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Five-By-Five

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Hi everyone! I'm back again! It's been such a struggle for me the last few years. I am finally admitting defeat. It's been a long time coming and I'm so tired of yo yo dieting, losing a stone here and there, then gaining 3 more on top. I am now at my heaviest weight ever and it is crippling me. I have been out of work for over a year due to poor health and I am really suffering. (Not weight related at first) but since my health has declined my weight has risen, because I am just so unwell and have been comfort eating, looking for anything to keep me going. So my weight has made made my existing problems a million times worse, to the point I can't walk more than a few steps even with my crutches without my hips dislocating and my shoulders dislocating from the extra pressure. So now I am pushed in my wheelchair. And my doctors and specialists all want me to have bariatric surgery, as it's likely I will need ops to make me better when I've lost the weight. I have many more health problems also and it is making my normal bubbly self seem a distant memory. I will be doing slimming world from home starting Monday and I need some good company and buddys so that we can support each other, as most of my friends disappeared when I started to become unwell as I guess I became dependant on others for help. I don't want surgery, I also don't want to die young, i want my life and my mobility back! 100% mean it this time! is there anyone out there that could use a friend? Because I certainly could too. :) sorry for the essay!
 
I will be your friend as I am also fed up of yo yo dieting. If I was to add up all the pounds I have lost over the last 40 plus years (but since regained and more) I would weigh a minus figure!
 
Thank you, it's hard isn't it, i don't think naturally thin people understand our pain lol I've been scrolling on the supermarket pages today to get an idea of what I should buy Sunday, ready for my big return monday! Have come up with a couple of days of meal plans, thanks to the people over at Facebook too. So I'm feeling very positive about my new and final start! I'm mentally preparing myself, no excuses this time, if I don't like some thing tough, lol x
 
Hello lovely!! Good for you making the decision to start this and stick to it! This forum is great for support - they've seen me through the last year and half and 8 stone loss!

Planning meals sounds like a good idea. I find it always helps me to stick to plan when I wobble. Xxxx
 
Hello! Here to follow your diary, you really sound determined and I'm sure this will be your moment to succeed.
 
Hello everyone sorry I've not been around! Had some drama with no phone lol now have an old phone while my new phone has been sent back today and now have to wait until they receive it so they can send my new one lol! Ended up starting Thursday instead of Monday as couldn't prise myself out of bed due to horrendous migraine, I'm on a anti - epileptic drug which is suppose to prevent them but no such luck, so I've taken the course of tablets and I'm raring to go and try something else because my migraines are rapidly getting worse each time and they cripple me. :( so food this week has been easy, I'm still motivated and finding myself making healthy choices naturally. I downloaded advance few different apps from the play store to help me keep track and lost everything on the phone as I had to send it off today.. but il show you from today's food entries :)
 
Breakfast: free yoghurt and banana Lunch: Kingsmill wholemeal thin (hexb) lettuce, diced chicken, passata, seasonings, red onion, healthy living mayo (1/2 syn), 5 baby plum tomatoes, 3 x mini crustless quiches (20g reduced fat cheese - 1/2 hexa) dinner: gammon steak, wedges, salad (1/2 hexa- 20g reduced fat cheese), ketchup (1 syn) Snacks: clementine, kit kat (5.5 syns), freddo (5 syns), apple, options (2 syns), free yoghurt
 
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Oh no, so sorry you've been having trouble with migraines. :( Good for you, continuing to make healthy food choices in spite of it, though. Can't be easy! Hope you find some relief for the migraines soon. xx
 
Hi hun good luck with slimming world... I am doing it too. xxxx
 
Sorry guys not been with it again last few days, my migraines have been plaguing me so bad lol have still be on top and making the right food choices! Today will mark my first week done, which only has one result.. weigh in! Had to get some new scales as I'm to fat for my old ones! Lol will be weighing myself at 3 pm and will post the results here for you, and hopefully i will be able to keep you updated on food choices, as feeling less migrainey at present. Last know weight is 27.6stone. So I'm just going to use that as my start weight. Whatever the scales say, I'm still going to keep strong! Il speak to you soon :)
 
Good luck with weighing in hun xxx
 
Weigh in not so good. So I'm going to use this as my starting point now. New weight 27.12 I can't work out my scales properly as they won't take a steady reading for some reason, and keep turning off while I'm stood on them as it's taking too long to get an accurate reading and it's fluctuating up and down cause it's hard for me to stand. Lol the instruction booklet isn't even very helpful lol neither is Google lol! so I will have another go next week! :)
 
I've never had much luck with electric scales! I got some manual ones a while back that I think go up to 30st, but the problem with those is the lines are so tiny that it's hard to read them. I end up getting on, squinting, getting off again to hold my face close to the scale and count the lines, then getting back on to check that's where it was, lol.

27.12 is less than your last known weight, so I think you are off to a good start. :) Hope the migraines gave you a break today.
 
I'm 6 pounds heavier than last time I weighed, not that I mind lol it was back in October haha I should be thankful that it isn't much more haha lol just had an email my phone will be here tomorow so that's good! That means more updates lol struggling with ideas for dinner tonight though, I want pasta but not sure of a good tomato based sauce to make I'm gonna have a little ponder :) x
 
I was naughty and didn't feel like eating much as a migraine came and made my head explode lol ended up with mug shot my hexb thin and veg for dinner. Not totally nutritious but better than eating OH super noodles lol x
 
Hi guys! more drama with the new phone! Sent back again and now getting a refund! Will be buying another when the refund comes In. still on track, not feeling any different though, normally at this point I would see a bit of difference lol still never mind. Have been good so I'm sure that the scales will catch up eventually. Yesterday for dinner I experimented and made loaded potato skins with roast chicken breast and salad. I'm getting use to 1/3 superfree each meal and im enjoying eating healthy! My OH though doubts the entire thing as he doesn't understand slimming world at all and is dumbfounded that i can eat like this and lose weight. Lol! Supportive and learning along with me though, only little reminders needed lol. speak soon x
 
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