How Personal Is Your Goal?

[catkins]

I have never been slim, apart from when I was about 5 and under!! I guess a series of things set this off.. such as my older siblings leaving home, I was quite lonely I suppose and turned to food! Also I think I was born lazy. Then college came, and my mum wouldn't make me packed lunches anymore LOL! so it was crisps and rubbish for lunches...

Then I got into a bit of an abusive relationship. He used to say that he felt sick looking at me and things like that I had tiger scratches on my back (stretch marks) he made me diet but I never stuck to it and ended up putting on a LOT of weight instead...!

Then I stayed about the same until I lost my job... I've put on about a stone or maybe a bit more since then... so my goals are all about reversing this:

goal 1- get under 13 stone- which is the slimmest i've been in recent history (when I did WW)
goal 2- get to the stage where my boyfriend finds me sexy.. it's a bit of a vicious circle though because the only time he doesn't find me sexy is when I am being very self conscious but I'm self conscious because I think he doesn't like the look of me.. So really.. goal 2 is to feel sexy, myself! lol complicated
goal 3 - achieve a BMI of 22, purely because I read somewhere that people with a bmi of 22 are healthiest/ visit doctor least etc..

ranting sorry!

 

[catkins]

I think it's definitely personal, because no one really knows that I even admit that I'm overweight! Apart from the bf, and a few friends I have that are also overweight

 

[Serena A]

I remember on my first visit to my CDC when we discussed what my goal weight should be, and we decided on 9 stone but even as I said it I thought "yeah right".

I've only just started to admit to my goal weight (outside this forum) now that I am nearly there, as I've tried unsuccessfully for the last 14 years to reach it so I didn't want to look stupid or get the usual chorus of "here we go again" as with every previous dieting attempt.

Sooo pleased I found CD!

 

[izmirka]

my goal was mainly clothes size. i dreamed of being a size 8 (European size 36), but i never got that far, and am now a size 8/10 (sometimes 12 if it's stuff like dresses, as my boobs are quite big). also, i wanted to get down to an even 60kg, coz it just looks so pretty then i thought: hmm, 59kg would be even better, because it has a nice 5 in front of it. and also, i wanted to get down to the lowest healthy BMI just in case i gain some weight after the diet, so even if i gained, i would still be slim. but in the end, i decided i can't be bothered with more dieting, and am now 63kg and a size 10, which is still nice (although i still can't fit into size 36 Zara clothes;P ). i think i just wanted to become this nice round and perfect number, as i don't like the in-between numbers on the scales. so- first i wanted to be 100kg, then 90kg, then 80kg, then 70 and so forth i think i might be obsessive-compulsive

 

[PurpleButterfly]

Izmirka, you look like an angel in that bottom picture! Wow, truly stunning. Is that from the photo shoot with the newspaper?

 

[izmirka]

yes, it's from the photoshoot thank you for the compliment

 

[coconut]

I was 9st 11lbs before and a size 10/12.
Now I want to be a size 10 so around 9st.

But I know in my heart and soul I want to be around the 8stone mark and a size 8. I'm 5'5" and have never been skinny.

I'd love for someone to call me that!

I'll see how I am at 9stone but I'm probably going to continue to 8stone if I can.

 

[Purple Hugs]

Really great to read everyones posts.. thanks for your honesty ((hugs))

Izmirka it's lovely to hear from someone that has 'got there' and adjusted things. it's obvious that you are very happy and should be! You look amazing

Now if I look anywhere as nice I'll be chuffed.