I'm shrinking

I have lost a bit more than a stone.  I don't know exactly how much because I am generally fairly uninterested in how much I weigh and so didn't get around to weighing myself for the first couple of weeks.

I used to be a bit more than 11 stone.  Now I'm a bit less than 10 stone.  Disclaimer:  I am REALLY HEAVY.   I think I must have rocks in my belly, or toenails made out of lead or something.  I've never been as big as 11 stone implies.

I did it by moving more and eating less.

To be more specific, I did it by firstly signing up to Food Focus which is pretty nifty.  I didn't think I had much to learn about food choices and calories, but I was surprised.  If you burn more than you eat, you WILL lose weight.  As much as you fancy losing.  Easy.

Then I started Couch to 5k using Raaaaahbert Ullreys' bloody useful podcasts.  You just put that week's podcast on your MP3 and nice Mr Ullrey tells you when to walk and when to run, and plays terrible music and gives you encouragement.  I run about 5 days a week.  Nothing too impressive - ran for 25 minutes straight this evening which was my longest run yet, and am very pleased with myself.  I run in 40 degree heat, which has to count for something.

Also we bought a Wii Fit.  Complete waste of money, but we've got it now so I feel obliged to do the muscle workouts every day.  About 45 minutes of leg lifts and sit ups and stuff.  Surprised myself by easily managing 20 press ups alternating with 20 one handed press up twists today.  Maybe it's better than I thought.  Rhythm boxing and hula hooping are good.

Am also doing half an hour or so of yoga every evening (Wii Fit again).

So, hooray for (less of) me!

I do want to lose about half a stone more, but it's getting hard now so we'll see.  I'm still mum shaped, but less so than before.  I don't mind the flabby belly and droopy boobs as much as I might - my fabulous children have ravaged me, it's true, but I can't begrudge them a sag or a stretch mark. 

I have been buying cute sun dresses to celebrate.