daffysbird

I have a heart condition called Epsteins Anomly, this is a Congenital Heart Disease, it is also complicated by an ASD (Hole in the heart) I need to lose weight so that I can have an operation. But I feel your pain and frustration. Due to my condition my blood does not circulate around my body properly. This then causes me…

Aww well done x

Thankyou so much for posting this post and for the advice given here. I suffer quite badly with lower back pain and I was convinced it was due to an old injury, i broke my coxyx when I was at school. My doctor agreed to xray it for me and said he would be surprised if this was the reason after almost 17 years and I am…

Mine is of me at a friends bbq a few weeks ago, with my sunglasses on as usual, my friends say they are surgically attached to my head lol. I did have a full body shot taken the other night for the first time in ages, but i still can't see any difference in my weight loss :-( And if one more person tells me you can really…

By the sounds of things we are definitely eating too few a calories. I started this journey at 22 stone (roughly - can't remember what exactly!) and stuck to the guideline amount of calories and found that i started to lose the weight. Also, drink 8 glasses of plain water a day helped me from feeling hungry. I've reached a…

Congratulations and well done - looking goooooooodddd!!!!!

Totally hope it improves my sex life - i have an amazing partner but when we were first together we were having sex several times a week if not several times a day and i know everyone settles down after the honeymoon period wares off but i went from this to almost a zero sex drive. I am finding the more weight i am losing…

well done chick!

I told my SO how much I weighed - he had an idea from when I go to all my medical appointments, but he was brilliant. I was devastated that I had let myself get to the weight I was but he was amazing and so supportive. He remembers every saturday when I weigh in - and is there with a supportive hug if i am disappointed or…

Thanks for posting this - I had no idea what super foods were so goggled it and am going to print off this list and see how I get on. There are foods on this list that I thought would be "bad" for my weight management plan (diet is a naughty word in my house, lol!) but will let you know how i get on - good luck x

Awwww Congratulations you look fabulous! xxx

I read Summer Sisters by Judy Blume recently and I absolutely loved it - a real pleasure to read, I'm not overly emotional but I have never laughed and cried at a book so much could not put it down!

I had a similar joy a few weeks back when I realised this to it is a great feeling - well done x

Awww your so sweet and your right we do need reassuring on occasion x

I totally support what you are saying - I had a starting weight of 315.7lbs and I now weigh 287lbs and I can not notice the change or feel the change healthwise. Everything is still causing me pain and nothing seems to be fitting better or getting easier. I really can't wait for the results start to show to me. I know it…

wicked well done wish i had your willpower x

I know it is for me to say we love you just the way you are but I know how much you really want this. Just remember the shopping spree you been promised when you hit goal and being the skinny maid of honour for me. I don't care what size you are on our wedding day but I want you to be happy. Your right it must be so…

I don't know if it would work for you, but I set myself mini targets eg I want to weigh ?? by such and such a date. On the days that I hit those targets I allow myself rewards. For example one of my goals is to be 120kg by 01/07/11 and as a reward my fiance has promised to take me out for a cinema trip, this may not sound…

Thankyou for all the lovely advice - I am unable to walk much due to living at the bottom of a hill and I get very out of breath going up hills - I will definitely looking into some other of your ideas though :-)

I, like a lot of people I believe, was really unsure about taking them. I got a prescription for Orlistat last November but was not brave enough ( I didn't feel I had enough Information because I had only the leaflet in the box and the doctor told me I had to lose 5% in my body weight in the first three months to remain on…

yeh it does thanks - i only realised tonight that you can click thru the piggy to see the amount of calories burned. In the past i have been trying to add them up in my head after each exercise. lol. will have a proper look tomorrow thankyou

I didn't realise you had to recalculate ur calorie intake for the day so I am so glad that a friend replied on this post so that I saw it as mine has not been recalculating itself. I have now done this and have lower calorie amount to eat per day. Thanks

cerysrhi Yes I am defo up for the working out for ten minutes and chatting for an hour. Really not well with my chest at the mo but I am making myself do a little bit every day even if it is killing me lol. Will see you monday. Thanks everyone for the advice and support :-)

I agree with all that has been said here! I really think some people need to watch how things can be interpreted when they type it so that no offence can be caused. We are all here for the same reason and we should all be helping and supporting each other, that is definitely the reason I am here, to help and support others…

thanks guys my doctor sent me to the gym and I am just not comfortable there at the moment. I really struggle with hills so that can be a bit difficult round here and have never heard of leslie sansome i think i may just have to go and check that out thanks guys. I am a bit nervous about the swimming thing as well because…

Just remember the most important things huni and that is why your doing this ( and this time looking good on my wedding day is not important) your doing this for you and for gorgeous boy and I know your husband is immensely proud of you already and will continue to be proud. I will be there to support you and we can do…

I need to have a heart operation and the hospital are nervous about me under anethesitic (or however you spell it - knocked out basically) because of my size. I will be honest this has been there excuse for years and my size has been slowly getting bigger and I have been using my heart problem as an excuse not to do any…

Your doing fab huni - starting to get worried your going to outshine the bride!!!

I definitely do and I seem to retain more water then

I drink a lot of fizzy drinks and squash and whilst they don't seem to be very high in calories (if any calories at all!) I tend to find water fills me up more and stops the need for snacking. Don't know if this helps