Fasten your seat belts!

I'll try to keep my entries short and sweet as I've been advised not to write War and Peace.


As most of my friends are aware I've struggled with my weight over the years. The main reason being it keeps increasing. Not a good thing! I have reached a cross roads in my life and have come to accept that to live my life to the full some things have got to change, the first being my weight.


It's going to be a long journey and I don't like travelling alone, so I'm hoping I'll pick up some travelling companions along the way. I'll take any encouragement you can offer, I'll weigh your advice and hopefully I'll inspire a few of you to live your life to the full too!!


So here goes......"I need help!" I cried to my GP. Minutes later I had been referred to an endocrinologist for tests. "That's it!" I thought, "there must be something wrong with my hormones. It's not my fault I'm so big, I must not be working right". I came home from the consultant a few pints of blood short and two large containers to pee in each time I went to the loo for the next 48hrs.

Oh!! Test results all fine. There's nothing wrong with me... apart from being morbidly obese. Not to worry I'm a perfect candidate for a Gastric Bypass. The weight should just fall off me, I'll just eat tiny portions of food for the rest of my life and never be able to drink at the same time as eating again, small price to pay. Sounds like the easiest option right? Wrong, the risk of complications during and after the surgery are way too high for me........I want to have my cake and eat it as they say.

Off to Slimming World I go (dragging Stockers along with me). Wednesday 11th March 2009 the start of the journey. I weighed in at 24stones 13 1/2 pounds. I nearly fainted. I knew I was big but whoa, I was mortified. I left the class that night motivated and determined to make it. The following week I had lost 10lbs and over the next 20 weeks a total of 2st 13 1/2 pounds!! Not too bad.

Next Wednesday I am hoping to get my 3 Stone award!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to blog each day and share my highs and lows. Hopefully more highs than lows. I hope you'll join me.