Letting things slide

I've not been watching my weight recently, or what I've been eating, and when I weighed myself on Tuesday I was not happy to see myself back at 157.8lb (or 11 stone 3.8lb). My lowest weight has been 149lb. So on Tuesday, I started watching what I ate, basically curbing the huge amount of junk I had started eating again. Oh and filling a big jug (probably about 3 pints worth) at the beginning of the day with squash, my aim being for me and the kids to drink it up before their bath time. I have not been putting it in the fridge, as it sitting out reminds me it's there and needs to be drunk, therefore I am more likely to pour myself a glass and avoid pulling anything out of the fridge.

On Thursday morning I weighed again and I was 156.2lb, so a loss of 1.6lb. This morning I weighed myself again, one day later, and I was 155.0lb, so a loss from yesterday of 1.2lb, and a total since Tuesday of 2.8lb. :)

We're having a meal out tomorrow so I must try not to over-do it then. But hoping for a big loss by Monday to kickstart things!

Also what helped was looking through the freezer and realising there was lots of food in there needing using up. So used to the shrugging and putting on a jacket potato was I, or a sandwich, it's prompted me into using up the chicken, fish, frozen veg and so on that's in there, and making me think about a decent meal once a day.

With the nice weather come along I've also decided to start making more salad again, which is nice and healthy of course! (even with a big blob of mayonnaise ;) )

So, keeping my fingers crossed that I can lose as much weight as possible this week and in the weeks to come. There is a possibility of a pregnancy during the year, so I do really want to have slimmed down as much as possible before that happens and I get even bigger again!

Doing well!

On my fourth day of using My Fitness Pal, on Monday I weighed back at 158lb, I've been keeping under my set calories for a 2lb loss per week, and doing exercise to give me extra calories if I eat more. This morning I weighed 155 in my underwear which was better than I was expecting, and I am hoping to keep it up!

New Year, this year I will reach my goal!

Well, it's the start of a brand new year (well, 18 days ago ahem) and this year I am determined to reach my goal of 10 stone. I gained a good few pounds over Christmas, and just after the new year, weighed in at 11 stone 3lb. In the first week of the "healthy eating" I managed to gain 1.5lb, which brought me to 11 stone 4.5lb, or 158.5lb. But 8 days later (I missed the Monday weigh in), I weighed 11 stone 2 lbs, having lost 2.5lb. I do hope to continue the weight loss from now on, and for now, I am concentrating *just* on drinking more water (well, squash, I don't like plain water much), and drinking less caffeine. I am hoping that by drinking lots of water, I am a) filling myself up on liquid more so I snack less, b) improving my milk supply for my little ones, and c) generally being a bit healthier than using 4 or 5 cups of tea a day to replenish my water levels.

Simple changes will hopefully make proper lifestyle changes easier!

First goal right now is to reach 150lbs, and I'd like to do that by the beginning of March. Which is 6lbs away, and leaves me with 10lbs to lose.

Lowest weight, yet...

I am the lowest weight I remember being, the same as I was when I was 18, which is 153lb (roughly). I am not quite the size I was last time, I am probably less fit, higher fat ratio, and am still mainly in size 14s with some size 12s. I've dreamed of being a size 12 for years, yet now I am here (more or less), it doesn't feel good enough. I still have just under a stone to take me to my goal weight, and it's coming off soooo slowly now, but part of me is ok with that. Like I know that if I keep going the way I'm going, I'll lose the weight eventually, and it's helping set me up with a new way of eating for the rest of my life. One thing I really need to focus on, is that food isn't a filler in my life, it's not going to make me happy, or give me company, food is purely a fuel, and something I have learned is that my body needs surprisingly little fuel to run efficiently.

I am going to keep the weight off, that's one thing I swear, I want these habits to last me a lifetime, and now I am lighter, I find myself really almost ITCHING to start exercising with a gusto. I find myself wanting to go out running, I need some sports bras before I do that, and some exercise clothes. And some time!! When do people find the time to run when they have two preschoolers?!! Just some more things for me to be thinking about.

It's working!

4 days on, and I am now 156.8lb, which is 2lb lighter! I need to lose 2.8lb over the next 6 days to reach my goal, and weigh 11 stone for the first time in about a decade! I am eating much less, thinking twice before eating something, and not going overboard on snacks. Getting into salad again as well which is good!

I'm enjoying snacking on frozen fruit, yes you read that right ;) I chop up bananas, and freeze them. Slice up a pear thinly and freeze that. Halved grapes are delicious frozen too. Because they are frozen, they take longer to eat, so whenever I feel the nibblies coming on, and I find myself in the kitchen, I take out a few pieces of frozen fruit, and that satisfies my cravings. For the most part, I just want to be eating, which is where the craving lies, so eating a few bits of frozen fruit is ideal!

Here's to getting to my first mini goal and completing my 5lb off in 10 days challenge successfully! :)

Back to what works

The mindset of "any loss is a good loss, and a loss for good." It's back! Hurrah! My mojo has returned finally. I lost another 1lb this week, and am now down to 11 stone 5lb again, or 159lb. I am determined that I will lose again next week, be it 1lb, or 1 and a half, or 2lb, whatever. And those lbs will be gone for good too. I am never going to see 160lb on the scales again, with the exception of during pregnancy, while carrying a small child, or perhaps if I naughtily weigh myself during the day or evening, clothed over the next few weeks.

Only 2lb til my 3rd goal of losing 50lb, the combined weight (roughly) of my two boys. And only 5lb until I reach 11 stone, the weight I was when I was 18/19, that's right, how much I weighed almost TEN years ago.

If I lose just 1lb a week on average from now until Christopher's birthday in September, I will fall just 2lb short of my target weight! If I lose on average 1.5lb per week from now, I will reach my target weight by late August! If I lose 2lb per week on average, I will reach my target weight by the beginning of August! To reach my target weight by my birthday in mid-July, I will need to lose a massive 3lb a week on average for the next 6 weeks, which I really don't think is do-able anymore.

So.. for now, I am going to concentrate on eating healthily, and hopefully, the scales next week will be kind. :)

I realised today that I can't remember the last time I ate a bag of crisps. I've eaten some from a bag that have been put out on a table for everyone to dip into (a normal sized bag between 4 adults and Robert), but not for a while, and I haven't missed them at all! Not really anyway, I do like things like wotsits and would enjoy them if I had a bag, but had no real craving to get one at all. This is what I love, the fact that my habits are changing, and I'm barely realising, let alone missing. Maybe someday there will be a day where I do not crave nor miss chocolate, and ice cream too ;)

Anyway, let's see if I can make a 2lb loss by next Wednesday, and see that magic 50lb loss, and maybe pick up Robert and Christopher together to see just how much weight I have lost since Christopher was born :)

1 week down..

I have been low carbing (probably between 30 and 50g a day) for a week now. I weighed 165lb last Wednesday morning, started low carbing on the Thursday. This morning I weighed 157.6lb which is 7.4lb less! I am enjoying the food, it's all tasty and I'm experiencing far fewer cravings, although I do get the odd weak moment...

The main difficulty is that low carbing is not as convenient, I have to plan ahead what to eat, there is not really many things we can prepare and cook in 10-15 minutes. If I want to do this long term (adding in more carbs as time goes on, of course, so I don't *keep* losing weight past my goal weight) then I will have to invest in things to make it easier - number 1 on the list being a food processor, as finely grating an entire cauliflower is NOT quick or easy... But things aren't set in stone yet, for now, I think I am trying to boost my weight loss again - and more importantly, get into the habit of healthier eating. And enjoying what I eat. With low carbing I am naturally snacking less, as I feel full for longer, so if I decide to stop low carbing I will hopefully carry that on and that will help me keep the weight off hopefully.

I am just 0.5lb away from having lost 50lb since Christopher was born, which is astounding! We went for the SureStart's buggy walk this week, and since Jonathan is off work til Tuesday, he came along, and it was a lot of fun. Jonathan wore Christopher, and I guess when I'm wearing a baby I tend to look bulkier, as I took it off, to let Jonathan put it on, and immediately got compliments about my weight loss and "don't you look well!"

I still feel happier clothed than in skimpy clothes, but that is a start, definitely. I think very soon it is time for me to start toning up and doing exercises, and now I am lighter, it would be the ideal time to start! It might slow weight loss, due to muscle weighing more than fat, but should help get rid of the inches faster, plus get me fitter.

I am already noticing how much fitter I feel just for having lost the weight, I ran around the living room chasing Robert the other day, and did so for quite a long time, and yes I got a bit tired, but it was good tired, not the dehabilitating tiredness I'd get before after some exercise. And it felt good to be doing such a fun physical game with my son that I always felt too sluggish to do before.

About one and a half stones left to lose (19-21 lb roughly). I can do it! :)

An END to this stagnation!

I am getting fed up of hovering, I've been yo-yoing AGAIN around the 165lb mark, so I had a day of really kicking my bum into gear, no snacking, but lots and lots of drinking! I was craving snacks so badly, I wasn't hungry but I wanted to eat eat eat! Luckily we (read I, mostly) had eaten all the chocolate and ice cream in the house so there was none left for me to snack on.

Then on Thursday I thought lets try low carb again. And so far, I've done pretty well! I'm still on the low carb, I've had the odd bit of fruit as snacks, and so far each day I have had something high carb but I would have had it along with a lot more carbs as well, so overall done pretty well. I had 3 slices of pizza on Thursday night. I was actually pretty impressed that I felt full and did not WANT to eat more, usually I may have managed 5 slices. Friday I had an ice cream after an otherwise perfect low carb day, which was actually not that bad. And today I have had 2 choc ices (which are pretty low carb considering, and came to less than the ice cream yesterday.) but other than that been eating low carb. Dinner I think I will do some chicken tonight (a fairly low carb sauce) with some cauliflower rice. I did weigh in this morning and I was 161.6 lb which I was pretty thrilled at, is definitely my lowest weight so far in this weight loss period, and for a LONG time (almost a decade). It would be pretty awesome to see the 150s on the scales on Wednesday.

I used to think that low carb diets were dangerous, but having done research on them, I think they're pretty healthy actually. The sort of foods I am cooking certainly seem more nutritious, plenty more vegetables and salads, with dairy and meat. I can't wait to try some more things. I think I will be buying cauliflowers in bulk haha :) Not sure how long I will keep this up, I'm already doing better than last time, and enjoying it more. Plus I don't think that any carb slip up is "ruining" it. Obviously the lower carb the better, but the odd carbs will not ruin everything, so fingers crossed this attitude can help :)

hmmm well..

Last Wednesday weigh in saw me back up 2.5lb of the 3.5lb I lost over the week I was ill, weighing in at 165.5 lb.

I've had a few meals out this week, and yesterday, I had a VERY bad day food wise... but as this is a blog and it is good to be completely honest to prompt me into eating better and not doing the same again... I ate an entire giant easter egg that was given to me on Sunday... apparently 1/4 of the egg contained almost 400 calories.. so I had probably about 1500 calories yesterday of CHOCOLATE never mind my breakfast and lunch... I decided to skip dinner and have an early night.

This morning I weighed myself to see what the damage would be, and had a reading of 162.5 lb. Erm, what the?? I don't particularly think I've had a good week even not considering yesterday. Was it the skipped dinner? Maybe I am eating my main meals far too late at night, sometimes as late as 9pm, but usually after the kids are both in bed, so around 8pmish. Maybe I should start eating my main meal for lunch with the kids, and a light meal around 5-ish with the kids instead of a light meal at lunchtime, around 12, then a large meal at 8ish. And save a portion for Jonathan to take to work with him for the next day's lunch. That might help him to lose some weight too which I think he wants to do. He's a lower BMI than I am, but he's around the same weight I was when Christopher was born. I guess being 6'5" helps in that regards ;)

It's worth giving that a try I guess, switching main meals and trying not to eat too late, then Jonathan can grab something when he gets back in the evening. If I do that today, I wonder if I'll get a good weigh in on the scales tomorrow on my official weigh in day.

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.

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!

Getting back on track.

I lost the 0.5lb I gained last week yesterday. So I'm now back to 172lb, and I would like to lose another 2-3lb this week. 3lb ideally, as that would take me into the 160s!!! I'm so excited about being there! As that would be almost 40lb lost since October, I do get so excited about being in the next 10s down, and it gives me a new goal to focus on almost naturally! I can hardly believe I'm only 3lb away from the 160s, and only 1 stone away from the 150s!

Small goals are definitely the way to go, but keeping the bigger goal there as well. That bigger goal is of course 10 stone by July. But my immediate short term goal is 12 stone or just over by the last February weigh in. I don't know what my next goal will be after that. Maybe getting to 25% less body weight, which is a 51 lb loss in total, and that'll be 156lb. Maybe that's a bit too much of a leap for short term goal. I guess I'll see how I feel once I get to 12 stone or just under. Maybe say half a stone by April or something. And in my size 14s.

I didn't have a good low carb day yesterday. Kept falling off, and it didn't help that I baked biscuits with Robert ;)

Today I will do better though, and try my hardest to not deviate. If I can do a complete low carb diet (only allowing a few pieces of fruit) for a few days, that should get me properly back on track. Should read the recipe book I got for Xmas again ;) But I think today I will try and have a tuna and egg mayo salad for lunch, and make a cauliflower and broccoli soup for dinner, which Jonathan can have with bread. With snacks of cheese with tomato, and some fruit.

February

My first official February weigh in is tomorrow, but I did sneakily step on the scales this morning and I weighed 172.5lb, which is 2lb down from last Wednesday. I'm hoping to maintain that or lose a bit more. As the weeks go on I am becoming more and more determined. And I am seeing results, albeit mainly on the scales, with a bit in my clothes. I'm around 4lb away from that 12 stone which I want to be at by March, and with a 2lb a week loss, I should get there in plenty of time, and hopefully... just maybe... I will be a size 14 by March if I keep going, keep losing the weight and keep my perspective. When I gave birth just over 4 months ago, I wouldn't have dreamed that by the time my baby was just 4 months old I'd have lost about 2 and a half stone. But I think to me, while some people were telling me in the early days to "give yourself time" and "leave it a few weeks" etc, I think for me I needed to get going straight away. And to be fair, in the early weeks, I didn't do much really apart from watching my weight, and try and not eat too much junk, as in the months after Robert was born, we ate terribly, so many takeaways it was unreal. Then when Christopher was about 6 weeks old, I tried to focus on my problem areas, mainly snacking.

I feel like I am getting snacking under control. And my portion sizes are more appropriate, and I am drinking more. I think my stomach must be shrinking back to a better size, my appetite is less, and I am able to go without a lot of lunch, getting energy I need from fruit, and whatever Robert doesn't finish.

I bought some new bras at the weekend (and actually bought the wrong size again.. oops! I bought a cupsize too small! But hoping that as I lose more weight they'll fit better and I don't keep popping out of them so much! lol) but even though they are nursing bras, they are SEXY! I feel so much more womanly, they give me more figure, and they're so pretty! I got my first complement in AGES from Jonathan when I put it on, and then I got another when I put on a size 16 top I hadn't worn in years. Part of me is itching to buy some new clothes, but I think, if only I can wait, just a little while longer, make do with what I have for the next month or two, then I will be able to get down my size 14 clothes from the loft! And I think to myself how fabulous would that be... just hang on for a while longer Nicola, then you can wear those, and then with more weightloss, you can get down your size 12s... then at your target weight you can go shopping with birthday money.

It feels like this dream is finally coming true, with a little perseverance, a lot of will power, and determination. After gaining the weight steadily for a decade, losing then gaining some again twice or thrice in that time, I feel fantastic for sticking with it all, and amazed that my goal isn't out of reach, it is completely do-able, and I will get there. I will, and I can't wait! And best of all, I am not seeing how I am eating as a diet, as a chore, it has already become second nature. This is a lifestyle change. Now the challenge will be encorporating exercise in to being a lifestyle change.

Another small loss

I'm now 12 stone 6.5lb, having lost 1.5lb this week. Which is 174.5lbs. I like seeing the pure lbs figures, as this really does give me a sense for just how much weight I have lost, when I think I was 207lb just 4 months ago. 4 months ago I weighed 32.5 lbs heavier than I do now. And when I lose another lb, I will have lost half the total weight I want to lose! But even more amazing is when I think that when I lose another 20lb, I will be back to the weight I was at in my teens. And 20lbs is nothing! Well, it is something, and it will take me a good few months to get there, but when I think that the last time I was at that weight was 10 years ago, I think that a few months IS nothing. And having lost 32 pounds already, that 20 isn't very much at all.

But for now, my next short term goal is to be 12 stone by my first March weigh in, which will be 2nd March. Which is about 1.5lb weight loss average a week. It would be nice if I could be in the high 11 stone somethings by then, but am aiming for 12 stone exactly, as it is a do-able goal, will mean I have to stay on track throughout, but not too difficult, and I COULD do better if I really try my hardest.

This weekend I really need to think about getting myself some new bras. My current bras are (if my measuring is correct) completely the wrong size at 42D, I think I am infact now a 38F!! If I get myself cheapy ones, or as cheap as I can find, because hopefully in a few months time I will need entirely different ones again ;)

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? :)

2 days til first 2011 weigh in.

I am sooo hoping for a loss this week. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to start out the new year at under 13 stone, so ANY loss this week will give me that, as last Wednesday I weighed in at 13 stone exactly.

I am going to try and rifle through my wardrobe this week, and box/bag up any size 20, and very very loose 18s. Or maybe all 18s, depending on how much size 16 stuff I have, as I am now officially a size 16, both top and bottom!

I am thrilled, and it all seems a bit of a huge jump, as I have been an 18/20 for longer than I care to remember, but since Christopher's birth, I have been living in maternity trousers and baggy t-shirts. But yesterday and today, I have been wearing my size 16 jeans, and size 16 sweaters! I have a size 16 skirt (which I think is a little on the small side right now, but not actually tried it on yet) that I've not worn since my brother's wedding... AUGUST 2005!!! So not been this size in over 5 years!!

At first I was a little apprehensive about this coming weigh in, as we've demolished an entire tub of Quality Street chocs this week (except the toffee pennies haha!), as well has having other chocs, and treats. However, we have skipped lunch on a few occasions (not out of habit or wanting to particularly skip meals, but through being busy), and I've stepped on the scales a few times over the last few days, and after brekkie this morning, fully clothed, I was about 182lb (13 stone!) so with 2 days to go of watching snacking and treats (we've not got much more left thankfully!!), I am hoping for a 2lb loss this week, but even 1lb or 0.5lb would be GREAT! And technically, I am under 13 stone, as I weigh myself clothed.

When the Xmas decorations come down (probably this weekend), I will be asking Jonathan to get my size 14 clothes out of the loft ready for hopefully a month or so time when I should be able to fit in them. I'm estimating that I will be able to fit in them once I reach 12 stone, and if I lose 2lb a week, I hope I'll be in them by the middle of February :) And I think a size 12 should be attainable by the time I reach 11 stone (I was around 11 stone last time I was in a size 12) And then I aim to lose about half a stone more so I settle around 10 and a half stone, and get to a comfortable size 12, or maybe some size 10s. With 10 stone being I think the lowest weight I will aim for. (10 stone will give me a BMI of 21.3. I am currently a BMI of 27.7 (and was 31.5 after Christopher was born)

My weight loss chart I have in a spreadsheet on the computer reckons that I will reach a weight of 144lb (10 stone 4lb, which is 4 and a half stone less than what I weighed when C was 4 days old) by mid May this year. Based on my weightloss since the end of September that is. I would be thrilled if I could lose over 10 years worth of weight-gain, including two pregnancies, in 8 months. But I am prepared for it to take a little longer. Any weight lost below 12 stone is a bonus for me, because I initially made a goal of getting down to 12 stone by October 2011, so if I manage my ultimate goal before then, I will be over the moooooon!

Anyway, Christopher is waking up, so its time to get him up :)

1 week to go..

It's 10 days til Christmas, and by next Wednesday's weigh-in, I want to have lost a total of 1 and a half stone since Christopher was born. Well, I've probably already exceeded that technically as I first weighed in when Christopher was 4 days old, and you lose a lot of weight in the first couple of weeks as water with your blood volume decreasing back to normal. But I have to date lost 1 stone and 6lbs since I weighed in after Christopher's birth, which means I have 1lb to lose by Christmas. I'm going to give one final big push to get there, so fingers crossed I can do it! And maybe even get down to that lovely 13 stone by the New Year.

How wonderful it would be to start off the New Year at 13 stone. I am currently 13 stone 5lb, so I would need to lose 5lb in 2 weeks and 3 days. Which is doable, if I lose 2lb a week!

I am so determined this time, once I reach my Christmas/New Years goal, I'll be moving the goal posts again, probably to get down to 12 stone, and around March time I think. But for now I'll leave it there. At least 1lb by next week, but if I really push myself, 5lb by 1st January.

Wish me luck!!!