My Trip to St. Vincent

My husband and I traveled to St. Vincent on July 30, 2010 for a wedding on August 1. We stayed at Greiggs Village (his home town). Of course they cooked a lot of Ground Provision. Fresh food was cooked every morning and there was more than adequate enough of food for every one so it would have been impolite to cook a meal for myself alone. 

My husband's elder sister cooking style is very similar to mine and on a few occasions she would prepare her own meals which many of the other members of the family would not eat. So I ate stewed chicken, Stewed Saltfish, Stewed Mutton, these foods were prepared with cooking oil and salt, the traditional way.

One day we went into town and I had some Kentucky Fried Chicken. In the BVI there is no KFC franchise so anytime the opportunity arises when we travel to St. Thomas we would have some Kentucky Fried Chicken.

During all these indulges, I was anxious to get back to my eating plan. My sister in law who has not seem me since I have changed my eating habit, observed that I had lost some weight and complimented me a few times. 

This picture was taken at the wedding, I bought this dress (at a store that sell Plus Size Clothing) for the occasion and the size was 2X. As a full figure woman, I have to purchase my cloths at a store that sell Plus Size Clothing.  Normally I would have to buy a 3X dress. 

When I got home from the store with the dress, I tried it on and asked my husband to assist me in getting the zipper. The zipper is one of the delicate ones. As he was trying to get the zipper he keep saying that the dress was too small while I insisted that it was not and that he should continue pulling the zipper up very delicately. I was proud to show him that he was wrong.

As I was getting dressed for the wedding, my sister-in-law asked me if I was getting married as I was wearing an off white colored dress. I explained to her that I did not really chose the dress because of its color but because that I fit me quite well. This is a rare occurrence for me.

Before my trip, I purchased a lovely white blouse to travel in and I am excited to say that it was a size 1X. Normally for a blouse I would have to get a size 2X or 3X.

I realize that I am walking very briskly now. This is just great as I remember in 2008 on a trip to Florida, my husband complained that I was always lagging behind him, now as we walked around Kingstown in St. Vincent, I was either in front of him or keeping up with him side by side. If he has noticed this, he did not make any comment. I am proud of this accomplishment and it is mainly due to my job where I have to be literally brisk in attending to my guests needs.

At the time of this report, my weight is 229lbs, when I started my program, my weight was 249lbs. I am happy and thankful for my weight loss of 20lbs and I know I have a long way to go.