Interim post

I've been watching the SS-2009 fashion shows and just caught the Mark Fast show at LFW. He's a Canadian-born designer trained in London and he is causing a stir. Apparently he had the temerity to put normal-sized women in his show - we are calling 5'9" with a 29" waist and a 34D bust normal by the way - and he put them in shredded, clingy knits no less. Well, 3 cheers for him! Bring back the supermodels with meat on their bones I say. If the clothes look fabulous on the runway worn by a curvy girl then the level of lust in the general population will rise as women everywhere start to imagine themselves wearing the clothes instead of futilely imagining themselves a size zero.

Go look:

London Fashion Week may not be ready, but women love a curvy model


Watch the show (takes a while to load)

Week 37

Down 1.8 (52.6 lbs total)

I am pretty happy with this as it's a short week.

I found some new food to eat this week: wraps. I love sandwiches but the bread 'cost' is too high - even something like Squirelly is 3.5 points for two slices. When you add egg salad or tuna to that it can mean anywhere from 8 to 12 points. Now this used to be OK when I had 6 more points a day to spend but it is getting too hard to swing now. And who can eat just half a sandwich? Not me. So I found some high-fibre, sprouted grain tortillas for two points and some WW whole wheat tortillas for 1 point and I'm stuffing them with:

• white bean spread, cucumber, lettuce, grated carrot and kalamata olives (5 or 4 points)


• 1/2 can tuna mixed with dill pickle relish and non-fat sour cream, cucucmber and lettuce (4 or 3 points)


• 100 gms of Shrimp salad made with 2 Tbsp low-fat mayo and Tarragon, cucumber, lettuce (6 or 5 points)


• 50 gms of lean deli ham, 2 Tbsp Boursin light cream cheese, tomato, lettuce (5 or 4 points)

I follow this with one of the last of the summer nectarines and I'm content.

Week 36

Up .8 (50.8 lbs total)

I had a great week in which I tracked everything and went into Friday dinner with 30 of my weekly points still outstanding. But my friend Cathie came into town and wanted to eat at Pagliacci's for old-times' sake. The bread basket at Pags is legendary and I confess I succumbed to the salty, olive-oil baked, focaccia goodness! I did however, have only a half-order of their most simple veggie topped pasta and a glass of white wine and I only used up 15 of the remaining weekly points. But I knew that the water retention was going to trip me up on my Saturday morning weigh-in. Voila!

I will have an early weigh-in this week as I will be going to the Thursday night meeting in advance of traveling to Vancouver for the weekend. I hope to eliminate the water and drop a pound by this weigh-in.

Week 35

Down 4.6 (51.6 lbs total) Yay me!!!

OK, the gasp this week was mine. I asked the WW receptionist to double check because while I was strict with myself this week I still used some of my weekly slush fund points. However, due to losing my job from being laid off I did get more sleep and switched from my usual egg and toast for breakfast to high-fibre oatmeal with a banana - a move which certainly caused some house-cleaning if you catch my drift.

So, 9 days late but I actually hit my goal of 51 lbs, got my gold star and the copper 50lb washer for my key ring. My next goal is the 75 lb. celebration which should arrive around Christmas if I keep going at the same pace - though I expect that seasonal food and celebrations will slow it somewhat.