Well, I'm back from Paris... had a lovely time... all the walking about we did each day though made me really aware how much I'd let myself go, and if anything the trip has spurred me on to get this weight gone!
We did the sites and also visited Disneyland Paris which was a lot of fun. I had the major panics "would I fit in the ride?" and the ones I did go on, I was fine, but I avoided the coasters as I didn't want to take the risk of the bar not coming down properly and be embarrassed
We are going to florida in August 2010 to do WDW over there, and I want to be able to walk round easily, not panic about rides and not be laid up for days because I've walked too much... it makes me so sad to think I've let myself get this far
We had an awful lot of bread out there, which my body does cope well with at all, and I have put on 5lbs, but I know that a few days of back to normal will get that gone.
On the Saturday we came home, I am ashamed to admit that I could barely move -my legs were aching so much from the walking
but I dragged myself to swimming the next day and have been each day since then. I've also started to take a walk during the day at home - hard as it is to tear myself away from work and the computer desk :|
I have a week to go before we are off on our family vacation to a country cottage in Dorset, S.W England, which is self catering so we can be "good" whilst there. I'm currently writing down everything I eat in a "normal" day to see if what I perceive to be what I eat is the case.
My plan now that I'm home is to create a meal plan for maybe a month - I'll plan 30 or so different breakfasts/lunches/dinners and mix them up - I tend to get bored with food easily, so need to chop and change about.
I'm also going to try and find some free time to go through the forum and read threads for ideas and inspiration.
And if anyone could point me in the direction of the weight loss tickers that people have in their signatures that would be great
New today! Need all the support I can find!
I completely understand how daunting it is to think about losing so much weight, but you're right in thinking about it as a day and a pound at a time. I'll sometimes start to feel impatient, and then I'll come to the forums and the people here are wonderful and understanding. Daunting as it seems, you'll soon find out how much better you feel after five pounds, ten pounds, etc... The great part is that you don't have to wait until the last pound is lost before you start to look and feel better. I hope you'll find the support, encouragement, and knowledge here amazing and helpful. 
