conlou1
Gold Member
right here goes, i have kept a journal on the slimming worls website for a few weeks but think its time i went public so i can get different points of view about where i could be going wrong!!!
i first started slimming world back in september 2008. i had been trying for a baby since me and my husband got married in 2006 and couldnt gert pregnant then when i did in 2007 i was overjoyed but unfortunately i suffered a miscarriage and discovered i had mild pcos, i gained around a stone at this point but a holiday in june 2008 spurred me on to join the gym and i lost a bit, i was around 140 pounds. once we got back off our holiday i started to get down about not getting pregnant and found comfort in food, i also started work at a takeaway and could eat as much as i wanted as often as i wanted which was lethal. i quickly gained over a stone and the weight kept rising. i tried dieting on my own and lost a little bit but couldnt stick to it so come september i had had enough, i called to find out where my nearest s.w. group was and joined. i weighed 11 stone 1 and a half and set my goal at 8 and a half stone. i lost 3 pounds my first week but i averaged out at a pound a week and by december i was 10 stone 4. i was fitting into a size 12 and was over joyed! i began to feel ill through december and the day before christmas eve i did a pregnancy test and to my utter shock it was positive!!! i know it was the healthy eating and loss of weight that made me concieve as pcos is linked with insulin levels (or something like that). i was determined to continue going to my group but on christmas eve i began to bleed. i had to go for several scans at the beginning as they couldnt find a heart beat then there was a clot in there so needed to keep an eye on me. i was having what they call a threatened miscarriage. i rested for the first 12 weeks until i had my all clear scan. by this point i had crept up to 11 and a half stone. i didnt see the point in going to group as i didnt care about the weight gain i was just pleased to be having our baby. my 11 year old son connor (from previous relationship) was over joyed to be having a brother or sister and this was a happy time. my pregnancy however was marred with high blood pressure, spd then to top it all off at 34 weeks pregnant i had gone for a meal with friends and slipped and pulled all the ligaments in my back and pelvis, i was on crutches then a wheelchair, i began to rapidly gain weight. the last point i got weighed i was around 37 weeks pregnant and weighed 14 and a half stone! more than my husband who is 6 foot 5!! mortified wasnt the word, but i wasnt too bothered as long as my baby girl arrived safe. i was induced on 7th september and she arrived the next day weighing 8 pounds 8 (not quite the 12 pound baby i was sure i was carrying) and i was over the moon, so was my husband and son. my weight didnt bother me til she was 4 weeks old and i saw a picture of myself and couldnt believe it was me i was horrified. i cried my eyes out. i joined back at s.w. once ruby was 6 weeks old and weighed 12 stone 7 which was a nice shock as that meant id lost well over 2 stone (admittedly some was baby and water lol). i had good losses and alternated between red and green days but in the november my husband had his hours cut at work so i had to leave weighing 11 stone 11, i tried and tried to follow it at home and did lose a bit but by april i was sick of looking at my old clothes and feeling like a failure so i rejoines again, i weighed in at 11 stone 3 and have been doing extra easy plan for 7 weeks, ive only lost 4 and a half pounds so far so have made the decision to go back to red and green days with today being the first day, feeling so much more optimistic and hopefully at weigh in on thursday morning ill be having a smile on my face instead of the tears i had last week.
sorry if ive prattled on a bit but im new to this and a bit unsure what i was supposed to say so thought it best i start from the beginning!
i first started slimming world back in september 2008. i had been trying for a baby since me and my husband got married in 2006 and couldnt gert pregnant then when i did in 2007 i was overjoyed but unfortunately i suffered a miscarriage and discovered i had mild pcos, i gained around a stone at this point but a holiday in june 2008 spurred me on to join the gym and i lost a bit, i was around 140 pounds. once we got back off our holiday i started to get down about not getting pregnant and found comfort in food, i also started work at a takeaway and could eat as much as i wanted as often as i wanted which was lethal. i quickly gained over a stone and the weight kept rising. i tried dieting on my own and lost a little bit but couldnt stick to it so come september i had had enough, i called to find out where my nearest s.w. group was and joined. i weighed 11 stone 1 and a half and set my goal at 8 and a half stone. i lost 3 pounds my first week but i averaged out at a pound a week and by december i was 10 stone 4. i was fitting into a size 12 and was over joyed! i began to feel ill through december and the day before christmas eve i did a pregnancy test and to my utter shock it was positive!!! i know it was the healthy eating and loss of weight that made me concieve as pcos is linked with insulin levels (or something like that). i was determined to continue going to my group but on christmas eve i began to bleed. i had to go for several scans at the beginning as they couldnt find a heart beat then there was a clot in there so needed to keep an eye on me. i was having what they call a threatened miscarriage. i rested for the first 12 weeks until i had my all clear scan. by this point i had crept up to 11 and a half stone. i didnt see the point in going to group as i didnt care about the weight gain i was just pleased to be having our baby. my 11 year old son connor (from previous relationship) was over joyed to be having a brother or sister and this was a happy time. my pregnancy however was marred with high blood pressure, spd then to top it all off at 34 weeks pregnant i had gone for a meal with friends and slipped and pulled all the ligaments in my back and pelvis, i was on crutches then a wheelchair, i began to rapidly gain weight. the last point i got weighed i was around 37 weeks pregnant and weighed 14 and a half stone! more than my husband who is 6 foot 5!! mortified wasnt the word, but i wasnt too bothered as long as my baby girl arrived safe. i was induced on 7th september and she arrived the next day weighing 8 pounds 8 (not quite the 12 pound baby i was sure i was carrying) and i was over the moon, so was my husband and son. my weight didnt bother me til she was 4 weeks old and i saw a picture of myself and couldnt believe it was me i was horrified. i cried my eyes out. i joined back at s.w. once ruby was 6 weeks old and weighed 12 stone 7 which was a nice shock as that meant id lost well over 2 stone (admittedly some was baby and water lol). i had good losses and alternated between red and green days but in the november my husband had his hours cut at work so i had to leave weighing 11 stone 11, i tried and tried to follow it at home and did lose a bit but by april i was sick of looking at my old clothes and feeling like a failure so i rejoines again, i weighed in at 11 stone 3 and have been doing extra easy plan for 7 weeks, ive only lost 4 and a half pounds so far so have made the decision to go back to red and green days with today being the first day, feeling so much more optimistic and hopefully at weigh in on thursday morning ill be having a smile on my face instead of the tears i had last week.
sorry if ive prattled on a bit but im new to this and a bit unsure what i was supposed to say so thought it best i start from the beginning!
