New shirt

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.