My weight has been static for about three weeks and I've been trying a variety of things to kick start the weight loss which had started so promisingly, including hard work in the gym with a personal trainer, eating back exercise calories and not being paranoid about having the (very) occasional excess day when I didn't stick to the calorie recommendation. Even been watching my macros. Since I started the journey, I feel better generally, and had a suspicion that there was a "weight shift" rather than a "weight loss" as a fair bit of the gym work has been core strength, probably about 30%, although I've also been working on cardio as well.

So, before I started the serious eating/exercise regime, I bought some new summer shorts, and, optimistically, got them 2 inches smaller round the waist than those they were intended to replace. Inevitably, I couldn't button them up, so the challenge was set that I would lose enough weight by the time I needed them next, which was likely to be not before June when I'm scheduled to go abroad on holiday.

Well, I tried the shorts on today, and they fit, so my suspicion that there was a weight shift seems to be well founded. The logic is that I've lost at least a couple of inches around my waist, otherwise the shorts would still not fit. So quite encouraged really, despite the seeming plateau in the weight loss measure. I won't stop the discipline in anticipation that the stone or so I'd still like to lose will eventually go. Indeed, think I'll have a drink tonight to celebrate - after all I've got about 500 calories to play with today!