Yesterday, the scales showed me just what I wanted to see. I am 28lbs down and have reached my little goal for the week albeit two days late.

I still have 6 weeks until my mini break and would like to lose another 14lb. Can I do it? I’ll certainly give it my best shot.

I have upped the exercise to 25km on the exercise bike this week. I am over halfway to my achieving my challenge and I am feeling confident that this is MY YEAR to get the best results I can.

I’m even going to participate in a charity walk later this year.

I’m feeling really positive on this now.

I didn’t make my 4lb target this week. I did 3lbs.

It’s still 8lbs in 2 weeks which I am REALLY chuffed with.

That’s 27lb off in around 3 months.

I am noticing a change in my body already. My breasts are getting smaller. My thighs look slimmer. My post baby tummy is going down and I look healthier in the face.

I have found in the past that extra exercise can slow down weight loss for a few weeks. This is due to muscle growth and giving your body a chance to adjust so I am not at all disheartened that I didn’t do my mini target. I will have done it by next Tuesday I am sure of it.

IF I was to continue at an average loss of just 1lb per week from now until my wedding, I am looking at 28lbs loss. That’s 56lb if I do my 2lb target! That’s 4 stone (in English metric weights) and it will have me a good 20lb smaller than I’ve been at my lowest weight. That really is an incentive to do 2lbs per week in itself.

24lbs lighter than I was when I started this diet.

Another 4lbs and I’m in the next “stone” down and I would have lost 2 stone exactly. I can do this with a little effort. That’s my challenge for next week.

1lb away from being halfway to my “realistic” target but I hope I can do better than that.

I have now travelled 80km of my challenge.  Yesterday was a rest day and I felt good for it. I am charting my distance on a calander to keep track.

I am sure my lower arms are getting thinner.

Most importantly my hard work is paying off. It just gives me more confidence to do this.

Don’t ya just love exercise?

Serious, my mind has been taken over by some sort of personal trainer person.

My most wonderful future husband has bought me an exercise bike as he knows how hard I am trying to loose weight. He is a superstar.

He even set me a positive challenge.

In 8 weeks we go away for the weekend. It’s the other side of England. He said to see if I can cycle it before we go.

It’s a very do-able 406km (252miles) Here in England we measure in miles but my exercise bike is set to km, so I put that first.

It seems no distance at all.

In the first 3 nights of having my new cycle I have managed 17.5 km, 20km and 22.5km respectively. That’s 60km covered already. Based on 100km per week (20km x 5 allowing 2 rest days) I should have it done in another 3 weeks. So the target I’ve set myself is to get there AND back before we go.

I am getting to be quite competetive and I am so pleased that he knows me well enough to be able to set me a target! It is his way of supporting me and it gives me so much more self confidence and determination, I just can’t describe it.

Why did I have to wait until I was 27 to meet my amazing man?

The last 3 days have been divine.

I feel so good.

Cut back on the carbs, smaller portions, less snacks through boredom.

30 mins walking and 45 mins aerobics per day.

15 mins aerobics, 5 min break to rejuvenate with glass of water. Repeat 3 times. Rest for remainder of evening.

Cutting down on fizzy drinks – the coffee is a bit of a struggle but doing it gradually.

Eating cereal for breakfast.

Fruit with lunch.

Sleeping well.

I really want to keep this up.

Just got to see what the scales say next Monday morning.

Last week wasn’t great.

OK, last TWO weeks could have been far better.

I’ll blame the kiddo’s birthday.

Still, a small thing like that won’t hold me back. Time to press on.

I CAN and WILL do this!

I don’t update here very often but I like to record milestones and future challenges!

Now 12 weeks into my diet. I am roughly bang on schedule of what I wanted to achieve.

I have now lost 24lb since I began this diary.

Even the most rubbish person at maths can work out that it’s a nice healthy 2lbs loss per week on average when trust me, I have had some abysmal weeks.

I put on 8lb in the run up to christmas with a “week off” the “diet” and boy did I feel the effects. I was snappy, lethargic and I felt angry at myself.

Still, 26th December was the turning point and I have lost that excess weight already thanks to sensible eating and getting back into a little exercise routine some days.

The week before christmas consisted of 4 takeaways, a night out drinking, being carefree with the carbs and endless snacks. On top of that I couldn’t get out due to snow and ice. I am pleased that period is over and I am back on track.

The new year gives me more hope and more incentives as my wedding draws ever closer.

I am currently 7lb LIGHTER than when I joined weight watchers last January, and 1/2lb heavier than when I stopped going mid February! In that time I have had another baby so I am really chuffed with myself and feeling really confident. I can do this and I AM doing it.

My next target? Another 18lb over the next 10 weeks!

Why? Because that will have me back at the same weight I was when I met bf 2 1/2 years ago. The weight/size I was before I put on 20lbs of contentment and put on further weight with the two boys. That would be SUCH an achievement for me and something I feel I need to do for myself.

Today I got myself some new jogging bottoms for exercising in. A smaller size than normal but I am sure I could get away with the  next size down since these just sit loose on my legs and thighs and they feel like they are loose round my middle. We’ll have to see how it goes when I try to do some home aerobics this evening when all kids are settled.

I need to work on my arms as I’m in the process of buying something sexy and strapless. I don’t want to be paranoid about my arms on a certain day in August.

On the same subject, I’m having to be careful with my engagement ring where my fingers are shrinking. It now fits (albeit snugly) on my middle finger when it never used to get over my knuckle before. So there is visible weightloss in most places.

Overall, knowing I have lost this much weight with around 31 weeks to go, I feel good and confident in my abilities. I am certainly feeling happier and healthier than I have done for a long time but there is still a long way to go.

After a couple of weeks where I was well and truly stuck, I found a new lease of life and have now lost my first stone. That’s 14lbs to you US and Canadian people.

That’s a FIFTH of my target already. I can do this. I need to keep disciplined and feeling confident in myself.

I am currently working on my upper arms and trying to tone them a little. I’ll get there.

Yes, I am still running this, but I am finding time so precious, I don’t often have the time to do this.

However, it IS good news.

I am 10lb down now. I am doing well.

I am also back to a size 18 top and down to a 38DD bra; which is good. It’s still nice to have big boobs but I prefer these to the 40F I went up to when pregnant. (I don’t know how bra sizes work in the US but it means I am down 2 inches from bust and 2 cup sizes.)

The fabulous hubby to be even commented yesterday that my bum is getting smaller. This is reason enough in itself for me to marry this man!!!

I have been every mans nightmare this week. The Woman In The Clothes Shop should be made into a horror movie.

Plot would be this:

Woman takes his money, spends ages deciding. Buys things. Doesn’t like them. Wants to take it back. Woman needs to do more shopping. Doesn’t like second item, but likes a cardigan instead. Returns second item, keeps cardigan!  Woman goes shopping for a THIRD time, finally tries it on in a shop. It fits. Pays for it with returns money, and then buys jewellery with leftover cash. The end. Man lives til next shopping trip, to be called The Woman In The Clothes Shop 2 – The Return To Shoppng Hell.

The first top, was the size I used to be. But it clung in the wrong places and fell off my shoulders, was baggy around the chest and was incredibly unflattering.

Top 2, the size I thought I was, was far too big around top. Sagged around chest and didn’t even fit into my armpit area and this was a halterneck so it needed to be close.

Top 3, perfect. Not a style I’d normally choose but it looked great on me. It fit at the top and the middle. It was really good feeling that something DOES actually fit me! Best of all, it’s a size 18! I thought I was more a 22. The halterneck was a 22 and looked like a frigging tent. I’m the first to admit I’m bigger round the bottom and thighs than anywhere else so it can be a nightmare finding something that fits in the right places.

I’m beginning to realise that I am not as big as I think I am.

I have a long way to go with body confidence and getting to where I want to be but I am getting somewhere and feeling very very positive about it.

It’ s been a week since I started my diet. It runs Monday to Sunday and my weigh in time is Monday morning.

Today is the first time I can report a loss and Iam very pleased to  reveal that I have lost SIX pounds!!!

In terms for me to “see” 6lbs, it’s HALF of my youngest son. He was also weighed this morning and is 11lb 14oz.

I  am feeling super confident and the fact I know I am working hard and getting the right results spurs me on further.

Let’s see if I can do 3lbs or more this week! That’s my little goal for the next 7 days.