14.2 - 5lb loss
There is only one thing worse than weighing yourself for the first time before embarking on a diet, and that is weighing yourself after your first week of dieting.
What if I haven't lost any weight? Even worse, what if I have put on weight? A failure in week one...
I approach the scales in Boots with eve more fear than the week before.
I step on and part me with my 50p coin.
Once again very loud, very posh woman goes through the same spiel.
I actually close my eyes, start to plan my grovelling blog to explain how maybe this was all a silly idea....
Suddenly my weight appears. I realise I've been holding my breath.
Not quite believing what I'd just seen, I jump off as the receipt is printed.
I grab it and stare.
14.2
I'd lost five whole pounds in just one week!
Even my BMI was looking in better shape.
With a spring in my step I leave the store.
The lack of cheesecake in my life suddenly doesn't matter. I've lost 5lbs! I don't even need cheesecake!
As I walk into Pret to pick up my morning porridge I actually see the little box of cheesecake nestled amongst the sinful carrot cake and gooey chocolate brownie.
Instead of staring at it longingly and thinking see you at lunchtime I smugly turn away and pick up a banana.
That's right. A banana. That's the type of snacking I do now. The type of snacking that enables me to lose 5lbs.
As I fail to keep the smile of my face I bask in the the joy of telling everyone round me. Even Shannon, a freelancer in work whom I'd just met, learnt that I'd lost 5lbs before she even found out my name.
Congratulations me! Sweating it out at Bikram yoga sure seems worth it.
Until next time....
Oh and did I tell you I lost 5lbs?
5lbs! That's amazing! Whoop whoop to the first week!
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