Ok, so I want to thank Lil Miss Diva A; For starting this group and being uber encouraging, and B: For giving me the idea for this thread!

I have been struggling a LOT recently, but I think that old habbits die hard, and have I really been honest with myself? Have I been as good as I could? Or have I been expecting my sleeve to do all the work alone?

So today has been an ok day, and is day 1 of "the final Count down".

I have a holiday booked at the end of August, and I would like to be "normal weight" by then, so that is 11 weeks to lose 19 of my remaining 30lb.

So here are my confessions; I have started to snack on sweet stuff recently (oh how those nibbles add up!), I have also probably added in too much alcohol (my one glass of wine at the weekend has become 1/2 bottle, and 1/2 bottle mid week - bad bad empty calories!), and I've still not cracked this excercise thing, so am far less active than I should be.

And what am I going to do abut it?

Well I am going to be honest with myself, and I am going to be honest with you guys, so that I can't bury my head in the sand!

Food today =

75g cooked ham, 100 calories, 15g Protein, carbs 6g

70g Breaded chicken Thing, Calories 253, Protein 15g, carbs 20g

Drinks Today=

2 x Very Large mugs coffee

1 x "Normal" mug coffee

So milk consumed approx = 85 Calories, 8g Protein, 12g Carbs

Excercise today = Total Fail

Lessons learned =

1. I need to move more

2. I need to ditch the milk in coffee (never realised the carbs in milk!!!)

Actions for tomorrow =

I will get up 30 minutes early and do 30 mins cardio before work

I will have a coffee free day!

Fingers x'd for tomorrow!

Good for you! I need to do this too... up my Protein for sure... OH MY! Hahahaha! I just posted you a comment on your pencil skirt thread, and I said you look a little French, and now I notice you are from Belgium...Well, I was close anyway! hehe. Cheers, and good luck with your new efforts... Kim

Ah Kim, not Belgian, British, but closest affordable surgery was belgium, so combined my sleeve with a weekend away!

Well, I have been far from perfect, but I have been a lot better this week, and -2lb, which is the first significant shift in a very long time. So thats good.

I also had a great NSV this week, a friend (who I consider to be a skinny friend), asked me to take a bag of clothes to the charity shop for her, and I thought prior to donating them I'd have a quick peek and see fi anything was vaguely my size. Well it ALL fit despite being an odd range of sizes UK 10s-14s (US 6,8, and 10s), so I just adopted a new work wardrobe, and now I owe a big donation to charity!

Anyway I have 7 days until I go on holiday, and so I seriously doubt I'll get the extra 10lb needed for my labour day goal, but I am happy, I am now tecnically just 9lb overweight, and 19lb to my long term goal! Its a good place to be :D :D

Ah Kim, not Belgian, British, but closest affordable surgery was belgium, so combined my sleeve with a weekend away!

Well, I have been far from perfect, but I have been a lot better this week, and -2lb, which is the first significant shift in a very long time. So thats good.

I also had a great NSV this week, a friend (who I consider to be a skinny friend), asked me to take a bag of clothes to the charity shop for her, and I thought prior to donating them I'd have a quick peek and see fi anything was vaguely my size. Well it ALL fit despite being an odd range of sizes UK 10s-14s (US 6,8, and 10s), so I just adopted a new work wardrobe, and now I owe a big donation to charity!

Anyway I have 7 days until I go on holiday, and so I seriously doubt I'll get the extra 10lb needed for my labour day goal, but I am happy, I am now tecnically just 9lb overweight, and 19lb to my long term goal! Its a good place to be :D :D

Thats like striking it rich! I'm sure you have donated a bunch to the charity shop yourself so far. Have fun on vacation!

Awesome for being so close to goal!!! You're definitely going to make it now. And score on all the clothes! You shoulda played the lottory that day, if you have one in your area!