Hello

[Netty400]

Hello everyone. Day one and let's see what happens with my weight loss hopefully. I needed to do this as I am recovering from covid19 I am overweight and spent 5.5 weeks in hospital in intensive care. Very scary and do t want to be there again.

[lucigret]

Hello and welcome to the forum Netty,

What a horrible experience for you! So pleased to see that you are recovering

If you haven't already, please take the time to read the Welcome Newbie post, this will help you to navigate the forum, which is best done using the full website and not the app.

Please also take a look at all of the Challenges, Clubs and Events that we have, to help to keep you motivated and engaged with the forum.

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

The above link will take you to all the information you need. Participation is key to success and I would recommend that you at least join the Daily Diary and a Weigh In day of your choice.

As a peer to peer support group, we all benefit from encouragement and support from one another, so look forward to seeing you join in around the forum

If you haven’t already taken it, here is a link to a tour of the forum,

healthunlocked.com/?tour=true

Wishing you the best of luck on your weight loss journey

[Netty400 in reply to lucigret]

Thank you. I am looking forward to being part of the group.

[lucigret in reply to Netty400]

We are looking forward to you joining in Why not take yourself along to today's weigh in and get to know a group of people - they will be very welcoming. You will find the link in Pinned Posts - which is the first link I gave you above

[Megamags]

Well done Netty ❤️💪 onwards and upwards your doing ok

[Netty400 in reply to Megamags]

Thank You. I think this support group sounds a great idea.

[SofaJockey]

Well done for riding those challenges.

Fresh start and new opportunities. Good luck.

[Netty400 in reply to SofaJockey]

Thank you have been given a second chance of life so here goes.

[Letsrock66]

Well done Netty, I’m a newbie too, so from one newbie to another welcome and this is a very supportive group, so good luck 😊

[Netty400 in reply to Letsrock66]

Hello it's always nice when you are not the only newbie.

[toastless]

Hello Netty400 nice to meet you and I hope you are recovering OK, so sorry to hear that you have been so unwell. I joined this forum a couple of months ago, never having done anything like this before - I find it extremely supportive and encouraging, and as a direct consequence I have really stuck to my weight loss routine knowing that there are people out there rooting for me and vice versa!

[Netty400 in reply to toastless]

Well done that's great news you are loosing weight. It's getting started that's the hardest for me. Nice to meet you.

[PurpleRaine]

So pleased to hear you are recovering Netty. I joined this part of the forum this summer to find a way of eating where I could lose weight, get out of the obese category (still working on it 😊) and hopefully enjoy the process. So far, so good. So many forum members wanting to help. Good luck with it.

[Netty400 in reply to PurpleRaine]

Thank you it's not nice been told we are obese from the doctors so this time I need to do this for my health and don't want to go back into hospital .

[Letsrock66 in reply to Netty400]

No it’s not nice being told that we’re obese I was told by my practice nurse, I have a lot of respect for medical professionals but that day I was so upset that I felt like say to her that’s the pot kettle as you look bigger than me but then thought no she’s just looking after my health like I should be, so Netty400 well done to taking the first step like me we’ve got this 😊😍

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to Letsrock66]

I know, "obese" is a horrible word but, for me, (seeing it for myself, not hearing it from a health professional) it was a word that kicked me into action

Onwards and downwards, one and all