Sorting Out

Bit unusual of me to post so close together, but I have weight loss news, which is that I finally cracked the 50lbs loss mark! I had hoped to hit this in February, but then after all the craziness mentioned in my previous post, I'd rather psyched myself out and thought I would never get there. However, I weighed myself on Friday and came in at 78.5kg (173.1lbs). I practically did a lap of victory around the meeting desk at Karis
when I got off the scales, I was so chuffed! This is a big milestone and I am proud, amazed and frankly a little surprised that I've come this far, and very excited to continue on to hit further goals.

Anyhoo, the real reason I wanted to post today was due to a rather impromptu wardrobe sort out that ocurred this afternoon. I've recently developed an addiction to Teemagnet (a website that showcases 8 other sites which offer super-cheap t-shirts for 24 hours only) and so I really needed to make room for all my new t-shirt purchases. As such, I thought now would be a good time to banish some of my "fat" clothes from my wardrobe forever. Whilst it was a bit sad to part with some of my favourite items of clothing, it was really quite therapeutic and sort of liberating to just take a fair chunk of my wardrobe and bin it. Anyway, I seem to be rambling; the point of this story is this: remember that progress picture I posted a few entries back, and on the left I was wearing a Batman tee and black pencil skirt? Well, I found the pencil skirt and, for fun, tried the outfit on again. As you can see from the picture here, I think I'm pulling the look off a lot more now than I was then! Unfortunately, I had to throw the skirt away after this photo was taken as I was actually having to hold it up a bit! I cannot tell you how amazing and incredibly satisfying it is to see this same outfit at different times, side-by-side, showing exactly how far I've come.

So here's my advice to anyone starting their weight loss journey. Pick an outfit (any outfit, but preferably something you like to wear) and take a full-body photo of yourself in it. Then keep it, and do this very thing with it in a year or so. When you see yourself so often in the mirror, it's often difficult to notice just how much you've changed, and just how big your old clothes are now. Seriously, I was ecstatic when I put the ensemble on (and even moreso when I binned the skirt shortly thereafter!) and I highly recommend this feeling.

Current Weight: 78.5kg

February Flop

Oh dear. I seem to have rather spectacularly fallen off the wagon during February. I did lose a little weight the first week, but then due to a combination of illness, exhaustion, a trip to Manchester and a general dip in motivation, my gym trips decreased a bit and my diet went somewhat out of the window. I did manage to keep a little bit of control and only gained 0.7lbs over the month, but I am pretty much kicking myself over the whole affair. I did so well in January and then everything went to pot somewhat.

In a bid to get myself back on track, I'm setting myself a few goals for March, and I'm doing it publicly so I can be held accountable! Here we go:

1. I shall be off booze again for the rest of the month. I had thought about doing this on alternate months, but then realised that these would fall on the months of me and my hubby's anniversary, the hubby's birthday and my birthday! But I may do these off and on throughout the year.
2. I have to start going to the gym at least 2-3 times per week again. I went today and it was actually really good for my motivation; I got a 5k PB of 00:35:25 and did my longest period of jogging without stopping (35 mins).
3. I currently weigh 175.9lbs (79.8kg), so my goal for the month is to be 170lbs (77.1kg) or less. I think this is achievable if I stick to my guns, food-wise.

I guess I'll check back in at the end of the month!

Current Weight: 79.8kg