Not quite at my anniversary as I started at the end of Feb 2025 but wanted to add to all the updates.
i am unsure what size I was as I wore a lot of stretchy forgiving type clothes but must have been around a 20. Now wearing 14 which are starting to feel loose so I suspect I am closer to a size 12 overall which I haven’t worn since I was in my mid twenties.
SW 16 st 10 lb
CW 11 st 4lb
My asthma has vastly improved, I don’t gasp for air after walking upstairs my knees and hip no longer hurt especially after walking any kind of distance and I have so much more energy. I also no longer snore at night and have not had any full on chest issues when having a cold etc.
I have done more stuff around the house so sorting etc, got back to more cooking and baking like I used to and recently got into making sourdough bread and sourdough based baked goods. Hubby reckons his IBS has almost gone through the combo of sour dough bread and most meals being home cooked.
I have a few things I have learnt along the way.
Being fat cushioned my bones on the bum etc, weird to feel ribs etc again. It also seemingly helped keep me warm as I feel the cold so much more now. I also bump into things less than I used to and just feel genuinely less clumsy.
Revisited Disneyland Paris over the summer and after a full day in the park walking back to the car whilst my feet ached a bit I didn’t feel like I was dying lol. Last time I literally could not speak and just was concentrating on one step at a time and hubby ended up telling me to wait at the top of the car park and he got the car and picked me up.
I used to grow a lot of salads and veggies when the kids were younger, but in recent years I didn’t have the energy or time, but I want to get back into it now as I loved it and having fresh salad leaves on tap is lovely.
Finally I have been looking back and realised my narcissist parent spent years telling me to eat everything on my plate, then telling me I was fat and undermining my confidence. I look at pictures now and I was not fat. I went a bit hippy at 13-14 due to hormones but was slim but big busted at 18. I had convinced myself I was always fat, but now know in my twenties I was a size 10-12 and a healthy weight definitely not obese. After my third and fourth child the weight creeps on and from my late 30’s I have lost and put back on the same 3-4 stone several times.
MJ has helped me to get over that 3 stone ish limit I used to hit and now fast approaching 6 stone loss I feel so much better.
My next year is about positive changes, more home cooking, keeping up with minimising ultra processed food. More exercises-need some exercise clothing so I can do some classes rather than just home stuff. Getting the garden sorted again and growing more of my own food and flowers like I used to. Just general organising of the house now I have more energy and motivation. I feel I have about 1-2 stone to lose and I feel I will know when it’s enough tbh. I want to be in the healthy range, but not skinny so a size 10-12 again but fitter is where I want to aim for. I then think I will try tapering down. Not sure if I can come off or if I will stay on a low dose. Even now I am only on 5 mg as did most of my losses on the lowest dose.
well done to ev1 on you losses and here’s to us all having a fitter, healthier, happier 2026.