Hi everyone. So my husband and I have noticed that in the last year our weight has crept up. To be honest this time last year I was actually trying to go up a dress size because my wedding dress was so much too big and couldn’t be taken in the 3 sizes I would have needed. We got married in May and I thought the weight I put on (a stone) would drop off again. I have always had fluctuations in my weight and never struggled particularly.
Well that just didn’t happen! I was always hungry, eating rubbish and generally being very unhealthy. My husband also put weight on as our busy lives meant he wasn’t able to get out and do the walking/ hiking he had always done before.
It came to a head last night when I was very upset about my weight. I have never cried before about my size but something snapped.
I used to be a size 6-8 now I am nearly a 12. I even had to undo my trousers after tea as my tummy was so big! MORTIFIED! Our children are 3 and 7 and even they have noticed I have got bigger.
So, having read up about the 5:2 diet before I have decided the time to start is now. I have just gone through the whole site, checked all the info and got some recipe ideas. My shopping list is done and tonight we will be buying all the things we need to make a healthier life style.
We have also agreed that at least one day a weekend we are going out on a long walk, bike ride or swim. Some sort of regular exercise as a family!
So good luck to all us newbies! We can do this! xx

HI Angie.
Thanks honey 🙂 I think it feels worse having previously been much smaller. When I was a 6 it was due to having been very poorly and not being able to eat so lost a lot of weight. What makes it worse was that was without trying and my stomach must have shrunk because I was never hungry. But forcing myself to put weight on was just silly- I see that now, I should have bought a smaller dress size.

We walk to and from school/ nursery every day and it takes 20 minutes each way. So that is a good start. Now some extra wont go a miss.

Thank you so much for being so positive, I’m not expecting to drop a dress size in a week or anything but a steady, healthy way of life would be great 🙂

xx

Thanks honey, seems to be going well do far and its the first fast day today. But I have made sure that we are eating more healthily anyway and I intend to keep it up 🙂