Super-Tight Band and Another 1lb Down!!

My band has been soooooooooper-tight for the last couple of days; not crazy tight like some people have experienced where even getting water down is an issue, but tight enough to bother and annoy me. I can pretty much eat just a couple of mouthfuls of whatever meal I'm attempting, and that's it - full and/or stuck. The PBs have been plentiful this week, and that's really no fun at all. I can only assume it's because TOTM is on the way; I think I've blogged before that I seem to get pre-TOTM tightness rather than actual TOTM tightness, although I don't get it every month, which makes it more annoying in its unpredictability. HOWEVER, on the positive side - the result of being able to eat so little, is that I've lost another pound!

13st 4lbs - 186lbs - BMI 30.9
(a total loss so far of 76lbs; 18lbs to go)

This takes my BMI down another notch and into the 30-point-somethings. Just 6lbs more and I'll be in the 'overweight' category, rather than 'obese'. I certainly don't feel 'obese' any more, so I'm looking forward to being officially out of that category.

I found some absolutely horrendous photos of pre-band me when I was sorting through the thousands of photos on dotted about on various computers, laptops, phones, cameras. I'm almost embarrassed to show you, but for the sake of posterity and to see just how far I've come, I'm going to post them. But not today, as this is a celebratory post. Maybe tomorrow!

Or Perhaps There's Something in the Water...

I don't know what it is, but something is helping me lose weight at the moment. It's not the gym because I haven't been since the week before we moved; it's not the salad leaves and celery sticks I've been living on, because I detest celery and don't exactly love salad; it's not the never eating chocolate or cake or biscuits, because I eat all of those on a daily basis.

What I do know is that I'm sitting at my computer a lot less and out in the fresh air a lot more, so I guess the fact that I'm moving around more is leading to 1) less time sitting around eating = less calories in 2) more time moving around = more calories burnt; and we all know what that equation equals: pounds lost!

But, nonetheless, a 2lb overnight weightloss was a major surprise for me, especially this far into the journey when I've expected to have to fight for every ounce lost (and, I must admit, I've definitely not been fighting, but rather more going with the flow and enjoying the weightloss I've achieved so far.)

13st 5lbs - 187lbs - BMI 31.1

(a total loss so far of 75lbs; 19lbs to go)

It Must Be the Country Air...

... or the running round after a small boy who hasn't been in nursery, or the football playing in our huge (to us) back garden, or the walking to and from our other house to see how the renovations are coming along, or walking to the swings, or walking round all the towns and villages that we are discovering in this neck of the woods.

It probably isn't the biscuits for breakfast and slice of cake in the afternoon.

Whatever it is though, I'm not complaining as I've lost another 1lb!

13st 7lbs - 189lbs - BMI 31.4
(a total loss so far of 73lbs; 21lbs to go)

The last time I weighed in at this weight was in 1996; in 1997 I did manage to get down to 11st 7lb (161lbs), but that was the one and only time in living memory that I'd ever weighed so little and the pounds gradually crept back on and kept on creeping over the course of 13 years until I weighed 262lbs and decided to get the band. And now the pounds are creeping in the opposite direction - thank goodness!

New Home, New Low, New Photos

Well, we did it; we moved. In fact, we've been in our new house/village/county for over a week now, but it's been so hectic that I've not had a chance to post before now.

Aside from moving house, I've also been able to move another pound and am at a new low of

13st 8lbs - 190lbs - BMI 31.6
(a total loss so far of 72lbs; 22lbs to go)

And that also means it's time for comparison photos!

I'm so pleased with the difference losing 72lbs has made. Still waaaaaaay too much of a tummy, but that may only ever be solved by the surgeon's knife, should I ever be brave enough, but the rest isn't looking too bad, even if I do say so myself!

We're On the Move

Not the pounds, I'm afraid but us, as a family. In less than 48 hours the removal men will be here to pack us up and in less than 72 hours we'll be on the way to our new house and new life in Somerset. So, as of Wednesday morning my scales will be boxed up and I don't know when I'll see them again - depends how quickly we get round to unpacking. But I'm not going to miss them - I'm 2lbs up from my lowest weight at the moment, so it's a bit depressing to jump on them each morning and see 13st 11lbs blinking back at me; it's not helped by the fact that we're trying to use up (ie eat up) the contents of our fridge, freezer and cupboards before we move! Hopefully next time I weigh in the stress of moving and the extra exercise of humping boxes around might have helped shift those pesky pounds. Not sure how soon we'll be back online, so I'll wish you all a happy and chocolate-free (if that's the way you'd prefer it) Easter.

Lightbulb Moment, and a New Lowest Low!

Over the past few days my band has been unreasonably tight; I've been struggling to get even a few mouthfuls of 'proper' food down - ie lunch and dinner type foods such as lasagne, chicken, broccoli, leeks; I know these don't sound like the most band-friendly foods but I can usually eat more of them than I have been since the weekend. Needless to say 'unproper' foods such as biscuits and chocolate still go down without any sort of struggle! At first I thought perhaps it was TOTM related, except TOTM was last week so that didn't really tally; then I wondered if it was because I had a bit of a cold, although I've never noticed tightness being caused by that sort of thing before. Then this morning it suddenly dawned on me : it's stress-related; all this house selling/moving business is making me stressed without really realising it. I knew I was stressed yesterday because I had to go and buy a(nother) new house/interiors magazine as a 'treat'!

But, on the up (or should the be down?!) side, the scales recorded a new all-time low for me this morning:

13st 9lbs - 191lbs - BMI 31.8

(a total loss so far of 71lbs; 23lbs to go)

Just 1lb away from some new comparison shots.

No News Worth Reporting, except for a little BOOB-ness

I'm a bit quiet on the weight-loss blogging front (my other blog receives marginally more attention as it is less limited in its field!); I'm still hovering around 13st 10lb/13st 11lbs (192-193lbs) depending on what sort of an eating day I've had. I hadn't been to the gym for a week or so due to all sorts of things happening in the rest of my life (mostly involving my darling child and lots of visits to the dentist/hospital after he bashed one of his teeth on a slide at the park - ouch), but I'm back into the swing of things again this week. However, we are due to move house in a fortnight to a completely new area so I think gym-going will be taking a backseat for a little while until we are settled in. There is a gym right next door to small child's new nursery, so if it's a good one that could work really well; I'll keep you posted.


I've put myself down on the 'possible' list for attending the BOOBS II meet-up in Chicago. I can't say for definite yet as with all house move, house renovating, car buying, etc, etc, it's going to be an expensive year without the added cost of a flight and hotel, plus all the spending money a girl needs for a weekend away! At the moment flights from London to Chicago for the end of Sept are about £500 (that's just shy of $800 at today's exchange rate); I'm waiting to see if any airlines will have sales on which would make the trip more affordable. Alternatively, hubby suggested we have a family holiday in/around Chicago this year and I can do BOOBS as part of that trip. Watch this space!