Well, that almost seemed like forever, but I sit back and realise it usually takes people a lot longer to lose the amount of weight I've lost. I've lost a grand total of 7 stone 3 pounds and I'm now at my target weight of 13 stone, with a starting weight of 20 stone 3 pounds.
My Slimming World journey started on 7th January 2016, being one of the most sceptical new members you've met. Why was I sceptical? Because I couldn't get my head around the fact that you can eat as much food as you wanted, as long as it was healthy and Syn Free. As time went on I understood the plan more and weight seemed to drop off.
I've not lost weight every week, there's been six weeks where I've put on weight as I've been off plan and two weeks where I've stayed the same, but I've still managed to average a weight loss of just under 2.5 pounds per week. Here's pictures of my weight loss.
Not sure what happened to Week 18, I have input my weight, which is 15st 10lbs, with a total loss to that point of 4st 6½lbs.
The dates shown show the week commencing date, each week I got weighed in, in group on a Thursday. Along with my girlfriend Fliss and step son George. The group that we go to is Nicci Montgomery's 7:00 PM group in Bedworth, which we've been going to since 7th January. Apart from the very odd occasion, we've stayed to the group after we've weighed in, Nicci will go around everyone, reveal how much weigh they've lost, make sure people are OK if they've put weight on that week and everyone gives encouragement to each other. The support Nicci & the group have given me has been epic.
My encouragement & support hasn't just been from Fliss, George and the group though. As many of my Facebook friends will know, I post my latest weight loss or gain on Facebook every Thursday. These posts tend to get a lot of likes and comments from friends and family. I'm not going to list all the people here as there is too many to mention, but each like and every comment that my posts get have also helped encourage me a hell of a lot and kept me going to my target.
I genuinely can't put into words how much all this encouragement and support has meant to me, it really means so much, and I appreciate every single like, every single comment and all the support in person from the group and family. It might not seem like a lot to the people giving me the support but it really means the world to me.
That's not the end of the journey though, Fliss and George have both lost over 2st each and want to power on to their targets and I want to be able to maintain my weight, so we'll keep going to group, keep on the plan, and who knows, I might change my target after Christmas, but we'll have to see how I feel then.
Now for the photos:
vvv And as I trimmed my massive beard last night vvv
