Hi All,
My story from the begining... I am 23 years old and have always been a big girl, no excuses, just love food and eat too much of it and don't move enough. Alcohol is also my best friend and worst enemy! I have been going out drinking with the girls atleast 3 nights a week from the age of 16. Too much food and alcohol and not enough exercise has proved to be a fatal combination, although I am very fortunate that I have always had lots of lovely friends and never actually been bullied about my weight, even through school, which is probably why I let my weight get out of control, I never weighed myself I wouldn't of even been able to guess my weight if someone asked me, I just knew i was buying size 22 clothes when I was a teenager.
In April 2011 aged 21 me and my boyfriend decided we was going to live and work in Spain together while we were young and still had no commitments - a huge step for me as I am an only child and very close to my mum and dad and my girls, but this just seemed like such an amazing opportunity that I had to grab it. After taking the leap we found an apartment together and I got a bar job, very different from my 9-5 office job that I left, but I absolutley loved it, needless to say with my passion for the party life I got pretty sucked in as I was working down the strip, therefore drinking every night, and eating disgusting amounts of food the next day on a hangover, me and my boyfriend would also probably have a curry out 3 nights a week followed by a heavy drinking sesh on top of that.
To cut a long 2 years short I split with my boyfriend in Jan 2012 and moved back to England, my life was upside down and my head was all over the place, I knew that I needed to make a huge change in my life or I was just going to emotionally eat myself into oblivion. I joined slimming world on the 20/02/12 and when I stepped on the scales at my first meeting that was the first time in years that I knew my weight... 17st 2.5lb at 22 years old... I was in disbelief as I had watched supersize vs superskinny a few days before this and the 'fat' lady was only 16st something. I had to change.
I was 7 weeks into my SW journey and 12.5lb lighter at 16st 5lb when I decided that I wanted to move back to spain and prove to myself that I could do it alone, I never wanted to leave, it was only because I had split with my other half that I felt weak, like I couldnt do it alone without him as my safety net, but I had met some amazing friends over there and loved my job so I wasn't going to let him drive me away.
April 2012 I moved back and was ready to start enjoying my life again without him, and enjoy it I did... the weight I had lost went straight back on with all the partying.
Over the months I kept yo-yo dieting with stupid diets lasting no more than 2 weeks, with my weight ranging between 16 and 17st.
Dec 2012 I came home for 2 weeks over xmas and had so many plans made for 2013 that I was going to be flying home for, one being my friends wedding in May 2013.
04.02.13 at 16st 3lb I had drawn the line. 2013 is going to be my year and slimming world was going to help me, goodbye to all the stupid excuses I use to make, I don't need to drink to enjoy the lifestyle out here, don't get me wrong I am not going T-total or anything, but I am going to learn to enjoy the other things living in spain has to offer, i.e the sun and lots of lovely long walks along the beach and swimming in the pool - something I have never been able to appreciate as I have always been in bed all day hungover and just laying on the sofa eating all afternoon until it was time for work and ready to go all over again.
I have made myself my own progress book and set myself mini targets, and even bought myself stickers for every half stone and target that I reach. I miss the support of the slimming world meetings when I was in England and this is why I have joined the forum to get some motivation from others and give others some help support and motivation where I can too.
I am 3 weeks in so far and 8lb lighter:
04.02.13 - 16.3
11.02.13 - 15.12 (-5lb)
18.02.13 - 15.12 (-0lb) was my star week
25.02.13 - 15.9 (-3lb)
My next mini target is set for 08.04.13 and I hope to be 14st 12lb.
Sorry to have rambled on, my story is so long as I have fallen off the wagon so many times! This time I AM going to change my life.
xxxxxxxxxx
My story from the begining... I am 23 years old and have always been a big girl, no excuses, just love food and eat too much of it and don't move enough. Alcohol is also my best friend and worst enemy! I have been going out drinking with the girls atleast 3 nights a week from the age of 16. Too much food and alcohol and not enough exercise has proved to be a fatal combination, although I am very fortunate that I have always had lots of lovely friends and never actually been bullied about my weight, even through school, which is probably why I let my weight get out of control, I never weighed myself I wouldn't of even been able to guess my weight if someone asked me, I just knew i was buying size 22 clothes when I was a teenager.
In April 2011 aged 21 me and my boyfriend decided we was going to live and work in Spain together while we were young and still had no commitments - a huge step for me as I am an only child and very close to my mum and dad and my girls, but this just seemed like such an amazing opportunity that I had to grab it. After taking the leap we found an apartment together and I got a bar job, very different from my 9-5 office job that I left, but I absolutley loved it, needless to say with my passion for the party life I got pretty sucked in as I was working down the strip, therefore drinking every night, and eating disgusting amounts of food the next day on a hangover, me and my boyfriend would also probably have a curry out 3 nights a week followed by a heavy drinking sesh on top of that.
To cut a long 2 years short I split with my boyfriend in Jan 2012 and moved back to England, my life was upside down and my head was all over the place, I knew that I needed to make a huge change in my life or I was just going to emotionally eat myself into oblivion. I joined slimming world on the 20/02/12 and when I stepped on the scales at my first meeting that was the first time in years that I knew my weight... 17st 2.5lb at 22 years old... I was in disbelief as I had watched supersize vs superskinny a few days before this and the 'fat' lady was only 16st something. I had to change.
I was 7 weeks into my SW journey and 12.5lb lighter at 16st 5lb when I decided that I wanted to move back to spain and prove to myself that I could do it alone, I never wanted to leave, it was only because I had split with my other half that I felt weak, like I couldnt do it alone without him as my safety net, but I had met some amazing friends over there and loved my job so I wasn't going to let him drive me away.
April 2012 I moved back and was ready to start enjoying my life again without him, and enjoy it I did... the weight I had lost went straight back on with all the partying.
Over the months I kept yo-yo dieting with stupid diets lasting no more than 2 weeks, with my weight ranging between 16 and 17st.
Dec 2012 I came home for 2 weeks over xmas and had so many plans made for 2013 that I was going to be flying home for, one being my friends wedding in May 2013.
04.02.13 at 16st 3lb I had drawn the line. 2013 is going to be my year and slimming world was going to help me, goodbye to all the stupid excuses I use to make, I don't need to drink to enjoy the lifestyle out here, don't get me wrong I am not going T-total or anything, but I am going to learn to enjoy the other things living in spain has to offer, i.e the sun and lots of lovely long walks along the beach and swimming in the pool - something I have never been able to appreciate as I have always been in bed all day hungover and just laying on the sofa eating all afternoon until it was time for work and ready to go all over again.
I have made myself my own progress book and set myself mini targets, and even bought myself stickers for every half stone and target that I reach. I miss the support of the slimming world meetings when I was in England and this is why I have joined the forum to get some motivation from others and give others some help support and motivation where I can too.
I am 3 weeks in so far and 8lb lighter:
04.02.13 - 16.3
11.02.13 - 15.12 (-5lb)
18.02.13 - 15.12 (-0lb) was my star week
25.02.13 - 15.9 (-3lb)
My next mini target is set for 08.04.13 and I hope to be 14st 12lb.
Sorry to have rambled on, my story is so long as I have fallen off the wagon so many times! This time I AM going to change my life.
xxxxxxxxxx
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