Just starting out...

It took me a month to weigh myself through fear of what the scales will say, finally broke the seal and have weighed myself about three times over the last week, fluctuating between 148 pound, took 145, back to 148 then back to 145, guessing different times of days, clothing, therefore planning on following the advice on this website and will be aiming to weigh myself in the mornings non-clothed. Also today took my measurements and have recorded these on this site, just my waist and belly measurement are enough to make me not reach for that chocolate bar...should have started this sooner... suppose better late than never.

When I was 19 years old I was a 36 bust, 26 waist and 36 hips, not sure I can obtain this again however I will try my hardest. Timescales to succeed within is 3 months, however once achieved I need to sustain this. In order to achieve these measurements I believe I will need to reduce to 127 lbs aka 9.01 stone. Current weight is 145 lbs aka 10.5 stone, therefore a loss of 18 lbs aka 1.4stone.

Safe to lose 3 lb a week equals deficit of 10,500 cals a week, mixture of food reduction and exercise to achieve this. I reckon the first bit of weight loss will be easy however the last 7-8 lb will be the hardest, the last few week may only see 1lb or 2 lb weight loss a week.

ok here we go, wish me luck...