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I'm really pleased today to have finally broken the 12 stone barrier and weighed in at 11 stone 13.5 lb (76kg)! Funny how 11 stone something sounds so much better than 12 stone something!

Second milestone...I squeezed into some size 12 jeans!!! OK, so I did it by squashing all the flab up from my tummy creating a spare tyre higher up but, hey, I got into them and I can sit down and everything! The size 14s were getting too lose around the bum and thighs. They look OK as slouch jeans but I needed some tight jeans to hold everything in and give it some shape!

Since losing so much weight my body appears to have taken on the aspect of a large bag filled with water, held up by some bones somewhere inside. The skin is really very floppy and takes the form of whatever clothes I squeeze it into. Wearing tight jeans gives the illusion of a nicely shaped backside and thighs!

This week I have noticed the flab below my waist has suddenly decreased and there are signs that the apron may actually shrink away enough that if I stand up straight it will disappear! This is most hopeful and I don't know if it is due to slathering on the coconut oil or just the lack of underlying fat allowing the skin to shrink. I'm very grateful nonetheless, particularly as it meant I could get into the size 12s! I know that size 12 nowadays is like a size 14 from my youth, but I'm ridiculously pleased! I haven't worn size 12 since I was about 18 as far as I can remember! I'm now wondering whether I might, one day, be taking a size 10 into the changing rooms?!

So, here's an update on the routine underpinning this good news. I've been doing 16:8 every day and keeping carbs to below 150g combined with a semi-fast on Mondays (aiming for around 800 cals but carbs below 50g) and sometimes on Thursdays depending on how the week has gone. The Monday fast allows me to enjoy weekends and have wine, nibbles, dessert etc.

I've been doing this for the last 3 weeks and have lost 2.5kg in that time which is plenty fast enough I think bearing in mind I have been losing weight steadily since November last year. In that time, my TDEE has gone from around 2200 to 1800, so I think the 16:8 approach has really helped to get my non-fast day calories low enough to keep the weight coming off at a reasonable speed.