beccus
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Hi All
My name is Becca, I turned 30 this year and at my biggest I weighed 20 stone, over twice what my healthy BMI says I should be, I'm 5 ft 3. I've been a big girl all my life, in fact, I don't remember not being fat, there are pictures, but I just can't keep it in my head.
I think for a long while I just didn't think about my weight, I was happy, loved, had a great group of friends, and dammit - I'm funny! I'm the fat girl cliche. It's not that I thought I was skinny, it just didn't register. But then it did, and boy did it. I went to weight watchers with some friends and tipped the scales at 20 stone, I was in my early 20's and I worked hard to get almost 3 stone off, which I piled back on after a run in with depression and a lot of "oh sod it!" conversations with myself.
But now I'm back and I am determined to do this! I am doing the dukan diet (I've been lurking over there and have a diary too), I need to lose this weight now, or I never will, I want to live a long and healthy life, I don't want to be a fat mum (if we go down the kids route) and I don't want to keep having to shop in the fat shop.
I'm getting on really well with dukan actually, I've been going 6 weeks, I've shifted a stone and half and have just shy of 50 lb to go before I hit my "true weight" - but that means I will still be classed as overweight, being vertically challenged and all. I don't know what I am going to do at that point, but that is my first big goal.
And you guys know what I'm talking about, having read some of the posts that have gone before me I recognise your stories, cos they are my own. So, if you'll have me, I'd love to join you all on this awesomely tough, but totally worth it journey.
My name is Becca, I turned 30 this year and at my biggest I weighed 20 stone, over twice what my healthy BMI says I should be, I'm 5 ft 3. I've been a big girl all my life, in fact, I don't remember not being fat, there are pictures, but I just can't keep it in my head.
I think for a long while I just didn't think about my weight, I was happy, loved, had a great group of friends, and dammit - I'm funny! I'm the fat girl cliche. It's not that I thought I was skinny, it just didn't register. But then it did, and boy did it. I went to weight watchers with some friends and tipped the scales at 20 stone, I was in my early 20's and I worked hard to get almost 3 stone off, which I piled back on after a run in with depression and a lot of "oh sod it!" conversations with myself.
But now I'm back and I am determined to do this! I am doing the dukan diet (I've been lurking over there and have a diary too), I need to lose this weight now, or I never will, I want to live a long and healthy life, I don't want to be a fat mum (if we go down the kids route) and I don't want to keep having to shop in the fat shop.
I'm getting on really well with dukan actually, I've been going 6 weeks, I've shifted a stone and half and have just shy of 50 lb to go before I hit my "true weight" - but that means I will still be classed as overweight, being vertically challenged and all. I don't know what I am going to do at that point, but that is my first big goal.
And you guys know what I'm talking about, having read some of the posts that have gone before me I recognise your stories, cos they are my own. So, if you'll have me, I'd love to join you all on this awesomely tough, but totally worth it journey.