jo-85
Gold Member
So here I am, my name is Jo, 26 im from birmingham i work as a recovery practitioner in the NHS and I'm a WW convert having joined following 12 months following SW. Lost 1.5 stone on SW and for most of the time enjoyed the diet however found it became difficult to fit in with my lifestyle and because I constantly had to think about how and what fitted into the day I was having I was getting a little bit obsessed with it. I still live at home with my parents and younger brother, me and my mum diet together and i found that it was even causing arguments between us as I was that worried about what we were having and whether we were "allowed" and she wasn't as concerned with this, it became a major bone of contention! So as much as I loved my leader and my group we decided that to suit our lifestyles and to make our lives a little bit easier we joined ww. It's not the first time I've followed the ww plan, I mean I've been dieting since I was knee high to a grasshopper so have done most of them around but we left shortly after PP came out so it has been a little bit new to us again, but so far so good. Have been enjoying having a bit more freedom and have found my portion sizes have reduced hugely, first wi 4 off and 2nd wi 1.5 tomorrow being my third wi.
I've always been overweight and really don't know what it's like to be thin or happy with my body however at various stages in my life I have been bigger than at others. I can't name a weight I want to be as I really don't know what will be right for me all I know is I wanna be happy with myself, comfy in my own skin and confident in all situations not just where I know people, I wanna walk in a bar first instead of behind all my friends trying to make myself look as small as possible!
I've never been a "big loser" and seem to gain big numbers even for a couple of days off plan. I think part of this is down to PCOS which I was diagnosed with when I was 16 and it seems my metabolism is pretty slow. even when I was a new born baby having same amount of milk as my cousin I was putting on weight so fast the midwife thought my mum was over feeding me! Although you would have thought id have accepted this by now it's frustrating when sticking to plan to the letter and seeing small numbers coming off, being ok with this is still a work in progress.
If your still reading this well done and thanks im sure your supportive words are gunna help me on my journey. I have made some good minimins friends already in the sw section of the forum
wavey: if any of u guys are reading this!) and they've kept me focused, motivated and have even been there with their kind words when I've felt rubbish, I hope they still visit me and that I meet more good minimins friends here too
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I've always been overweight and really don't know what it's like to be thin or happy with my body however at various stages in my life I have been bigger than at others. I can't name a weight I want to be as I really don't know what will be right for me all I know is I wanna be happy with myself, comfy in my own skin and confident in all situations not just where I know people, I wanna walk in a bar first instead of behind all my friends trying to make myself look as small as possible!
I've never been a "big loser" and seem to gain big numbers even for a couple of days off plan. I think part of this is down to PCOS which I was diagnosed with when I was 16 and it seems my metabolism is pretty slow. even when I was a new born baby having same amount of milk as my cousin I was putting on weight so fast the midwife thought my mum was over feeding me! Although you would have thought id have accepted this by now it's frustrating when sticking to plan to the letter and seeing small numbers coming off, being ok with this is still a work in progress.
If your still reading this well done and thanks im sure your supportive words are gunna help me on my journey. I have made some good minimins friends already in the sw section of the forum
wavey: if any of u guys are reading this!) and they've kept me focused, motivated and have even been there with their kind words when I've felt rubbish, I hope they still visit me and that I meet more good minimins friends here too Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins
