was to move from a vegetarian diet to a vegan one. My body hates me right now… but it will thank me eventually

Today marks the passing of a full year since I started my weight loss journey, I had been feeling pretty low about the weight loss and even though I have lost 57lbs I still wasn’t feeling particularly confident.

That was until I took a picture, like I did today a year ago and saw the difference for myself. Looking at the pictures it doesn’t even feel like me and I am so proud of what I have achieved.

One more stone to go, thank you all so much for your support!

It has been 6 months without any significant change in my weight. Jumping between 10 and a half and 11 and a half stone I have come to closest in my life to having a stable weight. I moved back home and found it almost impossible to restrict my eating the way I did when I lived in my own place. But I have moved into a new apartment and in the spirit of new beginnings I have decided to push for the weight I had been striving for, 124lbs.

Currently at 147, I am the lowest I have ever been and I hope for Halloween to have pushed into the 9st range, something I could never imagined when I began this journey. On the 28th November it will have been an entire year, thank you all so much for your support and I apologise for not blogging as much as I used to! But the next few months are a count down to my UGW and I will again be using this as a way to keep myself on track!

I am finding that the my weight loss has almost halted. I am finding it increasingly difficult to loose weight and I am finding it harder and harder to motivate myself. I was determined by the 1st August to weigh 10st but at 10st 7lbs and two weeks I can’t help but feel defeated.

I knew as soon as I broke into the 140lb range the last 25 pounds would be hell, but I truely never expected the weight loss to be this slow. Because of this I am attempting a week long fast. My fasts have never exceeded 4 days, but I am determined to do this.

I am currently 48 hours into the fast.

This has really made me think. I’ve been working so hard to stop my thighs touching yet this is so true… I’ve never heard one person criticised for having touching thighs

This phrase has helped me so much through out my weight loss journey. I find it strange how before I started this blog I hadn’t even heard the phrase, yet for the past 8 months I have said it to myself repeatedly nearly every day.

It really hit home for me. I have always eaten in private, scoffed food when I thought nobody was looking and being mortified when somebody would find me. Too realise that what I thought I was hiding was on show for everybody to see has been one of the major influences in helping me loose nearly 50lbs!

I know at times it can be so difficult to keep a positive outlook, especially when the scales aren’t budging, and for 2 months at the same weight I understand how frustrating that can be! But I genuinely think that this journey has helped me in so many ways and maintaining a positive outlook has had a lot to do with this! I hope that I will continue to watch my body change and I am increasingly excited for my skinnier future! (Now that the scales have started moving again!)

When I hit the 50lb mark which I am three pounds away from. I know how much before/after/during pictures have helped to inspire me but I can’t make up my mind!

Please, please, please.