SIZE 12 JEANS !!!

SIZE 12 JEANS !!!!!! Did you read that – SIZE 12 JEANS – this is the size of the jeans which I just bought this morning !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have had a fantastic weekend – food wise, exercise wise, clothes wise (but not water wise !!!)
Woke up yesterday morning and Al went off to help his brother sort out the roof on his gate house (which they did a great job on !!) and then Kaitlin and I went off for a lovely morning together. To back track a little – when Al and I were lying in bed he was cuddling me and then said “You have really lost so much weight – around your waist, hips, thighs – everywhere” – I felt so bloody proud. I was so pleased that he had said something about it because up until then I knew that I was losing weight but nobody has said anything. I sort of think that if I can see how much I am losing how come nobody else can ???? Anyway, this morning he said more things along the same lines and then I said to him that I was upset because nobody else had noticed and he pointed out that I don’t normally wear clothes which show off my figure – my tops always hang over my pants so nobody can see how baggy they are (even though I think they should be able to !!). Anyway, I felt better after we had spoken a bit about it.
Anyway, K and I had our muffins and then went jean shopping – after lots of trying on I bought one pair which were really comfortable. Then we popped in to see how the guys were going with the roof and stayed to chat for a while. After that we left to pop in to see my folks for a while.
Al and I decided to out to dinner and asked Danny and Heather if they wanted to join us – we haven’t really been out without Kaitlin since we arrived in Australia 5 ½ years ago. She spent the night with my folks and they all had such an enjoyable time which was great for all of them. When I dropped her off we were sitting there and my Dad got up to get a blankey for her legs, then he got his slippers for her to wear because her feet were getting cold. He sat down with this big smile on his face and said “I have waited over 5 years to be able to do this for my grand-daughter” – it was just lovely !!! After I left them, I got home and Al said that we were leaving at 6.15pm – well, it was 5.15pm AND I HADN’T HAD ANY EXERCISE !!!!! I couldn’t go out to dinner without having any exercise so I had a gym session and did some pilates leg exercises before jumping into the shower. I never thought I would have given up the opportunity to have a soak in the bath so that I could have some exercise and a quick shower !!!!!!
I didn’t get to wear my new pants because when I put them on AL said he thought that they were too big for me. So I wore my old jeans with a newish jumper which I had bought a little while ago. We had a great evening – I had Chicken Florentine with a couple of chips and came home and had a WW chocolate dessert – what a fantastic night !
This morning we went to get K and the back to the clothes shops to try to find a pair of jeans which we all liked !!! And that was when I found them A SIZE 12 PAIR OF JEANS WHICH FITTED ME – and were comfortable !!!! I bought them and tomorrow will take back the ones that I bought yesterday.
I have noticed that lately I seem to be wearing more make-up and wanting to look nice when I go out instead of just wearing my baggy clothes and trying to hide as much of myself as I can – the confidence that I have gained since losing these last couple of kgs is just amazing – I don’t know that I ever realised it when I lost weight before but I have noticed it this time – and it is just great !!!!! I wish I could bottle it up and send it to all of you out there.
We are going to my folks for dinner tonight (wooohooo no cooking this weekend for me !!) and so I will wear my pants then – yipppeeeeee.
So I am off to get all the chores done before sitting down to watch the footy before going off to my folks.
Take care everyone – hope that you had as great a weekend as what I have had – it has been one of the best for ages. I feel so in control of everything.

TFTD : Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living , and your belief will help create the fact.