Aww, thanks guys, seriously can't believe my luck lately. I know lots of hard work has gone into it, but feels like everything in my life is finally coming together all at the same time - uni/career stuff, getting married, losing weight. One of those things alone would be awesome enough, but doing 3 at the same time is crazy! Feel like this weight loss journey is completely changing my life. At nearly 25 stone I didn't want to get married due to lack of confidence and I wasn't healthy enough to train for a career as a radiographer. Losing weight has changed all that. I know I've still got 8 stone 3lbs to go, but that number gets lower every week. Feels good to be optimistic about things again, these slow loss weeks had me in a bit of a stress. Need to accept that's gonna happen from time to time, just like the weeks where I get bigger numbers than I deserve!
Having a bit of a duvet day today thanks to * week. Been awake half the night in pain so today I'm dosed up on co-codemol and sat on the sofa with a hot water bottle as I type this. I'm lucky really that I haven't started new job this week or I'd be feeling awful! Decided uni work can do one for day, I'm going to be spending the afternoon chilling out watching Netflix in bed! Feels really lazy, but I've tried to do work and none of it is going in with how groggy these tablets are making me.
Been sending ideas back and forth to the wedding planner for the last couple of days, so far plans are looking like this:
Wedding day:
- Am - hair and make up for me and Mum
- 1pm - ceremony, pictures in old town
- Drive up to Prague castle and have more pictures taken
- 2.30pm - 4.30pm - private boat cruise down the river with parents, including sandwiches/buffet and cake
- Back to hotel to freshen up/change into evening dress (trust me I'm so clumsy that by this point the wedding dress will less than white I'm sure!
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- Meal out with parents in evening. Ever being the non-traditionalist I seriously fancy Hard Rock Cafe! LOL!
Day after wedding:
- Trip to spa and private jacuzzi with champagne
- Evening meal at Chateux tower for me and Chris (this place looks amazing, they have one table at the top of a tower overlooking the whole of Prague, wow!)
So yeah, looking pretty good so far! For all this, a car for 2 hours, wedding planner, the photographer and flowers we're talking about £2200! Madness compared to what a wedding in the UK would cost!
Weight loss stuff
Still feeling delighted with my 2lb loss this week. Usually * week is a complete write off and the week after is when I get the big loss. It's got me pretty excited, historically every post * week WI I've had a fantastic loss 3lbs plus. So if all goes to plan, this could be my last week in the 20's! EEK! I honestly can't imagine how amazing it'll be to finally get into the 19 stone bracket. Symbolically it'll feel like the first part of my journey is well and truly over, not to mention I'll be at my lightest weight for at least 7 years!
Food wise I'm not really up to eating much today, when I'm in pain like this with * week I just don't feel like anything. Had a cereal bar this morning and I've just been nibbling on a few grapes. Will try and get a soup or something down me a bit later.