Thinking of a come-back

[lottiebird]

Hi all,

I have been so all over the place... I quit SW ages ago, regained loads of weight, went on vlcd, quit, regained, and did that all over again! Basically I have been messing up my body and mind, but I have had enough!

The bottom line is, I need to work on learning how to eat properly. I really believe SW principles are the answer to balancing meals, in a fairly non-restrictive, simple way. I have had a history of binge eating disorder, so strict diets are really counterproductive for me. On SW I managed to quit binge eating altogether.

So why the reluctance? I guess my yoyo-ing and chopping and changing has made me lose confidence that I can stick to it. I have become used to eating so much rubbish, and gotten out of the habit of cooking properly. I am worried that I will fail.

The group environment drove me nuts, it's not for me. I know the plan inside out, and have the books etc. I might even get an online membership when I do get started. I am just going to spend a few days getting my head straight and doing some planning, I don't want a false start... I'm a bit scared

 

[Bunnylush]

You sound like you've made your mind up, and what a good choice you've chosen. Don't worry about failing, just take one day at a time. Don't buy what you know puts temptation in your way. I'm sure you deserve a happy healthy life you just have to believe that for yourself, because that's what will power should be about good luck.

 

[lickthelid]

I have yo-yo'd too, more between whatever diet is fashionable at the time but like you I doubted my ability to stick. In fact I started SW back in may, had a STS the second week despite being 100% on plan and jacked it in until August :s during this time I dealt with all the issues in my signature and came back in Sept with a fresh outlook. It's been that 'blank canvas' mentality that's been my saviour. View this as a newbie, you may know the plan inside
out but read the literature, keep a food diary, weigh your HEX. Try and reignite that initial enthusiasm. I find this forum totally invaluable for advice and food ideas. It's somewhere to come to just speak to others who face the same things. I do use the online membership because having it at my finger tips on my phone works for me but I can understand why people choose not to as the cost isn't exactly value for money in terms of the equivalent meetings but hey, at what price health.

Good luck with your journey x

 

[MancBird]

You've come to the right place - get back on the SW wagon, all you have to lose it those pounds! xxx

 

[lottiebird]

Thank you all for your replies I have a long weekend booked off work this weekend, so not planning on starting just yet... but you have inspired me to get organised, pretend I am a total newbie, and get started on Tuesday. It is still scary, but getting larger and larger is even scarier, right?

Lickthelid - its good to know its not just me who has had these issues. I attended a support group for a 12 week programme, may I ask what form of "help" you went for? I have tackled my binge eating significantly, but I don't want to become complacent. I have a self-help book with a 6 step programme that is useful too.

 

[lickthelid]

Thank you all for your replies I have a long weekend booked off work this weekend, so not planning on starting just yet... but you have inspired me to get organised, pretend I am a total newbie, and get started on Tuesday. It is still scary, but getting larger and larger is even scarier, right?

Lickthelid - its good to know its not just me who has had these issues. I attended a support group for a 12 week programme, may I ask what form of "help" you went for? I have tackled my binge eating significantly, but I don't want to become complacent. I have a self-help book with a 6 step programme that is useful too.

I went hardcore as I'm not very good with therapy in the traditional sense. I had hypnotherapy designed to deal with my relationship with food and the causes for the mindless self destructive cycle I all too often found myself in. It was weird, at least the first session where I had to envisage the part of me that caused me to binge without the purge, describe its physical form and actually thank it! Weird huh?! However it worked. I had three sessions and can honestly say I don't binge like that. I have off days, we all do, or I'll have a takeaway etc but it no longer signals the end of my journey in the way that it did before. Normally ingle binge would become weeks of doing it. Now if I fall off I dust myself off and get back on the slimming world wagon, I think that's normal

 

[MancBird]

Thank you for sharing your story, I'm glad you are in control of your binging and doing so well with SW.

You were a similar start weight to me now and its inspiring to see how far you have come xxx