First up, I have a
confession to make. You know I said I'd seen a heartening 4 lb drop?? Well, I
did my maths wrong and it was actually an encouraging 3 lb drop!!
Whoops.
Next up, while we're
on the "house-keeping", as 2 out of 3 of my weigh-ins have been on a Tuesday,
I'm going to stick to Tuesdays and will report in tomorrow. I'm hoping that the
wedding weight doesn't all land in one fell swoop tomorrow morning but,
assuming it does not, I'm hoping for a modest drop on the
scales.
The wedding on
Saturday was great. We had a truly lovely day, despite the unforecasted rain
which siled it down all afternoon, starting 30 minutes before the ceremony was
due to take place after a beautiful blue-sky morning.... It eventually stopped
once we were all safely inside for the reception. That's an English autumn for
you.
They had chosen a
lovely spot for the civil ceremony - Brookfield Manor in Hathersage. It used be
a wedding venue years ago and was at that time a slightly shabby grand house in
a beautiful setting. Now the house has been sold to a private owner and is not
used for weddings but they have built a stand-alone function room in the grounds
complete with terrace, knot garden, fountains, statuary and gorgeous
views.
From one beautiful
spot to another. The reception was at Hassop Hall on the way to Bakewell which
is stunning and very swanky. Gorgeous food, lovely setting, all oak-panelled
rooms with squashy sofas, open fires and little conversation nooks and a grand
ballroom for dining and dancing.
The music! Normally
I feel left out at civil ceremonies because you don't get to sing but the singer
who accompanied the wedding service and the meal was so good that I didn't feel
like I was missing out at all. A rich, honeyed and very simple voice. No
unnecessary trilling and wooooahooo's which I can't stand and a great choice of
songs. The band who came on later were pretty good too.
Then onto the
dancing. We did LOTS. Not really any proper ballroom or latin as the floor was
so busy (and we had had too much to drink) but twirly, fun dancing. I just LOVE
dancing with Richard, and without him to be fair.
So, I've covered the
venues, the music, the dancing....erm, what else?? Ah yes. The food and
drink.....
Drink flowed.
REALLY flowed. From the numerous glasses of champagne at Brookfield Manor
through many more of mulled wine at Hassop before the meal to wine with the
meal, cocktails after and then back to wine. LOTS. Whoops.
Food? Not TOO bad.
I did my usual morning routine of cold shower, walk, black coffee and no food
for 3 hours and had a modest, carb-free breakfast of 2 rashers of bacon and 2
eggs just before we left. Which was a good thing as we didn't get any food (not
even canapes as they didn't make it past the lobby to the room we were in) until
4.30pm! The meal was great - best wedding catering I've ever had. And not bad
diet-wise. I was too full to even think about supper when it was served later
and only had a small piece of wedding cake.
Really it was only
the drink which will cause me weight based problems and I'm hoping that all the
dancing will help me to "get away with it".
But, you know what?
Who cares if it doesn't? It might set me back a week but it was a great do and
our friends looked so happy to be getting hitched. We were with family and
friends old and new and each other and you don't get good days and nights out
like that very often.
Sunday was a day of
hangover, feeling tender but trying to restrain myself from a carb-fest. It is
one thing eating and drinking whatever you feel like AT the wedding but another
to let go the day after and compound the naughtiness. In the main I managed
it. Once I'd forced myself into it, the cold shower perked me up a treat (for
an hour or so) and I put off eating until midday when I had a bacon and egg cob
before going for a sunny walk with the dogs (photoes to follow). But, once home
again, the temptation to eat bread or pasta or anything stodgy was strong. I
managed to limit the damage to a muffin and apple midafternoon and a small bowl
of homemade roasted parsnip and parmesan soup with a chunk of baguette as an extra/ starter at suppertime. Other
than that, normal food and no booze at the quiz. So, the rot has been stopped
and I'm safely back to my normal routine this morning.
In fact, I have just
had my lunchtime salad and feel absolutely stuffed!
Dancing tonight -
I'm pleased (but slightly surprised) that Michael Vaughan and Natalie Lowe made
it through Strictly last night and wonder if we'll see them at the studio this
evening. If we do, what do you say? Last week it was easy to congratulate
Natalie as we walked in but truthfully, their jive was DIRE. An encouraging
joke?? Perhaps they won't show their faces as they will be rehearsing their
next dance in the hope that they do a better job next week?!
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