Hi everyone

[awintersgill]

Just saying hello. I want to loose 2 stone so joined up and got no motivation. I'm a staff nurse mixed shifts and eats a lot of sugary snacks. I seem to be addicted to sugar. I tried calorie counting and found it difficult. Ime 50 and weigh 12 stone 11 and height is 5 foot 3. Just come of night shift and feeling fed up. Tried slimming world a d lost weight but put it all back on . Hope i loose weight and need motivation guys .

[YellowRose55]

Hi awintersgill and welcome to the weight loss forum.

You are invited to join our Newbie Club, where you can meet other new members who are just beginning their weigh loss journeys too. Here's the link for all the information you will need to find your way around the forum:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Write a brief note to introduce yourself to other newbies and I'm sure you'll be making friends, in no time.

Good luck with your first week.

[Ceals]

Best place you could come to - loads of inspirational and motivational people on here. Join in all the chats.

Some really interesting posts about sugar if you look in the topics section. Since I have been eating healthily I find that any vestige of a sweet tooth has gone, I really, really do mean that. If I wish I can just have one chocolate, but rarely bother, there are many more exciting foods to eat.

[awintersgill in reply to Ceals]

Thanks for reply I definitely need the sugar topics that's my downfall. Gonna get weighed and start tomorrow. Thanks so much for your tips x

[wysemonkey]

Hi awintersgill my heart goes out to you - hospital shifts are so hard and I imagine that there's lots of sugary snacks around you at work so you will need to keep motivated. I have found this forum really helpful in keeping me going and particularly the daily diary. There's lots of advice about how a menu of lots of good ordinary wholesome foods at a slightly reduced calorie count can really result in long term change and weight loss, rather than a short term "diet". I send my very best wishes for your success and look forward to seeing your posts.

[awintersgill in reply to wysemonkey]

Thanks so much for your help. The daily diary sounds good and ive downloaded the couch to 5k app x

[RG07 Maintainer]

Hi I work long shifts so on my days off I do a mass cooking session- pasta, chilli and curry sauces mainly but occasionally roast veg and divide the portions into 4 (usually) freeze them ready to take into work. I have found it beneficial to plan my meals for the week and then I can defrost the meals as required and then add the pasta, rice or couscous when they have defrosted so I have a main meal at lunch time. When I get home (8pm) I have a sandwich, veggie burger, hotdog or soup depending on what calories I have left. Nights a bit more of a challenge but tend to stick to 3 meals a day whether I am about to start nights or in the middle of them. Breakfast in the morning, main meal when I get up or mid afternoon (if about to start) and usually something light such as homemade salsa and dippers (popchips) breaktime whenever that maybe, but I usually go around 12mn.

This forum is really friendly and supportive and any questions there is usually someone who may have an answer that you can try

[awintersgill in reply to RG07]

Thanks so much for advice. I will definitely do the mass cooking and take something for lunch and lighter meal like a sandwich when I get in. Everyone seems so supportive x