Hello fellow Slimming Worlders! I've been lurking on this forum for a while now, and love it so much!
It has definitely been a life-saver when I've been feeling disheartened and I've lost count as to how many times the lovely ppl on here have stopped me raiding the cupboards for chocolate.
So I've decided to start this diary, more for myself than for anyone else so that I can keep track of how i'm feeling and what I'm eating.
Here's a little back ground into me. Basically growing up I was always really skinny, I could eat whatever I wanted without worrying - until I got to 16!
Then the weight piled on and before I knew it I went from a size 6/8 to a size 16, I ballooned and the bigger I got the more depressed I became and the more I ate. So once I got to 17 and got to 12st I decided enough was enough and went on a diet and started to eat more healthily. So by the time I was 19 and I was healthy 10 st and eventually by aged 21 down to 9st. It was definitely a struggle to get my weight down to 9 st and it was a combination of healthy eating and exercise, however the whole time I was going from bingeing to healthy eating so I think I only stayed at 9 st for about 6 months before going back to 10 st and eventually the bad habits have come back and my weight has gone back to 11 st 10.
I'm now 27 and feel like I've spent the past 11 years struggling to keep my weight under control. Last March I decided to join Slimming World and managed to go from 11st 10 to 10 st 5.5 by July. But then it all went horribly wrong and here I am 6 months later back to 11st 2.5
So last week I decided that 2012 was going to be the year I got back to my happiest weight of 9 st and I was going to do it in a controlled and healthy way and more importantly I was going to stay there. I'm fed up of having a wardrobe full of clothes I love but cant fit into anymore :cry: and I'm fed up of wishing I was thinner, I've set myself a challenge of getting to target before the summer so i can wear my lovely size 10 victoria beckham jeans that I was only able to wear for 2 weeks before I put weight back on.
I've been back on SW for 5 days now, today is my 6th and I've been absolutely loving it, I cant believe I ever left! And this is my 1st weekend in months without touching a drop of alcohol and I feel great and so energetic! I can lose 2st 2.b lbs in 4 months!
It has definitely been a life-saver when I've been feeling disheartened and I've lost count as to how many times the lovely ppl on here have stopped me raiding the cupboards for chocolate.
So I've decided to start this diary, more for myself than for anyone else so that I can keep track of how i'm feeling and what I'm eating.
Here's a little back ground into me. Basically growing up I was always really skinny, I could eat whatever I wanted without worrying - until I got to 16!
Then the weight piled on and before I knew it I went from a size 6/8 to a size 16, I ballooned and the bigger I got the more depressed I became and the more I ate. So once I got to 17 and got to 12st I decided enough was enough and went on a diet and started to eat more healthily. So by the time I was 19 and I was healthy 10 st and eventually by aged 21 down to 9st. It was definitely a struggle to get my weight down to 9 st and it was a combination of healthy eating and exercise, however the whole time I was going from bingeing to healthy eating so I think I only stayed at 9 st for about 6 months before going back to 10 st and eventually the bad habits have come back and my weight has gone back to 11 st 10.
I'm now 27 and feel like I've spent the past 11 years struggling to keep my weight under control. Last March I decided to join Slimming World and managed to go from 11st 10 to 10 st 5.5 by July. But then it all went horribly wrong and here I am 6 months later back to 11st 2.5
So last week I decided that 2012 was going to be the year I got back to my happiest weight of 9 st and I was going to do it in a controlled and healthy way and more importantly I was going to stay there. I'm fed up of having a wardrobe full of clothes I love but cant fit into anymore :cry: and I'm fed up of wishing I was thinner, I've set myself a challenge of getting to target before the summer so i can wear my lovely size 10 victoria beckham jeans that I was only able to wear for 2 weeks before I put weight back on.
I've been back on SW for 5 days now, today is my 6th and I've been absolutely loving it, I cant believe I ever left! And this is my 1st weekend in months without touching a drop of alcohol and I feel great and so energetic! I can lose 2st 2.b lbs in 4 months!
