monkeypants
Full Member
Hello,
I couldn't find a newbies section to introduce myself, so I thought I would start here - plus I've spent the last week having a nose at everyone else's diaries to get tips, tricks and ideas - and its inspired to start me own. A little bit about me: I'm 25, a marketing manager from Oxford. I've struggled with my weight all my life, and until I was 18 I always weighed my age. At the age of 21 I reached up to 19 stone, but it really didn't seem to bother me that much...until about 6 months later when I was going to make a photobook for my Mum for Christmas, and I was looking back through my 21st birthday photos and I realised how big I was. So off I went, crying my eyes and wanting to make a change.
I've tried every diet under the sun over 4 years; and the only thing that worked for me was reducing my calorie intake (on 1200 a day) - I lost 4 stone in about a year doing that, but I wasn't happy; I was hungry ALL the time, grumpy too, didn't have any energy to exercise and would often binge.
I'm also running a half marathon in October (fat girls can run, except this one runs very slowly) - and since Monday when I started SW my runs seems to be more energize. I feel like I was previously starving myself then going running, and the runs felt boring, long and life-less. Then I would come back starving and eat all the bad things I could find.
I've still got 5 stone to lose - well 5.5 (as 7lbs crept back on), and I've recently being reading a lot of weight loss blogs and articles on people losing weight successfully with slimming world, so this Sunday just gone (the 27th July 2014) I got online and read everything I could, and thought this seems to be the diet for me. I worked out that I couldn't really make meetings in the area, I have a crazy work schedule, so I thought I'm going to sign up online for 3 months and then I found this forum; where it seems like a very supportive bunch; so I'm hoping I can get all the support I would get from a group from you guys.
My main reasons to lose weight (they are are vain and superficial - I'm sorry).<br>
1 - I've wanted to be weigh a normal weight FOREVER; I wasn't ready to do it just yet, but as I've not got other part of my life in order, its time to focus on ME
2 - I'm pretty sure the boyf is going to propose in the next 18 months (we're just about to buy a house together, and have been together 5.5 years - so he needs to soon), and I therefore don't want to be a big bride, I also don't want to be worrying about dieting whilst planning a wedding (the family stress will be enough to deal with).
3 - We're going to Cuba in May 2015, and I want to feel happy and healthy on the beach, not self-conscious and like a blob.
If you're still reading - thank you for sticking with me. I have a habit of rambling on (it's part of my job). I'm really looking forward to my Monday morning weigh in, and also looking forward to getting advice / comments / tips / motivation from you all.
Mandy XXX
I couldn't find a newbies section to introduce myself, so I thought I would start here - plus I've spent the last week having a nose at everyone else's diaries to get tips, tricks and ideas - and its inspired to start me own. A little bit about me: I'm 25, a marketing manager from Oxford. I've struggled with my weight all my life, and until I was 18 I always weighed my age. At the age of 21 I reached up to 19 stone, but it really didn't seem to bother me that much...until about 6 months later when I was going to make a photobook for my Mum for Christmas, and I was looking back through my 21st birthday photos and I realised how big I was. So off I went, crying my eyes and wanting to make a change.
I've tried every diet under the sun over 4 years; and the only thing that worked for me was reducing my calorie intake (on 1200 a day) - I lost 4 stone in about a year doing that, but I wasn't happy; I was hungry ALL the time, grumpy too, didn't have any energy to exercise and would often binge.
I'm also running a half marathon in October (fat girls can run, except this one runs very slowly) - and since Monday when I started SW my runs seems to be more energize. I feel like I was previously starving myself then going running, and the runs felt boring, long and life-less. Then I would come back starving and eat all the bad things I could find.
I've still got 5 stone to lose - well 5.5 (as 7lbs crept back on), and I've recently being reading a lot of weight loss blogs and articles on people losing weight successfully with slimming world, so this Sunday just gone (the 27th July 2014) I got online and read everything I could, and thought this seems to be the diet for me. I worked out that I couldn't really make meetings in the area, I have a crazy work schedule, so I thought I'm going to sign up online for 3 months and then I found this forum; where it seems like a very supportive bunch; so I'm hoping I can get all the support I would get from a group from you guys.
My main reasons to lose weight (they are are vain and superficial - I'm sorry).<br>
1 - I've wanted to be weigh a normal weight FOREVER; I wasn't ready to do it just yet, but as I've not got other part of my life in order, its time to focus on ME
2 - I'm pretty sure the boyf is going to propose in the next 18 months (we're just about to buy a house together, and have been together 5.5 years - so he needs to soon), and I therefore don't want to be a big bride, I also don't want to be worrying about dieting whilst planning a wedding (the family stress will be enough to deal with).
3 - We're going to Cuba in May 2015, and I want to feel happy and healthy on the beach, not self-conscious and like a blob.
If you're still reading - thank you for sticking with me. I have a habit of rambling on (it's part of my job). I'm really looking forward to my Monday morning weigh in, and also looking forward to getting advice / comments / tips / motivation from you all.
Mandy XXX
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