Introduction

I am a 20 year old girl living in Southern Sydney, who needs to lose a lot of weight.

To properly introduce myself, I am Sebastian (not really, but I always liked the name, so I use it as a psuedonym), I am turning 21 in March, and the thought of being 50-60 kilograms overweight for the *big* 21 is a pretty upsetting one. So, if I start now, I can be on my way to a much healthier weight by my birthday, which would be a really great present.

I am a very busy girl. I have two jobs, and not a lot of time on my hands to make sure I eat well. With that, and my rampant dairy addiction (i can knock down a chocolate milkshake in 30 seconds flat), I've decided to try the Celebrity Slim diet plan, so that I spend less time preparing healthy food (the biggest downfall of the CSIRO plan and the like, IMHO), and I get my milkshake cravings satisfied, without having to put up with being sick all the time.

I'm going for consultations every fortnight. Mostly because I get a rostered day off every second Friday, but also because having fortnightly weigh ins means I have more time to try lose weight, so hopefully when my weigh in rolls around, I get somewhat of an impressive figure on the scales. I had my first consultation on Friday, and my figures are as follows;

Dress Size: 22 to 24
Weight: 118
BMI: 44
Hips: 138cm
Waist: 127cm
Arms: 35cm
Next Weigh In: 10/10/08

My goal weight is to be about somewhere around 58 - 63kg, to wear a size 10 to 12, and to have a BMI of 23. This means I need to lose about 60kg. So, I've started this blog, separate from my regular journal, to be totally devoted to my quest to be 60kg lighter, and several dress sizes smaller.

However, to set myself a shorter term goal, I want to lose 10kg, and get to 108kg. That will also get my BMI out of "Morbidly Obese" and into regular old obese at 40. If I can do that in the next two months, I will be very happy, and will reward myself with a nice treat when I get there. A full body massage sounds nice though! Because losing 60kg is just... well, intimidating, I'm trying to think of it in terms of taking small bites. I don't feel like I can lose 60kg, but I can definately lose 1kg, sixty times. I'm fairly sure I can lose 5kg, twelve times. And losing 10kg, six times sounds like a challenge I'd be up for.





I'm starting the plan tomorrow, so I'll have an update on my food and exercise then. Wish me luck!