AmandaJayne
Trainee Maintainer
It's my pleasure Fallenangel and Gaijingirl, I decided to do it because I hadn't read anything like it anywhere else.
Well, today (Sat) after I'd taken my daughter and her friend to South Queensferry for extra ballet lesson (exam soon), we went straight to town (Falkirk) to do some shopping.
I honestly only meant to get a couple of things from Tesco (get my excuses in quickly), but happened to pass a shop which had a great sale on. I just popped in to have a browse - and ended up buying a trouser suit and an evening dress. Oh dear, how did THAT happen!
They only had two suits left, a size 12 and a 16 at 75% off. Obviously, the 16 would be TOO BIG, so I said, "It's a pity you don't have a 14, this is a lovely suit". "Oh," she said, "I know it's a 12 but it is a generous cut". "Oh well, I'll try it on", said me. Well blow me if it didn't fit perfectly - not tight anywhere!
On the way to pay for it I spotted some evening dresses which were also 75% reduced. On impulse I decided to try a selection of them on. Well, I got 14's because they were all fitted dresses. They all fitted beautifully. I chose just one to buy (see, I can be strict with myself). It is really flattering, I can't wait to wear it on holiday!
Anyway, I asked my daughter to take my picture wearing both new items and I will try to put them on the site.
On another matter, I was flicking though my "Route to Management" book and came to week 4. There was a section on "Being a skilled Weight Holder". What does it mean, I wondered. Well I read on and found out it means maintaining your weight when you finally achieved your goal. I've never been able to do it. No, let me correct myself, I have never actually tried to do it! Yet.
I have been thinking about what it means for me all day, and thought I'd discuss it with you all when I next posted. Have any of you tried or been successful at weight maintaining in the past?
One of my colleagues occasionally comes to work complaining that her skirts are too tight and for two weeks she stops eating chocolate at coffee breaks/lunch breaks, stops the alcohol and, if she's going to have any snacks, chooses fruit. Then after a couple of weeks she's back to normal again. She doesn't got back to eating too much chocolate but does have it occasionally.
That sounds like a really healthy way to maintain weight, rather than letting it all pile regardless. I would like to believe that I will be able to follow her example once at the end of the 12 weeks, once I am 100% on real food again.
Oh yes, I almost forgot I bought a paid of evening shoes in another sale. They are gorgeous and only a tenner!
Oh yes, and a pair of combat type trousers (size 14) - but they were from the Barnados shop. See, I just don't have any informal trousers to wear!
That's all. Honestly. Really. Truthfully.
Well, today (Sat) after I'd taken my daughter and her friend to South Queensferry for extra ballet lesson (exam soon), we went straight to town (Falkirk) to do some shopping.
I honestly only meant to get a couple of things from Tesco (get my excuses in quickly), but happened to pass a shop which had a great sale on. I just popped in to have a browse - and ended up buying a trouser suit and an evening dress. Oh dear, how did THAT happen!
They only had two suits left, a size 12 and a 16 at 75% off. Obviously, the 16 would be TOO BIG, so I said, "It's a pity you don't have a 14, this is a lovely suit". "Oh," she said, "I know it's a 12 but it is a generous cut". "Oh well, I'll try it on", said me. Well blow me if it didn't fit perfectly - not tight anywhere!
On the way to pay for it I spotted some evening dresses which were also 75% reduced. On impulse I decided to try a selection of them on. Well, I got 14's because they were all fitted dresses. They all fitted beautifully. I chose just one to buy (see, I can be strict with myself). It is really flattering, I can't wait to wear it on holiday!
Anyway, I asked my daughter to take my picture wearing both new items and I will try to put them on the site.
On another matter, I was flicking though my "Route to Management" book and came to week 4. There was a section on "Being a skilled Weight Holder". What does it mean, I wondered. Well I read on and found out it means maintaining your weight when you finally achieved your goal. I've never been able to do it. No, let me correct myself, I have never actually tried to do it! Yet.
I have been thinking about what it means for me all day, and thought I'd discuss it with you all when I next posted. Have any of you tried or been successful at weight maintaining in the past?
One of my colleagues occasionally comes to work complaining that her skirts are too tight and for two weeks she stops eating chocolate at coffee breaks/lunch breaks, stops the alcohol and, if she's going to have any snacks, chooses fruit. Then after a couple of weeks she's back to normal again. She doesn't got back to eating too much chocolate but does have it occasionally.
That sounds like a really healthy way to maintain weight, rather than letting it all pile regardless. I would like to believe that I will be able to follow her example once at the end of the 12 weeks, once I am 100% on real food again.
Oh yes, I almost forgot I bought a paid of evening shoes in another sale. They are gorgeous and only a tenner!
Oh yes, and a pair of combat type trousers (size 14) - but they were from the Barnados shop. See, I just don't have any informal trousers to wear!
That's all. Honestly. Really. Truthfully.
