gillabean
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This diary is going to be mostly for me, so that I can keep track of where I might go wrong etc., but if anyone wants to join me then hi!
I am 51 years old and weigh 17 stone. How I got here, I don't know. I seem to have put on loads of weight over the last two months and only realised it last night! Where has my head been, I don't know. It was only when I said to my friend 'I am the heaviest I have ever been, can you tell' and she said, 'well, actually, yes'. Good for her, no-one else ever says anything, too polite. But I can fool myself for Britain, if it was in the Olympics I would win gold for fooling myself. But I can't do it any longer, I have got to do something about it, carrying this weight is really restricting me as my feet and ankles hurt all the time.
So, what diet to do? Cambridge worked for me, lost two stone last year but felt awful the whole time. I never went into ketosis and felt weak and hungry for 7 weeks. Or do I do slimming world? That also worked in the past, but so much slower, but it would help to change how I eat for ever, which is the only thing that will keep me slim, once and if, I ever get there.
I start back at work on Monday, following major surgery three months ago, and I am dreading it so much. I am on my feet all day and at the moment, I am so heavy, I think I will manage only a couple of hours. Not due to the hip replacement I had, but just the pressure on my poor feet. Plus, I get so hot and sweaty and look awful. I will be working in my local hospital and it is always so warm anyway.
So, today I am going to decide on the diet and draw a menu plan for next week, then I will go for a walk.
Tomorrow I will shop for my menu, plus buy some tupperware tubs to put my lunch in to take to work.
Even as I am writing this, I think I will do Slimming World. I can't work on the wards and not eat, I did that last year and came over faint a couple of times. It's just that I want it to come off quickly, just like every other fat person in the whole world. But I have to be tough on myself, I did this to myself and now I will have to remedy it myself, no easy answers, no quick fixes just sensible eating and regular exercise. Crap, I wish it could be easy. So here goes..........
I am 51 years old and weigh 17 stone. How I got here, I don't know. I seem to have put on loads of weight over the last two months and only realised it last night! Where has my head been, I don't know. It was only when I said to my friend 'I am the heaviest I have ever been, can you tell' and she said, 'well, actually, yes'. Good for her, no-one else ever says anything, too polite. But I can fool myself for Britain, if it was in the Olympics I would win gold for fooling myself. But I can't do it any longer, I have got to do something about it, carrying this weight is really restricting me as my feet and ankles hurt all the time.
So, what diet to do? Cambridge worked for me, lost two stone last year but felt awful the whole time. I never went into ketosis and felt weak and hungry for 7 weeks. Or do I do slimming world? That also worked in the past, but so much slower, but it would help to change how I eat for ever, which is the only thing that will keep me slim, once and if, I ever get there.
I start back at work on Monday, following major surgery three months ago, and I am dreading it so much. I am on my feet all day and at the moment, I am so heavy, I think I will manage only a couple of hours. Not due to the hip replacement I had, but just the pressure on my poor feet. Plus, I get so hot and sweaty and look awful. I will be working in my local hospital and it is always so warm anyway.
So, today I am going to decide on the diet and draw a menu plan for next week, then I will go for a walk.
Tomorrow I will shop for my menu, plus buy some tupperware tubs to put my lunch in to take to work.
Even as I am writing this, I think I will do Slimming World. I can't work on the wards and not eat, I did that last year and came over faint a couple of times. It's just that I want it to come off quickly, just like every other fat person in the whole world. But I have to be tough on myself, I did this to myself and now I will have to remedy it myself, no easy answers, no quick fixes just sensible eating and regular exercise. Crap, I wish it could be easy. So here goes..........
