Baby steps

Finally my weight has started on a downward trend and I'm starting to believe that this year further loss will follow.  Therefore,  I'm daring to set my first goal.  The weight I have in mind is 12 stone 13 lb (181 lb OR 82.1 kg).  I know it's not a nice round number but it represents 3 stone from the time I started this journey.  More significantly it will be the lowest weight I've been for over 10 years.  I'm not to sure yet what my ultimate goal will be, but I think at 5' 3"  my correct weight would fall between 8 & 10 stone.  However, my obesity actually sits on a very petite frame so possibly I should be aiming for 8 stone (50 kg).   Six months ago that would have seemed an impossible dream but now I'm positive it's a realistic final goal to set. 

* SIGHS *  I'm still not halfway, aiming for 8 stone that's another 5 stone to go.

Comments

[justoofat]

I find it terribly hard to look at the "bigger picture." I too am 5'3" and I can't even conceive of being what my "ideal" body weight should be.... right now, that illusive number is just too far away and when I do let my mind drift in that direction, the amount I have left to lose utterly dwarfs all that I have accomplished so far. So... for the sake of my own sanity, I do my level best to *never* think about how far I have to go. Rather, I just think about the current lb (or in your case kilo) that I am trying to lose. And then the next one. And then the one after that. Etc. For me, anyway, this makes things so much more manageable. And, more importantly perhaps, it makes each lb lost seem like a success rather than just drop in a very big ocean.

Anyway... I know this is a stressful time for you and I have no good advice except to say that change is hard and often times painful, but whether it be physical or emotional, change is the only way we move forward. We've only got this one life, and you shouldn't feel bad for doing what you need to in order to make sure you're happy.

Hope everything gets easier.
j

[DoingTheCaveman]

J, thanks so much for your comment it really helped me to spring forward, and remember why this hard decisions been made (it took long enough to make it)!!

Although you have to take it pound by pound with each pound you undress will make for an amazing journey of discovery for you (facial features you'd forgotten, health)keep going ... you *will* make it whatever the number turns out to be...