GOAL

Well it is official!

I have now reached the goal of 100lbs lost!

In fact, on 5th May 2012 I weighed in at 9 stone 9.2lbs which is an exact loss of 101lbs! (7 stone and 3lbs exactly!).

Could not be happier! 

I have now switched my tracker to maintain and I have gone from having 26pp per day, to 32pp per day! 

As I am writing this in retrospect I am going to fill you in on the past 2 weeks of maintenance:

As part of my maintenance plan I have decided to myself that I can eat all daily points and all weekly points. I don’t have to eat all weeklies but if I want to I will allow it! I have also decided not weigh every week, but to weigh once every 2 weeks, and if my weight is stable, then I will move to once a month. Of course the exercise level stays the same and to some degree intensifies as I want to tone tone and tone some more. Plus, well after a year and a half with exercise… I don’t feel right until it is done! 

Week One

Week one on maintenance was amazing. I ate a lot, I treated myself to stuff that I never would (cake!) at 10pp per slice – but I had the spare points! So why not? This is living it now, I have to live. But as always, I must remain within my points allowance. That is the only rule! 

I was feeling great, in control and happy. I didn’t weigh in, I felt fine.

Week Two

Ok in week two I carried on eating, I carried on counting and I carried on enjoying the food. I must admit, I had a sneak peek and it showed a 5lb gain. Well that sickened me! I felt bloated, huge and like I had failed. Okay, it’s only 6 extra pp a day but you’d be surprised how far that goes!!!! 42 extra points a week! Plus weeklies = yum! I felt like I wanted to switch back to lose. I felt awful. Almost like I had cheated myself. Even though I hadn’t cheated!!! In fact, I still have my clean record, and as of today – that is 506 days on the wagon! At the end of week two – weighed in. I was 9 stone 9.8lbs. That was a gain of 0.6lbs – which is kind of irrelevant isn’t it. So could it be… that maintenance actually works!?

Well I am now in week 3 of maintenance and no I didn’t switch back to losing! Will keep you posted on this! 

Thanks for reading!

* picture of me and my fiancé at our engagement party & said cake - 10pp of yum!