Wooooo Hooooo.... I did the seat belt up on the plane....

I have just spent a week in a fabulous hotel with my partner Warren and his Mum and Dad in Lanzarote.  I could not have wished for a better holiday.  The weather was great, only one rain storm and cloudy day, the rest of the week were blue sky and between 20 and 25 degrees.  I have achieved quite a lot in the last week.  My first achievment was on the plane... I was able to do up my seat belt without an extender... I can't remember the last time I did that and it has been one of my main goals from the start of this.  It really did bring a tear to my eye.  Usually when I go on holiday I dont spend a lot of time at the pool as i am usually a bit embarassed in a swimming costume.  This time I was in the pool a lot, I did aqua fit every day and took part in many more activities, I was dancing right in the centre of the complex for the club games and even went on stage at night to collect a certificate I had won during the day.  They made me do the same stupid dance I had to do during the day to collect my bottle of bubbles.  I would never have done that before.

Food wise... going all inclusive was a really good choice.  I did not have to give any explanations to anyone or order small portions, I could just take what i want from the buffet, make it look like an adult size meal by adding lots of lettuce and spreading it around and was able to leave what I want, pushing it all back up into a corner to make it look like i had eaten more than a few ounzes!  I know before I went away I was not eating enough and it was still really hurting to eat.  I have really moved on to the next stage and feel much happier with what I can eat.  I kept active most of the time so did not worry if I had fattening food too much.  However I did put on a pound in the week.  (must have been the alcohol!!!) I am not upset though as I will lose that again over the next couple of days and Its been a long time since I only put on one pound whilst on holiday.

The best thing was that I felt good about myself... Ok  I am still not a skinny chick in a bikini but I did not stand out for being too fat, I did not miss out on anything I wanted to do because I was incapable or not fit enough or too embarrassed!  I dressed up and thought I looked good. This is such a good feeling and knowing its only going to get better is just fantastic!