Day 90 - Now that I can tuck it in!

Well the sleep apnoea appears to be under control and I am both sleeping OK at night and staying awake during the day.

Having been off the BP tablets for a week all appears good on this front too! Fingers crossed.

Also it seems I have dropped another 'dress size' to 36" waist trousers (comfortable) versus 42" (very tight) at the start. And a funny thing s my leg length appears to have grown by 2" due to the fact that my 'waist' is now higher up my abdomen than it used to be! Or truthfully speaking I am now wearing trousers around my actual waist for the first time in ages.

In fact as other things have been on my mind other than my weight, I had no real expectation of what weight loss I might expect to achieve, except I wanted to tip the five stone barrier.

Anyway, guess my surprise when I found I had lost another 5 1/2 pounds last week (and I was weighed a day early!), so not only have I lost over 5 stone but substantially over and now I am only a couple of pounds over 13 stone. Fantastic!

I thought I would use this song, because I like it, and while the sentiment is nice (basically....I will love you whatever or however size/weight/grey you are) I think my reasons for changing my life are fundamentally about my health and not my weight (and certainly not my grey hairs, of which I have many!).


So, therefore, the song still works for me but may not apply precisely!


Title: 'Til you can't tuck it in
Artist: Beautiful South
Album: Painting it Red
Year: 2000

Your figure like your friendship
Gradually grows and grows
The clothes that you thought that you'd shrunk
Their size just froze

When the body that you thought of as yours
Just ups and goes
I'll be happy with the weight
Of the partner that I chose

Your quick-step is slower
But your spirit's still out on the floor
And you can still hack it
'Cause you know what your feet a free for
And I'll love my dear
'Til you can't tuck it in anymore, anymore

Your second grey hair came a month
After the first
It didn't make you better
But it didn't make you feel any worse

Your third grey hair appeared
With the fourth on your beard
Your fifth, sixth, seventh sprouted out
From your nose and your ears

And I'll love you my partner
'Til you can't hide the grey anymore
Your distinguished good looks
Am the ones young girls cannot ignore
And I'll love you my partner
'Til the grey hairs hairdressers floor, hairdressers floor

Your eighth and your ninth and your tenth
You just looked to the sky
Like the charge of the Light Brigade
Was passing you by

Your quick-step is slower
But your spirit's still out on the floor
When it comes to raw beauty
You've a whole whorehouse waiting in store
Your corset has grown
Bid you're still always first to the drawer
And I'll love you my partner (And I'll love you my partner)
'Til the grey hairs the hairdresser's floor
Hairdresser's floor, hairdresser's floor