kaz3804
Silver Member
My story starts now - but here's how I got here!
Ok thought long and hard about posting I'm sure there will be plenty who will say it'll never happen to me - I'm never going back to how I was - trust me both me and my family said it and MEANT it. 4yrs ago I joined sw (mostly to prove to my mum it didn't work "eating as much pasta and rice as you want - ha never work!" How wrong was l!!) I proceeded to Loose 6st and be my lightest ever (when looking at doctor records seriously lighter than when I was 14!) I felt amazing I was a size 10/12 running x3 5km a week plus doing interval training. As a mum if 2 beautiful daughters (1and 4 at the time) and working part time in a local shop I was always busy but my focus was strong. I maintained my target even dropping slightly lower for a while and continued to weigh every week - I genuinely loved my group and anchored my week around it and applied to become a consultant I genuinely believed and loved SW. THEN we made a choice to relocate back to Northern Ireland (from Essex) and bigger than that - I had to return to my full time career leaving my daughters to childcare. This was an essential not a choice but working 10-12 hrs a day and being a full time mum every other aspect of my life suffered - we tried to batch cook sw meals to continue on the road, I got up at 5am to exercise and ran at weekends but the pressure of juggling all the balls became to high and the ball that dropped was sw. I stopped attending meetings, the odd jar sauce made it's way in, the odd weekend pizza or takeaway became a reward and my health and fitness slipped. I re-joined sw 3 times in last year and half but with no success - no group matched up to my Essex group. To top it all my thyroid which i had stabilised for nearly 5yrs has now had a storm and I now have to handle all the symptoms of the thyroiditis including something I haven't had to deal with before - anxiety/depression. But today I draw a line I STOP the excuses and start the climb back to health. 3st regained but I'm literally going to take it 1lb at a time. I'm not promising to stick with slimming world but I'm going to stick with health and fitness - it starts here. But I hope by sharing my story it will help others realise this is a journey without destination just stop overs and continued travel - life doesn't stop and so neither does the battle keep the wagon rolling and try ur best to be on it more than ur off it - target or otherwise!
Ok thought long and hard about posting I'm sure there will be plenty who will say it'll never happen to me - I'm never going back to how I was - trust me both me and my family said it and MEANT it. 4yrs ago I joined sw (mostly to prove to my mum it didn't work "eating as much pasta and rice as you want - ha never work!" How wrong was l!!) I proceeded to Loose 6st and be my lightest ever (when looking at doctor records seriously lighter than when I was 14!) I felt amazing I was a size 10/12 running x3 5km a week plus doing interval training. As a mum if 2 beautiful daughters (1and 4 at the time) and working part time in a local shop I was always busy but my focus was strong. I maintained my target even dropping slightly lower for a while and continued to weigh every week - I genuinely loved my group and anchored my week around it and applied to become a consultant I genuinely believed and loved SW. THEN we made a choice to relocate back to Northern Ireland (from Essex) and bigger than that - I had to return to my full time career leaving my daughters to childcare. This was an essential not a choice but working 10-12 hrs a day and being a full time mum every other aspect of my life suffered - we tried to batch cook sw meals to continue on the road, I got up at 5am to exercise and ran at weekends but the pressure of juggling all the balls became to high and the ball that dropped was sw. I stopped attending meetings, the odd jar sauce made it's way in, the odd weekend pizza or takeaway became a reward and my health and fitness slipped. I re-joined sw 3 times in last year and half but with no success - no group matched up to my Essex group. To top it all my thyroid which i had stabilised for nearly 5yrs has now had a storm and I now have to handle all the symptoms of the thyroiditis including something I haven't had to deal with before - anxiety/depression. But today I draw a line I STOP the excuses and start the climb back to health. 3st regained but I'm literally going to take it 1lb at a time. I'm not promising to stick with slimming world but I'm going to stick with health and fitness - it starts here. But I hope by sharing my story it will help others realise this is a journey without destination just stop overs and continued travel - life doesn't stop and so neither does the battle keep the wagon rolling and try ur best to be on it more than ur off it - target or otherwise!