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Hi all. I’m currently weighing in at 100kg 😭 I have MS and balance and mobility issues, so need to do seated exercises or swimming. I’ve put on 15 kilos since being diagnosed 3 years ago. I’m going to make 10 kg my first goal and imagine it will be a slow process. Looking forward to hearing your stories. 😀

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Pineapple27

Hi there Rosebud2 and welcome.

In terms of disability - the great news is that it's entirely possible to lose weight without doing any exercise whatsoever! There are many of us on this Forum who have additional barriers to losing our weight - whether it's age, the side-effects of medication, thyroid problems, disability, pain, illness.... it just means that we will have to put in that little more effort to counting calories and keeping an eye on portion sizes as we are likely to need less calories because of our inability to burn additional calories through huge amount of exercise....

I have a disability that I was born with (shortening of all four limbs as a result of the drug Thalidomide my mum took when pregnant with me). As a result my mobility is minimal - and was further reduced following a serious head on car crash in 2002 when I broke my ankle. I went on to have ny ankle joint fused and am still in constant pain with it.

I started my weight loss journey at 14 stone - 5 and a half years ago. I am just 4ft 9" tall and so was classed clinically obese.


I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9. My disability makes exercise difficult (I am very sedentary and use a wheelchair outside of the house).

The one thing that I realised very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! I was a short, middle aged, sedentary female and I was eating the same as 5ft 9" active man (my now husband!). No wonder I was piling on the weight!

I started my journey at the end of February 2012, and managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food.

Then re-gained some, lost some again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 6 months at around 10 stone. Still considered "over weight".

Ideally I would love to drop another stone to 9 stone and maintain there.

My weight loss journey has been long, but I am still learning new tips and tricks to help me along the way and what's more, still enjoying the challenge! I would say that my behaviour around food has changed massively - I have learned to respect food, to "break" it's control over me, and to be able to modify how I behave with food. Just because food is within stight doesn't mean I have to eat it! I don't see eating the way I do as meaning that I am missing out any more - in fact I am now able to enjoy my life and have regained the ability to do things that I struggled to do or even found impossible to do!

Here are a few of my past posts which I hope you will find helpful and inspiring. I won't try and tell you that my journey was easy - and you'll see that there were many blips along the way, but 5 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.

Please do pop back to the forums and share your journey with us - we are here for you, day and night and happy to share your success or support you when you need it.

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Rosebud2 in reply to Pineapple27

Thank you Pineapple27 your stories are really inspirational, especially realising it’s not going to happen overnight! And I agree with your point about eating the same as my husband who is much more active than me!

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Pineapple27 in reply to Rosebud2

Glad that my post helped! I also have a blog and love to cook (so plenty of recipes!) flidfit.com

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morelessAdministrator7 stone

Did you mean to post this on today's weigh-in, Rosebud?

If you have to fill in a template, complete with title, you're starting a new thread, not replying to someone else's.

Follow the link to the weigh-in thread. Do NOT click on 'write'.

Scroll through the post, reading and responding to other weighers, until you get to the last reply box, which will say 'Reply to HappyBeee', Leave a comment...

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I hope this helps :)

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Rosebud2 in reply to moreless

No I don’t understand - I just wanted to introduce myself. 🙄

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morelessAdministrator7 stone in reply to Rosebud2

Oh I'm so sorry, it was your weights that threw me. We have so many that struggle to find the weigh-in.

My reply will help you if you do wish to join today's weigh-in :)

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Jints1

Hi Rosebut and welcome This is a fabulous place for advice and support. Good luck on your at loss journey xx

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Rosebud2 in reply to Jints1

Thank you! Here’s hoping for a new me!

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Bungiecat

Go for it it may change your life and make you feel better I have lost five percent of my total body fat working on the next five percent I am around 4kgs off this at the moment good luck with your weight journey Gail

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Rosebud2 in reply to Bungiecat

5 per cent is 5kg for me. That would be amazing - I’m aiming for 6kg/1stone by Xmas

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ButterflyPrincess12st 7lbs

Hi Rosebud2

I have M.E and it's taken me a year to lose a stone.

I started my weight loss journey in September last year at 106.5 kg (16st 7lbs).

My M.E means I'm essentially inactive, though I still have a generous calorie allowance according to the NHS BMI calculator.

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Rosebud2 in reply to ButterflyPrincess1

Thanks for your reply. I think I need to lower my expectations of myself and aim to lose around 0.5 kg per week rather than the 1-2kg I used to be able to lose pre-ms. My bmi calc says I can eat 1,500-2,000 cals per day. That seems quite a lot!

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ButterflyPrincess12st 7lbs in reply to Rosebud2

The community here advises that you aim towards the top of that range Rosebud2 (it will come down as you lose weight, so be sure to check it regularly).

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Redspot

Hi

I have ms too. I notice that there are some exercises on the ms site that are in stages.....seated....walking etc....

Keep going....you will get there....

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Rosebud2 in reply to Redspot

Thanks redspot - I’ll check them out

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Rosebud2 in reply to Redspot

Thanks and yes I’ve seen them too. Plus I cld do swimming and I have a Pilates dvd. I just wonder if low impact works? Does it work for you?

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Rosebud2

Having read your stories I’ve changed my first aim to 6kg or 1 stone - more achievable I think!!

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Redspot

Yes I enjoy swimming .....maybe 3 times a week.

Also the gym is good...they have given me exercises that I can do!

Doug schrift on the internet is also good, but MS site really useful.

The problem with MS isi5 makes us so sedentary!

Good luck

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