Well done Sue,
That is a great amount to loose in one week! I hope that i have a big drop like that in my first week!! Sounds like your doing very well!!

I start on Friday and seeing you at the beginning is a great inspiration for me!!!

Well-done again!!! Keep it up!

Jim

Woooo hooo!!!! Congrats on your HUGE loss Sue! Just think all up your not far off the 8kg's that your husband thinks you need to loose! lol Most the time men dont have a clue and I know that I can hide the kg's well as I am tall. I am really enjoying your diary and you already seem to have a bunch of followers which is really lovely!

You can do it Sue! Remeber to stay 100% Deviation free as even a little cheat is SO NOT WORTH 1 week worth of weight-loss. Keep up the great work

xx

Ow one thing- I dont know if your goal weight BMI is correct? Maybe you typed in some wrong numbers in regards to your height as a healthy BMI is between 19.5-25. Just in case :-)

xx

Great start, Sue, and it's good to include that previous loss leading up to it as well. That way you can get the whole picture of the "reformation" as you go, which is psychologically important - to see how far you've come turning your life around.

Hi Sue,

Thought i would drop by and see how you are doing? I have finally made a start now so we are in the same boat!! lol
Looking forward to seeing how you have done so far!!!

Jim

Hi everyone. My adsl line is down so I have not been able to post. All going well. I am using my phone and it's a pain. Jim I will try to read your diary to see how it's going. Take care everyone.
Sue

Hi Sue, It's a bugger about your Internet connection. Hope you're back online soon. Well done on completing week one so successfully. Go Sue!! Cheers, Cate

We don't realise how reliant we become on technology until it's taken away from us! I feel like my hands have been cut off without internet!

Glad to hear everything is going well. You should be starting to feel like a new person in no time now!

Well finally the internet is back up and running. Niyah, you are so right, we managed perfectly well without mobile phones and internet, but now when they are not working we don't know what to do.

So the second week is over. It has been another good week. I am feeling in control. It's a loss of 2.1kg this week so I am very excited. I feel that my clothes are becoming looser which is great.

I have a bit of a sore throat starting and I am hoping it will just go away if I don't acknowledge it. I am not keen to take medicine, and not sure what is ok to take. Especially when things are going so well.

I will be back later to read diaries and see how everyone is going.

Nicole thanks for pointing out the BMI on my ticker. I did one of those measurements where they put electrodes on your hand and foot and send a current through it and then it gives the breakdown of your body composition. It gave me a range of goal weights that equated to BMI 22 - 25. I have chosen the bottom one as my goal. This means that when I reach goal my BMI should be 22. I will see though how I am feeling and looking and whether I need to adjust it down. The ticker doesn't reflect the individual measurement. As I go I will keep having the body composition done every month to see how it has changed and to get an accurate reading.

Take care
Sue

Fantastic progress! Glad to hear it's all going well for you and you've survived the really tough bit at the start. From now all it will all start falling into place and eventually just become second nature.

Do you what you need to do to survive if you do get sick. Some things just have to be put up with if they are essential, others it's a choice - e.g. cough mixtures etc. You can live without them, just makes life a bit less pleasant. If essential if coughing keeps you awake at night, you can get sugar-free ones. During the day there's usually other ways to cope. An alternative during the day is to make your own mixture using freshly squeezed lemon juice (part of "fruit allowance for day") and drops of sugar substitute which are allowable. (If you can get them where you are - otherwise put hot water on a tablet and use the mixture to sweeten).

I'm a bit the same on the BMI. I've "planned" to stop when I get to the very top end of a healthy range for me, but it does all depend on how I look and how I feel. I'm almost 50 and my skin nowhere near as elastic as before etc, so for me it will be a matter of continual assessment as to how I think it's going.

Thanks so much Niyah for your advice and support. Well I didn't get sick! I managed to fight it off and I am feeling great.

It is really going so well, I feel so positive and energised even though I am waking once a night for my little girl.

My jeans, which 3 weeks ago, I had to undo the button by the end of the day, are getting looser all over, not just in the waist.

I had a wedding last night and I didn't even feel tempted by all the delicious food that was available. I had some salad and some roasted beef. I felt incredibly virtuous. I like this feeling, the contol is amazing.

This weekend is also quite hectic. I have a bookclub tea at me tomorrow and Sat and Sun night I have functions. But I will cope with the temptation.

Gotta go fetch kids from school. Be back later.

Sue

So the weekend is over and I can breathe a sigh of relief. I have been very good in spite of all the functions. I am pre TOM and feeling a bit hungry. But I will just try to keep drinking water.

Someone I know, but not well, lost their 15 yr old son in a car accident yesterday. I just can't stop thinking about it. It is really so sad. No one should have to bury their child. And I should know because I too lost a son, although he was just five weeks old. But that's a story for another time.

Foodwise going well, will be weighed tomorrow although preTOM. I am sure that I am retaining water a bit. It will be interesting to see how my weight shedding is affected by it.

On another thread someone said don't say weight "loss" cause that means you're trying to find it. Rather say shed so that is what I will do, because I sure as hell don't want to find it again. I want to say goodbye forever to this fat that has protected me, but prohibited me from being the real me.

Enjoy your day wherever you are.

Hi Sue, Well done on getting through the weekend unscathed. Sadness used to make me reach for "comfort" food. It's great that you didn't. I think any parent grieves for other parents who lose a child. We can imagine how it would feel. I'm so sorry.
I like the idea of shedding weight, rather than losing it. It's a much better word. It's like shrugging it off. Give yourself lots of credit for getting through a tough weekend Sue. Sending you a big hug, xoxo Cate

Thanks Cate. I am really in control and don't feel like deviating, although I know that wont always be the case. In the meantime I am doing well.

It's another 2.1kg gone this week. I am finally into double figures, no more triples for me! Ever! So I feel great about that too.

I feel really blessed to be travelling this road right now, with the knowledge that it's the right one for me.

Thanks for all the support.