Less than 3 stone less to lose now!

It has been three loooong weeks since I last weighed in or wrote anything. Can you guess why? I bet you can. Go on, give it a go. No, it is not because I magically lost 42 lbs overnight ( I wish). It is, of course, because I lost absolutely nothing. Zero. Nada. Zilch. Zip. Nil.

Today, I am weighing in as it is my birthday on Monday so much celebrating commenced today including, of course the immense eating of cake and other bad treats. So, I wanted to give myself the best shot possible! Today's weigh in included a loss of 1 lbs!!! Which is good, as it is the first anything I have lost in three frigging weeks, but I had been hoping for 2lbs and so I am only half way there. I'm trying desperately not to be disappointed as I don't want that to be my attitude to my weight loss journey. But I am. And I didn't get to nearly 25 years of life by lying to myself about this so I'm not going to start now. Fingers crossed that next weigh in day I am down at least 2 lbs if not 3 to make up for this week! I forgot to take full body shots to compare, so I will try to do that really soon as I think the gym is making a mark on my muscles, even if it isn't making any marks on the scales. So, official weight of 12 stone 6!

We won't talk about the dark days that stalled my weight loss. Or the fact I'm still struggling to pull myself out of them and fighting it at every moment. I have slipped into a bit of a carb-withdrawal accidentally. I didn't start it on purpose, but when I realised it I have encouraged it. I haven't had carbs for lunch 4 days out of the last week, and not for dinner on at least 3 days. I think it helped with weight loss and I didn't miss them too much. I have more than made up for it this weekend but I think I will try to keep it going through this week as it can't hurt.

I have also bought some chia seeds to try and replace the yoghurt in my morning smoothie. I think this will make a big difference to my levels of protein and fibre, and I hope to be able to cut out my morning fibre cereal as soon as the box is gone. I might weigh myself the next few days just out of interes, so if there is any positive change (such as an extra 1 lb gone!) I might weigh in again!