Hello! Nice to meet you all. I'm very shy about my weight and never really talk about it to anyone, so its a big step for me to join a forum about it! You're all such positive people and it's really inspiring so I thought I'd come and make some friends to help me with my mission.
My history with my weight is a little complicated and I have always fluctuated. I gained a lot of weight between the ages of 13 and 16, and ended up weighing around 16 stone (not sure, didn't have scales!). At the age of 16 I decided to do something about it, and went on slim fast. I found it incredibly effective, and I went down to 11 stone in a year.
Unfortunately, my life being chatoic, I wasn't able to maintain it, and over a period of three years the weight has crept back on, and left me rather unhappy! Since this summer I've lost about 17lbs through exercise and healthy eating (well, healtier eating!) which has given me a lot of hope, but I figure what with it being the beginning of a New Year, I should get serious about it. I'm thinking of returning to my old friend Slim Fast, as I found it easy, reliable and effective.
I want to get back down to 11 stone, as I was happiest with my weight then - I am quite tall for a girl (5'10" roughly) so 11 stone seemed quite comfortable. I am actually setting my target goal as 147lbs, which is 10 st 7lbs - but secretly I will be happy enough when I reach 11!
Sorry for rambling. Thats me in a nutshell! Nice to meet you all, and good luck with your endeavours!
My history with my weight is a little complicated and I have always fluctuated. I gained a lot of weight between the ages of 13 and 16, and ended up weighing around 16 stone (not sure, didn't have scales!). At the age of 16 I decided to do something about it, and went on slim fast. I found it incredibly effective, and I went down to 11 stone in a year.
Unfortunately, my life being chatoic, I wasn't able to maintain it, and over a period of three years the weight has crept back on, and left me rather unhappy! Since this summer I've lost about 17lbs through exercise and healthy eating (well, healtier eating!) which has given me a lot of hope, but I figure what with it being the beginning of a New Year, I should get serious about it. I'm thinking of returning to my old friend Slim Fast, as I found it easy, reliable and effective.
I want to get back down to 11 stone, as I was happiest with my weight then - I am quite tall for a girl (5'10" roughly) so 11 stone seemed quite comfortable. I am actually setting my target goal as 147lbs, which is 10 st 7lbs - but secretly I will be happy enough when I reach 11!
Sorry for rambling. Thats me in a nutshell! Nice to meet you all, and good luck with your endeavours!