I’ve found a weight loss recording app which means that I will record my daily weigh ins there, and only record my weight on Fridays on this thread.
So - today I am still at 9st 6.75lb, which is incredible given the Easter splurges, and normal amounts of exercise (2 x 7 mile walks and a few jaunts). Essentially, I’ve stayed lost half a pound this week. I’ve been back properly on it for three days, and am motivated to keep going.
I tried some of my size 14 workwear, that I was comfortable in last Jan/Feb, when I was 10st 12lb or so, and the skirts are quite big on me now. So I tried the 12s, from the previous year, and they comfortably do up. So I tried the 10s, from about three years ago, which was largely a step too far, but one of them fitted! Amazing. Ok, they are White Stuff, where the fit is generous, but it’s great to see progress. I have worn nothing but loungewear since the start of the year, which is always very forgiving!
London permanently slim friends’ natural eating habits are an education for me! I too would have eaten the cream tea and the pizza without a second thought. One super slim acquaintance (she is nearly 15 years younger than me though) only ever has one small bite of any cake. Birthday cake, Christmas cake, whatever. She tastes it and that is it. Ok, that is extreme, but she enjoys what she has, works out with a personal trainer twice a week, come what may, and is a size 6. Other slim friends are less extreme, but make different choices eg we would meet for lunch and I would order a Brie, bacon and cranberry panini and eat it all, and she would order a roasted vegetable panini and eat a bit more than half.