Ok so I haven't updated this for a while so sorry if this is a bit rambling
First I'm going to talk about how I am feeling etc them start on the physical changes.
After being on LT (which I found soul destroying) I really didn't think I would ever find a diet that worked...I ended up falling off the LT wagon with style before xmas when my best friend died. Losing weight just didn't seem important..nothing did...not even my up coming wedding. So I ate..and I ate... Then recently something changed, it may sound stupid to other people but I swear I could hear Joanie in my head telling me to man-up (a phrase she often used) and that I could do this. a few weeks ago I was sat in the living room and it happened again...I swear it was like she was sat right next to me, I look up at the picture of her on my fireplace and although she has always been smiling in that picture it feels like she is smiling AT me! Joanie was always my biggest supporter...she believed I could do anything if I put my mind to it..she believed it so much that even I started to believe it but with her gone I had sunk back into the "I'm fat, horrid and always will be" mentality, but this was like a sudden kick up the bum...I'm sure it was just my mind (I'm not saying she was actually with me whenever I heard her in my head, although I would love to believe that she was) but it was the trigger that I needed, not only to get pack on plan but also to get back on track with the wedding, she was so excited about me getting married she would have been furious with me if I had let the whole thing fall down around me...
Anyway I get back on LT and after a few days of torture I message my friend Dee (I'm sure you all know the wonderful Deezer on here) I tell her I am back on LT and she might be getting random messages etc when I feel like I want to quit. A few minutes later she messages me back and tells me about S&S, I go on the website order and give it a try.....
So here I am 3 weeks later still on plan 24 pounds gone and not feeling in the slightest that I need to quit, after doing LT this diet is paradise!!!! lol
I would like to say a massive thank you to Dee for pointing this diet out to me...I honestly feel for the first time that my dream of not looking like a whale in a wedding dress is going to come true!!...and thank you to Joanie...my best friend for giving me the kick start and strength I need to continue...Finally I would like to that the people here on this site, the support you all offer to everyone is invaluable xx
OK enough of the soppy stuff here are the FACTS...I am going to write down my measurements... I am disgusted with myself for allowing them to get so bad (and blaming my PCOS for it all) I have NEVER told anyone my measurements before...
START WEIGHT AND MEASUREMENTS.
weight - 23 stone 4 pounds.
neck - 16 1/2 inch
shoulders - 56 inch
bust - 56 inch
chest - 51 inch
waist - 53 inch
hips - 66 inch
L bicep - 17 inch
R bicep - 20 inch
L thigh - 31 1/2 inch
R thigh - 31 1/2 inch
I am going to skip the weeks in-between then and now otherwise this post will go on for a while lol but I may start adding updated measurements each week.
CURRENT MEASUREMENTS (END OF WEEK 3)
weight - 22 stone 0 pounds (dropped a dress size also can now fit into my size 24 jeans)
neck - 16 inch (1/2 inch loss)
shoulders - 54 inches (2 inch loss)
bust - 53 inch (3 inch loss) Nooo not my boobs...please don't take my boobs!!! ;P
chest - 47 inch (4 inch loss)
waist - 49 inch (4 inch loss)
hips - 62 inch (4 inch loss)
L bicep - 13 1/4 inch (3 3/4 inch loss)
R bicep - 14 inch (6 inch loss)
L thigh - 28 inch (3 1/2 inch loss)
R thigh - 28 (3 1/2 inch loss)
Right so there are the facts..Thats quite a lot of inches!!! never really looked at it all laid out like that before.. I have started using Palmers moisturiser every morning and Nivea Q10 (reports say its like bio oil BUT only £4 for a big bottle!) every evening all over to try and avoid sagging skin AND I will be starting my exercise program on Monday Lets hope I can keep this up....no wait... I WILL keep this up!
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