Hi everyone.
My name is Hanne, and I'm 28. I am a student at University, and the last year has been full of ups and downs, though sadly the ups have been mostly related to my weight.
I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression in september, and I've been on medication since, which I am not sure whether or not has kept my weight on or not. Though, truth be told, that's probably just an excuse I am making, and in reality it's just the student life, not eating healthily enough, snacking too much. So I want to get in control of that.
I have been overweight all my life. I currently weigh 94kg, and I am 168cm. that makes my BMI 33.3, and so morbidly obese. Of course, that's something I very much want to change. Ideally I would like to lose 34kg, and get down to 60kg, which would be the lowest I have ever been in my adult life. I would like to lose that over the next two years, so that I have a healthy weightloss, instead of a fast crash that will lead to me piling the weight back on again.
A few years ago I lost a lot of weight. Nearly 20kg in about 6 months, however, that has all come back now. At the time I lost it by going to the gym 7 days a week for 3-4 hours. And in the end I crashed and couldn't bring myself to go to the gym, and of course the weight came back.
Therefore this time I want to take it slow and steady, and I'd much rather see lasting results than fast ones.
I've just downloaded the NHS 12 Week plan and will be starting to use that tomorrow. I am going to set my calorie goal for the first 10kg to about 1800, so my body isn't shocked by it, but then over time I will lower it. For exercise I am going to start off slow with walking, and then maybe come autumn I will join a gym again.
I would love friends along for this journey.