Pink Robin
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Hi All
Well I have literally just joined this site after reading through some of the posts and becoming inspired to join what appears to be a great support group.
I am in desperate need of losing weight but cannot decide the best plan to follow. I am looking at either Slimming World or Atkins and would be grateful for your opinions, I have done both in the past and for various reasons fell off the wagon on both of them. I need to do something that is not going to break the bank either as I have a very tight budget to stick to. I do like slimming world but I find the classes all a bit happy clappy for me and all the ones I have joined are massive so by the time you have got through the clapping stages a couple of hours have gone past and you haven't learn anything. I did look at the online version but it's quite a bit of money in my opinion so suggestions please.
I would like to lose a minimum of 5 stone and I need to start sooner rather than later otherwise I will be still mulling things over months down the line.
So why now.... big wake up call really - I recently found out my husband was having a fling with someone he worked with, to say my world was turned upside down is a complete understatement because I feel that everything has been a lie, he has not left me (well he did the day I found out but came back the next) but things are strained, he has not returned to work - that was a stipulation of mine as I couldn't bear him to still be seeing her (hence the tight budget) but he is distant and I have no idea how he feels about me, he says he still loves me but his actions do not say the same unless I'm missing something, so I am very up and down at the moment.
I am convinced the fact that I have put so much weight on since we got together has not helped matters and feel that he is not attacted to me anymore so I want to lose the weight, I want to be clear that I do not want to do this to please him NO, this is me taking back control. I want to feel better in myself, I want to improve my self confidence because right now it is rock bottom and tbh if it all goes tits up I want to feel that I am confident enough to "get back out there" at least to have a laugh with the girls if nothing more. It may be that its the wrong time to commit to a diet but I am thinking that I need to take control of my life, I want to be proud of me, I want to become strong, happy and confident in the skin I am in but have no idea how or where to start.
So guys & girls if anyone can offer any advice to get my butt in gear I would really appreciated it.
Thanks x
Well I have literally just joined this site after reading through some of the posts and becoming inspired to join what appears to be a great support group.
I am in desperate need of losing weight but cannot decide the best plan to follow. I am looking at either Slimming World or Atkins and would be grateful for your opinions, I have done both in the past and for various reasons fell off the wagon on both of them. I need to do something that is not going to break the bank either as I have a very tight budget to stick to. I do like slimming world but I find the classes all a bit happy clappy for me and all the ones I have joined are massive so by the time you have got through the clapping stages a couple of hours have gone past and you haven't learn anything. I did look at the online version but it's quite a bit of money in my opinion so suggestions please.
I would like to lose a minimum of 5 stone and I need to start sooner rather than later otherwise I will be still mulling things over months down the line.
So why now.... big wake up call really - I recently found out my husband was having a fling with someone he worked with, to say my world was turned upside down is a complete understatement because I feel that everything has been a lie, he has not left me (well he did the day I found out but came back the next) but things are strained, he has not returned to work - that was a stipulation of mine as I couldn't bear him to still be seeing her (hence the tight budget) but he is distant and I have no idea how he feels about me, he says he still loves me but his actions do not say the same unless I'm missing something, so I am very up and down at the moment.
I am convinced the fact that I have put so much weight on since we got together has not helped matters and feel that he is not attacted to me anymore so I want to lose the weight, I want to be clear that I do not want to do this to please him NO, this is me taking back control. I want to feel better in myself, I want to improve my self confidence because right now it is rock bottom and tbh if it all goes tits up I want to feel that I am confident enough to "get back out there" at least to have a laugh with the girls if nothing more. It may be that its the wrong time to commit to a diet but I am thinking that I need to take control of my life, I want to be proud of me, I want to become strong, happy and confident in the skin I am in but have no idea how or where to start.
So guys & girls if anyone can offer any advice to get my butt in gear I would really appreciated it.
Thanks x