Thread: what's your story ? share it all here

Thought i would add to the thread, get it off my chest.

When i was 11 years old, i was 13 stone and in size 16 clothes. I dont know how i got like that, i dont recall over eating, so i can only suppose my parents were feeding me the wrong stuff. I went through high-school at that weight, never really occured to me that i was over weight till bullies began to make comments. However i ignored this as best as i could.

Then when i started my a-levels another bully made a comment and drew a picture on a school wall and that sent me on a bit of a downward spiral. Started off with good intentions of losing weight on the slimming world plan, but got nowhere fast, so i started not eating and began to lose weight but then it stopped dropping off. All i can remember is being so depressed, cold and so hungry. One day my mum turned to me and said 'i dont want to lose you down the drain' and something in me snapped.

Since then ive been eating normally, admitedly put on a little weight which i would like to get rid of. But i want to do it healthily this time around. I want it to be a whole lifestyle change and im hoping that i can get some support on here to keep it that way.

THis is the first time ive really said why Im fat to anyone..

I used to be a slim size 12/14 and then met my ex, he was a control freak and I ended up in an abusive relationship. So for 5 years I was called mrs blooby and lardy, even tho I wasn't, so to compensate that i was being told I was fat I became fat, started wearing baggy clothes and eating as I was soooooooo unhappy. I went from size 14 to a size 20 in 4 years. even after I left it still piled on and 16 stone I was fat, depressed and so far away from myself I had no idea how to get back,

Its taken 2 years of counselling to get everything out of my head. I woke up one morning 2 1/2 years ago and thought "who are you" when I looked in the mirror. So i had a year of personal training and lost 1 1/2 stone, put 1/2 back on and as from Jan 2012 am determined to loose 3 stone this year

Its the most positive thing I have ever done and now really love who I am becoming but the outside doesn't reflect the inner me so that's part of my reason of loosing weight. The other is that don't want to be fat and still wearing unflattering size 16 in my 40's or at my 40th BD party

That wasn't as hard as I thought

xxxx

I'm hoping to lose 4 1/2 stone for my 40th birthday party too!

I used to be very slim size 10-12 and at 5'7" that was a nice size. Until my thyroid went and got underactive. Since then I've been fat, thin, slim , puffy, you name it. But mostly I've been big. I have lost weight a few times, but always put it back on. I've also got pcos, but it only causes problems with my weight and periods, lucky for me I don't get problem with excessive hair. But I often feel spaced out, I think only someone with these conditions will know what i mean by that, like my heads foggy or full of cotton wool.
So this time I want to loose weight bit get fit aswell, it's the only way to keep weight off. When I do loose weight and exercise I feel like s different person, so I honestly do not know how I let myself get big and unfit again knowing I'll feel so lethargic.
This time I'm going to have to be more selfish and do things for me, rather than drop everything or miss exercise classes to fit around everyone else.

Originally Posted by Tali

THis is the first time ive really said why Im fat to anyone..

I used to be a slim size 12/14 and then met my ex, he was a control freak and I ended up in an abusive relationship. So for 5 years I was called mrs blooby and lardy, even tho I wasn't, so to compensate that i was being told I was fat I became fat, started wearing baggy clothes and eating as I was soooooooo unhappy. I went from size 14 to a size 20 in 4 years. even after I left it still piled on and 16 stone I was fat, depressed and so far away from myself I had no idea how to get back,

Its taken 2 years of counselling to get everything out of my head. I woke up one morning 2 1/2 years ago and thought "who are you" when I looked in the mirror. So i had a year of personal training and lost 1 1/2 stone, put 1/2 back on and as from Jan 2012 am determined to loose 3 stone this year

Its the most positive thing I have ever done and now really love who I am becoming but the outside doesn't reflect the inner me so that's part of my reason of loosing weight. The other is that don't want to be fat and still wearing unflattering size 16 in my 40's or at my 40th BD party

That wasn't as hard as I thought

xxxx

This is such a good story, I love where you wake up one day and think ' who am I?'
And how you turned your life around. Well done

Thanks hun xxx was a big wake up call I can tell ya lol

My mum used to always ask me if there was some traumatic event in my life that's caused me to overeat. I've been hugely overweight/obese for nearly 20 years now and you know what... I think I just love food! There's nothing else I can really think of except I LOVE the taste of food, and also just out of habit I'll graze all day, putting food in my mouth without even realising it. That's why TFR diets work better for me I think, otherwise I'll start eating and not stop!