Good Bye Bridget Jones

Since I have lost weight my daughter has been on a mission to replace my collection of Bridget Jones' knickers. So when I started this 3 week travel I packed them all and have thrown them away, day by day, she will be so proud of me.

Gym what Gym ?

Well bringing my trainers on this trip was a waste of suitcase space. I haven’t been once. The walking is doing ok but the gym is sadly missing, I just haven’t had time. my friend Kuassi has made the gym most days but I think he doesn’t sleep at all. Need to work hard when I get home in a week.

Trying New Things

It is the simple things I love most about the new me. Today it was not being afraid to try a hammock and enjoying my afternoon siesta on a private island of the coast of Cartagena, Columbia.

I Rattle

Although my type of surgery, a gastric sleeve, means I can absorb all food, I do have to be careful about what I eat to try and get all the nutrients I need naturally. For the first year at least I am taking vitamin supplements, and now I think I actually rattle. Still small price to pay. I have had a flare up of excema on my forehead and behind my ears which the specialist thinks happened because I got anaemic after the surgery. So again not directly linked to dieting but a side effect of the op. I hope it gets in check, but rather that than diabetes or heart problems which the weight loss makes less likely

Single Digits

3 days in a hotel last week and everyday the scales had me at 85Kg yes, yes, yes, so the gain wasn't really a gain it was a loss so perhaps it was something tobdo with weighing myself straight after a long haul flight. Either way it doesn't matter, just 9kg to go.

Feeling Better

At a hotel this week, and according to both sets of scales in the gym, I have actually lost weight, so perhaps my home scales are just on strike!

So feeling a little better and in the Global Corporate Challenge where I am aiming for 10,000 steps a day I have an average of 11,000 and have completed a total distance of 319km which to me is amazing.

Not Good

Just home from a week away in US, and the scales have moved, in the WRONG direction.

Not happy, but determined to be positive. I can and will turn this around.