FIRST POST

So this is it My 1st Post so here goes....Why???? Because I've been well and truly inspired.
HOW???
So where did this inspiration come from????? Well I'm currently reading the most inspirational weight loss book I've ever come across - " The amazing adventures of Diet Girl" by Shauna Reid 
(Check out her blog The Amazing Adventures of Diet Girl)
In her book she talks about her blog and all the blogs she used for inspiration and a little light bulb said - 'Hey I could do that' so here we are on my first post.I want this blog to be a place for me to celebrate, rant, rave and be everything else that weight loss brings along with it.

MY JOURNEY!
THE START....
So here's a bit about me and my weight loss journey.
I've always been overweight the whole of my life - I always believed as a child that I was the Fat Kid I was always bigger than my perfect brother and always bigger than all of my friends.
One of my earliest memories is when I was 5 or 6 and it was Easter Sunday morning - Me and Neil had both had the same Easter Egg (it wasn't like it is today with children getting several  eggs back in 1977 we were just given the one) So I sat and polished mine off in one sitting when I'd finished I watched Neil eat slowly eat part of his egg then wrap it back up in the foil and put it back into the box.... this totally confused me I couldn't understand how could he leave any???? Why didn't he just eat it all?
Fast forward to my 7th birthday
It was 1979 and the 2 things I pined over were pinstriped jeans and a reversible sweatshirt with cutie cats or teddies on. Back in the day mum used to make the majority of our clothes money was tight and she was a brilliant seamstress who could make anything but as a child I wanted to look like my peers!
Well I didn't get the jumper but I did get the jeans, I was so chuffed and I knew they were a luxury item ....
I didn't rush to put them on I just hugged them and waited until I was alone in my room (I never did getting naked in front of my family). I put my feet into the skinny legs of the jeans and pulled them up... but no joy they wouldn't move, after 10mins I managed to get them up to my knee but that was it...I knew it was because I was too fat
So what did I do.... did I go down and tell Mam & Dad.... no I was so ashamed I his them in my wardrobe and avoided all questions about them
I think that's when all the fears and fat feelings began and they've never gone away...
I've got lots of other unhappy memories which plague me but I'll save those for another day...

                      Me in Junior School - 2nd row 3rd from right - looking much fatter than my friends

NOW
So where am I now?
I'm 39 years old, will be 40 next May and want to be 40 fit and fabulous.
That means I've given myself 1 year to lose 100lbs - that's an average of 1.92lbs per week.
I started on 1st May and weighed in at 17st 5lbs (243lbs) BMI 41
I am currently 15st 11lbs (221lbs) and have been on this journey for 5 weeks - 47wks to go

So here goes lets shift the lard and keep it off