I have been fat my entire life. I have had issues with food my entire life. I've dieted on and off for most of my adult life. 2019 was an absolutely horrendous year for me and my husband.
We tried to become foster carers/parents and at the last minute social services said we could only do respite care as we didn't have enough childcare experience.
I got an infertility diagnosis.
My husband got an infertility diagnosis.
Despite that, I conceived. But only found out when I was miscarrying.
Then got our hopes up that the infertility diagnosis was wrong, but the reason I miscarried was due to our fertility issues, and if I were to conceive I'd more than likely miscarry again.
That all happened in the first 5 months of 2019. I spent the entire year comfort eating (and crying).
We've always wanted to adopt anyway, if anything husband has always been more eager to adopt than have biological children. So we're hoping to start the process this year, but I'm terrified of another No. We were told no to foster. My body said no to biological children (twice!). My husband's body said no to biological children. I can't take another rejection.
I know my weight will be an issue, so I'm going to take the start of the year to try and get rid of some of the weight.
I'm on day 4 of slimfast. As of next week I'm swapping to a lower sugar, higher protein powder (same calories, fibre, vitamins and mineral). I'm doing a variant of the 1, 2, 3 plan. So 1 meal between 500 and 700 calories, 2 shakes and 3 snacks between 75 and 125 calories each day. Plus between 1.5 and 2.5 litres of water. I'm trying to keep carbs to a minimum for snacks, but I'm not being uber-strict about it. But so far I've been 100% on plan
I'll try and update here daily with how I've done.
Today I've had:
Shake for breakfast
Slimfast 90 Calorie porridge
Shake for lunch
Extra light cheese triangle, cucumber
Homemade chickpea and cauliflower curry with rice
Quark with kiwi and blueberries
1750ml water, 2 cups of tea, 25ml orange juice with 325ml water.
Hoping for another good day tomorrow!
I started Monday, but think I want Friday to be weigh day, as Monday mornings are just too hectic. So tomorrow I think I'll post my weightloss (hopefully it IS a loss!)
We tried to become foster carers/parents and at the last minute social services said we could only do respite care as we didn't have enough childcare experience.
I got an infertility diagnosis.
My husband got an infertility diagnosis.
Despite that, I conceived. But only found out when I was miscarrying.
Then got our hopes up that the infertility diagnosis was wrong, but the reason I miscarried was due to our fertility issues, and if I were to conceive I'd more than likely miscarry again.
That all happened in the first 5 months of 2019. I spent the entire year comfort eating (and crying).
We've always wanted to adopt anyway, if anything husband has always been more eager to adopt than have biological children. So we're hoping to start the process this year, but I'm terrified of another No. We were told no to foster. My body said no to biological children (twice!). My husband's body said no to biological children. I can't take another rejection.
I know my weight will be an issue, so I'm going to take the start of the year to try and get rid of some of the weight.
I'm on day 4 of slimfast. As of next week I'm swapping to a lower sugar, higher protein powder (same calories, fibre, vitamins and mineral). I'm doing a variant of the 1, 2, 3 plan. So 1 meal between 500 and 700 calories, 2 shakes and 3 snacks between 75 and 125 calories each day. Plus between 1.5 and 2.5 litres of water. I'm trying to keep carbs to a minimum for snacks, but I'm not being uber-strict about it. But so far I've been 100% on plan
I'll try and update here daily with how I've done.
Today I've had:
Shake for breakfast
Slimfast 90 Calorie porridge
Shake for lunch
Extra light cheese triangle, cucumber
Homemade chickpea and cauliflower curry with rice
Quark with kiwi and blueberries
1750ml water, 2 cups of tea, 25ml orange juice with 325ml water.
Hoping for another good day tomorrow!
I started Monday, but think I want Friday to be weigh day, as Monday mornings are just too hectic. So tomorrow I think I'll post my weightloss (hopefully it IS a loss!)