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Ezme66
Ezme66 Posts: 2 Member
edited January 4 in Health and Weight Loss
I need to change.

In 2010 I lost 3 stone through Slimming World, although I was still overweight I was starting to look better, feel better and have some energy. I was mostly unemployed through this time so I was able to completely focus on the weightloss, then I moved....... I moved in with my best mate, big city, back on the booze, back on the food. Not junk food mind you, too much grease makes me very ill oddly but I love to cook and cook a little too well, best mate is a son of a chef so not bad himself.

Fast forward to 2012, 3 more house moves ending up back with mum and 18 months of probs one of the most full on jobs out there, 2/3rds of this weight is back on.

5 stone to lose.

I'm thinking about going back to slimming world. I did it online before as the nearest meeting was a 30min drive but now there's one around the corner but I'm concerned about the "image therapy" stuff. I hate talking about feelings. Ask the OH. It's almost pathological with me. I know exactly when I started over eating, it was a learned behavior from mum (she's a size 24) when my father died when I was 9 (I'm 25 now) then in my teens I was diagnosed with epilepsy which is linked with fatigue which equals even more eating whenever I get remotely tired as I'm parinoid I'm going to fit again which means more hospitals, more injuries, poss hurting someone else. Plus I the nature of it all means I do get tired much more easilly than I should even for someone of my weight. I'm collecting a nice load of excuses. I need a slap, not the babble on for hours with touchy feely american bollocks.

So, what to do? I'm going to get my implant removed as that hasn't help but nothing I can do about the epilepsy meds which also have a weight gain side effect. I have been stable for four years now but still, any reduction in medication means losing my driving licence for 6 months. I live in somerset and I'm currently looking for work so it's just not an option! I would love to have a personal trainer who would know how far to push me without me fitting, shout at me when I need it but let me off when I'm wobbly but I'm on Job Seekers at the moment.

I don't know what to do.

Anyway, before I get too off topic.

Slimming World, what is the Image Therapy stuff like?

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  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
    Hi Ezme. Welcome to MFP. I don't know anything about the Slimmng World program. I am from Canada and I don't think we have it here. Since you have found this site, why don't you give it a try? If you have an emotional issue you want to vent about you can use the forum but it isn't necessary. You can just start right now logging everything you eat and all your activities. Why not start and see how it goes?

    Reading your story I couldn't help but note that one of the triggers for you gaining weight seems to have been moving. That is a big issue for me too. Don't know if I feel I must get sturdier and heavier so I can carry all the furniture on my back or what.:laugh: I have had four times when I suddenly packed on an extra 20-30 lbs and each time it started with a move. I am close to my goal weight now so for maintenance I think I will just make sure I don't move again.
  • Ezme66
    Ezme66 Posts: 2 Member
    It's not so much the actual moving, which admittedly I hate, it's the lack of routine building up and after.

    I did use this a bit before but just fell out of it a bit. Didn't help that then I started to lodge and had limited fridge/freezer space so batch making health stuff was difficult.

    I think I might try and get into some sort of routine on here then hope there's some sort of offer on slimming world in the new year! lol Still leaves the question of online or meetings.

    Just keep thinking about the horses. I ride and carriage drive as much as I can (admittedly not a lot at the moment!) but because of my weight I'm limited to what I can ride and the level I can school to. If I was 5 stone lighter I could play with some of the fun ponies! And if I was fitter I could ride to my potential, at the moment It's just frustrating, my brain knows how to ride up to elementary+ level but my body can't keep up!
  • gimpygramma
    gimpygramma Posts: 383 Member
    Sounds like your desire to ride could be a motivational force for you.
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