The Two Stone Barrier

So last week I finally broke the 2 stone barrier! I’ve been going to fat club since last October and apart from a few blips, I’ve pretty much managed to lose weight every week, however for the last 3 weeks I’ve been stuck! Last week with a loss of 3 ½ pounds I got another “silver 7” and have officially lost 2 stones and 1 pound.

  Don’t get me wrong, I’m nowhere near my goal weight, but I’m getting there. I thought I’d share my journey because I feel there’s lots of common misconceptions about what makes people but weight on. The irony is I have a crush on a personal trainer who a) doesn’t know I exist and b) thinks fat people are the spawn of society.

 I know why I’ve put my weight on, I’ve eaten too much food. I’m not being sarcastic, I have I love food, at no point has food judged me, bullied me, harassed me or left me! I’m a classic comfort eater and over the last few years I’ve had more than a few reasons to eat. My weight problem started when I was stalked by a man who thought he was Jesus and I was the chosen one, one court case and a home office alarm later I was a good 3 stone heavier, throw in a job that I hated with “odd workmates” and the deaths of my Gran, 2 best friends and then just to really finish me off the sudden death of my Mum, I ballooned! I’m not making excuses, but that’s why I ate.

  Finally last year I decided it was time to take back some control, I left my job where amongst other things I was known as “fat Katie” and dealt with some of my issues. I’m not saying my grief has gone because it probably never will, but I now celebrate the fact I have a good life and have been lucky enough to be around some amazing people!

  Walking into a fat club for the first time is hard, I had visions of being the fattest one there or the “leader” saying to me “blimey fatty not sure there’s enough time in the world for you to shift your lardy arse”, but it wasn’t remotely like that, the people were lovely and no one made me feel embarrassed. I think it helped that I went with my sister, who isn’t in my league of tubbiness, but needed to shift some of her “grief weight” too.

  Tuesday is our weigh day, so hence the title of the blog “slinky by Tuesday” if you want to join me in my weight loss journey then feel free to keep joining me!