiseI was staying at my parents and they don’t really understand. As soon as I got home again I was straight back on track and a 2lb loss is a testament to my determination not to let the eating or comments affect the rest of the week.

I’ve bought a few new bits of clothes for my holiday (including a new swimsuit arrggghhh) but I’m hoping to buy some clothes in Florida while I am there as there is only really one shop I can buy from here and I’m lead to believe the choice is better over there.
So can anyone recommend any good stores for the larger lady?

I need something to shake this up a bit, I’ve been doing this for 7 months and have come a long way but have so much further to go.

Anyone any ideas of how I can get a boost to get things moving again?

So I’m going to keep on doing what I have been doing and hoping I keep seeing results.

I’m trying not to set a specific goal for my holiday, as if I set one and don’t reach it I will be disappointed and I shouldn’t be even if the scale sticks until then I’ll still go over 30lbs lighter than if I hadn’t started this at all.

Hope you all have a good weekend!

It has really inspired me to get with the plan (so I have plenty of room for the mountain of food I plan to eat on holiday). Dinner for the past two nights has been grilled chicken with steamed veg and it has tasted really good. Fresh, healthy and delicious. Frame of mind has so much to do with our approach to food. Right now mine seem to be fixed in place.

Okay off to get more inspiration!

So this week I guess it’s a case of trying to keep eating right and once this latest go is over I’ll hopefully see the results!