The start of. Bobs weight loss journey.

[Les1079]

Hi all my name is Bob, I'm a 61 year old woman who is always on a diet but has never successfully kept the weight off! So I'm hoping I will do well with weight loss nhs. I'm a comfort eater, have been most of my adult life. Look forward to chatting and getting advice from you, any help would be gratefully received. Bob

[RobLandsdown91]

Hi Bob,

Welcome to the Weight Loss NHS forum, we hope you'll feel very welcome here!

I want to introduce you to some links and info that will help make your experience here as good as it possibly can be!

The NHS 12 Week plan is good - a new challenge started today to do with it - you can find that here:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

A team of members here run a Monday weigh in each week, it is posted by Zest first thing in the morning and in the early afternoon each Monday, here are yesterday's posts:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Also, the "Welcome Newbies" thread is good as it gives lots of tips from members of the community - we're all going through the same thing. That's here: healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Hope this has been useful to you - keep us updated and good luck

Have a good evening

Rob

[Les1079 in reply to RobLandsdown91]

Thanks for the welcome Rob, im signed up and ready to go!

[Zest Healthy BMI]

Hi Bob,

I'd also like to Welcome you, and in addition to the links RobLandsdown91  has given you, I'd like to mention that we have started a new challenge that might suit you - basically doing the NHS 12 week plan as a group - and the details are here:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Some of us are older timers (i.e. been in the community a while) on here (like myself) and others are newbies (like you!), and I think the Challenge would be great for any of us who fancy giving the plan a go - i.e. starting, like yourself, or 're-booting' like me and a few others!  So do join us if you fancy doing so.

Enjoy the forum and hope to see you around and about. 

Lowcal

[IndigoBlue61]

Hello 

I'm Coming up to my 55th birthday next week and I am finally starting to feel confident of achieving permanent weight loss 😊

What has helped is getting my head in the right place, I read everything I can about weight loss, weight management and the psychology of over-eating. Personal favourite is the foodforfitness.co.uk blog and podcasts. (There was a recent one on comfort /emotional eating) Research is key. Having been overweight since I was a child I now feel I am finally gaining control and have truly developed "lean habits" . 😊

Very best wishes and good luck 

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Hi Bob, I've just started too, after years of failure I'm hoping this will be my success story, i think this site will be good for both of us good luck x

[Les1079]

Hi Jen, I really hope so! Going to give it my best shot. Good luck to you to. X

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Hi Bob. Just found this site, I'm a dreadful comfort eater but I so deperaterly want to lose my 5 stone and start to feel well and feel good about myself again. I have lost 10.5Ibs over the last 4 weeks which I'm really pleased about but I do have an awful long way to go. Good luck to you. xx

[Les1079]

Well done you! You have made a brilliant start Amber. I know all about comfort eating! Been doing it most of my adult life, and I don't think I can change that. So I'm going to try to manage it better be aware of what I'm putting in my mouth. I'm setting myself small goals, one pound a week and if I loose more, well that's a bonus! I have a long way to go Amber, but I think slow and steady is the way forward for me. Good luck on your journey, we can do this!!! 👍

[Hidden in reply to Les1079]

Hi Les1079, I eat when I'm happy, sad, lonely any excuse that's me. But I'm very determined to change this practise, it's not going to be easy but I am prepared to try my hardest. I have along way to go, 4-5 stone so this is going to be a long journey, but if I can loose 4-5Ibs a month I will be extremely happy.

Good luck on your journey, how can we fail with all the support on this site.

Have a great week. xx🍀🍀xx