A day of Non Scales Victories

View from my seat as we left Belfast

It has been the most amazing day today. TMM and I rarely go away together, so that in itself was reason to be happy, but so many other things were good for me, revolving round my weight and health. The first thing was the plane seat. It was comfortable! More than that, there was room to spare, and it wasn't a massive seat. I wasn't even touching the arm rests. I am far from skinny. I have no illusions. But that seat was not too small for me. I can't tell you how happy that made me. I actually felt a bit teary. And there was room to spare with the seat belt too. No extension necessary. I can not over emphasize how embarrassing it is to have to ask for that sort of help. I know I'm a bit obsessed with my own norks at the minute, but here's a pic of me with my seat belt. Yeah, I'm a tad narcissistic at the mo. Hopefully it will wear off, otherwise I will become unbearable.

Next thing was a trip to H & M. A girl on FB mentioned a bomber jacket she got there, and there was a photo of her wearing it. I really liked it. It was khaki, which I'm really into at the minute. So when I saw a H & M in Edinburgh, I called in with TMM, to try it on. The one I found was not exactly the same, but I found a size 16, and had a go, despite being pretty sure that a sixteen would be too small. Well, cut my legs off and call me Shorty, it only went and fit. And fit well. Not too tight, not stretched. And TMM said it looked well on me. I was very tempted to buy it there and then. But I decided to keep my powder dry and possibly buy it when I get back to Belfast. I really liked it.

On the subject of clothing, on our way out to dinner this evening, TMM offered me his jumper to wear over my dress. It not only fitted me, it looked good. I adore fitting in to his clothes almost as much as I love weighing less than him!

The main win today has been the ease with which I was able to walk around. We were on our feet all day, and walked about the city centre. Edinburgh is one heck of a hilly city, and I managed it, no problem. Of course, walking up to Arthur's Seat may be on entirely another level (literally.) I hadn't realized quite how high it is, so it will be interesting to see if we manage to do it. We're thinking that we will possibly try it tomorrow. I tell you what, if we do, I will have well earned my dinner that day!

Today, I'm made relatively sensible choices. When we went to Starbucks* this afternoon, TMM got a caramel square with his tea, and I exercised great restraint and had just coffee. It was a large bucket of coffee, but just coffee alone, nonetheless. I'm so proud of myself, especially after not having a fry up this morning at the airport.

I had dessert after dinner this evening, but it was two small scoops of vanilla ice cream, with a shot of espresso poured over it. I know that doesn't sound very exciting. Like, why would you even bother to waste the calories? But seriously, it was lovely. Such a simple idea, and so delicious. And because I had dessert, while The Main Man had his sticky toffee pudding, I didn't feel deprived. It wasn't at all high in calories, so I don't feel even a little guilty about it.

My main was a burger with caramelized onions. I got them to leave the cheese off it, so I saved a good handful of cals there. And I asked for a side of seasonal veg. We bought some bits and pieces at a wee shop, to have with coffee in the hotel later, so I went for my usual choice of very high percentage dark chocolate. But I didn't eat any of it. There was no need. I'd had something sweet in the ice cream, and that satisfied me. After dinner, we went for a wee dander, so while it wasn't exactly overly energetic, it was better than going straight home to veg out in front of the telly.

I know it sounds quite boring, but it's at times like this that I'm glad that TMM and I don't drink. Imagine all the calories I would go through if I drank alcohol! Such a waste of good calories that I could be eating!


*other coffee shops available. I especially like Cafe Nero :-)

What we can see from the front door of our hotel