Week 202

3lb gain.

Well that could have been so much worse! I was quite relieved it was ony 3lbs - I expected at least 4, possibly 5.

Still, this coming week will not be without damage either. There are still far too many temptations in the house, not to mention visits to friends and people coming over for meals.

Damage limitation still applies, and is helped by the fact Maggie already has a pot of healthy home made soup lined up for lunch today.

Wishing you all the best for the coming New Year Celebrations, and may your elasticated waistbands hold out :)


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 4.6lb - 186.6lbs
Body fat: 27%
Total Weight Loss: 88.4lbs

Week 201

0.8lb gain

So, this is where the Feastmas gains begin. However, I'm rather pleased it's still under a pound, given extra eating that that's been going on.

This is the essence of Damage Limitation - even though I'm going to indulge, at other times during the day/week my eating is on track and healthy.

One of the biggest mistakes most of us who attempt weight loss make, until we finally grasp what we're doing wrong, is thinking that once we've lost it, it's too late. So having blown it this week, I may as well carry on blowing it and start again next week. BUT NEXT WEEK WE'RE EVEN HEAVIER THAN WE NEEDED TO BE.

I've written a guest post for MizFit about Damage Limitation, which is being published on her site on 26th December, so do pop across and check it out. You might also want to add her to your favourites if you haven't come across her already :)

Have a good Feastmas and remember, if we put on 5lbs, it's an awful lot better than having put on 10lbs!


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 1.6lb - 183.6lbs
Body fat: 25.5%
Total Weight Loss: 91.4lbs

Week 200

2lb loss!

Woohoo! Just what I needed before Feastmas kicks in big time.

Over the next 7 days we'll be out for lunch 3 times, and then of course we'll be into the Christmas/New Year fortnight.

Still, at the moment I firmly have the idea of damage limitation in mind - indulge when it's really worth it, or cannot be avoided, but eat sensibly at every other opportunity. This way I may gain a few pounds, but not as many as if I just give in completely. I'd rather start January still comfortably under 190lbs than uncomfortably over.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 0.8lb - 182.8lbs
Body fat: 25.5%
Total Weight Loss: 92.2lbs

Week 199

0.6lb loss!

This loss must have been the balance for last week's surprise rise. My son was baking all week for a cake & homebaking stall and there were quite a few left overs that were too hard to resist. I should probably have stayed even or put on up to half a pound, so I figure it must be quits with last week

Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 2.8lb - 184.8lbs
Body fat: 26.5%
Total Weight Loss: 90.2lbs

Week 198

0.2lb gain.

While there appears to be a gain, I'm not worried about it. The fact is I've been on track all week, which is the greater achievement. I feel fairly certain this is just an anomaly and this will show in next week's stats.

So now we enter December, potentially one of the healthy eater's most dangerous months of the year.

Time for Damage Limitation!


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 3.4lb - 185.4lbs
Body fat: 26.2%
Total Weight Loss: 89.6lbs

Week 197

1.8lb loss!

Woohoo! The corner has been turned. I'm on my way back down.

Until the next time I put some back on, that is...


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 3.2lb - 185.2lbs
Body fat: 26.5%
Total Weight Loss: 89.8lbs

Week 196

0.8lb loss!

This has been a good week. Very little in the way of extras. No evening snacking. I'm hoping the corner has been turned.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 5lb - 187lbs
Body fat: 26.7%
Total Weight Loss: 88lbs

Week 195

0.4lb gain.

So back up to where I was a fortnight ago.

Mind you, it has been a pretty bad week emotionally and the worst of sins - snacking in the evening - has happened a couple of nights. That is one thing I have to get back under control.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 5.8lb - 187.8lbs
Body fat: 27%
Total Weight Loss: 87.2lbs

Week194

0.4lb loss.

At least it's a step in the right direction, if not as much as I'd hoped.

Still, helping a friend celebrate his birthday with one of my son's cakes on Saturday, was never going to be an effective weight loss strategy...


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 5.4lb - 187.4lbs
Body fat: 26.6%
Total Weight Loss: 87.6lbs

Week 193

3lb gain!

Over the past 7 days we've spent 3 days in a hotel with bed, breakfast and evening meal; 2 days travelling where food always goes awry; had my birthday party with a fantastic spread of food by Maggie; and eaten most of the leftovers of that fantastic spread of food by Maggie.

I'm now over a stone heavier than my lightest point in July last year.

If I don't turn this round now I am going to have to give up wearing 34" jeans, which are definitely too tight on me, and return to the 36's just to be able to breathe properly.

Fortunately we don't do Thanksgiving in Scotland so I think we have a more or less clear run until Feastmas.


Starting Weight: 19st 9lb - 275lbs
Current Weight: 13st 5.8lb - 187.8lbs
Body fat: 26.5%
Total Weight Loss: 87.2lbs