PMP's Transformation Blog

lol thank you. Actually you're wrong, I did look old before. I looked frumpy and mumsy.
I remember not long after that top photo was taken, my husband told me I had let myself go.
I cried. Lots. But he was right though.

Well your husband sounds like he can be a real charmer, lol. Do you think that comment gave you a bit of a kick up the bum though?

Well that photo was taken back in 2008, so I went on to have another child after that in 2009...so I got bigger before I got smaller lol.
I dunno, I generally felt awful about myself back then. Especially during my last pregnancy. I must have cried literally every single day during that last pregnancy because I hated my appearance so much, which sounds SOOOO shallow, but I just felt like such a horrific mess. I don't think I've ever felt quite so low in my life as I did during that time.
Not that Jason isn't worth it all, he totally is, but I knew myself that I needed to do something about myself once he was born.

My husband has a knack of putting his foot in his mouth though. Probably his most spectacular moment was when I was a heavily pregnant, and we were in the car, driving past a field of cows.
He turned to me and said "do you see that cow over there, that old grey decrepit one? That's you that is!"
Apparently I was supposed to find that funny. I burst into tears.

OH MY GOODNESS! You really mean it when you say he puts his foot in his mouth, bless him. I felt the same about my appearance before christmas, it was making me absolutely miserable as superficial as that is. I wasn't even pregnant though! At least you had a reason, I was just lazy and had no self control...I was going through medical stuff but I hate to use it as an excuse really!
The way you look now I'd never guess you'd given birth naturally to three huge babies at all!

10 stone 3lbs 8oz today

WOOOHOOOO I've broken the barrier!

Officially the lowest I've been since I was 17

i think you should up your cals a bit, maybe go to maintenance for a few days

Maybe you should start weighing only once a week. I know it's been suggested before but now that your weight loss is slower you are unable to see the difference each day. Weighing weekly (or even less) would stop you from realising that you plateaued for a few days, and so help keep you thinking positively.

Well done though, you've lost a lot of weight and look great.

What about adding in more exercise? Looking at your routine now it seems to be the one thing that's missing.

maybe you're right. I'm a bit addicted though.




you don't like the hour and 40 minute dog walk? lol.

seriously, take today for example, this was my day :

7.15am wake up. Wake up the kids, get them breakfast, dressed etc. get them to school by 8.40am

9.10am back home. Get in the shower, do my makeup, dry my hair etc.

9.45am eat breakfast, give the dog her breakfast, get the littlest one dressed and washed and so on. Do the morning washing up.

10.30am take Jason to mother-in-law's house (he goes Mondays and Tuesdays for a visit). We arrive there at around 11am.

Stay at mother-in-law's house for half an hour visit so hubby can see his mam.

Then go to tesco, do a bit of shopping. Home by 12.30pm

12.30pm have lunch, do the washing up. Tidy up a bit and quick look online

1pm-2.40pm walk the dog

head home, have a quick sit down and cup of tea, then head out at 2.55pm to pick the kids up at 3pm from school

take them to MIL's house (arrive there at 3.30pm)

have half an hour there visit with sister-in-law and her daughter

get home for 4.30pm

bit more tidying up, and few minutes online

cook and eat dinner 5pm-5.30pm
then washing up

go online for a little under an hour, then 6.30pm set off to pick up the kids

home by 7.30pm and put the kids in bed

and then after that I'm now winding down. Posting online a bit, working on my novel, and will probably watch a bit of tv with hubby before bed.


It's even more hectic during the days when the kids aren't at my mother-in-law's house (i.e. Wednesday to Sundays).

I can fit in the hour and 40 minutes dog walk a day, possibly pushing it up to 2 hours if I didn't have to go to Tesco, but I really don't think it's feasible when I have three kids to look after to get much more exercise done than that.

Lol, I know you're busy and I'm not saying go to the gym 2 hours a day, but you could do more effective forms of exercise than just walking the dog. You could fit loads of stuff into 100mins a day! You could try jogging, bodyweight circuits, cycling, swimming, badminton etc. I have a Nike Training Club app on my phone which has loads of different workouts that take like 30-40mins and it's a free app! I just thought it would be the one last major change to your routine that would help you break through this plateau.

aye well Friday's alcohol will do that I suppose. If I have an "up cal" day before Friday, that'll be two days this week, so I'm gonna hold off till Fri and see how I go.

so today I had an hour and 40 minutes walk with the dog. Total calories for the day are as follows :

breakfast : 165 ish

lunch : 447

dinner : 487

snack (which I haven't had yet) : 99

total : 1,196

I hope I have lost even half a pound by tomorrow. It would give me a glimmer of hope lol

Well done on your achievements so far, keep it up! I was in a similar position to you (except I'm a guy), so know how great it feels to lose weight!


OH, and don't listen to tinktinktinkerbell, she has absolutely no clue what she's on about. Please, just don't.

Well done on your achievements so far, keep it up! I was in a similar position to you (except I'm a guy), so know how great it feels to lose weight!


OH, and don't listen to tinktinktinkerbell, she has absolutely no clue what she's on about. Please, just don't.

oh yeah cause going to maintenance never works for a plateau

just ask Chrisateen, thats exactly what she did