Weight watching
Well I decided that 2009 was going to be the year that I got myself sorted out and actually look after myself for a change.
I realised over the last 12 months that I had put a lot of weight on over and above what I had already gained over the last few years. I decided that I would not be turning 30 (13 January 2010) the way I look and feel now.
So I joined Weight Watchers for the thousandth time (or that's how it feels). I joined on 7 January and weighed in at 15 stone 1.5 pounds, which is 211.5 pounds or 96 kilos. I was soo shocked and disgusted at myself. I knew I had put on weight but NEVER thought I had put that much on.
I lost 4 pounds in the first week and I was so pleased. The next week I only lost 0.5 pounds and was a bit annoyed, but as everyone kept telling me it meant that I had not gained and then last weigh in I stayed the same. Again not a happy girl. So this last week, I have been like a woman possessed, weighing and writing down EVERYTHING that I ate and I bought myself a pedometer which as well as doing my steps told me it I had earned any exercise points. I also joined the gym but with the baltic weather we have had this week I haven't gone, but will go over the weekend.
I got weighed last night and was thinking that I would be happy with ANY loss, but never expected to be told that I lost 3.5 pounds which means that I have earned my first "silver 7" which you get for every 7 pounds ( 1/2 stone) you lose. It has really cheered me up and if it means that I have to weigh everything I eat for the next year then that's what I will do.
I still have another 70 pounds (35 kilos) to lose but I am going in the right direction. I am going to take a photo of myself this week so I can keep a record of my weight loss, and get a tape measure so I can measure my vital statistics as they shrink.
I realised over the last 12 months that I had put a lot of weight on over and above what I had already gained over the last few years. I decided that I would not be turning 30 (13 January 2010) the way I look and feel now.
So I joined Weight Watchers for the thousandth time (or that's how it feels). I joined on 7 January and weighed in at 15 stone 1.5 pounds, which is 211.5 pounds or 96 kilos. I was soo shocked and disgusted at myself. I knew I had put on weight but NEVER thought I had put that much on.
I lost 4 pounds in the first week and I was so pleased. The next week I only lost 0.5 pounds and was a bit annoyed, but as everyone kept telling me it meant that I had not gained and then last weigh in I stayed the same. Again not a happy girl. So this last week, I have been like a woman possessed, weighing and writing down EVERYTHING that I ate and I bought myself a pedometer which as well as doing my steps told me it I had earned any exercise points. I also joined the gym but with the baltic weather we have had this week I haven't gone, but will go over the weekend.
I got weighed last night and was thinking that I would be happy with ANY loss, but never expected to be told that I lost 3.5 pounds which means that I have earned my first "silver 7" which you get for every 7 pounds ( 1/2 stone) you lose. It has really cheered me up and if it means that I have to weigh everything I eat for the next year then that's what I will do.
I still have another 70 pounds (35 kilos) to lose but I am going in the right direction. I am going to take a photo of myself this week so I can keep a record of my weight loss, and get a tape measure so I can measure my vital statistics as they shrink.