Kankurette
Member
I started Slimming World about two or so months ago and am having major problems with it. I've lost a couple of kilos, but am not having much luck losing any more.
Part of this is because I'm on anti-depressants that made me gain a load of weight - I was 10st or so before I went on Citalopram, and I gained about 3 stone on it. Bear in mind that when I was a student, I drank all the time and ate lots of junk food and was still thinner than I am now. I get cravings for stuff I shouldn't be eating, particularly when I'm on my period.
The other problem is that I have ME and I'm always being told to go running or horseriding or whatever by people who don't know about the illness, but the fact of the matter is that exercise makes me ill. I get the delayed fatigue thing where it hits me after a couple of days and I'm just too exhausted and in pain to do anything. When I went to Brighton with my mum over the summer, I did a lot of walking and I was ill for weeks afterwards. I'm on a GP referral programme and try to go swimming once a week, but the whole Body Magic thing is difficult because I can't hack too much physical exertion.
On the plus side, I don't smoke and I barely drink, so I have a bit of a head start. Plus I went through a very bad patch when my GP put me on Amytriptyline for chronic muscle and joint pain, and I had a drying-out period in between meds and am now going through another one as the Amytriptyline was useless and I'm going back on Citalopram. Once the meds are back in my system and I've adjusted, things should calm down. It's mainly changing my eating habits that's the problem. I don't handle change very well, although the Food Optimising is great because it's actually really helping me rethink the way I look at food.
So yeah, anyone else in the same situation? Apparently if you have ME or fibro or any other condition that makes it difficult to exericse, SW does make allowances. I don't go to group as I'm too embarrassed, I do it online.
Part of this is because I'm on anti-depressants that made me gain a load of weight - I was 10st or so before I went on Citalopram, and I gained about 3 stone on it. Bear in mind that when I was a student, I drank all the time and ate lots of junk food and was still thinner than I am now. I get cravings for stuff I shouldn't be eating, particularly when I'm on my period.
The other problem is that I have ME and I'm always being told to go running or horseriding or whatever by people who don't know about the illness, but the fact of the matter is that exercise makes me ill. I get the delayed fatigue thing where it hits me after a couple of days and I'm just too exhausted and in pain to do anything. When I went to Brighton with my mum over the summer, I did a lot of walking and I was ill for weeks afterwards. I'm on a GP referral programme and try to go swimming once a week, but the whole Body Magic thing is difficult because I can't hack too much physical exertion.
On the plus side, I don't smoke and I barely drink, so I have a bit of a head start. Plus I went through a very bad patch when my GP put me on Amytriptyline for chronic muscle and joint pain, and I had a drying-out period in between meds and am now going through another one as the Amytriptyline was useless and I'm going back on Citalopram. Once the meds are back in my system and I've adjusted, things should calm down. It's mainly changing my eating habits that's the problem. I don't handle change very well, although the Food Optimising is great because it's actually really helping me rethink the way I look at food.
So yeah, anyone else in the same situation? Apparently if you have ME or fibro or any other condition that makes it difficult to exericse, SW does make allowances. I don't go to group as I'm too embarrassed, I do it online.