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Therapy?

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Hi All,

First post so be gentle with me :)

I have been lurking for a little while reading through the posts and getting a feel for the place, and I thought that it was finally time to take the plunge and introduce myself.

So here goes, I’m 39 and have struggled to maintain a healthy weight for my entire adult life (and as a child for that matter!) I am the archetypal yo-yo dieter. At the age of about 16 I decided it was time to lose weight, it was starting to get harder to pass it off as puppy fat :)

So I did - I pretty much followed one of the diet club diets of the day (without going to the groups) and managed in 2 years to get to a decent weight. Then I went away to university for 3 years and came back 21 years old weighing 21 stone :( I stayed this way for a few years but at about 24 I became unhappy with my weight again and decided to try to lose some of it. Over the next 2 years with a combination of sensible diet, going to the gym and loads of cycling I dropped back down to 12 ½ stone. I managed to maintain my weight for about 5 years or so but it slowly started to pile on again after that......

Fast Forward to earlier this year (ignoring a number of aborted attempts to lose weight which never went anywhere because I wasn’t really committed enough to make them succeed.) Realisation hit once again, I am nearly forty years old I weigh 23 ½ stone [ and I can assure you that its not ALL muscle ;) ] I have a gorgeous partner who loves and supports me I am father to 2 beautiful young children and if I keep going the way I am I will not be able to enjoy being there for them all. My health has started to suffer – I have been prescribed medication for High Blood Pressure and I think that is warning enough.

So I have set about losing weight anew - and this time with a purpose – I have already lost around 2 ½ stone in a relatively short time, but I have been here before, as have many of you (as I have discovered from my ‘lurking’) and I am not kidding myself that its all going to be so straight forward!

I am confident that I can do it again, but this time I have to keep it done, that’s where you guys come in to help me lose this fat, get healthy in the process and then – finally – stay that way!

That’s not asking too much – is it!? :)
 
I’m glad a few of you found time to read my first post – still trying to find my around the place – there is SO much information here :)

I found out my exercise bike yesterday, time to start doing something a little more energetic than walking I think!
 
Hello again all

That’s me back from a fortnights holiday. Had a great time and even managed to keep the ticker moving the right way :)

Great to see so many other people joining and posting on the forums. It’s good to know I am not alone!

OK I’m off to find the August 10lb Challenge I think that’s just the sort of challenge I should set myself :D

Bye for now

Therapy?
 
Well done on the weight loss so far and especially for losing weight while on holiday. I don't think that I'd be able to do that. Too much temptation. :)
The way to make it work seems to be to see it as a life time committment not a temporary diet. The way I plan on making it permanent weight loss is that once I have got to the weight I want to be I will carry on eating the way I am now most days of the week but when I go out, have people round or any special occasion I will eat what I want within reason and hopefully that way I won't put it all back on as I always have done in the past.
 
Therapy? said:
I am confident that I can do it again, but this time I have to keep it done, that’s where you guys come in to help me lose this fat, get healthy in the process and then – finally – stay that way!

That’s not asking too much – is it!? :)
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No, it's not asking too much and yes, you CAN do it again and permanently this time. I've found that this place is a great resource and source of motivation and commitment. I really hope it turns out to be the same for you. :)
 
Thank you for the positive comments and sound advice guys :) much appreciated!

As you say I cannot allow myself to let it slip again, I must make it a permanent change this time and not a temporary one. I am doing my best to put myself in that frame of mind, be positive and remember the reason why I am doing this – not just for me but for my family as well :)
 
It really helps me to write in my diary and get back so much positive feed back. The more you write the more people find your diary and you will have a whole network of supporters.:)
 
Yeah, I have been thinking about starting a diary, just not sure what to write, or that any of it would be worth anyone else reading :)

But, as you say it might be useful - as a source of reference for me if nothing else - and you never know someone might find something useful amongst my inane ramblings - lol
 
Give it a go. I was really surprised when people read mine as I thought I would just be doing it for myself. It's amazing how you make friends here that you really care about. You end up crying with them and laughing with them and it is in a lot of ways more helpful than your real life friends and family as they understand you so well. Some people pour their hearts out when they have problems and share the joys going on in their lives so it doesn't even all have to be about weight loss but just a day to day diary.
Therapy? said:
Yeah, I have been thinking about starting a diary, just not sure what to write, or that any of it would be worth anyone else reading :)

But, as you say it might be useful - as a source of reference for me if nothing else - and you never know someone might find something useful amongst my inane ramblings - lol
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Thats my diary started then - from now on all my ramblings will take place over there, unless of course I am hijacking someone elses thread :p
 
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