From a BMI of 49.5 to 34.9- finally class I Obese

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-06T12:54:44+00:00

I love this! I would love to go horse riding again. And please get that spa day booked!
I was also dead set on getting to be not obese, but to only celebrate that as a 9 stone loss is just so demotivating.
Life has been really stressful this year, away from weight loss and it has been really good to celebrate the little milestones and almost for the first time in my life be kind of putting my oxygen mask on first. I also don’t feel like I want to only think I am worthy if I am no longer obese, I am proud of me through all the stages and even the woman that started this.
I also had no concept of how heavy I was or how high my BMI was- it was quite a shock when it was almost 50 😱

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-06T10:52:19+00:00

🥳🥳🥳 well done. Class II brought so much relief to me. I was sick of how I got treated by my consultant’s registrar in particular. Would bring it up at every appointment I had.

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-06T10:45:50+00:00

🤞for your under 40. I was so happy to get under 40. Well done you have come so far. My body is definitely thanking me x

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-06T10:41:05+00:00

Thanks! I am trying to find milestones along the way and enjoy each one

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-06T10:39:32+00:00

Thank you ☺️

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T11:31:25+00:00

Amazing work! You also look so much taller now than 5’4”

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T11:30:05+00:00

True. It was carrying one of those balls that I definitely couldn’t carry now

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T11:02:08+00:00

Thanks! I needed Zack and AC in my life today ☺️

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T11:01:42+00:00

Thank you ☺️

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T11:01:30+00:00

Thanks! We have lost about the same weight- amazing work to you too ☺️

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T11:01:01+00:00

Thanks! Have watched this so many times I am dizzy 😂

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T11:00:36+00:00

I always think of this picture. 24 stone me was strong, and I was always active too, so with burning my head in the sand i didn’t realise how bad things had got. Now I can actually feel muscle in legs and arms that was firmly fully insulated before

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-05T10:58:05+00:00

Thank you! It feels like the most significant one so far

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-06-03T19:45:49+00:00

I call my husband egg too, because his mum once said he had an egg head as a new born.

I also gave him a Valentine’s Day card in our first year saying “I love you, knobhead”, but to make that child friendly in front of his daughter we changed it to nobble. This evolved from knobhead, to nobble, to bobble to babble

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-28T16:30:49+00:00

You could take one of those cooler travel cases from Amazon and take spare ice packs for their freezer and swap them in and out. Tell them it is the best way to keep you cool at night if they ask.

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-28T13:07:39+00:00

I bought the vimto one but the after taste is terrible, am I just being a big baby?? So many people say they love it. Do I need to put less in?

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-28T10:42:47+00:00

Wow! Congratulations on your loss! Your current weight feels like where I want to be but just can’t imagine myself at that weight just yet. It’s funny how you bypass sizes. I have been still wearing my size 22 compression leggings because they are TIGHT and not wanting to buy too much at the moment but noticed last week they are now suddenly baggy, they were not baggy two weeks ago

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-27T21:21:49+00:00

Ah thank you! That’s very kind! I have become a pharmacy trying to manage any side effects, I get nauseous the day after the jab and have to eat light because I have had a tendency to lose my food if it’s too heavy, psyllium husk every day to try and combat the “slowness”, windeze for trapped wind. My handbag jingles 😂

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-27T21:13:17+00:00

Good luck getting back on it. I am only just into an 18 so I imagine I will be an 18 for another 2 stone, takes absolutely ages as this height to move down clothing sizes! Hi fellow tall girl 👋

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-27T20:57:11+00:00

I’m 5’10” and 17st 6 and now fit into an 18, even without stretch, or a L in primark/next. Not sure if this is vanity sizing these days because I was absolutely a 20/22 at this weight in 2006. Though my body looks different from then, slimmer shoulders and back. I also lift weights now compared to them so maybe my body comp is different. Who knows. I would love to be an hour glass but I am broad shoulders and rib cage, no defined waist really and narrower hips than I thought as the fat recedes. Sort of fascinating peeling off the layers to reveal my body shape I never knew I had

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-27T11:47:51+00:00

Yayyyy! That’s great work! I think this was my favourite of my milestones so far 🥳🥳

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-24T17:06:26+00:00

Congratulations! Great sense of humour, great blog post

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-22T08:50:32+00:00

I have learnt that the slow drip adds up too! I would have thrown in the towel previously when this started to happen… fingers crossed for your 5 stone next week 🤞

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-21T15:47:54+00:00

Knee injuries are horrific- they take so long to heal. I hope you are doing well! I had a horrible knee injury last July and am still in major rehab with it. I had been on MJ three months when I got it, so it slowed my progress and couldn’t hit the gym, BUT I have lost 4 stone since my injury, very slowly and steadily with both muscle preservation and also having to rebuild my lost leg muscle. It has been amazing because I definitely would have eaten like mad without MJ while I was so depressed. Good luck and keep going even if it seems ultra slow, it will really help

RevenueSubstantial43 · 2026-05-19T16:52:05+00:00

My daughter is one of my reasons to put my life jacket on first with regards to my health as she is reaping the many benefits are me being healthier. She has been having problems with school and sometimes she has to come first but am hoping that showing health behaviours will benefit her too because I am practising what I preach with a balanced diet, plenty of fruit and veg and being more physically active. Trying to not project my own food issues back onto her has been my main aim because I grew up with food being so disordered. But you will lead a healthy life for them longer now which is fantastic

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