It's been a little while since my last blog post, but I've hit the 4.5 stone mark, having been half a pound off last week. I've now lost a grand total of 4 stone 11.5 pounds, starting at 20 stone 3 pounds and now I'm 15 stone 5.5 pounds, in 18 weeks, which is astonishing when you think about it. So far, I've lost weight every single week, even on the weeks I've been a bit naughty, like going to Comic Con, going to my parents for the weekend and last week when we celebrated my step son's birthday and had cake, steak, chips and breaded chicken with a sweet chilli dip.
Remembering back to 2008 when I successfully lost a lot of weight previously (before putting it all back on & more) it took me until the end of May to have lost 4 stone, but that was when I was doing it on my own, with no help from Slimming World. Even my ex-girlfriend, who was supposed to be dieting with me, wasn't much help, but it's different now as my current girlfriend is doing it with me and is giving me the help and support I need, along with my step-son, it's a whole family effort, which really helps. One of the other things that helps a lot is the encouragement I get from friends and family on Facebook, who will all know that I post every Thursday, how much I've lost and there's a lot of them who like and/or comment on my post, all of which helps and encourages me to continue with my weight loss. The other major thing that helps me is seeing the results, seeing my weight appear on the scales at my Slimming World group and seeing the progress is great, the support from the group and consultant, Nicci is great too.
I am visually slimmer too, having gone down from wearing 48 to 50 inch waist trousers to a 42 is amazing and even they're getting to the point they're slightly too big now. Had two people at work comment on the weight yesterday too, which made me feel good about myself, while both are on Facebook, I don't know if they actually read my status' or pay attention to anything else I post, if they do, then great. The physical difference I can notice in myself makes me feel good within myself and also encourages me to continue, still need to get my belly down a bit, but it is noticeably smaller.
I'm also cooking more lately, which pleases my girlfriend. Might not cook every day or every week, but I cook every now and then, and while I'm not the most confident cook on the planet, all of my meals seem to come out well and everyone enjoys them. Cooked SW spag bol earlier this week and then the SW Szechuan Pork (it's beef in the book, but it doesn't really matter what meat you use, as long as it's lean and all the visible fat is removed) last night.
I'm getting there and I'm eager to continue losing weight until I get to target. My initial target is 14 stone but might lower it to 13 stone if I'm still not 100% happy with myself.
