Starting Off

Well I finally decided to do something about my weight when I saw how my face had exploded in a picture I took with my husband at a friend's wedding in October 2007. I have included the offending pictures above. I was even afraid to weigh myself at that time but after losing some weight I weighed 125kg. This leads me to assume that I was at my peak at least 130kgs. My hair though is really good not bad for a do it yourself job.

My journey began very slowly and gradually I made very small changes. By the end of the year I was 125 kgs. I would describe February 08 as the month where I really began making real changes and I have since then lost weight more regularly (approx 1 kg per week). It was at this time that I commenced exercising also. Very Very slowly at first. I was considering lap band surgery some time before really committed to doing it during this time. This actually motivated me more - which was interesting and I lost some more weight and was 114 kilos by the time I had to start the pre-op optifast diet.