Measurements

I took my measurements.

Waist: 40"
Hips: 45.5"
Bust: 41"

I hope I'll see these come down over the next few weeks

Wednesday Weigh-In

I neither gained nor lost weight last week. I was expecting something like that because I cheated quite a bit early in the week, although I stuck closely to the diet later in the week. Never mind - I've now started my second week of grapefruit diet and I hope I'll lose at least a couple of pounds this week.

I'm still doing Flylady, the system for getting your housework under control. I'm on day 3 now so I'm supposed to:

• keep my sink shiny


• get dressed first thing in the morning instead of slobbing around in a dressing gown


• read the copious Flylady emails for a few minutes every day

Unless day 4's task is "get bloody moving and pick up all the crap" I can't see how this is going to result in a tidy house, so I've "cheated" (you're specifically told not to jump ahead and do more) and I've tidied all the upstairs of the house and the living room and I've done all the laundry. The hallway, kitchen and bathrooms are still waiting to be done. Maybe once I get it all tidy i can use the Flylady system for keeping it tidy, but it's going way too slow for my liking so far.

Much like my weight-loss.

Wednesday Weigh-In

I gained one pound on the grapefruit diet. I'm not very impressed with that.

But looking at it nother way, in the last 2 weeks I lost 4 pounds, so that's good. Maybe the 5-pound-loss last week was an abnormal fluctuation, and this week I "really" lost weight, but it was hidden by the strange drop the week before.

I'm back on diet delish for a week then I'll give grapefruit another go, but if this happens again I'm looking for another crash diet.

In other news, I took my measurements and found:

Bust = 37 inches (lost 3 1/2 inches)
Waist = 34inches (exactly the same)
Hips = 43 inches (lost 1 inch)

So all the weight is coming off my boobs and little or nothing from anywhere else.

Feeling a bit fed-up.

Measurements

I took my body measurements three weeks ago. Since then I have lost 3lbs, which isn't very much. But let's see what effect (if any) it has had on my size:

Bust - 39 inches (lost 1 1/2 inches)
Waist - 34 inches (exactly the same)
Hips - 42 inches (lost 2 inches)

I'm still a size 16 but my jeans are getting too baggy and I can't wear them without a belt. My size 14 jeans are still too tight. But I'm glad I am shrinking. My tape measure proves it.

Body Measurements

I have taken some body measurements.

Bust - 40 1/2 inches
Waist - 34 inches
Hips - 44 inches

These correspond to a UK size 16-18 (US size 14-16) but in practice I wear UK size 16 clothes which I find fit me fairly loosely. I'll consider that I've reached my subgoal to drop a clothes size when I can comfortably fit into UK size 14 clothes. I'll check these measurements from time to time to see if (and where) I'm shrinking.