Hi Folks - Yesterday was an amazing day!
After posting on here in the morning I got ready and wore my daughters size 10 skinny grey jeans! I also wore a black vest top, a sheer black frilly necked blouse, and a little black waistcoat - again these all belong(ed) to one or other of my daughters! (hee hee) I felt really great! It's really brilliant feeling this slim!
I met the lovely Christine who really IS a "yummy mummy" - you looked terrific, and your photos showed how far you've come - and you didn't appear nervous at all during your wee talk - well done! A big THANKS to you for saying those lovely things about me in your post - CHEERS! - I'll put the photo of us on this thread when I get them all back from SW (if that's ok with you, and I can suss out how to actually do it!)
Neither of us two "skinny minnies" (hee hee hee) actually won the title for our district but we were all made to feel like "winners" in our own right - it was all very inspirational! (I'm sure you'll agree yummy mummy Christine?)
The girl who DID win was from Shotts in West Lothian and she'd lost 7st+ her photos showed a big difference! I agree that there were a few others who stick out more in my mind though - a few had lost 10st! One lady had needed a wheelchair before she lost weight but can now walk, all be it with a stick! - I reckon that we were ALL worthy winners anyway, and in some ways I'm actually glad it's not me that's going to get all that media attention - who needs the "paps" clicking away at you all the time? You wouldn't get any peace from them would you? lol
Hubby and I got talking to 2 of the judges after the competition - we were actually blethering away before the whole thing started but we had no idea they were going to be judges! - They were the couple who won the Mr & Mrs Slimming World 2006 National Finals and who live in the North of Scotland, near Aberdeen I think, real "celebrities" - they were really nice and they let Ann (my original Consultant, who was taking the "official" Slimming World photos on the day) take photos of hubby and I with them - so I'm looking forward to getting them from her soon. Anyway they told us that, as judges, they had to listen carefully while we were all giving our little talks about ourselves and tick as many of the little boxes they had on their judging forms, and if they didn't have all the boxes ticked they could ask questions to try to "prompt" the responses they wanted to fit the forms ..... ..they said they had to put "black marks" if we referred the the food optimising as a "diet" or if we said anything derogatory about the plan ......they said they couldn't go into TOO much detail about what was required but we got the general idea! There were 3 judges altogether, so it all seemed pretty fair.
After we had all taken our turn of giving a little talk, off the top of our heads about our "journey" the judges went off to decide on the winner - we all sat round in the main area with a cuppa and a snack from the SW prepared buffet - the judges came back and the winner was announced - she was quite emotional and it would have been nice if she could have given a few words of "thanks" but that didn't happen, she got a certificate, a silver pen & paperweight type stand (just like the Mr & Mrs one hubby and I won in March) - hers obviously had Slimmer of the Year District Winner on hers, or words to that effect! She also got a lovely bouquet of flowers, got her photos taken for her Press Release and she'll be going onto the next stage, which I think will be the final to be held at SW Head Office in Derbyshire! Maybe we'll see something about it all soon - if anyone does, maybe they could update everyone on here?
All in all, I feel it was a day to remember - a big WELL DONE to everyone who was there, and anyone who was at any of the other district finals yesterday ..... not heard from anyone else who was going from this forum, I'll trail through the other threads but maybe someone could let us know on this one if they spot any other news relating to this competition?
My wee skinny fingers are now typed to the bone (hee hee) I'll look forward to hearing more ..........
, it's given me a huge incentive to make this work for myself.:bliss:
