Those of you that regularly read this blog will be familiar with the story of my weight loss journey. It began after a wake-up call when my brother was diagnosed with leukaemia and resulted in me achieving a 60lb weight loss over the course of a year without stepping foot into a gym.… Read More
Things are progressing as usual on this venture to shift the fat and the journey of discovery continues. I’m still doing the daily step routine on the bathroom scales – sometimes several times a day – as if half a stone will magically disappear between 7am and 11am. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if… Read More
I went into the last week with a marked determination to stick to the plan, and I did. Despite my efforts, this week provided me with the lesson that there is no such thing as ‘surely’. I ate within my limits although tracking fell to the wayside a little. However, as I was… Read More
http://bit.ly/1mMi1wn I don’t know about you but every now and then I get a day where I feel particularly bad about myself. Too fat, too ugly, too unhealthy, too useless. That’s all that goes through my head. My self-esteem plummets even further from its usual sunken precipice into a chasm of self-loathing and despair.… Read More
After last week’s disappointing stall it soon become apparent why it had happened – for me at least. I noticed the last time I followed Weight Watchers that my weight loss would stagnate during one week each month. Once that week had passed the weight loss continued. It seems to be the case… Read More
This morning brought about our third weigh-in since beginning our Weight Watchers journey. I was feeling quite optimistic about it. Mike and I had kept within our points limits, in fact coming in below it for many of the days in the week gone by. I had also introduced more activity to my journey… Read More