Little Red
New Member
Like...REALLY overweight for me.
I have never been small. I have always cycled back and forth between 11st and 12st7lb. For the keen-eyed people (anyone?) reading this, you will notice that, even at my lowest, my BMI is still not within 'healthy range' for my 5ft3in frame. I am muscular, or 'well-built' as my mother insisted on telling me when I was growing up, and I am quite happy at a comfortable size 12. So what happened!? Food, alcohol and depression happened!
I now buy a size 16; I take no joy in shopping; and I barely look at myself in the mirror anymore. I never leave the house, apart from going to work, and I just don't socialise. I am only 30 years old, and I am living like a 80 year-old hermit. This
has got to stop! I am wasting my youth and my life.
Today is DAY 1 of my weight-loss journey. My first hammer of choice is Cambridge Weight Plan. Once I have enough pounds of fat chiselled off, I will switch to a low sugar/high protein diet, which is ideal for people like me with poly-cystic ovarian syndrome.
I have two mini goals over the next 5 weeks. In 3 weeks, I am meeting friends that I have not seen in 2 years, and I want to be a stone lighter when I see them. Then, at the end of September, my husband and I are going to Paris for our anniversary. I want to be a stone and a half lighter for my trip. If I can hit these goals, then I think I will have the motivation to hit my overall goal of being 11st by Christmas.
Let's lose some weight beech!
Little Red x
I have never been small. I have always cycled back and forth between 11st and 12st7lb. For the keen-eyed people (anyone?) reading this, you will notice that, even at my lowest, my BMI is still not within 'healthy range' for my 5ft3in frame. I am muscular, or 'well-built' as my mother insisted on telling me when I was growing up, and I am quite happy at a comfortable size 12. So what happened!? Food, alcohol and depression happened!
I now buy a size 16; I take no joy in shopping; and I barely look at myself in the mirror anymore. I never leave the house, apart from going to work, and I just don't socialise. I am only 30 years old, and I am living like a 80 year-old hermit. This
has got to stop! I am wasting my youth and my life.Today is DAY 1 of my weight-loss journey. My first hammer of choice is Cambridge Weight Plan. Once I have enough pounds of fat chiselled off, I will switch to a low sugar/high protein diet, which is ideal for people like me with poly-cystic ovarian syndrome.
I have two mini goals over the next 5 weeks. In 3 weeks, I am meeting friends that I have not seen in 2 years, and I want to be a stone lighter when I see them. Then, at the end of September, my husband and I are going to Paris for our anniversary. I want to be a stone and a half lighter for my trip. If I can hit these goals, then I think I will have the motivation to hit my overall goal of being 11st by Christmas.
Let's lose some weight beech!
Little Red x
