06/29/2009 13:35
Smear Tests are EVIL!
Thursday of last week I had to have my tri-annual Smear (PAP) test and ever since I have felt pretty rubbish to be honest. I've been on the POP (Progesterone Only Pill) for just under a year with no side effects other than complete lack of menstruation. This might sound a little odd but I am thrilled not to have to go through all that crap every month! No more bloating, back ache, vomitting and agonizing cramps! It's been heavenly! At least till last week. Ever since I've had cramping and back ache and I've put on 3lbs! This is despite eating sensibly and walking to work every day! Most annoying!
Not much I can do about it though so I am just going to lump it I spose.
I walked into work again this morning but my knee gave out. I think my weight has strained the cartilidge in my knee so occassionally it's painful to walk any distance. i was limping up the hill and in this heat i find any exercise is horrible! :/
Sorry I've really got a moaning head on today. I just don't feel very comfortable. I'm not giving up though!
06/22/2009 14:31
I'm back!
Yes and I'm slightly lighter too! Yay!
Somehow I managed to put on all the weight I lost after my gallbladder operation in January and so I have been trying my best to lose it again. So, my current weight is 21st 1lbs. It's been a year or more since I was as low as this! So yes I am pleased. Going to keep trying to weigh in on a Sat morning and update asap!
All encouragement welcome!
Ally
02/27/2009 15:04
Go it alone?
It's weigh in first thing tomorrow and if I am completely honest, despite the increase in my walking, I don't expect to lose. In fact I expect to show a gain this week. My eating has wobbled on more than one occasion and I've had more than a couple of vodkas in the evening.
Never fear, my motivation is still there, more than ever in fact. I just find this hard to stick to on my own which is why I am considering joining the local Rosemary Conley class.
I've tried WW and Slimming World and despite some success, I've never felt I was getting my money's worth. For £5.00 you get weighed? Well I can do that for free at home!
I know there's more to it that though. There's the added encouragement you get from seeing others doing well and ideas and recipes too. There's the ritual humiliation factor of knowing that you will get asked how much you have lost each week (without revealing your actual weight!) to motivate you to carry on towards that elusive goal. However, RC Diet and Fitness clubs actually have exercise classes for the one price of £5.50! Bargain!
I even cut out the free coupon in RC's magazine-so what's the problem?
Mostly, I am new to the area and even though I have friends at work, none of them need to lose weight. I am chicken, basically.
I am afraid of being the biggest one there and sweating like a pig during the exercise class, not being able to keep up the pace and being totally uncoordinated! I know I shouldn't worry about these things but I do. My confidence is so low...this is the worst thing about being obese. I look at myself in the mirror and I wonder....where did I go?
Who am I now? and can I do this alone?
02/25/2009 17:58
The Magic Number
According to the little widget on my homepage, my ideal or healthy weight range should be between 9 stones 4lbs and 10 Stones 3lbs.
This means I have 11 stones 2lbs to lose to reach the highest point of that range.
You know, thinking about it in those terms could make me totally crazy if I let it. It seems such a vast number. In fact, that's a whole PERSON I have to lose to get my BMI within respectable parameters.
So I am not going to think about it. I'm breaking down my goals into bite size chunks. Each stone lost is going to be my goal.
That way, I can do this without losing my sanity as well as the weight! LOL!
01/11/2008 07:29
Slimming World
After months of yoyo-ing in 2007 I decided to make January the start of my new weight loss challenge.
I wasn't going back to slimming tablets or lighter life milkshakes (I can't tell you how disgusting the soups were on that diet! UGH!) I've joined Slimming World.
I had a couple of tricky days but by mid week I felt I'd got the swing of things. I'm not feeling hungry or deprived of anything. In fact, after all the chocolate and alcohol over Christmas, I'm happy to eat salad and healthy foods again!
I had my first weigh in last night and I lost 9lbs! 
I'm totally stunned but over the moon! 
Just the start I needed to keep going!
This year there's no question of failure. I will do it!
06/05/2007 17:05
The Long and the Short of it
I've been the fat kid, the fat teenager, the fat 20 something..and now at 34 I'm heading towards being middle-aged and FAT!
But...tonight I went to my first consultation meeting at LighterLife.
I've been researching it to death for the last couple of weeks and I am so excited because I really think it's gonna be the one thing that saves me. I've got to lose this weight before it kills me.
So I just need my doctor to sign my medical form and check me over and then i can get started for real. I shall be posting weekly (maybe more if I feel I need to) and reporting my successes. At this stage I'm not even considering failure...I'm GONNA DO IT!!
I'm actually very excited at the prospect of meeting my slim self in a few months time :D
