Helsbels3004
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Hi everyone, I'm new to slimming world! I started on the 18th July just doing it from home and not actually going to group. My partner is also full of motivation for this change in our lifestyle.
I think for most people it takes a certain moment of realisation... Something happens or something upsets you so much that you can't get it out of your mind and it snaps in you that it's time to do something about it. I had that snap moment.
My partner asked me to marry him last August and we've just recently set a date and put deposits down for the venue etc. I had that snap moment when I realised I didn't want to look like a snowman rolling down the aisle towards to future husband. I didn't want the photos to upset me when the mirror tells me I look like a princess and in photos I look like Fiona from shrek wearing a tablecloth.
There has been PLENTY of times I've been embarrassed about my size. I constantly pull at my clothes to hide my rolls when infact it doesn't make me look and slimmer than if I just stopped fiddling around with my clothes. I went on holiday and had to have a seatbelt extender... That was pure embarrassment right there! 'Do you need one of these bright orange belt extenders madam?'.... 'Hang on I don't think the passengers at the front heard you, you better let them know too that I'm wearing one!'
Anyway... I'm allowed to laugh at myself and make jokes about my weight because that's the kind of person I am. Yes I was embarrassed but I am never and will never be ashamed of myself. I am a strong, crazy, intelligent person and how I look to other people doesn't bother me in the slightest!! It's how I feel personally about myself that's got me finally doing something about it.
So as I've already has three weigh ins I'll tell you how they went..
Week one: lost a magnificent 9 and 3/4 lbs
Week two: lost 4.5lbs
Week three: gained 2lbs
My last weigh in was awful. I cried and cried because I knew it was coming. My partner had his birthday that week and family visited so he asked that we have a Chinese takeaway.... Yeah that happened then birthday cake, popcorn at the cinema, extra things here and there. I'm writing week three off as a bad one. But this week I'm sure I'll do well!
I'm a vegetarian, I'm 5"11 and weigh more than I should. I get married in 2 years time and my aim isn't weight targeted, it's size targeted. I want to be comfortably in a size 16, hopefully I can achieve that by losing around 8 stone!
Hope you follow along with me on my journey of weightloss and getting married!
Helsbels
I think for most people it takes a certain moment of realisation... Something happens or something upsets you so much that you can't get it out of your mind and it snaps in you that it's time to do something about it. I had that snap moment.
My partner asked me to marry him last August and we've just recently set a date and put deposits down for the venue etc. I had that snap moment when I realised I didn't want to look like a snowman rolling down the aisle towards to future husband. I didn't want the photos to upset me when the mirror tells me I look like a princess and in photos I look like Fiona from shrek wearing a tablecloth.
There has been PLENTY of times I've been embarrassed about my size. I constantly pull at my clothes to hide my rolls when infact it doesn't make me look and slimmer than if I just stopped fiddling around with my clothes. I went on holiday and had to have a seatbelt extender... That was pure embarrassment right there! 'Do you need one of these bright orange belt extenders madam?'.... 'Hang on I don't think the passengers at the front heard you, you better let them know too that I'm wearing one!'
Anyway... I'm allowed to laugh at myself and make jokes about my weight because that's the kind of person I am. Yes I was embarrassed but I am never and will never be ashamed of myself. I am a strong, crazy, intelligent person and how I look to other people doesn't bother me in the slightest!! It's how I feel personally about myself that's got me finally doing something about it.
So as I've already has three weigh ins I'll tell you how they went..
Week one: lost a magnificent 9 and 3/4 lbs
Week two: lost 4.5lbs
Week three: gained 2lbs
My last weigh in was awful. I cried and cried because I knew it was coming. My partner had his birthday that week and family visited so he asked that we have a Chinese takeaway.... Yeah that happened then birthday cake, popcorn at the cinema, extra things here and there. I'm writing week three off as a bad one. But this week I'm sure I'll do well!
I'm a vegetarian, I'm 5"11 and weigh more than I should. I get married in 2 years time and my aim isn't weight targeted, it's size targeted. I want to be comfortably in a size 16, hopefully I can achieve that by losing around 8 stone!
Hope you follow along with me on my journey of weightloss and getting married!
Helsbels
Congratulations on your 2 amazing losses! Well done, as for the gain, draw a line under it, you know why you gained and i'm sure you'll lose it again this week. Good Luck!!!
