Motivation and self esteem have left the building

[Billy69]

I need to loose weight but Ireally don't know where to start... Help!

[YellowRose55]

Hi Billy69 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.

[Minniewinny 5 stone Maintainer]

Wishing you motivation and success.. The forum is like no other.. the more you log in and join in, the more you will benefit..

Cheering you on 🎉🎉🎉

[Marion_63]

Hi Billy69 just take it one step at a time. If you start by having a look at our Newbie club, it gives you all the information you need to navigate the forum. You will find it in pinned posts at the right of your screen if you are using a laptop.

Welcome and good luck.

[Billy69 in reply to Marion_63]

Hi.. thank you I'll bare that in mind I'm still trying to figure out how to use the site I'll let you know how i get on

[Marion_63 in reply to Billy69]

Please do I'm sure once you get started you will get to where you want to be.

I am starting week 7 and have had some great support and advice along the way. We have a weekly weigh in as well and you will be able to monitor your progress. Just click on the link for the day that suits.

[VickyDLM 2 stone]

This forum is a fantastic place to start. I would also recommend taking a look at the NHS 12 week plan as a good place to start. It helped me when I had gotten to the point that I needed to do something about my weight and health but wasn't quite sure where to begin.

Welcome and good luck!

[DartmoorDumpling Restart Feb 2024]

You are in the right place for support and encouragement!

As you go through life, you will find that there is nothing more valuable to you than your own good health, so a little time and effort invested in meal planning, and maybe a little more activity, is just so worth it! Stay in touch and let us all know how you get on?

[Ava85]

Hi Billy I am also new to this forum! I've already managed to lose some weight though, but it was really tough for me in the beginning, too. What really helped me was to set realistic and small goals! Everytime I reached one of them (like the first 10lbs or so) I felt really motivated and also rewarded myself for it (going out for dinner, buying something new to wear, some sweets or whatever works for you). It really helped and still helps me to stay motivated so maybe it will help you too

[Dipper]

Billy69 this site is the best, good luck

[Pineapple27]

Hi Billy69 and welcome. Thought I'd share "my weight loss journey" with you and some of my past posts which may help / inspire you.

I have a disability that I was born with (shortening of all four limbs as a result of the drug Thalidomide my mum took when pregnant with me). As a result my mobility is minimal - and was further reduced following a serious head on car crash in 2002 when I broke my ankle. I went on to have my ankle joint fused and am still in constant pain with it.

I started my weight loss journey at 14 stone - 5 and a half years ago. I am just 4ft 9" tall and so was classed clinically obese.

I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9. My disability makes exercise difficult (I am very sedentary and use a wheelchair outside of the house).

The one thing that I realised very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! I was a short, 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 started my journey at the end of February 2012, and managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food.

I cannot stress enough how important this part of the weight loss journey is - being able to recognise just how much we are eating and address that. It is not about cutting out any foods but about being able to make informed choices about the foods we eat Also about learning how to behave differently around food. Just because food is in front of us does not mean to say that we have to eat it! Being able to exercise control and moderate intake is paramount.

I re-gained some of the weight I lost, then lost it again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 6 months at around 10 stone. Still considered "over weight".

Ideally I would love to drop another stone to 9 stone and maintain there.

My weight loss journey has been long, but I am still learning new tips and tricks to help me along the way and what's more, still enjoying the challenge! I would say that my behaviour around food has changed massively - I have learned to respect food, to "break" it's control over me, and to be able to modify how I behave with food. Just because food is within sight doesn't mean I have to eat it! I don't see eating the way I do as meaning that I am missing out any more - in fact I am now able to enjoy my life and have regained the ability to do things that I struggled to do or even found impossible to do!

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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[PollyI in reply to Pineapple27]

This has really motivated me today to keep going

[Pineapple27 in reply to PollyI]

Glad it helped PollyI

[Billy69 in reply to Pineapple27]

Miss Pineapple27

Actions speak louder than words and I salute You 🖒

[Billy69 in reply to Billy69]

Mrs Pineapple27

My apologies ☺

[Bananagirl8789]

well I would love to loose weight, I gain weight super fast, but now all I eat is bananas, hence the name.