Have passed the half way mark this week with a 900g loss – downhill all the way now – provided I maintain the focus. I lost it a bit yesterday – invited my friend S over for lunch on the deck – she’s been so busy she hadn’t had time to call round and check it out. Anyway had a very healthy salmon salad but a couple of glasses of wine with it – yes I relented and had a few! Then mid afternoon got the chocolate munchies – I hardly ever have chocolate but just had this terrible need to have some so had one of Josh’s boxes of Smarties that I keep in the fridge for him. Then Bloss and I had a few wines in the evening. But today is another day and that’s my bit of badness out of the way for next few weeks.
On the up side was doing a bit of a review of my wardrobe yesterday – did a bit of trying on and and I’m back to where I was in 2004 and lots of things fitting which were a bit too close fitting or created the dreaded muffin are fitting well again
Should maybe give you a bit of an overview of my weight history. I come from a family who all have a tendency to gain weight at a drop of a hat. I got quite podgy in my teens so went to WW with Mum – got to where I should be then left school and went to college – oops – beer and crisps, living in lodgings etc, so back up again. Finished college came home to live again so went to Slimming Club with Mum again – got to target then got married – joined the fat and happy brigade. Lots of little half arsed ‘diets’ during this period but nothing much accomplished. Became pregnant with No 1 son – ate for at least four! Joined a slimming club when he was 6 weeks old (13st 7lbs and 5ft 3ins) and continued going there right through pregnancy for No 2 son – only put on 9lbs (still living in Scotland then) and got to target (8st 11lbs) when he was 3 months old. Maintained for the next two years then migrated to Oz – crept up a little bit so joined a slimming club in Perth – got back to target (56kg)and maintained with not too much variation for the next 12 years or so – was closer towards the top of healthy weight range for the last 6 years or so after I stopped smoking.
Then my marriage broke up – and I was living on my own for a while – enjoying the freedom of pleasing myself so it started to creep up again. Then met Bloss – we’re a very social pair – so lots of eating out, entertaining, and the dreaded drinking. I started to get bigger and bigger . Around this time also discovered that I had an underactive thyroid so that was causing a lot of the problems too. There were a couple of little sorties in here with the likes of Jenny Craig but just didn’t have a handle on it.
In January 2002 (when my son got engaged and set a wedding date for November that year) I joined WW at home and over the next 9 months got down to 66kgs which felt pretty good – probably still a little high for my height but could wear Size 12 comfortably so was happy with that. I was able to maintain that pretty well over the next couple of years then we went on a big holiday to Europe, UK and Japan and I came back with about an extra four or five kilos which over the next year I just didn’t get round to shifting – tried but it was two off, one on, half off – you know the story! Also joined the ranks of menopausal women. Then last Christmas had my sister and husband out from Scotland for a month – lots and lots of socialising and another couple of kilos on. That’s where you guys came in!
The other thing which adds confusion to all this was that a couple of years ago I bought a new pair of super duper scales – Soehnle. They’re great but they weigh 4.5 kilos heavier than my previous ones. So right now I’m aiming for 65kgs on these scales which will actually make me quite a bit lighter than when I was at 66kg back in 2002. But I’d like to try for that and see how I feel and more importantly see if its manageable. This little black duck needs to find a level at which she feels good about herself and at the same time can manage without being miserable.
Well that was a big saga – hope I didn’t bore you all silly. Have a great week everyone.
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
At the Halfway Hotel
Have passed the half way mark this week with a 900g loss – downhill all the way now – provided I maintain the focus. I lost it a bit yesterday – invited my friend S over for lunch on the deck – she’s been so busy she hadn’t had time to call round and check it out. Anyway had a very healthy salmon salad but a couple of glasses of wine with it – yes I relented and had a few! Then mid afternoon got the chocolate munchies – I hardly ever have chocolate but just had this terrible need to have some so had one of Josh’s boxes of Smarties that I keep in the fridge for him. Then Bloss and I had a few wines in the evening. But today is another day and that’s my bit of badness out of the way for next few weeks.
On the up side was doing a bit of a review of my wardrobe yesterday – did a bit of trying on and and I’m back to where I was in 2004 and lots of things fitting which were a bit too close fitting or created the dreaded muffin are fitting well again
Should maybe give you a bit of an overview of my weight history. I come from a family who all have a tendency to gain weight at a drop of a hat. I got quite podgy in my teens so went to WW with Mum – got to where I should be then left school and went to college – oops – beer and crisps, living in lodgings etc, so back up again. Finished college came home to live again so went to Slimming Club with Mum again – got to target then got married – joined the fat and happy brigade. Lots of little half arsed ‘diets’ during this period but nothing much accomplished. Became pregnant with No 1 son – ate for at least four! Joined a slimming club when he was 6 weeks old (13st 7lbs and 5ft 3ins) and continued going there right through pregnancy for No 2 son – only put on 9lbs (still living in Scotland then) and got to target (8st 11lbs) when he was 3 months old. Maintained for the next two years then migrated to Oz – crept up a little bit so joined a slimming club in Perth – got back to target (56kg)and maintained with not too much variation for the next 12 years or so – was closer towards the top of healthy weight range for the last 6 years or so after I stopped smoking.
Then my marriage broke up – and I was living on my own for a while – enjoying the freedom of pleasing myself so it started to creep up again. Then met Bloss – we’re a very social pair – so lots of eating out, entertaining, and the dreaded drinking. I started to get bigger and bigger . Around this time also discovered that I had an underactive thyroid so that was causing a lot of the problems too. There were a couple of little sorties in here with the likes of Jenny Craig but just didn’t have a handle on it.
In January 2002 (when my son got engaged and set a wedding date for November that year) I joined WW at home and over the next 9 months got down to 66kgs which felt pretty good – probably still a little high for my height but could wear Size 12 comfortably so was happy with that. I was able to maintain that pretty well over the next couple of years then we went on a big holiday to Europe, UK and Japan and I came back with about an extra four or five kilos which over the next year I just didn’t get round to shifting – tried but it was two off, one on, half off – you know the story! Also joined the ranks of menopausal women. Then last Christmas had my sister and husband out from Scotland for a month – lots and lots of socialising and another couple of kilos on. That’s where you guys came in!
The other thing which adds confusion to all this was that a couple of years ago I bought a new pair of super duper scales – Soehnle. They’re great but they weigh 4.5 kilos heavier than my previous ones. So right now I’m aiming for 65kgs on these scales which will actually make me quite a bit lighter than when I was at 66kg back in 2002. But I’d like to try for that and see how I feel and more importantly see if its manageable. This little black duck needs to find a level at which she feels good about herself and at the same time can manage without being miserable.
Well that was a big saga – hope I didn’t bore you all silly. Have a great week everyone.
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Thanks for the update, it is nice to have a bit of history. I know what you are going through. Cant tell you how many times I have been at goal and then seem to regress. I think I am on to my 4th leader at WW. As you mentioned, you are halfway and its all downhill from here. Good luck this week.
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Thanks for sharing - it's good to know the background behind other's journeys. Your story sounds familar with the yo-yo weights and different attempts. We are going to do it this time though!
Didn't realise you were from Scotland - so were my parents and I went over before I was married a lived for a while before moving on to London. What part are you from?
Thanks for getting back to me!
Mum was from Glasgow (Cardonald) and Dad from Paisley. I lived and worked in Glasgow (long time ago now). Loved our stay there. My uncle was a pipe major with a pipe band and we got to go to heaps of the Highland games around the countryside. I travelled with a friend and we were both 19 - had loads of fun. Found everyone there so friendly.
Great post - we all have our own stories to why we overeat. Thanks for your comments, on my post by the way. I think you have done a wonderful job, with your weight and life in general. I cant inagine what divorce must be like, especially with my tendancy to stay in relationships too long (8 yrs??) Regarding the thyriod, I got my period for the first time in around 5 years! crazy, I had only been taking the thyroxine for a few weeks. Im amazed!
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