Hello and happy new year to you all!
You know, it actually did me the power of good taking off last week from blogging. I needed to sort out my head but I’m back and SO focused on 2021. One of the things that helps me most? Visualisation. I’m picturing what I’ll be wearing this summer, how I’ll be feeling in my body because I’m more likely to stay focused if I can visualise success. And I’m back here with my weekly report card so here goes:
What’s Erika done well this week?
- I’ve lost 2 lbs. In fact, after not weighing myself for a couple of weeks, I discovered that I’d somehow put on 4 lbs when I weighed myself on Boxing Day. Perhaps it was at least partly water weight because I’ve managed to lose this quickly plus a further 2 lbs, taking me to my lowest weight for about 10 years.
- My BMI is now in the 32s.
- I’m now under 15 1/2 stone.
- I’m halfway through the 210s.
- Despite clearly exceeding the weight limit for years, I’m now officially light enough to use my step ladder! Yes, my top weight of 329 lbs may have exceeded the 220 lbs weight limit but I’m now well under this 🙂
What could Erika improve on?
- Drink more water! Yep, I STILL need to work on this!
Erika’s next target(s):
- 5 lbs until my BMI is in the 31s
- 6 lbs until I’m under 15 stone
- 16 lbs until I’m in Onederland (yes, I’ll be less than 200 lbs)
- 19 lbs until I’m no longer obese as I’ll be overweight
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I’ve also been thinking more about my wardrobe. My aim is to feel super comfy in my jeans so that I can wear them everyday from the mid January. I’ve also bought a stunning maxi dress for the summer but, as I mentioned here fairly recently, I’ve loved buying second hand on EBay. Yes, I could treat myself to a brand new wardrobe by buying directly from shops but, when losing a lot of weight, it’s not cheap! One of my favourite bargains so far is this Jaeger coatigan that I won on EBay for a tiny fraction of what it would have cost new. Another 30lbs or so and this will fit nicely perhaps with skinny jeans?
Anyway guys, I’ll be back later this week to give you an overview of some of the topics I’ll be blogging about over the coming weeks. For now, take care and, as ever, please feel free to share my posts or comment if you’d like to share your own weight successes or frustrations.
Love Erika xx
| Recordable weight loss since blogging: | Still to lose: | Current weight: | BMI: |
| 93 lbs | 57 lbs | 215 lbs | 32.7 |
Very well done. You are doing an excellent job. Just starting my journey to loose 130lbs so you’re a real inspiration.
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Oh hello! I’m so glad you’ve come across my blog as I really do write from the heart and I’m just a very typical 48 year old on this huge but exciting journey. Feel free to look over the posts from last April. I weigh in every Monday and then usually blog again later in the week. You can do it! Tiny goals all the way xx
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Thank you. My weigh day is Friday. But if you want to check out my blog I intend to blog frequently. I’m a rather typical, maybe too honest, maybe too empathetic 40 year old juggling work, a family and trying to get my weight and health in order after what was a very strange year. So feel free to pop by. I did blogs for years but then life got busy and I took about 10 years off. However, I’m now ready to go for it again.
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