Feel like I'm posting alot on here always moaning about myself.
Now down to one pair of jeans, my 14s no longer fit me...what is going on with me. I'm due out to a friends birthday tonight and have cancelled my plans yet again because I feel so frumpy and uncomfortable in everything I wear.
Just ordered size 16 jeans online which also don't fit, I spend more time lately crying over everything, nothing seems to help. I feel so disheartened today. I'm normally so full of beans, I just want to feel good about myself again. 😢 x
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Hi Have you been counting calories? What have you been eating?
Remember that different brands of clothes aren't all the same - I go in one shop and one size fits, try something similar in another shop the same size and it doesn't
I always cook from scratch so I know exactly what I'm eating. Do suffer with major bloating tummy cramps rashes etc too so my weight might be getting worse due to an allergy, I need to get tested but doctor keeps fobbing me off x
I know exactly how you feel!! So very frustrating and depressing! But- I had a good talking to myself and I'll be damned if I am going to keep missing out on life. I can't go back and get those days I stayed away from. I am still dieting, getting there lbs by lbs . I am I learning to love be myself as I am at this moment in time! I'm even putting in a bathing suit today and going to enjoy my self with my family! Fat be damned!!
Got to love yourself just the way you are and be kinder to yourself, put the brush you keep beating yourself up with away is my mantra, Enjoy best you can x
Hi bandicoot1987 i hope you have been counting your calories. Also, make sure you start at the top end and if this doesn't work then drop gradually by 100 Cals until you find the right amount of calories each week that drops weight for you. When I first joined I only was eating around 1000cals a day and my body thought I was starving it and turned everything I ate into body fat and this weighs more than eating the extra calories does so it stops me from losing weight and sometimes puts weight on instead. This was my mistake and please don't make this same mistake. Good luck with your journey.
I think that might actually be my problem, I'm not eating enough, I'm having shakes atm for breakfast mainly and sometimes lunch and then just a portion controlled home cooked mainly slimming world meal. I've had 2 shakes today and an apple, sweet potato and squash bake for dinner with broccoli. X
Sounds like you are not eating enough to me - pop over to the Daily diary every day and post there - as you will get great help and support and we will be able to see how much or little you are eating
We are here for you so make us work for you to help you on your journey
I don't think it's the food as such. Maybe could eat more than I currently am but even when I stuck to the nhs I gained weight. Same as slimming world, weight watchers and everything else. I've just checked my food diary from 2016 and the last time I lost a sufficient amount was March 2016, I had no illness no bloating or gas or anything back then. And since then I've gained 2 stone.
I have been buying next jeans as they have fit me all my life, I've been in size 14 for 3 years now and it's only just this last month that I can't do them up anymore and the ones I can are way too tight x
I had the same issue, it took me a while to get a hypo diagnosis if that is what it is. When you go to the doctors get a copy of your previous test results and insist on a new test. You can then compare the two and see if the result is trending upwards which could help your case for a diagnosis.
Try the thyriod uk forum they have a symptoms list, I printed this off and ticked what I had. They can be really helpful especially if your blood result is borderline.
I have been through this myself so can completely understand the frustration of eating little and gaining weight. It is a good idea to get thyroid disordered ruled out however I cannot stress enough the importance of getting a copy of the results. I was at TSH 4.6 they would not treat me till it got to over 10 and the normal range stopped at 5.0 . I had to wait as I did not know any different, I wish I had found the forum alot sooner.
Well you know you want to lose wt so start for that goal put a black dress on and go out with your friends some lip stick and mascara...just be with your friends you can work toward getting your body to where you want it ..you are so much more than your jean size ..if you don't want to stay at the size your at just buy a cheap pair of jeans in that size and put your favorite top on I'm struggling with losing too but don't let it stop you from living or it will just get worse you'll stay home and eat a pizza...baby steps stop beating yourself up your not a serial killer just need to drop.some.wt
I had sweet potato bake and cabbage yesterday and was in agony. Today I've had lasagne and salad in a restaurant and beans on toast for dinner and I'm absolutely fine today - weird huh x
Can you see another GP? Your symptoms are consistent with IBS or even coeliac, both of which are manageable with the right diet but you need a correct diagnosis. If you can't change GP what about keeping a food and symptom diary for a couple of weeks so you've got something specific to show the Dr when you next go. Good luck it's horrid feeling like that, I can avoid those symptoms almost completely if I avoid the offending foods (high fodmap veg / pulses)
I decided many years ago not to let my size and weight spoil my life. If I felt well and could do the things I love to do - cycle, swim, ride horses, play racquet sports....then my body was doing what it was designed to do. My attitude is take me as you find me...if you don't like it, it's your problem, not mine!
Most of my life, I have been fluctuating between size 16 and 18, occasionally a size 20. I buy stretchy jeans (Bon Marche do good ones) with loose tops and ....most important...avoid mirrors!!!
Having said that, when my weight has hit the level where my knees hurt and I can't run up a hill or get out of the bath...then it's back on the calorie counting - around 1500-1700 daily, keeping a diary of all my food and drink. Eat a sensible range of foods, avoiding too much in the way of carbs, fatty foods and high sugar foods, including alcohol. (It does come off - I lost 3 stone last year, but still working on that last stone).
Your health is what really matters.....and I would be thrilled right now to be your size, even if it is in a size 16 pair of jeans!
Oh yes I completely agree, it more the feeling ill everyday I'm fed up with, losing weight would just be a bonus as there's no reason as far as food is concerned for me to be gaining all the time when I eat healthy and exercise.
I just can't put up with the bloating and cramps it's happening another more regularly than it ever did before and that is what is stopping me from going out. X
Love this post. Positive head on, granted not easy at times
Wishing you better health and happiness x
I cried my eyes out last nite at my inability to lose weight. I have alot of mitigating factors primarily quetiapine which has put 4 stone on me in 2 yrs. I'm going to spkn to my psychiatrist in a fortnight about coming off this drug. I felt much better after a good cry. Thee were soggy Hankins everywhere 😉 best wishes 💜
Oh poor you ...I can so sympathise...it's like reading my own thoughts. BUT two days ago I weighed in and I am going to do it. I have to lose 2 and a half stone. I look awful in my clothes but by Xmas this is going to be different. Come on, join me, the sun is shining a lot of people would love to say they could wear a size 16 jeans !!! But let us celebrate a New Year in our size 14's.
I try and balance my weekly meals as best I can following low fat recipes including slimming world and weight watchers cook books. I'm unsure of how many calories each of them have but I follow them as friends and family have large success stories with them.
Certain things I eat just bloat me out but I don't seem to be able to pin point what even though I keep a food diary. X
Oh bless you x sending a big hug x don't worry about moaning or posting a lot - I've found that the more I share, the more replies I receive and often amongst them is a key 🔑 oh & size wise, they DO differ so don't go by those labels! Well done for saying it as it is x reality, I love that x
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Introduction - Had enough being depressed, anxious and eating my feelings.
Monday weigh in....
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