5ft 5 and 17 stone..

Airyfairy12

Pecker31 wrote: »

Ok so here we go, I have hit rock bottom. I weighed myself the other day and I am slightly over 17 stone. I am disgusted with myself. I obviously know how I got here, takeaways. chocolate, wine and deli's.

My health is also at risk, I have PCOS from it and also developing sleep apnea. I am on anti depressants and feel like I am so far stuck in a rut I can't get out.

Any tips. I know eat less move more ~ I just wish I could see it.

I am with my partner for three years and we are taking about babies and our future so that should be a goal for me.. but I can't shake my bad habits.

My diet is an absolute disaster ~ I have an office job so my exercise is zero also.

Thank you.

Self control. I know its easier said than done but really just eating a little bit healthier and smaller portions will make a huge difference. Eat a small breakfast like poached eggs on toast, you can cook them in the micro wave, look up a tutorial, its easy peasy or have a yogurt or some fruit, maybe some porridge with honey and fruit mixed into it like banana or berries. Lunch can be a small portion of pasta and veg, salad sandwich with a light coat of butter or mayo and a regular size dinner, If you want to snack just have something small, you dont need to eat huge amounts. Food is just for fueling your body. Only give it as much as it needs. You dont need to deprive yourself either just eat less of the bad stuff. An hour exercise a week, something you'll enjoy, maybe a dance class or yoga or sport, or even watch some exercise videos on youtube, I find them great. you'll begin to see a difference, it takes time but its worth it.

Keeping a food diary is good too, its easy to not realise how much youve eaten or what youve eaten, writing it all down makes you more aware and helps you focus on changing your eating habits.

newcar2016

Careful of portion sizes if you are eating cereal or porridge.

Even with really small bowls (15cm) you can easily fit twice the recommended portion size in it (the portion size listed on the side of the cereal box).

So the normal bowls people typically have can hold four or five times the recommended portion size.

So a food scales comes in handy to see this for yourself if you don't believe me.

somesoldiers

Pecker31 wrote: »

Ok so here we go, I have hit rock bottom. I weighed myself the other day and I am slightly over 17 stone. I am disgusted with myself. I obviously know how I got here, takeaways. chocolate, wine and deli's.

My health is also at risk, I have PCOS from it and also developing sleep apnea. I am on anti depressants and feel like I am so far stuck in a rut I can't get out.

Any tips. I know eat less move more ~ I just wish I could see it.

I am with my partner for three years and we are taking about babies and our future so that should be a goal for me.. but I can't shake my bad habits.

My diet is an absolute disaster ~ I have an office job so my exercise is zero also.

Thank you.

Just discovered this thread and decide to share my experience as it is similar to the OPs.
Earlier this year I was almost 20 st. My wife & I had a new baby last year I decided I didn't want him to have a fat daddy.


I started going to the gym, not because I ever had any interest in gyms but because the minute I got home in the evenings I was handed the baby to look after so my attempts at using the exercise bike a couple of evenings a week were not happening.


I started going in to work at 7 instead of 9, so I leave early, go to the gym 5 times a week and still get home in time to take over with the baby.


I started walking on the threadmill, I only do things that my Ipad wont fall off, so everything else is pretty much out and the only bikes they have in my gym are spinning bikes and would cut the hole off you, even with a gel saddle.


I arrive early, (there are a couple of other people in the same boat as me) do my bit and usually leave before 6 so there are never many people there.


I can now pretty much run for 30 minutes and have lost 3.5 st, am hoping to lose a few more. I don't particularly like running but I do like getting another episode of a tv show in every evening!
it's been slow and steady.
other things I have changed
mornings I have for breakfast- small scoop of porridge, strawberries, blueberries, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, walnuts...where before I would have toast with lots of butter.
For lunch I have- Cully & Sully soup, 2 slices of brown bread with smoked salmon on
I look forward to both of these every day.


On a Friday I go have chicken wings & chips or something, though am finding if I go running that evening it's harder to do with the big lunch.


Portion size would have been a problem for me also, I now find that I am actually less hungry and often leave half the spuds, pasta, rice etc behind.


I usually have a takeaway once a week, seldom get out for pints with the baby but would have a good feed of them when I do.


Admittedly I could probably have a bit more off it I didn't do this but hey you have to live.


OP if I can do it you can, start off small but for me the most important thing is to get moving, in no time the weight will fly off and it feels great to have people notice it.
also you will be better able to conceive if you have weight off and I know that from trouble my wife also had.
Best of luck

livedadream

somesoldiers wrote: »

I can now pretty much run for 30 minutes and have lost 3.5 st, am hoping to lose a few more. I don't particularly like running but I do like getting another episode of a tv show in every evening!

Well done, from someone else who was 20stone its not easy, but it is worth it.

laurie88

Pecker31 wrote: »

True, I was talking to my boyfriend last night and he said I was the queen of excuses. He is right. I only want to follow some diet as its something to blame when it goes wrong when really its me.

I need to stop throwing my money at things and giving up.

Hey there, I was wondering how you got on? did you find anything that suited your health and situation?