Well I thought about starting up the blog again after my friend Rosie started her sixties blog. I love reading about her love for the 1960s and the Beatles. I am also a HUGE sixties and Beatles fan. My main love is collecting and wearing vintage (or as they used to be called second hand) clothes. My collection has somewhat some might say become obsessive. There is probably one big...yes BIG reason for this.

In 2007 I weighed 17 stone 8 lbs. That is a lot of weight to carry around when you are only 5ft 4 inchs tall. I had not always been that size but a lot of things going on at the time made me put on weight through eating too much and not doing anything much. This seriously affected my health.

I joined Weight Watchers on 2nd January 2007 the weight came off , I thought a stone or 2 would be fine. But in June 2008 I weighed in at 10st 6lbs and had reached Gold membership.

I had gone from a clothes size 28 to a size 12. I was so pleased to be able to walk in any clothes shop and buy anything I liked. I loved all the bright colours.

In the last year I've got back my love of Vintage clothes (I did wear them in the past but looking back now I didn't look that good in the stuff). Now I feel a bit more comfortable in the dresses I love to wear so much. I can't resist a dress if I see one. With new clothes there is the opportunity to think about it. With vintage its a case of buy it or loose it! I must have well over 200 dresses. Although they are quite organised in my wardrobe(S). It does not take me long to decide what I am going to wear each day thankfully!

My weight is now around 10st and I've kept the weight off since 2008. I have clothes in lots of sizes from a size 6 to 16. I find that clothes vary some much with sizes vintage especially.

When people have seen a picture of me at 17st they can't believe its me..someone even used the phase F***** ell LOL. Someone else said Oh you must have been so unhappy. I have along way to go with my confidence..small steps will get me there..one day!

I am so grateful for the people who always stick around through the bad a good times as it sure isn't easy being me. I am also happy that I have made a few good friends in the last few years. I hope they stick around too!