I weighed myself this morning. 9 stone 3 pounds. My initial aim is to be below 9 stone, so this is well on the way.
I managed it by a week of hardly eating, however, which isn't really a sensible way ahead, and wasn't planned. It was a bit of a worry thing. I didn't drink much, even.
In my younger (but fully adult) days, my lowest weight was 7 1/2 stone. I didn't diet down to that, I was breastfeeding Al. I always lost a lot of weight when feeding my babies, I ate like a horse and couldn't keep the weight on, but got thinnest of all with Al. I've looked up my BMI and 7 1/2 stone is the lowest weight categorised as 'normal' - under that would be underweight. Sad to say, it's the only time in my adult life that I actually felt slender - that is, I've got a pretty healthy body image now and I've never been one for self-loathing or anything like that, but I always felt fat. I don't now, actually, despite rather a lot of wobbly bits.
My normal fit weight was about 8 stone 4 lbs and as long as I was under 8 1/2, I reckoned that was okay, if not slim. It would be on the thin side now, I think that a few extra pounds are not a bad thing - they help to hide the wrinkles a bit for one thing when you're my age and the subcutaneous fat diminishes. But 120 lbs is a nice round number. 8 stone anything will suit me just fine though. No timescale, I'm not setting myself up for failure.
Though it's just occurred to me, I weigh 131 lbs. So it seems I have my first target right in front of me. One more pound.
I managed it by a week of hardly eating, however, which isn't really a sensible way ahead, and wasn't planned. It was a bit of a worry thing. I didn't drink much, even.
In my younger (but fully adult) days, my lowest weight was 7 1/2 stone. I didn't diet down to that, I was breastfeeding Al. I always lost a lot of weight when feeding my babies, I ate like a horse and couldn't keep the weight on, but got thinnest of all with Al. I've looked up my BMI and 7 1/2 stone is the lowest weight categorised as 'normal' - under that would be underweight. Sad to say, it's the only time in my adult life that I actually felt slender - that is, I've got a pretty healthy body image now and I've never been one for self-loathing or anything like that, but I always felt fat. I don't now, actually, despite rather a lot of wobbly bits.
My normal fit weight was about 8 stone 4 lbs and as long as I was under 8 1/2, I reckoned that was okay, if not slim. It would be on the thin side now, I think that a few extra pounds are not a bad thing - they help to hide the wrinkles a bit for one thing when you're my age and the subcutaneous fat diminishes. But 120 lbs is a nice round number. 8 stone anything will suit me just fine though. No timescale, I'm not setting myself up for failure.
Though it's just occurred to me, I weigh 131 lbs. So it seems I have my first target right in front of me. One more pound.
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