Emmey1
Gold Member
So, was going to wait for my first WI before starting, but I've felt really inspired lately by many members on here, and you know what, this is for real so why not record every moment of this game I've started playing, right up to the point where I win it!
So a brief background: I'm female, 26, living in the west midlands with my fiancé Lee (30) and our chocolate Labrador Bailey (5) been together 7 years and I train guide dogs for a living.
I was never a large child, and I'm not even 100% sure when I become 'large' in fact, I skipped large and went straight to, and I quote my GP 'morbidly obese!!'
I hid this from myself a lot, I don't *feel* like I look fat, that is until I pass a reflective surface... I'm overweight.
After the usual trying to diet alone, off and on never more than a few weeks, weighing myself in the privacy of my own home, I decided I've been trying for years, and it's just NOT working. I was actually getting bigger... 17 stone....18 stone..... 19 stone....
Aside from the usual confidence issues, never having anything nice to wear, never having clothes look on me, the same as they do on the models in the shop - it was over this past month, after finding my size 22's tight and actually realising everything is getting tighter, that I decided to stop wasting my life with unhappy reflections and DO something more than try. To actually DO IT
Before my very eyes I watched a friend and colleague drop pound after pound on this diet. Until 3 stone later, in 5 months she's single handedly nominated woman of the year by her group! No nominees to narrow down because she got everyones vote!
Inspiration hit, plus my genuinely competitive nature helps, i decided this was my game!
After researching the diet and its foods, and getting my GP to refer me to SW for 12 weeks (longer if i hit my target weight for those 12 weeks) for free - I sat through my first ever group meet on Wednesday 14th September. Looking around the room I just felt... Supported. Every single woman and man sat there for the core reason as everyone else... To lose weight.
I happen to love my consultant, she's been there with the weight, and generally think she's perfect for the job, a major plus in playing the game!
So to bring this post to the present day: my 5th day into the diet and my first WI this Wednesday and not only have I enjoyed every single meal, every post of support on this forum, and every proud moment I walk into a shop and don't come out with a chocolate bar, I've found this an absolute dream to do. SO easy, I often have to wonder how I could lose weight like this... Im sticking to plan/rules of the game...and loving it!!
I'd love to keep this up, for me, to look back when I've won this game, or even during the times I really don't feel like I want to play anymore! if I can inspire just one single person along my own journey, that's fine by me, I'd take it as me paying back to those who have inspired me
So here I stand. At 20stone 1.5lbs and a whole new game to play! I'm ready to win...
So a brief background: I'm female, 26, living in the west midlands with my fiancé Lee (30) and our chocolate Labrador Bailey (5) been together 7 years and I train guide dogs for a living.
I was never a large child, and I'm not even 100% sure when I become 'large' in fact, I skipped large and went straight to, and I quote my GP 'morbidly obese!!'
I hid this from myself a lot, I don't *feel* like I look fat, that is until I pass a reflective surface... I'm overweight.
After the usual trying to diet alone, off and on never more than a few weeks, weighing myself in the privacy of my own home, I decided I've been trying for years, and it's just NOT working. I was actually getting bigger... 17 stone....18 stone..... 19 stone....
Aside from the usual confidence issues, never having anything nice to wear, never having clothes look on me, the same as they do on the models in the shop - it was over this past month, after finding my size 22's tight and actually realising everything is getting tighter, that I decided to stop wasting my life with unhappy reflections and DO something more than try. To actually DO IT
Before my very eyes I watched a friend and colleague drop pound after pound on this diet. Until 3 stone later, in 5 months she's single handedly nominated woman of the year by her group! No nominees to narrow down because she got everyones vote!
Inspiration hit, plus my genuinely competitive nature helps, i decided this was my game!
After researching the diet and its foods, and getting my GP to refer me to SW for 12 weeks (longer if i hit my target weight for those 12 weeks) for free - I sat through my first ever group meet on Wednesday 14th September. Looking around the room I just felt... Supported. Every single woman and man sat there for the core reason as everyone else... To lose weight.
I happen to love my consultant, she's been there with the weight, and generally think she's perfect for the job, a major plus in playing the game!
So to bring this post to the present day: my 5th day into the diet and my first WI this Wednesday and not only have I enjoyed every single meal, every post of support on this forum, and every proud moment I walk into a shop and don't come out with a chocolate bar, I've found this an absolute dream to do. SO easy, I often have to wonder how I could lose weight like this... Im sticking to plan/rules of the game...and loving it!!
I'd love to keep this up, for me, to look back when I've won this game, or even during the times I really don't feel like I want to play anymore! if I can inspire just one single person along my own journey, that's fine by me, I'd take it as me paying back to those who have inspired me
So here I stand. At 20stone 1.5lbs and a whole new game to play! I'm ready to win...
