#wins 2026-04-09

blood pressure went from 148 over 94 to 124 over 78 across about a year and my gp took me off one of the two tablets

congrats

thats a big drop

3 down in 21 months and honestly the stairs were the bit that got me, not the scale

i celebrated by buying a coat that fits. deliberately not food, which took some thinking about

i was down 48 at month six and then nothing at all for eleven weeks. it moved again. the eleven weeks were not a failure

i overclaimed early on in here, got gently corrected, and i deserved it

my wedding ring fits again after 8 months, does anyone else measure things that arent weight

genuine question does anyone have a milestone they were embarrassed to admit mattered

youre allowed to be pleased

my knees stopped hurting around 35 down and i had assumed that was permanent damage

the compliments were harder than i expected and nobody warns you about that part

kept 24 of it off for 21 months now and that is the number i am actually proud of

a1c came back 5.6 from 6.9, can i be pleased about that or is it too early to say anything

i log kilos because i think in kilos and put pounds in brackets so nobody has to convert anything

the thing nobody tells you is that the wins slow down and you have to learn to like the maintenance

down 91 and my resting heart rate dropped 5 bpm, related or not

half a stone in 31 weeks sounds slow written down and felt enormous while it was happening
half a stone in 8 weeks sounds slow written down and felt enormous while it was happening

the stairs thing yeah