Katie, Kate and Kim!

I think anyone who’s ever been on a diet will tell you that you feel under pressure to stick to it and make it work. Part of the reason I started the blog was so that I could document my journey, share it with people going through something similar and just try and give an honest portrayal of why some people put on weight, because in a lot of cases it’s far more than just wanting to eat as much food as possible. 

   Occasionally I fall of my dieting wagon and this weekend was one of those times, it was my birthday on Saturday and I just couldn’t be good, in the words of my godson “I tried to be good, but I just couldn’t”. There was much booze consumed, many sweets eaten and I even allowed myself an ice cream. I figure though that once I reach my goal, there will be times when I’m in situations where I have a food treat and the trick is realising that I shouldn’t east like that all the time. So now I’m back on the straight and narrow and will be fully abusing the classes at my new gym, I’m even booked in to see a trainer and I have a fear and slight hatred of trainers, in the same way I slightly hated the P.E teachers at school.

Still my slinky mission is relatively private, apart from the lovely people who read my blog. I’m not on the front pages of magazines with everyone speculating how quickly I’ll “snap back into shape” It’s to this end I feel sorry for the likes of the Duchess of Cambridge and Kim Kardashian (who’d have thought I’d have mentioned those 2 names in the same sentence??)

  When Kate Middleton appeared on the steps of St Mary’s Hospital alongside Prince William clutching our future king, she looked incredible. Not 24 hours earlier she’d probably been screaming all kinds of things and swearing at Prince William. Still when she appeared on the steps, her hair looked neatly coiffed, her make up was done and she had on a lovely dress, which did reveal a slight baby belly. Some people criticised her for getting “dressed up”, but I think she was in a no win situation. The last thing she probably felt like doing was getting dolled up. She probably just wanted to leave the hospital in her pyjamas and make Prince William fetch a chippy supper so that when she got home she could put her feet up and watch back to back episodes of “America’s Next Top Model” Or have I confused her with what I’d want to do?

  Since her appearance on those steps certain magazines have run front covers about what her post baby fitness regime will be and how her personal trainer believes her tummy will just go back to it’s normal flat self. The general consensus is that Kate will be her slinky shiny glossy self within milli-seconds. There’s no wonder that normal women on a diet end up feeling like losers when you see celebrities back in their pre-baby jeans before the baby has even filled its first nappy.

  I’m not really a fan of Kim Kardashian, but during her pregnancy I started to feel really sorry for her, whilst the media praised every move Kate made and outfit she wore, poor Kim could do no right., Her swollen feet were compared to an ugly sister trying on Cinderella’s slipper, and there was a photo doing the rounds where one of her outfits was likened to that of Mrs Doubtfire. My favourite was the fact she was criticised for putting on weight! I mean really fancy a pregnant lady putting on weight – outrageous, she was clearly after attention!

  My point is this, there’s no wonder that as women (or indeed men) we get disheartened when, within the first week of being on a diet we haven’t become our ideal weight, so we give up. I’ve been on my slinky mission since last October and I’ve lost 2 ½ stones, and alright maybe by now I thought I’d be knocking a loss of 4 maybe 5 stone, but I see it this way: I’m 2 ½ stone lighter than I was this time last year, I’ve taken it at my own pace and I’m learning a lifestyle, so that when I do reach my goal weight I know that I can allow myself the odd birthday treat, but that once it’s done I can go back to a healthy way of eating. I’m also learning to control my emotional eating, so I don’t turn to food when I’m upset any longer, I do something else that makes me smile (have a bubble bath, walk the dog, watch my favourite TV show etc.)

  Weight loss is a personal journey and you should take it at your own pace, a pace that suits your body. I think if I was Kate or Kim I’d be inclined to raise 2 fingers to the media (maybe Kim could get away with this more than Kate) and tell them that I was going to enjoy some time with my baby and worry about my skinny jeans when I was getting a decent night’s sleep!