KookieDoh
Ugly duckling going Swan.
I know how you feel about cost. I'm on incapcity so I am limited money wise. There are some things you can do to lower the costs.
Ask your doctor about getting counselling. Everyone is entitled to 8 weeks at a time of free counselling. This will give you the chance to explore the emotional sides of why you overeat, confidence issues, etc. It really is one of the best things you can do to help change your habbits.
Books and DVDs are also useful and you can buy them second hand on amazon and ebay. I recommend the dummies series and anything by Lee Janogly personally. Have a look on these forums to see which DVDs people are using and see if any sound good.
Walking is a good free exercise. The bonus of walking is you don't necessarly have to get a lot of sports gear for it and no one has to know what you are doing. You can wear your normal clothes and it just looks like you are going somewhere in a hurry.
Supermarkets are great for vests, jogging bottoms and sports bras extremely cheap. Have never paid more than £5 for a sports bra.
Weight resistance is important but you don't have to run off to the gym or buy mad equipment. Your own weight is enough to start with and if you need a bit more, a couple of tins of beans will be enough. If you want something a bit more challenging go for resistance bands instead of weights. They are far cheaper, sometimes come with a free DVD, you can firm up a lot more body parts with them, and they are easy to chuck into a cupboard or suitcase.
Sign up with Change 4 life on the NHS website. They do ocassionally send you some free stuff such as recipes, charts, and I even got a free pedometer off them once!
Explore these forums and have a look at what everyone is doing and see if anything would work best for you.
Hope that helps X.
Ask your doctor about getting counselling. Everyone is entitled to 8 weeks at a time of free counselling. This will give you the chance to explore the emotional sides of why you overeat, confidence issues, etc. It really is one of the best things you can do to help change your habbits.
Books and DVDs are also useful and you can buy them second hand on amazon and ebay. I recommend the dummies series and anything by Lee Janogly personally. Have a look on these forums to see which DVDs people are using and see if any sound good.
Walking is a good free exercise. The bonus of walking is you don't necessarly have to get a lot of sports gear for it and no one has to know what you are doing. You can wear your normal clothes and it just looks like you are going somewhere in a hurry.
Supermarkets are great for vests, jogging bottoms and sports bras extremely cheap. Have never paid more than £5 for a sports bra.
Weight resistance is important but you don't have to run off to the gym or buy mad equipment. Your own weight is enough to start with and if you need a bit more, a couple of tins of beans will be enough. If you want something a bit more challenging go for resistance bands instead of weights. They are far cheaper, sometimes come with a free DVD, you can firm up a lot more body parts with them, and they are easy to chuck into a cupboard or suitcase.
Sign up with Change 4 life on the NHS website. They do ocassionally send you some free stuff such as recipes, charts, and I even got a free pedometer off them once!
Explore these forums and have a look at what everyone is doing and see if anything would work best for you.
Hope that helps X.