Cherry-Blossom
I CAN do this
Ok decided to start a diary on here. I probably won't be very good at keeping it up as I never usually am. So a bit about me to start off.
I have been overweight/obese for as long as I can remember and in part it was probably a contributing part of the depression I am still overcoming. I always knew I was overweight but never really had the motivation to do anything about it.
Last year I became unemployed for 8 months and the weight just piled on and on (Ben and Jerry are NOT my friends). At my heaviest I was about 17.7st. When I finally got a new job it involved quite a bit of heavy lifting and I hoped the weight would just fall off. Sadly although a bit did it wasn't enough and I only got down to 16.6 1/2 st. Whilst working there my team leader talked constantly about food but mostly about SW. I loved the fact she would go home at night and eat an entire chicken and her diet allowed it! She had lost a good few stone on it as well.
So I decided to give it a go. Que me turning up at my (not so) local meeting looking very nervous! So when I first started off I had amazing weight losses loosing 1.7stone and getting my club 10. However, just after this I became unemployed once again, que more eating. When I got a new job it was shift work and included a lot of driving about making planning meals really hard. It also meant grabbing a snack from the garage was the easiest option. The weight piled back on until I was only a few lb off my SW start weight.
But I never give up. I got myself a personal trainer who I usually see every week and brought myself a 12 week countdown so that I had NO excuse not to go to group. Since then I've lost another 7lb or so and very slowly working my way back down. I have also got one heck of a lot fitter and plan on getting myself a new bicycle with my next pay check so I can cycle to work.
Since joining this lovely forum I have also decided to do a challenge with another member to do the 'Pump it up' DVD three times a week.
So (hopefully) this will just help me record my eating and exercise so that if I'm naughty you guys can kick my arse into gear again!
I have been overweight/obese for as long as I can remember and in part it was probably a contributing part of the depression I am still overcoming. I always knew I was overweight but never really had the motivation to do anything about it.
Last year I became unemployed for 8 months and the weight just piled on and on (Ben and Jerry are NOT my friends). At my heaviest I was about 17.7st. When I finally got a new job it involved quite a bit of heavy lifting and I hoped the weight would just fall off. Sadly although a bit did it wasn't enough and I only got down to 16.6 1/2 st. Whilst working there my team leader talked constantly about food but mostly about SW. I loved the fact she would go home at night and eat an entire chicken and her diet allowed it! She had lost a good few stone on it as well.
So I decided to give it a go. Que me turning up at my (not so) local meeting looking very nervous! So when I first started off I had amazing weight losses loosing 1.7stone and getting my club 10. However, just after this I became unemployed once again, que more eating. When I got a new job it was shift work and included a lot of driving about making planning meals really hard. It also meant grabbing a snack from the garage was the easiest option. The weight piled back on until I was only a few lb off my SW start weight.
But I never give up. I got myself a personal trainer who I usually see every week and brought myself a 12 week countdown so that I had NO excuse not to go to group. Since then I've lost another 7lb or so and very slowly working my way back down. I have also got one heck of a lot fitter and plan on getting myself a new bicycle with my next pay check so I can cycle to work.
Since joining this lovely forum I have also decided to do a challenge with another member to do the 'Pump it up' DVD three times a week.
So (hopefully) this will just help me record my eating and exercise so that if I'm naughty you guys can kick my arse into gear again!
