Smoleskis Land

Just been tidying my hard drive and found some pictures of me from the day before my op last October and some from after. Nothing really recent though.

The trousers I was wearing in these pictures are 60″ waist and they were too tight! A few weeks ago, I bought a pair of 42″ jeans from Primark! Not been able to get into jeans for ages.

Tuesday, I went to get some birdseye chillies from Tesco on my way home form Greek Dancing class, and got myself a pair of trousers as well. This time, 40″ waist. This is amazing.

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Took a bunch of students to Thorpe Park. 45, I think.

They were well behaved on the way.

Took about 1 and a half hours to get there. Once there, they all went their own way whilst us teachers went ours.

I only went on three rides. Colossus, which is big (45 minute queue); Stealth, which is bloody fast, but not stealthy (50 minute queue) and Nemesis Inferno, sedate compared to the other two, but not hot (10 minute queue)

Enjoyed each of them. Got a video of Stealth, which I’ll upload when I get home. Delays on the M25. <sigh>

Edit: Back home. Here’s the clip. On it’s side for some reason.

and other fresh and fragrant produce at Larnaca market saturday morning.

So nice here. Warm (26c), vitamin d building up and relaxing.

After many, many years of buying clothes from on-line retailers for the “larger man”, I finally got a new shirt ‘off the peg’! Couldn’t find a changing room to try it on, but it went over the shirt I was wearing.

It makes a change. I’m now wearing shirts that fit properly; not baggy or too tight. More people at work are noticing that I’ve lost weight and stop and ask me questions.

Still get some negativity, though. Even the dietician at the hospital, who should know better, said although I had lost some weight (around 100lbs), I had a long way to go! I won’t say what I thought. I hope I don’t see her again.

And today, when I told someone I was walking to and from the town centre once a week, a round trip of 2.5 miles, she said I should be doing more! Considering I wasn’t doing any exercise a few months ago, I think that’s pretty damn good.

The problem, I think, is that people who have never had a weight problem can’t understand the challenges that face us.

I do my Greek Dancing once a week. 90 minutes non-stop. I can now dance the whole session without stopping. Before, I had to sit-out some dances, simply because I was out of breath and couldn’t continue. Now, I’m trying dances I wouldn’t dream of doing. And I’m practising at home. At night with the curtains closed! The cats think I’ve gone mad. They might well be right.

Last week, I cleared out most of my old clothes. I’ve kept a pair of trousers and a few shirts, just to remind me. I found some things I out grew twice. Once on the way up and once on the way down. Next challenge is to get into the jeans I found. Can’t remember the last time I wore jeans.