hannahsmumwillshrink
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Need to reclaim me, my body and my enjoyment in life. I'm overweight, obese I suppose I haven't really checked out the numbers recently but I'm not going to wallow in pity any longer. Life has recently been amazing! I have been blessed with a son who is now 10 weeks old and I'm totally smitten. But having quickly lost most of my pregnancy weight by 3 weeks by bf and eating well while hubby was off I have totally relapsed and am eating appallingly so have probably put a stone of it back on. I'm still breastfeeding so have used that as an excuse to eat cake. A tonne of it. And chocolate. In fact I eat most of the day. All the wrong stuff. It's such an easy excuse. But I feel pretty sluggish now- the sleepless nights don't help but I know the food issue is taking it's toll and playing a part.
So I have a target of 11 stone and I'd like to get there by next summer. I'd like to be near it by the time I return to work in May. I'd like to be 12 - 12st 7 by Christmas. I'm currently somewhere in the 13stone bracket. I hope closer to 13 than 14 but I'll weigh in tomorrow.
Now the dilemma. I'm on mat leave and currently skint. £5 a week isn't much but I'm not sure I can stretch to it as the budget is super tight so I've seen many people follow Sw here and weigh at home. So I'm going to give it a try. If after a month I'm getting nowhere I'll be joining the group in the local town. They meet at 10am on a Wednesday so I could take baby along I think.
A bit of background on my weight. I was an averaged sized teen, not skinny but athletic and quite sporty. I went to uni and gained 2stone. I took up running and lost 2and a half stone. I met my husband and gradually put back on the 2and a half stone. I had my daughter and gained another stone. At 13st 9 I joined Sw for the first time and lost 2st 4lb and felt great. I had a miscarriage and then regained 2stone. I then had my boy and I'm back at the mid 13stone again. I neeeeeed to do this again which is annoying but can't be helped. I need to focus so this will be a diary of random musings as well as documenting my struggle with food. I suspect I have a borderline eating disorder. I have what I suppose are mild binges although I never purge. I don't know what triggers but I think I'm quite an emotional eater too. I found the image therapy such a huge boost at my last group (sadly I don't live near it anymore so the one I could go to will be totally new) so I will be turning to this site for my regular dose.
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So I have a target of 11 stone and I'd like to get there by next summer. I'd like to be near it by the time I return to work in May. I'd like to be 12 - 12st 7 by Christmas. I'm currently somewhere in the 13stone bracket. I hope closer to 13 than 14 but I'll weigh in tomorrow.
Now the dilemma. I'm on mat leave and currently skint. £5 a week isn't much but I'm not sure I can stretch to it as the budget is super tight so I've seen many people follow Sw here and weigh at home. So I'm going to give it a try. If after a month I'm getting nowhere I'll be joining the group in the local town. They meet at 10am on a Wednesday so I could take baby along I think.
A bit of background on my weight. I was an averaged sized teen, not skinny but athletic and quite sporty. I went to uni and gained 2stone. I took up running and lost 2and a half stone. I met my husband and gradually put back on the 2and a half stone. I had my daughter and gained another stone. At 13st 9 I joined Sw for the first time and lost 2st 4lb and felt great. I had a miscarriage and then regained 2stone. I then had my boy and I'm back at the mid 13stone again. I neeeeeed to do this again which is annoying but can't be helped. I need to focus so this will be a diary of random musings as well as documenting my struggle with food. I suspect I have a borderline eating disorder. I have what I suppose are mild binges although I never purge. I don't know what triggers but I think I'm quite an emotional eater too. I found the image therapy such a huge boost at my last group (sadly I don't live near it anymore so the one I could go to will be totally new) so I will be turning to this site for my regular dose.
Wave if you like and please cheer me on
