Mongoose Holly

That’s me that is.

Totally lame.

There’s no excuse for this at all, I just can’t ever remember to write a post! Oh well.

Since I last updated I’ve passed 2 little milestones. I passed the 3 stone mark and dropped below the next stone in weight, I’m under 17st people!

My body is doing all sorts of weird womanly things that I don’t agree with and they are affecting my weight loss but we’re still on a downward trend so I’m not complaining too much. It is making the urge to be sterilised stronger though, if anyone fancies funding that operation let me know!

I’ve decided to set myself a mini goal to focus on. I want to have lost the 4th stone by the end of February. Right now that’s 11lbs and 26 days away. I reckon I can do it. Maybe you guys can help keep me on track?

I know more people are reading the blog now, it would be great to see some comments from any of you (and of course keep yours coming Benjie). Please let me know what you think about the blog. I’m open to suggestions

Oh wow I am not so good with the regular updates!

Well, I did my first week of Attack phase and lost everything I put on over Christmas, then my first Cruise week took me down another 4 lbs which is not too shabby at all! I’ve now realised that I am just 2lbs away from having lost 3 stone.

Weird things are starting to happen. I can feel all my ankle bones when I put socks on and my arms and wrists seem really hard. I’ve clearly been too fat for too long if being able to feel bones is newsworthy but damn it, I’m pleased!

So there have been a couple of slip ups in the last week. I ate some chips on Monday and I’ve had some sort of chocolate almost everyday BUT my activity level has been much increased. Nothing that can really be described as a workout but I’ve walked round London, played at Playzone with the very lovely Laura and Iola as well as wandering around with equally lovely Emma and her pony. Anything is better than sitting on my arse all weekend so thanks guys.

Lastly, this week we have to say goodbye to Graham who is cruelly abandoning me to travel round the world until June. Quite frankly I’m jealous and hope he brings me back lots of presents. I’ll be reading his blog to keep an eye on him and his adventures.

I am back on this now. Started the diet properly this morning with my oat bran ration and some lovely protein.

Steak and eggs for dinner is the way to go!

In it for the long haul now, 6 stone left to lose and I can do this.

Hooray for me!

I want cheese

Hello reader.

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has had a fun-filled and fantastic festive period. I know I did.

In the spirit of the season I’ve decided to set out my resolutions for 2012, perhaps this will help me stick to them.

1- Lose more weight. I did well at this in the last 3 months, Christmas has cause a bit of a hiccup but I’m still doing well. I’ll be back on the diet as of Tuesday and aim to lose another 5-6 stone this year.

2- Sort out my finances. Seriously. I’m 25, I have a decent paying job and no real demands like children or crippling debts and yet I run out of money nearly every month. This year, that’s getting sorted out.

3- Stop being a bore. I have a tendency to go on about things a bit much and no-one really cares. Maybe it would improve some of my relationships, not to mention stop the argument that I protest too much about not wanting babies!

Well, that’s me for the year. How about you?

Why do I even bother improving my lot? I can’t stick to anything and never succeed when I really try at something.

I’ll be fat and stuck in a shit job for the rest of my life with absolutely no meaning.

Friday night, our beloved cat, Jeff, was hit and killed by a car outside our house. He was a damn fine cat and will always be remembered for his many qualities and eccentricities.

This had some unfortunate repercussions for the diet though as we started headlong into a weekend of binge eating and even a bit of drinking. We both only lost 1lb each over the whole week which is appalling. I decided to jump start the weight loss again with 3 days of pure protein, abstaining from vegetables and bad food, to make up for all the cheating. This has not gone well. I’m dreading weighing myself this weekend. Our bathroom scales have died as well so I can’t even keep track like I used to. Oh dear.

Someone tell me how skinny I’m looking to cheer me up?

I reached a bit of a milestone today. I officially crossed the 30lbs lost mark.

Wow.

According to this website that’s the same weight as the amount of cheese eaten by an average American every year. That’s not a very helpful statistic to help you visualise a weight so if it helps, I’m closer to having lost a cinder block in weight now.

Are you proud of me? Huh?

Yeah, I though so.

I reached a bit of a milestone this week. 10% of my body weight, gone! That’s me a quarter of the way towards my goal in only, what, 8 weeks?

Either way, I’m thrilled but this is making me a bit complacent on the ol’ dieting front. I’m thinking ‘well I’ve done really well now. I deserve a treat.’ but this is dangerous thinking. Little treats are a slippery slope to giving up completely which I do not want to do. I’ve never done this well on my own before and I am FINALLY starting to see little differences in how I look. Got some cheekbones showing again and my jeans are trying to fall down all the time. It’s a good feeling. Long may it continue.

Well, this was a week of ups and downs.

On Monday we went to the Revival Tour, I got 2 autographs (Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem and Dave Hause of The Loved Ones), Dave Hause kicked me in the head and Dan Andriano played a song just for me. Bliss. Easily one of the best gigs of my life and we stuck to the diet around the gig as well.

Then on Tuesday we went to see Bowling For Soup. It was the 3rd of 4th time I’ve seen them, they’re great but really couldn’t live up to the night before. Suburban Legends were an amazing support though. Sadly, on the way to Southampton, we had KFC. Husband was 30 minutes late to be picked up and there was a football match in Southampton which meant the traffic was AWFUL. I was stressed and hungry. It’s no excuse really but it’s done now.

I’ve still lost weight which is great. 8.5% of my body weight is gone now.

At the moment it feels a bit like walking up a hill backwards. It looks like I’ve traveled a long way but every time I look at the top of the hill I know I’ve still got a long way to go. It’s a little depressing.

On the plus side my amazing friend is back from her time in Afghanistan and I’ve just had a lovely catch up and walk with her. Exercise and gossip is the best way!

And I can’t be bothered to check.

It’s been a bit over a month since I started, I know that much. I’m very happy with my progress so far. I’ve lost over 7% of my body weight so far. I don’t see any change yet in how I look but my clothes are feeling looser and a couple of people have mentioned seeing a difference which is nice.

The weekend in Cardiff went pretty well. I cheated a couple of times but tried to keep it to reasonable cheats rather than big blowouts. Also no-one burgled my house whilst I was gone which is nice. Although Benjie makes me suspicious with his Waddlenator plans.

There’s not much more to say now. I just really want to be able to see a change soon!