Hi everyone,
I'm a serial dieter. I've done every diet known to man (and some rather funky made-up ones, too) and it's cost me a fortune in money (wasted) and, most tragically, it's cost me 15 years (wasted).
At my heaviest I was 23st 11lbs. I joined SW last April weighing 22st 3lbs and lost 6st in 7 months. I don't know what was different.. it was like a light had finally switched on. My partner and I had just lost our second baby together and I was about as low as anyone can get. I had even considered taking my own life. Losing weight gave me something other than my grief to focus on and, as the months passed, I began to feel more alive than I had in many years. In September last year, as my due date approached, I lost all control. Getting a taste for my binge behaviour again, I've pretty much binged off and on since. I've tried WW, Slim Fast and returned to SW countless times since then. Nothing has worked. When I say that, I mean, nothing inside my head has worked. I have been unable to regain the focus I had last year and have gained back 2st of my overall loss. I'm struggling so much now.. that 2st really shows. My clothes don't fit (I was throwing things away as they became too big) and I feel decidedly unsexy. I look old, and tired, and I feel it.
Today I am having one of the famous last ditch attempts.. but.. I really mean it this time. I have decided not to go to a class, or even weigh myself for a while. I'm doing good old fashioned calorie counting and aiming to just move more. I'm going to weigh myself in a few weeks when, hopefully, I'll see a good enough loss to really inspire me to continue.
Though these boards are filled with many motivational, inspirational people.. the journey is somewhat different when dealing with starting weights such as ours. The end goal seems so very far away and it's too easy to become so overwhelmed by how far we have left to go that we forget how far we have already come.
I look forward to being part of your journey, and serving to remind you how far YOU have already come.
Xx
I'm a serial dieter. I've done every diet known to man (and some rather funky made-up ones, too) and it's cost me a fortune in money (wasted) and, most tragically, it's cost me 15 years (wasted).
At my heaviest I was 23st 11lbs. I joined SW last April weighing 22st 3lbs and lost 6st in 7 months. I don't know what was different.. it was like a light had finally switched on. My partner and I had just lost our second baby together and I was about as low as anyone can get. I had even considered taking my own life. Losing weight gave me something other than my grief to focus on and, as the months passed, I began to feel more alive than I had in many years. In September last year, as my due date approached, I lost all control. Getting a taste for my binge behaviour again, I've pretty much binged off and on since. I've tried WW, Slim Fast and returned to SW countless times since then. Nothing has worked. When I say that, I mean, nothing inside my head has worked. I have been unable to regain the focus I had last year and have gained back 2st of my overall loss. I'm struggling so much now.. that 2st really shows. My clothes don't fit (I was throwing things away as they became too big) and I feel decidedly unsexy. I look old, and tired, and I feel it.
Today I am having one of the famous last ditch attempts.. but.. I really mean it this time. I have decided not to go to a class, or even weigh myself for a while. I'm doing good old fashioned calorie counting and aiming to just move more. I'm going to weigh myself in a few weeks when, hopefully, I'll see a good enough loss to really inspire me to continue.
Though these boards are filled with many motivational, inspirational people.. the journey is somewhat different when dealing with starting weights such as ours. The end goal seems so very far away and it's too easy to become so overwhelmed by how far we have left to go that we forget how far we have already come.
I look forward to being part of your journey, and serving to remind you how far YOU have already come.
Xx
The best advice I can give and what has defo worked for me is 4 pints of water or no sugar squash a day and no eating after 7pm. It gives your body time to digest it all and the weeks I stick to that rule and the water I have had 3,4 or even 5 lbs off. Give it a go if you can, even for a week. I have every faith in team 50, including you, and I'm sure we will smash our goals and some! Xxx
