Thanks all you lovely people! I'm only still doing this because of you lot- the only other support is my mum who I can't really go into details with as she really wants to lose weight. So it's all down to you lot, telling me to get beck on track on the numerous times I fail
Today's been good for a couple of reasons. I wore a coat I haven't worn in two years, since last I was around this weight. It's still a bit small cos I didn't realise when I bought it that it gapped a little at the back but I wore it, I did it up and was able to sit down on the bus with it done up! I don't know the size as it's just 'L' but it's one of the few items of clothing I bought in Paris. Seriously difficult to find plus size stuff there, I got two tops in maybe size 24-6, they are really large, in a sale. And a few weeks before I left I finally found a shop with a plus size section in Blvd St-Michel and I went a bit mad, spent like 200 Euros. Got 2 sodding ponchos I've never worn! Plus a nice sleeveless cardi I wore all winter and a few tops and a random pair of trousers I've never worn. Actually in I got the top I wore on NewYears in that shop, as seen in my photo gallery!
Anyway it's just good that I can finally get some use from it! It's a summer jacket though so I was sodding freezing plus I ended up buying a £ shop brolly as it was tipping it down!
I bought a 14-16 dressing gown from Peacocks, £10 in sale plus 20% off cos I have a student card woop. And I got some 14 jeans from matalan that are nice, rather than the M&S ones that I bought just because I need to know what size I am but I don't really liek the colour so am taking them back. Also tried on 12s- erm, perhaps a wee bit early! They certainly fit.... up to my knee or so
I popped in Sainsbury's because I like the clothes there, one of the plus-size places people either don't know do big clothes or can't get to- so you see fewer people wearing the same stuff out and about, I really hate that! I always see women in the same Evans tops as me. I was looking for a couple of 16 or 18 tops as my 24s are looking a bit baggy! But I didn't see anything I liked! Made me think, do I like the stuff just cos no one else wears it and it fits, or do I actually like it? Given the choice of actual shops too I think I don't! Odd isn't it. Same in Matalan, didn't see anything I liked enough to even try on.
So I don't know what size I am top, I know I'm def a 14 bottom now according to both M&S and Matalan jeans! I think 18 top, maybe 20.
Today was the first day I felt..... slimmer. Looking in the mirror with my coat on I felt less blob-like. I want to get a full-length standalone mirror as I can't put stuff on my walls! To keep an eye on how I look. I can't wait to do 'after' photos! My back is slimmer, I know it. Feels more like it just goes strait down from my neck rather than bulging out like a hump! My face is slimmer too, I can feel it around my jaw. I've lost less on my tummy this time round- which is a shame, health-wise as I really want to reduce my abdominal fat. Hopefully will all work out in the end though.
Had a long chat with dear mummy last night, she is very supportive but I don't want to rub it in what I'm doing. She has the challenge of cooking for herself and my dad plus having my sister and her bf cooking loads of stuff, they are really really into cooking and getting takeaways! Plus other sister doing her thing too. Plus mum is diabetic and has other health issues to do with diet so it would be difficult for her to start doing anything without seeing Drs etc. If I was living at home I would help her out, support etc but only so much I can do over the phone.
Oh glad I didn't buy two pairs of jeans in Matalan, just checked Ebay and I won some 14 short M&S black jeans for £5.24 in total so pretty good going! Will take the actual M&S new ones back tomorrow. Sticking with two pairs of each size as I aim not to stay each size for too long! Ooooh get me, planning to get to a 12! Or 10?!?!?!??! Dunno how I'll feel by then!