slimboots
Full Member
Hello all......thought I would start a diary as I approach goal to document my journey through those pesky, difficult last few pounds as well as maintenance. I think there’s lots of help for losing the weight but so little to help when we finally get there. So a bit about me and my plan.
I’m a teeny 4ft 11 inches tall which unfortunately means a tiny gain really shows. My ideal weight is around 8 and a half stone which I’ve been at once in my adult life. I historically hovered around 9 stone and was reasonably happy although always chasing that elusive final half stone.
Anyway, three years ago due to depression, medication for the depression and a relationship break up things went massively out of control. At my heaviest I was just under 11 stone which for someone my height is obese (maybe morbidly obese....). This was binge drinking and eating my feelings I think.....I just got on with it and told myself I was happy. I got down to 9st 7 last year on Cambridge for a friends wedding and felt good but I never worked up the steps and stopped the diet last November after the wedding. I actually only gained a few pounds and managed to maintain at between 9st 11 and 10 stone for the majority of 2013 (for three years I’ve been on and off every diet under the sun so you’ll see my posts historically all over minimins). I decided in September that the last stone and a half HAD to go. Something inside me snapped and I just felt it was time to get a grip of my life once and for all. I settled on slim and save and have loved it. Struggling has been an exception rather than a rule. I lost 11 pounds in four weeks and now for the first time since my break up I see a number on the scale that starts with an 8 (just) and I feel fantastic for it. Got around another 6lbs to go before I maintain. For maintenance I’m planning on following the Dukan conso for a few months. I’ve chosen to put my diary here because I’m still on S+S until target but also I think a maintenance diary is useful for people. I may change my mind on the dukan thing depending on how I get on.
I hope this helps and really want to give back to the forum in thanks for all everything it has done for me – I’m mostly a lurker but reading through other peoples journeys has been massively helpful. Hopefully some of you would like to hop on board my journey but note I am close to goal and therefore not going to be 100%....I am happy to take the scenic route for my last few pounds. Mainly I relax one night a week and have a meal involving whatever I want and I drink alcohol. I always get back on track the next day and have continued to lose – although obviously not at the pace I would if I was 100%.
I will also be reintroducing exercise in the coming weeks as I get closer to goal and eating proper food. Stupidly I am a bit reluctant to do this as I know it may result in an initial gain but ultimately I will feel better and long terms it will help my maintenance goal! Anyone have any views/thoughts/experience on this. Prevously I was a good runner and loved training for a marathon in 2010. I also really enjoy body pump and bikram yoga when I can afford the classes at £15 a pop
I’m a teeny 4ft 11 inches tall which unfortunately means a tiny gain really shows. My ideal weight is around 8 and a half stone which I’ve been at once in my adult life. I historically hovered around 9 stone and was reasonably happy although always chasing that elusive final half stone.
Anyway, three years ago due to depression, medication for the depression and a relationship break up things went massively out of control. At my heaviest I was just under 11 stone which for someone my height is obese (maybe morbidly obese....). This was binge drinking and eating my feelings I think.....I just got on with it and told myself I was happy. I got down to 9st 7 last year on Cambridge for a friends wedding and felt good but I never worked up the steps and stopped the diet last November after the wedding. I actually only gained a few pounds and managed to maintain at between 9st 11 and 10 stone for the majority of 2013 (for three years I’ve been on and off every diet under the sun so you’ll see my posts historically all over minimins). I decided in September that the last stone and a half HAD to go. Something inside me snapped and I just felt it was time to get a grip of my life once and for all. I settled on slim and save and have loved it. Struggling has been an exception rather than a rule. I lost 11 pounds in four weeks and now for the first time since my break up I see a number on the scale that starts with an 8 (just) and I feel fantastic for it. Got around another 6lbs to go before I maintain. For maintenance I’m planning on following the Dukan conso for a few months. I’ve chosen to put my diary here because I’m still on S+S until target but also I think a maintenance diary is useful for people. I may change my mind on the dukan thing depending on how I get on.
I hope this helps and really want to give back to the forum in thanks for all everything it has done for me – I’m mostly a lurker but reading through other peoples journeys has been massively helpful. Hopefully some of you would like to hop on board my journey but note I am close to goal and therefore not going to be 100%....I am happy to take the scenic route for my last few pounds. Mainly I relax one night a week and have a meal involving whatever I want and I drink alcohol. I always get back on track the next day and have continued to lose – although obviously not at the pace I would if I was 100%.
I will also be reintroducing exercise in the coming weeks as I get closer to goal and eating proper food. Stupidly I am a bit reluctant to do this as I know it may result in an initial gain but ultimately I will feel better and long terms it will help my maintenance goal! Anyone have any views/thoughts/experience on this. Prevously I was a good runner and loved training for a marathon in 2010. I also really enjoy body pump and bikram yoga when I can afford the classes at £15 a pop
