cjtrigg's Journal

Here we are
Jun 12 2009 09:18

So here we are.  Pretty much at my goal date.  My goal, the image I've had in my head, has been centred around our holiday to Greece.  When I started the weight loss thing in January, I wanted to be able to wear nice summer clothes and even a bikini by the time I went on holiday.  Well, we fly on Sunday morning, and I am just so delighted - and amazed - to be able to say this is actually the case.  It's been 6 months, but here I am.  I'm 16lbs lighter, and much trimmer around my mid-section which was the area I was most bothered by. 

My legs have stunned me.  In January, my legs were ok.  They were perhaps a bit wobbly in the upper thigh area.  But they weren't that bad, I mean I could go out in shorts without terrifying everyone.  Anyway, so now my legs are just... solid.  Nothing wobbles on them any more.  It's actually quite weird; they look a little too muscley perhaps. But I remember them looking like that before when I was more active as a teenager.  I guess in terms of where weight falls on my body, my legs aren't a key area.

Anyhoo.

So I've been feeling quite pleased about all this in the last few weeks although in those weeks I haven't really been able to exercise much. Today is my last day at work before going on holiday and I came in this morning and the two guys who are working downstairs stopped me to ask what my secret was.  I was thinking about work things and said, well, what secret? And (obviously, given I'm writing here) they said they'd noticed I'd lost a lot of weight recently and wanted to know how I did it.  Talk about a pick-me-up at the beginning of the day!  On top of that, talking to the security guard who is a South London hardman type, I impressed him by saying I'm running two 10k races soon.  I'm starting my day very chuffed.

Er. This was meant to be more coherent, but as always... no.  Basically, I can't believe I'm actually here.  And what's more I'm not going to stop here.  I'm going on this holiday for two weeks and I'm going to do and eat whatever I want.  But I have two 10k races in September, and I could still do with losing more weight from my stomach, and so when I come back I'm going right back out and running again, and continuing to keep an eye on my food consumption.