My biggest weightloss to date!!

Weigh in at class on Wednesday night and I'm still absolutely gobsmacked!!  

I lost an impressive 3.5lbs this week!  This is my biggest weight loss on my journey, not including my initial 1st week weightloss.  I closed my eyes while standing on the scales and yelped out a 'yesssssssss'.  I knew I had got my 2 stone award which I'd danced around for months - the weight was on, off, on, off.........at New Year I was 1/2 a pound - yes just half a pound - away from my 2 stone award, however, bingeing and making a right little oinker of myself at Christmas caught me up and bit me extremely hard on the butt!  I'd gained 3lb, which was the most stubbornest 3lb I've ever encountered in my life.  Would it hell shift??

I knew I had lost enough weight to get my 2 stone award but I hadn't clicked on to what I had lost, I was too busy bouncing around like a loony, that my sister came over and picked my book up to see what the fuss was about (I do the weighs at my group), and she said 'you've lost three and a half pound?', and I looked at her, looked away and looked at her again and said 'what??'.  'Look' she says 'you've lost 3 and a half pound' to which I just replied 'Oh My God!'  I hadn't actually realised myself!

I'm now a total of 2 stone 1.5lbs lighter!  I'm still amazed that I managed to do that.  I'm chuffed to bits and can't stop grinning at my own achievements.  It's a massive achievement for me!!

When asked what I had changed this week to go from being the 1lb a week girl to 3.5lb, I struggled to answer, but after careful thought I remembered.

I drank water on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and then I drank 3 x 750ml bottles of water on Monday and 2 x 750ml bottles of water on Tuesday whilst I was at work without actually realising it.

I made sure I didn't skip ANY meals

I stayed within my syn allowance (I use weekly syns so I count backwards from 105 rather than have a set 15 a day)

I didn't 'binge' last Wednesday after weigh in - I had my tea when I got home and a cup of tea then went to bed

I snacked on free and super free foods

I ate more superfree on my meals

Looks like it's eventually paid off and I'm absolutely thrilled with myself.  I think the main point is that I drank MORE WATER!!  I never drink water, and despite telling myself that water is good for me, I never seem to drink it when I'm at home.  I'd rather have a nice cup of tea.  I cut out pop a while ago, after realising that drinking bottles and bottles of pepsi max wasn't doing me any favours.  I went to Home Bargains and bought some large 750ml bottles of water and keep these dotted around the house as well as one on my son's pushchair, one in my backpack and one on my desk at work.  For some daft reason I find that it is easier for me to drink more water from a sports capped bottle than it is to drink from a glass - which is probably my reason for not drinking any water at home.  I really should make an effort and I am the first to admit that I am so blumming lazy that I won't go and delibrately fill a glass with water!

So there you have it.  I'm aiming for the same this week.  Let's see if I can shock my consultant again like I did this week!!