Weigh in (62)

This is definitely getting more difficult guys. Was feeling pretty chipper and confident of a good result last night, and although I am pleased to report an official 1 pound off; it is only an actual 0.4 pounds which goes into rounding down zone rather than the last couple of rounding up weeks. So it's 15 stone 10; in all honesty I expected better. I've said it before - and anyone who says they've said it before is undoubtedly going to say it again - it's just getting harder. The sins I could get away with before while still losing weight, I ain't gettin' away with no more. No fair!

On a positive note, I now have the definitive answer to my long-standing question of whether an identical diet and exercise regime which loses two pounds when you are 19 stone, also loses two pounds when you are say 16 stone; it's a resounding 'Nope!' followed by a sarcastic 'nice try sunshine, but no cigar'!

Generally things are at a bit of a low ebb for me at the moment - more later - so I'm going to try not to let this latest result get to me regardless of how much I want to wallow. I need to compare this result with last weeks weight, and not with my expectations of what it should have been. It's a weight loss after all. When life is frustrating the temptation to think negatively is almost overwhelming....... ............but I did say almost.

So where do I go from here? I'll tell you where if you give me a cotton-picking second! Take stock, and take a fresh look at what I am doing; what I am eating. Those 'little sins' that I mentioned have to go, or at the very least have to be reduced substantially. Keep clear of bread whenever possible, cut down on the three inches (I exaggerate.....only one inch, or am I just bragging?) of margarine on my toasted bagel in the morning, resist the lure of a Chinese takeaway, avoid the temptation of ordering a sneaky portion of prawn crackers in the evening (I didn't tell you about that bit did I?.......oops...liar liar, compression shorts on fire.....), and stop using dinner plates the size of a satellite dish (big portions).

With less than two weeks to go until the Great North, the focus is going to be - understandably - on physical, mental, logistical and financial preparation, leaving little exclusive time for watching what I'm eating. With a bit of luck, through the exercise - and stress! - coming up, the weight loss should take care of itself (shouldn't it?!). That's the hope anyway; looking beyond the Great North 'operation serious' springs into action!