Lose Weight 24

nmm

Hi clouds, welcome to the thread :T Lots of advice and support to be found on here, some people are following plans others like me are exercising, so any questions fire away :j

katiepoppycat

morning all! some very interesting motivations - mine is that i seem to have got everything else in my life under control but really hate the way i look. I don't want to be sup skinny, but i know i look and feel better weighing a lot less than i do now. I too am greedy, i will keep eating till all the food is gone, regardless of whether i'm actually hungry or not.

off to do a talk on 15C women to a local ladies group tonight which i'm rather looking forward to! best get to work now.

Beanie, i really feel where you are coming from - at the moemnt i talk the talk with the best of them but just don't don't walk the walk and i don't really know why . . . .

retiredlady

Debaz10 wrote: »

Hi just got in from my first weigh in at SW lost 5lbreally pleased cant believe it.Started doing abit of exercise on the wii this week just managed to do 1day for 40mins and 2 days for 20mins.xDebsx

Amazingingly well done:beer::j:j:T:T:T It is so exciting when you first start off isn't it. Keep up the good work:T

retiredlady

My motivation was that I finally came to the realization that I had wasted so much of my life and don't want to waste the rest. I was depressed, in pain, drank too much, smoked too much and did almost nothing other than sleep, got to work where I sat most of the day, came home and sat in my chair and then went to bed.:eek:

Now I have lost over 7.5 stone (another 10 st at least to go), quit smoking 2 years ago, rarely have a drink (relieved to find I was able to stop drinking easily as was worried that I may have been an alcoholic). I am also not as depressed as I was - actually I am not depressed at all now, I am actually quite happy:j. I just need to learn to love myself a little more:o

Love
Marion

retiredlady

Daily eating plan Morning everyone! I will be doing my normal easy peasy plan!

Breakfast - cereal, yogurt and fruit (5 syns, free, free)

Lunch - HM leek and potato soup with wholemeal roll filled with sliced tomato(free,heb)

Dinner - pasta bake with cheese topping plus left over ham from last night chopped into it plus added vegetable (free,hea,free)
sugar free jelly with banana and yogurt - free

Debaz10

Welldone Marion for getting as far as you have ,glad you are feeling happier now and keep posting your menus they help alot.xx
Bacially with me I have put 4 stone on in the last 3 years.Drinking far too much in the evenings ,eating rubbish and no exercise ,went from a size 12 to size 18/20, I am 5ft 4.So enoughs enough.I am 41 so I do need to start taking more care of myself.Kids want me to get a bike ,so I may see if I can pick one up and get out with them,as well as doing the wii fit ,I really love reading this thread too thanks xxDebs

victory

Morning:D going to see if I can HHE some time today but not going to worry if I don't , weigh in tomorrow, hoping to get rid of the xmas 3lb gain:rolleyes:

debaz:j :j :j :j jane:j :j

retiredlady

Debaz10 wrote: »

Welldone Marion for getting as far as you have ,glad you are feeling happier now and keep posting your menus they help alot.xx
Bacially with me I have put 4 stone on in the last 3 years.Drinking far too much in the evenings ,eating rubbish and no exercise ,went from a size 12 to size 18/20, I am 5ft 4.So enoughs enough.I am 41 so I do need to start taking more care of myself.Kids want me to get a bike ,so I may see if I can pick one up and get out with them,as well as doing the wii fit ,I really love reading this thread too thanks xxDebs

Thanks Debaz - I would like to get a bike too but don't think I would be able to find one that would carry my weight! Eventually though I will get one because it would be good exercise and not weight bearing on my knees so I should be able to do it. Think they are pretty expensive though and am living on a pretty tight budget

Love
Marion

sarymclary

Morning LW chums!:wave:

Just quickly checking in to say hi, and to say how much I enjoy reading everyone's experiences of both their weight gain and losses, as well as the turmoils we have of staying on track, fallling off the wagon, etc.

Retiredlady - chances are that the alcohol you were drinking was making you depressed. Most people think it makes you relaxed and happy, but the reverse is true of it's chemical make up, and it acts as a depressive. (My husband died from the effects of his alcoholism):eek:

Clouds21 welcome! You sound like so many of us here, so you're not alone, and in good company. I know what you mean about the comments insensitive drs. can make. If food is your drug of choice, then we have to face it on a daily basis just as a means of survival. Not understanding how hard it is to then not abuse that sustenance of life is plain ignorant. So many people here have lots of hints, tips, and even tricks to eat less of the bad stuff, more of the good stuff, still enjoy your food and learn to have a better 'relationship' with it. Do you have a freezer? I was wondering if you could utilise your love of cooking, and making larger amounts just for 1, meaning you could portion a recipe up into 4, eat 1 and freeze the other 3 (moneysaving too:money: )?

OK, well I've just had my porridge, and am now off to tackle a very large basket of ironing. Catch up with everyone later. Have a healthy, happy day!

bails

Interesting to read everyone's motivations, thanks to the person who brought it up and to everyone for their honesty.

My motivation: I felt I'd wasted enough of my life using food as an emotional tool and hating how I looked/felt so I decided to get to the cause of my emotional eating and break the cycle. I'm so much happier with who I am and how I look (despite not having changed hardly at all - if anything, I look 'worse' now in fact as my muscle has turned to fat, and, amazingly, I'm okay with that). I learned to love myself and to look within for the (sometimes difficult) answers rather than hoping to bury my feelings with food.
This has been one of the greatest opportunities of my life and I feel truly content, probably for the first time ever.

Have a great day everyone x