*The Nags head healthy eating group*

[clare*king]

This is not a *slimming club* really.

I think it would be nice to have a place to come & chat about weight loss ideas (safe sensible ones only please!),
to share personal experiences and achievements, and also to ask for help.

Lindi is our resident expert, and has kindly offered her help.
Just introduce yourself and come on in, you are most welcome!

Clare xx

[drew-peacocky]

CRISPS !!!!!!! HAHAHA

[lindiloo0_0]

drew what is your point ?? crisps yes very nice

[drew-peacocky]

sorry lindiloo just me warped sense of humour at this time in the morning crisps on a healthy eating thread!

[lindiloo0_0]

drew on the ww diet you can eat anything 🐵 crisps included

[drew-peacocky]

REALLY?

[drew-peacocky]

Lindy does it really work as someone who desperately needs to lose weight but has very little will power I am seriously interested

[new_board_id]

Can I join or is it too late?

[clare*king]

Yes, you can join #347.

This thread is for anyone who wants advice, or can maybe give it.

[new_board_id]

Ok, thank you, some background info would help I guess.

5 years ago, I started doing WWAH (weightwatchers at home) which I bought on a disc at a carboot sale. My first marriage had just broken up, my father had died a few months previously, I was 33 and a half stone and a heavy smoker, no husband, 3 kids one with special needs and a terminally ill mother. Life looked cr@p!

I lost 11 stone in about 12 months and then the diet stopped working! Dont ask me why, I didnt change the formula, the formula changed on me. I tried every diet going but I didnt lose an ounce for 3 years. I didnt gain an ounce either though, so I carried on happily with my life.

I remarried, and after going through my own personal hell with my mum I finally moved her into a retirement home so she could get the care she really needed and I could get a break, and the weight started to pile on. After weighing 22 stone for 3 years, I got on the scales to find I was weighing in at 25 and a half stone (this was last week) I went back on slimming world and lost 9 lbs, but the second week, despite sticking t it just as I had the week before I gained it all back. I dont understand the logic of it all, and I hate the restrictions the slimming world diet imposes on me. I was actually crying because I didnt have enough choices left for a slice of toast. And I'm sorry, 25 stone or not, no one should have to cry for a slice of toast! Anyway, I am at stalemate. The WW diet doesnt want to work for me, the slimming world one makes me ill, I have stomach ulcers and the high protien days kill me, I also have IBS so the green days mean I spend them sat alone farting out vile aromas!

A year ago I opened an MSN group in the hope it would spur me on to lose some weight, we are number 1 in our field, but it hasnt helped at all! I am helping all these women get to goal (and yes they are following WW) and I cant lost a bloody pound! Its all very frustrating. I wont go to a WW class cos my leader is sick of seeing me and watching me fail, so I feel like a failure before I even begin and I was hoping Lindi would be able to advise me week by week and maybe spot something in my diet that I am missing, that is of course with everyone elses support too.

I just dont want to be the fattest person in a room anymore. I have given up smoking, today makes it 3 weeks without a cigarette, and i am totally over it, but this weight is killing me. My hips are so bad carrying the excess I can barely walk, I take painkillers every day, though only a maximum of 4 to get me through and my back is bad too. I am an insomniac, sleeping 3 hours a night on average and would love to be able to sleep 8 hours like other people, would help the pints balance out a little better too. I cant do much exercise due to the pain I am in, but I have got to do something! Oh, I am 5 foot 9 and a size 32.

I am so sorry for rambling on and on but it helps to have the full picture I guess. Underneath this humungous exterior is someone very frightened of a heart attack.

Thank you for reading.

[lindiloo0_0]

It works drew because nothing is forbidden
you can drink , eat whatever you want within the points you are allowed.

I lost 7and half stone 6 years ago and have kept it off, i fluctuate with 10lbs , so i am no saint 🐵

but it is the best one i have ever done

[new_board_id]

... and sorry for the typos! 🙂

[drew-peacocky]

Lindy I tried the atkins thing last year lost 2 stone in a month but then gave up smoking at christmas and stuffed it all back on and more so am looking for something else to try

[clare*king]

Sounds like you've had a really tough time.
When you have SO much weight to lose it must be really daunting, so CONGRATS at losing that 11 stone, WOW!


YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN!!

Lindi is fantastic, and has lots of no-nonsense advice.
Good luck 😄

[clare*king]

sorry that last post is for new_board_id 🙂

[lindiloo0_0]

Drew have a go , its free membership at the moment

and ww are so confident it works , if you dont lose 7lbs in your first month you get a free week .

I havent had anyone yet who hasnt lost the 7lb in a month

last thursday a girl who started week before at 14-8 lost 10lb in her first week , she followed the 7 day menu plan in the handbook .

She was well impressed

[lindiloo0_0]

349#
Your quote
I lost 11 stone in about 12 months and then the diet stopped working! Dont ask me why, I didnt change the formula, the formula changed on me. I tried every diet going but I didnt lose an ounce for 3 years. I didnt gain an ounce either though, so I carried on happily with my life.

The diet worked for you the proof is there above .
What sometimes happens if you have been doing it for a while you get complacent , your portions get bigger , and you get less careful over measuring .
IF you are eating less calories than you are spending it has to work, Unless there is a medical problem or medication that is stopping it.

You will have a lot of points to start with so use all your points up ,

But go back to class , you can do it , believe in yourself and the diet.

You have been through a rough time , make this time yours now .

But you do need a class , the motivation to go another week is what that brings , and the friendship of other members , I have many members who have weighed more than yourself , i have one lad of 24 who has lost 11 stone now , and a helper who has lost nearly 11 stone .

If i can give you one bit of advice , get yourself the ww scales they are wonderful .

[census*seeker]

And once more cos it got lost

Lindi, are you expected to use your bonus points?.
After a really busy day and a strenuous walk my points
mount up but I just let them go. Should I use them?.

Lynne

[lindiloo0_0]

lynne , its up to you whether you use them or not

think of them as a credit in the bank , if you go a little overdrawn you could use them 🐵

[census*seeker]

Thanks Lindi, wont use them then trying to stay within my points.

[phatcow5]

Anyone know how much excersise helps you loose weight?
I seem to only be able to diet if I'm not excersising as I get so hungry. I try to jog 3 times a week around the park (it takes me 20 mins solid effort) but it doesn't seem to make much difference to how my clothes fit - and does localised muscle toning get those bits thin?