Sorry I've not blogged for a while! Well Camping went well and all 13 of us enjoyed ourselves immensely. We never stopped laughing all weekend, god it did me good. When we got back on the Sunday, Chris took me back to hospital because my leg was playing up and I started to feel a little feverish. They put me straight back on antibiotics and sent me home, but within an hour my right leg had swollen badly and I was feeling very unwell so Chris took me back again to the hospital and they sorted me out with some strong pain relief and I was told I had another infection in my right leg this time. Within the week my leg had settled down and I was feeling much better. It is still leaking fluid and I have to wear a colostomy bag over my leg for the time being. I keep telling myself  'well I put it in and now I'm paying the price'! It is a small price to pay after nearly eating myself to death over many, many years. So going through all this is actually nothing, I'm so happy I lost the weight and now the way I look at it, this is just the final stage in my weight loss process.
Last Wednesday I was asked to do some public speaking for Macmillan, which was a lot of fun. I spoke to a luncheon of about 70 ladies about my achievements and experiences over the last three years. They were a wonderful audience and from that one I've had another two bookings for my public speaking!!!  Brilliant, because its something I love and enjoy doing and I'm so passionate about helping and advising others who want to help themselves and live a healthier life and maybe even lose some weight and feel happier and healthier about themselves. Life can be very strange at times, who would have  thought three years ago, when I started to lose weight, that now I would be speaking to audiences and inspiring others on how to do it and how I achieved it. My motto is 'it's not easy but it's not that  hard either'. I'm a firm believer that, in life, if you want something enough - you can achieve it, I'm living proof!
It's a big weekend  for us this week, as it's our oldest daughters 15th birthday. Millie is so exited, we're a little mad in this family as we really go over the top with birthdays and Christmas's, we love them!!  We're going to shop till we drop on bank holiday Monday and go for something nice to eat to celebrate. Then Millie wants a sleep over in half term and she wants me to make her one of my white chocolate birthday cakes!!. She's then taking three friends to soccer six at Burnley Football Club the following Sunday instead of a party. She's soooooooo exited lol! Millie's a very special girl. She was born with a cleft lip and palate and then at six months old she was diagnosed with cerebral palsy which effects her all the way down the left side of her body. She's so inspirational, everyone who meets her loves her. I credit Millie and her little brother Christopher with my weight lose, as I came to my senses and started to reallise that I had choices with what I was doing to myself, but two of my precious children didn't have choices with there medical conditions. My family are my life and I never want things to get that bad I'm damaging their future ever again. Life is so sweet ♥