yo-yo-dieter
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Hi Guys
Tomorrow will mark the start of my new journey to fabulousness by my 40th birthday (635 days) or 1 year and 9 months in old money.
I am currently the heaviest I have ever weighed, roughly five stone heavier than my BMI says I should be. I have been on a permanant on-a-diet-off-a-diet diet for the past 15 years.. I wish I was as "heavy" now as I thought I was 15 years ago. Since then I've tried calorie counting, weightwatchers, slimming world, 5:2 diet, celebrity slim and various meal replacement diets (all umpteen times). The only diets which have really worked for me are the milkshake diets but I fail to keep the weight off and it all goes straight back on plus more.
The main reason I want to lose weight is vanity; I just do not like the way I look. I barely have any clothes that fit me, I have got too fat for my work uniform but I still have to wear it, so that humiliates me every day as they wont buy me a new one because they are discussing changing the uniform. I sit there every day sweating in a heavy cardigan which I can't take off because my work blouse gapes so much and my trousers dig into me causing big, red grooves in my skin which are sore and itchy. I want to be able to sit down in comfort. I dread nights out because although I like to look nice, I don't feel that I can look nice at this weight - although I'm big and buxom and bumly all over, I carry LOTS of weight around my waist and stomach and you just cannot disguise a huge stomach. I look more pregnant than the woman at my work who is 7 months pregnant (she's only just got too fat for her work shirt this week!!!)
It is a cliche but I need a lifestyle change. My physical health seems to be okay. My blood pressure is fine, my asthma is under control, my last lot of blood tests were perfectly normal, surprisingly even the sugar levels (I thought I had an underactive thyroid). I am extremely unfit though and even the slightest bit of walking on the flat kills me. However my dad does have Type II diabetes since the age of 54, and I believe if it runs in the family you're more likely to get it so I probably have that to look forward to.
However my personality is that I never stick to anything and get bored easily hence my nickname of yo-yo-dieter. I don't drink, don't smoke, don't go out that much, don't really have any hobbies outside of the house, and I bloody adore ALL food which is a lethal combination. My job is quite boring and I am sat at a desk for 9 hours per day and there is always someone at work bringing food in.
So, I'll start tomorrow. I hope someone reads this, but if not, I'll happily ramble onto myself. Will update with weight, measurements etc tomorrow xx
Tomorrow will mark the start of my new journey to fabulousness by my 40th birthday (635 days) or 1 year and 9 months in old money.
I am currently the heaviest I have ever weighed, roughly five stone heavier than my BMI says I should be. I have been on a permanant on-a-diet-off-a-diet diet for the past 15 years.. I wish I was as "heavy" now as I thought I was 15 years ago. Since then I've tried calorie counting, weightwatchers, slimming world, 5:2 diet, celebrity slim and various meal replacement diets (all umpteen times). The only diets which have really worked for me are the milkshake diets but I fail to keep the weight off and it all goes straight back on plus more.
The main reason I want to lose weight is vanity; I just do not like the way I look. I barely have any clothes that fit me, I have got too fat for my work uniform but I still have to wear it, so that humiliates me every day as they wont buy me a new one because they are discussing changing the uniform. I sit there every day sweating in a heavy cardigan which I can't take off because my work blouse gapes so much and my trousers dig into me causing big, red grooves in my skin which are sore and itchy. I want to be able to sit down in comfort. I dread nights out because although I like to look nice, I don't feel that I can look nice at this weight - although I'm big and buxom and bumly all over, I carry LOTS of weight around my waist and stomach and you just cannot disguise a huge stomach. I look more pregnant than the woman at my work who is 7 months pregnant (she's only just got too fat for her work shirt this week!!!)
It is a cliche but I need a lifestyle change. My physical health seems to be okay. My blood pressure is fine, my asthma is under control, my last lot of blood tests were perfectly normal, surprisingly even the sugar levels (I thought I had an underactive thyroid). I am extremely unfit though and even the slightest bit of walking on the flat kills me. However my dad does have Type II diabetes since the age of 54, and I believe if it runs in the family you're more likely to get it so I probably have that to look forward to.
However my personality is that I never stick to anything and get bored easily hence my nickname of yo-yo-dieter. I don't drink, don't smoke, don't go out that much, don't really have any hobbies outside of the house, and I bloody adore ALL food which is a lethal combination. My job is quite boring and I am sat at a desk for 9 hours per day and there is always someone at work bringing food in.
So, I'll start tomorrow. I hope someone reads this, but if not, I'll happily ramble onto myself. Will update with weight, measurements etc tomorrow xx