An update on my weight loss

One of the major changes that I have to report since I was last blogging is that I did, eventually, lose the weight.  Losing weight is one of the most challenging but the most rewarding things I've ever done.  There is nothing like walking into a shop knowing that pretty much everything will fit, whether it looks good or not is a different matter altogether.

I looked back at some of the old blog posts I wrote about losing weight.  I'd forgotten some of the reasons I wanted to diet in the first place so it's nice to look back and read through what I was thinking at that time.

Here is what I wrote all those years ago.  http://wonkywatt.blogspot.com/2012/06/dieting.html

At the time I wrote that post I never thought I'd get to where I wanted to but I hoped that one day I might just do it.

I started that post by talking about my trigger points, that thing that makes someone want to lose weight and change their life for good.  Everyone has a trigger and I had many.  I was 30, fat and miserable and I didn't want to be 31, still fat and still miserable. 

I looked back at that old blog post and I've picked up on a few points.

I was 16 and a half stone, size 22-24 and I couldn't fit into my old clothes.

Now I'm a size 10/12 and I can't tell you how good it feels.  I had several trips to the charity shop to ditch the old me and endless shopping sprees to buy new, smaller sizes.  When you lose a lot of weight, like I did, you go through lots of different sizes and this can be expensive.  I never minded buying new clothes, even if they did only fit me for a few months.  You learn to be a bit of a fashionista, if it's too big, stick a chunky belt on and it'll be alright etc. etc.

I've given myself lots of small goals to work towards which I think is really important.

I still think this is important.  Even though I got to a healthy weight I'm still careful about what I eat.  When I've overindulged, on a holiday or at Christmas, then I use small, tiny goals to get back to where I want to be.

Another half a lb and I'll have lost 10% of my body weight on Weight Watchers.

Well I did lose that half a lb to get to my 10% and a whole lot more.  I actually lost 89lbs altogether.  I've tried to lift weights that are about a quarter of what I lost and I can't pick them up off the ground.  It's quite hard to imagine how I carried that weight around with me.  I've no idea how I did it.

It's not all about the numbers either, you can get all caught up with numbers and I don't think it's healthy.  Clothes and confidence can tell a bigger story.

I still believe this too, if you feel good about yourself then it shows in the way you hold yourself.  The more I lost the more confident I became.

The thing with losing weight is that you have to really want to do it and believe me, I really want to.

Well I did really want to do it and, and times, it was bloody hard work. 

It took me a long time, life, several operations, and a house move got in the way, but I didn't let it beat me.  I have to watch what I eat all the time and I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about it.  The hardest part now is keeping the weight off.  I'm still a fat girl inside and I don't think that will ever go away.  The important thing is that I did it and I'm never going back to that person again.

Glastonbury Festival 2011 v Download Festival 2016

It's been a long time.

Well, here I am, I'm back.  Looking back on my posts it's been 5 years since I last posted.  I think I must have got bored with the 365 day challenge or something so I gave up.

The fact is that I don't think that I have a lot to say but people keep telling me that I have so here we go again.

My brother keeps encouraging me to write a blog about my experiences with rheumatoid arthritis and how I cope with everyday life so, after a long wait, I decided that I should get back on it!

It took me ages to find my blog again.  I couldn't even remember what it was called or how I log into it.  Thanks to google, and their magic, I managed to find it and not only that, I managed to log back in again.

I've got a few ideas for a few posts so I best get cracking.