to live must loose

[lottiejemma]

I am 77 and at 4ft11---- I weigh 12st, 2lbs, for my health, I have so much wrong with me, I can hardly walk, I must loose 3 stone, HOW ??? Thank you Health Unlocked, with you all, ---I can --I will do it

[IndigoBlue61]

Hello and welcome back lottiejemma 😊

I hope you’ve had time to read some posts on here and also the links you were given back in March when you first joined.

We've found active participation to be key to success, especially with our weigh-ins and Daily Diary. Follow this link to our chat thread and a list of all the activities we run healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

If you haven’t already, then please have another read the Welcome post here which has lots of useful information about all the things we have on offer. healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

For your own privacy and safety online we suggest that you lock your posts by selecting ‘members of my community’ when you write a new post. Please read our security post here healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... especially as your post isn’t locked

Have a good read and please just ask if you have any questions

Best wishes in your weight loss journey

[Tiggerr]

Welcome back lottiejemma.

If you haven't had a chance to read the info that the admins linked for you then I can recommend doing so. The more information we have, the better plans and choices we can make.

How about joining today's Daily Diary where you can receive immediate constructive feedback on what your daily menu is.

Good luck and stay in touch!

[S11m]

Hi, lottiejemma , Welcome.

I lost weight when I was disabled, but Pineapple27 is the inspiration and authority on weight-loss for those who cannot exercise much.

[Pineapple27]

Hi there lottiejemma and thanks S11m for tagging me

We are a friendly bunch and there is plenty of support for you here during your weight loss journey.

I have a significant physical disability which affects my mobility (mobility further reduced in 2002 following a head on car crash, broken tib and fib which didn't heal well and then an ankle fusion).

I am also very short - as a result of my disability (4ft 8”) rather than genetics - my two "little sisters" are both a foot taller than I am! I use a wheelchair outside of the house, and cannot stand for long period of time because of pain in my hips, lower back and damaged ankle.

Pain, long term illness, ill-health, reduction in mobility or a disability doesn't make weight loss impossible - it just makes it rather more challenging - but hey - us folks who have to deal with pain and / or disability on a daily basis are used to challenges, aren't we???

I started my weight loss journey at the end of February 2012, weighing in at 14 stone - almost 7 years ago. I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9.

I managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food going from a size 24 to a size 16 and from 14 stone down to 9 and a half.

Then re-gained some.... lost some again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 2 years (upwards during main holidays and Christmas!)

BUT... ideally I would love to drop another stone and maintain there.

The one thing that I realised very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! As a VERY short (4ft 8”), 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 now think of the weight I lost as each half a stone being a new born baby... I lost 9 of them and can't really understand how I was ever able to lug all of that around with me all of the time!

I often wish I had dealt with my weight when I was a lot younger, but still, better late than never and also the risk of illness that is associated with being overweight increases once you reach 50 years plus....

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 7 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.

A few things I've found that help me:

Cutting down on portion sizes (always read the recommended portion size on packaging),

Reducing the amount of bread, pasta and rice I eat - replacing with vegetables such as stir-fried cabbage and leek, mashed swede and carrot.

KEEP MOVING - I exercise for 1.5 hours most days, seated stretches on a gym ball and bouncing and flinging my arms about.

NEVER stop (I still log my food on a daily basis as there isn't much wiggle room).

EXERCISE isn't essential for weight loss - logging and weighing portion sizes is. If you can't move much, it's even more important to recognise that you have to eat less than someone who is more mobile / moves 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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I've also got a blog that you might like to take a look at: flidfit.com

[Busybeelady in reply to Pineapple27]

You are an inspiration pineapple 27! I don't know how you keep so positive xx