Hello!
I’ve been on a diet for a while now and just wanted to join a forum to help give me motivation- also I enjoy talking about it and don’t want to bore people!
I’m 22 and have just steadily gained weight over the last 6 years or so, I used to be average and comfortable and I had some tough years and I guess I turned to food in a big way. Went to uni and that just increased and it became a treat and I felt like it was my right to eat.
Th last year or so I’ve been a bit more conscious and have probably lost a stone. I never weighed myself for years as I tried to pretend it wasn’t happening but I’m sure at my heaviest I was around 15/16 stone. I’m 5,9 so never looked massively obese but I was flabby and incredibly uncomfortable in my own skin. (Still am!) but it was bad and I’ve never had a serious relationship because I’ve always felt so fat and ugly. I always wanted to do something and had countless evenings when I would cry and feel sad about my weight but would ever actually do anything about it.
Well anyway throughout the last year I’ve lost a bit and people have noticed and I’ve felt more confident. Then a friend lost 3 stone doing the 5:2 and i was so incredibly jealous. We went on holiday and she seemed so confident and happy and I still felt uncomfortable and concious. So when I came back from holiday o decided enough was enough. If I want to continue feeling like food is ‘my right’ all that will happen is I will get fatter and fatter and unhappier. Who is that serving exactly? Suddenly it was like a wake up, I’m sick of this, I hate feeling like crap, I want a really good sex life and I want to meet someone and be comfortable enough for that to be a possibility. But I want it mostly for myself, for my life and my future. I’m sick of feeling like the fat ugly friend. I hated seeing people from school knowing they thought ‘god she’s put on so much weight.’ I’m young enough to change this now and for good so I did. I’ve been on the 5:2 for 7 weeks now and have lost 1 stone 4 lbs. I started at 13st 13lbs and now weigh 12.9. Ideally I would get down to 11 by Christmas and then I hope I will be happy. I feel so proud of myself. People have really started to notice and at first I was very uncomfortable when they said anything and now I’m embracing it. General people do watch their weight, it’s a part (annoyingly) of life and I need to take control. So I’m doing it! I’ve been fasting 2 (sometimes 3) days a week, and those days are hard but when I step on scales the net day and see I’ve lost 1 lb it is worth it. Rest of the week I eat very very healthily, throughout the week. Normally no more than 900 calls a day. On weekends I do tend to drink and eat when hungover, so maybe put on 1 lb. then in the week I will loose 2/3 lb so I loose 1/2 lbs a week. My aim is to be down to 11 stone by Christmas so I can enjoy it, maybe put on a few lb but then after Christmas start at the gym. will continue to fast 1 day a week to help maintain.
I’m hoping next summer will be my best yet. I’m so excited and I’m really really enjoying losing this weight and feeling my clothes fit better and people notice and say I look ‘so well.’ This is the first time ever I’ve actually been on a diet and stuck with it and seen myself loose weight. My confidence is slowly starting to come back and I feel like my face has lost the fat pad and I’m starting to feel pretty again!!
8:36 pm
21 Sep 15