bigmomma28
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Hello everyone. Well my name is Kay and I'm 28 yrs old with five children. I am about 5'6 and today I weighed myself and was shocked that it had crept back up to just over 15 and a half stones.
Long story short, I have been overweight pretty much since my teens and just kept getting bigger. When I was 20 I hit my heaviest of about 17 and a half stone but managed to get down to about 15 and a half by the time I met my partner of 7 yrs.
During our first year together I got down to about 11 and a half stone which I was happy at but planned to lose more but then I got pregnant for the first time and it all went downhill from there really. After each pregnancy I put on more weight as I have pretty much had the kids one after the other I never had any time to lose the excess. I had my last baby 8 months ago and feel it is time to lose the weight for good as I know your metabolism slows down the older you get so it will get harder.
I am planning to start my diet tomorrow after my partner weighed himself and he was only a few pounds heavier than me (he doesnt know how much I weight btw) and I know he's been told by his gp that he is obese so it kinda freaked me out that I weigh the same.
Im not sure what to do really. I have calorie counted in the past which kinda worked, even tried Tae Bo which I enjoyed but it fell by the wayside between looking after the kids I was too tired. My main problem is the chocolate, I dont really eat much 'real' food to be honest, I eat breakfast but during the day I just pick at biscuits and chocolate so I know if I can give it up I would lose but I've become something of an addict now!
Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself. Oh and my primary goal is to get down to at least 10 and a half stone which I know would put me at a healthy weight for my height and would be the slimmest I've been since I was about 12yrs old! In my dreams I would ultimately get down to about 9 stone but I think that might be pushing it lol
Long story short, I have been overweight pretty much since my teens and just kept getting bigger. When I was 20 I hit my heaviest of about 17 and a half stone but managed to get down to about 15 and a half by the time I met my partner of 7 yrs.
During our first year together I got down to about 11 and a half stone which I was happy at but planned to lose more but then I got pregnant for the first time and it all went downhill from there really. After each pregnancy I put on more weight as I have pretty much had the kids one after the other I never had any time to lose the excess. I had my last baby 8 months ago and feel it is time to lose the weight for good as I know your metabolism slows down the older you get so it will get harder.
I am planning to start my diet tomorrow after my partner weighed himself and he was only a few pounds heavier than me (he doesnt know how much I weight btw) and I know he's been told by his gp that he is obese so it kinda freaked me out that I weigh the same.
Im not sure what to do really. I have calorie counted in the past which kinda worked, even tried Tae Bo which I enjoyed but it fell by the wayside between looking after the kids I was too tired. My main problem is the chocolate, I dont really eat much 'real' food to be honest, I eat breakfast but during the day I just pick at biscuits and chocolate so I know if I can give it up I would lose but I've become something of an addict now!
Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself. Oh and my primary goal is to get down to at least 10 and a half stone which I know would put me at a healthy weight for my height and would be the slimmest I've been since I was about 12yrs old! In my dreams I would ultimately get down to about 9 stone but I think that might be pushing it lol
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