How do you eat yours?

Weight today :  13 11***
Loss this week : 1½
Total loss : 1st 7lb

I'm sorry but it's just that time of year. It has to be done. Of course, I'm talking about Cadbury's Creme Eggs*. I really like them. Sweet? Yes. Sickly? Yes. Fattening? Yes. A must? Abso - bloody - lutely! Now the little egg on the picture is a Daim mini egg*. These are delicious too. These are 60 calories each! Shock horror! They weigh a tiny 11 grams**. Creme eggs however maybe 170 calories and weigh a whopping 40 grams - I am perhaps exaggerating the whopping - but gram for gram you get more chocolate for the calories with the Creme egg!

I was reading an article this week about a female model who, as a UK size 6 was told she needed to lose weight to do her job. In an attempt to stay skinny she ate cotton wool balls soaked in orange juice. This I find just terrible. As a model she was also quite tall and to be told that her size was too big, beggars belief. What kind of world is this. Am I, on my desire to lose weight, responsible for this way of thinking? I really hope not. I want to be slim (and healthy!) not skinny (and potentially unhealthy). I saw a picture of Angelina Jolie the other day and (this is my opinion only) I think she's so skinny she looks horrible. The Duchess of  Cambridge is also borderline yuk. Now we all come in all shapes and sizes. Big and little. And if these ladies are naturally this size and can't put weight on then I apologise to them. But the thought that they fight themselves to stay so skinny  I find sad. I want to be healthy. I think a size 12 (for my height) will hopefully get me smack bang in the middle of the healthy range...whatever weight that makes me. I know this is a contentious issue, and is only what I think about it. All my readers are entitled to their own opinion. And I sincerely hope no one is upset or pissed off with me.

So my aunt messaged me this week, to congratulate me on my 20lb loss. She suggested I could try to lose 50lbs for my 50th birthday. Now this would be amazing and I would love it but...now I'm not saying it can't be done... but I've done the maths. The biggest problem is that I don't have up to my birthday to lose weight. The celebrations start 2 weeks before and weight loss will not enter my head. In fact some celebrating is starting very soon. It's also my 20th wedding anniversary next month (and any excuse works for me). Anyway, the sums... In 8½ weeks I've lost 21lbs. I have just 8 weeks to go before it's party central. So I'm going to knock my socks off but I'll be delighted to do the same again. Another 21lbs gets me close to 50 so let's see how I get on.

Why did the Easter egg hide? Because it was a little chicken! 

* Other brands of eggs are available
** All weights and measures are approximate
*** Except for this one. This one has been verified by external auditors.