Week 11 Progress 86.4

Ho ho, some movement off the 87.0. To be blunt, I was surprised not to have PUT ON weight at this time. I really ate a lot over the last couple of weeks. I don't like being dicked around by dickheads and I chose to overindulge to cope with the resultant anxiety. Not a great idea but as I said, at least I was fully self-aware?

I am almost at 10 kilos down now and that feels excellent. I think a large part of it is the smaller dinner portions I am having. Some nights all I want is yoghurt but I eat something else in moderation. Weigh in tomorrow (I have been 86.0 during the week so it will be interesting to see what the scale has to say in the morning)!

Week 10 Progress 87.0

I could not stop eating this week. I decided to use food - specifically chocolate, ice cream and biscuits - to cope with my feelings. I was very aware of what I was doing - does that make it any better?

And yet all the time aware that a good run on the cross trainer would made me feel even better.

Week 9 Progress 87.0

No exercise, too much chocolate. Enough said.

Week 8 Progress 87.0

I swear I'm not diddling the numbers! I don't know why they tend to come out even on Saturday - all week they're point 2 this or point 6 that, but for the last few weeks, it's been 89.0, 88.0. 87.0 come Saturday morning weigh time.

This isn't as impressive as it looks this week, a result of missed dinners and not enough green veg. I really need to get more fresh fruit and veg into me and less oats, wheat and rye. They are so easy though, especially when meals are snatched between a myriad of things these days.

And this week, the idiots who control our complex arranged for a JACKHAMMER to spend most of the week digging up the courtyard, So I've hardly been here and it's been difficult to have normal meals, running around with two children to my mother's house and back each day.

Excuses excuses I know. More walk, more fresh food, less junk. Should be easy really.

Week 7 Progress 88.0

Too busy to blog, too busy to eat properly. But here we are at 88!! and hopefully I'll get back into proper exercise next week.

Week 6 Progress 89.0

What can I say - I'm surprised! Really amazed at this, and how happy I felt to see those numbers. I did feel a little lighter, so it's good to see that reinforced.

Not managing as much exercise this week as I'd like to. One hour session on the XT and otherwise just walking around locally with the children which isn't getting my rate up as high as it needs to. But I haven't had access to the XT for various reasons, so hopefully next week I'll get into it more.

I went for a walk this afternoon after a luxurious lunch in town and my body just went "yes! we needed this. To move, to stretch, to keep going". It felt wonderful.

AND, I managed to zip up a skirt I haven't zipped since midway in the pregnancy. Maybe even when I bought it. Feels great!

Week 5 Progress 90.6

No surprises here! I went to a friend's house for a birthday dinner the night before weigh in that involved a glass of champagne and Thai food. Good food that I loved eating. And when I heard when it was I hesitated for a second because I knew it would wreck my weight for that week. But you can't stall life or celebrations sometimes just because of a weekly weigh in.