Ian’s
Slimming World Journey
I
joined Slimming World in December
2008.
Since
then I have kept an occasional journal, done the occasional photograph, had a letter
published about Slimming World (though in truth it was the 4 month journal but
still it’s been published) and thought I needed to keep these things in some
kind of order and have an archive that I can instantly refer people back to if
they want to see my particular journey.
I’ll
try to keep this archive up to date whenever anything “news-worthy” is written,
though please forgive me that not all my Slimming World related news is going
to be on here – there’s just too much to keep these pages continually updated,
however anything major or important will be put up here on a regular basis.
Hopefully
some people will find all these “articles” an inspiration. Whilst some of these writings will also I
hope explain why I can advocate Slimming World so strongly to anyone who will
listen at times.
I
knew from the outset I had a long journey ahead of me with Slimming World. I didn’t quite realise how long it was likely
to be. It’s most likely going to take me
from December 2008 through to March 2010 to get to where I want to be. After that – well, I got to get there first
now haven’t I?
There’s
basically two sections to this site – there is the chronological blurb of
“newsworthy” items below.
Journal of first 4 Weeks of Slimming World
Journal of first 4 Months of Slimming World
Journal of first 4 months in letter
format on Slimming World website
Photo comparison – August
‘08 to May ‘09
Journal at 6 months of Slimming World
Photo comparison – August
‘08 to August ‘09
Journal of 8Weeks of Slimming World (Or a tale of two weddings) – I was most surprised at this being selected as the “star letter” of the month for September on the Slimming World website.
Journal at 10 months of Slimming World
Photo comparison – August ‘08 to November ’09 (and
the night I got my 10stone sticker)
Journal at 12 months of Slimming World
Picture one taken end of January 2010 (11stone 6lb
lost at time) – a before/now style comparison
Picture two taken end of January 2010 – a before,
between, now comparison
Journal of 14 months of Slimming World
Journal of 16 months covering first quarter
of 2010
April 1 2010 comparison picture
The article
that a local paper ran on me and my weight loss at the start of April 2010
A simple before/after picture with photo’s taken
from the Greatest Loser day out in London
A collage of pictures showing the entire journey to
date
Journal of 18months (and one week) – I
call target. – June 14th 2010
A before and now picture (June 14 2010 – Target)
On
July 31st – I did a tandem parachute jump in aid of the NSPCC and to
celebrate the weight loss raising over £750 in the process. A video of this can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Y-vyqRWwA
and pictures at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=58061&id=1650151292&l=a129c0e73b
(no need to be a member to see the pictures).
Two days after this – I weighed in at my (then) new target weight.
A copy of the news article that ran in a local
paper about the parachute jump
Journal of 20 Months of Slimming World
A general collage of the journey through till
the end of September (at my third target weight – just can’t seem to stop
loosing weight till then).
Another collage showing the major milestones in the
journey
And
then – for just wanting to prove that I could – on November 5th
2010, I completed a charity fire walk – 20ft bare foot across burning coals - in aid of Children Today
(opens in a new window). No, it didn’t
hurt, and here is the picture to show me doing it.
I’m
now happily maintaining around my latest target having lost 15st7lb to get
there. It’s been a journey and a half,
and there’s still so much more out there to do/look at.
24 month Journal of my Slimming World
journey.
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This
second section is for bits and pieces that are more general thoughts/feelings
rather then the journal type entries above.
Why do I keep this journal/website?
An Example of what I used to eat on a daily
basis
Some thoughts, revelations, etc about my
Slimming World journey so far (part I)
If you want to contact me about anything on this site – please feel free to mail me ihutcherson.sworld@googlemail.com