Radiating Sunshine

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So I woke up this morning ready to face the music – isn’t it funny how in the night things always look very bleak? I’ve never been one to worry about stuff, and sleepless nights are an unknown concept to me but I must ‘fess up and tell you that last night whilst I was watching TV, and starving after vaporising every single available smart point by mid afternoon, I made a coffee with all milk to try and fill a hole…it’s the first time ever I’ve gone over my weekly points. I know, right?

It was the lesser of two evils – there were several items of food that had collectively serenaded me from the fridge all night and I came within a cock hair of caving in…I didn’t, but I needed something. I could have had a large glass of water but quite frankly that was never going to cut it. But although I savoured every drop, the milky coffee weighed heavy on my mind, and from the point at which I woke up for a quick tinkle at normal work get-up time then tried to go back to sleep for my customary Sunday morning doze-fest I had the most bizarre dreams.

I have this mental picture of the Asshole sitting on his buffet in the corner of my mind, furiously loading movie reel after movie reel of things designed to convince me that I’d blown it. The words start of a slippery slope were playing on a loop in my head, accompanied by moving pictures of me whizzing down a giant slide, being chased by one of the Cravendale cows who wanted the milk back. In the next scene I was laid underneath the cow drinking from its udders whilst someone blew my arse up with a bicycle pump and in the last scene I was the cow…it all got very weird at that point.

I walked the green mile to the bitch in the bathroom with great trepidation when I finally shook off the weirdness. I’d managed to convince myself that the half pint of semi-skimmed milk that I’d had over and above my weekly allowance was going to mean a gain this week. I was suitably downcast and ready to take it on the chin, until she told me that I’d lost a pound.

What?? I did my usual double-check on several tiles to make sure she wasn’t taking the piss, but sure enough…another pound gone. And immediately, I started radiating sunshine. The day looked great. I’d dodged a bullet…okay I’m being overly dramatic, it was half a pint of semi-skimmed milk, not ten litres of Haagen Dazs and a ton of cheeseballs. But, for the first time in eight months and eight days I’d stepped over the boundary…thank god the bitch didn’t clock it.

So, it’s a brand new shiny Weight Watchers week and it’s an important one. It’s the UK Blog Awards on Friday in London…I’m too giddy for words. My boy got fitted for his Tux yesterday. I’ve bought new sparkly flat shoes and I’ve totally gotten over myself about the palazzo pants.  I’ve booked Thursday off work for a little turd-polishing, and on Friday we’re doing the whole first-class-train-swanky-hotel thing…it’s going to be an epic weekend.

The week’s got off to a cracking start…I did a long walk with the furry one this morning, and I’ve finally got around to sorting out that mountain of fat clothes. No messing, I’m going to make this week count. No wobbles allowed, right? Onwards! 🙂

 

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8 thoughts on “Radiating Sunshine

  1. I am SO proud of you! I hope you and your boy have a brilliant time :). You deserve it. I get it with the milk and going over. It is a fine line we walk and that line is on the very edge of a very steep cliff that is a bear to claw back up….

  2. So happy you lost a pound after a rough day yesterday. I’m glad you have your outfit sorted. I hope you will show us a picture of you and your son all dressed up. Do you know if you won or is it all a surprise? I wish you all the luck in the world. You have done so much for all your readers, encouraging us by your fine example, you deserve to win so go get ’em girl!

    1. I’ll post a photo, I promise…you know me and cameras but I know you’re all excited for me! I have no idea Jo whether we’ve won but looking at the other blogs and their stats I think it’s unlikely, we’re tiny by comparison. None of them have a posse quite like ours though, I’m so lucky in that respect! I’m just so proud to have our name up there playing with the folk who know what they’re doing!

  3. Congrats on the loss! I’m happy and excited for you for the awards ceremony coming up. I hope you win! Win lose or draw enjoy the experience. We are behind you all the way.

    1. Aw thanks Susan, I know…you guys are awesome. I’d love to win but all the other blogs are amazing and we’re much smaller by comparison. I’m just excited to say we made it this far!

  4. Yahoo, Dee! I hate how weird weight fluxuations can screw with your mi d so much!!! Congrats on the loss and a brand new week of points and marvelous things to look forward to! Can’t wait to hear how you do with your awards this week. Can feel the excitement!

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