Mimi and Tilly

Fabulous Fathers!

Sunday, 19 June 2011 15 comments

In honour of my lovely dad on Father's Day, here's a picture of us both on his 70th birthday in January this year.

And here's a photograph of my mum's dad, Francis John. He sent this photo to my nana, Winfred, when he was overseas during the war. Happy Father's Day, Grandad!

And just because she's fab, here's a photo of my mum!

Happy Father's Day to all our fabulous dads!

Ooh, I'm having a glittery week.

Not only have I lost another 3lbs, bringing my weight loss total to 16lbs, but I also noticed today that I've hit 100 followers on my Mimi and Tilly page on Facebook. And, yesterday, I went through my wardrobe and drawers (The one's that hold my clothes. Not my "drawers"...)and have taken out all the clothes that don't scream "I am on fire!". (Not literally, obviously. That would be somewhat of a health and safety nightmare.)

So, thank you everyone for "liking" Mimi and Tilly over on Facebook. And thank you everyone for your support on my weight-loss journey.

When I started my blog, I had no idea I would have this many followers here on blogger, and on facebook. Nor that I would have so many friends shouting me on! Thank you.

If you haven't already seen the Mimi and Tilly page on Facebook, you can visit by hitting the link just on the right there... That's it, that one. Or you can get to it here...

Mimi And Tilly: The Art of Living a Glittery Life

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You'll find lots of jewellery loveliness, as well as links to other sparkly jewellery and glitter inspired places. Come on over and say hello, it would be lovely to hear from you!

And in honour of hitting the 100 mark, I fancy a bit of a giveaway.

To enter, come and join us over on the Mimi and Tilly Facebook page, hit "like", and then leave a comment on the wall of the Mimi and Tilly Facebook page letting me know you want to be included in the giveaway. I'll announce the winner on Sunday 3rd July. I'll post photos of the giveaway prize as soon as I've made it!

Hope your week is a glittery one.

Oh Happy Day!

Sunday, 12 June 2011 12 comments

Today I feel like doing this...

I won't. For many reasons. The main one being, I can't. But if I could I would.

I weighed myself yesterday, and I have lost weight.

In total I have lost 16lbs in weight over the past two and a half months.

I started eating a very healthy diet towards the end of March. I haven't been hungry, or been hard on myself.

I've just made lots of small choices to keep eating healthily, one meal at a time.

And when I've fallen off the healthy eating wagon and found myself surrounded by empty ready salted crisp wrappers, I've not beaten myself up. I've just decided to eat healthily at the next meal.

When I was first diagnosed with M.E. it never occurred to me that I might have to start watching what I was eating because I wasn't exercising the way I used to.

And when I was feeling a bit like this...

I did this...

Not realising I wouldn't be able to do this...

A couple of years ago I weighed in a shocking 3 stones heavier than I had been. So I set about losing weight. I lost 1 and 1/2 stones, but somehow couldn't shift the next 1 and 1/2 stones. I've spent the past couple of years getting really down on myself.

At the end of March, I decided to take a different tack. I was going to eat a really healthy diet to take care of myself, and I wasn't going to get hung up on the losing weight part of it all. I just made a commitment to myself to choose to eat a healthy meal each meal time and see what happened. If I ate something packed with fat, I wasn't going to beat myself up. I was going to enjoy eating it, and then decide to eat healthily at the next meal.

And it's worked.

Hallelujah!

I've bought myself a purple dress to wear out when I hit my target weight. I have about 10lbs to lose before I crack that baby out.

I hope you've had a fantastic weekend.

P.S. All photos courtesy of www.weheartit.com