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

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.