Share your successes - big or small - here

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I always find other peoples' successes incredibly motivating, so I thought I'd start a positive, inspirational thread where we can share our achievements - whatever their size. Whether it's a five stone loss to get to goal or that fantastic feeling when you drop to the next dress size, let's hear them all 😊

I'll start shall I 😁 I have a long history of eating disorders (I've been everything from a size 6 to a 28) so weight loss has always been a knotty one for me. However things were getting ridiculous - mobility problems due to RA, plus medication, plus too much delicious food meant that I was a size 24 at Easter (I needed to buy a new dress and that was the smallest size I could fit into). We don't have scales in the house so I've no idea how much I weighed, but I was 16st 1lb when I weighed at the doctor's last year. So probably about half a stone on top of that.

On Easter Monday I downloaded MFP and allowed myself 1600 calories a day. My plan was to not weigh (a slippery slope for me), log everything I ate and try to be as active as possible. I've now got down to a size 18. I'd like to be a 14, preferably by Christmas. So still a way to go! But I'm so happy with how things are going so far - I felt so much better in the hot weather last week than I have for years in the summer.

Tell me all your milestones and achievements to keep me (and everyone else) motivated!