Here I go again...

[libbydaniels88]

So today, myself and my also 17 stone ( we guess) daughter are making our mauden voyage to our local slimming world club. I hope were not more than 17, but club scales seem to weigh heavy...or is that just times when, in the past, I havnt had a good week...😉

Got to do thus......

This, sorry... Fingers too fat for the keyboard 😁

Got to do it, because, health with my mum isn't good at the moment, and although me and her could not see eye to eye ,even if someone duct taped our faces together, I am her carer, and have had to take her to various clinics and dentist this week. And I NEED my strength to do this, and need health to get strength, so it has to be.

No one diet suits everybody, so I'm going to give it a fair go.

I'm committed ( no not sectioned, although it feels like that very often)

😊 x

[bwbachod]

Hi,

Great that you are taking the step and doing something that will help you to be healthier and fitter.

Good luck with the meeting, let us know how you get on.

I've been going to slimming world for a while now and have lost a stone and a half since starting. I've been amazed at how much of a difference that loss has made to my fitness and my ability to move a lot faster!

[libbydaniels88 in reply to bwbachod]

Hi 🙋 and thanks for your replies. So, me and my daughter joined the SW. And yes, the scales held a suprise for us both, as we both expected to be 17 stone, but both weighed 16 4 ( me) and a few lbs more for my daughter. Plenty to lose still, but the meeting was very good and we both came away feeling very positive. I joined this forum a while back now, but have been messing around, but I really think I can do this. I told the leader how its destructive when parents make hideous comments about my portion size, and he was very positive and said " you just tell them, my slimming club leader tells me to eat all this" 😊 I have to admit there does seem to be a great lot to eat but as bwbachod says,she has herself lost weight with this plan, as have everybody in the hall- why should I be any different ?

So, I'm now studying my plans, and going to be eating in a very different way.

My first target weight is 14 10.....

🎯 😊

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Hi libbydaniels88, you have a lot of incentive and a positive attitude to starting your weightloss journey. Have you joined the weightloss forum too? you don't have to do the nhs 12 week plan, your own plan is fine. The support from the forum is fantastic, hints n tips, recipes, advice etc..

Hope the scales are kinder than you think when getting weighed at the club hun 😊

[Fitforit75]

Hi Libby, good luck! My sister who is not massively overweight (unlike me) has lost a stone in her 1st month at sw so that should spur you on keep posting. Kate x

[libbydaniels88 in reply to Fitforit75]

Really chubby? That IS an incentive. Its not like I havnt also got loads to lose, but I have to admit that seeing some very very big people losing on SW made me wonder if it worked for someone less loaded. So your sister is an inspiration! Thanks 😃

[moreless]

Hi Libby,

Great update - only 16st 4lbs, wtg you

This time next week, 16st 2lbs max

[libbydaniels88 in reply to moreless]

Hopefully moreless, ill be happy with a pound as well. I noticed that very few members put their hands up for more than a 1 to 1.1/2 lb loss yesterday, but....those people had lost stones, so I suppose its little amounts sustained over a long time.

What's the alternative ? A 20 stone me before long if I don't give this my best shot 😊

[moreless in reply to libbydaniels88]

Exactly, stay positive, or you could end up like me

[libbydaniels88]

Oh moreless, don't diss yourself, were all in the same boat here - we can all do it together hopefully, whichever diet we follow 😊 ⛵ 🚢 x

[moreless in reply to libbydaniels88]

I lost more than 3 stone at SW, approx. 15yrs ago, unfortunately I put those 3 stones back on plus an extra 4 stone.

My starting point this time is much higher than yours, I'd just like to see you succeed this time before reaching my weight

We will all smash it this time and it will be forever

[libbydaniels88]

Well whatever you are moreless, were in the right place now. Did you find though, that when you were a lot less, that you still had issues? About your new shape etc? I wasn't happy with what id acheived, altho I was under 10 I still felt enormously big, and I couldn't get to grips with the "new" me. I became 100% more critical of myself, and was dissatisfied with the results id got . This time I think I have learnt that, no matter the weight, I'm still going to be me, just a slimmer me, not a different one. I'll always have heavier thighs, ill always be short and dislike my face, yearn for lip enhancement and thicker hair....silly - but at least I know what to expect now, and now that I've had ill health pain etc, I'm concentrating on being a pain free me , rather than a slim attractive me, cos ill still be just ME ! 😃

[moreless in reply to libbydaniels88]

Oh my gosh Libby, we could be the same person. You've done exactly the same as me, I too have never liked myself at any weight and have therefore never kept slim, because slim wasn't the answer, I wanted a new, different me.

This time it's definitely going to be different, I'm losing the weight, because everyday things are so much easier and buying clothes is not a nightmare, but, I won't be 20 years younger, or have perfect hair and skin with no wrinkles. I too will just be me!

[libbydaniels88 in reply to moreless]

You have met your soul mate moreless. I read so much about " loving yourself" I could never do that. I really don't like the look of me 😃 really, its the reason I'm NEVER without makeup and always do hair etc. I havnt the confidence to go out otherwise. Its a hard realisation when you find that, after all that work, the same face stares at you from the mirror. Its probably lucky that I cant afford surgery, otherwise I could seriously see me ending up like Pete Burns. I would for sure for sure have work done ic I won the lottery. Being slim was very frustrating, I felt I hadn't done enough, I saved up for hair extensions one time, but couldn't justify spending it in the end. I found so many faults with myself...this,time,I'm older. I have to do this for my health. Well its good to know there is,another person as "obsessive" as me 😊

[moreless in reply to libbydaniels88]

I took it a step further than you, I didn't leave the house for years! I've only recently braved the outside world and it's only in places that I won't bump into anyone I know. I don't know if obsessive is the word for me, more like neurotic

[libbydaniels88 in reply to moreless]

That's very sad. I do go out but I HATE going out on my own. Luckily I am usually with one of my daughters. I can just about go shopping to small local shops, I couldn't go to a big supermarket alone, or to high st shops, and as for shopping for clothes alone, not a hope. I also would never go for a walk on my own.i would just feel too stupid and think people were looking at me. I can walk in the street if I have a destination, like, I'm going to the post office, its like then, I have an aim, and i know its stupid, as anyone interested enough to even care to look at me, would not know where I was going, and whether I had a destination,or was just put for a stroll! Its all in my mind. I've been the same all my life 😒

[moreless in reply to libbydaniels88]

Sounds like we're both in serious need of a shrink!

[libbydaniels88]

Haha - I often think your right ! Anyway, here I go on the third day of my SW plan, VERY unsure of the results, I cant help counting up calorie values in my head, finding them to be over any usual diet plan I've followed, and doubting that this will work...but ...i must have faith ! So - on I go 😊 good luck for today !

[moreless in reply to libbydaniels88]

Seriously though, it doesn't help to cut back too far, I know, I've tried it

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you

[Fitforit75]

Hi Libby, just a little update - my sister is now on week 7 at sw and has lost 18lbs! She looks and feels a lot better for it too

Hope you've found success too?

Kate x

[libbydaniels88]

Wow that's great - !! I've been wondering how you were, I did get success, in fact I lost 4 lbs . My daughter also lost 4. This is my second week, due to weigh on Thursday. So far, I'm loving the diet. Its so unrestrictive and my local group is so friendly with a really excellent leader. When you come out you feel so enthusiastic your full of his encouragement - feels like you've been evangelised 😊 However, I still don't see how such a free approach to food can continue to work. My target loss this week I set at 1 lb. I'm sticking to the plan religiously and watching every syn, but there's so much choice ! How can it work ?

Did your sister feel this way when she started ?

I really hope to lose that 1 lb and wont quit if i don't, I cant face going back to calorie counting and frozen ww meals, because I already feel a lot more healthy and sleep better

Xxx

[moreless in reply to libbydaniels88]

I'm delighted that things are going well for you Libby