Fat Club rocks!

Baggy woke up this morning with Hormonal Hannah wittering at her, so although she had no idea why, Baggy was once again very, very low. There's no rationale to it, she just feels really down, having gone to bed last night feeling really up. In fact ever since Clever Bird referred Baggy for counselling, apart from a couple of days, she's been fairly okay; so much so in fact that Freda Fretter has been questioning why Baggy is wasting everyone's time and NHS budget, by applying for help. But today, that horrible black fug was back. Freda tried to stop Baggy from going to Fat Club, but Clever Bird insisted that she should go. But no matter what outfit Baggy put on, each time she looked in the mirror all she could see was an unattractive, saggy old lady looking back at her. What's more, although she now looks fairly slender, she has a swollen stomach that Hormonal Hannah told Baggy made her look like a pregnant old lady. Let's just say that 90% of Baggy's wardrobe is now on the bedroom floor - still that is, five hours later! Forty minutes (and probably quite a lot of burnt calories later), she had finally chosen an outfit that she felt vaguely okay in!

It occurs to Clever Bird that this makes Baggy sound incredibly vain. This is very far from the truth - if she were vain, she would not be letting her hair go white and would wear make-up more than twice a year; she probably wouldn't let Grotty Groom rock about in jodphurs and have hay in Baggy's hair most of the time either. But Baggy has never had much confidence about her looks (ever) even though she now realises from old photos, that she was a fairly good-looking chick. Now she has none. This morning she didn't want to leave the house, thanks to Hormonal Hannah, until Clever Bird pointed out that there were much more serious things to worry about than what Baggy looks like and she really wanted to get on those scales!!!! Stupid Hormonal Hannah took over Baggy's morning conversation on the phone to her husband - Calum, as always, was incredibly supportive - Clever Bird realised how stupid Baggy was being. Baggy rolled into the car park just as one of her Fat Club friends had rolled up too. "You look lovely, are you going somewhere?" asked Jane. See Hormonal Hannah and Freda Fretter, you are both a pain in Baggy's (much smaller than it used to be) butt!

Baggy (somehow) had lost a pound! Now she just needs to repeat that performance next week to get her three-stone certificate! But even before she knew that she had in fact lost weight, Baggy's mood had lifted. Just being with the lovely folk of Fat Club, all of whom are on the same journey, was uplifting. They are all so supportive of Baggy and each other, that it's a pleasure to know them. Fat Club rocks...........