Is this it?

I've never blogged before, so this is a whole new experience for me, please be patient!
Where to start? I suppose I need to get this bit over with and see where it takes me....

18 yrs ago I gave birth to my first born, and went on to have two more babies (one of them an 11lb-er) in quick succession.
I wouldnt be without them for the world, and I love them to bits, so I am not complaining, but I have a couple of observations: a) whoever said that breastfeeding helps get the figure back, lied through their teeth, b) judging by its shape, my body seems to think it is still pregnant!

Like many other women, I have dieted at various points throughout my life, but have always fallen 'off the wagon' (something as simple as the wind changing can be the catalyst for me, it seems!). The nearest I came to losing my pre pregnancy weight, was when i started going to the gym, and started smoking again! However, the latter soon put paid to the former, when I found myself unable to breathe (not a good look)!
I know, I know, you dont have to tell me.......!
I am sure you will be delighted to learn, I soon stopped smoking, and not so surprised to learn that I piled the weight back on - and then some. We moved out of the area, shortly after that little 'health kick' and other things seemd to take priority.

But that was ten years go now, and no, I have no intentions of taking up smoking again - if I have to die fat, at least I wont smell of stale nicotine!

I did lose a couple of stone, when I joined weight watchers a year or so ago, then I took a job which involved nightshifts. A combination of being dreadfully unhappy with the job, coupled with a knackered body clock, put paid to any hopes I had to maintaining the loss, and on it all went again - and then some!

So, here I am - again!
Sitting in a chair, feeling like I'm dying from the inside out, isnt a feeling I relish. I'm 50 next year, the menopause is fast approaching, and my promise to myself is that I will have lost 3st by the time I hit the big 'Five-O'. Thats half the amount I need to lose, I think it is do-able, and while I am not going to stress about it, I am determined!
My first WI saw me losing 4lb, which isnt bad considering, I had the easter weekend, my 49th birthday, two nights away to contend with!

I am hoping blogging will help me keep on track, and maybe highlight any areas of 'wibbliness' along the way.

as a great adventurer once said 'I'm going outside...I may be some time'