18lbs now magically disappeared!

I am delighted to report that I have now lost a total of 18lbs. Hurrah!

I am still attending my Slimming World class one evening per week and and despite giving into pre-menstrual chocolate cravings last week (on more than one occasion) I am getting on fine with the plan. It's pretty easy to follow and I am pleased that I can now fit into my gorgeous fur coat (fake of course) that I bought last Christmas but then got too fat to wear. Hurrah hurrah!

Tonight, I celebrated by dying my hair red. Not London bus red or anything but a nice deep red shade. Despite my efforts at waving my hair around in front of Mr B like a shampoo ad girl on speed, he didn't notice at all. In typical Mr B fashion he had a whole conversation with me blissfully unaware that I was now Little Red Hair Hood. For fear of dislodging a vertebrae in my neck I decided it would just be easier to point out that I had in fact dyed my hair rather than wait for him to notice. After closer inspection and some prodding he did redeem himself by telling me he liked it and commenting on the shinyness (is that even a word?) so all is now forgiven.

Loving: Red hair
Loathing: Seafood (I am aware that, that is a random thing to say but it's true)

Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink part 2

Well I am still without bathroom and still relying on the kindness of others in order to remain clean. This whole episode did give me the perfect excuse to use my mum's bath though. She has one of these huge corner baths that you could practically swim, it's great fun. Mind you I think any bath would be great fun when you don't have a bath of your own.

Attended my second Slimming World class this evening and found that I had lost 1.5lbs. This is a great achievement considering the weekend of excess I had. On Saturday, I went to visit my cousin (no, not for a bath) who makes the most sinful caramel shortbread and truffles. She gave me a whole box of each to take home :-(

This is not good for a recovering chocoholic. I indulged probably a bit more than I should have then washed it down with some red wine. On Sunday, Mr B's parents came back from three weeks in the US. We went to visit them at night (taking the caramel shortbread & truffles with us in the hope that someone would take them off our hands). They ordered in Chinese takeaway (with prawn crackers) and then we had more caramel shortbread for dessert. This was not a good idea.

I can only try my best though. I don't claim to be perfect but I am still pleased that I managed to lose a bit of weight.

Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink

The new bathroom saga continues..........

The plumber came on Monday night and ripped out my bath/shower and sink in order for the joiner to come in on Tuesday morning to start work on the floors.

Unfortunately about an hour after the plumber left with my old bathroom suite in the back of his van, the joiner got in touch to say that sadly his mother-in-law is about to die and he could no longer come along on Tuesday morning to start work. I have no idea when this work will be completed now but our problems are small in comparison to his at the moment and my thoughts are with him and his family.

However, every cloud has a silver lining as they say. The toilet is still there so we can be thankful for that and more importantly, I went to the gym yesterday in order to use their showers and did 45 mins or exercise whilst I was there (well, I thought it a bit cheeky to just walk in, use the shower and leave).

I also thought that it might be a good idea to join Slimming World last night in order to keep up with the weight loss. I went along to my local class and was pleased that everyone was so friendly. The class leader was really nice and seems to love food which is always important. You can eat quite a lot on the SW plan, it's all about the combination of food you are eating and making sure that you eat healthy as opposed to following fad diets. I am optimistic.
By the time the new bathroom is installed I will be a shadow of my former self.

Loving: My blog.

Loathing: Gym showers.