Hi

[Thistime74]

Hi

I'm new to this but have been trying to lose weight a LONG time!! I need to lose 7 stone

[RobLandsdown91]

Hi Thistime74,

Welcome to the NHS Weight Loss Forum here on HealthUnlocked - this forum is a great place for support, motivation and inspiration to lose weight.

Take a look at the NHS 12 Week Plan, it contains recipes and exercise plans to follow for the first twelve weeks of your journey.

Take a look at the left of your screen (bottom if you're using a mobile device) and find the 'Pinned Posts' section, here you can find the 'Welcome Newbie' post, various challenges that are going on in the forum (take part in whatever ones take your fancy - if any do at all!), there is also a recipe collation there and any important posts from Admin

Also to your left is the 'Topics' area, here you can find posts related to each topic, it's good if you are looking for something specific

The Monday Group Weigh In takes place weekly and is posted alternately by Zest and moreless (I suggest you follow them, they are also our site admins), a morning session post is put live just before 06:30 and runs until midday, while the afternoon session runs from midday until 18:00 on the Friday of that week - it'll be running as usual this coming Monday, so, if you wish, you can go and post your starting weight there

We also run a badges system on the forum, you can start with the ‘Newbie’ badge and then work you way up to 7lbs and then in 1 stone increments, they are also avaliable in Kgs too. If you would like a badge, just let Lowcal or moreless know

All that remains is to wish you a great first week on the forum - be involved because it's where we get our boost each day

Rob

[APF62]

Thistime, that is great news! You definitely can do it this time!!😊 Everyone is with you. I know it is a cliche but it's literally one day at a time. Only advice from me is, clear any food that is a temptation out of the house, plan ahead enough to know exactly what will be eating each day and buy it in, so you are not thinking of any other possibilities. Then only think of today, sure you may have a bad day, a celebration day but those individual days will not make ANY difference, if they are few and far between. Then move a bit more, great advice from your fellow life changers, and from NHS website on making it easy to excercise. You can do it!! 😃