Im new here...

So here goes, total honesty....I have tried SW and WW over the years but not stuck to them and completely wasted my money, it wasn't so much the diets that let me down, it was me and my frame of mind. I have decided to try a more sensible approach and try this 12 week plan.

I am carrying about 2 stone more than I should be for my height and feel bloated and drained all the time. I recently found out that I suffer from a condition called diverticulitis so need to eat more fibre. I have eaten and drunk for too much of the last few weeks. I generally do have a good diet and do exercise but my alcohol intake has been far higher than it should have been and on a daily basis which has contributed to my weight gain. I was in denial because I was eating relatively healthy and exercising about 3 times a week, so I thought I could still have a few glasses of wine on an evening. So this became a daily routine!

I turned 47 on New Years day and felt flabby, tired and miserable whilst drinking a glass of wine to celebrate my birthday and decided that was the last drop of alcohol I will drink in January. Time to change my frame of mind!! I'm doing dry January!!

Its now been 3 days without drinking a drop of alcohol and today is the best I have felt for a while. I signed up to this site yesterday and read/ downloaded everything I need to help me start losing weight and having a healthier life.

So wish me luck

JoJo

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi and welcome, Jojo

It sounds as if you're in totally the right frame of mind now and I wish you all the best of luck with your dry January

I'd like to invite you to join our Newbie Club, which we hope will be a good place for you to connect with members, who are also just starting out. If you just post a few words to introduce yourself and respond to others there, you'll soon break the ice. Here's the link

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

You'll find all the information you need to navigate the forum in the header, so please take the time to read it carefully.

Wishing you all the best

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Good luck Jo Jo you will find lots of support on here and also be able to see how others are coping and getting to their targets, so well done so far and keep it up!!

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Hi JoJo, I'm sure I've just seen a post from another Newbie who is very keen to cut down on the alcohol but finding it difficult. You could really help each other

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to BridgeGirl]

suew395 is working on cutting down alcohol. Perhaps you could give her some tips

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Thanks Marymanc. I will help if I can

[IndigoBlue61]

Well done on such a positive start to 2018 Hidden 😊