Met up with some friends I hadn’t seen for a long time at the weekend, we stayed in a hotel in Glasgow so between the full Scottish breakfast, afternoon tea in a café and evening meals in a restaurant not to mention the champagne, all spelt disaster for my diet!

Following on from this it was my Mum’s birthday on Tuesday so it would have been rude not to celebrate so another slap up meal at a restaurant was called for!

I knew that weigh-in day was fast approaching so I decided drastic action was needed the last two days. So I stuck religiously to my diet and did two exercise sessions each day. Fortunately I think I redeemed myself as when I stepped on the scales with eyes closed and fingers crossed I was delighted to see that I had still managed to lose 1 lb! Woohoo! No great shakes but as I was expecting a gain any weight loss is a bonus!

Promising myself and you that I am going to have a much stricter week this time, after all Christmas is fast approaching and I want the goose to be the only one getting fat!

Hope your weight loss journey is going well, as always please leave a comment below and let me know how you’re getting on…

Until next time,

The Wizard

Well I can hardly believe it, 21 years after I first started dieting and trying to lose weight I am here again! Well I say I can hardly believe it but I can really, once a dieter always a dieter I think!

I stepped on the scales yesterday and nearly died when I saw the numbers 12 stone 7lbs! (Or 175lbs for my stateside readers).  I have not been this heavy for years, it is true that I have never quite reached my elusive weight loss target of 9 1/2 stone either but that’s another story. Things have just gradually started to slip recently, life has got in the way of my regular exercise and weight loss efforts but no more, things have got to change!

Weight loss success-here I come!

So shocked was I to fully realise how much my weight had crept up and up with out me realising that it has prompted me to start this blog and indeed this website. I hope that through sharing my story I can inspire others to achieve their weight loss goals but on a slightly less altruistic note…I hope that by keeping this blog of my weight loss antics it will keep me on the straight and narrow with my diet and exercise plan!

So, here we go again…I have been on every diet and weight loss programme known to man so I will have plenty to write about and if I come across anything that I haven’t tried before I’ll give that a go too, all in the name of research of course! I plan to share all my weight loss and dieting adventures here so if you want to follow me and share your experiences remember to come back soon and you can post your comments using the box below, I’d love to hear from you. Or if you sign up for my free eNewsletter at the top right of your screen I’ll keep you updated with weight loss tips and advice and of course how I’m getting on with my goals.

Until next time,

The Wizard