Sam's Fat Bridesmaid

On Monday, with all the excitement and disappointment of the most dreadful weigh in ever I forgot to set myself some goals. My ultimate goal is to be at 10st and I definitely want to be maintaining there by the time Greggles and SammyJo get married in October. I do not want to be Sam's fat bridesmaid. So here are the current stats :-

Current weight : 11st 9lbs
Target weight : 10st 0lbs
Total to lose : 23lbs (eek)

Now, if I have worked it out correctly it is 42 weeks till the wedding. I can totally be ten stone by then if I can lose just half a lb per week . 42 weeks isn't really a short term goal though is it? So, my first goal is to get to 11st and lose 9lbs. Now, I don't want to give myself an impossible deadline and fail, but I do want to get motivated and give myself a kick start. If I lose 1lb per week I can lose 9lb by weigh in on the 9th March ... is that too far away? 9lb in 9 weeks? Given my track record I would say it's probably not too far away at all, and actually quite sensible. Obviously in my minds eye I would like to lose it sooner, say by the end of February, but I must be sensible so :-

Mini Goal : Lose 9lbs
Deadline : 9th March

Also, if I can avoid getting measured for my bridesmaids dress until after then I perhaps won't feel so much like the fat one.

Gem x