Thread: From binge eating to a 58 pound weight loss

Hi All,

I have been trying to lose weight for exactly 11 months now and I have found every excuse for not reaching my goals. I blame my slow metabolism, Underactive thyroid, celiac disease and fibromyalgia……really any excuse I can find………….I never seem to blame my major weigh gain on my binge eating disorder that I have develop over the last year. I tend to be really good for a week and then I am back to my bad eating habits for week 2. I never seem to have the will power to keep going. So I have tried everything to try and keep me accountable and it hasn’t worked. Therefore, I have decided to start up my own daily blog so I can voice when I am having a good or bad day, discuss my struggles and my successes. Hopefully it will help and give others encouragement too who are feeling like me. Throughout this process I hope to lose about 58 pounds

Well seen that I am starting from scratch AGAIN I may as well introduce myself. I am a 24 year old female living in Ireland. I was always a small framed girl and I didn’t start to gain weight until the last year. I quickly went from 110-148 in the space of 5 months and I gained another 20 pound by been frustrated with not losing the previous 38 pound that I gained so in total I have 58 pounds to lose. I would have been originally a very health conscious person who would have exercised and ate healthy without even thinking of it.

In the last year I have lost and gained weight like a yo yo. I started my own Biggest Loser Challenge on the 20^th March(Just competing against myself !) and lost an AMAZING 10.5 pound in the first week. In the second week I lost 3 pound. All was going well or so I thought………….. Emotional family issues is a big thing that i am currently struggling with. I always come to a point when i decide this is it I need to change. I do good for a few days and then I am back to square 1. So now I have put on all the weight I lost and I am ashamed to admit even more.

I have started this weight loss journey about 52 times over the last year. Every week I say this is it. But I am just getting heavier and heavier. I started Weight Watchers after Christmas last year and lost about 14 pound. Stopped going cause i thought i could do it myself. I am know starting this Blog with the hope that I can be accountable, change the way that I am currently living and lose 58 pounds in the process. I am aiming for small weight losses each week hopefully around 3 pounds in the first few weeks and then 2 pounds after that. The big weekly weight losses just don’t work for me as I can’t maintain it. Finances are a real struggle for me at the moment but hope to go back to weekly WW classes by Aug.

I hope some of ye feel the way I do and will follow me in my process to become healthy. Would love any advice in relation to propoints and healthy eating.

Forgot to mention above that my weigh ins will be every Friday. I think Fridays should be a good day as i will have a better idea of how good or bad i can be over the weekend

S/W: 168 pounds
Week 1: 162 pounds -6 pounds

OK Guys, I have just found out that there is a family gathering at the end of June. Do ye think it is possible for me to have lost 32 pound by then?

Planning to sit down in a few minutes to try and develop my short and long term goals with the hope of achieving this. Would love to prove to not only myself but most importantly to my family that i can do it. Will try and post my goals in my signature when i have them developed. I have only found this site so hope i will be able to post them correctly. If anyone knows how to do this it would be great to hear from ye.

As i cannot afford yet to go back to my weekly meetings does anyone know if I can join the uk online club even though I am from Ireland?

Tonight I am also planning to read up on how to determine the propoints value of my food that i eat daily so i will be able to post my daily menus on my blog.

Hope everyone is doing well?

Honestly? No 32lbs in what 6/7 weeks is unlikely on a VLCD let alone WW. You could probably lose between 10-14lbs by then but 32 is quite honestly completely unrealistic

Found you answered most of your questions in reply to you on my diary
Will subscribe to your diary now!
Ohhhhhh u will be glad Uve found minimims it's such a great support forum! I wouldn't of got this far without it xxx

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Hi Starlight,

Thanks for your advice. I feel like my dreams have been just flushed down the toilet but with me been a binge eater I was very doubtful myself.

However, i am very determined to make this happen. Work a 40 hour week and have a part time job for 8 hours at the weekend so its hard to find the time to do some major workouts. However, I have a gym membership going to waste so i hope to get out to the gym five times a week, weather permitting go for a short walk during my lunch hour and follow a very healthy pro points diet.

Look forward to all the advice

I think the important thing on any diet is to be sensible. If you aim for say 14lbs by the end of June its doable if you manage more it's a bonus If you aim for 14 and say lose 18 you'll feel fantastic. Aim for 32 and lose 18 you'll feel a total failure, which you wouldn't be but you'll see it as failure. 32lbs is around 5 a week. Quite honestly you're never going to do that on WW.

Setting the bar too high will, you'll probably find, demoralise you and potentially sabotage your diet. 32lbs would be too high to aim for in that time on a VLCD where people are on 500kcals a day. Go for a steady 1 -2 on WW and you'll be going at a great steady rate Going to the gym regularly should mean a stone is very achievable in that time. Remember WW isn't a fast fix diet Shift a stone and you'll be amazed how much better you'll feel at that party

Anyone know how many propoints are in black Tea and black coffee

Ok so it was a bad weekend so far. It was a bank holiday here in Ireland which makes my weekend eating even longer. Has too much choclate and wine every night while watching movies. Thats what i hate most about staying in at the weekends, especially the long ones, lots of family were down etc etc. I know no excuses are acceptable Knew i would have to face the extra pounds on the scales this week but was planing to kick my ass with exercise this week to at least try and maintain my weight. However, i am now at work and no one is in the office. Have been thinking about choclate all morning....Vending machine less than 30 steps away from me. I need to resist. All the weekend eating ahs just driven my cravings throught the roof. Have to fight through

Don't do it hun!!! Stay strong u don't need chocolate have U any other snacks To have? Xxx

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YUM YUM Rice Cakes! (So much nicer than choclate )

Yayyy well done chocolate is just rubbish xx

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Hey Stef,

Can you advise on how i can post my mini goals and weigh ins at the end of my posts?

U need to make ur signature hun, if it's doesn't say 'edit signature' under your posts you need to go on your profile and make one xxx

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Originally Posted by ChubBuster

YUM YUM Rice Cakes! (So much nicer than choclate )

Well done! Work is my biggest struggle too. I don't bring any money at all with me to work. I used to have a desk full of low fat crisps ect but i found by doing that i just ate them all. So now i only bring what i plan to eat and no money. If i'm hungry i drink water but that doesnt work when someone brings a box of homemade cookies in

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