Slimming World Support Thread

consultant31

CLB70 wrote: »

Hello everybody :wave:. I would very much like to join in with this thread. I have been reading with interest for a while now. This is the first post I have ever made on any website anywhere! I barely know my way around a computer so please forgive me any mistakes.

Here's my story - I joined Slimming World in January 2007 after being told by the IVF clinic (long long story) that I have to lose 5 stone before they will help me. I lost 3 stone in the first 5 months. I then went on holiday for a fortnight (and put on 8.5 lb) and struggled on with class (I comfort eat and binge big style when I am unhappy and being childless makes me VERY unhappy) until March this year when I finally admitted defeat and left. Since my rather good start (I thought so anyway) I have now put 1.5 stone back on. I have been beating myself up about this as I know in my head it should be easy and that if I want the IVF bad enough (which believe me I do) then I should need no better incentive to lose the weight.

I am ashamed to type all this out to be honest, because it should be so easy, but it's not.

So, the plan is - I need to lose 3.5 stone and tomorrow (Saturday) I am going to start the Slimming World plan again (although I won't be able to go to class as I can't afford it at the moment). I have the fridge stocked with all the right things and am ready to go. I will weigh myself in the morning (deep breath) and I hope, with support from this thread (if you will have me) I can finally get to where I want to be.

Sorry to ramble on. I hope I haven't bored you all!:o

Thanks for reading this.

CLB70

Hi and welcome. I just wanted to encourage you to lose your weight in order to have a baby, by telling you that almost the exact same thing happened to my daughter.

She and her husband have been trying for a baby for 5 years and she was very overweight. The clinic kept telling her to go away and lose 5 stone and come back in 6 months :eek: . Like you, she did well for a while, then lost her way a bit.

Just before last Christmas they had a major upheaval when her father-in-law was taken very ill and all thoughts of babies went out the window.

She had an appointment with the clinic again in May, where they told her that she was 5 months pregnant :j .

She actually lost almost 2 stones between Christmas and Easter, as a member of my group and has only gained 1½ stones of that back.

Basically I'm saying, just keep plugging away with SW and try to forget about babies and you never know what's around the corner!

kellybigboobs

I am going to annoy you profoundly!I HAD MY FERTILITY REMOVED!Basically I could reproduce at the wave of a hat.However,after 2 kids at a very young age I decided that sterilisation was the only course.I understand the difficulties of being infertile but getting pregnant easily is just as difficult.It's a bit like saying to a skinny girl - GAIN WEIGHT!They can't,or they would.However,best of luck to you.My little sister has just had a baby against all the odds - it can be done!

MrandMrsEvans

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CLB70 wrote: »

Hello everybody :wave:. I would very much like to join in with this thread. I have been reading with interest for a while now. This is the first post I have ever made on any website anywhere! I barely know my way around a computer so please forgive me any mistakes.

Here's my story - I joined Slimming World in January 2007 after being told by the IVF clinic (long long story) that I have to lose 5 stone before they will help me. I lost 3 stone in the first 5 months. I then went on holiday for a fortnight (and put on 8.5 lb) and struggled on with class (I comfort eat and binge big style when I am unhappy and being childless makes me VERY unhappy) until March this year when I finally admitted defeat and left. Since my rather good start (I thought so anyway) I have now put 1.5 stone back on. I have been beating myself up about this as I know in my head it should be easy and that if I want the IVF bad enough (which believe me I do) then I should need no better incentive to lose the weight.

I am ashamed to type all this out to be honest, because it should be so easy, but it's not.

So, the plan is - I need to lose 3.5 stone and tomorrow (Saturday) I am going to start the Slimming World plan again (although I won't be able to go to class as I can't afford it at the moment). I have the fridge stocked with all the right things and am ready to go. I will weigh myself in the morning (deep breath) and I hope, with support from this thread (if you will have me) I can finally get to where I want to be.

Sorry to ramble on. I hope I haven't bored you all!:o

Thanks for reading this.

CLB70

Hi CLB70, i just wanted to say a big :hello:to you and welcome to this thread. you will find it such a fantastic support and its amazing how many good ideas people have to make even the 'naughtiest' of foods SW friendly:j


I also just wanted to let you know that I'm also going through fertility treatment at the moment. My dh and I will be having our last IUI next month after two unsuccessful cycles and two abandoned cycles, and if that doesn't work it will be IVF for us too. I try and use my 'healthy eating' as a way to not stress too much about the treatment. I find that if I focus on SW it takes my mind off everything else and makes me feel more positive because I know i'm doing something to help myself.

I'm sure that you will be able to get focused and just remind yourself that every 1/2lb or 1lb lost is taking you a step closer to fulfilling your dream. Good luck


On a different note i had my WI this morning and have lost 1lb :T I think i need some new scales though..i need one that measures in 1/2lbs because the scales were hovering between two weights this morning and then settled on the higher one:mad:

angie_loves_veg

.... when the schales hover between two numbers, it is inevitable that it will settle on the higher :rolleyes:

Best thing you can do is remember that at least you have a head start on next week

CLB70

My goodness,what a lot of lovely people. Thank you all so much for your words of encouragement. They have brought tears to my eyes (and down my cheeks) and a huge lump to my throat. I'm afraid there will be no nice surprises for me on the baby front - severe endometriosis has left me unable to conceive naturally (blocked damaged fallopian tubes) so IVF really is my only chance at motherhood, unfortunately. I am trying to keep all that to the back of my mind at the moment though and concentrate on the weight loss.

My first day went well - yoghurt and fruit for breakfast, cottage cheese, hard boiled eggs and salad for lunch and diet coke, chicken and salad in the evening (at a friend's BBQ - very odd being the only sober person there!!). I am very pleased I have managed day 1 successfully .

Today I have had yoghurt and fruit for breakfast and have just made a huge pot of veggie curry for lunch (for the first time - hope it tastes ok) and plan to have potatoes, veg and quorn sausages for my tea. If I need a snack I will have fruit and/or yoghurt. That's the plan anyhow.

Thanks again for the encouragement.

CLB70

CLB70

Oh, and good luck MrandMrsEvans. I really hope it's third time lucky for you.

CLB70

moosetastic

CLB70 wrote: »

Hello everybody :wave:. I would very much like to join in with this thread. I have been reading with interest for a while now. This is the first post I have ever made on any website anywhere! I barely know my way around a computer so please forgive me any mistakes.

Here's my story - I joined Slimming World in January 2007 after being told by the IVF clinic (long long story) that I have to lose 5 stone before they will help me. I lost 3 stone in the first 5 months. I then went on holiday for a fortnight (and put on 8.5 lb) and struggled on with class (I comfort eat and binge big style when I am unhappy and being childless makes me VERY unhappy) until March this year when I finally admitted defeat and left. Since my rather good start (I thought so anyway) I have now put 1.5 stone back on. I have been beating myself up about this as I know in my head it should be easy and that if I want the IVF bad enough (which believe me I do) then I should need no better incentive to lose the weight.

I am ashamed to type all this out to be honest, because it should be so easy, but it's not.

So, the plan is - I need to lose 3.5 stone and tomorrow (Saturday) I am going to start the Slimming World plan again (although I won't be able to go to class as I can't afford it at the moment). I have the fridge stocked with all the right things and am ready to go. I will weigh myself in the morning (deep breath) and I hope, with support from this thread (if you will have me) I can finally get to where I want to be.

Sorry to ramble on. I hope I haven't bored you all!:o

Thanks for reading this.

CLB70

Hi there CLB70, and welcome to the madhouse!!! I have only been a poster on this thread for 2 weeks but I have already been made very welcome by the regulars!! Sorry to hear about your problems, but I can promise you on this thread you will never be alone, and I'm sure we will help you through. Sounds like you have started well, thats brilliant!!

Pennylane

Welcome CLB:D If you are determined to lose the weight with SW, you will honestly. I could write pages about it but in a nutshell I'd say - plenty of variety and apart from Muller yogs I don't buy anything that says the word "diet" on it.;) Don't get bored, eat LOADS of healthy stuff and try and surround yourself with POSITIVE people. I give negative people a wide berth - there are even a few at SW group and they say things like "it's such hard work losing weight" :rolleyes: or "I've done it before and I put it all back on" :mad: ..... YES YOU WILL if you go back to eating suet puds, chips and garbage again!

My friend's little boy is now 6 and they had to have IVF to have him which cost them a fortune. She was about 18 stones when he was conceived but in the last year has lost 6 stones by going to SW. She tried to lose weight on her own before he was born but never managed it. However, she likes being a slimmer Mum now and he's old enough to enjoy bike rides, camping and ball games with a much slimmer Mum.:D She loves the SW way!!

Best of luck and nice to see you on here.

charlies_mum

Well, I have been trying for my Club 10 award for a few weeks now, but due to holidays, and looking after my grand-daughter,I haven't been able to get to my usual morning class.

I have vowed to get my Club 10 this week, but realised that I will have to go to another evening weigh-in, which means I won't get it again - yes, I'm certain, went to a BBQ last night, so would probably struggle at weigh in even if it was in the morning. I weighed myself this morning, and I am currently 1 - 1 1/2 lbs too heavy to get it :mad:

I really don't want to pay £4.5 to be told that I have gained, but am worried that if I miss a week, I won't go back

MrandMrsEvans

Grr have just eaten 3 home made biccies and now feel sick :mad: why do i do this. Think i will go for a walk when it cools down to try and make myself feel better :j

UPDATE: have been for a walk and feel much better. Am now going to cook chick pea curry with rice for tea now and get focused again.

UPDATE AGAIN: chick pea curry that dh made was revolting :eek: