Tales of the Unexpected

Ah, the fragrant odour of smog.  The feel of the tarmacadam beneath the feet.  The cars driving on the left hand side of the road.  I am back in England, folks - and as lovely as France is, I must say I was very glad to be reunited with my Batman bedding after travelling 800 miles over four trains and two taxis on Wednesday night. 

The llamas have had a lovely holiday and no mistake.  Miguel looks very dashing in his new sombrero blanco, Enrique actually managed to relax and had a few chocolate milkshakes by the pool.  Ricardo made a new friend, a llama named Antonio.  They got on so well that Antonio has agreed to come back to England and join their dance troupe.  You want to see his moonwalk - it's really a sight to behold!!

The llamas have definitely got their legwarmers on this week and are limbering up for quite a fiesta.  Why not?  After all, we've all been on holiday for a week and had a lovely time - and, even more excitingly, after a week away and eating like a lunatic, I got on the scales at Fat Club last night and discovered to my absolute shock and delight that I had, despite three desserts last Saturday, lost 4lbs!!

So chuffed.  I really thought I'd put weight on this week, I'd prepared myself for putting on 5lbs and I was amazed that I hadn't.  I've only got 2lbs more to lose before I reach my Club 10 target, so hopefully I'll be able to box that off next week.  I know I've gone some weeks and really tried hard and only lost 1/2 lb, but then other weeks I've not been too bothered and totally forgot about it and ended up losing 3 or 4 lbs, so I'm going to go for the relaxed approach this week.  Fingers crossed I'll make it.

I've lost 2st 1lb altogether, after my 11th weigh-in.  It's not a record-breaking staggering amount, but that's fine.  I'm still losing weight and I should have reached my target of losing 7st by the end of September, according to my little Slimming World Graph.  I would like to have lost another stone, or at least be well on my way to having lost another stone by the end of April - there's a huge party coming up in the middle of May and I've got a dress lined up for it that I really want to be able to fit into.  All I need is a steely determination and the total avoidance of chocolate mousse...

A friend of mine told me back in January when I was a bit stressed out after having put 1 1/2 lbs on, that weight-loss builds momentum as you go on, he likened it to a train gathering pace.  And I have to say, he was absolutely right (thanks, Timbolicious!).  I've added up all my weight-lossses over the last three months.  Including my 1 1/2lb gain in January, my weight loss has been very progressive.  In January I lost 8 1/2 lbs, in February I lost 9 1/2 lbs, and in March I lost a total of 13lbs.  So I'm losing weight at a much faster rate now than I was when I started, which is all very encouraging.  Hopefully I'll carry on in this vein during April.  Who knows.  It's all very exciting anyway.  For anyone who hasn't seen me in a while, I haven't really changed shape too much except for the fact I do go in slightly in the middle now.  It's a really slow process but I'm confident that if I stick to it, I'll get there in the end. 

Well, after all that, I shall leave you to have a fabulous weekend.  There's a bit of a sad note to my weekend as it's the mini-leaving party for my beloved pixie princess, Helena, who moves to Australia in two weeks' time.  I miss her already.  Although rumour has it she will come back.  Hope so.  It's a bloomin' long way to go for a quick visit.  There is talk of a beer and wine festival at the Commercial Vehicle Museum in Leyland - and if I remember anything from Saturday I shall be sure to relay it to you on Monday. 

Whatever you're up to, have a great weekend, and I'll see you all back here on Monday morning!!