A bit of an update.

Well the ball is just 6 days away and I have been doing so well. I was never going to be a size 10/12 or 14-but my stomach has gone down considerably and my legs which get quite swollen aren't at all-so what did I do?

4 days before the end of my holiday I began to cut sugar out of my diet ie anything with sugar in and just upped my fruit and veg intake. Pretty much like slimming world-except I have simplified it just by cutting out that one food group (that we don't really need).
I was really despairing of what to wear. When we got back I was plunged into a family crisis as my favourite uncle was seriously ill. I mananged to get him to go to hospital and he was diagnosed with double pneumonia. They have no children and my aunt has a bit of dementia-so a lot of it came down to me to do.

I still stuck to my diet plan-and ignored all sweet and chocolate bars when in the hospital in favour of fruit and healthy snacks.

Sadly he passed away last week. I hadn't had much time to look for something to wear-I'd dragged my old faithful trousers out of the wardrobe-but yesterday I went ot the metro centre and actually got a dress-and not just ay old dress but one that actually makes me look quite good in it.

It's funny-but after hating the tops of my arms for years-I had envisaged wearing a sleeveless dress that was cut high into the armhole with a v neck and it had to be really long-I didn't want anything swirling above my ankles.

Well I found the one. I went and tried it on-and it's a cunning little number-with a little bit of clever ruching and draping and it just does amazing things to minimise my bust and give me a waist.(I do have a waist-but like dolly parton it's a bit overshadowed by my bust.) It's a size 16-and there's oceans of room in it-and even better it was only £5 more than the per una skirt I had managed to buy the week before (and which has now gone back.)

So-I am one happy bunny.

Apart from THE PROBLEM!

The Problem is-when I Florida to minimise getting burnt-I always wear a t shirt with a sleeve in-and I have tan marks on the top of my arms.

So I need to get some fake tan to -fill in the gaps. My dress has a V neck and a V back- I never liked that st tropez stuff-too messy.

Has anyone any ideas of what I can use?

So-all I need to do now-is just keep on doing what I am doing-and maybe lose anothe lb or 2 before the weekend.