eatlikeabird
Silver Member
Well, thought I'd start my diary...I think I'm going to need one as the months go by.
I am a yo-yo dieter and have managed to lose about 60lbs 4 times already, mostly by diet and exercise. Other times I've lost a couple of stone and given up after 2 or 3 months. A little bit of success and the diet goes by the wayside. So this diary and the other forums will hopefully help me to get to goal.
I have been overweight ever since I was about 7 years old. Even times when it was just a stone or 2 over, I felt huge. It held me back and I had no confidence. I have seen my neice grow up without body issues and she is so happy and confident. She doesn't shy away from the camera and is pursuing a dancing career. I want to have a photo with cheekbones and a jawline. I want to travel and be in the pictures. I want to feel confident in the clothes I wear, not hide in them.
I have found that now I'm older, what I did before to lose weight just wasn't working anymore. I have been thinking about total meal replacement or bariatric surgery for at least a year, the weight just kept going up and up. I just didn't know of a meal replacement programme in my area until I saw Pauline Quirke's story. When I checked and I saw Lighter Life was in my area I knew that it was for me.
I got very discouraged on food diets when I had weeks with low losses. I would work really hard to follow the diet but have low losses. Then I'd doubt myself, was I having too big portions, was I eating the wrong things? And I'd give up. So total meal replacement is my way to not have to worry about food while losing. When I am 100% and I have a low loss I will know that its just my body adjusting.
Also I need to lose a significant amount of weight fast. My knees already crunch and are painful. And now my legs and ankles have started to swell. As type 2 diabetes is in my family, I am headed for those complications unless I reduce the weight now and keep it off. I am also just plain tired of not being able to do things around the house that require going up and down a ladder.
I started 20/07/11 and week one was a loss of 8lbs. I just want to do this so much that I haven't found it hard to stick to the packs. I know that I have months ahead to reach my goal and I am prepared for weeks with low loss even though I stick to 100% abstinate. Even though I'm prepared I'm sure those weeks will still depress me, but I just have to keep my eyes on the goal.
2 days to WI and I can't wait to post my week 2 loss...
I am a yo-yo dieter and have managed to lose about 60lbs 4 times already, mostly by diet and exercise. Other times I've lost a couple of stone and given up after 2 or 3 months. A little bit of success and the diet goes by the wayside. So this diary and the other forums will hopefully help me to get to goal.
I have been overweight ever since I was about 7 years old. Even times when it was just a stone or 2 over, I felt huge. It held me back and I had no confidence. I have seen my neice grow up without body issues and she is so happy and confident. She doesn't shy away from the camera and is pursuing a dancing career. I want to have a photo with cheekbones and a jawline. I want to travel and be in the pictures. I want to feel confident in the clothes I wear, not hide in them.
I have found that now I'm older, what I did before to lose weight just wasn't working anymore. I have been thinking about total meal replacement or bariatric surgery for at least a year, the weight just kept going up and up. I just didn't know of a meal replacement programme in my area until I saw Pauline Quirke's story. When I checked and I saw Lighter Life was in my area I knew that it was for me.
I got very discouraged on food diets when I had weeks with low losses. I would work really hard to follow the diet but have low losses. Then I'd doubt myself, was I having too big portions, was I eating the wrong things? And I'd give up. So total meal replacement is my way to not have to worry about food while losing. When I am 100% and I have a low loss I will know that its just my body adjusting.
Also I need to lose a significant amount of weight fast. My knees already crunch and are painful. And now my legs and ankles have started to swell. As type 2 diabetes is in my family, I am headed for those complications unless I reduce the weight now and keep it off. I am also just plain tired of not being able to do things around the house that require going up and down a ladder.
I started 20/07/11 and week one was a loss of 8lbs. I just want to do this so much that I haven't found it hard to stick to the packs. I know that I have months ahead to reach my goal and I am prepared for weeks with low loss even though I stick to 100% abstinate. Even though I'm prepared I'm sure those weeks will still depress me, but I just have to keep my eyes on the goal.
2 days to WI and I can't wait to post my week 2 loss...