Finally out of plateauville and into a whole new world all together!

Finally, the weight is moving again. Off that is. Off my bum, my legs, my tum, my face, my boobs... check out the pics below. The photos on the left were taken on the day of my surgery and the ones on the right were taken on the 11th of this month when I got just below 85kg which is half way to goal.

So much has been happening that my mind is in a whirlwind of excitement and emotion. Along with losing weight I've met someone! Can you believe it! Without giving too much away as it is still early days (date 5 I think, but endless hours on the phone and text), I am having the best time. He is lovely and caring and intelligent and funny and loves kids and handsome and thinks I am the bomb! I don't think I've ever been with someone who seems to be into me so completely.

My band is working as it should, I think. I can eat pretty much anything but in small portions. I am grateful for this as I've been going out for dinner more in the last few weeks than I have in years. As long as I'm slow and relaxed and chew a lot I am ok. I think I've had two teeny fills since I last blogged. My band is so sensitive that is all I need. 

As of today's weigh in I am 83.7kg or 184lb. I cannot believe I have only 4kg to go to get in the 70s. I think I might actually cry when I see a seven at the beginning of the double digit number on my scales. It is hard to believe that not that long ago I was so down in the dumps about everything and now my life is all smiles and roses. 

Uni has been very busy which is another thing that has been keeping me from blogging. I've decided to continue with this blog as I don't care who reads this now. This is my life but if there are people from my past who want to know what's going on in it, go for  it. I can't promise to blog as frequently as before as I'm so busy with everything, but will try to keep as up to date as possible. 

Hope all is well in blogland.

V.

Post promise

Hello all


I'm still trying to decide about the future of my blog but have decided that I'm not going to post until I've got to 85kg, which is the halfway mark of my weight loss journey. I can't believe it has taken me 4 months to get 85.5kg. As soon as I get this pesky 500 grams off, I'll write. Lots has been going on.

Speak soon and thank you for all your lovely messages as usual.


I'll be back.


V.

The beginning of the end?

I haven't blogged in ages.

There are several reasons for this.

1. I've been flat out finishing off my last unit of uni and starting the next two. I'm happy to report I got two high distinctions for my final assessments which means I got a distinction over all for the unit. Not bad for my first foray into university study.

2. I feel uneasy about certain people reading my blog. I don't know if I am going to be able to write with as much freedom as I did in the past. I regret so much putting a link on my twitter account to this blog which must have been how this person found me. I've deleted it now but the damage is done. I knew writing a blog meant that my words were going out there for anyone to read but that feeling of anonymity, which gave me the freedom to write without worrying about people who knew me reading about my life, has gone. I might even abandon this blog and start another but I won't put a link to it here. I'm undecided.

3. I am still in plateauville with my band and I don't want to keep going on with the same bullshit about not losing weight when I'm not really trying at the moment anyway. I'm not really being bad with food and I haven't gone back to the way I was, so I'm not gaining, but I'm not losing either. I really need a fill and my next appointment is 21 March so maybe I'll get back to losing then.

Generally I've been pretty good. Noo is being his usual wonderful self and we've been getting up to some fun adventures around town. All is good with my family and my studies are going ok too. Basically just going along nicely.

Like everyone else watching from afar, the ongoing Japanese crisis just seems extraordinarily terrible and almost unbelievable because of the enormity of it. My heart goes out to everyone there who is suffering.

So that is it for now. I don't know what I'm going to do going forward. Still thinking about it.

Hope all is well out there in bandit blogland.

V.