Hi mjm, thank you again for doing all this and congratulations to you and everyone on progress so far!

ChristinaB, we obviously share many experiences- for years as an adult I was around 9st and got back there afer the births of my first two children. I started putting on weight when I moved to Wales; I think it ws a mix of loneliness, boredom (I'd given up a very interesting and quite high powered job to come here with my ex). I went to Slimming World, lost weight, got pregnant, put too much on, lost it and then put it back on very qickly in my mid 40s. Slower metabolism was part of it, but I think emotional eating was also a big factor. I was exhausted, my marriage was in a mess and then I got divorced.

I ate the same as my sons, gobbled my food because I was always in a hurry. If I was hungry I headed straight for the breadbin and if I had a cup of tea I ate biscuits with it.

All just bad habits. Also a rather lazy approach to food - quicker to grab a sandwich than to make a salad, or an omelette. I'm now coming round to thinking of food as something to be enjoyed, presented nicely to appeal to all the senses, and time taken over preparation and eating - even if it's just "a quick snack". I'm not there yet, but working on it.

I was in Cardiff all day yesterday, shopping, going to my d's concert. I ate a wrap for lunch and a chicken salad for tea, and didn't feel the need for anything else (which wasn't bad given that I spent much of the afternoon reading my book in Starbucks -where I had filter coffee, not a latte) - it really made me realise how much eating is to do with boredom and just being around food at home. I've also realised over the last fortnight how much often I overeat because I'm tired, particularly starchy or sugary foods.

Sorry, this is a bit long - I was reflecting out loud! Congratulations again to you all especially those of you whose weight loss has reached double figures, and well done Christina for refusing the jacket!

I'm looking forward to the next 100 days (well, 90 now I suppose!)