62lbs until I get to a healthy BMI!!!

It might sound so much to you but trust me, to me it sounds so little.

When I started Weightwatchers I needed to lose 211lbs to get to a healthy BMI. I've currently lost 149lbs although with Weigh In tonight, I'm confident I can get my 150lb loss up tonight and hence have 61lbs to lose.

I know I'm still "fat" and with a BMI of 36 I am still classed as obese but just recently I have been able to look at myself in the mirror again and admit I have lost a lot of weight and that is really showing and yes, I look so much better for it. I can even look at pictures now of myself without hating them and from behind I look almost "normal!"

I think there are two or three major things that are making me feel good about things at the moment. One of these is that I am no longer the biggest person I know. I know there are lots of people who weigh more than me but I was 8 stone more than mum at one stage and in pictures taken of us together last year I look massive next to her. On holiday in June I look the same size but in pictures taken the other night I can see that I look smaller than her and I could not remember the last time I can say that. I've added the pictures here for you all to see.

Another thing that is making me feel good is clothes size. I'm now buying trousers in an 18, again something I could only dream about this time last year. It is such a big step to not to have to buy a 20 something top and it feels great, especially considering that size 32s were too tight for me when I joined Weightwatchers.

What makes me the happiest most of all though is knowing I can do this and I WILL DO IT!!! For so long I have battled my weight and lost the fight. Not this time though, the finishing line may not yet me in sight but it is not all that far away and the day that I cross it will be a great day in so many ways.

Vicky xxx