slimpip
Full Member
I have to admit something first...I've stolen my title from something I saw on the success stories section earlier this evening. It was a lady who had done really well in losing her weight and put the following as her first tip to others:
Being overweight is hard. Losing weight is hard. CHOOSE YOUR HARD.
I've chosen my hard. I've chosen the hard that means losing and sweating and hurting rather than....oh hang on all of those are the same when fat except the losing, although in a way, I am losing. I am losing life, confidence and self esteem. So yeah, I've chosen.
My name is Pip, I'm 25 (approaching 26) and I weigh a shocking 21st4. This is only slightly less than my heaviest weight of 21.st10. I lost 1st4 recently with the help of the girls in the challenges section...but alas that collapsed and I put back on my weight, bar 1 pound. This last week I've been healthy and have lost 5lbs. I'm hoping that the weight I put back on (in 3 weeks) will come off quite quickly. But I have a small-ish goal I'd like to reach before Christmas if possible. That is to get my BMI under 40. Its currently 43.4, to get to 39.9 I need to lose 1st11 and be 19st12.
I have been provisionally accepted for weight loss surgery. But I don't want it. I want to have a baby. I want to be fit and healthy on my own, not because I copped out and had somebody do the hard work for me. They have told me I will need to wait a year for the surgery, then a further 18months for healing and for my body to adapt and the weight loss to settle down before it would be safe to try for a baby. Even if I got pregnant straight away, I'm looking at a minimum of 3 1/2 years until I have a baby! I can't wait that long, I just can't. So here I am, laying myself on the line, asking for help in my desperate journey to avoid the surgeons knife and instead get to a healthy enough weight to concieve and have a healthy pregnancy.
Sorry for the really long rant...but I wanted to be really honest with my motivations. I'm not following a particular diet and I don't use the gym. I have a bike, which I enjoy using to cycle to work, but only when the weather suits or my work schedule allows. I aim to eat less (my portions are 'dad sized') and of much healthier food. I hope this diary writing will be theraputic in some way and will keep my accountable.
Pip x
Being overweight is hard. Losing weight is hard. CHOOSE YOUR HARD.
I've chosen my hard. I've chosen the hard that means losing and sweating and hurting rather than....oh hang on all of those are the same when fat except the losing, although in a way, I am losing. I am losing life, confidence and self esteem. So yeah, I've chosen.
My name is Pip, I'm 25 (approaching 26) and I weigh a shocking 21st4. This is only slightly less than my heaviest weight of 21.st10. I lost 1st4 recently with the help of the girls in the challenges section...but alas that collapsed and I put back on my weight, bar 1 pound. This last week I've been healthy and have lost 5lbs. I'm hoping that the weight I put back on (in 3 weeks) will come off quite quickly. But I have a small-ish goal I'd like to reach before Christmas if possible. That is to get my BMI under 40. Its currently 43.4, to get to 39.9 I need to lose 1st11 and be 19st12.
I have been provisionally accepted for weight loss surgery. But I don't want it. I want to have a baby. I want to be fit and healthy on my own, not because I copped out and had somebody do the hard work for me. They have told me I will need to wait a year for the surgery, then a further 18months for healing and for my body to adapt and the weight loss to settle down before it would be safe to try for a baby. Even if I got pregnant straight away, I'm looking at a minimum of 3 1/2 years until I have a baby! I can't wait that long, I just can't. So here I am, laying myself on the line, asking for help in my desperate journey to avoid the surgeons knife and instead get to a healthy enough weight to concieve and have a healthy pregnancy.
Sorry for the really long rant...but I wanted to be really honest with my motivations. I'm not following a particular diet and I don't use the gym. I have a bike, which I enjoy using to cycle to work, but only when the weather suits or my work schedule allows. I aim to eat less (my portions are 'dad sized') and of much healthier food. I hope this diary writing will be theraputic in some way and will keep my accountable.
Pip x