Hi everyone
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I hope it's ok that I join your forum, I've been reading for a couple of days before deciding to sign up tonight, it seems like I've stumbled across a great supportive place for people like me who understand this process and I'm looking forward to getting to know you all if you'll have me?
I'm Tracey, I'm 28 and weigh 24st 5.5lbs, which to be perfectly honestly I am absolutely mortified to admit. I cannot believe I have let myself get up to this weight. I've always struggled with my size, even as a child and have battled with every diet under the sun over the years and I'm not naive enough to blame the diets and say "Nothing works!" because yes- in reality the diets do work. What doesn't work however, is me shoving chocolate, cakes, pies, pizzas and ice cream in my mouth every evening and kidding myself that because I've followed the plan 100% during the day then it's ok to have a "small" (yeah right!) treat in the evening.
I'm hoping that this time will be the time I can really focus and see this through, there are stacks of reasons I want to loose weight but I guess the overwhelming one is that I really want to be a Mummy and at 28 I'm aware that I really need to get my bottom into gear and shift some weight to make the whole process safer for myself and my (hopefully one day) unborn baby.
You'd think this would be a big enough incentive wouldn't you but I still struggle, I told myself this (about the baby) over a year ago and yet still I have kept eating the rubbish at a rate of knots but I have given myself a stern talking to and am really hoping with your lovely ladies (and gentlemens?) help, I can do this for real this time.
At the minute I'm focussing on cutting out the processed rubbish and just getting back to basics, I'm also trying to limit my bread intake as this is a weakness for me and when I've done SW previously I've noticed cutting out the bread really boosts my losses. So I'm basically healthy eating, using elements of the slimming world plan and I'll weigh at home each Sunday. I'll see how I get on doing this for a few weeks and then evaluate how it's working and can always step it up a gear if needs be.
Anyway, I'm waffling on now so I'll shut up. Thank you for having me on your forum and I look forward to following your journey's and getting to know you all.
Tracey
:sign0144:
I hope it's ok that I join your forum, I've been reading for a couple of days before deciding to sign up tonight, it seems like I've stumbled across a great supportive place for people like me who understand this process and I'm looking forward to getting to know you all if you'll have me?
I'm Tracey, I'm 28 and weigh 24st 5.5lbs, which to be perfectly honestly I am absolutely mortified to admit. I cannot believe I have let myself get up to this weight. I've always struggled with my size, even as a child and have battled with every diet under the sun over the years and I'm not naive enough to blame the diets and say "Nothing works!" because yes- in reality the diets do work. What doesn't work however, is me shoving chocolate, cakes, pies, pizzas and ice cream in my mouth every evening and kidding myself that because I've followed the plan 100% during the day then it's ok to have a "small" (yeah right!) treat in the evening.
I'm hoping that this time will be the time I can really focus and see this through, there are stacks of reasons I want to loose weight but I guess the overwhelming one is that I really want to be a Mummy and at 28 I'm aware that I really need to get my bottom into gear and shift some weight to make the whole process safer for myself and my (hopefully one day) unborn baby.
You'd think this would be a big enough incentive wouldn't you but I still struggle, I told myself this (about the baby) over a year ago and yet still I have kept eating the rubbish at a rate of knots but I have given myself a stern talking to and am really hoping with your lovely ladies (and gentlemens?) help, I can do this for real this time.
At the minute I'm focussing on cutting out the processed rubbish and just getting back to basics, I'm also trying to limit my bread intake as this is a weakness for me and when I've done SW previously I've noticed cutting out the bread really boosts my losses. So I'm basically healthy eating, using elements of the slimming world plan and I'll weigh at home each Sunday. I'll see how I get on doing this for a few weeks and then evaluate how it's working and can always step it up a gear if needs be.
Anyway, I'm waffling on now so I'll shut up. Thank you for having me on your forum and I look forward to following your journey's and getting to know you all.
Tracey
