12 stone 8lb

Well, I am now weighing in at a slight 12 stone 8lb (compared to the 14 stone 11lb I was less than 4 months ago! - and the around about 16 stone I was the day I was induced but not yet had the baby!), having lost 4lb this week!

I originally set myself the goal of getting to 12 stone by October 2011. I have 8lb to lose to get to that goal, and I would LOVE to get there by the end of February, and be in the 11 stone-somethings by the beginning of March! I have just 12lb to lose until I am in the NORMAL weight bracket!!! I seriously cannot fathom being in that weight bracket, the last time I remember being in it for sure was in 2002... 9 years ago!

I got a low carb recipe book for Christmas, and having flicked through it, I am tempted to start making myself at least one low carb meal a day. Yesterday was baked paprika chicken breast with "cauliflower rice". Which is basically grated cauliflower, which is stir-fried up with garlic, mushrooms, egg, and I added some cheese to it as well. I used a whole bulb of garlic chopped finely (I love the stuff), about 5 or 6 thinly sliced mushrooms, and fried those off in some oil. Then added 2 eggs which I scrambled in with the garlic and mushrooms, and then added about 1.5lb of grated cauliflower (medium grater), seasoned. Stir fried that for about 10 minutes, and then added some grated cheese, and stired it in til melted. Yum :)

I would think to myself how can anyone have a meal without potatoes, or bread, or pasta/rice. And now I realise hey, potato is a vegetable. So why not replace that vegetable with different vegetables with a lower carb count? :)

The only problem with going low carb is the fact that everyone else is going to be going low carb too essentially. I guess I'll have to make sure that Robert still gets his sandwiches and toast, and baked potatoes etc. Jonathan has told me that he wants to lose some weight too, so I'm sure he won't mind too much.

I must admit though, I am a little daunted by how if you want to go low carb, it's hard to do so without freshly preparing everything. Gone will be the convenience foods of cereal, canned soup, pies to cook from frozen, etc. But there are so many other things we can have instead I guess, and will try and look into getting more recipe books to look through.

As well as losing weight, it will help with my impaired glucose tolerance, as I'll be taking in less sugar, so it will be less likely that I develop diabetes.

I do so hope I can get down to my ideal weight by my birthday. How fab would it be to ask people for money this year, and get to spend it all on new clothes so I look and feel fantastic? :)