Newbie - a bit about my horrible journey

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Estelle2012

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Hi guys. I'll not bore u too much wit details. Always been overweight and at my heaviest now. Tried every diet/everything going - sw, ww, lipotrim, alli, strenous exercise, self help books, calorie counting, hypnosis etc. U name it, iv tried it. Even came as far as booking a surgery consultation. Im just so sick of being fat. I know i should be able to just eat less/do more exercise but doesnt come easily to me. As with a lot of people - my problem is largely in my head. Food is a comfort - an addiction. Anyway, thought id just go for it and try slim and save. One last try before i admit defeat and mabe go down the surgery route. Ive never been a big fan of vlcds as i know its very common to put weight on afterwards but heck, even if i lose 4stone and put on 2stone again - its still a deficit!!

Im about 16stone 13lbs at the moment. Ideally would like to b in the 10s but for someone whos been overweight all her life - that seems like a pipe dream. Ill aim for the 12s/13s.

Got my first box today (just went for the sample box) but it was delivered to my uncles house so ill not get it until monday. Shall update then.

Lovely meeting you all and really enjoying reading everyone progress.


xxxxxx
 
Welcome hunny, its a fantastic plan and the support here really helps

Start a diary when you start xxx
 
Welcome... Everyone here is so friendly and you will get all th support you need, and make loads of friends along the way!!

Good luck.
 
Welcome. Hopefully once you've been on the programme for a few weeks you'll find that it's easier than you think it'll be. The meals and veggies make it much easier than lipotrim from what I've heard - particularly the ability to have a protein meal every day.

Before I started LL/SnS I had been obese or morbidly obese for my whole adult life. I am now 43 years old and when I started I was over 19 stone. I am now 10 stone something and am working my way through how to maintain. You can do this. Don't buy into the myth that you 'should' eat certain things or do certain things and that anyone who is overweight has weak willpower. It isn't true and it will cause you to feel like a failure if you have even the smallest of slips leading to comfort eating and the end of the diet all together. VLCDs can work really well because they take you away from the world of food. It gives you a chance to look at why you eat for example, is it because you are tired/emotional/bored/stressed/content? Once you identify the reasons why you overeat you have the chance to look at what other coping mechanisms you could use to deal with the underlying issue without resorting to food.

Good luck on your journey!
 
Thanks guys-appreciate it. And what an inspiration weasey! 19st to 10!!

Xxx
 
Hi and good luck
 
Ta!
 
Good luck Estelle...I could have written your post myself about a year ago....I was so sick and tired of losing and re-gaining the same 2 or 3 stones over and over again. I'd be full of enthusiasm for whatever new diet I was doing, but after the initial motivation had worn off I'd get really disheartened that no matter how much I lost that week, I was still re-treading old ground :( Whever I tried...Weight Watchers, SW, calorie counting etc...it just seemed to take forever, and the acheivements didn't feel like acheivements because I was nowhere near the weight that I'd been down to a few years previously (and then put it all back on again).
But that's where the doom and gloom part of my story ends! I started Exante/S&S last September at 17st 1.5lbs, and by Christmas I was down to 13st! I took a month off at Christmas and had a big (fully deserved) gain, but I got straight back on track afterwards, lost the gain and started to tackle the rest. Cutting a long (and rocky) story short, nearly a year on, I'm now 11st 1.5...on the cusp of the 10s, which like you said, has only ever been a pipe dream for me.
It might seem like it's taken me a long time to get here, but since Christmas I've consciously taken the scenic route. Don't get me wrong, when i'm on plan, I'm super strict (I think you have to be for this to work) but I do allow myself holidays and night/weekends off for special occasions nowadays, which does set me back. I wouldn't reccomend doing this to start with, as not everyone can get their head around getting back on plan and back into ketosis, but I just wanted to explain why my losses since Christmas don't seem remarkable.

In the next couple of weeks, I hope to hit the 10s, which as I said would be a major milestone (and I'll probably blub like a baby!), and then it's a case of ploughing on until my overall goal of 10st 5lbs, which would be half my original body weight (back in 2001). But already I feel like a completely different person...I'm more confident and so much more comfortable in my own skin...clothes shopping is so much nicer, and I don't cringe when I see my reflection in a shop window anymore! It's all these little things that make a difference. I know I'm sounding all evangelical about this diet, but honestly it has changed my life, and I'd reccommend it to anyone.

Give it your best shot...forget what's gone before, and in a couple of months you'll be two stone lighter and well on your way to a slinkier Christmas!!
Lots of luck xxx
 
Alex_1978 said:
Good luck Estelle...I could have written your post myself about a year ago....I was so sick and tired of losing and re-gaining the same 2 or 3 stones over and over again. I'd be full of enthusiasm for whatever new diet I was doing, but after the initial motivation had worn off I'd get really disheartened that no matter how much I lost that week, I was still re-treading old ground :( Whever I tried...Weight Watchers, SW, calorie counting etc...it just seemed to take forever, and the acheivements didn't feel like acheivements because I was nowhere near the weight that I'd been down to a few years previously (and then put it all back on again).
But that's where the doom and gloom part of my story ends! I started Exante/S&S last September at 17st 1.5lbs, and by Christmas I was down to 13st! I took a month off at Christmas and had a big (fully deserved) gain, but I got straight back on track afterwards, lost the gain and started to tackle the rest. Cutting a long (and rocky) story short, nearly a year on, I'm now 11st 1.5...on the cusp of the 10s, which like you said, has only ever been a pipe dream for me.
It might seem like it's taken me a long time to get here, but since Christmas I've consciously taken the scenic route. Don't get me wrong, when i'm on plan, I'm super strict (I think you have to be for this to work) but I do allow myself holidays and night/weekends off for special occasions nowadays, which does set me back. I wouldn't reccomend doing this to start with, as not everyone can get their head around getting back on plan and back into ketosis, but I just wanted to explain why my losses since Christmas don't seem remarkable.

In the next couple of weeks, I hope to hit the 10s, which as I said would be a major milestone (and I'll probably blub like a baby!), and then it's a case of ploughing on until my overall goal of 10st 5lbs, which would be half my original body weight (back in 2001). But already I feel like a completely different person...I'm more confident and so much more comfortable in my own skin...clothes shopping is so much nicer, and I don't cringe when I see my reflection in a shop window anymore! It's all these little things that make a difference. I know I'm sounding all evangelical about this diet, but honestly it has changed my life, and I'd reccommend it to anyone.

Give it your best shot...forget what's gone before, and in a couple of months you'll be two stone lighter and well on your way to a slinkier Christmas!!
Lots of luck xxx
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Wow! Great post! Love it!

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Thanks guys. Really appreciate the support.

Estelle xo
 
Hi Estelle......reading your story and can't believe how similar we are......we are virtually the same starting weight, our names begin with the same first 3 letters, we've done the same diets and was hypnosis a waste of money for you too?! All I learnt is the only food I don't like is gherkins and that I love food! Hope you finding your first week ok, once you get into it it's fine and it's really nice not to think about food all day everyday! Good luck Est x
 
Nomorecake said:
Hi Estelle......reading your story and can't believe how similar we are......we are virtually the same starting weight, our names begin with the same first 3 letters, we've done the same diets and was hypnosis a waste of money for you too?! All I learnt is the only food I don't like is gherkins and that I love food! Hope you finding your first week ok, once you get into it it's fine and it's really nice not to think about food all day everyday! Good luck Est x
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Lol hello est! Yeah everything was really a waste of money for me! I did see some success with slimming world but again, the obsession with food just re started. Im so glad to hear u say u dont think about food all day cus thats all i think about. Wheres the next meal coming from etc etc! Cant wait to start this diet. There was a delay in my order (interlink) so i have to wait til thurs for it. I look forward to reading ur progress weight buddy!

Xo
 
I have a difficult relationship with food. For me the answer was to lose the weight with a VLCD (taking food out of the equation) along with therapy. Initially group therapy and now I have personal therapy too. I am not 'cured' but I do have a much healthier relationship with food. For me the only way to deal with it was to face it head on.
 
Estelle2012 said:
Lol hello est! Yeah everything was really a waste of money for me! I did see some success with slimming world but again, the obsession with food just re started. Im so glad to hear u say u dont think about food all day cus thats all i think about. Wheres the next meal coming from etc etc! Cant wait to start this diet. There was a delay in my order (interlink) so i have to wait til thurs for it. I look forward to reading ur progress weight buddy!

Xo
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Thats a ball ache having to wait but Thursday will soon be here! Probably not the best day for me today but I'll be ok by tomorrow! Keep in touch!x
 
Good for u weasey getting the proper help! I really think i need some sort of therapy myself. Have SUCH a dysfunctional relationship with food. Its so annoying cus i look at my boyfriend whos really skinny and eats what he wants but i know thats because he has years behind him of eating sensibly most days-healthy breakfast lunch and dinner with the occasional treat. I know if i could do that id be sorted but iv just never been able to. Its binge, starve, binge on a constant loop!

Yeah its a pain to wait another day! Time flies tho (unless ur on a diet lol).

Xoxo
 
I know it's not a very British thing to do - to go to a therapist - I guess I decided to do it because my husband gets therapy for his depression (we lived in the US when he was diagnosed and it's standard there). When I reached goal I decided to build a wall of support around me to help me to keep the weight off. I still go to group therapy, I have personal therapy, I have two personal trainers, I exercise every other day, I have identified a food programme which I will stick to for 2 years once I'm back to my ideal weight (currently 7 to 10 lbs over) and I talk to my family about things - probably too much! I am doing everything I can to get this to be the only time I need to lose that amount of weight. Only time will tell. I still have problems with food - but I can balance it through and I have support when I need it. Fingers crossed...
 
Well it sounds like an excellent idea. Every little helps!
 
Good luck Estelle - glad you are giving this diet a shot before taking the option of surgery (it seems so scary!) - and from what I have read above there are so many people out there that have had massive successes with this diet. And I agree with the whole 'cut food out of the equation' that was my motivation and why I started researching vlcd's. I also ended up thinking of food ALL THE TIME on sw and ww. It just did not work for me...
Here is to the one that will work! :party0011:
 
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