Hello all,
I've been an intermittent dieter for about 20 years - alternately successful, and then unsuccessful, losing weight on WW and then putting it all back on again. Each time I follow a plan, I'm very good at it, and get to goal, then as soon as I stop the programme, I keep going for a bit and then get derailed.
Last year was a typical year, started off at 16st 2 in May, and successfully lost 62lbs to get into my size 14 wedding dress in October.
I was fairly careful after the wedding and only put on, and stayed around 7 lbs heavier than my wedding day, dealing (without recourse to food) relatively successfully with a month's holiday in New Zealand (delayed honeymoon) and the death of a beloved uncle.
I have a pretty stressful job, and even working and living away in a hotel during the week, I was managing not to completely go overboard, but for the last 2 months it feels like I've been unhinged! Stuffing my face with everything I can get my hands on - I've never even eaten like this before, so it's not a 'return to eating as I did before' it's more like a new found depth of gluttony! My food loves have always been savoury, bread and large portion sizes, but I've eaten more custard creams in the last 2 months than I have probably in the last 20 years. Bizarre.
The story I have been telling myself was "oh it was so easy to lose 62lbs, I'll just do it again", so it's OK to pig out. That seemed to give me permission to just let go of the reigns.
Anyway, last weekend, after a particularly mad bingey one, I just copped on to myself and sat down and wrote out the many reasons why I would like to be back to my wedding weight. Not least of which is a cousin's wedding in September where I'm wanting to wear a dress which I bought shortly after the wedding and which I can hardly get a thigh into now! :sigh:
So here I am, back on a plan (of sorts).
Having read the rules for the forums here, I was wanting to ask the moderators if it's OK for me to talk about my current diet plan which is a hybrid Weight Watchers/Exante done in the style of an Intermittent Fasting diet. In other words, one day Exante shakes (for the lower calorie day) and the other day sticking to my alotted WW points. Would that be acceptable? If so - should I post/chat/write under the IF/JUDDD forum section?
Thanks in advance, and looking forward to the groups!
LittleMe xxx
I've been an intermittent dieter for about 20 years - alternately successful, and then unsuccessful, losing weight on WW and then putting it all back on again. Each time I follow a plan, I'm very good at it, and get to goal, then as soon as I stop the programme, I keep going for a bit and then get derailed.
Last year was a typical year, started off at 16st 2 in May, and successfully lost 62lbs to get into my size 14 wedding dress in October.
I was fairly careful after the wedding and only put on, and stayed around 7 lbs heavier than my wedding day, dealing (without recourse to food) relatively successfully with a month's holiday in New Zealand (delayed honeymoon) and the death of a beloved uncle.
I have a pretty stressful job, and even working and living away in a hotel during the week, I was managing not to completely go overboard, but for the last 2 months it feels like I've been unhinged! Stuffing my face with everything I can get my hands on - I've never even eaten like this before, so it's not a 'return to eating as I did before' it's more like a new found depth of gluttony! My food loves have always been savoury, bread and large portion sizes, but I've eaten more custard creams in the last 2 months than I have probably in the last 20 years. Bizarre.
The story I have been telling myself was "oh it was so easy to lose 62lbs, I'll just do it again", so it's OK to pig out. That seemed to give me permission to just let go of the reigns.
Anyway, last weekend, after a particularly mad bingey one, I just copped on to myself and sat down and wrote out the many reasons why I would like to be back to my wedding weight. Not least of which is a cousin's wedding in September where I'm wanting to wear a dress which I bought shortly after the wedding and which I can hardly get a thigh into now! :sigh:
So here I am, back on a plan (of sorts).
Having read the rules for the forums here, I was wanting to ask the moderators if it's OK for me to talk about my current diet plan which is a hybrid Weight Watchers/Exante done in the style of an Intermittent Fasting diet. In other words, one day Exante shakes (for the lower calorie day) and the other day sticking to my alotted WW points. Would that be acceptable? If so - should I post/chat/write under the IF/JUDDD forum section?
Thanks in advance, and looking forward to the groups!
LittleMe xxx
