Situation Satisfactory

Went to see the diabetes nurse at the surgery today for my check up and she seemed pretty stunned with my progress, maybe it was the fact that when she ask me how I was doing I said 'great'. I think that a lot of the people she sees are probably struggling with their weight or their blood sugar levels and I'm not. All my indicators are going in the right direction, my blood pressure is fine, my blood sugar was 6 in a whole blood test which is spot on, my feet are in good nick and have good circulation so that's great.

She seem pretty surprised when I told her I'd lost 10lbs since I'd last seen the doc and weighed me, first using her scales which said I'd lost 2st, I wish! and then with the same ones the doc used last time which said 5kg which is pretty much 10lbs as I thought :) I told her what I was doing with changing my eating and exercise and she's happy with that and told me to continue.

The nice thing is that I'll get weighed every time I go, which initially will be once a once, now for some people that would be an issue but for me it is a huge motivational tool, I thrive on recognition from impartial sources and having a weigh in will really help me to keep on track.

Nurse says that she can't see me having to go on tablets or injections for a good few years if I can keep the weight coming off and as I won't be using those then I shouldn't need to be having regular self administered blood tests either, basically I can lead a normal life for the time being, the time will come when I do need tablets but I am determined to enjoy myself in the meantime and that means I need to stay fit and lean and have the occasional indulgence rather then pig things which I don't really enjoy. For instance right now I'm having a toasted tuna pitta and without a word of a lie I'm enjoying it as much as I would a Chunkies Coronation Chicken sandwich with mango pickle, because a) its nice, b) I know I can have another one in a couple of hours and c) I know that eating this way will help me to reach my target. I'm hoping that having small meals will reduce the physical size of my stomach as well as the size of my actual internal stomach and so in the future I will feel fuller earlier and find I gorge less when I am having a free day.

Lost another lb yesterday, down to 289lbs now or 20st 9lbs, still sounds like a lot and that's because it is a lot! I told the nurse that I was aiming for around 15st and she said that sounds reasonable given my build, I'll be packing on some muscle weight soon so I would expect 15lbs to be pretty lean despite being a BMI of 27 and hence overweight, BMI is never very accurate for people who lift weights and as it was calculated in the 1950s its well out of date for modern build and diet. I might hit 210lbs by the year but its likely to take a bit longer as the last few lbs come off slowly from my experience. Its enough time for 2 BfL challenges though and we should see some good results by Christmas. My first BfL will start when I get back from Scotland at the end of June, I'm really looking forward to lifting weights again. I have July and August to try and get to a stage where I don't feel like too much of a blimp in my swimming shorts as we are going to Centre Parcs and I'd like to use the pool and spa. Nice thing is that Centre Parcs has gym facilities so even if I eat off programme I can still keep the exercise up :)