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[v29let_1]

6 months ago i weighed 12 stone. After a long haul i am now in the 10s. 10st 13 to be exact. I never want to go back to the 11s. My target is to get down to 9 stone 12 and stay there. Wish me luck! It will probably take me another 6 months but i WILL get there. Good luck eveyone with your weight loß journey

[Gottodothis]

Hi, the slower it comes off the harder to put back on.  Your doing a great job well done. 

Wendy

[v29let_1 2 stone in reply to Gottodothis]

Thank you.  How  i would  love  to  lose  a pound  a  week.  I excersize  regularly,  stay within  my calorie allowance,  but i work full time  while my husband  sits  at  home  and  does very little. Probably the stress thats slowing  my weight  loss  down. Plus being the wrong  side of 60! 

[Gottodothis in reply to v29let_1]

There is no such thing has wrong side of 60, it is just a number.  Working full time and keeping house is hard enough but add trying to lose weight and it can add to pressure, is there anyway you could find time to go for a long walk at a fast pace, join a gym (my stress relief), go swimming for example?  That will help.

Put on your phone app called myfitnesspal (if your phone can do it) good for cal counts and tracking steps taken.  Sometimes if you don't eat enough that can hinder your weightloss.

This forum is good use it.

Good luck 

Wendy

[v29let_1 2 stone]

Hi Wendy. Thanks for the info. I do use myfitnesspal, great isnt it. I walk quite  a  lot - 8000 plus steps s say with long walks included. Every sunday i walk to the furthest  shop  to buy a newspaper, thats a 3.5 mile round trip and takes about an hour. Swimming is my next thought. Have to be careful due to heart attack lastt year, but nothing stoping me

[suzybenj]

very inspiring -- i was saying much the same thing myself today - except i was saying - if i ever get to the 11s 0r 10s I  want to keep it off for ever

More than a little way to go for me- but great post

[Cockneyblue Restart Jan 2024]

Good luck and well done.

[elliebath Maintainer]

Your start weight and goal weight are almost exactly like mine ....two years ago I weighed just under 12st ( two stone too heavy)  5ft 5 ) . 

 It took me almost a year but steadily, slowly over the coming year I did lose it,  and last April reached my goal 9st 10 lbs and wore Size 12  for the first time in almost 30 years! 

One year on, I have kept within 0-4 lbs of my goal , some weeks up a couple pounds some weeks down but I live a pretty normal life, holidays, drinks with friends etc.  I won't say maintenance is easy, you can never go back to all the old ways, but it can be done.

Im nearly 64 and look and feel fitter and better than ten years ago.

You can do this !!!

[v29let_1 2 stone]

Thank you Ellibath. You  have  really inspired  me  to keep going. I only  started piling on the weight about 3 years ago when i changed my job and am now more office based. Also my husband was maade redundant 2 years ago. He doesnt look for work as he now gets his works pension. So i keep going and just need to get back into the good habits  i used to have. I am determined as ever and have promised myself i will retire when i get to and stay at my goal weight. I am 62 so hope it diesnt take too long!!

[elliebath Maintainer in reply to v29let_1]

What you describe sounds familiar. 

When hubby and I both  retired, we  gained a few extra  pounds at first. However, now we have adjusted to not going out to work every day and have developed a new routine.

 We run a small B&B at home at weekends and in the week we have added more activity to our weekday routine, some things together some separately.  Eg  gardening or walking every day  for maybe two hours, or twenty minutes... and we have time to cook more from scratch ( no takeaways) and limit our wine mostly to weekends. 

 Mostly these habits changed in 2014 when I decided to lose weight, but now are a way of life.  An added bonus is my Blood Pressure has gone down and I no longer take any medication whatsoever .