Alyssa
Full Member
I am sure this has been done before but I always like to know what motivated people to make the change and lose the weight - so hopefully you won't mind telling me again 
My weight loss journey started on a plane back from Italy with my best friend. We had been for a lovely week long holiday on the Amalfi Coast ... which was all ruined by the plane journey home!
I had booked extra legroom seats as my best friend is quite tall and he finds it uncomfortable sitting in the standard seats on a plane, when we boarded the plane we were next to the exit - which I had no problem with until I couldn't fit into the seatbelt. I was used to asking for an extender as I had been large for some time but this time I received a huge shock when I was told (VERY loudly) that I would have to move as I was not allowed to sit in that seat with an extender. The exit door was only allowed to have people next to it that could fit in a standard seat as I would block the exit (How the f*** would I have got off the plane in an emergency if I didn't fit through the emergency doors - that doesn't bear thinking about?!?) I was mortified and the situation got worse by being told that some other couple had been 'kind' enough to offer to move into our seats and we should swap with them now.
I cried the entire flight home and wrote a stinking complaint letter to the airline but only received responses saying that it was their policy. I received no refund for the extra money I paid for those seats or anything!! (I am still mad about that now)
So, that was when the trigger flicked in my head and I made the decision to lose the weight.
I lost a lot of weight quickly on a VLCD and then decided I needed some subsitance again and went onto WWs I lost a further couple of stone with them very slowly and got back to a point where old habits were creeping back in if i'm being honest with myself. Fortunately the exercise that I was doing was counteracting it and I thankfully didn't put on much weight (about 5lbs)
I was booted back up the arse and motivated a second time to comit 100% when I went on a blind date just before easter. I had been totally honest with this guy and told him that I was still fat and that I had a long way to go, he had seen pictures of me and assured me that he thought I was attractive and was more worried about what I thought of him! We agreed to meet in Bluewater and go for coffee, I met him in the car park and we went through and got a coffee shortly after we sat down he said he received a phone call and had to take it as it was work - then walked out of the coffee shop never to be seen again :wave_cry:
Pretty damn humiliating and left me feeling VERY unattractive, fat and get generally sh*t about myself ... so I decided to get back on the wagon and here I am.
I've ranted on a bit ....
Sorry
My weight loss journey started on a plane back from Italy with my best friend. We had been for a lovely week long holiday on the Amalfi Coast ... which was all ruined by the plane journey home!
I had booked extra legroom seats as my best friend is quite tall and he finds it uncomfortable sitting in the standard seats on a plane, when we boarded the plane we were next to the exit - which I had no problem with until I couldn't fit into the seatbelt. I was used to asking for an extender as I had been large for some time but this time I received a huge shock when I was told (VERY loudly) that I would have to move as I was not allowed to sit in that seat with an extender. The exit door was only allowed to have people next to it that could fit in a standard seat as I would block the exit (How the f*** would I have got off the plane in an emergency if I didn't fit through the emergency doors - that doesn't bear thinking about?!?) I was mortified and the situation got worse by being told that some other couple had been 'kind' enough to offer to move into our seats and we should swap with them now.
I cried the entire flight home and wrote a stinking complaint letter to the airline but only received responses saying that it was their policy. I received no refund for the extra money I paid for those seats or anything!! (I am still mad about that now)
So, that was when the trigger flicked in my head and I made the decision to lose the weight.
I lost a lot of weight quickly on a VLCD and then decided I needed some subsitance again and went onto WWs I lost a further couple of stone with them very slowly and got back to a point where old habits were creeping back in if i'm being honest with myself. Fortunately the exercise that I was doing was counteracting it and I thankfully didn't put on much weight (about 5lbs)
I was booted back up the arse and motivated a second time to comit 100% when I went on a blind date just before easter. I had been totally honest with this guy and told him that I was still fat and that I had a long way to go, he had seen pictures of me and assured me that he thought I was attractive and was more worried about what I thought of him! We agreed to meet in Bluewater and go for coffee, I met him in the car park and we went through and got a coffee shortly after we sat down he said he received a phone call and had to take it as it was work - then walked out of the coffee shop never to be seen again :wave_cry:
Pretty damn humiliating and left me feeling VERY unattractive, fat and get generally sh*t about myself ... so I decided to get back on the wagon and here I am.
I've ranted on a bit ....
Sorry
