Hello everyone

[Bensnan]

Hi all. I'm looking for support and hopefully can give some in return.

I'm 64, retired last year and my weight has just gone whoooosh!
I've always struggled with my weight. I like all the wrong things and and can't just stop at one square of chocolate or one biscuit. It has to be the whole bar or the whole packet
I got down to my target weight a few years ago with Weightwatchers, but I've been about a stone overweight for a while now and since I retired it has gone up to two stones. And height-wise I seem to be shrinking so that makes me even more overweight. I don't really want to go back to a 'meetings' environment, but I can't do it alone.

I've been reading some of your posts and this seems a really lovely place. But please be gentle with me

 

[Jaly]

Welcome I'm sure everybody here will be gentle x After all, we're all in this together! You CAN do it! I have the same problem as you when it comes to taking junk food in moderation, (having to eat a whole bar of choc etc. ) At the moment I've just stripped my diet of all choc/biscuits/crisps/white bread until I know that I can control myself! Chocolate is just so.. moreish! An idea may be to get a friend/family member to go on the weight loss journey with you, when you feel the urge to have a choccy moment, buy a cereal bar with choc chips or buy 1 bar and share it with a friend, just to satisfy that craving! Dipping fruit such as strawberries/grapes in melted dark choc is a great way to get your chocolate fix without undoing all of your work dieting!

 

[IreneH]

Use us as your support and start a diary thread in the diet section. Good luck.

Irene xx

 

[Bensnan]

Thanks for your replies. I'm glad to have found this forum

I feel pretty determined this time, and once I'm 'in the zone' I'm not too bad. It's just getting there :/
I always have a jar of Options in the cupboard. Helps with the the chocolate cravings and only 40 calories.