And now here I am at the beginning of February and I've lost another 5lb+ and weigh in at 17 stone 5lb. I have now got hope that I can reach 15 stone by this summer which will be great. It should make a big difference to how much I am able to do. If we get some nice weather I should be able to go for walks. It had been very difficult walking as my knees would hurt and I'd get cramps and pains down my shins. Since losing some weight that has eased off and I am more active even though I'm still dramatically overweight.
If I can make it to 15 stone for this summer I can actually forsee getting down to 12 and a half stone for next Christmas and then maybe 10 stone for the following summer.
I know at one time I actually weighed 8 and a half stone and I can remember the shock and horror when I realised I'd gone up to 12 and a half. How that managed to get up to 15 I do not know, but I remember I was 15 stone when I met Peter and somehow in the years since then I gained over 5 more stones!
Now the idea of ever getting back to 8 and a half stone seems an impossible dream, especially as I will have lots of loose skin which is bound to weigh heavy too - but if I set myself reachable targets I really think I can get there and watching it go down is so encouraging.
I've set myself mini goals and by the end of February I want to be no more than 17 stone. If I can then lose half a stone a month I can be at 15 stone by the end of June which means I could come back from the summer weighing 14 stone. That gives me a bit of lee-way for Christmas.
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