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Day 29: Monsieur Soixante-Dix Point Neuf

Back to old Mr 70.9. Just another kilogram to go and then I'm down into the 60s, which will be a huge milestone! I'm doing two yoga and pilates classes this weekend, so hopefully that will help. Whatever you're doing, I hope you have a great weekend.

Day 28: Hurray!

I actually weigh 0.4kg less today (about a pound), which is fantastic. I’d forgotten what that felt like. It probably helped that I actually stuck to my diet yesterday. Today I meant to take a pretty pink rose quartz semi-precious bead into work and put it on my desk (but forgot), but I’m going to do the same thing for every day on which I stick to my diet. Then I’m going to string the beads into a necklace at the end of my 14-week challenge. Hopefully there’ll be enough there for a long necklace and not just a choker!

Today I weigh 71.0kg, which is 11st 2.5lbs. I can't wait to get below 11 stone - that will be a huge milestone for me.

Day 27: Will Smith and Self-Discipline

Wow - I just watched this motivational video featuring Will Smith, and it is AMAZING. He says: 'The marines have a saying - everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die'. It's so true: I want a hot body and to look great, but I don't want to stop eating chocolate and doughnuts. He talks about how self-discipline is the key to achieving your dreams.
I weigh 71.4kg today, but am going to exercise self-discipline from now on. I have 71 days until the book launch: each day, I'll eat sensibly, exercise and 'lay a brick', and eventually I'll have a 'wall' and be two stone lighter. Slowly but surely, little by little, the weight will come off.
Anyhow, watch this video: it will change your life.

Day 26: Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose

For some reason, Blogger isn't allowing me to add a photo of my weight, possibly because the huge number might put a massive strain on its servers and crash them. So it's 71.3kg.

By the way, I'm very sorry that this has turned into the most boring blog in existence. I kind of only keep it to try and keep myself accountable on the weight front, lest I balloon into morbid obesity and have to be airlifted to hospital for a gastric band operation. (Even typing that fills me with dread, because it seems so eminently possible.)

Anyhow, I hope you're having a lovely evening. Thank you for visiting, and I shall endeavour to be more interesting tomorrow.

Day 25: No Longer Fatt

Today I weigh 71.1kg (11st 2.8lbs), so I haven't gained any weight. However, today I'm a quarter of the way through The 14-Week Challenge, and I've only lost 2.2kg (roughly 5lbs). 5lbs in three-and-a-half weeks isn't exactly Biggest Loser territory!

So I'm going to set myself some short-term challenges. By this Sunday (19th), I want to have lost another 3lbs (1.4kg) and weigh under 11 stone. 11 stone appears to be the weight that I stick at most, so getting under that will be a big achievement.

Then, by the following Thursday (23rd), I want to have lost another 2lbs (0.9kg), taking me down to 150.6lbs (69.3kg). Getting under 70kg will be another achievement.

Wish me luck!

Day 24: Still Fatt

Still no scales, so tomorrow will be the day of reckoning. By the way, last night we watched Insatiable on Netflix, and it was rubbish! It was apparently meant to be funny but it was lousy and ridiculous by turns. No likeable characters, no one relatable, just a load of wrinkly goat balls. Oh well - at least it wasn't censored, so I didn't have to wonder what I was missing.

Day 23: Fatt

The truth is that I have absolutely no idea what I weigh today, because I'm at my husband's house and his scales are out of battery. When I stood on them I thought the digital display said 'fatt', and I thought 'That's a bit harsh - and misspelt, too!' But it turns out it just said 'batt', meaning low battery, and unfortunately my husband didn't have any replacement batteries.

So I am probably in for a surprise when I next stand on the scales on Monday morning...

Day 22: The Slow Plateau

There’s nothing like your weight plateauing to make you sigh. I know it’s not forever, and that I’ll lose weight eventually. As people say: I didn’t put on four stone instantly, so why should I lose it instantly? But I wish I could of course.
By the way, I’ve stopped posting about these blogs because they are super-boring and are mainly for me to remain accountable! But thank you for reading them anyway.

Day 21: Hallelujah!

It's not good to let your weight define your happiness, but I can't help but feel pleased that I weigh less today! I ate 1,300 calories yesterday - 500 more than before - and lost 0.7kg. Long may this last.

Day 20: A Transitional Time

So I’m going through an odd transition. It’s massively frustrating to have slashed my calories to 850 and be *putting on* weight. I’m starting to think this is the body and weight I’m stuck with - but is that really so bad?


Yes, it’s unhealthy to be overweight, and I don’t look so good, but I’m doing everything I can to lose the weight and it isn’t happening. So maybe I need to learn to accept my body? I’m in good health as far as I know, and every part of my body works as it’s meant to, so I’m very lucky.

I don’t feel confident enough to start dating again, but maybe someone lovely and unsuperficial will come along when I least expect it. In the meantime, I’ll carry on eating healthily and up my calories to the recommended 1,200 - maybe even 1,400 to start with. I’ll check in here daily and let you know how I go.