First Target Broken

I forget to mention...I'm currently weighing in at 147.6kgs which is past the first target I set myself of 148kgs...OH YEAH :oD

So, time for a new target. I'm going to put down 127kgs as my next target. This is 20 stone and another three stone. If I've done 3 stone in 6 weeks, I'm hoping it will be just another six weeks and I'll be down to this new target...fingers crossed.

BJ

42.5lbs lost....WOOHOO

I think the title says it all. I had my weigh in last night and I had dropped a massive 4.8kgs since my last weigh in, which means I have lost a total of 19.4kgs, or 42.5lbs or 3st 0.5lbs depending on which you prefer :o)

This is fantastic for me, I've NEVER lost this much weight before and I feel on top of the world. This just continued to inspire me to keep this up and drop to my ideal weight.

I've also managed to survive Christmas. I new it was going to be hard and it was. Sitting at the dinner table on Christmas day watching everyone eating their lovely Christmas dinner with all the things I just love to eat was hard, but, I did it. I sat there and had my chicken soup and joined in the fun. Same at tea time and on boxing day. I would never say to anyone that it wasn't easy, but it is possible to stick to your guns and not join in with the food and drink. I felt so good when I woke up yesterday knowing I had got through Christmas sticking to my food packs.

We are going to my wife's parents for tea on new years day, but this is something I'm sure I will be able to deal with given I've got through Christmas.

To say I'm pleased that I've lost just over 3 stone in 6 six weeks is an understatement, I could not be happier. I've also found some old 36" waist shorts I wore over 13 years ago. It is now my aim to get into these again. When they fit and will know I am fit again and have reached my target weight.

So hear is to 2008, a year in which my life is going to change in many ways....all for the better as well.

Happy new year to all and speak again in 2008.

Regards

BJ

Twas the day before Christmas..)

Seasons greetings to anyone who is reading this blog.

I've not had a chance to post until now, so I thought as it was Christmas Eve I would sit down and give the blog an update.

Things are still going REALLY well.  The weight is continuing to come off week on week.  I've now lost over 16Kgs and its still going.  The weight lose has slowed down from the 7lbs per week when I started to 5lbs per week.  That is still great, but I've started to do more walking and this week I lost 4lbs in just 3 days.  This is a real reason to do MORE exercise to up the rate of weight lose.

I'm still not feeling hungry...the problem is a mental one.  My mind craves foods which I see on TV or I see the family eating.  I have been really good and not succumbed to any of these temptations although it has been very hard at times.

Christmas has been proving to be a tough nut to crack.  What with all the adverts on TV and friends and relatives coming round or us visiting them.  I never really noticed how much food was a part of Christmas.  It's not until you stop eating that you realize just how much of Christmas it is.  This does make you feel like an outsider, someone who is just with people watching while THEY eat.  This has been very hard at times, but I'm proud to say I've stuck to my guns and not joined in with the eating.

This afternoon with be another tough time.  We usually go around my sisters for the afternoon/evening and there are nibbles and sweets in easy reach for everyone to have.  I've been preparing myself for this by digging out some photos of me before I started this program.  I have printed them out and put them in my office.  I look HUGE compared to how I look now.  Below are a couple of photos.  The first is from the start of 2007 and the second is from today.

As you can see, there is a real difference, which even I am noticing now.  I'm just feeling so much better in general.  I wish I had done something like this years ago...

I reckon I've got another four months of this and I should be right down to my ideal weight.  This is the first time EVER I really believe I can do it.  I'm needing to wear all my old clothes that I had grown out of and I'm even needing to buy new ones.

Well, that is about it for now.  I hope you have a great holiday and I'll post another update after Christmas.

BJ