Regular update

Well, another week working in Gladstone and another pleasant reading on the scales - they're indicating 12st 3lb this morning.  So I've been here for five weeks and have got rid of at least half a stone - possibly more.  That's a nice steady weightloss, but fast enough for me to keep really motivated. It does motivate me, that I'm seeing a difference every week - I'm liable to celebrate by having a salad instead of pasta!

I'm much buoyed up by also being invited to a party in Sydney (plane tickets are booked) and that my darling partner will be coming out to spend a week with me.  He won't be out for just over three weeks, so I'm really hoping to get down to 12 stone by the time he arrives - because that should be quite a noticeable difference to when he last saw me.

I've noticed that the jeans I brought with me are no longer needing to be pulled up every ten minutes - which suggests to me that my belly was pushing them down (they're hipsters) rather than the waistband was too big for me.  I'm also very motivated by the thought that I'll be able to get back into such a percentage of my wardrobe when I get home.  If I can continue with the discipline until Christmas, I have every intention of going out in the sales in the New Year and having a damn good splurge on clothes.  I haven't done that in some time - and I should have the money to make it a decent splurge.  It'll probably be a trip to the Bicester Shopping Village, which has a lot of designer outlet stores.