Going offline - Day 149

I'm off on a business trip to Australia tonight for a week, so won't be able to post measurements this Sunday. I've planned the horrendous journey as best I can with sachets etc, hopefully all will be ok and I can then post hints & tips on how to manage a 24 hour flight crossing 3 time zones and ending up in a destination with a 9.5 hour time difference!

Weigh in - Day 146

I had my Alizonne appointment and am delighted to say I'm back on the losing trail and have managed to shift some more weight. Latest details are:

Current weight - 81.3kg (2.6kg loss since last weigh in) - 28.6kg total lost to date
Weight in stone - 12st 11lb - 4st 7lbs lost to date, or 63.1lbs
Weight to lose (to hit lower target of 75kg/11st 11lbs) - 6.3kg or 13lbs

The good news is I apparently don't have to stay on Phase 3 until I hit target weight, which I thought I'd have to. The therapist says I will continue to lost on Phases 4-6, so she is thinking I should lose another 2kg or so and then move onto Phase 4 for 2 weeks and then Phases 5 & 6 for a week each.

I also felt quite touched as we went to visit friends over the weekend who we haven't seen since Boxing Day last Christmas, which was a few days before I started Alizonne. She commented on my weight loss and how good I'm looking, especially as she's done LighterLife twice now but ended up putting all the weight plus more back on. The day after she texted me to say she's been inspired by my loss and is going back on the diet in an effort to shift her weight before her birthday in September. I'm so pleased to have hopefully inspired her, makes me even more determined not to stop now, hit goal and most importantly - keep it off!

Measurements - after day 143

Here’s my measurements for the week:

Bust - 91cm (0cm loss since last week - 17cm lost in total – still only 2cm to go!)
Waist - 85cm (0cm loss since last week - 19cm loss in total - 13cm to go)
Hips - 102cm (1cm loss since last week - 29cm loss in total - 7cm to go)

I didn’t lose anything on my arms or thighs this week.

Although I haven't really lost centimetres my home scale is showing a loss, but we'll see what the "official" word is when I have my Alizonne appointment on Tuesday.

On our way to visit friends yesterday we stopped off at an outlet mall and I was able to pick up some new bras and a few things - all in a maginificent, unbelievable Size 12 - sorry I can't really get over it!

Shopping trip - Day 138

It was my birthday today. I took the day off work and decided over the weekend that today would be the day I would go shopping for some new clothes. My only criteria was that the clothes had to just fit me, so once I've lost the last few remaining kg's they fit perfectly, but it also means I can wear them in the meantime.

Before getting onto the clothes bit I have to mention the best present I could possibly ever hope for, which wasn't the clothes, but the fact that the doctors removed the tracheotomy from my dad's throat today - which has been the first bit of good news about his condition in weeks - BEST PRESENT EVER!

My wonderful husband took the day off too, so off we went to Westfield for the day. What can I say - everthing bar one pair of jeans I've bought in a Size 12 - and they fit me!!! The jeans I had to buy in a Size 14 as they are hipsters and I do have wide hips - but they look so amazing that I made an exception on the size to buy them

I'm still trying to make the mental link between the size of clothes on the hanger, which when I look at them I don't think will fit me, and the fact that when I put them on they do. I think it's just going to take a while for me to get my head around it all

This coming weekend we're off to an outlet centre for me to get some underwear, as my bras are too big for me as well. Oh the joy ......

Measurements - after day 136

Here’s my measurements for the week:

Bust - 91cm (1cm loss since last week - 17cm lost in total – only 2cm to go!)
Waist - 85cm (0cm loss since last week - 19cm loss in total - 13cm to go)
Hips - 103cm (0cm loss since last week - 28cm loss in total - 8cm to go)

I didn’t lose anything on my arms but did manage 1cm on my thighs.

I don’t have an Alizonne appointment this week, but my home scale is saying I’m losing again, so I'm cautiously optimistic that the changes I’ve made to breakfast are having an impact.

I’ve decided I can no longer survive with just 4 skirts and a pair of jeans, so have taken a day off work tomorrow and am going to do a bit of shopping for some new things – especially as I’m off to Australia for work in less than 2 weeks’ time and don’t really have anything to wear. Just need to watch how much I spend off course given current circumstances ......

Update - Day 134

I spoke to the doctor at Alizonne this morning and she believes based on what I've said I'm having that I'm eating the right things, but agrees that even though I was weighed at different times of day it doesn't make sense that I'm suddenly showing a 1kg increase.

Based on this we've agreed to try a few things over the next few days:

·Eliminate the permitted Phase 3 vegetables and stick to those allowed in Phase 1 & Phase 2 – which I was already doing anyway
·Have no bread or weetabix
·Have porridge oats
·Try low fat lactofree milk/yogurt, but reduce the amount I have to compensate for the fact that it isn’t fat free. If that doesn’t work then reduce daily olive oil allowance to compensate

No hard and fast answers unfortunately, but my home scale does say I’ve lost a bit at least, so it isn’t continuing to go up thankfully. Geez!

Gutted - Weigh in - Day 131

I had my Alizonne appointment tonight, and bizarrely seem to have put on 1kg! I say "seem" because it makes no sense at all given I've stuck to Phase 3 100%, so the only things I can think may be causing it are:

- When I saw the doctor it was first thing in the morning before I had had anything to eat or drink
- Phase 3 brings in wheat and dairy, both of which I am slightly intolerant to, and which could be causing my body to hold on to weight

Either way it has made me feel slightly depressed as over the last 4 months I have consistently lost each and every time - no matter how small the loss. The therapist is going to have the doctor call me on Thursday when she's in so I can chat to her about it, but in the meantime I've bought skimmed goat's milk to have instead of cow's milk, and will have porridge oats instead of wheatabix to see whether that helps. Jeez - I just can't win can I?????

For record purposes weight updates are:

Current weight - 83.9kg (1kg gain since last Thursday!) - 26kg total lost to date
Weight in stone - 13st 2lb - 4st 2lbs lost to date, or 57.4lbs

I will update on Thursday once I've hopefully spoken to the doctor

Measurements - after day 129

Here’s my measurements for the week:

Bust - 92cm (2cm loss since last week - 16cm lost in total – only 3cm to go!)
Waist - 85cm (1cm loss since last week - 19cm loss in total - 13cm to go)
Hips - 103cm (2cm loss since last week - 28cm loss in total - 8cm to go)

I also lost 1cm on my arms and 1cm on my thighs again this week.

Best bit is I bought a beautiful pair of white jeans in a Size 12 yesterday and I can almost get them done up – just 2 weeks or so and I think they’ll fit perfectly – hooray!

I have my Alizonne appointment tomorrow so will post weight update then.

Weigh in and end of Phase 2 - after Day 126

I had my Alizonne doctor's appointment and blood work was all ok.

Weight updates are:

Current weight - 82.9kg (1.8kg loss in just over a week) - 27kg total lost to date
Weight in stone - 13st exactly - 4st 4lbs lost to date, or 59.5lbs

The best bit is I've hit Phase 2 target so officially moved to Phase 3 today (Day 127).

I still have 5.9-7.9kg to lose to hit my target weight of 75-77kg, which I need to hit before moving off Phase 3, which the doctor thinks will take me around 4 weeks or so.

Although I could phase off earlier, there's no real point as I might as well do this properly, and then move onto Phase 4 onwards in June, taking me to an end date of around end June.

After all, what's another 4 weeks after 4 months!

I can't believe it - Day 124

My husband and I popped to Costco today to pick up a few things for the house.

In their clothes section I saw they had lovely Macs, which I desperately need now that all my old ones rather dwarf me. I decided that although I'm still not at target I would get one, and guess what - I fit into the MEDIUM. That's right - a medium fit me and even did all the way up!!!

It's going to take me a while to realise that I am no longer as big as I was .......

Measurements - after day 122

I can't believe it's been 122 days already!

So, after a few missed weeks of measurements here's the update on these:

Bust - 94cm (2cm loss since last measurements - 14cm lost in total - 5cm to go)
Waist - 86cm (5cm loss since last measurements - 18cm loss in total - 14cm to go)
Hips - 105cm (4cm loss since last measurements - 26cm loss in total - 10cm to go)

I also lost 1cm on my arms and 1cm on my thighs.

I don't have an Alizonne appointment this week, but am seeing the doctor for my monthly check-up so might ask her to weigh me, and if all goes according to plan on Thursday I will be on Phase 3 - hooray!!!