Oh my gosh!

I woke up this morning and decided that I needed to blog. Not because I want to brag, but because there are so many good things going on in my life at the moment, I wanted to show everyone that yes - it does get better! Don't get me wrong, sometimes work sucks and sometimes I have days where I hate everything. But then there are days like today were everything is all good!

I opened my eyes this morning after snoozing my alarm for the gazillionth time and still felt tired. I'm not a morning person and never will be (except for my birthday and Christmas Day when I get up at 5am obviously). Getting up in the morning is something that takes me a while, but eventually I mustered up the energy to rise from my slumber. Feeling curious I thought I'd weigh myself. No real reason for it - I have been off the Exante diet for two weeks now and just eating healthily so I wasn't expecting any significant weight loss but thought I'd see where I was at. Well to my surprise I had lost another 2.5 lbs which brings me to the 2 stone weight loss mark! 2 whole stone gone! 28lbs!

When I say I was surprised I mean it. For the last two weekends I have had naughty Saturdays and eaten some unhealthy things and drank some alcoholic beverages. I think the term 'cheat meal' doesn't cover what happened on the Saturday just gone; Costa Gingerbread Latte for breakfast, a cupcake, bread, breaded chicken, two slices of pizza, Doritos and salsa, popcorn and a LOT of vodka with some Jagerbombs thrown in for good measure. Oh and Sunday morning I had a fried brekky at the café. Oops.

But adding all that into consideration, I've still lost 2.5lbs since I stopped doing Exante two weeks ago which isn't too shabby. Now I'm not saying that as long as you eat healthy Monday-Friday you can eat whatever you want on the weekends, trust me it doesn't work like that. That's how I gained all the weight in the beginning anyway. But everything I did have, I had in moderation. I would have eaten so much more before the diet, but I managed to control myself into having just one cupcake and just one piece of bread and just two (small I might add) slices of pizza. I may have gone a bit overboard with the vodka, and my head would have probably appreciated it if I'd controlled myself in that respect with the way I felt Sunday morning but you live and you learn. I've become a bit of a lightweight in my new 'lighter' form, so I'll have to watch how much I'm drinking more closely in the future. Yay for saving money on nights out!

So after I was finished jumping up and down with glee after learning about my new weight loss I was ready for the day ahead. It's Friday, it's payday and my lovely boyfriend is going to make me dinner tonight. Life is good.

At the beginning of 2015 I was insecure, unhappy with how I looked and felt and just plain fed up. I was in a job that I hated and getting no where fast with moving out into my own place. Well, look at me now. I've lost a bit of weight, feel more confident, I'm doing a job that I love and thanks to a very nice pay rise from my new employers my savings have rocketed. My point is, things do get better. When you're in all the crap and everything is going wrong it is hard to be optimistic, and the worst thing is when all everyone is telling you is that it will get better. How do they know? Are they psychic? No. But maybe they've been in a really crappy place too, and now they are on the other side of it. Maybe they can see the potential in you and that you will be able to get through whatever challenges come your way. And I bet you in a few months when you're through all the crap, you'll be saying exactly the same to someone else.

2015 has definitely been a year of positive changes for me, and I feel like it's been a long time overdue. Right now, I'm in a really good place in my life. It's just an added bonus that it's Autumn and fast approaching Christmas which is my favourite time of year! I'm not one of those crazy people who puts their Christmas tree up early - we put it up 12 days before Christmas and take it down 12 days after, just because that's how it's always been. However, I do get super excited and feel super festive SUPER early. I start buying my Christmas presents in October, and I've wrapped all my presents as well. Because why not? Anything to do with Christmas makes me feel 5 years old again and I want to jump up and down with joy! My Christmas baking sessions will begin soon, so I'll be adding some recipes and ideas onto my blog for you to try at home - including a massive gingerbread house!

I've rambled on for long enough now, but just a final message to everyone reading. You are beautiful, you are amazing, and whatever crap you are going through right now won't last forever. You are strong enough to make it through. I believe in you!