I am still around! Everything goes well in "Jane's World", and Elliot is now walking around a lot more steadily. Quite amusing to see such a tiny tot to be walking about!
Tomorrow - 22nd August - is a pretty big milestone for me. Sevn years since I chose my healthy lifestyle. Rewind to 2003 - a almost 30 year old, 13 stone, weakness for chocolate and pastries, absolutely zero energy and using a manual wheelchair on most shopping trips, and a pretty low self-esteem. I had no quality of life really. I could never have just "one" biscuit - oh no, it had to be at least two or three. And then, after a blood test - which took some time for me to have, seeming my Boggart would definately be a injection - I was told I had borderline diabetes. If I didn't change my eating habits radically, I was going to be diabetic. injecting myself every single day. So I chose the "easier" option.
It is hard not to have chocolate and "goodies" every day - even now! But I treat myself on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (and bank holidays and week ends) in moderation. A treat three days a week isn't a bad as eating them 7 days a week! The best thing is to keep "goodies" either out of sight (and our outhouse/shed is very handy, especailly when there are Christmas goodies) or not to have them in the house at all. Dad was so so proud of me. I am a shade under nine stone now, which is four stone in seven years. It's not easy, but even if a few pounds slide on over Christmas etc, I am determained never to be as bad as I was. Each year, on my "anniversary", Mum takes a picture, just to show how much weight I have loast. So pictures will be forthcoming in the next few days
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You're inspirational, Catherine! Weight loss can be hard, but keeping it off is even harder. That you've maintained your weight loss so long is fabulous and shows you've really made that leap into a lifestyle change.
You go, girl!
P.S. In the U.S. an outhouse is a toilet. =D I hope that's not where you're storing your treats!
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:-D No, not THAT sort of outhouse! It's also known as a shed - a little building outside the house where you may store gardening stuff etc! Thanks for the encouragement Donna xxxx
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