A matter of perspective

It's funny how the same weight can feel different, provoke a different response, depending on what direction you're coming to it from. Here I am, at sixteen stone twelve pounds, and delighted to say that, because the number sixteen is involved. Sixteen stone something sounds so much less obese somehow, even a high sixteen something, than eighteen something. Yeah, I know that sounds kind of obvious. And I know sixteen stone etc is still morbidly obese for the short of stature woman that I am. Still, that's how it feels. It's like when you put one hand in hot water and the other in cold. Then you dip both in lukewarm water. The water is the same temperature on both hands, but it feels different on each because of where they started. So if I weighed in at sixteen stone twelve, but had, a few weeks previously, been two stone lighter, it would be a whole different story. It's all about perspective.

I'm feeling good today because of the steady progress I'm making. TMM still swears that he can really see a difference already. He always makes me feel good about myself, fat or thin, losing or gaining. I know I'm lucky to have such great, consistent support. Mum is behind me too. She bought me a pair of trousers in the M&S sale last week, which I got on Friday when I visited. They were originally about £30, then reduced a few times. By the time they were on the "last chance" rail, they were £2.50! Then she got 20% discount, et voila, really nice khaki trousers (vaguely combat style) for £2. I got a to in ASDA that matches both it and my red DMs. So that's another feminized military type ensemble sorted. I do like that look. The thing is, when I decided to wear it to work today, I could swear that even I could see a difference too. So I'm smiling away to myself this afternoon.

Today's task is going to be checking out a new, low in fat, recipe for dinner. TMM was supposed to be off, and would probably have cooked, but he's been called in to work, so I'll make something. I want to make an effort to find new stuff to make, so I don't get bored. Hence I shall trawl t'interweb. I will report my findings later, as well as the resulting meal.

Update:

Tonight's dinner was a success. Slightly different ingredients and a nice change. I used cous cous, cooked in chicken stock with mushrooms, cooked diced pork with dried sage and fresh onions and tried purple sprouting broccoli for the first time too. Today's calories are within allowance. A good food day.