When I had my wake up call I realised that I had quite a bit of weight to lose and that this was going to have to be a lifestyle change rather than a diet. With this in mind I was pretty excited, this weekend, to discover that I have lost a stone (14 lb) over the past few weeks. I recorded this week’s weight loss of 2 lb in my weight loss chart and then went in search of the tape measure to record my body measurements. I made the decision to measure my bust, waist and hips from the outset as I can imagine there will be weeks when my body weight may not go down but exercise may mean I have lost a quarter of an inch here and there.
I have read that when you lose a stone you can expect to lose a dress size so I have to admit I was expecting to see a big change in my body measurements but there was barely anything anywhere! First of all I thought perhaps there was a problem with the scales and I hadn’t actually lost that much but I got my daughter to hop on and weigh herself and she confirmed her weight was the same as it always is (how I would love to never gain a pound!) Next I wondered if it was the tape measure so I double checked my measurements and sure enough my initial measurements were correct.
I am committed to losing weight for my health but I have also used the thought of being able to fit into more exciting clothes as incentive so I am quite disappointed that there hasn’t been a more visible change. I had thought it was odd that no one had commented on my weight loss and now I know why! Rather than reach for the biscuit barrel I’m going to hop on the exercise bike and make sure that by the time I lose the next stone I can see my hard work!
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