Non Scale Victories

I started on WeightWatchers in July and since then I have lost around two stone. I will be honest, it has been a much slower process than other people that I know who are doing the same thing.

Recently after a particularly crappy weigh-in following a week of meticulous tracking and pointing and only loosing 0.5lb one of my friends tagged a photo of me. It was a photo that was taken before I started WeightWatchers and it made me realise that it isn't all about the numbers on the scale. Its also about the non scale victories, the NSVs.

It made me see that since starting I have achieved so much more than just loosing weight. I've noticed that;

• I've been able to run for longer on the treadmill
• I don't get tired after walking up three flights of stairs at work everyday
• My clothes fit better and in some cases are too loose.
• The biggest size in Zara is now a loose on me!

When I first started loosing weight I measured out a piece of string around my waist and cut it to remind myself, today when I put the same piece of string around me I had 11cms excess hanging from the end.

My advice for anyone who is on a weight loss journey would be to measure your success in other areas other than just numbers on a set of scales. It will help to make you feel 100 times better on those days when the scales aren't your friend and will help to motivate you forward and remind you just how far you've come.

The first blog entry

I've tried and failed so many times a keeping diaries that I have lost count. This time however I am not going to make plans, set deadlines or make goals except one... To use this blog as a way of keeping note of things in my life. Things I like, trips I make and food I eat.



Today I am a painfully single 26 year old who, has lived a pretty great life so far, i've travelled quite a bit, lived abroad, met lots of interesting people and have the best family I could ever ask for. However, things have slowed down lately because I now work full time and spend most of my time being a sensible grown up. I am starting to get complacent and a bit bored with the way things are, so i've decided to make some changes.



In August I started weight watchers. I did this for a few reasons; to loose weight, to feel better, to build confidence, to wear clothes from fashionable shops and find a man...but most of all to be happy being me.



One of the biggest thing about being single in your mid twenties is that although you have friends a lot of them are in couples, married, have children and those that do happen to still be single have careers which mean that they can't always take time off (myself included) this means that going on adventures with friends isn't really possible. I've decided that if I want to do something then I should just go ahead and do it. 

 Life is too short to miss out on stuff because you are worried about going it alone.




Time to make changes, you only get one chance of life so you have to make it count.