Hi - I'm new-ish (joined at the start of the summer and then did nothing about it..)
I'm trying to lose weight for health reasons. I'm 46 and have been very overweight since I had my children - the youngest of which started high school on Monday.
When I had my youngest, I weighed myself the day after and was horrified to weigh in at 16st 10lb - I had put on 4 stones in 9 months. 11 years later I now weigh 17st 9lbs - another 13lbs. I've decided that I need to go for it now so that I can be a healthy weigh as I cruise towards my 50's.
Would love to hear from anyone else who is a similar weight so that we can share our weight loss journeys. I'm not very active at all and find exercise difficult - any tips for exercising when you have a lot to lose would also be helpful.
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Hi I'm on week3 I weighed in at 17st 3lb totally devastated though I have to be honest I've struggled with my weight all my life last year I work so hard and lost 4 1/2 stone but then( why I don't know)went back to all my old habits junk food chocolate takeaways and 4 stone back on the thing is when I look back now I felt soooooooo good your confidence grows buying new clothes I stood looking in the mirror thinking is that me!! All that said I'm not dwelling in the past I've discovered this Web site getting encouragement and motivation tips and people who actually understand lost 12lb in first 2 weeks I know it will slow down but I know I can do it and I'm determined it's for life I to am 46 so health is so important.so good luck my motto is positive mind will be a rewarding one just eat 3 healthy meals snack carefully and if you really crave treat yourself just make sure you continue on not .......I will start tomorrow with me it never came.
Thanks for replying Lizzy - wow, 12lbs in first 3 weeks is amazing. Well done you! Are you just doing the NHS plan or something else? Also - what exercise are you doing?
Not following completely but I am having 3 healthy balanced meals and snacking carefully plenty fruit and veg before when I would have a cuppa it would be half a packet of biscuits or jaffa nearly full pack but now I've got snack a jacks some low calorie bars trouble is with me when I'm focused I do brilliant but it's that falling of the path I know it will happen this time I need to deal with differently and I think this site is where it will help only start exercising on wed feeling it today think probably a bit too much to start again I had advice from here saying take it slow so will do a little walking today go on my twister and lots of house work to do!!!!boo boo lol
I'm doing Forever Living Clean 9 for the first 9 days as I lost 13lbs on it last year & I need to lose quite a bit quickly to stay motivated. I've never lost more than a couple of stones so am super impressed with you losing 4 and a half in one go. I always start really motivated, lose a stone or so & then slack off again. Trying to keep focused this time and keep on it. Got a wedding in October to go to so that's my first target - I have a dress from neice's wedding last year which I cant fit into now so trying to get into it in time. Started on Monday and have lost 4lbs (bit disappointed it's not more as have been really good) so far. Got a vibroplate in the house so am going to dig that out too.
I also have a wedding in October but I'm not doing this for that I'm doing this now for me it felt so good last year and I want that feeling back so I know I can do the first 4/5 stone but it's like you said motivation goes your not losing much you why bother ....but this is where it needs to change I think here is the place to get you back on your motivation track so you can do it is nice to lose lots a first but your body will only lose what it wants so only weight once a week even if it's not good the fact your eating healthy is also important so sounds like your off to a good start keep focused 😀😀😀
Hello , I'm 45 & just re-starting my 12 week plan. I started in July but stopped noting down what I ate & put back on what I'd lost.
So here I am restarting my journey.
About 10 years ago I lost 3.5 stone with Slimming World but when I stopped going I put most of it back on again ( tried twice again & then tried Weight Watchers ).
I want to lose about 12 kilos in total (6 to get to my 1st target) and hope to get to my first target by Christmas.
I need to lose weight to make my leg and knee stop hurting but I want to eat real food too.
The 12 week plan seems a good way to retrain my eating so I can then keep the weight off for good.
Hi finleykj01 I used the BMI checker on the 12 week plan to work out my calorie intake. With my target weight I have set a initial target of 68 kg which was the weight I got to at Slimming world & I felt OK at weight. When I reach that I'd like to maintain for a while before I try & get to a healthy weight (62.2kg)
Hello and welcome 😊 You will get an official welcome soon but in the meantime check out the newbies thread, also the nhs12 wk plan, and your metabolic rate (BMR) and get your target daily calories, thus is often more than you expect and means you can eat more and still lose weight 😊 This is a great forum with lots of friendly chat and inspiring success stories 😊 Good luck
My story has lot's of similarities to yours. I am 52, my starting weight was 17st 9 and my BMI is 40. I had been a size 18 for a lot of my adult life, and I didn't mind too much although strictly speaking I was obese even back then. Somehow i carried the weight well and people were often surprised to hear my dress size. I had my daughter when I was 40, and gained some weight, but it was in my late 40's that things went pear shaped!! Or apple shaped might be more accurate. I had a c-section as necessity when my daughter was born and my tummy was never the same, then as menopause kicked in things got worse. It seemed to happen almost overnight, my belly got noticeably much bigger as did my boobs! I stopped weighing myself a few years ago, and to be honest I had kind of given up and resigned myself. Maybe on some level I was a bit depressed.
However, looking at my aging Dad who has always over indulged in food, and developed type 2 diabetes and a whole load of other health complaints which are just getting worse, coupled with wanting to preserve myself to enjoy life with my daughter in the future has made me change my attitude. I made the decision to act while I was on holiday this summer, after feeling I wasn't able to be energetic or enjoy myself fully.
I feel so empowered and cheered up since I made this decision, and finding this forum has been amazing and helps so much!
So....to sum up, if you stick with this forum you will find help and inspiration whenever you need it. I would love to keep in touch with you on here so we can support each other. I shall stop this epic post now although I have lot's more to say!! :-))
Ruby8 - some of what you say has massive similarities to me, I've always carried my weight 'well' and even now, my husband has no idea how much I weigh - when I asked him to guess he said about 13 stones! But I'm sick of feeling like a second class citizen because I can't wear the clothes I want, or always looking like the biggest person on photos. I'm feeling very motivated ... lets hope it doesn't wear off too soon!
That's great! Yes, I know the photo thing! When it's just me at home looking in the mirror it doesn't look so bad, but next to other people...not so good!!
I wish you well with your journey and hope to see you around on here. I have joined the Monday weigh in for the first time this week, and I am also going to do the Winter solstice challenge.
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