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You must all know by now that I am partial to a Smartie or ten. And if you know me well you'll know I love the orange ones! In 1976 (I was 7 years old) I wrote to Rowntrees (the then manufacturers of this confectionery) and suggested they sell tubes of just the orange ones - and over 40 years later they have finally done it. I think I need compensating for such a great idea. £5000 will be fine thank you. BTW in 1976 I would have been happy getting a tube of orange Smarties, but that's inflation!! And you know what? 40 years ago they didn't even bother to reply to my letter. I was devastated. So rude!

I had a check up with the hypertension clinic, after a month on my new meds. And yay, my blood pressure was down to 134/86! Not sure how good that is? But I know it's a lot better than it was. Nurse Ros was very happy. Whoop!

So you'll all be dying to know how I did last week 😉 well I maintained. Not great but I can live with it. PMT and all those good things! But I've decided to go back to not divulging my weekly weight progress. When I start blogging up a bit, down a bit, it seems to be up a bit more often than down. However I am going to tell you when I've lost my next stone. You'll just have to stick with me.

Of course it's that time of year again - weight gain summer! All the holidays (I refuse to mind my food intake on holiday), birthdays (18th and my own - I'm not 18 lol), anniversaries (Golden & my own - I've not been married 50 years lol), and weekends away. All the excuses to enjoy the prosecco and fine food. Ooh it's a tough life for a dieter!

A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands!

Don't tell anyone but I can't stop eating chocolate this week! I think I have a real problem. I'm a high functioning chocoholic. The Aztecs have a lot to answer for!!

Was bound to happen

Well last week I left you on a precipice - was I losing weight? Gaining weight? Or staying the same? I think the photo tells you all you need to know! I had Friday and Saturday to reign it in, so what happened? Friday my work colleague brought in a tray of chocolate doughnuts - I don't even bloody like doughnuts but I had one! Then my daughter invited me over for pizza, prosecco and a sleepover. Lush! But not exactly pulling it in though and of course no weigh in Sunday morning as I wasn't home. Instead, as Sunday was such a lovely day, we went to the beach and had that enormous ice-cream (see left) ha ha. When I stood on the scales Monday morning I was half a pound up!! I'm thinking that is actually ok. Then on Tuesday morning I decided to check... And I'd lost the half plus another! So I'm on a roll!? Tuesday after work I went spinning then home for omelette and salad. Seconds after I'd finished I was sick! Then sick again! Obviously I couldn't resist stepping on the scales again, thinking I must have lost half a stone? I lost another pound. Still going great I thought... Then I had 2 days in Edinburgh. This potentially should have been ok - but it wasn't. I won't bore you with all the details but I will say we had fun!

So I'm here yet again. I have Friday and Saturday to make it all good again ready for my weigh in on Sunday morning. Deja vu! Will I get away with it again? I must or I'm in real danger of it all falling apart and that must not happen! I like being slimmer, even if it is only a stone at the moment! I can do this and I will do this!! I will continue to live my life and have fun but losing weight is just not optional for me anymore.

Um the vomiting? No pretty sure it wasn't a bug or bad food. I think it was one of my funny allergic reactions again. A couple of anti histamines and I was right as rain again! You may not want the details but hubby was great... Flushing the loo and mopping my brow and getting me water! I exaggerate about the brow mopping lol but he did stand behind me all the time.... With my epi-pen in his hand begging to stab me! No worries though - to his utter disappointment no stabbing was needed!

Every time I lose weight, I find it again - in the fridge!

International agent

It was suggested I try a different angle to see if my weight loss is more noticeable. So I did. What do you think? Before is the top one. I maybe should have stood closer this morning?? No real difference though? Honestly I have lost over a stone ha ha

Hola, Guten Tag, G'day, Hi, Hello. Just greeting all my international readers. Plus Dutch, Austrian, Canadian, Belgian, Japanese, Irish and many more. It's super cool. I hope you enjoy my postings. Welcome!

Talking about readers I normally have between 250-300 each week. Last week it was a record at 381! This week only 205 🙁. I'm thinking that my crush, Ryan Gosling is not that popular. And maybe seeing me in my undies is the winner. I do think that's a bit weird. Like do you really want to see that? I'm hardly Eva Mendes (for those in the know that's Mrs Gosling!!) Well I'll see…I guess…as this week there's more of me in my smalls (or should I say, not so smalls?)

And talking about Ryan (again, I'm sorry) I forgot to say if anyone knows him could you please put in a good word? Although I have thought of a problem - he's on my list but I can hardly force him can I? And he can't have a list. Can you imagine?? If he had a list of famous people he wanted to know carnally... That would be plain cheating!! Imagine telling Eva 'It's ok I slept with Naomi Campbell - she's on my list!' ha ha ha nope she won't fall for that old chestnut!

I had a bit of a binge this week. Started Sunday. I had a voucher for a FREE large Papa John pizza. Who can say no to free pizza? My son and I shared. It was delicious. Then Monday I had breakfast with a pal (sausage butty) then a creme egg, then a Subway with giant cookie (pal had a voucher ha ha) then I had crisps, then a Florentine or two! But you know I don't think it's hindered my weight loss. A) I got straight back to plan on Tuesday. B) I think the extra calories just put fuel on the fire and my metabolism was stoked and it burned burned burned! Not that I'll risk it again anytime soon... But that pizza was amazing!

PS all going swimmingly and then yesterday happened! Nephew had a birthday - and I had 3 spring rolls! Then I was out for dinner with some friends (hello friends (they all read this)). Now I wasnt going to be the diet bore in the corner ordering a lettuce leaf with dressing on the side. So...I had halloumi chips with chilli jam, lemon sole stuffed with prawns with colcannon, one G&T, three glasses of red and a good-night hot chocolate! And now I think this might be the week I put on weight, after 13 weeks of losing 😥 But!! I don't officially get weighed until Sunday (long story - I'll tell you later) so I have today and tomorrow to get it together and have that loss by Sunday morning! Even half a pound will do. Wish me luck and I'll tell you next week 😁

You might be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, but there will always be people that don't like peaches!

Disclaimer: other pizza outlets are available!

Ooh Ryan!

So the other night I watched a movie called Drive, starring the gentleman to your left - Ryan Gosling! And he went straight to the top of my list. My list? We all have a list don't we? A list of famous people we are allowed to have carnal relations, if the opportunity ever arises! Mr Gosling's character didn't say much but by God he smouldered!! Now I'm not unfamiliar with this man's good looks and sexiness - after all, one of my favourite movies is The Notebook (such a good/sad story) but he was so delicious in Drive, I could have eaten him (hum? Sounds a bit rude lol). Of course he's not the only one on my list. There are the usual suspects and obvious ones - Jamie Dornan and Matthew Goode. There is the original list topper - John Cusack. There is my secret crush - Michel Roux Jnr. There is the short - James McAvoy. There is the girl - Margot Robbie (don't say I'm not equal opportunity). When I told hubby that Ryan was going on my list right at number 1, he told me that I would be bottom of Ryan's list. So very rude!! Though what he meant was that there would already be a long queue of listers before me! Don't worry, hubby has his own list - a list of one! She's been the only one on his list forever. I'd better not tell you who in case I embarrass him but I'll just say that she's tall, very leggy and blonde. You can see what he saw in me then ha ha ha. But it got me thinking. He has one on his list and it doesn't change. But I just keep adding to my list and it gets longer and longer. I never (or rarely, naming no names Tom Cruise) bump people off. What does that mean? I've absolutely no idea but I feel sure it's something relating to him being skinny and being fat!

So I'm still sticking to the 5-2 plan, still losing weight and still off the booze (more or less). I'm getting good at counting calories on a fasting day. 500 calories for 100g of chocolate! But only 70 in a coconut ice lolly and 80 in Pom-Bears! Fasting days I try to stick to 500-600 calories. I'm still going to the gym 2-3 times a week and spinning once a week. It's all good. Can't weight for the next stone when I'll be 12st something!!

It's a very sad moment when you realise that you are the perfect girl for your celebrity crush but he'll never ever know you exist!

PS the spelling error was a genuine mistake - Freudian slip or as we like to say...parapraxis lol.