Determined Girl
Here's hoping
Hey everyone... obviously I'm new to this (but not to dieting sadly!!) and I was just really interested in hearing the reasons why others have been motivated to lose weight.
This forum is a Godsend to me- it's really helping to motivate me and I don't feel 'alone' in my efforts. It can be really hard when the people in your life don't really 'get' a) why you're big in the first place b) how hard that can be and c) what guts and will power it takes to embark on something as strict as LT.
For me I just have so little confidence when I'm bigger. Even today I was stood outside the gym after a great session and I heard this man walking past saying "Not a great advert for a gym is she?" to his wife. They both laughed. It really hurt. Cut me to the bone. I felt so glad that, unknown to them, I never intend to be this big again. Ever in my life.
Food has, at times, seemed like a 'comfort' to me. I've piled on 5 stone since my Mum died a year ago (I wasn't skinny before by any means) but bingeing down junk food was just one area of my life I could control.
I was bullimic a few years ago and, unsurprisingly, lost a lot of weight. It seemed ideal....only now do I realise how terrible it was to think that something like that was a logical, good solution. I think it's taken til now, aged 28, to realise that I sometimes use food as a weapon against myself. Far from my 'treats' being a comfort they take me further from happiness. I know that being 'thin' isn't everything in life, but I really think that if I can feel healthier I will be happier.
I would love to hear from some of you guys about the reasons you're losing weight...it just makes it that bit more comforting to know that other people are in the same boat...and that we're all being really brave and strong by changing our lives for the better.
Keep up the brilliant work you're all doing and thank you all so much for your support. It's made it a million times easier for me and I'm incredibly grateful
Love Luce xx
This forum is a Godsend to me- it's really helping to motivate me and I don't feel 'alone' in my efforts. It can be really hard when the people in your life don't really 'get' a) why you're big in the first place b) how hard that can be and c) what guts and will power it takes to embark on something as strict as LT.
For me I just have so little confidence when I'm bigger. Even today I was stood outside the gym after a great session and I heard this man walking past saying "Not a great advert for a gym is she?" to his wife. They both laughed. It really hurt. Cut me to the bone. I felt so glad that, unknown to them, I never intend to be this big again. Ever in my life.
Food has, at times, seemed like a 'comfort' to me. I've piled on 5 stone since my Mum died a year ago (I wasn't skinny before by any means) but bingeing down junk food was just one area of my life I could control.
I was bullimic a few years ago and, unsurprisingly, lost a lot of weight. It seemed ideal....only now do I realise how terrible it was to think that something like that was a logical, good solution. I think it's taken til now, aged 28, to realise that I sometimes use food as a weapon against myself. Far from my 'treats' being a comfort they take me further from happiness. I know that being 'thin' isn't everything in life, but I really think that if I can feel healthier I will be happier.
I would love to hear from some of you guys about the reasons you're losing weight...it just makes it that bit more comforting to know that other people are in the same boat...and that we're all being really brave and strong by changing our lives for the better.
Keep up the brilliant work you're all doing and thank you all so much for your support. It's made it a million times easier for me and I'm incredibly grateful
Love Luce xx