NEWBIE 👋

[Jumamoo]

Hi guys, I'm new 😊

I will be starting everything tomorrow to work towards looking awesome for a trip to Paris in June.

Much help needed 😐 I have 2 stone to loose 🙄

[Minniewinny 5 stone Maintainer]

Great to have you join us Jumamoo

Welcome and enjoy the forum...

Paris is a great incentive to get things the way you'd like.. The countdown is on for June...

Please check with your health professional regarding your actions to lose weight and get their support locally to compliment this wonderful forum...

I'd like to invite you to read our Newbie Pack - which is what I call the sat-nav to the benefits of the forum, here's the link:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Please also read this about the importance of locking your posts:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Cheering you on to reach your goals 🎉🎉🎉

[Pineapple27]

Welcome Jumamoo ! Two stone by June sounds entirely doable! From my own experience of visiting this lovely city, you'll be enjoying lots of lovely food and plenty of walking!

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!

[Strawberry60 2lbs in reply to Pineapple27]

What a fantastic story, and encouragement that changing our food habits really is possible. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Strawberry60 2lbs]

Welcome! I started last week so I'm still pretty new here too. Good luck for the week ahead and looking forward to hearing how you get on.

[Wadestreet]

First of all can i come haha!!! Remember losing weight is a lifestyle choice. Eating healthy and healthy exercise routine. No matter what you will look great and enjoy your trip.