15st 3 this morning. That's good, but I suspect it may not be a true reading...I was 15 4 yesterday and I wouldn't be surprised if I'm back at 15 4 tomorrow. Still, the diet is going well. I'm mostly managing to stick to the target of 2400 cals a day and some days I've got down to 2000 or less. I find that a bowl of cooked carrots in gravy is a much more convincing meal replacement than eating raw veg...I actually feel like I've eaten a meal, yet there's hardly any calories in it. I've been pretty diligent about the exercise, too. I think I might still be in with a chance of dipping below 15st by the end of this ten week phase, which ends in the last week of June. That will still leave me with the second half of the year to get down to 14st. Getting any lower than that will have to wait until 2018, but if I can get down to 14st or thereabouts by Christmas, that will still be two stones off since the same time last year, and I'll take that. I always said this was a long-term project.  

Weighed in at 15st 5 this morning. That’s a pound up on last week – and I’ve been that weight for several days, so I don’t think it’s a false reading.

That’s a bit of a setback. On the one hand, it does mean I’m still two pounds lighter than I was a month ago. On the other hand, I’m back to the same weight I was at on 1^st May – so overall I’ve made no progress in May so far, and the target of dropping below 15st by Midsummer is starting to look a bit unlikely.

I need to start making progress again. Now.

I’m going to be more strict on the diet this week. Target is 2400 daily calories. Last week the target was 2500, but I actually came in at around 2600. This week I need to hit the target.

15st 4. That’s the goal. I need to reach that goal a week from now. And a week after that, I need to be 15st 3.

No more excuses, no more failing. At least not for these next two weeks.   

Just a quick update, three weeks in to the new phase.

The bad news is, I had a bad cold last week, and I didn't do the exercise. The good news is, I still managed to lose a bit more weight. I've been sitting at 15st 4 for the last few days.

I think I'm going to extend this phase out to ten weeks - mainly in order to meet the fitness goals - however, I'm still planning to drop below 15st by Midsummer. On the fitness side, I'm still doing the trampoline stuff, but I'm also adding in some extra work including stair runs. By Week 10 I want to be able to run up ten flights of steps. Not that amazing, but something I'd have haad no hope of doing in January.

Yes, progress is still slow, and a bit hit and miss. All the same, it is progress.

Weighed in at 15st 5 this morning. I'm a bit sceptical of that number - I averaged 2900 cals daily last week, which beat my target of 3000, but that shouldn't have been enough to lose one pound, let alone two. I expected to still be 15st 7 at this stage and I suspect that's still my 'true' weight. Well, if I can manage 15st 6 by a week from today, I'll count that as a result. Target cals for this week are  2750 daily.

I managed all of my cardio sessions last week. This week the trampolining goes up to 5 mins, together with 20 mins of other light cardio (3 sessions per week).

So, back on course.