An intro

This is my second ever blog, not sure what happened to the first, I left it for a couple of years and it seems to have been taken over by some other person, strange times.


Let me start of by introducing myself. I am Vicky, due to hit the big 3-0 in just over a month, been married for 7 years and have two children, Hannah (3 yrs) and Josh (13 weeks).  Getting there wasn't easy, and for each it involved a lot of people looking at my lady bits to a point where smears are now a walk in the park, but I wouldn't change it for the world.


That sums up the Mummy part, but what about the shrinking part?  Let's see. I want to get from this: (15 stone 4lbs, BMI around 35, size 20 clothes and feeling yuck)

Back to this; (under 11 stone, BMI under 25, size 12/14 and feeling fab)

Let me start by saying I don't normally go along with the pressure to "loose your baby weight", but this is not inherently baby weight.  It is who ate all the pies (and pizza's, burgers and chocolate buttons) weight. During fertility treatment for my daughter I gained about a stone, and by the time I  had her at 35 weeks pregnant I was almost 4 stone over that! I dropped a stone within a couple of months of the birth, but that was it. My greedy tummy refused to let me shift the rest of it.  So when I got pregnant with my son, I was 3 stone heavier than when I got pregnant with my daughter, and I gained another 3 stone during his pregnancy.  At least this time things were a bit different and I lost 1 stone 9lbs of that almost immediately (well within a fortnight). Since then I have managed to loose another 11lbs , so am only 8lbs over my pre pregnancy weight.  However, the lard from my daughters pregnancy is still hanging around like a bad smell also, so that needs to shift.

This is where the shrinking mummy comes in. I refuse to be "that mum" in the playground that is too ashamed and embarrassed about the way she looks that she doesn't talk to any of the other mums for fear of being talked about (we all know it doesn't really happen, but it is amazing how cruel your mind can be with the thoughts it puts in your head). My daughter starts school in September 2015, so that gives me just over 18 months to kick myself into shape and loose just under 5 stone.

My goal weight is 10st 6lbs , or so I feel at the moment.  If I feel comfortable in my skin before this point, it may well change.

This blog is to be a collection of my thoughts on weight loss, motherhood and life in general