Getting married for the second time in June, need some help please

[Firemansmrs]

My weight goes up and down like a yo yo.

I suffer from arthritis of the spine and most days I am in pain even though I take medication so find it hard to exercise.

My daughter's have bought me my wedding dress which is beautiful and I desperately need to loose around a stone and a half to fit into it comfortably.

I don't drink alcohol due to the meds I am on, I eat fairly healthily during the week, it's the weekend I struggle with.

How does everyone else cope at the weekend ?

Any tips to help me would be great

Thank you xx

[Shotglass Maintainer]

Hi Firemansmrs and congratulations on the upcoming nuptials! What´s the part you struggle with during the weekend? Do the people around you eat larger/richer meals and expect you to join in or do you yourself tend to go for more celebratory food on your days off? If increasing your activity levels is out of the question calorie restriction of some kind will have to be what gets you to goal.

What I do when I visit my parents (where there is always food around) is skip breakfast and not eat anything after dinner. Other people might opt to have something at every meal but cut the carbs, especially for meals richer in fat. Whatever you do: remind yourself of your motivation with clockwork regularity, at least until you´ve formed new habits. Coming here really helps with that

Best of luck finding a strategy that works for you!

[Firemansmrs in reply to Shotglass]

Good morning Shotglass

Thank you for the reply, I suppose it is more celebratory food and portion size goes through the roof. Friends and family think there's something wrong if I don't eat what is in front of me.

I'm really pleased that I found this place, by accident. So far I have found it to be very informative, and lots of lovely people on here.

Thanks again.

[Shotglass Maintainer in reply to Firemansmrs]

If you feel uncomfortable telling people you want to lose a couple of pounds to feel great in your wedding dress, consciously eating more slowly can help. That way you will still be seen putting food into your mouth and enjoying the social part of the meal (instead of abstaining or being done halfway through) but will end up ingesting a smaller portion anyway.

[Firemansmrs in reply to Shotglass]

Great idea, I love that, I will have to talk a lot more and eat a lot less x

[BridgeGirl Administrator SS Supercook 2 stone]

Hello, Firemansmrs, and welcome to the forum

What a wonderful incentive to lose weight, to look and feel your best for your wedding. You can make great progress in the next four months and I hope you will find a way of losing weight that you will stick with and enjoy for years to come. Much better than a diet. You don't want to look fab in June, only to be back here again at your start weight in October.

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