caroline g said:Yeah she's reached a size 14 and is maintaining it well
caroline g said:She's got a little more to go to get down to a 12 and is still losing but a bit more slowly now but for 5ft 9 (like me) yes a 14 is a healthy weight. To be honest, in comparison to the starting weight of anyone who gets weight loss surgery on the NHS, a size 14 is pretty healthy.
I have therapy once a week and i've had it for nearly 2 years which is a seperate issue to my the diet i am on, but yes ive expressed how i feel to my therapist. Fair enough if you think its alarming like ive said its your opinion. I'm one of the most determind and strong minded people i know and i know i'll get to my goal for christmas of 11 stone and i'll work my but off 100x harder than i am now to keep my new body.
Good luck to everyone else on whatever weight loss journey they're on
We have all got ourselves into the situations we are in today. It sometimes takes a long long time to figure out and realise what needs to be done.
Personally I would never have weight loss surgery and I would never follow a VLCD. I think the only way to sustain weight loss/promote weight loss is healthy eating and exercise.
I hope I am here in a year/year and a halfs time maintaining with healthy eating.
BigBurd said:my mum had a bypass last year and I have matched her loss 1lb for lb, its not the quick fix ppl think it is. I was offered a referal 3 times. Just a point about ur comment about food being evil - food itself is necessary for life and in the right form can be a cure for most ailments. What is evil is the way the food industry mainpulates us to buy and make them money. there was a programme on BBC ( u can catch it on iplayer) called the men that made us fat. Well done on your loss. It's great you were able to turn your disapointment into determination