June's Joyful Junking of the Excess Poundage

The_Dragon

okay I will be running this thread but NOT weighing in for the next few months - I have been diagnosed with an under active thyroid and until the medication is sorted my weight will be all over the show - so it is up to the rest of you! Last month we topped 9 stone between the group

cheeseaddict

The_Dragon wrote: »

Good to see you cheeseaddict (and coco1980 and Msisie M!!), cheeseaddict where abouts in Wales are you going to? Dr Dragon and myself head to Machynlleth in July

Just to Presthaven Sands, it's only about 40 minutes away from us, lo's first holiday though & my first little gettaway for years, I'm really quite excited :rotfl: Self catering, so I'm thinking we will be eating out most of the time. . . Not good for weight loss!

Last night I got myself organised and planned what I'm going to eat today, let's see of I stick to it now! I've also got my first visit to the gym at 6:30 tonight :eek:

de1amo

hethmar wrote: »

I dont go by the BMI scale really, I use it just as a guide. IF I were to be in the middle of the weights they give for me Id look anorexic. I know that because I was that weight 5 years ago and I did look awful. I think you know yourself when you are at a good weight for your height and build (and it aint when people look worried when they see you )

Last time i was my goal weight my sisters thought i looked awful, that was 2003 but after a crash diet.
Before that i was at the goal weight on my first wedding day back in 1994 and i looked good in the fotos but as you can tell by the mathes it was 16 years ago and i was a fresh faced 31 year old--my excess 4 kgs now is around my mid-drift as beffitting any middle aged man!--the goal just happens to be precisely the amount my dietician set me at the beginning of the task-so the figures are conspiring against me! İ dont have any idea how i look to others or in the mirror because i get use to the changes as i go along-some people are shocked when they havent seen me in a while but i have a friend i see very ocassionally and i think he looks dreadful after a massive weight loss due to lots of exercise and living on zero coke so i know what you mean!

sorry to hear your problems Dragon but thanks for continuing to support us--i hope you soon get back to normal.

WelshWoofer

Good luck with your treatment Dragon and thank you for running the thread!

lostinrates

Oh Dragon...I'm sorry. are you able to go on to medication immeadiately? My thyroid started changing last year. I can't take meds yet, partly because of my other problems and while the changes to my thyroid itself are to small they don't think its worth it. My maternal family all have nderactive thyroids and I'm frustrated: the benefits gained by those who had early treatment are significant over those who had later/normal time intervention in UK.

The_Dragon

lostinrates wrote: »

Oh Dragon...I'm sorry. are you able to go on to medication immeadiately? My thyroid started changing last year. I can't take meds yet, partly because of my other problems and while the changes to my thyroid itself are to small they don't think its worth it. My maternal family all have nderactive thyroids and I'm frustrated: the benefits gained by those who had early treatment are significant over those who had later/normal time intervention in UK.

Yep to the tablets - started them last night and having read the blurb (as you always should) one of the potential side effects is excessive weight loss (please, please, oh PLEASE! I normally get severe weight gain on any tablets so this would be a great bonus :rotfl:)

de1amo

i find that those blurbs on drugs cover just about everything in life that could go wrong and if i followed them on my meds i couldnt even operate the lawn mower!(now there's an idea for an excuse next time i am compelled to help in the garden!!)

buyitall

Good luck with the medication Dragon, and thank you for carrying on the thread even though you don't intend to WI. My SIL has an underactive thyroid and looks amazing, if that's any consolation! xx

de1amo

My mother in law is the same--she tends to graze food as she cooks--she looks fine and has a under active thyroid

bills_2

Dragon - Aww sorry to hear bout the thyroid problem, its such a pain when our body throws obstacles in our way to stop us reaching our goals but hopefully once its sorted you will be back in action

Had a good week so far, had a sneaky bag of chrisps last night but thats the only bad thing really I have had all week. Been making homecooked teas all week so I know exactly what goodness is going in my food an no bad foods Done an exercise plan everyday this week and even though my foot is out of action im still building up a sweat with these low impact exercise circuits! Im back motivated oh yes!!