**FairyCakes**
Member
Perhaps some reading this thread will feel I am being 'Miss Gloom and doom ' far too early in the game.
I have been overweight/obese since I developed my eating disorder back in 1983, so I have been in this game a very long time now.
I joined Slimming World online, as I am not able to go to local meetings as I am not in England just now, I am back in NY.
I joined on the 30th of June. The first day I dropped 1.3 pounds so was feeling optomistic that I could manage 1-2 pounds a week on a fairly consistant basis (I need to lose about 50 odd pounds ).
The second, third and fourth days I remained the same and today being the fifth day the scale went up, so a total loss of 1 pound in 5 days.
I am very discouraged because I exericse like mad.
I own my own treadmill, and today I did a 91 minute non stop session, which is fairly amazing as I am obese, not that young anymore and mostly because it is 37 degrees centigrade here now, we are in the middle of a massive heatwave in NY.
I spent 60 quid on the 3 month program and there are no refunds, so I am stuck having lost that 60pounds/90 dollars.
I finally have health insurance again so will have to set up an appointment soon with the doctor for some major thyroid testing.
I track everything that goes in my mouth, I exercise anywhere from 200-1000 minutes per week, I do not drink or smoke and I am a vegetarian.
What else on earth can I do ?
I am so discouraged over it all. One can not ( or at least I can not ) put forth so much effort for such little results.
:cry:
I have been overweight/obese since I developed my eating disorder back in 1983, so I have been in this game a very long time now.
I joined Slimming World online, as I am not able to go to local meetings as I am not in England just now, I am back in NY.
I joined on the 30th of June. The first day I dropped 1.3 pounds so was feeling optomistic that I could manage 1-2 pounds a week on a fairly consistant basis (I need to lose about 50 odd pounds ).
The second, third and fourth days I remained the same and today being the fifth day the scale went up, so a total loss of 1 pound in 5 days.
I am very discouraged because I exericse like mad.
I own my own treadmill, and today I did a 91 minute non stop session, which is fairly amazing as I am obese, not that young anymore and mostly because it is 37 degrees centigrade here now, we are in the middle of a massive heatwave in NY.
I spent 60 quid on the 3 month program and there are no refunds, so I am stuck having lost that 60pounds/90 dollars.
I finally have health insurance again so will have to set up an appointment soon with the doctor for some major thyroid testing.
I track everything that goes in my mouth, I exercise anywhere from 200-1000 minutes per week, I do not drink or smoke and I am a vegetarian.
What else on earth can I do ?
I am so discouraged over it all. One can not ( or at least I can not ) put forth so much effort for such little results.
:cry: