Fourth Weigh-In

Hello Everyone.

Well, last time I left you with myself at 199.9kg or roughly 31 1/2 stone. After breaking the 200kg barrier, my next one is the 30 stone barrier.

There were 2 weeks between my third weigh-in and my fourth - I had no realistic hopes of losing a stone and a half in that time, but I did hope that I'd be well on the way, and lose between a full stone and a half.

Well the good news is that I made that target - the bad news is - not by much. This time the scales levelled out at 196.5kg, a drop of 3.4kg or 7 1/2lb. So what's the summary, I 've lost another good chunk, just over half a stone again, but my rate of loss keeps declining - half a stone first gone in 5 days, then 9, now 14. I'm still going, and I realistically knew that my rate of loss would never stay at my initial rate, but I do hope that it won't dip much more anytime soon.

I've also promised to be honest in this blog, and I've got to admit that this weekend saw me really slip up for the first time. The local fast food joints of Aldridge have had their profits slashed because of my attempts at ways-changing. Let's just say that Saturday night I felt low and and took a pretty major step backwards.

My job now is not to let myself do what I've done in the past and throw ny toys out the pram because of a setback, instead I've got to pick myself up, dust myself down, and keep going. I'm still going in the right direction - I've just got to keep it that way.

By the way, an Archdemon that I know and love has commented that a perhaps a better name for this, rather than 'Barrett's Bulging Belly', could be 'Richard's Reducing Radius' - obviously more positive, and I hope that I can prove him right. P'raps I'll change it if I have some good news next time.

I'm next on the scales early in Holy Week - I promise I'll let you know.

Third Weigh-In

Yes, I know that my titles are spectacularly unoriginal!

I was back in the doctor's and back on the scales on Friday. You may remember how at my last weigh-in I'd lost 3.2kg, and I was really hoping that I'd be able to lose a similar amount again - losing 3.2kg from 203.1kg would cross a nice milestone.

You might also remember that the only scales that go up to my weight were those in the pregnancy clinic, and once again it was in use, which was fair enough really, they aren't really meant for me!

Anyway, my weight nurse Jackie suggested that we try the scales there in her room, which go up to... 200kg exactly. So the term 'all or nothing' comes to mind - if her scales could weigh me at all - then I'd have cracked that first milestone.

And the result, the digital scales crept up, and up, and froze - and finished at exactly 199.9kg!

So I'd met that target, I've basically lost a stone in a fortnight, which I'm quite chuffed about really - but I know that I still have an awful long way to go! So yes, I'm still at roughly 31 1/2 stone - so my next goal is to break the 30 stone barrier. I won't be weighed again for another fortnight - I'm sure it's too much to hope that I'll make that jump in 14 days, but it would be lovely to be well on the way!

One more little thing to quickly update you on - I also mentioned in my first post that I would soon be starting on a course of pills with pretty unpleasant side effects. I'm actually quite chuffed to say that I only started those on Friday, so the weight I've lost so far was without their help, but I'm now hoping that with their help I'll keep going...