Thank you, Sirzy & Debs. I'm afraid I'm rather photo-phobic so I don't have any photos at all! But what I do have, waiting in plastic bags for yet another trip to the charity shops, are the rest of the clothes (trousers, shirts, jumpers, jackets) I was wearing this time two years ago - I've already got rid of some stuff, but have been hanging onto the rest just in case I get big again. I tried some of them on the other day when I was having a clear out to make room for all the new clothes I'm buying, and it was staggering how big they are on me now. I think maybe a good way of reminding myself how far I've come is to put them on again. I'll do that before I go to bed. And then to the charity shop they go. No more 'just in case'.
That's a good question, Debs. What's been working for me has been calorie-counting along with a lot of walking, and general training myself to say 'no' to the things I love - which unfortunately remain biscuits, cake, chocolate and bread. I've been only allowing myself these as an occasional treat, and although there have been a few slips along the way with unplanned chocolate and cake fests, they've not lasted more than two days, and then I've been able to get back to calorie counting and treat resistance. Over the last few days I've slipped back into the 'I'll start again tomorrow' mentality which has been my downfall over four decades of yo-yo dieting.
OK, writing that, I think I've given myself the answer. I'm going to focus on tomorrow and not think about Friday, or the weekend, or next week. Just get through tomorrow at a reasonable calorie level - let's say 1500 because I'm going to find it too hard to get any lower than that after more than a week of overeating. Right, that's the plan. Thank you both!