Another comparison

I took a photo today, and I found an appropriate photo from when Robert was very young, when I was around 15.5-16 stone in weight. The difference is astounding.

Then:


Now:

Illness, a silver lining.

I have been so ill for the last week, first head cold symptoms, progressing to nausea, then on Monday, the diarrhoea that Robert had on Wednesday last week hit me. I lost count how many times I went. I lost so much water so I was drinking pint after pint of squash to compensate. I still have the nausea and the odd bout of diarrhoea.

But the good news though is that it helped me to lose 3.5lb this week, which puts me at a weight of 163lb, or 11 stone 9lb, and also at a BMI of 24.8 which is in the healthy weight bracket at last! I am getting there slowly but surely.
I must get round to re-doing my measurements, I last did them about a stone ago.

Another stone down

In January 2009 I weighed 15 stone 11lb. This was 2 months after Robert was born, we were adjusting to life with a baby, ordering lots of takeaways as we were struggling to find time to cook. I was also suffering with postnatal depression so I guess it's no surprise my weight shot up.

By January 2010 I weighed 14 stone. Then I got pregnant with Christopher and my weight went up past 15 stone again. By the time he was 4 days old I weighed 14 stone 11lb.

Today I weighed in at 11 stone 11lb, which is 3 stone lighter than I weighed 6 months ago, and 4 stone lighter than I weighed 26 months ago.

I look at myself clothed in the mirror and like what I see. I feel much better already but I do still want to lose more weight and get fitter. Less than 2 stone to go. I'm glad it's carrying on well now.

Under 12 stone!

I lost 2.5lb this week! Making my grand total so far a fairly impressive 40.5lb! Just 1.5lb away from having lost 3 whole stone since Christopher's birth.

I have now surpassed my original goal of 12 stone by October, so any extra weight lost is now a bonus! I would love to reach my target by my birthday but so far just taking it one step at a time. Next goal is to reach a healthy BMI, which is at 163lb (just 3.5lb away) and that will put me in the healthy weight range for the first time since 2004 or 2005! And it also marks a weight loss of around 20% of my original weight! I would like to get there no later than 3 weeks time!

1lb down.

I didn't have the best of weeks eating wise. I did a fair amount of comfort eating due to a breakdown of a friendship, and then the weekend saw us at the in-laws for the whole time due to an internet problem that Jonathan needed to fix, so I ended up eating more than I usually do. But I still managed to lose 1lb.

I'm now 12 stone 1lb, and just ONE pound away from my original target of 12 stone by October. I am hoping for 2lb next week, and I will renew my efforts this week. A lot has been going on this week, lots of changes are being made, both in attitude and things going on in my life, so fingers crossed it'll be a positive start, and get the second half of this weight loss back on track.

2 stone to lose in 4 months. I can do that, that's only 7lb a month. 2lb this week would be a good start. First resolution - drink more water/squash. I will aim to have a drink in the room at all times. If it's there, it does get drunk. Lets see how that does for me this week. The first time I tried that, I lose 3.5lb that week, so maybe I can do that, if I do I'll almost be at 3 stone in weight lost.

On the wagon again.

Well, I weighed in on Wednesday, at 169.8lbs, which is 12 stone 1.8lbs. I would class that as 170lb normally, but seeing as I have been in the 170s since JANUARY I decided that I would class it as 169.8. :) Finally in the next bracket down. I am now on the wagon again, and hoping to see a decent loss on the scales next Wednesday. Hopefully enough to take me to 12 stone! I have come up with a bunch of mini-goals.

Goal 1 is 12 stone. (168lb) Should be do-able either this week or next!

Goal 2 is to have lost just over 20% of my original weight and be into the "healthy" BMI bracket. (163lb)

Goal 3 is to lose the combined weight of my two children. Robert is about 35lb, Christopher is about 15lb - so that's 50lb - so a weigh in of 157lb.

Goal 4 is to be 11 stone. (154lb)

Goal 5 is to have lost 30% of my original weight. (145lb)

And Goal 6 is to be 10 stone. (140lb)

One of the gaps are a little large, eg a 9lb gap between goals 4 and 5. But I'll see how I feel once I get there, see if I need to add an intermediary goal.


I had a take-away last night, but I had less than I would eat normally, and I am going to make a conscious effort to eat better for the rest of the week. I will make sure to have healthy foods, and I think it would be a good idea to give up "baking" for lent ;) No flapjacks, biscuits, cakes. They are becoming my downfall!

Let's see the 12 stone on the scales again now eh!

I wanted to be...

12 stone or lower by now. I still have to weigh in tomorrow, but I am not yet below 170lb let alone 168lb which is 12 stone.

I have reached a plateau, and have been around the 171-174lb mark for about a month now. The last time this happened, I just gave up, and piled the weight back on again. The furthur I get into this weight loss journey, the more I learn about myself, the more I learn that things do not always get handed to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you have to work for things for very little visible gain. But right now, despite the scales hovering annoyingly (devastatingly) around the 172lb mark, I am learning that it does not mean that I "can't do this". It's just one of those things I need to wait for. Wait for my body to get back into rhythm, wait for my body to signal the green light again. Take this time to fine tune my eating, experiment with recipes, get back into good habits. I am not going to give up this easily. I have lost two and a half stone since my second son was born. Just two stone to go and I am around my ideal weight. I have given away all my bigger clothes, so that is one reason that I do not want to give up. I gave them away just at the right time I think, literally just before the plateau hit!

I am hopeful that I will start to lose weight again soon. This is just another thing that is making me realise how strong I am now. I posted with regards to my plateau on another friend's blog, and her reply really did help me out, there is no need to give up when you reach a plateau, things do continue, the only thing I need to do is stay positive, don't throw my toys out of the pram just because I'm not getting what I want NOW. Good things come to those who wait. I am waiting, and working hard at staying positive. I will start losing again soon.

For now, a more lenient goal of 167lb by the end of March should be do-able. I wanted to get there by the end of February, and that didn't happen, but hopefully I will start to dip again and I will be able to exceed that goal and get some "mojo" back, and get into the swing of things again.