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[jimturner]

Have decided to give it a go need to lose 3to4 stone and given myself 3 months to do this ,have never dieted in my life and am determined to give it my best shot ..would like to hear from anyone who like me would freeze at the thought of joining all the posers in a gym ha xx PS am a 58 year old Male ..single ,,,

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Why not post in the newbie club, Jim and see if there are any newbies in the same boat? You have the link in your welcome message.

Joining a weigh-in, Daily diary, challenge and club, will help to keep you motivated

I think your goal to lose 3 - 4 stone in 3 months, may be a bit ambitious.

[Hannah21]

I shudder at the thought of the gym too!

I mean I didn’t do too much exercise on a daily basis, but now I make sure I got for a brisk walk everyday after work! If it’s horrendous weather simple jogging or step ups on the stairs will do!

[Pineapple27]

Hi jimturner and welcome! We are a friendly bunch and will support you on your weight loss journey

I started my weight loss journey at the end of February 2012, weighing in at 14 stone - 5 and a half years ago. I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9.

I managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food going from a size 24 to a size 16 and from 14 stone down to 9 and a half.

Then re-gained some.... lost some again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 6 months.

BUT... ideally I would love to drop another stone and maintain there.

I have a disability which makes exercise difficult, but the one thing that I realise very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! I was a VERY short (4ft 9"), middle aged, sedentary female and I was eating the same as 5ft 9" active man (my now husband!).

No wonder I was piling on the weight! I now think of the weight I lost as each half a stone being a new born baby... I lost 9 of them and can't really understand how I was ever able to lug all of that around with me all of the time!

I often wish I had dealt with my weight when I was a lot younger, but still, better late than never and also the risk of illness that is associated with being overweight increases once you reach 50 years plus....

Here are a few of my past posts which I hope you will find helpful and inspiring. I won't try and tell you that my journey was easy - and you'll see that there were many blips along the way, but 5 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.

Please do pop back to the forums and share your journey with us - we are here for you, day and night and happy to share your success or support you when you need it.

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[jimturner in reply to Pineapple27]

Thanks for that and well done you ,decided to loose weight when everybody was telling me that I was getting a bit Tubby ? you often dont see it ,but when you do "What " whos that fatty in the mirror ??I am about 3 stone overweight for my size or too short for my Height Ha anyway have starting and will see how far I get !! thought I was doing real good till i discovered the scales was wrong by 1 stone ,,,

Thanks ......

[Tiggerr]

Welcome Jim and well done for posting on here.

If I see anyone overweight exercising, whether down the gym or on the roads, I always think that's great kudos to them. It's quite possibly harder both physically and mentally for them to do it then the posers (though they may be there simply to maintain their own fitness levels).

Is there a specific reason why you have to lose that weight so quickly? I lost my 2.5st fairly quickly and that took about 5 to 6 months. Just concerned that it can be demoralising if you reach a point where you don't see your goal as being achieved.

And to add my last twopenneth worth of advice (for now ), after joining here, I removed the word 'diet' and replaced it with 'healthy lifestyle'... something that's sensible and sustainable after your goal has been reached.

Good luck.