At the weigh-in, the scales weren't working. So I offered a number from my own weight record. This is a lot lower than the scales would record, as it is taken without the weight of clothing. We will see the effect that has next time. Also, the effect next time will be after 3 Christmas meals, so I'd be expecting a small increase rather than a decrease.
I had a brief discussion about hunger, not very helpful. So, here's the main truth of dieting: You WILL be hungry - a lot of the time.
Session 3 is about Activity. The recommendation is for 10,000 steps a day. I was already at around 7,000 and have already increased to about 11,000. We were also asked for our step counts daily average. It will be down next time due to the snow - I'm not walking the dogs as I can't get out of our road that safely in the car - it took me three attempts (on subsequent days) to get the car up the hill of our road.
I had left my book on the scanner, so had to take notes. I don't have trouble with motivation, like almost everyone else there because I'm dog walking for a friend. It has to be done - well, sort of.
I haven't seen any of the benefits they suggest, like lower blood pressure from my current level of activity, so I'm not expecting any from the small increase I have recently achieved.
I also received an email from the doctors, along vaguely similar lines but as usual with different requirements and measurements - BMI this time. BMI is another discredited measure, as it doesn't differentiate between muscle and fat (mostly fat in my case, I know). Still, the target weight by BMI is around 13 stone. The target weight I had in mind was about 13st 7 lb. I will try for 13 stone, as it puts me just inside the green section on the chart. Last time I got that far, lots of people became concerned about my health and tried to feed me, thinking perhaps that I had fallen into anorexia.
The doctor would also like some blood pressure figures - take 4 times a day. Maybe next week.
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