Well it's been a little while since I updated this little area of my blog. It hasn't been because I've given up on the whole weight loss thing more that I've been somewhat over whelmed with other things going on in my life at the moment. Also the past few weeks I have been a little bit over the place weight loss wise. There has been quite a bit of stress eating and I have put on and taken off the same few pounds over and over again it seems. Although the net score seems to be that I have actually lost rather than gained which is always the preferable option!
As of Wednesday this week my total weight loss now stands at 3 stone and 8 pounds, a nice round 50 pounds in total, I like to think in the big numbers it seems like more! I am losing on average 2.8 pounds a week which is a pound more than I needed in order to get back into a healthy weight range within a year, nice to be ahead of schedule in at least one thing!
I won't say it's been easy but just over four months in this new way of eating is now beginning to feel second nature. I still have days when I want to think, oh forget it bring on the cake, but that awful cliche of nothing tastes as good as being thin feels is true. I've dropped three dress sizes since I've started and I'm now able to buy clothes in normal shops. I don't have to walk round town with a carrier bag that proclaims me as not good enough to shop in proper shops!
That really did hit home last week. Because of the job interview I had to buy a new suit, everything in the cupboard was either too small or too big and the joy of being able to walk in somewhere and buy with a small degree of confidence was a greater boost than anything I have had for ages. To look at myself in the mirror and not feel disgusted at the bloated person I would see there is a revelation and a feeling I wish I could bottle and sip whenever I am having a bad day and feeling despondent about whether it is worth it or not.
That's all for now folks. I want to say a special thank-you to those of you who have supported me in this little journey of mine, for me it's like an extension of my weekly slimming group. Although I'm not held accountable to anyone apart from myself knowing that there are people out there cheering me on is one of the things that occasionally stops me from reaching for the biscuit tin!
Gemma it's just so good to watch your journey. You've sounded so much happier and healthy in so many ways in recent months. I'm totally inspired by you, you know. My own WW journey started in part because of you.
I would love to see a photo of how great you're looking but I understand if you're a bit shy. Well done!
Posted by: Bells | 09/10/2009 at 11:37 PM
OMG - I am so jealous. I would be a hottie with the body again if I lost 50 pounds wow! Congrats! I'm looking forward to hopefully getting back into an exercise/weight loss groove once I settle into the apartment and job a bit more. It was too difficult to stick with a system, living at my parents' and constantly commuting. BLAH BLAH - excuses. Your perseverance is inspiring.
Posted by: geek+nerd | 09/11/2009 at 12:40 AM
Well done! That's absolutely fantastic.
Posted by: Katherine | 09/11/2009 at 08:06 AM