Hi, I'm new to this and delighted to find a forum dedicated to those of us with a lot of weight to lose. I don't personally know anyone else with such a long way to go so am hoping that I'll feel at home here and find (and give) some support on what is, for me, a bit of a bumpy journey. :)

Hiya ladies,

My name is Alison. I found this forum last night and it has given me a lot of hope. I have battled with my weight for as long as I can remember, and life's events have made the battle harder. I know I'm not alone when I say that I have issues with food and have compulsions to eat that sabotage my efforts of becoming a healthy weight.

I'm really disappointed in myself. 6 years ago I was over 21 stone. In 4 years I lost 9.5 stone with slimming world (+ the right mind set, + lots of determination) so I know I can do it. In the meantime my marriage broke down, I got divorced, became a single mother of 3 young children, relocated 140 miles away, became a student nurse, and have now met someone lovely who lives with me and the children.

I have regained over 5 stone :,( I keep making attempts to take control and lose the weight but fail, the more times I fail the harder it becomes. I have joined a gym, found a local slimming world group and bought a countdown (never returned again) I have tried the paul McKenna hypno gastric band (ended up eating more) and have ended up just getting heavier ad heavier. At the moment I am in a phase of baking like a crazy woman.

I'm a student mental health nurse. I know my compulsions are driven by me trying to self Medicate, that there is a reason for the self sabotage....but knowing this isn't stopping it.

Anyway, I'm sorry for the self indulgent self pity in this post, I just needed to get it out ad felt that I wanted to be honest about who I am.

On a positive note, there's a braised steak casserole in the oven (no flour or oil And extra veg) and a large pot of super speed soup on the stove.

I have read some of your posts and feel inspired And hopefull that I might find some friendly support here too.

I'm currently 17 stone 10....there I said it :,(

Alison xx

Hey guys,

I hope that it is ok to post here, if not please move to somewhere more suitable :)

I joined here originally about a year ago but soon ran away because of fear and denial, I am back and I mean it now (hence this thread). I don't want to be the size I am anymore. I don't want to worry about sitting on a chair and it breaking, I want to travel the world, I want to achieve my goals.

I have not joined a class but I plan on joining weight watchers online when I get paid, I bought some scales and if I am honest I am completly devastated that I am so heavy.

Any support would be greatfully recieved!

Jo x

Start Weight: 22 stone 10 lbs
Curreny Weight: 20 stone 1 lbs

I've been contemplating for a while to start a diary.. I didn't want to start one in case I just ended up not writing in it much, but I thought why not? If I get an audience it will keep on bringing me back :)

Been battling with my weight loss seriously for the last 2 years, from the very first weigh in I've lost 2 stones and 9 lbs, although since starting slimming world this time I've lost 1 and half stones. Every time I have got to about this weight, I start to slip but I truly believe this time it is different.

My head is in a much better place, my life is a much better place to be living in and I have time to excuses (or no excuses should I say.. lol)

Some of you will know me from around the forum, but for those who don't-

I'm Rozie :) I turned 28 a month ago and have been married for 4.5 years.

I've been big all of my life. I weighed 9 lbs when I was born and used to steal my little sisters milk LOL which is why she is so slim now my mum jokes LOL I have never been slim, never known what its like to go to high street shops, never know what its like to be normal I guess. And I want to change it.

Forget the aesthetic side to things- I want to be healthy. I don't want to be panting when I walk a flight of stairs. And I don't want to have high blood pressure or be scared that i'll get adult diabetes (although that will more than likely happen because its heavily in the family). I don't want to have friction boils (TMI I know) or sweaty flab rolls (again, sorry LOL.. but its the reality, right?).

Most of all, I want a child. I want motherhood.

So this is my long quest to becoming a mother. Even if I'm 30 before I have my first one, I want to be healthy before I do. I could have a baby now (if God willed) but I know there would be so many complications. My sister had to have all of her children via C-section and the pain and the infections she had after wards (because of the belly fat covering her wound).. no thanks. I don't want to go through that.

So yeah, that's why I want to lose weight. Its the same all cliché I suppose. I don't want to lose weight for any other reasons you all want to lose weight.

I follow the SW plan- EE for those inclined and am part of a group.

I weigh in every Tuesday evening, and I really enjoy group. I think that's why i'm more focussed this time. Having a good consultant and group members is a really massive thing.

I've been weighed in 12 times in group and I've lost a stone and half so that's 1/2 stone a month. Which is exactly my goal. 1/2 stone a month is 6 stones in a year. Imagine that.

The next stone is the trickiest as I mentioned earlier. Once I've smashed through that I know there's no stopping me.

So, I hope you're here to join me on this slippery slope to slim-dom.. There'll be laughter, tears, but lots of fun :)

Rozie x

Well im a newie again...
Decided to start again....
And yet again over 21stone...very annoyed with myself as i was in 19s in november but hey ho..off i go again.

Things to aim for
July trip to london
July day at races
Aug v festival
Nov my bday theatre trip ( need to fit in the seat better!!!)
Xmas ...

Hi all :) like the title says I wish I had found this section sooner!

A little about me, I'm Cec I'm 27 and have a 3 yr old son and a 2 yr old son! Iv been big since I was 13 but never as big as I was after having 2 kids back to back :(
When I jumped on the scales for the start of my diet I was 17:12 :( I was devastated by it and knew I had to do something! I have tried calorie counting and exercise so many times and only last a week or 2 so I knew I had I go drastic this time, I found vlcd slim and save and I'm doing pretty well on it on day 115!
Iv lost 4 stone but still have a long way to go yet to be where I want to be! Iv also managed to get my OH on it too so we can do this together!

Iv found I'm starting to hit a depression wall though now, as all though the scales are moving I'm not dropping dress sizes!? I think the only place I'm losing it is my bum and thighs :( iv noticed severe horrible skin wrinkling!

Iv been reading through some of the posts here and you are all so inspiring :) xx

Hi everyone,

I'm a serial dieter. I've done every diet known to man (and some rather funky made-up ones, too) and it's cost me a fortune in money (wasted) and, most tragically, it's cost me 15 years (wasted).

At my heaviest I was 23st 11lbs. I joined SW last April weighing 22st 3lbs and lost 6st in 7 months. I don't know what was different.. it was like a light had finally switched on. My partner and I had just lost our second baby together and I was about as low as anyone can get. I had even considered taking my own life. Losing weight gave me something other than my grief to focus on and, as the months passed, I began to feel more alive than I had in many years. In September last year, as my due date approached, I lost all control. Getting a taste for my binge behaviour again, I've pretty much binged off and on since. I've tried WW, Slim Fast and returned to SW countless times since then. Nothing has worked. When I say that, I mean, nothing inside my head has worked. I have been unable to regain the focus I had last year and have gained back 2st of my overall loss. I'm struggling so much now.. that 2st really shows. My clothes don't fit (I was throwing things away as they became too big) and I feel decidedly unsexy. I look old, and tired, and I feel it.

Today I am having one of the famous last ditch attempts.. but.. I really mean it this time. I have decided not to go to a class, or even weigh myself for a while. I'm doing good old fashioned calorie counting and aiming to just move more. I'm going to weigh myself in a few weeks when, hopefully, I'll see a good enough loss to really inspire me to continue.

Though these boards are filled with many motivational, inspirational people.. the journey is somewhat different when dealing with starting weights such as ours. The end goal seems so very far away and it's too easy to become so overwhelmed by how far we have left to go that we forget how far we have already come.

I look forward to being part of your journey, and serving to remind you how far YOU have already come.

Xx

Hi everyone, have been on minimims on and off for a cpl of yrs now. Started ww in 2010, at 19 stone 6, was totally shocked! Over the course of 1-2 yrs I lost about 3 stone by doing ww on and off, and a brief stint on Cambridge.

Anyway, over the past ten months I have been gaining, losing, gaining, and when I returned from a week in Tunisia last week, I weighed myself and was horrified to see I was 18 stone, so I'm quickly getting back to where I started, I WILL NOT let that happen!!! I keep restarting and doing great for a week or two, then blowing it, but no more!

I start college 16 weeks tomorrow, and at the age of 30, will already be one of, if not, the oldest in the class, I don't wanna be the fattest too! And I know I won't have the confidence for uni next year if I don't lose weight, and unfortunately I can't become a nurse without doing uni!

About me, like I said, I'm 30, have been married to my fantastic hubby who completely spoils me rotten, for 3 years now and we have three dogs. We hope to have kids soon, which is really the biggest reason pushing us to lose weight.

I look forward to getting to know you all, some of you I will have chatted with on here already. I'm gonna try and update my diary daily.

I will be doing ww from home, and weighing in Monday mornings. So my start weight will be whatever I am tomorrow.

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Hi all :) Christmas is a long and distant dot in the future but in reality it will soon be here so let's take advantage of the time that's passing and get some weight gone!

Lets all try our best and reward ourselves with being able to relax over Xmas knowing we did our best all year :)

I will be treating myself to a new Xmas outfit, something slinky so I best get my oversized butt in gear.

Any new comers are welcome and we will support you as best we can, in return for your support too :D

Lou 50 lbs to go 0 lbs lost

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If so, what do u think of it?

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Oh! It has taken me weeks to find this particular section of MiniMins!

I need to be HERE!

Hello!

I am on Day 2 of CWP for the 1st time.

My immediate goals are to last these early days.....then to head for the first 5% which is 15lbs.

This is bit of a last chance saloon for me, so for that reason I am going at it full bore......I need to set myself some bigger goals. While I understand it is important not to be over ambitious, if I don't have some BIG goals I might just get lost.

How did others here decide their goals?

50 x

Hey everyone :)

I rejoined slimming world last thursday and standing on the scales was the hardest thing I ever had to do, because I knew how awful it was going to be, and I wasn't wrong. My past 3 days back on the diet have been really good, I feel a little bit more awake and alert as I am eating lots of different fruit and veg.

I'm very daunted by how much weight I have to lose 7, nearly eight stone... I am so worried I'm going to stray from the path like I did last time. Any one who want to maybe buddy up or have a supportive group on here is very welcome, I find it easier to succeed when people have expectations of me :)

-x-

It's taken nearly four months but I have cracked my first 50lbs :D I have at least 50lbs more to go and maybe a few more than that, but I think I have broken the back of this huge journey that we are on. So far you lot have helped me through and I thank you for that ;) now let's get started on the rest of it :)

So it's been a long time and this is a post I'm sure all of us who come back after a loss dread to make, I know for me it's hard place to come back to as it's affected my life in ways I wouldn't even of dreamed of when first signing up.
I met my lovely missus on here we had 2 great sons who we don't know what the future holds for them as they were born 15 weeks early.
But this is the hardest part for me to say that me and Laura broke up. Its hard it's very hard if I'm honest but you can't force someone to be with you. I'm just glad we are getting on, as the kids get older they don't won't to be seeing parents on at each other and I just pray we stay the same as they get older.
Right that's enough of that stuff and I didn't know if to post that or not but thought if there was some of the old crew about they would ask soon enough anyway.

Onto me and my weight, as some of you know I started at 513 way back in 2011 then got down to 277 now I'm back to 480 not good at all and to be honest I'm so pissed off at myself it untrue. But these things are sent to test us and test me this is. Its going to be hard I know, harder than last time as for the past year I have stuffed my face silly I will admit it.
At least I have weighed in and logged it here, I started a new thread as I thought the last had run its cause and has I have to start a new chapter in my life I thought a new diary was in order.

I have just got of the exercise bike and done 10 mins and 3.19k. Nothing in the grand scheme of things I know but to me at this point in my life may just be the hardest ride I have ever done. It has taken me all day to basically blog myself and get the energy to get of my fat arse and get on the bike.
I know one day I will get back to the level of fitness I had before and I also know it won't happen over night but one day I will be there and when I am I can look back on this day knowing that them 10 mins were worth it and to know the next 10 are as well.
I hope to have a look around the sight over the coming weeks and ease myself back into it. As I'm here for the long haul again.

This last 2 weeks for some inexplicable reason when I eat or drink it just seems to bloat me! The next day I feel better but the first thing I stick inside me bloats me again!! Last I only lost .5lb and I can see this week being worse :( I can't understand it any advice people? Please!!!

Hi all

I recognise many of you and I've enjoyed reading some threads in here again. I've not done very well the last year, although I have been poorly and ended up having an operation in January and I'm now feeling like a different person and I want to crack on with this weight loss journey!

I started at 28st and got down to 21st but I reckon I'm about 23 now. I kept rejoining sw, trying slim fast and various other things and on weeks I didn't lose or felt ill I would make myself feel bad and eat crap and I kept setting unrealistic goals which then made everything worse.

But tomorrow I'm going to wi at home and I'm gonna be doing good old fashioned healthy eating and trying to exercise :) no pressure if failing plans just achievable goals :)

I recently got married and I'm determined to he a healthier wife than girlfriend!

I look forward to chatting with you all :)

Hi ladies/gents

Dont normally like to post threads just comment ...but Im so happy ive lost 10lb in my first week. Quiet unbelievable actually scared to step back on scale now incase it tells me otherwise lol. So i know what to do right now so i jyst gotta keep doing it now.

Sarah xx

Not weight related at all! Im going to tunisia next week for the first time ever, just wondered if any of you have been? if so, what did you think?

I'm going for 1 stone (14lbs) from last weigh in (fri) to fri 31st may. So that's 6 weigh ins. 2.5 a week average, I can do this :)

Add your numbers folks..

Lou 14lbs to go 0lb lost

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hi everyone
I've decided to come back to minimins after a looong time away. I did pretty good on exanteand started losing, then it all faded into bad habits and not bothering so I've put loads of weight back on. I'm up to 16 stone 7 1/2 llb which actually is less than i thought I'd be

I have ordered some Exante to shift a bit before my holiday in June so I'll be posting between the exante section and here for support. my goal is 11 st 7 llb which technically still has me at overweight but historically when i have weighed less i look ill!

Hoping to meet people on here for support and kicks up the bum when needed!

Keely x