Gerry
Full Member
Hi everyone :wavey:,
I've been on Mini's for just over a year now. I started on the Surgical Weight Loss Forum, as in the past, I'd tried everything I could to loose weight, but nothing worked. After seeing lots of successful stories on TV early last year, and watching a friend have a Gastric Bypass and loose 10 stone, I felt that it was the only option left open to me. However, I have quite a few fears and phobias along with other health problems. I won't bore you with it all, suffice to say I'm registered disabled and have been all my life. Although my disability does severely restrict my ability to exercise in the same way as others, I do try my best. A walk that might take anyone else 10 minutes could take me over an hour, but I will have a go if I can.
I think that when I accepted in my mind, that I would have to have surgery to ever loose weight, that prompted me to try a bit harder myself. I knew the hospital would want to see some effort on my part, so I decided to change a few things myself. I started having Tesco's Lighter Choices shakes (equivalent to Slim Fast), two a day, and stopped eating out so much, cut down on take aways, stopped eating sweets like they were the only food on earth and started eating more healthy options. I tend to think more before I eat anything, rather than grabbing the first thing to hand. I do still indulge from time to time, but my mind set has changed. I no longer feel like I have fallen off the waggon if I have a treat, and just enjoy it and keep on with the diet, where as before I would give up, thinking I'd ruined my efforts.
So far, since about July/August last year, I have lost 2st. I know it's slow progress, but it's better than still being the 21st 7lb that I was in April of 2007. I weighed myself this morning and I am 19st 4lb. Now I have lost some weight, I find it slightly easier to exercise, although do still suffer pains at night, which I think is due to my altered stance now I am not carrying so much weight. I also think it is better in the long run, for me to loose the weight naturally, and have more chance of 'toning up' than to loose it in a rush by having surgery and then be left with lots of saggy skin.
Maybe I am still trying to convince myself, I don't know. All I know is that I am enjoying being able to buy clothes in more places because more places do my size, and I am not limited to outsize shops. At my biggest, I was in size 30/32 for some things, just to be comfortable. Yesterday I bought a pair of size 20 jeans that actually fit :bliss:. I love that feeling and want more of it. I crave it more than any of the food I used to enjoy.
Anyhow, just wanted to say hi to the peeps here and wish you all luck in your own efforts to loose weight. Hope to get to know some of you more.
I've been on Mini's for just over a year now. I started on the Surgical Weight Loss Forum, as in the past, I'd tried everything I could to loose weight, but nothing worked. After seeing lots of successful stories on TV early last year, and watching a friend have a Gastric Bypass and loose 10 stone, I felt that it was the only option left open to me. However, I have quite a few fears and phobias along with other health problems. I won't bore you with it all, suffice to say I'm registered disabled and have been all my life. Although my disability does severely restrict my ability to exercise in the same way as others, I do try my best. A walk that might take anyone else 10 minutes could take me over an hour, but I will have a go if I can.
I think that when I accepted in my mind, that I would have to have surgery to ever loose weight, that prompted me to try a bit harder myself. I knew the hospital would want to see some effort on my part, so I decided to change a few things myself. I started having Tesco's Lighter Choices shakes (equivalent to Slim Fast), two a day, and stopped eating out so much, cut down on take aways, stopped eating sweets like they were the only food on earth and started eating more healthy options. I tend to think more before I eat anything, rather than grabbing the first thing to hand. I do still indulge from time to time, but my mind set has changed. I no longer feel like I have fallen off the waggon if I have a treat, and just enjoy it and keep on with the diet, where as before I would give up, thinking I'd ruined my efforts.
So far, since about July/August last year, I have lost 2st. I know it's slow progress, but it's better than still being the 21st 7lb that I was in April of 2007. I weighed myself this morning and I am 19st 4lb. Now I have lost some weight, I find it slightly easier to exercise, although do still suffer pains at night, which I think is due to my altered stance now I am not carrying so much weight. I also think it is better in the long run, for me to loose the weight naturally, and have more chance of 'toning up' than to loose it in a rush by having surgery and then be left with lots of saggy skin.
Maybe I am still trying to convince myself, I don't know. All I know is that I am enjoying being able to buy clothes in more places because more places do my size, and I am not limited to outsize shops. At my biggest, I was in size 30/32 for some things, just to be comfortable. Yesterday I bought a pair of size 20 jeans that actually fit :bliss:. I love that feeling and want more of it. I crave it more than any of the food I used to enjoy.
Anyhow, just wanted to say hi to the peeps here and wish you all luck in your own efforts to loose weight. Hope to get to know some of you more.