First, I weighed myself. I've been eating like a trooper so really shouldn't be surprised I've put on most of a stone, and I was overweight to begin with. The horror of that was beginning to recede - I wear it well, I told myself. I still fit into my clothes, even if they are getting a bit tight.
Until today, anyway. My jeans have developed a hole (gee, wonder how that happened!) so away I went to get some new ones. I have no idea what I was thinking as I headed off to the skinny jeans section. Denial is powerful.
I still managed to frog-dance my way into my usual size, but it really wasn't pretty. I tried on the next size up, and it was much better (less hopping to get into them too).
They're still in the shop though. I couldn't bring myself to part with cash for the next size up, it felt like giving myself permission to keep stuffing. I still have non- holey jeans that I can get into just fine.
However, I have three and a half stones to lose before I'm back at a good weight for me. I'm always tired because I eat rubbish and stopped exercising so much (illness and injury) and I just feel like crap.
Slimming World has helped some people at work, and having looked at the books it actually seems to concentrate on real food albeit low fat, and stopping eating when you're full.
Is it really that easy? i keep hearing and reading about what sounds like practically miraculous weight loss. I looked at WW but the points would make me a crazy person by the end of the second day. Can you follow this one and retain both sanity and a good level of nutrition?
Sorry, I wrote so much!