jillz
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I'm a bit shy so I don't really know if I'll be able to carry this through but with the aim of making it to goal weight I'm doing everything I can to make myself accountable.
Not even sure where to start...
As a child, I was what people would term "podgy" but like the ugly duckling, a beautiful girl emerged when I became a teenager. However, after the birth of my child (almost 19 years ago) I started to become "podgy" again. Now, I'm what is known as "obese". Such a horrible word and I'm determined no one will call me it again.
At my lowest point I was 17 stone and the day I had to buy a size 26 top was the day I decided it was time to lose those few extra baby pounds [!]
I got myself down to 14 stone and life was great for a while.
I'm skipping over the divorce bit, the heartbreak, the years of loneliness etc... wasted too many years on that already.
I was down to 13.5 stone at one point (not exactly skinny I know!) and met my wonderful other half. He loved this slim me and never knew the "fat girl" inside, he never even knew she had ever existed. Unfortunately she turned up a couple of years later after tooooo many chinese takeaways, KFCs, Big Macs, creamy pasta dishes and pizzas and before I knew it, I was up to 16 stone again.
We went to a wedding in Vienna in September and I just hated myself while I was there. Everyone else was slim and wore pretty little dresses and strappy little sandals and there I was in my extra large dress with my puffy ankles giving me jip in my too tight shoes.
But... I had an idea... every time I had a negative thought about myself I sent a text to my mobile phone stating what it was and what I wanted to change. By the end of the week, I had quite a list!
When we got home I read them all again and was determined to lose weight.
I had a brief go on Lipotrim earlier in the year and it wasn't for me.
I don't get Slimming World at all, I don't think I have the self control to do it, so I went along with my friend to Weight Watchers at the end of September. I liked the thought of the control over the food I ate.
Starting weight was 15st 6.5lb. I was ashamed but I knew I was in the right place to do something about it.
Weight loss has been gradual and I've only had one gain of 0.5lb and I'm putting that down to the fact that I wore my heavy boots that day to weigh in. (I swear that's the reason).
So at this point I'm down to 14st 2lb and I'm coping really well. I had a 2lb weight loss over Christmas which was fabulous and a 1.5lb weight loss last week so I'm over the moon.
My first goal is to get to 13st 7lb as that's the weight I was when I met the OH and I am starting to see that goal in sight.
I really want to get to 10st 7lb. I think that's my goal weight. It's the goal I've set myself anyway. I don't remember when I last weighed that but I was definitely a teenager anyway.
So my name is Jillz and this is my weight loss diary...
Not even sure where to start...
As a child, I was what people would term "podgy" but like the ugly duckling, a beautiful girl emerged when I became a teenager. However, after the birth of my child (almost 19 years ago) I started to become "podgy" again. Now, I'm what is known as "obese". Such a horrible word and I'm determined no one will call me it again.
At my lowest point I was 17 stone and the day I had to buy a size 26 top was the day I decided it was time to lose those few extra baby pounds [!]
I got myself down to 14 stone and life was great for a while.
I'm skipping over the divorce bit, the heartbreak, the years of loneliness etc... wasted too many years on that already.
I was down to 13.5 stone at one point (not exactly skinny I know!) and met my wonderful other half. He loved this slim me and never knew the "fat girl" inside, he never even knew she had ever existed. Unfortunately she turned up a couple of years later after tooooo many chinese takeaways, KFCs, Big Macs, creamy pasta dishes and pizzas and before I knew it, I was up to 16 stone again.
We went to a wedding in Vienna in September and I just hated myself while I was there. Everyone else was slim and wore pretty little dresses and strappy little sandals and there I was in my extra large dress with my puffy ankles giving me jip in my too tight shoes.
But... I had an idea... every time I had a negative thought about myself I sent a text to my mobile phone stating what it was and what I wanted to change. By the end of the week, I had quite a list!
When we got home I read them all again and was determined to lose weight.
I had a brief go on Lipotrim earlier in the year and it wasn't for me.
I don't get Slimming World at all, I don't think I have the self control to do it, so I went along with my friend to Weight Watchers at the end of September. I liked the thought of the control over the food I ate.
Starting weight was 15st 6.5lb. I was ashamed but I knew I was in the right place to do something about it.
Weight loss has been gradual and I've only had one gain of 0.5lb and I'm putting that down to the fact that I wore my heavy boots that day to weigh in. (I swear that's the reason).
So at this point I'm down to 14st 2lb and I'm coping really well. I had a 2lb weight loss over Christmas which was fabulous and a 1.5lb weight loss last week so I'm over the moon.
My first goal is to get to 13st 7lb as that's the weight I was when I met the OH and I am starting to see that goal in sight.
I really want to get to 10st 7lb. I think that's my goal weight. It's the goal I've set myself anyway. I don't remember when I last weighed that but I was definitely a teenager anyway.
So my name is Jillz and this is my weight loss diary...