The last couple of days have been very hard for me. I was depressed on Day 6 about putting on weight rather than losing it, and that continued into Day 7 as still no weight loss (I just couldn't keep off the scales). I was aware from the PB that something like this was likely to happen around Day 5, but of course when it's actually happening it's hard to stay rational about it. Before I ended up doing something totally stupid like downing bars of chocolate or having a stiff drink, I decided that I am not going to weigh myself again until the end of the 2nd week by which time I am hoping for some movement. The book and the forum girls keep saying that weight loss isn't linear and that there's often a visit by the whoosh fairy rather than steady weekly loss and for a lot of people the inches go quicker than the weight and so many don't bother weighing themselves at all. Whilst I would obviously have preferred a 2lb weekly weight loss, I guess as long as I get there eventually it will all work out.
Having made the decision not to weigh, I decided instead to measure myself. I last did this approximately 2 weeks ago so was overdue anyway. Anyway fantastic news. I may not have lost weight but I've certainly lost inches. 3 inches round my waist, 1 inch round my bust, 1/2 an inch each on my thighs and 1 inch on my hips to be precise - that's 6 inches in total. Obviously not enough yet to make a huge difference to the clothes I'm wearing, but it's certainly a great start. Of course this cheered me up considerably and made me more determined to stick it out.
Things can definitely only get better ...
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