Hi Janice (and thank you allllllll those lovely encouraging folk out there in
asd land :)

When I started this I was 19 stone 8 lbs - one heck of a lot of weight. I know
in the past (when I didn't care) I was off the top of the scale - so over 20
stone.Something in my head has clicked - a light's come on and I will change.
No questions, I will change. I only wish I could take whatever it was that made
that decision for me and give it out in bottles.

I'm not going to SW classes at all - I have been doing this on my own. I'm not
really a "class joining" person. I have borrowed and bought the books I needed
to get me started and I do buy the magazines when they come out for new
recipies etc.

I'm really pleased with 26lbs (almost 2 stone) in 10 weeks. I want to get to my
mini goal which is 16 stone and also happens to be a loss of 50lbs by my
birthday - May next year. I know the losses will start to slow down but I'm
hoping that's realistic. Just being where I am now is a bit of a triumph - I
feel great, I can walk further and so on.

I have been thinking about long term goals recently and might be pitching for
100lbs total loss - which will put my target at 174lbs. I don't know though -
12 stone 4 seems quite light for a 6 footer with a largish frame. I don't have
to worry about it for a long time though.

Thank you everyone for the kind comments - you really do help :)

Cellach
274/248/224(mini goal)

The only fraction I'd use is half a stone - so maybe I'd say "I've lost a stone
and a half" - which is 21lbs. A "stone and a quarter" doesn't seem to get used
much in English english (as opposed to American english, that is).

Cellach

Since Cellach was commenting earlier about celebrating in different
measurement systems:

With the one more pound I was down today, I've now lost 40 kilos -- 88
lbs. :-).  I'm pretty good at thinking in kilos since we use kilo
plates for Olympic lifting.  Picking up that much weight and just
carrying it around is pretty hard -- makes me realize how much I've
lost.

Chris
262/174/???