The Norn Iron weight loss club

....here goes with my diet 'confessional'.....gulp!

i've been dieting on and off since my early twenties.....

I can remember being 9st 4lbs in my early twenties, but from my mid-twenties I allowed my weight to balloon until a couple of years ago, then made a huge diet effort from the last quarter of 2005 through to May 2006, lost 4st 9lbs in total (although I still had another 2st 9lbs to lose .... yes, i was indeed a blob) but then fell off the diet wagon in June 2006 :wall: , and the weight has been slowly creeping back on.

i'm not at my heaviest now, thankfully, but quite bad enough - when I got on the scales after Xmas I thought ok, enough is enough! I've been calorie-counting for 4 weeks now, taking it easy to begin with on circa 1500kcals per day, have lost 9lbs so far but still got another 4st 9lbs to lose _pale_

of course my incentive and target needs to be about making a lifestyle change in and of itself, however I must admit that a holiday i have booked for september this year is spurring me on :rotfl:

i guess i am interested in what's motivating everyone else - what made you start your diet/weight loss plan?

Hi, i'm fat and 40 and trying to do something about it.

I've put on nearly 3 and a half stone since I had my son in Jan 2006.

The reasons are simple, i'm very happy and content with my OH We love cooking ,eating ,drinking (way too much) and having friends round.

Although i'm very happy with my life i'm not happy with how I look and with my fitness.

It really doesn't help that my OH doesn't think I need to lose weight and tells me not to worry.

We've booked a holiday for the 3rd week in August in and I want to be able to go on the beach and run round after the kids without everyone thinking...Jaysis look at the fat bird

That gives me 6 months and i'm aiming to lose 3 stone.

I'm using the Weight Watchers books I have from a few years ago but not actually attending the meetings. Uses a points system but is basically a low fat healthy eating plan encouraging you to eat lots of fruit and veg.

I'm 32, walk to work Mon-Friday a mile and a half each way, sitting down in front of a PC from 9-5, jump on a rowing machine i have at home for about 20 mins three times a week, that's about it for me...

For me, cutting calories is the single most important thing I can do to lose weight - last time I lost weight I tried to figure out how much different exercising a lot made to my weight loss, and to be honest it made very little difference, but maybe that's just me :rotfl: Now, toning up is a different matter, most definitely very useful for that.

I love the book by Lee Janogly, 'Only fat people skip breakfast'. It was the one thing that gave me a kick up the bum last time, confronted me with all kinds of horrible truths about my situation ......:o ...going to dig it out and start reading again...

Yeah I'll join this too, I've gained more weight since the birth of my daughter than I did in pregnancy!

I'll not scare you all with the stats but it's not good, have a few stone to lose, really need someone to call at my house and make me get out and exercise, failing that tape my mouth!

This was a great site I came across last year when I was starting my weightloss then hahaha

Build a picture of yourself now and what your ideal weight is, is good motivation for everyone else except me for some reason

http://www.mvm.com/en/index.htm

This is a word game which is a good way to stop snacking

http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/Eight1.html

This is what it says on the tin sorry for the reference to food lol

www.fridgegraph.com


Ok so goodluck everyone and heres to a slim 2008!

Cate

Irishmummyof2 wrote: »

Please count me in as well.
I have been half doing weight watchers since January, go it one week and off the next, BUT tomorrow has to be a big change for me cause we are going away in 12 weeks.
I have a good bit to loose and am too embarrassed to post it on here, but aiming for it to come off at least 2lb a week.
I am doing the ww from an old book i have as well and am following the points plan which i find it easier than the switch program as i am no good at portion control.

Hi Irishmummy,

Don't be embarrassed ,i'm sure we all agree no one has to give their actual weight if they don't feel comfortable with it. Just how much they aim to lose and their weekly progress?

The Weight Watchers points plan is brilliant.I used it about 10 years ago after one of my boys was born and lost 2 stone.

It is a bit time consuming for the first couple of weeks because you need to look up the points and weigh everything. But you soon get to know the points value of most of the foods you eat regularly and it gets easier.