Weight Watchers.

Something I've mentioned briefly before in this blog, but never really addressed properly, is weight loss. I've been a big eater (and drinker) all of my adult life. I love food, love cooking, and love socialising around it all. It all started when I went to uni, and discovered beer and curry; after gaining freedom to do what I wanted for the first time in my life, I kind of went a bit mad! The weight crept up and up slowly and I never saw any reason to do anything about it. Even when I finally got hitched in my 30's, it was to a man who wasn't exactly skinny himself and who a) loved eating and drinking as much as I did, and b) loved me regardless of my size!

So, what made me change habits of a lifetime, at the ripe old age of 40? It was partly my oldest child starting school and me not wanting to be the oldest AND the biggest mum at the school gate, partly a realisation that I had virtually no photographic records of me with my kids as I didn't ever want to be photographed, and partly because of a friend who had just lost a stone on Weight Watchers in just a few weeks. I joined, attended meetings regularly, and eventually got there! It took over a year, but I lost 3.5 stone and went from a large size 16 to a size 10/12. Cost me a blummin' fortune in replacing my entire wardrobe twice over though!

 So, tonight I was quite sheepish when I reluctantly admitted that I can't maintain any more without some help - and have actually put on a stone over the last 18 months. Back I went to WW, signed up to a monthly pass again and will be going to weekly meetings until I reach goal. Again. And won't be going that far above my target weight ever again!

Here's the embarrassing bit - the before and after photos as far as I can, bearing in mind there are precious few of me at my heaviest as I just deleted them - the wonders of modern digital technology! The first picture was in summer 2010, bursting out of a size 16 tankini; the next was August 2012, feeling confident in a relatively skimpy size 10/12 bikini! OK, I'll never be super-skinny as I'm a mum of 2 in my 40's with wobbly bits but it's made a huge positive difference to my life!

Apologies by the way for the size of the photos - you may want to view on your phone and not a laptop as they may put you off your dinner;) Any hints for resizing welcome!