Slinky Katie fashion, Curvaceous Katie fashion and is it Ever OK to Wear Denim Hot Pants?

The training got underway for our Moonwalk on Saturday. Well actually I unofficially started on Friday, because for reasons only known to my thighs, I decided a Friday night trip to the gym was just what I needed to clear my head. It turned out an hour of cycling, cross training and weights was just what I needed, particularly when this little gem popped up on my ipod.

Over the weekend, Lucy and I managed to walk about 8 miles in total, so I don’t think that was too shabby a start. We’ve also planned lots of places we want to go, so if anyone has any suggestions for suitable dog walks in and around Nottinghamshire let me know!

Me and Lucy on our first training walk

  Despite an initial hiccup yesterday, where Cyril decided he wasn’t going to come in and made me late. Apparently when I’m in a rush playing chase around the garden is FAR more fun. Still, as I was wearing my pedometer, it did earn me a bonus point, so I can’t get too angry. I eventually made did make it to weigh in last night and was delighted to have lost half a pound. Work commitments has kept me away, but I have tracked, I just know I need the discipline / fear (you choose) of being weighed every week. Still I’ll take that and party (in a low fat manner obviously)

 One of the things I love about becoming slinkier (however slowly it seems to be happening) is getting in clothes I haven’t been able to wear for ages or I struggled to squish my boobs into. In the last couple of weeks alone, I can now get into a pair of knee high boots I’ve never been able to wear because my calves were too fat, I can zip up a winter coat I couldn’t do up last year and a lot of my winter jumpers have gone from tight to some kind of off the shoulder numbers because they’re now too big.

   Whatever my size, I’ve always tried to dress accordingly. Although I remember being a size 10 and still thinking I should cover my legs up because they were horrible, whereas now, if I had those legs I’d have them out all the time!

  I try and live by 2 fashion rules;

1)     Choosing a bigger size that you feel good in, is better than wearing something you “think” is your size, but makes you feel really self-conscious.

2)     Just because they make it in your size doesn’t mean you have to wear it.

It’s point number 2 that really sticks with me, particularly as during a shopping trip last week I discovered if I was so inclined, I could buy a pair of denim hotpants in my size.

 In my head I have a “Slinky Katie” fashion and a more “curvaceous fashion sense” Slinky Katie will be forever in skinny jeans, dresses and on the beach will show off in a bikini (preferably the strawberry one I’ve never been able to fit in, but keep in my cupboard) Curvaceous Katie, covers up a bit more, opting for bootcut jeans and slightly longer tops to cover my muffin top and belly. I try and make sure I go for fitted things because hiding under huge tents of dresses and tops ultimately only makes you look bigger and who wants that?

  I'm not sure I could ever be tempted into a pair of denim hot pants, because whatever my size I reckon I'd always be far too self-conscious. Over the years I've heard all kinds of insults about my size, even when I've been a lot smaller than I am now. For ages I didn't want to wear anything in bright colours that might draw attention to me. In my last job I wore a lot of black in a bid to hide away. I did once go into work wearing a pair of grey trousers and everyone reacted like I'd walked in with shit on my face, so I went back to wearing black! 

  We've all seen someone walking down the street, which has left very little to the imagination and had a little snigger at their expense. I remember seeing a girl who was probably about a size 16, she'd had a really bad fake tan and was wearing hot pants and a crop top. Sadly the fake tan had rubbed off in between her thighs so she had this bright white "V-shape" at the top of her legs and the outfit just didn't suit her. The reality was she wasn't fat and in a different outfit (and a better tan) she could have looked a million dollars.

    I think people should be able to wear what they want, but I think knowing whether you're comfortable in it is a different matter. I say sort your wardrobe out, put the things you never want to wear again that wont fit in a charity bag and put those items that make you feel good at the front!

Katie ♥ Matt (IDST)

I’m going to hold my hands up; I haven’t made it to weigh in this week for a number of reasons really. 

1) I’ve been in London for a few days and the timing of the trains meant we missed the morning meeting 

2) We had an business meeting, which meant we couldn't attend t the evening meeting.

   If I’m doubly honest I’m also pleased because although I wasn’t naughty whilst we were away, I wasn’t as good as I could have been, there were a few cocktails and a scampi and chips incident on Monday night after we came out of the concert, I can’t lie, I really enjoyed them!

Katie & Lucy London selfie!

  Still it’s back to my Slinky mission and today it was back to my morning porridge and fruit, I think a treat every now and again is fine as long as you go back to the diet straight away.

Breakkie of porridge grapes and banana

  Lucy and I went to London as we had tickets to see Matt Goss. Anyone that knows me well (or is even just a casual acquaintance) will know that I LOVE Matt Goss, I have done ever since I was young and in some ways I consider him my first love because he was the first boy I wanted to be my boyfriend. In fact he’s the reason I wanted to be a journalist, I remember watching a behind the scenes programme about “Smash Hits”, which was my favourite! The programme showed the journalists heading off to interview popstars and it dawned on me that if I became a journalist I could one day meet Bros!

 I did become a journalist and one day I did get to interview Matt Goss. I think out of all the people I’ve ever interviewed (the clanging you can hear is me dropping names) Michael Buble, Gary Barlow, Olly Murs and JLS. Matt Goss is the only time I have ever been at a loss for words! There was him and me in a studio and he said “would you like me to sing for you first”, I said yes and then all I could do was stare at him, because deep inside I knew my 12-year-old self was screaming her head off! I remember thinking I’m going to have to explain why I’m staring, I explained what a fan I was and his exact words to me were “would it help if I hugged you” I thought that’s not going to help at all, but I REALLY want you to touch me! Truthfully the interview was a mess, because I could barely string two words together, but I felt like my years of university and 3.30am starts had all been worth it! 

  It's always weird when you get to meet someone who's poster adorned your bedroom wall and I had Bros posters EVERYWHERE! My Dad even drank copious amounts of Grolsch so that I could have bottle tops on my shoes. I realise that statement will mean nothing to anyone below the age of 30!

   My love for Matt hasn’t dwindled at all over the years and seeing him perform on Monday reminded me that I really am capable of achieving whatever I want. Alright at 12 years old deciding to become a journalist so I could meet my favourite popstar was quite a statement to make! I think as I then became a fan of NKOTB, BLue, Bon Jovi and a million other bands, I wanted to pursue my ambition because I like talking to and meeting people, whether they're famous or not and I have only ever really wanted to do something that involved me entertaining, whether it was through the written or spoken word. Back in the day Kirkby girls didn’t work in radio, in fact the radio station my career started with didn’t even exist, so I’m not really sure how I ever thought I was going to do it, but do it I did!

  What it’s done is remind me that even though my weight loss might not be as quick as I would like, I am achieving something and I am getting there. It’s easy to let comments such as “you probably wont ever lose all your weight” or people who just generally try and knock my confidence get to me. I know what I’m capable of and I know however crazy what I want to achieve may seem, when I really decide I want to do something I find a way to make it happen! So even though it took me 15 years to meet my idol, I did it, I'm just hoping it doesn't take me 15 years to get to goal! I've just always been slightly sad that there's no photographic evidence, because I forgot my camera, I like to think Matt and I will ways have studio B at Mansfield 103.2 to look back on (well I will!)

Matt Goss or Mr Trinder as I like to call him ;)