May 2010

By the end of the General Election, I was physically and mentally exhausted. Suddenly, weight loss was not my main priority and I was worried that I had lost motivation.

This is where the new mindset helped. What was I losing motivation of? Nothing. This was an entire lifestyle change, so there was nothing particularly that I needed to "stop".

My social life was getting back on track. Two good friends were getting married, and there was of course the mandatory stag event. I wasn't expecting much by way of weight loss results throughout the month.

Weight Change

6th May: 15st 11lb "Campaign Week. No tracking, lots of beer, restaurants, greasy breakfasts. 2 and a bit pounds on from last week is not a bad result!"

13th May: 15st 9.6lb "I'm not getting back to where I was before all the excesses of the General Election. OK with that. Just need to get back into the habit of point tracking. It's surprising how quickly one can get out of the habit - and what happens when one does!"

20th May: 15st 9.4lb "Weight has yo-yo'd in the past few weeks due to GE campaign (breakfasts, pub, etc) and a big stag do last weekend. To have still lost anything is impressive!"

27th May: 15st 8lb "Back on the downward trend. Holiday next week though. Will have to get weighed on Wednesday morning and pretend it's Thursday."

Measurements

Waist 111cm (-11cm)
Chest 112cm (-2cm)
Calves 43cm (-2cm)
Neck 44cm (-2cm)
Upper Arms 31cm (-3cm)
Thighs 56.5cm (-4.5cm)

This are charts of my plotted weight loss to date as I record it.

I'll include the latest charts every month in new posts from now on:

(click to enlarge)

Isn't it funny how the mindset changes?

Towards the end of May, I noticed I was the same weight I was on 29th April. In the past, I'd have become annoyed; the fact I hadn't lost weight would have put me behind my monthly target (remember those?!) I would have lost interest and given up.

But now, I had a different logic.

DESPITE all the late nights, the beer, the sausages and the stag do, I haven't put any weight on.

I was looking forward to June. Debs and I booked a long needed holiday to Rhodes and this would help me to understand how I could cope with no weight or food tracking at all!

A final note: The law of unintended consequences

In May, I put about £200 worth of clothes into a bin bag for my Brother in Law; clothes that I bought within the last 6 months but which are now far too big for me.

I've also spent hours of time and another £200 trudging round the Designer outlet village buying new clothes that actually fit!

They don't tell you this when you sign up!