Showing PCOS Who's Boss (with hair and tea dresses)

Hello folks,

I've written about my weight loss before, but something came full circle rather neatly today.

British MFP members will be familiar with Peacocks, a cheap and cheerful clothes shop that is good for your basics. Back in the day, they used to have a designer range that appealed to my style back in my Fat Girl days - floral tea dresses, all nipped-in waists and SLEEVES! A rare thing indeed for us bestowed with bingo wings. I may have been fat, but at least I could be well-dressed.

When I was a size 18 - 20, those dresses allowed me to feel a little less loathsome about myself. I was obese, my ovaries were covered in cysts, and as a result my hair had thinned to a shadow of its former glory. I needed all the help I could get in terms of feeling good about myself.

The last time I wore this particular floral dress, it was a (tight) UK 18. The one in the right hand side of the photo below arrived this morning from eBay, and it's a UK size 10. Also, whilst I might not have my lion's mane of old, my hair is a lot thicker than it used to be.

Do I still have PCOS? Yeah. Nothing I can do about that. But I control it now, rather than the other way around.