Kuchisabishii

 

Happy new year everyone. May all your wishes come true in 2024! 

I'm so tantalisingly close to my 5 stone weight loss. Lost one pound this week so only one pound to go! Please let it be next week.

So I've borrowed this word from a friend - kuchisabishii. It's a Japanese word meaning when you're not hungry but you eat because your mouth is lonely. This is just the most fabulous word and describes me to a T. Or at least it used to. I couldn't put my finger on it. I knew I didn't really eat due to boredom or upset. It wasn't really emotionally led. But it was something and my mouth being lonely just seems so right some how. 

Obviously on Hogmanay I did a little reflection. 2023 was quite a year. We lost our gorgeous fur baby Libby very early in the year - another week and it'll be the first anniversary of her passing. I still miss her and sometimes shed a few tears. She was just so adorable and taken too soon. Then a few weeks after her death we lost our loyal cat of 15 years, Bumblebee. So sad to lose two pets in such a short space of time. However, we brought our new sweetheart, Bella, home in May. She's still a pup but growing into a lovely dog. She has big shoes to fill. 2023 marked the return of the overseas holiday for Mark and I. Lockdown was a big pause for going abroad, so it was fantastic to get back to sunshine and cocktails. We went to Turkey, Madrid and Grenada. We also continued with the staycation, going to the Hideaways a couple of times, Achmelvich, Pitlochry and Newcastle. And of course I travelled to Latvia to change my life. Would you say losing 5 stones has changed my life? Maybe not exactly but it's certainly changed my outlook on life and therefore I'd safely safe it's changed me, for the better. And I'm so happy! 

Talking of my weight loss I've had another NSV (non scale victory) - I'm not napping nearly the same. In fact I hardly ever fall asleep on the sofa. Before my surgery I was often having 40 winks curled up under a blanket. I think my sleeping is just better quality, now my throat doesn't close up. That'll do it! 

If you want to fly you have to give up what weighs you down.