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Hmmm, I appear to have nodded off on the sofa and seem to have therefore missed spinning. Fecking eejit.

Work has been pretty full on this week and I've got a hideous week ahead - my 2 colleagues are both on holiday so that's me doing 3 people's work. Brilliant. I wonder if I can request 3 people's pay?? Still, at least I'll be too busy too eat.

Right, had best go and get out of my PJ's before Matt returns home. I'm already inline for a lecture for missing the gym, I don't want him thinking it was a deliberate tactic :)

Whooooops.

I managed spinning on Wednesday and I am definitely starting to find it easier. I did however manage to forget to take my full gym kit with me so I ended up with a spinning faux pas i.e. wearing a fairly low cut vest that I'd had on for work (sorry starfish, I know its not a good look in a spin class!!) Hopefully no one copped too much of an eyeful! Good job I had my sports bra - no one needs to see my G cups unleashed! I wasn't however the only one without a full gym kit it seemed - the bloke next to me was wearing his work shirt!! One of the more random things I've seen I have to say.

Last night didn't quite go according to plan, we somehow got lost and went to the pub instead of the gym. Easy to mistake to make. I stuck to vodka and soda all night but I did succumb to a steak sandwich which was bloody lovely. I reckon I went about 3 or 4 points over, but thats not a biggie. Staying in all weekend and I am really looking forward to it. How bizarre. I'm clearly getting old.

Spinning again tonight and then should make the gym at the weekend as well. Polish that halo.

Right, I'm about to chew off my arm since I've only had a yoghurt for breakfast. Early lunch me thinks.

And I managed to stay the same. Over the moon with that considering my consumption at the weekend and distinct lack of exercise. Back on track with a vengeance today. No plans for the weekend so I should manage saintly all week.

I had talked myself out of going to the gym last night, but then I got a comment to my last post from Jaframity wishing me luck which shamed me into going. I thought I can't very well come back tomorrow with yet another rubbish excuse. So thank you! I almost managed to convince myself fate was stopping me from going when I couldn't find anywhere to park - was just about to zoom off with a clear conscience when someone moved out of a space right by the door. Harumph! Anyway, I only did 15 mins on the cross trainer and 15 mins on the bike, but I worked up a little sweat so it can't be all bad.

Spinning tonight for the first time in a while and then off to a friends for dinner. They've just moved over to my neck of the woods which is cool so I'm off round there with a housewarming card and to have the obligatory nosey. Matt is off to meet his mates in London tonight so without a doubt I'll get woken up by a drunken clown at some ungodly hour. Happy days :)

As best I can - I think I am going to end up about 10 points over for the week - not really the end of the world I guess. I can reduce that a bit tonight if I stick to a low point dinner and get my sorry ass to the gym.

I was going to give WW a miss tomorrow as I was worried about a gain, but I need a kick to get me back on track. I am starting to finally realise that some weeks life will just get in the way and a little bit of a gain is not the end of the world, its how I deal with it that's important. I had some lovely comments at the weekend from friends I've not seen in a while about my weight loss which has made me realise how much I actually want to be slimmer this time.

Just went to Costa with a friend and had a skinny latte and one biscuit - 3 flipping points in a biscuit. Stupid things like that which I should be more aware of by now. Grrrr. Good job I stopped at just the one!

Gym tonight is really going to hurt, I've not been for nearly 2 weeks what with all of the guests we've had of late. Wish me luck.

But suffering now! Can't say I've been overly good on the diet front, but I am not stressing over that. We'd hired a gorgeous house in the Lanes in Brighton for a friends Hen Do and it was just carnage.
Arrived around 7pm on the Friday and was immediately greeted with a glass of Pimms. Think it was downhill from there..... Had a very bad head on Saturday morning, could barely lift my head off the pillow! The copious amounts of alcohol I consumed I am blaming on the naked butler we had hired for Nina - OMG! He did a brilliant job topping all our glasses up and serving us our food - after a little while we even managed to forget there was a naked man in our midst :) I am not sure his little apron did the best at covering his modesty and I saw a little bit more than I had bargained for on more than one occasion!


Saturday we had the dance class - oh deary me. 2 hours trying to learn the routine to Flashdance kitted out in our best 80's attire with a raging hangover. It was hilarious though and I am sure I must've earned a few BP's!! Back home for a little snooze and then dinner and clubbing. I think we got to bed at 4am. I am seriously suffering today. I think I had about 10 hours sleep all weekend.



Still, it was a brilliant weekend with my bestest friends. Trying to get myself back on track with the diet today, but if I gain this week it won't be the end of the world.

The week is not quite going according to plan - the WW plan anyway. We went out for dinner on Wednesday as it was mini me's last night here and I polished off 3 courses plus wine. All blooming lovely I have to say, not massive portions, but still not overly WW friendly. So that was me 7.5 points over already at the start of the week.

I managed to save 1 measley point yesterday, well done me! Stupid blooming pedometer appears to have packed up as well. I walked loads yesterday to try and get my steps up - the verdict.... 250 metres all day. Evil thing.

Off to Brighton tonight for a friends Hen do. Thanks to Primark I've coupled together an 80's style outfit for the Flashdance workshop we're doing on Saturday. I'll be a vision in Neon. Here's hoping my inability to stay upright at the best of times doesn't result in any sporting injuries. Still can't decide what I am wearing to go 'clubbing' on Saturday so I have packed most of my wardrobe just in case - you can never be too careful can you?

I am expecting to have a massive points deficit on Sunday when I return which will see me surviving on no point soup for the 3 days before WI. Happy days.

'Working' from home today so I had better get a crack on. I need to listen to a bit of Rick Astley to get me in the mood.

Well all that worry for nothing - I lost 4 WHOLE POUNDS!!! How on earth did that happen?? I even resorted to weighing my jeans this morning - they weigh half a pound more than my trousers for future reference :)

Get in! That takes me only 1lb away from my holiday goal and I have 6 weeks to get there. Should just about manage that.

I just don't understand my body though, I had about 43 points on Friday so that means I ate my bonus points plus a few saved in order to break even and I lost 4 pounds. Yet weeks where I exercise like a demon and stick religiously to points, I manage a STS. Clearly my body likes to be deceived into thinking I am going to eat like a pig. Ah well, best not to over analyse andI'll probably not try that tactic too often.

Last night my little sister made a WW Carrot and Lentil soup - was lovely and very filling for 2.5 points. Bless her, she can come again. I had that with half a baguette and I was really full. And I used to always think of soup as a starter. We also had a rather annoying power cut which lasted an hour, how on earth do you entertain yourself in the dark for an hour?? Fortunately we had loads of candles to light, but I was slightly going mad by the time the power returned. Seems it also went off over night as my alarm didn't go off this morning and I woke up 20 minutes before I should have left the house. Hence my tramp like appearance today.

Off out for dinner this evening and I'll have about 16 points. I need to try and bank a few tomorrow at least in preparation for the hen weekend. Really looking forward to a weekend away with the girls, it's been a long while.

Right, I can eat breakfast now and put my jewelry and belt back on. The lengths I go to!

Doesn't this weather just make you miserable?? Its like winter out there. I've had a headache all day which hasn't helped lift my mood. Bah humbug.

I've done no exercise since Thursday other than walking so I am not feeling too optimistic about WI tomorrow. Although I never do! I was under points yesterday and should also manage the same today so that should definitely make up for my over indulgences at the weekend. Its kind of my own Wendy plan. TOTM as well so chances of a loss are perhaps slim, but hey ho.

Quite nice having my little sis here, she's made dinner the last 2 nights. Bless her trawling through my WW cookbooks and pointing it all for me. Considering she's a stick insect and could eat deep fried lard and not put on weight, am pretty impressed with her eating WW food with me - albeit double portions. Trust me to have 2 skinny sisters. I blame my Dad!

Off to Mya Lacarte restaurant tomorrow night (Yasmina from the Apprentice's place) which is my fave since its their last night here. Since it's WI day I can be a bit more relaxed but the weekend is not likely to be good so I had better not make a right pig of myself.... 2 courses instead of 3 then!

Right, I am rambling now. Fingers crossed for a loss the morra!! (I've got all geordie again being in the presence of 2 of them!) Howay Linz.

Woohooo, I've just realised I got my 10% last week. My start weight when I joined my WW class was 10lbs less than what I actually started at, so its not official with WW - but it is with me :)

I am worrying about WI already and I've still got 2 days to obsess. The weekend got off to a bad start as per my last post. Saturday was slightly better given I stayed within points (just) and yesterday was ok but I still didn't actually bank anything. The pedometer gave me 5 BPs yesterday (ridiculously over the top I am sure) but I am not going to get to the gym before WI now with my sister being here. Oh well, I can only do my best and pray I wake up lighter on Weds.

Managed to spend a small fortune yesterday on clothes I really didn't need - but i wanted them all the same! I am only buying tops at the moment since I have approximately 50 pairs of jeans (that might be a minor exaggeration) in all different shapes and sizes. At the moment I am either going for the sprayed on look or the baggy crotch look. Neither is really a winner. Damn being inbetween sizes!

Have my friend's hen weekend in Brighton on Friday. Should be a good laugh given we're off to an 80's style dance class on the Saturday. I have my neon leg warmers at the ready! We're taking a lot of food and alcohol with us as we're renting a house, so I have requested WW friendly items. Here's hoping I can be good. Just need to find a dressy outfit for the Saturday night. Hmmm, I can't actually remember the last time I needed such attire.

Why do the weekends go so blooming fast? I officially hate Mondays. I am also wearing far too tight shoes so I currently cannot feel my toes. I feel a bad mood descending. Had better snap out of it sharpish!

Well after my accidental doughnut intake, the day didn't get much better WW wise. Instead of opting for a plate of dust at the pub for lunch which is what I should have had, I went for the steak and blue cheese salad - without the cheese or croutons please. Except they gave me them both. Gah, of course being very British I didn't like to complain so I tried my best to ignore the gorgeous Shropshire Blue and the lovely crunchy croutons daring me to have a little taste. The devil in my head saying "go on, a little bit won't hurt". Except it does. Especially when you've had your lunch points already. Eeejit.

Matt was supposed to cook last night, but not too surprisingly that fell by the wayside and we ended up in the pub. After much deliberation I opted for a pear Bulmers - not exactly 3 points well spent. Doh. So in theory that left me with 5 points for dinner. Never gonna happen.

And so to the Indian. Hmmm. The devil was out in force yesterday "well you've already blown it so crack on with the Korma, you've not had one for years". Fortunately a little bit of WW sense remained in my calorie addled brain and I opted for a Chicken Rogan Josh (without ghee if you please), half a rice and 1/4 naan. So a grand total of 43 points was consumed yesterday. Clever stuff.

I had saved some points and had some BPs so I'm only 3.5 down for the week and I've got til Wednesday to pick myself back up.

Should really get to the gym today, but mini me is en route and I can't possible be out when they get here (Excuse??). I've played 5 matches of tennis on the Wii with Matt - had a mega strop when he didn't even let me win one game and then whipped his ass at bowling. Worked up a little sweat so that has to count for something.

16 points left for tonight and we're off to Strada. I should be able to come in at around 12 so in theory I could be back on an even keel by tomorrow. Job Done.

Thank God for that. It's been a long week, I don't feel like I've had a moment of peace all week.

Went to Powerplate last night and am struggling to walk today. I was made to do 2 minutes of each exercise when I am used to doing just 1. Evil trainer! Doesn't sound like a lot, but when your muscles are contracting at a rate of 56 something or others per second, believe me, 2 minutes feels like hell. My rather ample backside is killing me today. I do enjoy it though as I've been going for 18 months now and I get on pretty well with the trainer. Plus he's fairly easy on the eye which helps :)

Met my friends for dinner afterwards and I stook religiously to lime and soda. We had a bit of a battle with flying ants last night which was a bit unpleasant - do they just appear one day a year or something?? Richmond was infested with them. I felt flipping itchy all night. Ended up in Pizza Express again. I went for the Pollo salad with reduced fat dressing on the side... Can't work out how to point that so I've just gone for the normal full fat drenched in dressing version to be on the safe side.

Unfortunately a doughnut fell into my mouth this morning, which somewhat scuppers my lunch plans today. We're off to the pub, but I am going to have to stick to something lacking any appeal. Clever me.

No plans this evening although Matt has offered to cook - which is an event in itself. Trying to decide if my poorly bum can cope with spinning or if I should just do something else at the gym..... or my preferred option which is to go home and lie down on the sofa. Decisions Decisions.

Mini me - aka supermodel sis arrives tomorrow. Cue a weekend of feeling like a heffalump.

I am definitely finding it's getting easier. Don't get me wrong, I am still a walking beetroot by the end of it, but I can definitely feel my fitness levels improving. Still a long way to go til I can get up our hill without breaking a sweat, but I'll hopefully get there.

I've got 5 pounds to go to get me back down to my lowest of last year - before I adopted the "Sod it, I'm on holiday approach" and promptly lost the plot for 6 months. I could still kick myself for my stupidity as I could have been on my way to 5 stones gone by now instead of back where I was. Ah well, at least I won't make that mistake again this year.

This is me in San Fran last year with work at that weight - I am still obviously obese, but I don't think my saddle bags are quite so obvious, that's what I am aiming for when we head off on holiday to the US in September. 5 lbs in 7 weeks should be more than achievable.



Powerplate class tonight and then meeting friends for dinner, I might try and suggest somewhere other than Pizza Express, had a bit of overkill of that of late.

Are comments now working? Apparently I've been unable to be commented on!

I didn't think I'd keep this blogging business up so a title wasn't really of utmost importance. I need something witty instead of my current boring header.

Obviously I am struggling in that department.

Complete and utter humour bypass.

Help!

No this is not food or diet related, it's just a general rambling so please forgive me.

So the conversation goes like this:

Me: When we're in Vegas why don't we just get married and be done with it?
OH: You know my feelings on marriage.
Me: Yes I am painfully aware.
OH: I tried it once and it didn't work out so why would I spoil us and try it again? We're happy, you know I love you.
Me: Oh well if that's the way we think, I tried relationships before and they didn't work out so why am I bothering now?
OH: You're being slightly ridiculous now.
Me: Harumph.....

Cue bad mood for no reason whatsover.

I've never wanted to get married, I've reached the grand old age of 33 without a diamond on my finger (unlike many of my friends who've had numerous) and it's honestly something that has never been important to me. Til I think I can't ever have it. I'd probably say no if he did ask - just to spite him :) (That is of course a joke!)

God I am fickle.

The scales moved in the right direction! 2lbs off so I finally got into the 18's and hit my 2 stone mark. Fickle woman that I am, I am slightly disappointed... ridiculous I know. I'd had a pretty good week and after 2 weeks of nothingness, I guess I'd built myself up for a big one. I need a slap!

29lbs gone, hopefully never to return.

Stupidly I had chinese last night (I know, the night before WI??!) because Matt invited a friend round at the last minute. It was lovely at the time, but I was awake most of the night with stomach cramps. Maybe I over ate, because I was absolutelybloody starving by 9pm when it arrived or maybe I ate too late as I went to bed around 1030pm. I am kind of hoping my body is not rejecting such tasty fodder as I still want life to be normal despite my battle with the bulge.

Spinning tonight and Powerplate tomorrow already booked. Need to try and keep up the exercise over the weekend... seems to be a struggle these days, life keeps on getting in the way.

I guess it shouldn't really be classed as an annoyance, since its a sign that things are moving in the right direction, but lately I am noticing my jeans are getting far too baggy. I'm at the stage now where I can't get my belt tight enough to keep them in place or I risk that hideous bunching of denim around my belly. However, the next size down fits me, but with a rather legging-esque quality, which is not overly attractive.

I've spent most of this morning trying to keep my jeans up or risk exposing my belly. Note to self - wear longer tops in future.

Despite the hunger monster attacking me ferociously yesterday, I managed to come in at 6 points under. Thank god for veg - that's not something I think I have ever said. I've been shopping and the fridge and freezer are once again restocked - so I should have a saintly week. We've got my supermodel little sister and her modelesque fiance coming to stay at the weekend. Always good for my self esteem, still I apparently got the personality (thanks for that confidence booster Mother!!) I am banning her from wearing heels or anything remotely tight, she can wear flip flops and a sack all weekend. That should make me feel better, plus I'll hide her make up. Ha!

Fingers crossed for a loss tomorrow. I think I'll probably cry on the scales if they don't move down.

I could chew my arm off today. What's wrong with me?? I've had a litre of water, 3 cups of red bush tea and a chai tea so its definitely not thirst. I've had my cereal and a banana and I am literally watching the clock until 12 so I can eat my rather uninspiring tuna pasta.

My stomach is gurlging like its not been fed for weeks. It could be a very long day.

So the in-laws have gone (or least they will be upon my return home from work) and normality returns. I've earache from the non stop talking, but other than that we seem to have escaped pretty unscathed!

Food wise, I was relatively good. Went slightly over on Friday and Saturday, but I had 8 points banked plus some BPs so I am not stressing too much. Yesterday we drove to Bournemouth for the day and the weather was lovely - I did succumb to fish and chips but I also earned 9 BPs (according to my wildly inaccurate pedometer) so hopefully that's all good. Had a lovely walk along the beach which made me want to move and live near the sea. Maybe not overly handy for a commute to Bracknell!

Have a stupidly busy week ahead so not sure quite when I'll be fitting the gym in. I might even have to try pre-work exercise. Ahem.

Seriously I need a loss this week or my frustration will reach breaking point. 7 weeks on Sunday until our holiday - my goal of being a stone lighter by then is now highly unlikely thanks to the past 2 weeks of nothingness, but I guess I am still 2 stone lighter than I was so I need to applaud myself for that.

I can't believe its Monday again already. How utterly depressing.

Despite feeling dead on my feet after a fairly hectic day at work, I dragged my sorry ass to the gym. We had RoboTrainer last night as our usual fella is on holiday. Good Lord, this bloke is a machine. I was instantly scared when he rocked up, and with good reason, it was hard core. But, on a positive note, I think my fitness is getting better, I was a mess but not my usual belisha beacon stylee and my legs remained fairly sturdy throughout. Yay me!

Dinner wasn't overly healthy but I saved 2 points and I've knocked off a point each day - so far so good. Fortunately our fridge is now back in action so I have no more excuses to live off loaves of bread! I think thats probably hindered my weight loss this week as bread doesn't overly agree with me.

Working from home today so I've had a cleaning frenzy (I'm not sure thats what working from home should entail but needs must!). Matt's mom and stepdad are coming to stay tomorrow.... yikes. Bless her, but she is quite hard work. We're already in a panic about what to do and what to feed them.... she doesn't do anything 'Foreign' so that rules out most of our favourite places. Plus its forecast to rain most of the weekend so bang goes our trip to the beach. This coould be a testing weekend!!

I'm heading over to Richmond tonight so going to do a Powerplate session and then meeting a friend for dinner. I think we're off to Pizza Express so I know I can have a WW friendly pizza - this seems to be my staple eating out place these days. I think I may end up with Leggera overkill.

Right then, better go and clean the bathroom.... erm I mean do some work.

Stayed the same, how utterly, utterly frustrating... All I wanted was a measley pound or even half would have done me. Gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Oh well, I am going to knock a point off each day - I know that won't make a massive difference, but it might help. Must get back into the gym as well. Spinning tonight and Powerplate tomorrow.

My leader told me not to worry and that maintaining was good as well - maybe if I was at goal, but not with 7 flipping stone to go!! Although I suppose if I am totally honest with myself, I've not been an angel - hardly any exercise and a bad Saturday. Serves me right I supposed.

Cue bad mood for rest of day.

Oh dear lord what have I agreed to? Apparently to spend a weekend in a field under canvas listening to the best the 80's had to offer.

The music I am very much looking forward to, a bit of Bananarama, T'Pau, Rick Astley et al - the tent - I am not. I've not been camping since I was 14 and that was a pretty traumatic experience if I recall. Cunningly however, the Rewind Festival is taking place in Henley - approximately 8 miles from my home... I can sneak home for a wash or shelter should I need to!!

Should be a good girlie weekend, I might go and purchase some neon leg warmers tomorrow so I can look the part. Obviously I'll take a stack of WW friendly food with me as well. I am secretly quite looking forward to the camping part as well - just don't tell my friends as they'll think I've been inhabited by aliens.

Oh and I'll put this as an end note hoping it will go unnoticed.... I didn't make the gym... erm, Rubbish Excuse number 10,000 - No socks. Clearly you can't do anything remotely exercise related without them. Shameful - I don't deserve that pound off tomorrow.

The freezer debacle continues to blight my meal times, on the advice (if you can call it that) of Comet, we've had to turn it off for 48 hours.

Being Mrs Prepared, I'd made a sausage casserole on Sunday night for last nights dinner from the last packet of low fat sausages to be salvaged from the freezer, a few onions and some mushrooms (mould removed) and a packet of sausage casserole mix I found in the cupboard. How very thrifty of me. Note to self - check the use by date on the sausage casserole mix next time - as its likely to taste flipping awful if it was out of date in Jan 09.....

Lesson learnt. So, with the veg already cooked and the mash made, I had to speedily rethink. Obviously the only option was to wash the sausages of the offending casserole mix (it tasted like dust - not that I've followed Marjorie Dawes dieting advice but what I imagine dust would taste like) and knock up some trusty bisto with a few onions. Voila.

All in all, last night did not go according to plan. I didn't make the gym as I sat in traffic for 90 mins and worked myself up into such a mood that I fear I may have done myself serious damage had I gone anywhere near the treadmill. I did work up a right sweat trying to sort out the spare room for the impending visit of Matt's mother at the weekend. That's a whole different story which no doubt I will share as the time nears. Eeeeeeeek.

I will definitely definitely definitely go to the gym tonight. WI tomorrow.... hmmmm.

Well as usual the weekend was not ideal from a WW perspective. I made it to spinning on Friday which was a bit of a killer, although my backside seems more used to it now so the pain in that region is not so bad! Ended up with half a portion of Chippy chips for dinner for which I had the points, but its not exactly a healthy option. I think I may be using the freezer malfunction as a bit of an excuse....

Saturday was a disaster really. We were out and about all day - bacon sarnie for breakfast, Starbucks for lunch and then a BBQ for dinner at Matt's friends house. I was within points for the food I consumed - however the alcohol was a different matter! I think I made my way through the best part of 2 bottles of wine.... Ooooppppssss. I felt it yesterday I can tell you. I was 8 points under which helps me claw a few back, but the gym was never going to happen the way I was feeling. Plus my shoulder is not moving again thanks to spending the night in a bed that was the equivalent of a bouncy castle!

So, all in all, I'm not sure this week will go how I had hoped. I want a pound off, but I'd suggest thats unlikely. I have pointed everything I plan to eat today which still leaves me 9 points. Definitely going to the gym tonight - Running Made Easy has not happened... I managed Day One. So back on track with that tonight as well.

I hate Mondays!

to go to spinning tonight. I am feeling so tired and I really don't know why. I've had a picky day with food as well so that probably hasn't helped. I hold the freezer fully responsible for that! Thankfully no plans for tonight so I can come home and do very little.

Tomorrow is not going to be great foodwise as we're meeting friends for lunch and then other friends for dinner (Matt's friends = his planning = crap!).

Large kick up the backside is needed I think.

What does one do when a fully stocked freezer decides to defrost itself?? Not ideal given our flat is currently doubling up as a sauna. Certainly ringing Comet for an engineer to come out is not the answer given their advice is to switch it off for 48hours. Excellent engineering advice, maybe that could be my next job. It's 8 months old for fecks sake, just come and fix it!!

So, I am currently cooking 12 light choices sausages, a bag of turkey nuggets and 8 Aunt Bessies Yorkshire Puddings.... Lunch could be interesting tomorrow. The fridge is now full of meat - and I mean full. We could be doing a lot of BBQing over the weekend. Matt is eating his way through his 3rd WW dessert of the evening and the rest has had to be binned. I can't say I was overly upset at getting rid of the mixed veg or the quorn mince... but heck its not ideal during the credit crunch.

My need to be good this week to get that pesky pound off is somewhat at odds with my desire not to waste all the food we have - I had half a pepperoni pizza for dinner (9 points of nothing too filling) and tomorrow will be interesting. In theory if I stay within my points then I've nothing to worry about. We shall see I guess.

Spinning tomorrow night which will be hard work since I've not been for 2 weeks. Hopefully I'll sweat out some of the water I seem to be retaining due to the heat - I seem to have become a human version of a camel, except my hump is front facing.

Toad in the hole for breakfast anyone?

Oh my god - amazing. I cannot speak this morning from screaming like a proper girl and singing at the top of my voice. I am just a little bit in love with them all! Such a brilliant show. James Morrison was supporting and he was pretty damn good as well.

I must've lost weight yesterday from all of the fluid that left my body - Wembley is very hot in the sun! Food options were rubbish but I danced so much my WW pedometer has lovingly awarded me 9.5 bonus points, I'll Take That...... ha ha, see what I did there?? Oh dear, lack of sleep and raging hormones have clearly affected me.

Probably won't make the gym tonight as I've had 5 hours sleep, so I am not sure my body will be overly happy.

Right then, back to reality.

Half a measley pound off. I know its a loss and its still good, but a pound would have taken me down to the 18's. Harumph. Ah well, a loss is a loss and I feel like I am retaining water at an alarming rate, what with it being 32 degrees outside. So another pound off will see me in the 18s and hitting my 2 stone mark and also my 10%. I have to be super good this week!

Off to see the boys at Wembley tonight and I cannot wait! I've managed to whip myself up into a state of frenzy over it, I must be hormonal or something at the moment.

Exercise is not going overly well - I was going to attempt running last night, but it was still scorching when I got home so that didn't happen. Will definitely try and get to the gym tomorrow night and Spinning on Friday.

Despite the lack of exercise I am loving this weather, even though the flat is like a furnace, it just makes me so happy to see the sun out and feel the heat. So much so that I am even wearing a dress today... must be a shock to the guys in the office - I've been asked if I am off to see the Queen and also if I am an imposter. Funny fellas.

Right then, better get back to it. Leaving early today so I had better at least show willing on the work front for a little while.