365 days of the new me. Facts and Truths (with progress pics)

Here are some facts and figures and wishes and dreams from my first year of the new year, with progress pics of course

12 facts for 12 months!
1. Total loss 36.2kg (79 pounds)
2. Loss 21.6% of my total body weight
3. BMI down 14 points
4. Centimetres lost from measured areas 135.9cm!!!!
5. Steps walked in 365 days 2,495,800
6. Total kilometres walked 1,692.16 (more than the distance from Hobart to Adelaide on foot!
7. I have logged in My Fitness Pal for 365 straight without missing a day
8. Bloods for Diabetes now normal
9. Gone down 1 pants size and 2 top sizes
10. My wedding and engagement ring barely stay on now
11. I jogged this year, yep you heard it I JOGGED
12. I can now show in a regular clothes store, not the larger ladies clothes store


12 Things I learned in 12 months
1. I am much stronger than I thought I was
2. I don’t enjoy counting calories but I believe I will do it the rest of my life
3. Weight loss is NOT linear
4. The scale is not the only measure of success
5. I can have your cake and eat it too, as long as it fits into my calories 
6. What works for others won’t necessarily work for me, I found what did and am doing it!
7. It’s doesn’t matter how much I can’t do, I’ll do what I can do and still lap those doing nothing!
8. If I have a bad day, don’t wait until next month, next week or tomorrow to get back on track, do it now!
9. Everything in moderation, never a truer word was spoken
10. Be proud, because even though it is my own fault I are overweight, I am doing SOMETHING about it!
11. I wouldn’t be where I am without all those people who encouraged me and pumped me up to keep going when I needed it
12. This journey is a marathon not a race


12 goals for the next 12 months
1. Lose 35kg more
2. Get my vertigo and fibromyalgia under control to get back to work
3. Join a gym
4. Go down another 2 sizes in clothes
5. Do 10,000 steps a day for at least 5 days of the week
6. Find more healthy and nutritional menu additions
7. Go for a run
8. Go swimming (don’t worry public, no need to avert your eyes, this will not take place in public)
9. Not have to use a seatbelt extender on a plane
10. Wear a dress
11. Enter a 5km fun walk
12. Learn to lift weights

Starting weight in the pics 168.2kg (370 pounds) in the last picture 132.2 (291 pounds)