20 somethings

Jenna88 said:
Clare, you superhero in disguise you! haha! Well done lyrically, amazing will power.

Thank you. I agree with just saying a number makes you feel better...I can't imagine if the dr or something asked my weight and actually being able to say I'm in the 8's I mean WHAT that's a crazy number! I know exactly what you mean about still feeling like you're at your biggest...Idk how many times I look in the mirror and think I look how I started. It's ridiculous and obv not right but your mind is a funny thing. Yours must be particularly hard to cope with because you've come so far, you must actually feel like a completely different person. I take it you get people quite frequently not recognising you?
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The mind is indeed a funny thing! I think it's why I changed target so many times and kept losing as I had sort of convinced myself I was still big. People never recognise me, the last time lots of people saw me I was 11 and a half stone heavier with blonde long hair and now I have shoulder length black hair haha, it's lush though, love seeing the look on people's faces when I say it's me! Jess Allsop! Never gets old!!! X
 
lyricallylittle said:
I can't imagine being in the 8s! I remember having to weigh ourselves in PE when I was in year 8 and I was 8st 3 and I was distraught because I thought I was fat. I wish I could go back and give myself a shake!
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I don't remember the last time I was 8st something, I can assume year 8 ish as well. I used to think I was morbidly obese in Primary School as I always bought bigger clothes than for my age but when I look back at the pics now I realise I was a healthy kid! It's sort of sad that everyone will probably look back in years to come and appreciate how they looked at any given period so much more than they did at the time.
 
Big well done Clare and Emily!

Clare you reminded me of when my mum pretended to run over a man. He deserved it the knob, he didn't realise who he was messing with though! Haha.

Jess, I suppose it takes some getting used to from never bring a slim adult. I measure my waist and hips daily because I understand that better than what I see. Probably as I have no spacial awareness! It does stop me from getting ahead of myself too. People say oh you are disappearing and aren't you doing fab I have to remember how much further I have to go.

I forgot to say I overtook our woman of the year in wrightloss now. So i have now lost the most weight at my group! Woop. But i have no one to compete with now :( sob
 
Franalamadingdong said:
Big well done Clare and Emily!

Clare you reminded me of when my mum pretended to run over a man. He deserved it the knob, he didn't realise who he was messing with though! Haha.

Jess, I suppose it takes some getting used to from never bring a slim adult. I measure my waist and hips daily because I understand that better than what I see. Probably as I have no spacial awareness! It does stop me from getting ahead of myself too. People say oh you are disappearing and aren't you doing fab I have to remember how much further I have to go.

I forgot to say I overtook our woman of the year in wrightloss now. So i have now lost the most weight at my group! Woop. But i have no one to compete with now :( sob
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Oh you competitive little minx fran haha! I agree about the never being a slim adult, I was an over weight toddler, grew into an over weight child, bullied due to my weight at 6, visited a dietician at the hospital weekly at 10, joined rosemary Connelly weight class at 11, then lost mum at 12 and ballooned, so to have finally achieved what id wanted all my life which was just to be normal is quite a lot to take in, often if anybody even glances at me in the street I think oh it's cos I look big in these tights or oh god they are thinking what a mess, messes with your head abit!! Well done on overtaking though you competitive little lady!! Xx
 
I'm glad there's someone else who's always worrying what other people are thinking! I saw a quote somewhere saying no one's as bothered about the way you look as you are and I try to remember that when I'm getting paranoid! I just can't seem to help it.

Too late for a full meal now so I've had my Hexs as 2 Ryvita Pumpkin and Oats spread with 2 melted Babybel. It's like a quick cheese on toast! Om nom nom...
 
Yep, completely, just striving to be normal for the first time. Isn't it amazing how different people react to you. I've noticed it even in becoming normal fat range.

I am overly competitive and feel a bit lost now.

Jenna, Jess went from 21st5.5 to 9st13.5 and is 5'6". On the 3rd of Jan I was 21st3lb but when I joined I got down to 20st5lb so only really count my stats from then. I'm now 16st3lb and Target is 10st7lb so we aren't too dissimilar. I am hoping I get my 1 inch back!
 
Ok everyone I'm off as I'm getting too sleepy to keep up with the posts! Can't wait to go to the tennis tomorrow :D

Have lovely evenings everyone :) x
 
Thanks Jenna, it's so weird I get those feelings all the time! I think once you've had a weight problem, wether you've lost it all or not, it will still be a never ending mental battle, I feel this is where my paranoia comes from! No lyrical you definitely aren't the only one but that's a lovely saying, will try to think that when people look at me! And those ryvitas sound delish! Fran youre amazing, I can sympathise with what you said before when people tell you how amazing you've done but you think of how far you have to go, I remember i got my 5 stone award and everyone was giving me so much praise and made me feel a million dollars and then I got home and sat down for tea and suddenly felt like all the hard work was useless as I was 'only half way' I kept saying, I still had a long way to go, but I picked myself up, stayed on the right track and just kept thinking of what i had achieved, not where I was going, I knew how much I wanted it so knew I would get there and every WI was just one step closer! You my lady are amazing just don't ever forget that!! X
 
It's so easy to forget I'm on a 'diet'!

Might do a healthy fry up tomorrow. I've got some of those Sainsbury's half syn sausages in the freezer.

Just realised I've technically done a red day today so I can have another HexB! I <3 SW!
 
I find it very weird the way people react to you when you've lost weight. It's like you've lost weight they can tell you you look great and SO much better than you did before yet they never would have told you that they thought you looked crap beforehand? Obv I would have thought they were downright rude if they had but it's the fact that losing weight seems to give people free reign on making comments about you. Most people genuinely mean well but I don't think they realise how constantly focussing on how you look can mess with your own head...they say something and then you end up picking it apart.

I agree it is a total mental struggle, Jess, I've lost nowhere near as much as you and it messes with my head so I can only imagine how difficult it can be for you sometimes to have literally halved your bodyweight (I hope that didn't sound rude, I keep reading it back and I'm not sure how it comes across but I mean it as in 'wow you've worked so hard...it's a big change to get used to')
 
Jenna88 said:
I find it very weird the way people react to you when you've lost weight. It's like you've lost weight they can tell you you look great and SO much better than you did before yet they never would have told you that they thought you looked crap beforehand? Obv I would have thought they were downright rude if they had but it's the fact that losing weight seems to give people free reign on making comments about you. Most people genuinely mean well but I don't think they realise how constantly focussing on how you look can mess with your own head...they say something and then you end up picking it apart.

I agree it is a total mental struggle, Jess, I've lost nowhere near as much as you and it messes with my head so I can only imagine how difficult it can be for you sometimes to have literally halved your bodyweight (I hope that didn't sound rude, I keep reading it back and I'm not sure how it comes across but I mean it as in 'wow you've worked so hard...it's a big change to get used to')
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Don't be silly! It's true! I've lost half myself plus a stone and a half haha! I've just found your pics and I'm like wowing!! Your pins are incredible!!! You have come so far! Xx
 
Wow Jenna! Just had a look at your pics and you look tiny in the 9st 2 photo! That's such inspiration for me as it's near enough my target.

I think you look fab in all the photos (I have wardrobe envy!) but you can definitely see the difference! Well done for all the hard work!
 
Aww Jess you are so sweet. Do the girls remember how you looked before? Munchkin keeps lifting my top up and saying gone. He also keeps cuddling the lump of fat at group and trying to climb on their scales. I do worry sometimes.


Jenna I totally agree. Sometimes I don't half laugh though. One of the neighbours thought it appropriate to tell me about a fat girl she saw in town. She didn't know her but she was fat and for some reason I should know. And well done for losing weight, not that I was fat before (what?!?) And this girl was fat her legs wobbled. The whole time I was just looking at her thinking "what the ****?" Mad old coots. Mum always reminds me the women round here are incredibly thick. Thick and rich, ye gads.
 
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