7 weeks to go
I can't believe the way the time has gone - I've done almost 8 months now on this diet and I've lost 75 lbs in total! I'm literally a different person to the oe in the before photo. The outcome has been amazing but my belief in myself has been the real turn around. When i started my last diet - the one before this I just wanted to get down to 12 stone (168lbs). I thought that would be an achievement. When I started this diet I set my self a 10stone goal (140lbs) and I'm 16.5 lbs off that now and now I've started to think actually I could do with going lower than that. ME THINKING ABOUT MOVING BELOW 10 STONE 
. I think I was 10 years old when i was last that sort of weight. It seems 10 stone would be right at the top of the healthy BMI range if I was 5ft 3in tall. I say if because I rounded up my height when i started the diet so I didin't have to aim too low. I'm actually a little shorter than that and I do have more than 16.5lbs to shift. But what should my tragt be - I'm in unknown waters here........But I haven't got to decide yet. I'm taking a break first. I finish Phase 1 of this diet on 10 September and I move to Phase 2 - the management phase where I gradually reintroduce food again. In this phase you may lose a little additional weight but you are not supposed to lose too much - it's about finding the right balance to maintain your weight and I'm happy with that for now. In december i go to Australia for 3 weeks - in which I will put on some weight - my objective is to kepp that to less than 4 lbs, but i accept i will be eating & drinking more than usual. When I come back in January i will move into Phase 3 - ie. I will go back to the foodbacks fulltime and lose the rest - whatever the rest turns out to be????
Is this really me talking ? - It seems like this big weight has lifted off my shoulders - the one I've carried for years - the belief that I couldn't lose weight like other woman and that I would always be overweight too some degree. 
. Well okay I've proved that maybe I don't lose weight like other women but on this diet I lose weight fast enough for me - and isn't that what is important. 
Today is a good day - believe and you will achieve (and I'm a serial non- achiever when it comes to weight loss)