dreaming.of.a.slimmer.me
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Hi, I am 37 years old with three kiddies and a full time and part time job. I have little time to myself at all really. lol
I've never been slim as I was growing up, but was not fat either. Mum used to tell me it was puppy fat (such a myth!)
I got married and had my first child at 21 and by then I was very large, size 16-18.
I then spent all my time mothering my child and didn't care what I looked like.
I went on to have another lovely son but a year later I split amicably with my husband. I lost a little weight after this but not much (size 14-16). I met and married my second husband and had another son with him. Unfortunately my son was very ill at six months old and was in hospital for a long time. I piled the weight on as I was too busy to eat properly and didn't care about myself at all. I went to 16 stone and size 20. I didn't realise how big I'd got until I went to buy a pair of jeans as i lived in leggings and I had to buy a pair of stretchy 20's. I was horrified! I signed up to my local WW and within 8 months I lost 5 stone to get to 11st3.
That was 5 years ago now. (My son is fit and healthy now) I have put on 1 stone in the five years which isn't too bad, but now's the time to finish what I started. I have signed up to WW again and so far have gone from 12 st 3 to 11st 7. My target this time is 10 st 7. I am actually finding it harder this time as I am not 'large' and in clothes i know I look ok, so the 'just one won't hurt' syndrome exists. I battle with my mind all the time! lol
Here's me now (I will point out that the horrid blue 'dress' is a dress which is going round the country, being photographed for charity, its NOT my taste in clothes! lol)
I will post updates of my WW meetings on here and lets see how long this takes! lol
I've never been slim as I was growing up, but was not fat either. Mum used to tell me it was puppy fat (such a myth!)
I got married and had my first child at 21 and by then I was very large, size 16-18.
I then spent all my time mothering my child and didn't care what I looked like.
I went on to have another lovely son but a year later I split amicably with my husband. I lost a little weight after this but not much (size 14-16). I met and married my second husband and had another son with him. Unfortunately my son was very ill at six months old and was in hospital for a long time. I piled the weight on as I was too busy to eat properly and didn't care about myself at all. I went to 16 stone and size 20. I didn't realise how big I'd got until I went to buy a pair of jeans as i lived in leggings and I had to buy a pair of stretchy 20's. I was horrified! I signed up to my local WW and within 8 months I lost 5 stone to get to 11st3.
That was 5 years ago now. (My son is fit and healthy now) I have put on 1 stone in the five years which isn't too bad, but now's the time to finish what I started. I have signed up to WW again and so far have gone from 12 st 3 to 11st 7. My target this time is 10 st 7. I am actually finding it harder this time as I am not 'large' and in clothes i know I look ok, so the 'just one won't hurt' syndrome exists. I battle with my mind all the time! lol
Here's me now (I will point out that the horrid blue 'dress' is a dress which is going round the country, being photographed for charity, its NOT my taste in clothes! lol)
I will post updates of my WW meetings on here and lets see how long this takes! lol
