Hey!
So I've just started my weight loss journey. It's been so many times over the course of my life that I have failed diets, however I am now focused on changing my lifestyle. I am 19st 11lb and I seriously need to get down to my healthy weight which is about 9st-12st. Wish me luck!
Good luck!! You've come to a very supportive community!
One of the admin will give you all these great links - which are well worth taking the time to read and digest.
Join one of the weigh ins (one every day - so choose the best for you) and get involved on here as much as you can!
The hardest part of changing a lifestyle / loosing weight - is realising and making that decision to make a change 
Do not worry, we gathered to work hard to get a good result, lasting for a short and long term, Do not rush in an immediate demand to result in weight loss, we will support until you reach what you want, step per step
Hi and welcome, Hmsmith653
Follow this link to our chat thread and a list of all the activities we run. We've found active participation to be key to success, especially with our weigh-ins and Daily Diary
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Wishing you all the best
Good luck hun... you can do it 🙌🏻😘
Welcome Hmsmith653 In order to lose weight consistently, we have to re-learn some of our past bad behaviours or habits with food. So for example:
Garden Centre trip = cake and coffee
Cinema = Pick n' mix / nachos / popcorn / fizzy drink
Evening in front of the TV = bar of chocolate / bag of crisps
Birthday = non-stop eating for three days!
You get the idea. I know that for me, I have changed a lot of what had become "normal" for me. I have also learned not to plan each trip out of the house to include food. Once upon a time, I'd have included lunch with a trip into town, coffee and cake with a visit to the garden centre.
I now plan or even prepare a meal BEFORE I go out (usually a salad) so that I know exactly what I can eat as soon as I walk into the door... and don't turn to "what I fancy" (usually high calorie carbs that don't keep you full for very long...)
Make a list of the reasons WHY you want to lose weight. Keep it somewhere safe (stuck to the inside of a kitchen cupboard door?) and look at it from time to time, especially when you are raiding the kitchen for treats!
Finally.... alcohol. In my opinion, it's "empty" calories (no nutritional benefit) plus lowers your resolve to stay away from more alcohol or foods that you shouldn't eat. Perhaps try and limit how much you consume and stick to having it only at weekends? I know this may seem that you are being "punished" for trying to lose weight, but we have to try and change a lot if we want this to work for us.
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