Total Solution Hello! I'm Ruth and I'm a carboholic.....

Hello, I started yesterday and will be going on hols on 24th Aug. That gives me 4 weeks and 4 days. I have heard that fatter someone is, the bigger the weight loss. This is something that applies to me.
I have definitely hit rock bottom regarding the horrifying and mind boggling amount I weigh, I simply cannot go on like this with out either A) being kidnaped by some Victorian style freak show, or B) spontaniously combusting due to the incredible levels of static electricity generated by my thighs rubbing together as I walk.
I went to the Dr today about having my Mirena removed (a whole different story) and she told me that I needed a HEALTH CHECK. My heart almost stopped in my barrel like chest as the realisation that I would have to step on a set of scales in approx 10 mins set in. In the words of the no doubt lovely Martha Reeves and the Vandellas there was in fact "No Where to Run To" or indeed hide.
The nurse called me through and started the arduous task. Blood pressure 135/80, waist measurement in the red - (I half expected her to tie two tapes together). But the she saved the best for last. "Follow me" she said and took me out into the busy corridor where they kept the scales. I got on and I'm not proud to say that I couldn't look. She tried to hide the shock on her face - but I could see it in her eyes. She was disgusted and frankly so was I.
So here I am. At the last chance saloon. Wish me luck, its going to be a long journey.
 
Altogether now everyone "hello Ruth" :D

You are starting on a brilliant journey and good luck with it! I started on exante but swiftly moved to slim and save and like you I am carbaholic. It took me a long time to decide to start the diet as I was reasonably happy with the way I looked. Now I realise I am much happier with the way I look and I've still got quite far to go! Be fat and proud because soon it will be dropping off you :) then come buying new fab clothes, not having a heart attack everytime you go upstairs and shock horror actually wanting to exercise!
You will mostly find me hanging around this forum trying to keep my mind off eating the entire contents of my cupboards and fridge :) so if you need any help just shout. The people here are lovely and I highly recommend trawling through the threads for inspiration and motivation. On the slim and save boards we have a goal for Christmas going at the moment which is really nice to see everyone's weight dropping and you are more than welcome to join.
Anyways enough rambling :) good luck and best wishes :) x
 
HI Cherrypie,
Thanks for your kind words of encouragement. Today was quite harrowing to say the least but it made me face my very large demon. I have spent far too long avoiding mirrors and shop windows and my mothers usual passive aggressive comments about losing weight.
For a few years I must have had some sort of reverse anorexia where I could look in the mirror and only focus on the very best parts of my reflection which were lets face it very few and far between. But since acquiring my last stone or two have actively ignored any reflective surface all together.
I have been "good" these couple of days and I am looking forward to revisiting parts of my wardrobe that I haven't browsed in for ages (I have a wardrobe of clothes that encompasses size 14, through to dare I say it 22) The days of shopping for clothes have been scarce and I have only bought something (i.e. size 22) when I absolutely had to, -for an evening out to avoid looking like I had raided the lost property dept of Broadmoor.
I feel upbeat, and even though I have been down this road before with the dreaded Lighter Life after I had my youngest daughter 7 years ago, I think I'm ready this.
BRING IT ON!
 
If it helps you, I was buying size 22 trousers and tops from Evans for work. I started the diet end of may, a week ago I went into miss selfridge, yes of all places! And I managed to buy a whole heap of strappy tops for my holiday in a size 10! And they fit! Just trying to get my huge arse into size 12's at the moment (still a little way off)
Try and find something really tiny in your wardrobe and make that your goal, I did it with a top and trousers and was so happy when they fitted :) x
 
Wow! Congratulations! What an amazing feeling that must be, and Miss Selfridge too!
I'm the opposite, I have gigantic boobs like a couple of Exocet missiles and what my eldest daughter kindly calls a "Mum Bum" which means its relatively flat compared to the rest of me.
In fact, if I could turn my bottom half 180 degrees I'd have a flat stomach and one of those killer arses that girls do 500 squats a day to acheive. I wonder if that proceedure is available on the NHS?
I can still squeeze into a pair of size 18 jeans but have to go for the 22's on the top half.
Anyway its day 3 today, and I've got to go for a blood test, the nurse yesterday has ordered a full blood count so I'm off to sit in a 900 degree waiting room for 3 or 4 hours. Sigh.
 
Welcome on board this train to successful weight loss Ruthie. I am sure that you will do very well you sound as though you have the right attitude. As you say you have done something similar before so you know what to expect. This forum is brill for support, advice, hints and tips and everyone is really friendly and helpful. Good luck and I am sure that it won't be long before you are shopping in Miss Selfridge (and other well known little/normal people shops) :) xx
 
Wow Cherrypie, that's amazing!

I started on Monday, but this is my first day on here. It's so nice to see so much support!

How are you doing Ruthie? It's great that you have a holiday booked, it must be a great way to stay motivated if you know you have something to look forward to. I may just use this theory as an excuse to book a little getaway now... :)
 
Hi Ladies!
Its lovely to know that there's lots of support on here and day three has now successfully completed. Oddly today was harder than the other two but I'm still hanging in.
The holiday has been booked for quite a while. I'm going away with my cousin Garry who is as gay as Christmas and has a tongue like a razor dipped in acid, we have been looking forward to just sitting by a pool reading terrible Jackie Collins novels and getting drunk every night on dodgy Cava while acting like a couple of 12 year olds.
One night about a week ago I had one of those hideous 2am moments. I woke up and after doing my usual thinking about a load of non consequential rubbish I had the most terrible scenario playing in my head. What if I sit down on the plane and I can't for love or money fasten the seat belt around my considerable girth?
Am I going to be like one of those Sumo wrestlers who have to have two seats AND A SEAT BELT EXTENDER? Also the thought that Garry would be sitting next to me witnessing this would be hell, and I would have to endure him sniggering and guffawing all the way to Girona. This all proved too much and I got straight on the ipad and ordered my months supply.
So here I am!
 
Hey Ruthie!!
I'm on day 3 too, am new to exante!! Like you today has been hard...waking in the night with a severe headache didn't help!!
Have been 100% last 3 days..shake for breakfast, bar for lunch & soup for dinner (I purchased the 4 week bundle)!
Can't wait to see how much we lose our 1st weeks although I'm out for a friends birthday on sat and pretty sure this will involve alcohol...anyone got any advise/tips for alcohol whilst doing exante??
Keep up the good work :)
 
Hi Gembosuk
I think we'll be Exante Sisters! I've got a flipping murderous headache developing as I type this. As for booze, hmm..... As anyone who has ever had a night out (or indeed a night in) with me will tell you that I'm no stranger to a bottle of wine. I love it! But its a no no so the only thing to drink now is either vodka or bacardi and coke zero.
I am not a great lover of vodka due to a very unfortunate night back in '92 in a very dodgy bar on an equally dodgy Greek island called Aegina and a bottle of Romanian Vodka. And as for Bacadi, well I'll go into that when we know each other better!
Bambi, our holidays are ridiculous. Believe me.
Mamakash, you are already a Skinny Minnie and a hot mama! and I look like Divine (you might have to google that) But still I'm looking forward to seeing your goal pictures!
Jeep, keep in touch. You sound like the voice of reason I need to stop me from diving into something I shouldn't!
Onwards and upwards ladies. X
 
Haha brilliant!! I'm not a vodka or Bacardi lover either..Saturday night should be interesting!!! :)
I'm going for a weekend away at the end of August with 3 other couples...of which all the females are skinny Minnie size 10's so I've got to do this..to attempt to fit in lol!!
After this sat there's no excuses for any blips!!
Have woken up feeling less lightheaded & hungry then the previous 3 days...phew it does get easier then!!
I'm feeling lighter although that could also relate to the empty feeling :)
What are u eating/drinking on a daily basis?
I haven't exercised this week..that's if looking after my 3 under 4 years old children doesn't count as exercise!!
The children's chocolate biscuits in the fridge have never looked so good but will power is high..I can do this!!
I plan to weigh in on sat morning then again on Monday..see what damage sat night does!!!?
Have a great day x
 
My starting weight is 13 st 7lb...target weight of at least 12 st to lower my bmi enough for a very much needed tummy tuck!!
 
You'll have to let us know how the drinking goes!

I felt absolutely fine on day 3, but for some reason i'm really hungry today. I'm still feeling pretty motivated to keep going though, as I cheated and weighed myself yesterday, and after just 3 days I was 5 lbs down - that was nice to see!
 
I will be letting u know...once discharged from hospital haha!!
Wow that's amazing..stick at it!! What was ur starting weight? X x
 
Three children under 4? God, I have trouble keeping a 23 year old and a 7 year old in line. And you only weigh a very tiny 13st? How I envy your obvious maternal super powers.
I don't actually know how much I weigh. Nurse Ratchet did it on tuesday but I really didn't look. I do have scales in my daughters bathroom, which is like having a malevolent entity lurking in there. Every time I venture in or even just walk past the door I can almost feel its presence mocking me. And the bloody thing is so accurate I could weigh individual molecular particles on it, and I can't deal with that kind of brutal honesty yet.
I will be returning to the doctors on 13th Aug to have my Mirena removed and my blood results. No doubt Nurse will make me get weighed again then - she'll have no problem telling me whats what so I'll wait.
As for food, well I know this is probably wrong but I save my packets up until the evening and then I have a ​feast. I have my carbonara and then a pudding of porridge followed by a bar chaser. This works for me because if I started eating at breakfast I'd probably eat everything then.
The preparation of the carbonara is proving to be challenging, I can't seem to get it right. It's either a meagre Dickensian like gruel with hard glassy shards of barely cooked pasta or a boiling spitting volcano of super heated cheesy lava. I have to work on this. But my porridge is amazing - it's light and fluffy and edible.
I'm going round to my friend tonight for a few drinks. We usually do this every couple weeks, she lives about 5 houses from me and she serves wine in goblets the size of buckets. This ordinarily is not a problem for me but I've told her that no wine will be passing my lips this evening. This has peeved her somewhat but she's assured me that she can accommodate my dietary requirements - she is a GP but very lackadaisical at times so I may just take my own.
Interesting about the tummy tuck. I really need one, even though I have only had 2 kids they were both huge. Bekah was 9lbs 9oz and Pia was 11lbs 5oz. The doctor who delivered Pia (by caesarian I should add) said she was the biggest baby he'd delivered. I -horrified by this revelation half expected her to come out smoking a cigarette and reading the paper. (this thankfully wasn't the case) But it had taken its toll on my poor tummy. I did have a consultation with a cosmetic surgeon who was happy to chop it off with my BMI at about 31 so I'm sure you could get it done now?
Any way enough of my ramblings, have a good day, chat later! x
 
I was 13st 2 to begin with, and have generally spent the last year or so bobbing between that and 12st 12, so it's nice to finally get below that! I will only be weighing myself once a week from now on, but I just wanted to see if it was working. A bit risky I suppose, as if it hadn't kicked in yet I probably would have dived headfirst into the cupboard!

Wow, 3 children under 4 must be hard work... I get worn out enough looking after my friends 1 year old for the day! I've just been walking the dog for exercise so far, and I got a puppy a couple of weeks ago, so that's a nice bit of encouragement to get out the door.

I tend to have the bar in the morning, the milkshake at lunch, and the soup for dinner. So far I've found all the food ok, but I really want to get the porridge and try the new meals, especially the chilli! Have either of you tried them?

Four days in, and i'm really starting to realise that pretty much all of my social life is built around food and alcohol! I think I either have to start being sensible and behaving when I go out, or stay at home and be a hermit for the next few months. Hmmm...
 
Hello Ruthiebaby, you are sooo funny! You should make a book out of your diet, I've just revisited this site as I lost 3 stones last year but have put on 7lbs, I'm going to knock it on the head before it gets out of control! Also I gave up all alcohol 3 weeks ago but substituted it with lovely cordials and chocolate and peanuts....maybe this is where I'm going wrong! Can't excersise at the moment because I stepped on the treadmill while it was going,fell over and scraped all my knees, i should of let go of the damn thing instead of trying to stand up and cling on to the handle! the knees look awful exactly matching scabs and bruises, much to everyones amusement. it would've wone £250 on a certain TV programme, i couldv'e bought alot of Exante with that! Anyway it's back to exante for a few weeks for me, so here I go again. Good luck to you, xx
 
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