How much have you spend in your quest to loose weight?

HappySad

How much have you spent in your quest for a healthy weight?

1. How much money in total?
2. The most money in one month?
3. Have you kept the weight off?
4. Would you spend £200 a month for a few months; if you got the required long term results?
5. Have you kept the weight off?


I bought a cross trainer £150 - in Argos sale, trainer shoes £30 nurtritist £250, personnel trainer £200, tried various health suppliments £150, bought & read various magazines & books £100+.

Most in 1 month £200.

I considered lipo suction when I was at my heaviest - very obese. I still have more weight to loose & I am left with a saggy pregnancy belly; but I feel confident that I will get to healthy BMI.

continualdiamond

I have no idea really, i wouldn't want to add it up because what i am doing is working.

I spend £17.95 a mth on my weight watchers monthly pass, then maybe £10 a mth on products bought from the meetings, i don't buy stuff every week, so £10 is a guess.

£29 a mth on my gym membership.

I buy weight watcher products food in the shopping, at which people at work say i must of seen my food bill go up, but it hasn't at all. I do it online and stick to a budget, plus i have changed my cooking habits, so buying a few weight watcher products isn't going to make a difference especially when i have cut down on the take away side of things.

So far i have kept the weight off yes, just lost over 2 stone and i am happy with my progress and the money i am spending to get myself healthy.

debtfreein4years

since the start of the year £17.95 a month for ww. £5 a week on ww products - stopped buying stuff at the meetings in april. now £10 a week on fresh fruit and snacks. so approx £48.50 a month so far. Plus got a wii fit for birthday last november, bought a gym ball and pilates dvd for £15 neither been used yet. have also bought a game for the wii fit that is about fitness £20 again not been used. monthly cost now up to approx £52.80 a month not includding wii fit as that was given to me as a gift.

ohh add in walking boots, that takes my monthly cost to £65.30 and ive not lost a single pound!

I am going to be continueing with weight watchers and the £10 a week spend on fresh fruit so my monthly cost should for the year average out to be £66.

next years monthly average should be £100 (gym, weight watchers, trainers, and fresh fruit) so I am going to loose weight!!! this year has just been not a good one for starting with eveyrthing that has kept cropping up. I eat when im stressed and bored so when working the weight will go down.

previously when i was at the gym and weight watchers i lost 5stone but have put a couple of stone on the past year and a bit due to everything that has gone on.

slummymummyof3

Have you thought about using low glycaemic index (more of a way of life than a diet, so to speak) the weight drops off and stays off. You eat foods which release their energy slowly rather than giving you the peaks and troughs and you feel fuller for lnger - so don't need to reach for the crisps between meals. There is loads of info on the internet.

debtfreein4years

i need to get my emotional and boredom eating under control first which is what i am trying to do with weight watchers. but low gi for me would be great as i am hypolycimic so have found iwth me i am best eating little and often and through trial and error have found that i cant go more than 3 hours without having something to eat. i.e breakfast 8am, snack 11, lunch 1, snack 4, dinner 7 and thats me till the next morning.

tara747

No idea!! I buy a lot of fruit and veg, but that's just the food I eat. I have sensible walking shoes and a bike, which cost me money but I see it as an investment in my health.

I don't belong to a gym, I walk everywhere to get my exercise (but am thinking of joining one nearby as they have a PowerPlate machine and a girl at work has lost a lot of weight by using one). It's £35 a month - money well spent imho if I lose the weight and tone up. It would actually be moneysaving as I would get into all my skinny clothes which I can't wear at the mo!!!

Having said that, I do bu chocolate and sweets on a semi-regular basis, so cutting them out would save me money as well.

debtfreein4years, is your 3-hour thing working? I am constantly grazing at work so it might suit me too.

HappySad - well done on the weight loss! I know you've spent a lot but I'm sure you feel that it's worth it (which it is).

absolutebounder

The fat and ugly image industry is brilliant isnt it. it plays on our desire to blame something else for the cause and give people the impression they need help like diets and weight watchers etc to lose weight.
Take responsibility for yourself and your actions and by doing this you will lose weight if it is really your number one goal and you will save not spend money on less foood.

continualdiamond

absolutebounder wrote: »

The fat and ugly image industry is brilliant isnt it. it plays on our desire to blame something else for the cause and give people the impression they need help like diets and weight watchers etc to lose weight.
Take responsibility for yourself and your actions and by doing this you will lose weight if it is really your number one goal and you will save not spend money on less foood.

But i do need help and weight watchers is the answer for me. I have started weight watchers before, then decided to save the money and stopped going and then so does doing the program.

So i know i need to keep going, i need someone else to see the scales and not just myself, which is then a lot easier to shrug it off when you've gained a few pounds. I need the encouragement from other members and the praise as well from members when you've achieved milestones, the feeling of doing well and people congratulating you when you've got your 10% goal like i did 2 weeks ago is a big confidence booster rather than getting on the scales at home, alone and going oh wow i got my 10%.

Weight watchers isn't a diet anyway, its a life style change and if i need to pay for it to get myself at goal weight then so be it, then its free anyway at which i will keep going back to keep myself at my ideal weight.

I am taking responsibilty for myself and my actions, thats why i joined. I realised i needed help and so i joined, just as i did with a gym. Loosing 30.5 inches all over wouldn't of been achieved had i just taken the dog for a walk everyday, knowing i get results like i have done so far, makes me go back every day.

Realising you need help like weight watchers isn't something to be shameful about, everyone needs help with things in life.

Alcoholics, smokers etc need help, they might try and kick the habit without help just like people who are over weight, but its not a bad thing if they seek help is it. If seeking help and paying for it works, what harm has arisen, none, your health is better off.

HappySad

continualdiamond wrote: »

But i do need help and weight watchers is the answer for me. I have started weight watchers before, then decided to save the money and stopped going and then so does doing the program.

So i know i need to keep going, i need someone else to see the scales and not just myself, which is then a lot easier to shrug it off when you've gained a few pounds. I need the encouragement from other members and the praise as well from members when you've achieved milestones, the feeling of doing well and people congratulating you when you've got your 10% goal like i did 2 weeks ago is a big confidence booster rather than getting on the scales at home, alone and going oh wow i got my 10%.

Weight watchers isn't a diet anyway, its a life style change and if i need to pay for it to get myself at goal weight then so be it, then its free anyway at which i will keep going back to keep myself at my ideal weight.

I am taking responsibilty for myself and my actions, thats why i joined. I realised i needed help and so i joined, just as i did with a gym. Loosing 30.5 inches all over wouldn't of been achieved had i just taken the dog for a walk everyday, knowing i get results like i have done so far, makes me go back every day.

Realising you need help like weight watchers isn't something to be shameful about, everyone needs help with things in life.

Alcoholics, smokers etc need help, they might try and kick the habit without help just like people who are over weight, but its not a bad thing if they seek help is it. If seeking help and paying for it works, what harm has arisen, none, your health is better off.

Most people need help to loose weight.