7 weeks until the Easter Deadline

Well there has been no blog for some weeks now, you may have noticed!!

Things have been a bit up in the air. My granddaughter (pictured below at age 5 weeks) came into the world on 28th January and life has been in a bit of a spin since then.

The whole reason for starting the weight loss was to try and increase my chances of still being around when she started school – now she is here the impetus is even greater, my will power however has been put to the test significantly over the intervening period, and I therefore need a bit more focus.

My weight has gone in the wrong direction as too many temptations have been put in my way, but I have been doing the long 6 mile walk into work most days, although I was out the office last Thursday and Friday and again yesterday and drove up from Edinburgh this morning, so walk to work tomorrow will be the 1st time since last Wednesday.

I weighed in at 14st 6lbs last week, down two pounds on the previous week – I haven’t had the opportunity to weigh in yet this week, but I will be surprised if I am less that 14st 8lb, which whilst it is 2 stones less than when I started this journey it is very frustrating when I realise I was at 14st 1.5lbs the weekend before Christmas.

So to get to my 13stone target I still need to shed about 22lbs. At over 3lbs a week that is going to be a stretch, but lets go for it, and if I fail to meet the Easter deadline I will continue with this revised lifestyle – exercise and low calorie input most days and see where we are mid-year. I will keep up the chat until Easter – and probably beyond.

Many thanks to all my supporters over the past few months – last leg coming up!