My mini goals

Having sat down and worked out just how much I need to lose I very nearly ran away in panic. 


Just how important it is to me to lose weight however has just been brought into sharp focus by an insurance form that has just arrived for me to fill in. Now, I'm in pretty good health *touch wood* so it really is just my weight that is going to count against me. The feeling I had looking at that form really made me think that this HAS to be done.


So my main aim is such


* I want to lose this weight and for once in my life - well since I was a kid anyway - I want to be a normal weight. 
* MY DH is 40 next year and I have a major birthday treat lined up for him. That gives me 18 months to get to within a reasonable distance of my goal.


I need to break this down into smaller goals for my own sanity and also to make it seem I am achieving something. My goals are as follows


1. A new stone value - this will make me very happy as it will take me under an important psychological barrier.
2. Next is my 5%. Because of my weight at the moment, this is about a stone off.
3. Dropping into the next stone bracket would be my next goal after that
4. Then is my pre-pregnancy weight


If I can get past those 4 then I will have lost 2 stone and I will be a happy bunny !

The enormity of the task in hand

This week I am feeling good. Motivation is sky high, I've stuck to my points and started exercising again and I'm feeling on top of things.

Off the back of this I decided to sit down and actually work out milestones and the overall journey that lies ahead. So, with a deep breath here goes. I have 110 pounds to lose (please don't think any less of my at this point). Of these 110 I have already lost 12 - yay me !!

2lbs to go to my 5% loss and then another 13lbs to my 10%  (this actually coincides with my next mini goal). Overall I need to be losing just under 40% of my body weight - wow, this is serious shit. 

So this is an huge task ahead but it's step by step by step. I'm nearly at 5% which can only be a good thing and from then on it's down, down, down.

Wish me luck !