At the beginning of the year, I knew I wanted to make some drastic changes in my life in terms of health and wellbeing, but looking back I can now see that I wasn't equipped with all the knowledge I needed to make those changes.
I had the drive, the motivation and commitment in spades. Teaming up with clinical nutritionist Sonja Gardiner to do her three-month Reset programme and write about it here was the best thing that could have happened to me. She's given me the knowledge and tools I needed to make those changes.
My goal was simple: I wanted to get back into my favourite size 12 jeans. But more than that, I wanted to reclaim the woman who inhabited those jeans ... the confident, sassy, energetic chick who truly embraces life and feels amazing at that size and weight.
While this journey was always going to be about more than a number on the scales staring at me between my feet, I am rapt to have lost 10kg on Sonja's programme. All up, that's 16kg down since the beginning of the year.
And not only have I got back into those size 12 jeans, but they're a little loose on me now. That's the only down side of this journey - the expense of buying new clothes. (Who am I kidding! Shopping for new clothes has been great fun, just not so much for the bank balance).