My journey has begun

Hello all,

Well, I have decided to be adventurous and start writing my own blog to record my weight loss journey with Slimming World. I'm a bit nervous to write this as I'm quite ashamed of how much I weigh but this will be a true account of my journey, and i'll share the good, the bad and the very ugly (i.e. my before pictures....eeekkk)

So, firstly a little bit about myself. I am 38 years old and live with my husband and my two little boys who are 3 and 5 years old. They are my whole world and my main motivation for losing the weight is to become a better mummy and wife to my beautiful family. This is a photo of my gorgeous boys. How cute are they eh!!

So, here's a shocking picture that I took last week in the worst clothes I could think of so I could get a true reflection of how awful I look. Hope this works!!

How bad is that eh!! Well that's the last time I will ever look like that. That's for sure!!! So last week I re-joined slimming world and when I went lastnight for my first weigh in I lost 7lbs!!! So I got my first sticker on my book and it gave me a great boost for this week. I have done Slimming World many times before, with my most successful attempt being before my wedding which was in September 2007 and I lost about 4.5 stones but I wasn't anywhere near as big as I am now.

My first target that I want to reach is the first week in May when one of my friends is getting married and I'm determined to be and I'd love to be 3 stone lighter by then!! I know that's a big ask...well a pretty huge one actually but it'll work out as 3lb a week off for the next 15 weeks and as my lovely consultant always says 'aim for the stars'. Okay, so I think I might be aiming for the stars, moon and the rest of the galaxy but I love a good challenge. So here goes.

I'd love to have some friends to follow me on my journey so make yourselves comfy, have a cuppa, grab a hi-fi bar and let's get shrinking!!!!

xxx