Big Fat Diary || My journey to weight loss and wellbeing || Week 8
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Feeling positive this week - I've shed a couple more pounds, my BMI is dropping and I'm ALMOST out of the obese zone! :)
Huge thank you to everyone who has left kind and uplifting comments, shared their own stories and given tips and advice - it's really helping me to stay on track when I'm flagging or tempted to fall by the wayside, I'm so grateful for your support xo
Go to my linktree to find links to our free Discord community where I've set up a Big Fat Diary room so we can chat about our progress and share our struggles and triumphs -
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That's great news Annie! Your beaming smile shows how much it means to you, and the credit is all yours.
Thank you Linda - you're seeing all my ups and downs and this was definitely an up day!! :) xo
👏👏👏 Amazing Annie. You are doing so well.
Thank you very much! :) xo
Wooooooo Hooooooo!!! You go, Sweet Girl!! I am enormously proud of you, Annie Love! You look great and so cheerful and bright. This is brilliant news, dear friend. Much love & biggest hugs. Bless xoxo
Thank you so much Lindsey, I think a switch has been flicked in my mind, it really feels like the start of a new lease of life - I'm so looking forward to the point, perhaps three or four months down the line, where I have hit my target and I can put together a little clip reel showing my progress from that first video where I was feeling so down - I'm so lucky to have all of this support, it's made such a lot of difference xo
@@artyfartyannie I am so very, very pleased to hear you so positive! I've a wee theory about why you were down...You were clearing out all of your old things, right? Looking at all of the clothes, etc that you remembered wearing or having the hope of wearing is exhausting. Because you're recalling the person you were then and it's bittersweet, isn't it? All of the memories and hopes are tied in with the clothes we've chosen in the past. If that makes sense? I had to do a chucking out recently. It was horrible. I had to stop! I was being nostalgic and recalling "what we were doing when I wore that", sort of thing. Too many memories of my life tied up in my closet. It's tough, isn't it? Also because we buy or keep clothes that we've hopes to wear one day "when we're slimmer," right? It can be really tough. I get it. And you're so very brave to be sharing all of this with us, dear Annie. I adore your bones and I'm so enormously proud of you!! xoxo
@@lindseywarren44 what you say absolutely makes sense Lindsey, I was thnking along the same lines - I've also had to let go of a lot of books which have been with me for a long time, dismantle lovingly-created scrapbook pages because I just don't have room to store them any more, and things like board games I associate with long-gone happy times. I still have the kitchen and the garage to go through, and both are full of things of huge sentimental value that evoke memories, and I'm going to have to let a lot of it go. I'm having a bit of a breather in between each bout, because as you say, it is exhausting, both physically and emotionally - but it will be a relief to have it done in the end. I'd rather do it now myself than think of someone else having to do it later - and it's all part of starting a new chapter :)
Great news Annie so good to see you looking happy and sounding so positive. See you on the Saturday live. x 💐
Thank you very much Jen - funny enough, I'm having a wobble in my determination today, so I'm distracting myself by answering my YT comments instead of eating something I will regret later, and it's really helping me in a very immediate way right now. SO want to hit that first stone milestone tomorrow, I don't want to slip up now :) xo
Congratulations Annie, your weight loss journey is going well. Keep chipping away at it. ❤
Thank you Julie, I definitely will! xo
Congratulations Annie 👏👏👏👏 You are amazing and you look so happy. I hope you are really proud of yourself. Brilliant that you tried a top that you were unhappy about but now are much happier as I think those obvious wins that you can see really helps to bring home how well you are doing. See you Saturday .
Thank you very much Carol and yes I actually am proud of myself and feeling like I'm in control, instead of hurtling down a slippery slope as I felt I was before. That top almost ended up being turned into a rug! I couldn't give it away as it was a gift from my aunt, but I hadn't felt happy wearing it for quite a while. See you on Saturday - I'll be announcing the Special Guest later today :) xo
Hi, Annie! Bravo for your fantastic progress! We love to see you smile like this! Getting your BMI lower is just marvelous, and your knees, your heart and your whole body will be very grateful to you. I have had a good week too: I’m at 149.4 pounds American. Teeny, tiny progress, but in the direction we want! 😃 You definitely are looking different in your twirl from how it was on April 7th. Keep going, Annie! 🤗🤗🤗 I would love to see you altering or making new and different things from the clothes you decided to remove from the wardrobe. I’ve been too nervous to start looking through mine yet. Have a super day!
Cheers from Lynn in Hallsville, Missouri USA
Bravo to you too Lynn, we're doing so well, I feel really positive and like I've had a real change of mindset - so instead of it feeling like a slog to keep going, it's getting easier as I go along, because new a healthier habits are settling in. Visuals work for me, so I'm picturing this journey like a walk along a path towards a clearing in a beautiful wooded park. All we have to do is keep doing what we're doing and we'll get there - you're a way ahead of me, but I'll catch you up eventually and we'll have a lovely healthy picnic to celebrate :) Sounds corny I know, but works for me :) Have a great week Lynn xo
You are doing such a great job Annie!
Thank you so much Susan xo
Yay - well done Annie, that is fabulous and you are so nearly in the 11 stone range too! :)
Thank you!! 😊 Yes if I could get out of the obese range, into the 11stone range and and into the 20s on my BMI by the end of week 8 I'd be so chuffed xo
Wow Annie! You are doing so well, congratulations!
Thank you Marian! :) xo
Your positivity is so infectious!! You’re doing great and so inspiring :)
Thank you so much, that means such a lot to me xo
Congrats!👏🏻🥰. So happy for you♥️
Thank you very much! :) xo
Congratulations, Annie!
Thank you Jan xo
Keep going Annie,you’re doing great xx ❤
Thank you Mandy! xo
Well done again Annie that is great news💕
Thanks Liz, I'm so chuffed with myself! :)
Great work Annie! You’re doing an amazing job of this 🤗
Thank you so much Christine!! xo
Cheers for You!!🎉
Thank you Rose, I'm feeling so much more confident now and much of that is due to all the support from this amazing community, I really appreciate it xo
Congratulations 🎉 Annie.
Thank you Rhonda! :) xo
Wonderful news on the weight loss you go Annie. Don’t know if I will make the live, will try the sitting with my Mother In-law is kicking my ass, thankfully today we got a family health worker sitter so yippee I’m relieved of duty. Having said this Mum know has Covid, dad has Covid and sigh I’m tired but Covid free (ominous music) for know. Will try and join in With the muff work ( lol all those jokes) if I’m back to normal by Sunday morning. Still I did teaching today. Have a lovely week and enjoy yourself. Me I’m hoping to walk the dog tomorrow been a while since I’ve done exercise and have missed the fresh air. Aww I get to sleep in my own bed tonight so looking forward to this think I might hit the hey early.
Thanks Paula, ah you must exhausted, bless you, I do know exactly how it feels, from my previous job and from more personal experience, it does wear you out and you have to look after yourself as well - I'm so glad you can have a bit of a break now and get some fresh air and a good sleep. Are you still loving the teaching? I bet you're amazing at it xo
That’s fantastic news Annie 😊 keep going 💕
Thank you Jan!! 😊
Good going Annie! So proud of you! ❤
Thank you Martha - I'm quite proud of myself too hehehe :) xo
You are looking amazing and I’m so pleased for you. I’m around the same weight as you, so it’s interesting to see what happens next. I’m a target member at Slimming world and could probably do with losing a bit more, but at 5’6” I’m happy with that. Keep up the excellent work. Xx
Thank you so much Maggie, ah yes, I expect being around the same weight but 4" taller you're probably two dress sizes smaller than me - I was only saying to Tom the other day that going by the size of my feet I was meant to be taller and if I was 5' 6" at this weight I'd be a size 12 - as it is, at least I don't blow over easily in a strong wind !!! :) I have a feeling that learning how to maintain once I hit my target will be a whole new ballgame - how long have you been at target? I might be needing some tips later xo
Brilliant 🎉the best way to lose and such a fantastic result 🎉
Thank you Lisa, I feel so much better already - it's going to be quite something to look back at the videos I made at the start of this journey, honestly it feels life-changing, and I'm so lucky to have all of this support through the ups and downs xo
You are an inspiration ❤
Thank you so much Judy, that's really kind of you xo
You look wonderful and so happy congratulations on the 2lb loss I lost a pound and happy with that as I only have a half a stone to go. Hopefully will tune in on Saturday ❤
Thank you Pippa! ah yes I know the less you have to lose the harder it gets, so losing a pound when you only have a few left to go is brilliant, well done. Hope you see you on Saturday - I'll be announcing our Star Guest later today :) xo
Well done you're fldoing great and look fantastic x
Thanks so much jacquie😊 xo
Well done, a good steady pace is sustainable. Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks Ruth, I hope so 👍
Well done so pleased for you, can you tell me what are your little snacks please, my memory is rubbish and I can’t find when you told us 💖💖💖🌹
Thank you! :) If you mean the savoury snacks in the bags, the ones I love that I showed a couple of times back - Puft Hula Hoops, Snack a Jacks, and Pop Chips are my favourites. They're all baked or air popped instead of fried and around 73 calories per bag. The Puft are my absolute fave :) xo