One year on....

My battle with the last stone!

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  • Name: cowgirl80
  • City: London
  • Region: London, City of
  • Country: United Kingdom

My Weight Loss

Height: 172.7cm
Start weight: 16st 7.00lb
Current weight: 12st 6.50lb
Goal weight: 11st 7.00lb
Lost to date: 4st 0.50lb
Remaining: 0st 13.50lb

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Well I'm back from my mini break and I had a great time!
 
Wasn't too bad eating wise (translates as bad but could have been alot worse) and did loads of walking...BUT I managed to drink gallons of beer....I hadn't drunk beer in years but now I've got my taste back for it ;-(
 
The end result was 9lb on in 3 days!!!!! 
 
I'm hoping alot of that is bloating and you couldn't put on that much in 3 days!  I will cry if that happens at my official wi!  Trying to be good now but it is oh so hard to get back into it when you've been bad for a few days isn't it?  But I feel so bloated and fat I think I really need to do something...

The good and the bad....

Well....
 
The good - I lost 0.5lb at WI on Tuesday night despite having been terrible all week - I took it but it was a fluke!
 
The bad - last night I went out for dinner and ate too much AGAIN - not even going to think about it as it'll only make me say well sure this week is ruined now lets eat!  So it's in the past - today is a new day and if I'm good the rest of this week I can counteract it!
 
Other than that nothing exciting to report.  Making a start on my wedding invitations etc so I'm looking forward to that and hoping it keeps my hands busy and out of the cupboards ;-)
 
Hope you're all having good weeks and thanks to everyone for their encouragement!

I won't let them be right!!

So 2.5 years after I started my weight loss journey where am i?
 
Well I lost 5stone 1.5lb (171.5lb) and then put 15lb back on again. 
 
I've managed not to put any more on since about November but I'm good for a week, bad for a week etc etc. 
 
I just don't know what has happened, I want to be good, I want to get down to my lowest weight again but I just can't do it.  I don't have the motivation I did and I just can't get it back for any length of time.  My clothes are getting tight but I'm fed up of eating healthy food and I love tasty junk and if I'm honest I'm depressed at the thought of having to eat like this for the rest of my life!  I'm such a foody and being slim denies me of doing all the baking etc I love as I'd just eat it all!  Even my fiance says I was happier when I was overweight - isn't that bizzare - it's meant to be the other way round!  I have to change that and not prove the negative people who say "you'll put it all back on" wrong.
 
The most bizarre thing is that now I should have the most motivation I've ever had as I'm getting married in December!  I've a lovely fitted dress ordered and I know it will look better if I lose one of the bellies (I have two but I used to have three )
But there's no pressure as I know it'll still look ok and I was inbetween sizes and they ordered the bigger one so I have leeway!  not the right attitude I know!
 
Anyway...
 
That's it it stops now enough moaning!  Today is a new day and it's time for positive action! I can't promise I'll blog every day but I hoping this will motivate me and make me a bit more accountable.  There are so many of you on here that have done so well and are such inspirations if that doesn't help what will!
 
Sorry about the moan but I'll not do it again! 
 
So my target is to lose 2lb before I go to Amsterdam for a few days on the 20th.  Even that few lbs and losing some of the bloating will make my clothes fit much better!
 

A little bit of history!!

In January 2008, I hit an all time high of 16 stone 7lbs. 
 
I was going on holidays to Austrailia in September and the thought of 24 hours flying was, in itself, bad enough, but the thought of not being able to fit in the seat was worse!!  I wasn't happy and something had to be done!
 
So...16 months later I'm sitting here writing this blog.  I've had my holiday and having lost 4.5 stone before I went, I enjoyed every moment from being able to buy clothes to even lying on a beach in a bikini!!! 
 
But...my holiday is long gone and my motivation is waneing.  I hit the 5 stone milestone in January but since then I have been up and down like a yo-yo and the last few weeks I have put on nearly 7lbs from sheer gluttony.  My clothes are tight and I'm scared because I never ever want to be so big again.
 
Today has been day 1 back on track and I'm determined to stick to this (this being slimming world) rigidly for the next 30 days. I figure if I take one day at a time then there's more chance I'll get somewhere!!  I've done it for a year I can do it for 30 days!!
 
I feel a bit silly writing this, but if it keeps me right it'll be worth it!

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