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[Grandmajac]

hello 😊 well I've tried slimming world ;weight watchers and 5:2 !! they all work until you get bored of the never ending planning ! so at 51 I've decided I'm never ever doing another diet ! healthy eating approach from now on ..I've not a lot to lose probably 10lb but im seriously getting middle aged spread and i do t like it lol..i love reading peoples success so tbsts why ive joined im looking for tips and motivation 😁

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

Hi and welcome, Grandmajac

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[Pineapple27]

I started my weight loss journey at 14 stone - 6 years ago. I am just 4ft 8" 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. Tried various groups (WW & SW), lost then regained plus some. I have a disability which makes exercise difficult (I am very sedentary and use a wheelchair outside of the house).

Then in 2012 I started to log my food, weighing out portion sizes and calorie counting.

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.

Then re-gained some, lost some again and have now managed to more or luess maintain for the past 6 months at around 10 stone. Still considered "over weight". I’ve used 5:2 in the past and also did one round of the Blood Sugar Diet. Now I just plod on... it works!

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

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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