Square one....million

I started losing weight in 2009. I was promptly told by my aunt that I was not losing weight as, when you lose something you want to find it again. So, rather than "putting it out there into the universe*" that I was losing weight, I began shedding pounds.

Now, I'm 5 foot 6 inches and I weigh approx 75kg or 11.8 stone. My maximum ideal healthy weight is 68kg or 10.7 stone and I'd like to be about 63kg or 10 stone.

My goal here is not to be super skinny but to be healthy and happy. I am not happy with the way I look at the moment and most women would say - well, who is? I love watching "Biggest Loser" and other weight loss programmes. At the moment I'm on a health kick, but who knows when that will end. I've been at a plateau of about 12 stone for a year and a half. So, now I'm kicking it off. I'm shedding "the final stone" (plus a bit).

I hope....

*My mum says if you put something out there into the universe then it will obey you. So instead of saying you want to be rich you say you are rich, as want is always in the future and the universe will only obey the now.
- she reads a lot of books about this kind of thing, I haven't read them myself but I try and take some of her advice onboard (with a pinch of salt - although I cut that out a long time ago!)