My weight battle! Forums

Sonesta

Well folks I have finally faced up to my ever increasing weight problem and got myself mentally motivated to fight the flab!

I have been 'thinking' about it for weeks now but I have been doing my normal start it Monday break it by Tuesday routine and despite feeling really ashamed with myself at my lack of will power I have not been able to get myself into the right frame of mind at all. Yesterday I finally made myself get on my scales and I was horrified at what they said I weighed and I knew that I just had to sort myself out and tackle my weight problem once and for all.

So today, I have planned my shopping list which is packed with healthy fruit and vegetables etc and I am full of motivation and will power and this time I know for health reasons I MUST get my weight down and make the lifestyle changes that will help me achieve my goal.

So if there is anyone else out there in the same position - let me know and maybe together we can all support one another?

Sue

silversurfa

Good luck with your fight the flab, heathly food is not going to make you lose weight , but excise is ! and the best one is walking daily , set a target for a long fast walk or run , and you've started, you can do it . and be fit.
cut out 2 things now, salt / sugar, your on your way,

Lys520

Don't bother packing your shopping trolley full of healthy stuff you wouldn't normally buy - you'll be bored within 2 days. (been there, got the t-shirt)

Just eat your normal diet (but cut out the real bad stuff) and eat smaller portions. Try to eat just enough to satisfy you, but not so you feel stuffed.

This is the only way I have ever managed to lose any weight!

And exercise.....walking everyday is fab.

Good luck Laughing

Lys

baldybazza

Totally agree with what Lys has said, it really is the only way. Good luck Sue it is really tough I know only too well.

Jan

artona · Moderator

HI Sue

Are you going to do this or are you just looking for sympathy Very Happy

.You know I am not meaning to be unkind.

Read up on motivational books. Have you young children or grand children. Do you want to see them grow up and get married. Make sure you have a photograph of them next to your bed so you see it first thing in the morning. See a doctor to get checked. Look at everything you eat and check the calories. Its working for me - stone gone over the last couple of months.

My big thing was sugar - 40 cals per cup of coffee and about 15 cups per day, thats a trojan horse supply of 600 cals. I have not touched sugar for 60 days now, thats 36000 cals

Finally get a positive mental attitude. Even the excess weight you feel you currently have is to your advantage as it will make it easier for you to lose weight.

stew

johng1974

me feeling similar....

Going to try big breakfast and small eve meals for a start.. I swim everyday but its not enough.. and I like Red too much Shocked

Started changes today Smile

also will try going to bed before . ahem.. 2

good luck

John

teemyob

Hello there, I will join you.

I eat very well and work hard. My two vices are beer and wine. Trouble is I come in from work, shower, eat and you guessed it crack open a beer most nights. I think a lot of the problem with me trying to lose a pound or two is the weather. I don't go out on the bike, do the gardening or work on the MH so much.

So, unless It is a special occasion, like celebrating some sunshine with a BBQ, I will not drink from Monday to Thursday, starting Next Monday.

Here goes.....(starting Next Monday)

Good Luck,
Trev.

KeiththeBigUn

Sonesta good luck with your quest to lose weight.

At last something I know about….weight loss! Smile

Without going into too much information at this time I have been very successful in losing a massive amount of weight over the last ten months! Very Happy

As you may take from my name I still am a big fella but I was even bigger, in fact sadly I was enormous! Embarassed

So what have I done you may ask and how much have I lost, well all in good time.

First thing to do was to adjust my food intake (believe me I have tried every diet on the market, even some that I got from the bloke down the pub that had worked for his wife, you know the kind of drunken conversation that goes on down the pub!) from the all you can eat menu to the sensible option. As Lys520 states quite correctly I would say that there is no point eating what you do not like just because it is good for you over eating just a little of what you enjoy whilst still keeping a balanced diet.

Secondly I had to start exercising again. This hurt at first so I decided to do low impact workouts. I stated swimming, walking and even bought a bicycle. At first I set my targets small and achievable. Walk for a mile and a half cycle three miles and swim ten lengths of the swimming pool working on the premise that little and often was better for me. Importantly (to me anyway) I did not set any time limits to these exercises, as I wanted them to be enjoyable not a chore.

Thirdly I had to adjust my alcohol intake so for the first six months I only drank two pints of beer! Sad

For an ex rugby player this was the hardest part. Crying or Very sad

I changed my coffee to decaffeinated and still have not had a carbonated drink at all! Shocked

So where has this all got me? I started my crusade at the beginning of July 2007 and in just ten months and I have lost just over 9 (yes nine) Shocked

stone and still counting. I now have a fitness advisor and a dietician to make sure that I am still having a balanced diet and that my workouts are doing and working all of the right parts of me to get me back into a shape (other than round that is). Ten months on and I have done sponsored bike rides and even signed up for a triathlon (not a full one) in July this year. I now swim one hundred and fifty lengths of the pool (25 meter pool) a week over three sessions. I cycle 25 miles a week over two sessions during my lunch times. I work out in the gym three times a week on the way home from work and play golf (badly) once a week. When I have time I go for a walk but I always take the stairs.

In conclusion I have to say I do not regret what I have done one little bit other than putting on the weight in the first place. In my defence I would have to say that I have had my share of knocks along the way during my relatively short life and food was my comfort during these times. I have still goals to achieve one of which is to lose another one stone over this summer. My doctor, wife and kids are delighted with me as you can imagine. My life has been turned on its head in a good way of course and all because this time when I decide I wanted to lose weight (for me) I did it in a way that suited me and have continued to be motivated I think because I saw results early on and wanted more.

Once again Sonesta good luck and if I can be of any help I am willing to support you if I can. Smile

Rapide561

Sue

Good luck with the weight loss if that is what you have decided to do. I know absolutely nothing about losing weight, but would guess that slow and steady is the way.

Stew - I am amazed at the sugar/calories per day. You don't think of it really - just a cuppa. I have virtually cut sugar out for the sake of my teeth, but for the sake of the waist line, might have to start again.

Russell