This is the year the bulk of my weight is going to go, I'm fed up with being a fatty and can see myself wearing normal sized clothes once more. I wasn't a fat kid, I put on 4 stone in a year when I was 19 and never recovered from that, gaining more and more as the years went on. 3 children later I now have over 9 stone to lose as my long term goal.
I've lost a stone and half of it in the last 7 weeks, which I'm thrilled with. I have now been tempted by the losses from VLCD so I'm doing exante, first day today and have been 100%. I have 28 days worth and will see how I feel at the end of it. My first big goal is to have lost 3 stone by my sister's wedding in June and I'm halfway there. I've set lots of little ones in between. My next is lose a Ruby (my 2yr old), as a visual that will be really good to look at, pick her up and think I'm this much lighter.
My main aim is to have got to goal by the end of April 2012, my 35th birthday. I will then have many, many more years as the thin me.
Some days, some weeks are hard and I'm only 7.5 weeks into this. It all seems so overwhelming, I mean 1.5 stone is great but really a chink in the weight needed to be lost when you're this big. Visually I know I won't look much different until 4/5 stone in, which will be hard. I do feel like I did when I stopped smoking though (10 yrs ago), determined, no going back. With the fags they're easier to avoid, food is still needed to survive.
I know loads of diets backwards, know how to eat healthily, I cook very nutritious healthy meals at home for the most part, just then I'd eat junk on top of that. So breaking these habits is the thing I need to do and portion size, which is why I think slimming world didn't work for me at this point, I felt too out of control.
WeMitt, here for the long term this time.
I've lost a stone and half of it in the last 7 weeks, which I'm thrilled with. I have now been tempted by the losses from VLCD so I'm doing exante, first day today and have been 100%. I have 28 days worth and will see how I feel at the end of it. My first big goal is to have lost 3 stone by my sister's wedding in June and I'm halfway there. I've set lots of little ones in between. My next is lose a Ruby (my 2yr old), as a visual that will be really good to look at, pick her up and think I'm this much lighter.
My main aim is to have got to goal by the end of April 2012, my 35th birthday. I will then have many, many more years as the thin me.
Some days, some weeks are hard and I'm only 7.5 weeks into this. It all seems so overwhelming, I mean 1.5 stone is great but really a chink in the weight needed to be lost when you're this big. Visually I know I won't look much different until 4/5 stone in, which will be hard. I do feel like I did when I stopped smoking though (10 yrs ago), determined, no going back. With the fags they're easier to avoid, food is still needed to survive.
I know loads of diets backwards, know how to eat healthily, I cook very nutritious healthy meals at home for the most part, just then I'd eat junk on top of that. So breaking these habits is the thing I need to do and portion size, which is why I think slimming world didn't work for me at this point, I felt too out of control.
WeMitt, here for the long term this time.
