Doublegirl
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Scary Biscuits indeed.
Hello! After the realisation that I have an awful lot of weight to lose, I thought I could do with a little support and hopefully encourage others that look at the scales and think yikes, How did that HAPPEN???
I've always been a healthy weight, not skinny, just normal with healthy curves. However, I have never been happy with how I look. I have always felt MASSIVE. And I believe because of that feeling I never really noticed how big I was when I started putting on weight. And it has just escalated.
According to various health type folk my goal weight should be 8 stone. Well I haven't been 8 stone since I was 16, I believe a far more realistic weight for my body and shape is between 8.5 - 9 stone.
I currently weight 16 stone.
So yes, I need to pretty much shed half of myself. And short of cutting myself in half, here I begin my journey. My journey to get back to the person I was, to wear those clothes packed in suitcases under the bed and to not hope every morning for rain so I can cover myself in layers and layers of clothing.
I gained a little weight after meeting my now husband. And was probably around the 10 stone mark when I got married. I very quickly fell pregnant, and therefore put on a little bit more weight. I think after having my child last year I was 12.5 stone. Since I stopped breastfeeding (and began eating far to much and moving far to little) I have increased to 16 stone.
But no more. I haven't particularly tried to diet or lose weight since before my wedding, so am hoping that now I am in the right mind-set I can beat this.
So what's the plan? I'm not a fan of weight clubs or strict recipe following diets. Not sure why, as I haven't had any particular experience with either, probably pure ignorance but I maintain that I would like to do this mainly on my own. This may be my downfall. Or it may motivate me further to prove myself. That I am indeed capable of tackling this. Having said that, and not wishing to be hypocritical, I am considering trying the national slimming centre, after a recommendation for their super appetite suppressant pills. I have read reviews and though part of me worries as this is obviously not a long term solution, I believe it could be a good kick start if I try them for a month. I have booked an appointment to talk with them and will wait and see.
Other than that, I very much like the idea of the 5:2 diet, 500 cals could be tough but I like the idea, can see how it could work. It's obviously fairly flexible and you can make it work to you without to much effort.
Also I need to move. Obviously. I move fair too little. A couch potato one may say. I love never better than snuggling with my baby reading books, watching films and playing games. But this only contributes to constant grazing.
So I know what I need to do, I want to achieve it. Here's hoping I actually can do it. I know I will be such a happier person in all aspects of my life. I hope to post my diet plan, share my triumphs and beg for support when I am feeling low. And when I'm all done (!!!!) I will print this out to remind myself that I never ever ever want to be here again. Because being overweight is so not fun.
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Hello! After the realisation that I have an awful lot of weight to lose, I thought I could do with a little support and hopefully encourage others that look at the scales and think yikes, How did that HAPPEN???
I've always been a healthy weight, not skinny, just normal with healthy curves. However, I have never been happy with how I look. I have always felt MASSIVE. And I believe because of that feeling I never really noticed how big I was when I started putting on weight. And it has just escalated.
According to various health type folk my goal weight should be 8 stone. Well I haven't been 8 stone since I was 16, I believe a far more realistic weight for my body and shape is between 8.5 - 9 stone.
I currently weight 16 stone.
So yes, I need to pretty much shed half of myself. And short of cutting myself in half, here I begin my journey. My journey to get back to the person I was, to wear those clothes packed in suitcases under the bed and to not hope every morning for rain so I can cover myself in layers and layers of clothing.
I gained a little weight after meeting my now husband. And was probably around the 10 stone mark when I got married. I very quickly fell pregnant, and therefore put on a little bit more weight. I think after having my child last year I was 12.5 stone. Since I stopped breastfeeding (and began eating far to much and moving far to little) I have increased to 16 stone.
But no more. I haven't particularly tried to diet or lose weight since before my wedding, so am hoping that now I am in the right mind-set I can beat this.
So what's the plan? I'm not a fan of weight clubs or strict recipe following diets. Not sure why, as I haven't had any particular experience with either, probably pure ignorance but I maintain that I would like to do this mainly on my own. This may be my downfall. Or it may motivate me further to prove myself. That I am indeed capable of tackling this. Having said that, and not wishing to be hypocritical, I am considering trying the national slimming centre, after a recommendation for their super appetite suppressant pills. I have read reviews and though part of me worries as this is obviously not a long term solution, I believe it could be a good kick start if I try them for a month. I have booked an appointment to talk with them and will wait and see.
Other than that, I very much like the idea of the 5:2 diet, 500 cals could be tough but I like the idea, can see how it could work. It's obviously fairly flexible and you can make it work to you without to much effort.
Also I need to move. Obviously. I move fair too little. A couch potato one may say. I love never better than snuggling with my baby reading books, watching films and playing games. But this only contributes to constant grazing.
So I know what I need to do, I want to achieve it. Here's hoping I actually can do it. I know I will be such a happier person in all aspects of my life. I hope to post my diet plan, share my triumphs and beg for support when I am feeling low. And when I'm all done (!!!!) I will print this out to remind myself that I never ever ever want to be here again. Because being overweight is so not fun.
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