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I'm so happy for you, Auriga It must have been great/surprising to find out you're smaller than you thought

I used to wear "big" size 12, bordering on 14 which I was in denial of. I still can't believe I can now fit into skinny 28" jeans and size 10 tops. It's something still quite new to me

Thank you @gorba...it is rather weird trying on smaller sizes, I had to almost force myself to take them off the rail!
This may sound a bit boastful, I hope not, I am just so amazed that's all. I have never been a size 8/10 before: I was a chubby teenager (very unhappy really), a chubby twenty year old, up & down in my thirties and pretty big in my forties & fifties...well life begins at sixty now they say...I am a pretty happy 63yr old. BUT....I do mourn the fact that I would have given my right arm to be like this in my youth. With age comes wisdom.

What a great feeling that must have been Auriga! Any chance of some pics in your new gear? Your BMI is already in the healthy range so do you still feel that you want to go lower and lose more weight? x

Thanks @callyanna for your post.
No pictures, because I prefer to remain anonymous....I'm too well known!
My BMI may very well be in the healthy range,but I still have a lot of fat round my middle...my waist is hanging on to it at 74cm! Always the last place to go with me.
Have a great day callyanna....bye for now.

Auriga, you are on fire! Everytime I read about your progress it makes me pull up my own socks. Well done for holding at your new weight. I'm very happy you are my fasting buddy. I shopped for good food today, so now anxiously waiting for the scales to arrive......

Today I had three goes weighing myself and I still couldn't believe that it was showing 56.1k.....wow. Into the 8 stone zone, crikey! Is this me I ask myself? Pinches self on the arm and yes it's real and not a dream. SO nearly at my goal.

Well done @Auriga That's absolutely brilliant blimey you'll soon be down in the M tent Sue

Thank you @Sue.Q!

So pleased for you @auriga. Fantastic achievement!
You'll soon be joining the maintaining buddies @callyannaand @wendy darling and moi!

Thank you @PennyForthem and I can't wait to get there! I am getting impatient now. I do so hope I don't hit a plateau again, but 'hey ho' not too far off, I just have to be a good girl.

That's brilliant @AurigaSee you soon in the mainteneers tent. However, I do have a confession with regard to both the valentines day challenge and the mainteneers tent........

Shhhhhh just between us........ I have been on holiday for 5 days and have put on 3lb. I was really good(ish) but it was the afternoon coffee and cakes that did for me. Man, they were good and not to be missed, so I don't mind putting the 3lb on. Does my face look bovvered? Nah, I will get back to 5:2 on Monday. No problem but it does go to show that the weight goes back on easily if you don't stay on top of it. I don't know about you but my TDEE is so shockingly low now there is no room for complacency.

That's our little secret then, @wendy darling and @auriga and what's a few pounds between friends?

Oh you naughty thing @Wendy Darling! Obviously led astray by Tinkerbell & her fairy friends! But I won't tell......
My TDEE is 1500 now and that's not a lot when the cheese and red wine comes out on Friday night. I have to be really careful that I don't eat the same amount as my OH otherwise I would be in trouble! He's 6'1" and can eat a LOT more than me. However.....cheers for later!

Yippeeeeeeeeeeee 55.9k today! Into the 55k zone....unknown territory here...I think I may have been about 13 years old (half a century ago) the last time I weighed 8 stone something....I know by the time I was 15 years old I was overweight at 10 stone and unhappy. If only I could talk to my teenage self and tell her it would all end up really well for her...no forum then. We are so lucky now you know!!! Crikey I am welling up, so I am going to stop now.

Definitely warming a seat for you in the Maintainers' Tent Auriga as you'll be joining us very shortly I can see!