Rainbow is leaving SW again! x

[abigail09]

btw i hope thats a vodka and diet coke!! hahaha

 

[rainbow]

so - by the time you're back from your hol we'll see lots of pics of you looking slimmer xxx

 

[rainbow]

For someone like me who doesnt actually know when my weight problem started and its never been drastic, obv just gradually piled on, can I ask you Karen (obv no offense intended) but how/why did you put the weight on so quickly? cos it scares me that that could happen for me if I take my eye of the ball for a while xx

 

[Taz]

That scares me too Rainbow but I know that I have to stay on this track forever. I want to go about a sone past my goal so that when I hit target and relax and put a little back on it wont be too bad. I have seen too many people rejoin our group after they have hit target and left class thinking all the work is done. I know that hitting target isn't the end, that's when maintenence starts!

 

[mod-karen79]

For someone like me who doesnt actually know when my weight problem started and its never been drastic, obv just gradually piled on, can I ask you Karen (obv no offense intended) but how/why did you put the weight on so quickly? cos it scares me that that could happen for me if I take my eye of the ball for a while xx

well my overall weight problem started when i left school and stopped playing all the sports that i used to. i had my own money and got a little carried away with the fact i could buy any food i ever wanted and eat until i was content!

early to mid 20's i piled on about 4 stone because i was on anti-depressant and they made my appetite insatiable - you definately have to have been on them to understand....it was BIZARRE!

last summer i was having gyno problems and despite visiting 4 different GP's they were very unhelpful....i still have a problem now, but finally in touch with a decent GP who actually wants to help me ...at the time the whole issue made me feel very down as it was affecting my relationship/sex life with my fella, so i turned to food for comfort - BIG TIME! i was basically binging on crap all day, every day.

 

[rainbow]

Thanks Karen - at least you had reasons for your eating - I dont and didn't....... that makes it worse in my eyes. Glad you're getting things sorted now. I wish I could see me looking towards SW forever in terms of maintenance...... I dont want to - in a way I can almost see myself back weighing 14 stone in ten years time! x

 

[mod-karen79]

my reasons aren't really justified though - i'm an emotional eater

i can be a right miserable cow when i can't eat what i want. on friday night i secretly ate chocolate when my fella was having a snooze. i laughed when my fella asked if i'd eaten it...then he sat on the bed lecturing me (trying to be supportive in his eyes) whilst eating 2 warm croissants with butter! an hour later he ate tortollini cover in double cream and parmasan cheese... i wanted to knock him out! lol

mr bloody 10.5 stone no matter what i eat! well i'll be laughing when he keels over with a heart attack .... well i wouldn't, i'm just being resentful towards the naturally slim. grr!

 

[Taz]

Oh hun, you sound really downbeat! I don't want to be 18 stone again and the only way I am going to avoid that happening is by making this my lifestyle and not going back to my old ways as soon as I hit target. The great thing is that by the time we hit target it will already be our lifestyle.

 

[mod-karen79]

i think if you use SW to maintain and have one or two days a week off then you will probably maintain...i might be wrong though! lol

my mum maintains pretty well. she eats the same breakfasts and lunches she was eating on SW before and has her evening meal, but she has a takeaway once a week.

 

[rainbow]

hmmmmm - I guess so, I suposse I just have to decide what I want more, food or slim - its slim I do know that, but I know I do really me some want food! Hence my initial problem! Oh well! Im going shopping again today - blokeys given me some pennies for the next sale! xxx

 

[Taz]

I have the same problem with food but I know that I will feel less guilty at taking a few days off when I am at target. We might also find that once we are at target we won't want so much fatty foods again

 

[rainbow]

Yer cos I reckon we'll feel so proud of ourselves and realise that once we're got there we dont wanna have to struggle like it again! I dont wanna be a fat mum or bride, so thats my target. Couldnt imagine having to loose baby weight as well as fat, and I want a neat bump not to swell all over (I know you cant choose - but if you could!) Not that Im pregnant, but you have to think ahead! xxxx

 

[Taz]

Ha ha yeah I know what you mean

 

[mod-karen79]

Yer cos I reckon we'll feel so proud of ourselves and realise that once we're got there we dont wanna have to struggle like it again! I dont wanna be a fat mum or bride, so thats my target. Couldnt imagine having to loose baby weight as well as fat, and I want a neat bump not to swell all over (I know you cant choose - but if you could!) Not that Im pregnant, but you have to think ahead! xxxx

they're the same reasons i'm losing weight... particulalry the baby part!

 

[Taz]

Oooh are we all planning on having babies?

 

[Louise24]

Ohh me too! I want a nice neat bump too..... I'm soooo broody at the moment, but want to lost 3 stone first

 

[Taz]

Wow looks like we got our own SW baby club going on here!

 

[mod-karen79]

not just yet - i need to shift a load of weight yet! i don't want to be bed bound at 6 months!!!

 

[Taz]

I know what you mean. SOmeone I know was on a diet and about 3 stone from goal she got pregnant and the diet went completely out of the window and she never got to goal. I wouldn't want that to happen to me!

 

[rainbow]

Well Im back from Next........ but clothes aside for the minute lets talk babies! Yeah Im very broody but also wanna lose bout three stone first. Im/we're hoping to start trying around this time next year! xxx