Hi Phyllis, Sorry i haven’t been watching your site lately. Boy you have had it all thrown at you haven’t you. You really are an inspiration to us all. Makes my reasons for not losing weight really weak!!! Best wishes for the next couple of weeks. I have all the faith in you. Please pass on my good wishes to Garry for me….Isabella

Hi isabella, thanks and it was nice to meet you in Christchurch – sorry I was so busy at the event , next time I will have more time to chat! Garry had his CT scan today and so tomorrow is D day really…find out whether he has the cancer anywhere else….we are positive both ways and just know we need to get on with what ever. We are going to Sydney next Monday for a week together for me to train without any distractions and for him to have a break and just for us to be together. It wil be good then I will have 6 days left when I get back until my weigh in! Its going to be all good!

Hi Phyllis. Oh wow, you have done so incredibly well over the past 12 months, you’re a real inspiration. It must be such a rush to be so close to your goal, you must feel fantastic! You certainly look fantastic, and that’s in the pics from a few months ago you’ve lost a heap since then too!!!

I’m completely in awe of you.

Keep up the good work, I can’t wait to see the finish line pics!…….Monkey Uk

Hey there

I am sorry I don’t know your first name as I don’t think we have chatted before…thanks and yes I actually do feel good…funny that you would post this today …a wee story for you about today…

After Garrys scan he took me to the shops and said..buy yourself some pants as I am down to only two pairs that fit me and they have become very baggy but I have tried to hang out until the end of the next two weeks and for anyone who has been reading my blog , they know I have been shopping out of my spare room…you know all those clothes you buy over the years that you think you are going to fit into and  you don’t! well i have a few buckets of them. Anyway I have finally come to the end of them and no more pants left.

Anyway back to the story…so we get to the shop and I’m wearing a size 14 and they are loose so I grab some 12′s and think it’s okay if they are tight as I have another few kilos to go over the next week or two and I can wear them then.

I try them on and OMG! THEY are too big! TOO BIG…I look at Garry and I say …these are too bigg…can you get me a 10….we both look at each other and the realisation of what I just said hits me…its been over 20 Years since I said…..the word size 10! and usually im getting him to get me a bigger size because its too small not to big!!

I well up and nearly start crying there in the change room and I can see he starts to feel choked and the poor shop girl is realising something signifigant is happening but can’t quite work it out…I shut the door and do a little dance and smile at myself in the mirror while I hear Garry tell her a quick version of my weight loss …next minutes she is knocking on the change room door with a smaller pair and a smile on her face ..wanting to be part of the moment…I put them on and they fit perfect!…I see myself in a size 10 for the first time….I feel quite overwhelmed at this stage and shut the door again to have a private moment…sounding silly I know but it was a pretty big WOW moment for me ……..I buy only one pair as I decide to wait until the end of the challenge and go out have a day of trying clothes on,,,I need new bras, new knickers…new pants …..

I do however go to another shop and try on some jeans….and again a moment…I have not had jeans on since I was 24! …the shop girl comes over and tells me I might need a smaller size as they loosen up  abit after being washed…I’m like OMG! I’m for the first time being told by a shop assistant to get a smaller size…could have kissed her but I decide to just savour the moment internally and put the jeans back to save that moment for when I do my day out !!

I have only 3.5 kilos to go and yes just under three weeks but I know I can so do this! with next week having the week to go hard will be great!

I am also very proud of the challengers and their barrier breakthroughs,,their weight loss as a group has been impressive! 119.9 kilos already and its only been a week for some and a couple weeks for others) these guys are going to get so much success, that it makes my journey even more worth while. xx