lauriel
Silver Member
...Thought it would be cool to start a diary. Yesterday I arrived at week 5 of Exanteville. I've lost 1st 6lbs so far and I am so impressed with myself.
So, this weight business became an issue for me about 2yrs ago. I met Mr Lauriel 6yrs ago and was size 8-10 and very happy with my weight (9st 3lbs) I'd never really encountered and issue with my weight before as I used the gym everyday...I didn't eat particularly healthy and never ate particularly badly, I've always loved fruit and vegetables and I've always loved cake! lol.....Im a foodie, so I've always enjoyed everything!! I moved to Northern Ireland from London on 5th February 2005. I met Mr Lauriel on 3rd July 2006...This is where my weight problem began. We got into a very comfortable 'let's just eat takeaways and every calorific food possible' routine - which was extremely bad. Between him taking me out for dinners and us indulging ourselves I gained 5 stone over those 6yrs. Not cool. Not cool at all. So I ended up size 16 and my self-confidence zapped. Not used to having a buddha belly and trying to squeeze my fat arse into size 16 jeans I was disgusted at how much my body had rebelled against all of the 'goodies' I was eating. I've tried the whole low cal diet thing - IT DOESN'T WORK. I just end up having little 'treats' because I've been good for 1 day. I knew I had to change when Mr Lauriel popped the question to me Christmas 2009, there was no way in hell I wanted to be a fat bride. I tried various things and nothing worked, then my mum discovered LT last year and gave it a go, she shed 3 st 4lbs in 3 months - never in my life had I been so proud of her....I tried it for 10 days and lost 10lbs. I found it hard to stick to because it was so limited with products and I couldn't keep away from the cupboards and fridge. I went online to see if I could find something with more variety and found Exante. I wanted to do it right away. I decided that my resolution for 2012 was to get my chunky butt back to the small slim thing that it used to be. I have pictures of myself when I was slim and it made me feel so sad at how much my body had given way to all of the 'treats' I was eating. It also made me evaluate the reality of just how much I was shovelling into my mouth on a daily and nightly (I work night shift) basis....Most of my colleagues are over weight too as they alsmost always have 2-3 takeaways ordered into the office (bearing in mind we work on a 4 on 4 off rota) ..I found myself falling into the habit too, eating curries, chinese, burgers and chips at 2am, looking back now its just disgusting. Not to mention it was costing me a fortune. The amazing thing is, I love cooking and cook all the time! Yet I was eating masses of greasy crap. So wuth the date set 16th January this year became the day when I shut the door on my chubby self. Now 5 weeks down the line I am 1st 6lbs lighter and starting to feel good about myself. My incentive: shopping for the dress that I will marry the man of my dreams in next May. If that isn't incentive enough, I don't know what is. So, by July time this year I want to be back to my little 8-10 9st 3lb self and I WILL do it. Exante has made such a massive difference to me already, it hasn't been plain sailing all the way so far but, those bad days are so overshadowed by all of the good days I've had - and I haven't caved once!! ....I am really looking forward to updating this diary (don't know why I didn't start sooner really) I hope that my littl journey so far can be inspiring to those who are struggling with starting/restarting or just wanting to give it a go...My advice: GO FOR IT!
So, this weight business became an issue for me about 2yrs ago. I met Mr Lauriel 6yrs ago and was size 8-10 and very happy with my weight (9st 3lbs) I'd never really encountered and issue with my weight before as I used the gym everyday...I didn't eat particularly healthy and never ate particularly badly, I've always loved fruit and vegetables and I've always loved cake! lol.....Im a foodie, so I've always enjoyed everything!! I moved to Northern Ireland from London on 5th February 2005. I met Mr Lauriel on 3rd July 2006...This is where my weight problem began. We got into a very comfortable 'let's just eat takeaways and every calorific food possible' routine - which was extremely bad. Between him taking me out for dinners and us indulging ourselves I gained 5 stone over those 6yrs. Not cool. Not cool at all. So I ended up size 16 and my self-confidence zapped. Not used to having a buddha belly and trying to squeeze my fat arse into size 16 jeans I was disgusted at how much my body had rebelled against all of the 'goodies' I was eating. I've tried the whole low cal diet thing - IT DOESN'T WORK. I just end up having little 'treats' because I've been good for 1 day. I knew I had to change when Mr Lauriel popped the question to me Christmas 2009, there was no way in hell I wanted to be a fat bride. I tried various things and nothing worked, then my mum discovered LT last year and gave it a go, she shed 3 st 4lbs in 3 months - never in my life had I been so proud of her....I tried it for 10 days and lost 10lbs. I found it hard to stick to because it was so limited with products and I couldn't keep away from the cupboards and fridge. I went online to see if I could find something with more variety and found Exante. I wanted to do it right away. I decided that my resolution for 2012 was to get my chunky butt back to the small slim thing that it used to be. I have pictures of myself when I was slim and it made me feel so sad at how much my body had given way to all of the 'treats' I was eating. It also made me evaluate the reality of just how much I was shovelling into my mouth on a daily and nightly (I work night shift) basis....Most of my colleagues are over weight too as they alsmost always have 2-3 takeaways ordered into the office (bearing in mind we work on a 4 on 4 off rota) ..I found myself falling into the habit too, eating curries, chinese, burgers and chips at 2am, looking back now its just disgusting. Not to mention it was costing me a fortune. The amazing thing is, I love cooking and cook all the time! Yet I was eating masses of greasy crap. So wuth the date set 16th January this year became the day when I shut the door on my chubby self. Now 5 weeks down the line I am 1st 6lbs lighter and starting to feel good about myself. My incentive: shopping for the dress that I will marry the man of my dreams in next May. If that isn't incentive enough, I don't know what is. So, by July time this year I want to be back to my little 8-10 9st 3lb self and I WILL do it. Exante has made such a massive difference to me already, it hasn't been plain sailing all the way so far but, those bad days are so overshadowed by all of the good days I've had - and I haven't caved once!! ....I am really looking forward to updating this diary (don't know why I didn't start sooner really) I hope that my littl journey so far can be inspiring to those who are struggling with starting/restarting or just wanting to give it a go...My advice: GO FOR IT!
