Week 7, another 1.5lbs gone

Hi MrsWobble2, thank you for your reply and support.

I have always been very active despite being overweight or obese for all my adult life. My hubby and I used to go hillwalking and hiking most weekends and our holidays were always spent walking coastlines, reservoirs, woods, local beauty spots, etc so its second nature for me to walk. I live in a seaside town and yesterdays walk was a 6 mile round trip along the prom. I swim for half an hour twice a week and do a half hour mobility workout at the gym twice a week to to reduce the inflammation in my joints. I have no doubt that the arthritis in my spine and knees is due to the amount of walking I have done over the years, and ironically I need to continue to stop my joints seizing up. Nowadays my walking is restricted to walking on the flat so we joined the national trust and spend our weekends and holidays at a more leisurely pace. Food is my problem, and its my diet thats caused my fatty liver. I overeat very rich fatty food, in fact I am a glutton and regularly binge. Sorry for the essay of the history of my life. It was only after joining this forum that I realised how valuable having support from others with similar issues is. So thank you to you and everyone else for showing an interest and supporting me in my journey. Hopefully I am able to show as much support to others x

Thank you Sarsy, its true the longer you stick with it the easier it gets. The first few days of dieting I craved refined carbs like mad. I had replaced them with fruit and by the end of the first weeks, I no longer craved them ( though I still eat up to 7 portions of fruit a day - but virtually no salad or veg, thats next on my diet to do list). When my family have cake and chocolate though, I do indulge but try to keep portions down (a strip of chocolate rather than a whole bar). I dont feel deprived then

well done sarsy!

It's journeys like yours and others (My Weightwatcher leader lost 8 stone and kept it off), that help people like me stay on track. I have spent most of my adult life yoyo dieting but never quite succeeding before falling back into bad habits. This time I have no choice but to succeed, my health depends on it. I have tried every diet on the planet (well it feels like it anyway), and have finally found WW which isn't a diet, its a lifestyle change with many members who have stuck to the propoints plan (which is totally unrestricted as far as which foods you can eat) for years and maintained their weight loss. I am on their flex plan which is more restrictive but it has taught me to identify raw foods, raw meaning mainly unprocessed. Thank you for your support x

Thank you for your reply, my knees are sadly on their last legs ( no pun intended), they dont just click, they squish and grind. My dr says its crepitus (!?) i just describe them as decrepit. No amount of weight loss will repair the damage sadly, but will hopefully delay any surgical intervention. Initially I felt my knees were improving but when the pain returned i realised it was just coincidence - anyone with arthritis will know some days are worse than others with symptoms varying from mild (very little pain) to severe ( crippling pain that makes u want to go back to bed but you know that will actually make things worse). I am hoping I will get fewer really painful days. But its my liver that needs the most attention and ironically there is no pain associated with a fatty liver

Had a really bad day with my knees today. Could have done with my stick really but vanity and overconfidence resulted in my leaving it in the car when we were out on a day trip.

I really really hope that they improve as the weight comes off, but not looking good so far.