GrannieAnnie
Silver Member
I was wondering if anyone has any regrets about not starting SW sooner...
I know I do. I`d been deluding myself for some time that as I was on the wrong side of 40 (I`m now the wrong side of 50!lol) that gaining weight was all part of getting older.
It doesn`t help that I have the sort of mother that can`t say anything nice. She expects me to look the way she did at the same age - frumpy!!
Anyway, what did it for me was looking at some photos from last summer. OH and I had gone to see Suzi Quatro in concert (showing my age!!) and she was fantastic!! She`s in her sixties and belting out all the stuff I remembered from the 70`s. Afterwards she was signing autographs and OH took a photo of us together. It was only then that I realised I was out of control. I know she`s tiny - about 5ft - and at 5ft 4ins I towered over her but I looked like a beached whale in comparison!
After dithering about what to do all last winter I finally took the plunge and joined SW in May. I`d tried to lose weight at home and started at 12st 4lbs, most of which was on my stomach. Made me look pregnant (not been there if years!). On joining SW I started at 11st 8 1/2lbs. I`m now 10st 1lb. Got my 1.5st shiny recently and well on my way to my interim target of 9.5st. Although I would like to be 8st 12lbs.
I do regret not sorting myself out sooner as I feel so much better already. I`m definately not the same person I was this time last year!!
I know I do. I`d been deluding myself for some time that as I was on the wrong side of 40 (I`m now the wrong side of 50!lol) that gaining weight was all part of getting older.
It doesn`t help that I have the sort of mother that can`t say anything nice. She expects me to look the way she did at the same age - frumpy!!
Anyway, what did it for me was looking at some photos from last summer. OH and I had gone to see Suzi Quatro in concert (showing my age!!) and she was fantastic!! She`s in her sixties and belting out all the stuff I remembered from the 70`s. Afterwards she was signing autographs and OH took a photo of us together. It was only then that I realised I was out of control. I know she`s tiny - about 5ft - and at 5ft 4ins I towered over her but I looked like a beached whale in comparison!
After dithering about what to do all last winter I finally took the plunge and joined SW in May. I`d tried to lose weight at home and started at 12st 4lbs, most of which was on my stomach. Made me look pregnant (not been there if years!). On joining SW I started at 11st 8 1/2lbs. I`m now 10st 1lb. Got my 1.5st shiny recently and well on my way to my interim target of 9.5st. Although I would like to be 8st 12lbs.
I do regret not sorting myself out sooner as I feel so much better already. I`m definately not the same person I was this time last year!!