Down side to losing weight?

In my eyes… No way!  Unless, of course you count the horror of clothes shopping!

In the past month I have had to buy 3 new tops and 2 new pairs of trousers, simply because some of my other clothes were looking a little baggy. The problem I have is, I am living in my new clothes day in and day out. Because I know (hope) that when I have lost more weight I will have to go out and buy more clothes, and this can be a very expensive exercise (well for my husband anyway).  But I have noticed that my friends that were saying “Have you lost weight?” are now saying “Have you put on a bit of weight? Your clothes are fitting better then they did last time I saw you” – I can’t win!

Many of my friends are on medication to help with their weight loss, and some are even considering surgery. I admit that this thought has crossed my mind several times, but I always wonder what would happen after you come off the medication? Does the weight jump back on? Is it healthy? What about after the surgery? What are the risks? Is it really worth it?

I am exploring the world of cooking, and coming up with some delicious vegetarian recipes. I seem to be living on Avocado at the moment, I could eat it till the cows come home.

I am starting to relax around food.  Before I would be on edge thinking, Can I eat this?? Should I eat this???  Followed by hundreds of what if’s????If you have any recipes that you’re are willing to share, please drop me an email… Sarahhollamby@aol.com… or just drop a note on here.

My water intake has slowed down over the past week or so due to a horrible cold, but I am getting over the worst of it so will hopefully pick up the water drinking again.  Work is also slowing down a little, it’s not so demanding, so this will help me to pick back up on my exercise that I have missed out on (apart from walking 2 hours per week, to take my eldest to playschool). I plan to take the boys to the park a bit more and possible get in a little workout during the day. At the moment I am finding it hard to wake up early enough to do it in the mornings as I just can’t sleep the night before.

With work slowing down a little I hope to be able to post a bit more, and research into healthy living a bit more. Watch this space!