losing weight with a disability

Welcome to MFP hun, youve done this before so you know you can do it, I would get rid of all the high calorie treats, get a few low calorie ones, and include them in your calories so they are guilt free, its a lot nicer to have a treat youve saved your calories for. I find the first two weeks were the worst, after that the cravings were virtually non existant. Hopefully someone will be along to offer advice on some excercises that you can do that are suitable for you.

Hi, i`ve just joined this online group after being told about it, it`s fab, i`m 38, suffer badly with Rhuematoid Arthritis, especially in my knees, am stuck on crutches permanently, making any excercise very difficult, Several years ago, i had put on a few stone, mainly caused by depression/comfort eating, and saw a glimpse of myself in the mirror, hated what i saw, i made the decision there and then to lose weight, over the course of 8 months, i`d managed to lose 4 and a half stone, gone from a size 20 to a 14/16 through mostly diet alone. Though it was all healthy eating, all the fruit/veg and salads certainly made me feel so much better in myself, no tiredness, more energy etc... I`d bought one of these small cycle things, for my arms, and can sit on a sofa and try excercise my legs a bit with it, very difficult to start, but started to feel the benefit after a short while. I did manage to keep the weight off too, till i had my daughter last year, i`ve put weight on again, and are determined it will go...i`ve succeeded once, i know i can do it again, just takes that little bit longer when excercise isn`t really an option. I`d also recommend an airglider, Carl Lewis one is great, has a bar across the front, which i used to put most of my weight on, great support :-) very low impact on knees/joints, though i found it difficult, and was rarely up to using it, the times i did feel it helped burn some calories...Have only started this new diet a couple of days ago, I`m hoping to be back to the weight i was before pregnancy by the summer, i know i will succeed, and having tools and forums like this, will certainly help keep me on track, as i`m doing this alone...Oh, one more thing, the diet magazines out there, though can be expensive and have more advertisements than articles, helped me too, reading all the success stories is motivation to keep going yourself. Good luck with your diet/healthy eating, and success is just around the corner.

Also...food wise, i had a sweet tooth too, the cadbury`s highlights sachets were great, for the odd occassion when i needed my chocolate fix, and as an alternative to high calorie/sugar sweets, i had tictacs, and sugar free polos. Switching to healthier alternatives helped so much, swapping bacon for turkey rashers 26cals a slice, sausages for quorn sausages, wholemeal bread to nimble wholemeal etc, and high calorie crisps to things like french fries, treats that are under 90 cals.Sugar free jelly is ok too. I think finding the lower calorie healthier options to my favourite things helps so much, i don`t feel like i am denying myself a treat if i really want one.