Ginger love the name Indigo, nicely chosen...sounds like you picked the right cat if she is happy to be played with, some are too nervous and others too excitable, Indigo sounds "just right" .
I put on about 12 kg after DD1 which never came off, and am now 12 kg heavier than I was before Missy E (but I can thank chemo for about 8 kg of that ). TBH I never minded that first 12 kg as I still had a nice waist, felt curvy in the right places, kwim? But I really don't like that last 8 kg I've picked up - it's all around the middle (have never had rolls on my tum before) and my whole metabolism is different and wrong now - I feel like the biochemistry of the fat has taken over (which is why I had the GTT). Whereas after that first 12 kg, I was still fit and healthy & it didn't make a difference, kwim? But I've always been taller and (even at my skinniest) much bigger than all my friends so I had the reverse - used to feel self-conscious way back when I was a skinny-minny (size 16 at my most gaunt all-bones) but couldn't give a flying fig now. But I'll be 40 next year and having all that treatment last year reminded me that my youth is now far behind me, esp with the threat of menopause hanging over my head, but it helped me to transition psychologically from the last vestiges of "maiden" to acceptance of "mother", if that makes sense. But I don't think you're crazy for feeling embarrassed at all - you've had a profound shift of identity in the last couple of years - including leaving the workplace - so it's not surprising if that affects your confidence when you're seeing people who haven't been present during that transition. But they will have changed too. I have a GF who has been living a jetsetting career-fuelled single lifestyle, and when I last caught up with her I know she was envious of my settledness, happy marriage, etc, and while she's still skinny and gorgeous, her hair has gone completely grey.
Suz well done with the challenge...I bet you'll be excited to see how those photos turn out. DH has organised one of his coworkers to do a family portrait (it's been a while!) but it creates stress because I never know what to dress everyone in!
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). TBH I never minded that first 12 kg as I still had a nice waist, felt curvy in the right places, kwim? But I really don't like that last 8 kg I've picked up - it's all around the middle (have never had rolls on my tum before) and my whole metabolism is different and wrong now - I feel like the biochemistry of the fat has taken over (which is why I had the GTT). Whereas after that first 12 kg, I was still fit and healthy & it didn't make a difference, kwim? But I've always been taller and (even at my skinniest) much bigger than all my friends so I had the reverse - used to feel self-conscious way back when I was a skinny-minny (size 16 at my most gaunt all-bones) but couldn't give a flying fig now. But I'll be 40 next year and having all that treatment last year reminded me that my youth is now far behind me, esp with the threat of menopause hanging over my head, but it helped me to transition psychologically from the last vestiges of "maiden" to acceptance of "mother", if that makes sense. But I don't think you're crazy for feeling embarrassed at all - you've had a profound shift of identity in the last couple of years - including leaving the workplace - so it's not surprising if that affects your confidence when you're seeing people who haven't been present during that transition. But they will have changed too. I have a GF who has been living a jetsetting career-fuelled single lifestyle, and when I last caught up with her I know she was envious of my settledness, happy marriage, etc, and while she's still skinny and gorgeous, her hair has gone completely grey.
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