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Christmas Eve - Middle of week 17 - 24th December

Starting weight - 12st 4lb

Last weight - 11st

New weight - 11st

Comments

* My end of year goal is achieved! Somehow I have conspired to lose 18lbs in 4 months, not a bad achievement by anyone's standard.

* And yet I am disappointed! Having hit 11st at the last weigh in I had really hoped to dip below for Christmas but it was not to be. Despite the progress made, the negative automatic thoughts want to sabotage this result, convince me that I haven't done enough. And so I reject these thoughts. When I started, I did not realistically expect to be at 11st by this time. I go into the Christmas and New Year period able to relax my diet, safe in the knowledge that application and dedication will counter any slight increase over the festive period. And more than that, I am looking forward to tackling the next half stone to bring me to my ultimate target weight of 10st 6lbs.

* I bought a packet of sweets on Saturday on the basis that I had done really well this past 4 months and deserved a small treat. But when I got home and took them out, I didn't want to eat them. I was so close to my pre-Christmas target that I did not want a small, unnecessary indulgence to ruin the work done. Weigh in completed and target met, I will now enjoy them guilt free.

* It is a strange feeling pulling on a shirt for work and thinking, 'I think I might need to buy a smaller size.'