Beginnings

Welcome to my first blog post.

This will be the beginning of a public documentation of my weight loss journey - a journey I have been on for at least 10 years. Actually, putting that into a time frame is a bit shocking to me. 10 years is a  LONG time to have been trying to lose weight.

My name is Gillian and I am 24 years old.

It’s 11:08pm on Monday the 4th of August 2014 and I weigh 85.6kgs. I’ve always heard that its better to weigh yourself at the start of the day, so I’ll use the last weights and measurements that I took in a bid to be more accurate for my starting point. 

As of Thursday the 31st of July at 6:26am, my weight is 83.2kgs, 36.6% body fat and 45.6% hydration. 

My measurements stand at 

waist: 83cms

bust: 96cms

hips 110cms

thighs: 68.5cms

This is me now.

I’m hoping that making all of this public will motivate me and lead me to the results that I’ve been chasing for a while now.

I haven’t always been unsuccessful in my weightloss attempts, which is one of the things that frustrates me the harder I try. In 2012 I knuckled down, went to gym almost every day and ate healthy - all of this seemed to be so easy to do at the time, yes, it took some restraint, but I seemed to manage it well. I can’t remember what I weighed, but here’s a couple of pictures. The first one was about May or June 2012  and below, July 2012 (excuse the mess, I was in Vegas and very excited!):

It might have been that I had a goal  - a trip overseas - or maybe it was because I was single and living alone and spent all that time at the gym without thinking of how I wanted to come home too that someone special.

It was July and I made my first (and only so far) trip to the US - and more specifically, Vegas. And I wanted to look fabulous! This is my goal picture. This is where I want to get back to - and I know I can do it.

So feel free to join me on my journey and help keep me accountable. I know I’m not the only one out there so here’s to all of us,  here’s to reaching those goals that we know and feel we deserve. Good luck!