Quixotic
Full Member
Right.
So.
I've never really done a diet wholeheartedly. I usually start them and then stop, or start and commit and buy the stuff and then give up or borrow booklets off a friend and then when they give up - so do I.
I'm useless at diets.
Just saying that, right off the bat.
But I've never done a meal replacement diet before, and honestly - I think it's about time I did. I've actually been kickstarted by a boyfriend of mine who commented at some point that he likes me partly because he has a thing for "big girls", and that kind of made me think...oh, so...I'm classed as a big girl? Good. Great.
Oddly enough, that didn't really make me too enamoured with him at the time, and has been one of those things weighing (pardon the pun) on my mind ever since.
I don't really want people to describe me as "the big one", (though I'm sure it's not said as kindly as that). I've never really been on target weight, especially as I'm only 5'4", but I've never really felt fat until this past year or so.
Going into a TMI explanation (but I think it'll help me to), I was 12-13 stone until I was 18-19 years old, which I was okay with. It wasn't great and I wasn't tiny like my friends around me, but I didn't really mind because I was fine with that weight. I got engaged at 17, and the breakup of that engagement led me into a load of comfort eating and not wanting to go out. I cut out the daily swimming I used to do, and stopped going out to see friends or anything. Shortly after that, I found out that my dad has cancer - and over the next couple of years I gained 4 and a half stone, which I've never been able to shift since.
I definitely turn to food as a comfort device, and even just as something to take up time when I find myself bored and on my own. And I know that primarily - that's the behaviour that has to stop, because it's not healthy.
But first of all, I need to shift this extra weight that I've always hated, and get back down to my target weight. If I can get back to 12st, that would be the most amazing thing, but honestly - even if I lose 1 or 2, I'll be over the moon.
So, this is me - embarking on a diet I really honestly plan to stick to.
So.
I've never really done a diet wholeheartedly. I usually start them and then stop, or start and commit and buy the stuff and then give up or borrow booklets off a friend and then when they give up - so do I.
I'm useless at diets.
Just saying that, right off the bat.
But I've never done a meal replacement diet before, and honestly - I think it's about time I did. I've actually been kickstarted by a boyfriend of mine who commented at some point that he likes me partly because he has a thing for "big girls", and that kind of made me think...oh, so...I'm classed as a big girl? Good. Great.
Oddly enough, that didn't really make me too enamoured with him at the time, and has been one of those things weighing (pardon the pun) on my mind ever since.
I don't really want people to describe me as "the big one", (though I'm sure it's not said as kindly as that). I've never really been on target weight, especially as I'm only 5'4", but I've never really felt fat until this past year or so.
Going into a TMI explanation (but I think it'll help me to), I was 12-13 stone until I was 18-19 years old, which I was okay with. It wasn't great and I wasn't tiny like my friends around me, but I didn't really mind because I was fine with that weight. I got engaged at 17, and the breakup of that engagement led me into a load of comfort eating and not wanting to go out. I cut out the daily swimming I used to do, and stopped going out to see friends or anything. Shortly after that, I found out that my dad has cancer - and over the next couple of years I gained 4 and a half stone, which I've never been able to shift since.
I definitely turn to food as a comfort device, and even just as something to take up time when I find myself bored and on my own. And I know that primarily - that's the behaviour that has to stop, because it's not healthy.
But first of all, I need to shift this extra weight that I've always hated, and get back down to my target weight. If I can get back to 12st, that would be the most amazing thing, but honestly - even if I lose 1 or 2, I'll be over the moon.
So, this is me - embarking on a diet I really honestly plan to stick to.
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