So, it's been a while, hasn't it? Apparently Sue thought so, and told me so on my message board (was going to put a link here, but got lazy - I'm sure you can find it from the front page). Actually though it was a good thing, so thanks Sue, I do need the occasionally kick up the arse. In my defence, it has been a shit of a week though, I was involved in a minor accident on my motorbike (not my fault), long days at work, and generally just feeling tired and cranky. And seriously...you don't want to hear from me when I'm a cranky Mopsy.
So yes (as Sue pointed out) the progress news on Tuesday was another small loss - the big deal about that is I am now officially a 60s girl! And let me tell you, it feels damn good!!! (If I could work out how to spell that screeching noise that James Brown does - I would write it here. Actually another online buddy of mine, Nella, seems to have the lowdown on how to write sounds so maybe she could post it on the message board for me).
In the last couple of weeks, although the scales have been moving slower than before, my measurements are still steadily going down, meaning that I'm having a great time... no no wait, make that a GREAT time getting into all my old clothes. I was in a transitional stage there for a while which meant that a bag of my old skinny clothes was on the floor creating a mess, while my fat clothes were hanging in the closet not being worn much either. So a couple of weekends ago, I tried on everything I own and decided whether to keep it or chuck it. Not being a sentimentalist, the lovely pair of size 16 jeans that I'm wearing in the first progress photo has been given the heave-ho. I can now wear nearly every pair of jeans I own, including some size 13s and a size 12 pair (generous sizing though I would say). I only have one more pair of jeans that I can't currently wear, and I'm dangerously close to squeezing my diminishing arse into those as well.
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So, I got a really positive response from people about my last journal entry, and I felt quite inspired to keep writing about it earlier in the week. I sat down at work and wrote (like with pen and paper, no computer access at that particular moment) screeds on some stuff about setting goals. I'm planning over the weekend to transfer that onto here - or at least something akin to it.
Some interesting comments were made this week on a forum I participate in. It seemed to be relevant to some of the stuff I was talking about in my last entry. I just want to reiterate that I think that while there are commonalities in people's journeys to try and lose weight, the individual differences are what makes this tough. Weight Watchers or other similar plans may give you some information about what behaviours you need to change, and what you need to change them to, but it's your individual struggle to try and overcome your obstacles to making those changes. Knowing yourself is really important - there is stuff that no book in the world, no programme, no professional will ever be able to tell you until you reflect on who you are and why you are that way. Having that information and combining it with the programmes and books and counsellors can then give you great power, but you have to be prepared to know yourself first. I think this is the hardest thing.