A New Goal!

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After whinging for so long about my weight, I have finally decided to do something about it… I have joined a gym! (GASPS!!)

It is a really nice gym with a gorgeous pool, modern gym equipment and fun classes like gliding and intro to boxing. It is also literally a three minute walk from our flat. The trainers that work there are really nice and make you feel very welcome as soon as you step through the door so we are very happy with it!

I have been thin when I was growing up, always fluctuating from 40 to 50 kg but never more than that. I was 55kg when I got married and now I have gained 25kg in 5 years!!

I blame it to being too happy and content with married life! Pete is such a good cook, every meal was consumed with great gusto! Around the same time I also discovered baking… I have always had a very sweet tooth and it was fueled by many happy hours of baking and the inevitable tasting. The weight crept in really slowly.. then you wake up oneday and realise you very much resemble a blimp!

Suddenly my clothes were getting tighter and I had to buy a few sizes up.. People keep asking if I am pregnant and when am I due. When you are plump, people tend not to take you seriously, you are often overlooked and sometimes cruelly taken the mickey out of.. Relatives and friends make painful remarks in the hidden veil of jest… I stopped wearing makeup, I stopped trying to look pretty and settled for presentable. My mirror became smaller, I concentrated on my face and turned away from my body. Buying clothes have no interest for me because it was too distressing to find how everything doesnt fit. This went on for years.

So now, I have decided to do something about it. With more free time, I can afford to go to the gym for an hour then spend the rest of the day working at my desk. My whole body is sore and we eat a LOT of salad. I dont want to be thin to be pretty again… I want to lose weight because I want to feel better about myself, to regain something I have lost and to feel happy with what I see in the mirror.

I have done two weeks of rigorous exercise, my whole body is sore today after a particularly grueling session at the gym but I feel better about myself, about what I have achieved and I am excited with what the outcome will be… one day…

My first Snowman

London is officially at a standstill with a predicted one foot of snow to fall in the next few days! With no buses and very limited train service,we were stuck in high street ken. Thank goodness we live so close to so many shops, just realized we had absolutely no food and was out of loo rolls!!

Woke up this moning to a winter wonderland! Have never experienced so much snow in my life and it was so exciting! Couldn’t wait to get showered and dressed so that we could play in the snow..

We have a small clearing infront of the flat so that was the perfect place for my very first snow man.

Step one

Find fresh fallen snow.. the snow was so white and fluffy! Nothing like what you would find in the freezer as we were often told to imagine in Brunei!!

Step Two

Get strong husband to roll a big boulder of compact snow while you pelt him with snow balls! Hehehe

Tadah!! Big boulder of snow!!

Step Three

Watch husband make another two boulders of snow supervise him piling them up in a precarious pile. Find sticks for arms and smooth out all the rough edges with gloved hands..

Step Four

Gouge out eyes with spare stick, we used cherry tomatoes for eyes, a carrot for a nose and raisins for buttons and weird black teeth…

Step Five

Ta Dah!! Snowy the Snowman is complete… even if he is a tad wonky…

Okay,  admittedly from the photos it looks like Pete had done all the work but I really did help! Hehehe…

We could see our snowman from inside our flat!!

After a cold morning out, we decided to see what Kensington High Street looked like in the snow… It was breathtakingly beautiful! Here are some pictures!

After having so much fun in the snow, we stopped by Hotel Chocolat for hot chocolate and their heavenly hotpot! Yum!!

Snow days are so much fun!! However, not looking forward to really cold trip to class tomorrow! Hope the trains and buses will run or else it will be a very long walk in the snow..