@fishescycle im 4 lb from my target, but its just my own target, its not 'officially' set.
Ive just cut back eating crap and carbs and do more walking, and dance about like a loon to music at home. X

@RubySoo got it. I assumed you were basing it off something like BMI chart or similar.

@fishescycle when i get to my target weight, i will be of a healthy BMI too.
But.....those things are ridiculous....even when i weighted 8stone in my 20s my BMI was 'too high'.

@RubySoo You look Awesome in Your Bikini RubySoo!

@Sequoia51 thank you.

@cherryxblossom thanks so much. So sorry to here about yr mum.
Something that is seldom spoken about....hie many women get diagnosed with diabetes following the menopause. And thyriod issues....yet it shouldnt surprise ........its all down to hormones....

@Piper thanks so much x

@samueltyler2 no. Still too short and fat.
Im not aiming to be thin. Im aiming to be healthy.

@fishescycle improved diet and being a bit more active.

@RubySoo kudos, for m your photo, you look great. Keep your hemoglobin A1C under control, exercise regularly, you will continue to feel good, act well, and look great. Be body positive!

@ExtremeNext 🤔

@MsSwan 👀

@Fungirlmmm I've lost 43 lb all in all. Thats almost 20 kg.
Better in every way thanks!

@Juvia thanjs. Good luck to yr mum x

@Mellowgirl No, she had no right talking to anyone the way she spoke to me making the assumptions she did. None at all. She was not professionalnin anyway. The doctor i spoke with days later apologised for how id been spoken to. No record of my consultation haf been recorded, my follow up phone call didnt happen and the receptionist at the surgery would not refer me for my blood tests 3 months later because no notes had be recorded to say i was due. They wouldn't even accept from id been on meds for 3 months!
I can take criticism, and welcome advise. If she'd said 'you're fat, you eat too much crap and you dont exercise enough' ...fair enough, but to tell me i drank too much when i barely touch the stuff, and assume i sat on my arse all day long was insulting. Not acceptable. Thankfully, the docs and nurses i spoke to in the weeks following that initial consultation were far more helpful and had a nicer manner.

I feel great. Better than ive done for years because i have improved my diet and cut out the crap i did eat.

@RubySoo I'm glad you're in a better place

@Mellowgirl i am, thank you. 🙂

@bartender thank you

@GJOFJ3 thanks so much x

@BarbossasHusband thanks...and best if all...my blood count/ glucose reading show im no longer diabetic...but im still on meds for the mo, but im hoping i wont need it by the end if this year.

@RubySoo I wish you further success in improving your life quality. You can do it. You have proven so.

That's excellent progress.

@RubySoo

@RubySoo 1. Were you sedated and eas the c-section involuntary or elective and is there (still) visible scarring from it?

2. Are there two vertical scars (if at all) parallel to each other or did they reopen the original incision?

3. In your current condition, would you consider a post pregnancy, board certified abdominoplasty (or tummy tuck) if it was 100% free?

@fishescycle whats that got to do with anything?

@OldBrit thanks my friend. I'm not being very good at the mo after my hols. I'll have to reign myself back in x

@bowman81 thank you. X

@Harmonium1923 thanks. Yup. The weight loss is for the goid of my health and all the benefits that brings.

@MtnManJohn thank you.

@Degbeme thanx sweetie x

@daydeeo thank you.

@JesseInTX thanks Jesse. X

@Livingwell thanx x

@Fairydust thank you x

@TexChik thanx

@saragoodtimes thanks flower x

@SassyStonerQueen thanx 🙂

@AntisocialTroll thankies!

@robertsnj thanx

@WaryWitchWandering thanx x

@HootyTheNightOwl at my age its gonna happen anyway!! Lol. After 2 c-sections, my tum has never been tight so yes...i have loose skin there. Also my boobs have lost a bit off their volume....first time ever loising weight has shown on my bust! But, my arms and legs were never very big so no noticable loose skin there.
All the saggy bits are covered by decent undies!

@RubySoo It gets me how doctors hound us so much to lose weight... I've always been big so I've had it all my life - but if we do get down to the "BMI approved weight", then we can't get skin removal surgery on the NHS because it's considered to be cosmetic.

For real??? I'm hounded every time I come to see you, yet, if I did lose this weight and develop sagging skin afterwards, I have to live with that instead of being fat. That's part of the reason why I typically tell them that I'm not interested in losing weight.

My weight tends to fluctuate by a stone, too - so if I did get down to 8st, I would be underweight in the summer months and they would be on me to gain weight, then lose it again in the winter. So I wouldn't win either way.