196.4lb

It's a loss of 2.6lbs. I didn't quite make it under fourteen stone, but I'm only half a pound away. I can't pretend I'm not disappointed, but it's still a good result, especially for a week when I went over by a couple of hundred calories on a couple of days. I need to watch that this week, not get cocky, or it will come back and bite me in the bum at my next weigh in.

In an effort to make myself start running (yes, I'm still wittering on about getting out running on a regular basis) I've ordered some proper K T tape. I've bought cheap stuff before, and it's been useful, so I thought I'd see if the brand name one, which is quite a bit dearer, is any better. I hope that spending the money will encourage me to actually use the darn stuff. It's stretch tape that you put around your joints if they give you pain when you exercise. There are various configurations for applications to knees especially, in order to give full or partial support. I used it for a few months when I was training for the marathon, and I found it very good. It's my left knee in particular which give me jip.

Both TMM and I are off today, so it feels like we're playing hookie on a school day. We got up late, went out for breakfast (more like lunch!) and then went for a gentle walk. There's a gorgeous walled garden near us, and we like to go in to it a few times a year, just to see how it's developing. It reminds me of my fave children's books, "The Secret Garden."

I ate a massive fry up, counted all the calories, and don't feel remotely guilty. Then our walk earned me a few exercise calories, but not many. It was just nice to get out in the air, on a lovely sunny afternoon. Even a little activity is better than none at all.

I'm feeling positive in general at the moment. My old Weightwatcher blog has encouraged me. Knowing that I'm not so far away from where I was then is great. I feel good about my chances of being slim by the time I sing at AM's wedding too. I bought a pair of trousers and a top on Saturday in the sale in M&S and they were a size 18. It's the first 18s I've bought in ages, and I was chuffed to bits when they fitted me. I'd love to be a 12 by the wedding. Fingers crossed I can stay motivated that long. At the moment, it doesn't feel like it will be a problem. If I could keep it together till then, I could get my dream of my gorgeous guitar looking massive on my newly slender body :-)