KaraAlicia
Feeling Positive
Hello to all my fellow slimming world lovelies!!
Well its me again back for the final time to re-start AND finish my final weight loss journey, this time with a sensible head on!!
Most of 2014 was spent on and off The Cambridge weight plan and guess what I got no where! Would lose weight get so bored and go back to eating rubbish as I was treating myself with my favourite foods and it got out of control, so here I am back were I was square one. Not rubbishing the plan as it does help some but was not for me I love my food too much
So towards the end of 2014 i got a referral to start Slimming World and honestly only attended one meeting, the following week my kids came down with hand, foot and mouth so genuinely couldn't attend then after that the excuses piled up for not returning.
The turning point finally came over Christmas when I spent the Xmas period with my family and all they kept commenting on was my weight! Everything i put on my plate was scrutinised so in the end I just over ate but in secret. It was at that point I thought what the hell am I doing to myself!! Shortly after New Year i discovered I was pregnant and although overjoyed this was over shadowed when I was referred to a dietician and specialist midwife because of my size. I hadn't really thought I was that big until that moment. Sadly a few weeks after I sadly miscarried and in the time i was in the hospital had time to really think about where my life was going and it was then I really had the push to get healthy and work on myself. It didn't help that when i asked if my weight was an indicator that caused the miscarriage the Dr said obese women are more likely to suffer from them and as I had three healthy children at home (that I carried successfully a lot lighter) it could of added to my risk. As devastated as I am I truly believe that my little peanuts was sent with a sole purpose to give me that wake up call I had been ignoring for so long and will be with me always to remind me that being the size I am doesn't just affect me but those around me too, I'm blessed to have my children and need to make a change for myself and them.
So once I had myself cleared to re-start I went and rejoined my local Slimming World meeting and allowed myself to listen this time and even recruited a friend who I collect to take to meeting with me, it was a added incentive as if I failed to attending meetings due to laziness she would suffer too and with me being a complete people pleaser couldn't let her down I am so much more positive this time around I saved money that i would of spent on endless takeaways to buy myself a FITBIT and actually LOVE it!! With me just getting back into work to really helps me track my steps and gives me the incentive to take the stairs instead of the lift or park furtherest away in the car park to get those extra steps in
Sorry for the life story but feel I've been so supported in the past on here that feel I can only truly be honest with myself if I'm honest with you.
Heres to working on me and making the changes for a healthy life!!!!!
Kara
Well its me again back for the final time to re-start AND finish my final weight loss journey, this time with a sensible head on!!
Most of 2014 was spent on and off The Cambridge weight plan and guess what I got no where! Would lose weight get so bored and go back to eating rubbish as I was treating myself with my favourite foods and it got out of control, so here I am back were I was square one. Not rubbishing the plan as it does help some but was not for me I love my food too much
So towards the end of 2014 i got a referral to start Slimming World and honestly only attended one meeting, the following week my kids came down with hand, foot and mouth so genuinely couldn't attend then after that the excuses piled up for not returning.
The turning point finally came over Christmas when I spent the Xmas period with my family and all they kept commenting on was my weight! Everything i put on my plate was scrutinised so in the end I just over ate but in secret. It was at that point I thought what the hell am I doing to myself!! Shortly after New Year i discovered I was pregnant and although overjoyed this was over shadowed when I was referred to a dietician and specialist midwife because of my size. I hadn't really thought I was that big until that moment. Sadly a few weeks after I sadly miscarried and in the time i was in the hospital had time to really think about where my life was going and it was then I really had the push to get healthy and work on myself. It didn't help that when i asked if my weight was an indicator that caused the miscarriage the Dr said obese women are more likely to suffer from them and as I had three healthy children at home (that I carried successfully a lot lighter) it could of added to my risk. As devastated as I am I truly believe that my little peanuts was sent with a sole purpose to give me that wake up call I had been ignoring for so long and will be with me always to remind me that being the size I am doesn't just affect me but those around me too, I'm blessed to have my children and need to make a change for myself and them.
So once I had myself cleared to re-start I went and rejoined my local Slimming World meeting and allowed myself to listen this time and even recruited a friend who I collect to take to meeting with me, it was a added incentive as if I failed to attending meetings due to laziness she would suffer too and with me being a complete people pleaser couldn't let her down
I am so much more positive this time around I saved money that i would of spent on endless takeaways to buy myself a FITBIT and actually LOVE it!! With me just getting back into work to really helps me track my steps and gives me the incentive to take the stairs instead of the lift or park furtherest away in the car park to get those extra steps in Sorry for the life story but feel I've been so supported in the past on here that feel I can only truly be honest with myself if I'm honest with you.
Heres to working on me and making the changes for a healthy life!!!!!
Kara
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