The difficult first post!

So introductions first. My name’s Rachel, I am 31, engaged to the man of my dreams and i’m obese.

Urgh that sounds awful.

After a lifetime of trying to embrace my ‘curveyness’ and ‘own who I am’ after stepping on the scales at the start of this journey and seeing 17 stone 7 (247 lbs for any stray American’s amongst you) I can’t deny it any longer. If you pop my vital statistics into the dreaded NHS Choices calculator (click here to do it yourself), 31, 5ft 8 and inactive the below appears

My first BMI result 😦

I have to admit that I was a bit shocked. At that point I hadn’t stepping on the scales in years. I knew that I had gained weight but it had been steadily so I didn’t really notice it – apart from the fact I was less comfortable in tighter clothes that I used to be.

Getting started with exercise

Preach!

So let me be straight here. I hate the gym. I have a 9-5 office job and a hobby that keeps me out of the house until past 8pm two days a week. On the three week days that I get in between 5.30 and 6pm I am usually pretty shattered and want to eat and crash out on the sofa with some mindless tv.

To begin with exercise didn’t really factor much in my weight loss. On 1500-1600 calories to begin with I found it easy to stick to and comfortably loose two pounds a week. Then, a stone or so, in my calories to maintain this weight loss started to drop until today where I am down to 1200 calories for the same results. That is an issue!

Catching up on the last four months..

So I know I am a little late to the party in starting this blog but it’s only now that I have made some progress that I feel like I have something to offer the blogosphere.

If you’ve read my first post you will know that I started at 17st 7lbs (247lbs). The date of the first weigh in was Wednesday 19th November and on that day I took my first ever progress pictures. Obviously at that time I didn’t have an idea that I would be sharing these with the world so I chose to wear hideous leopard print pants and a black sports bra – now the world is stuck with this image and i apologise for my poor fashion choice that morning!

Ok deep breath. Here are those first pictures in all their hideous glory…

My first progress pictures