Measurements - after day 45

All I can say about the measurements today is that they're crap. The only thing I've lost is 1cm on my arms - which is good considering I haven't lost anything there in ages, but everywhere else stays the same:

Bust - 100cm (0cm loss this week - 8cm lost in total - 11cm to go)
Waist - 98cm (0cm loss this week - 6cm loss in total - 26cm to go)
Hips - 120cm (0cm loss this week - 11cm loss in total - 25cm to go)

My home scale says I've lost almost 1kg, which I guess is something to be grateful for. Alizonne appointment is on Tuesday so I will post weight then - not much else I can say for now ......

Phew - Day 43

Well, I managed to navigate that one - just about!

I was sitting in on an all-day judging panel for an awards ceremony, and was really panicking about how I was going to manage to schedule everything in as unobtrusively as possible, but thankfully it all worked out today:

Breakfast - oatmeal at home
Snack - managed to grab some coffee from pots dotted about the table and mixed up with some hot choc
Lunch - salad mixed with sheep's cheese. Thankfully we'd broken for lunch at this point and everyone was milling around grabbing sandwiches etc from the buffet, so I didn't feel thank self-conscious
Snack - we luckily wrapped up earlier than anticipated, so I popped into a Starbucks and grabbed an Americano to mix up with a hot choc sachet
Dinner - herb omelette with a portion of red cabbage recipe from the Alizonne cookbook

Quite chuffed I managed to navigate through ok - here's hoping I'll have phased off to around Phase 5/6 by the time of the actual awards in April!

Weigh in - Day 41

I had my Alizonne appointment today and the fantastic news is I've broken the 100kg barrier - and am now 98.8kg (15 stone 7 lbs)!!!

The bad news is it's unlikely I'll complete phase 1 within the 9 weeks they originally stated, and am currently looking at an additional 2-3 weeks to hit the required 89kg before they move me off Phase 1. Apparently this is quite normal, and the only people who seem to hit the Phase 1 estimates are men, which does beg the question why they provide such optimistic estimates in the first place. It means it will be touch and go for me to be fully phased off by my birthday in May, and off course there's the cost - but I kind of feel like I've invested so much in this already and it is working, so I don't think I really have a choice....

Measurements - after day 38

I had my period this week, but the scale at home says I've broken the magic 100kg, which I desperately hope is true given it tends to show me at a heavier weight than the scales at Alizonne. My appointment is on Tuesday this week, so I will update then, but in the meantime here's this week's measurements:

Bust - 100cm (3cm loss this week - 8cm lost in total - 11cm to go) - just need to break that magic 1m now.....
Waist - 98cm (1cm loss this week - 6cm loss in total - 26cm to go) - yay!
Hips - 120cm (0cm loss this week - 11cm loss in total - 25cm to go) - shame I didn't lose anything here this week, but last week I did lose 4cm and I have just finished my period, so guess I shouldn't complain (at least not much anyway!)

Generally feeling ok ....... and the best bit is I had to do some more clearing out of my wardrobe this weekend and am now a "proper" UK size 16 as all my old clothes in this size actually fit me now - BIG HOORAY!

Nix that - Day 36

I spoke too soon - 2 women on the tube today offered me their seats - my grey coat has gotta go!

Makes me feel better - End of week 5 - Day 35

Anyone who is overweight living in London will recognise this - that cringey moment on the tube when someone offers you their seat because they think you're pregnant. This has happened a few times to me, and usually I can't decide whether to be mortally embarrassed and meekly decline, or simply accept the kind offer for the sake of the peace. I've done both in the past, depending on my mood. In fact, the last time this happened towards the end of last year I simply said "No thanks, I'm not pregnant, just fat" - which certainly made the poor lady look embarrassed!

Anyway, I digress. With the weight loss my clothes are getting big for me, especially my coats - but it simply isn't worth replacing them yet. So, I jump on the tube and sitting in front of where I was standing were a man and woman having a chat. He noticed me and thought I might be pregnant, so quietly mumbled to his friend whether she thought I was too so he could offer me his seat. Here's the best bit, she looked at me and said no - hooray! I can't decide whether to be over the moon to not have been mistaken for a pregnant woman, or sad not to have got a seat....but deep down I think it's the former to be honest

Taking the good with the bad - Day 33

Well, they say you have to take the good with the bad, and I guess this week has been testament to that.

First, the good news - measurements yesterday:

Bust - 103cm (2cm loss this week - 5cm loss in total - 14cm to go)
Waist - 99cm (1cm loss this week - 5cm loss in total - 27cm to go) - finally below 1m - yay!
Hips - 120cm (4cm loss this week - 11cm loss in total - 25cm to go) - yippee!

Then, I had my Alizonne session this evening and the bad news - I haven't lost any further weight since my doctor's appointment, and am still 100.7kg - bummer! I've decided I can't let this demotivate me, I have to stick with it and given I'm still seeing good centimetre loss I just need to keep at it - especially as it could just be PMT related.

The ultrasound made me really itchy today, but thankfully the endermologie was nowhere near as bad as it has been.

More to follow once I've been measured again on Sunday