amarsaday
Full Member
Well I'm currently on day seven of Exante Total, and thought I'd get round to starting a diary, better late than never. Thought I'd share the reasons I've ended up 'obese' and the reasons I have to shift the weight. I've never been a skinny moo but up until mid 20s never had a weight problem, ate what I wanted, partied hard and was miss average really at around 9 stone. Put a load of weight on with first two pregnancies but managed to lose the weight both times with diet and exercise within a year or so. Five years ago I had a horrible miscarriage and I nearly died, for the next year I felt totally crap, kept getting shingles and the weight started to pile on. Then I got pregnant again in 2008 and I was so determined to keep this baby safe I stopped working long hours and running round like a bluebummed fly and I chilled....proper chilled....and ate and ate....and put on five stone, I looked as if I'd eaten a baby by the end and at aproaching 40 it really wasn't a good idea. My beatiful boy is now three and I'm still four stone overweight, he has autism and needs my round the clock care, and as well as two other children and a fella to look after for a long time now my weightloss has been bottom of the pile. I have tried dieting the past three years but I eat to keep going, I eat for comfort, and because I no longer go to work, and socialise very rarely I've got very complacent about my weight. I have two massive fibroids and if I don't lose the weight and detox which shrinks them down, will have to have a full hysterectomy, which is just not possible with my little boy as he is so here I am on Exante Total. My other half is a lovely lovely guy, a guitarist in a rock band, looks amazing for his age with a great image and never once has he made me feel bad about myself. On the rare occasions I've been able to go and see his band it is a mission of coverup - control pants, suck it all in jeans, massive batwing top that hides a multitude of sins, massive high heeled boots and big hair in an attempt to disguise the fact I am four stone heavier than I used to be, but I have to be honest its little more than polishing a turd, I still feel absolutley awful and like everyone's big fat nana. So I need to lose the weight for health reasons and to help me gain back my confidence and feel comfortable again, and most importantly I need to get back more energy to help me keep running around after my little boy. This week hasn't been half as hard as I thought it would be, and tomorrow I do my weekly weigh-in, been already sneaking peeks and it aint gone to bad I think. Already feel a hell of a lot better than I did a week ago and a lot lighter on my toes. What I like about exante total is that its hard to cheat (unless cheating yourself) if you stick to the three things daily you have no reason to think about any other food and I wish I'd heard about it a long time ago. The forum is brilliant and every time I've felt hunger pangs I've had a quick look on here and I feel better seeing we're all in this together xx
I've only just got your name after Giggles mentioned it. It's a great choice and a great way of motivating yourself too. Sounds like you're doing fab on this diet, the first week is definitely the toughest. 
