Write just 1 tip which triggered your weight loss.

I was going to have to buy all new uniforms for work.

I repurposed the NHS fit for 40 campaign for me to be fit for 30. I started dieting and exercising with 6 friends at work at the start of 2020, we all put £5 in a pot and who ever lost the most in that week won the pot. I never won the pot once which was frustating and everyone gave up by March except me, im now down 54lbs. Only 25lbs left to go, if it wasnt for covid and the gyms shutting i'd be there by now.

chrisscholes3843 wrote: »

I repurposed the NHS fit for 40 campaign for me to be fit for 30. I started dieting and exercising with 6 friends at work at the start of 2020, we all put £5 in a pot and who ever lost the most in that week won the pot. I never won the pot once which was frustating and everyone gave up by March except me, im now down 54lbs. Only 25lbs left to go, if it wasnt for covid and the gyms shutting i'd be there by now.

So you are the real winner, after all!

I realized I wasn't enjoying things I loved anymore - my hobbies, playing with my kids. I was tired and cranky all the time, and it was making me bitter and resentful and I'm still very young! Thinking about continued bitterness and resentment for decades more exhausted me. Thinking that I might die young from stress made me really sad. So far I've been lucky and fatigue and mood have really been the only setbacks from my weight. I don't have any other health complications from obesity - yet.

So, while I can't control when teething happens, or lockdown regulations, or how much my kids fight me on doing school or chores on any particular day, I can choose to take care of myself. And over a few months that's shifted the entire mood. I'm still in the beginning stages of weight loss but I've remembered already that I like being me and the way I live my life, so I need to take good care of myself to do it well. I don't have this hopeless feeling like it's just something being done to me anymore.

Losing weight is science and math. It is not a mystery. Once I thought of it in those terms, it felt like I was in control.

Like many, it was my blood work (this time). I had been blaming myself for the 50 pounds I gained last year, because I thought I was just being lazy. Now I'm not completely without blame in this, but my bloodwork revealed that my thyroid was extremely underactive and that I needed to increase my dosage. Normal range is 0.4 - 3.5, I was at 9.56 (higher numbers indicate under activity). Oops! But this actually made me feel better, and like there was hope for me once we got this regulated. There was a concrete reason for my lack of energy. It was never that I didn't want to do things, it was just that I was so darn tired. I had chalked it up to depression, which was a component but one I try not to blame things on. It is a state of being for me and one I need to constantly work through. It's like the numbers allowed me to let go of the guilt from the previous year. It's only been a few weeks, but I have had more energy in general and have been more active without being knocked on my *kitten* for the next few days. It feels good to have hope again.

My original and underlying reason was and will always be to set a healthy example for my girls. Seeing mom over the last year has been hard on them. They have asked me numerous times if I'm okay, because all I did was sleep. I want to get back to the mom they are proud of and look to for inspiration. The mom who runs half marathons and races time trials. God I miss her...

My apple watch being worn on the last clasp! grrrrr!!!!!! That motivated me to loose weight! I look for wins like that! I am currently moved 2 spots from the last one! My next goal is to fit in a bath towel to wrap around me and over lap! One does fit around me but I have a little gap at the bottom!