A whole new wardrobe becomes available

Recently, Mum bought me some cords from M & S. She bought me two pairs, UK size 22, on sale. She often does that, goes out with her friend, shopping, and buys me stuff if she sees something in my size, especially when I'm big. I wore the first pair twice before I washed them. Then I didn't try them again because I didn't want to feel how much they'd tightened up through washing. They were tight enough before I washed them, and at that point, I was only getting fatter. I didn't wear the other pair even once. Today I decided to try them on. I figured eighteen pounds off must have made a difference. And it did. Both fit. In fact, both are a little loose! So I'll wear them a lot for the next few weeks, I think, get some use out of them before I get even smaller. I went out for lunch with TMM, feeling very pleased with myself. I did have a moment of self doubt as I wondered just how middle aged I'd become, to actually be wearing corduroy. But then I told myself that the DMs cancelled the cords out, so I was okay. That's what I choose to believe, okay! ;-)

TMM and I went to our fave cafe for lunch, and I had a big fry up, with no guilt. I'd worked out before what the average calorie spend would be, even allowing for the food being fried. It was about 800 cals. A lot, yes, but okay given I hadn't had breakfast, so this counted for brekkie and lunch. We went to Cafe Nero a while later, after we'd knocked about the town for a while. He had a caramel square (which I love) but having eaten the fry, I decided to have just coffee at that time, to leave enough cals for tomato soup for tea, and possibly some dark chocolate. As a matter of interest though, I looked up the calories in the gingerbread muffin. They are my favourite flavour. If it had been low enough, I'm sure I would have talked myself in to having one, at the expense of real food later. There was no chance of that though. Over 500 cals!!! I guess I though it might be 250, which I'd have happily spent. But the bun was equivalent to two thirds of my whole fry up! Not good bang for my buck! The exact opposite of the tomato soup that I made, which was about eighty cals per big bowl.