So not a great start - bought some weight watchers scales and found that i weight about what i was expecting but i was hoping to be pleasantly surprised! 14st 4 1/4

And to top it off i have had a McDonalds today. After visiting my father in law in a hospice and not leaving until late we needed to eat and my weight didn't seem important after where we had been.

I am sad about my weight but knowing what it is means i know what i need to do. I plan to weigh again next Wednesday and see how i am doing, that is if i can keep myelf off the scales.

20lbs by Christmas would be nice and then a little on over Christmas and then start again.

I HATE exercise and just can't find the motivation to do it so i need some motivational help guys.

Also rightly or wrongly i am using Alli, only taken a couple of pills so far, two yesterday it was and none today due to the McDonalds! I thought i would give it a go!

Good luck! I hate exercise too, but I've been doing it several times a week. I get points at work towards prizes, plus a discount on my insurance by participating, so that's a real motivator.

Oh, and about that scale thingie.... I dreaded stepping on mine too. It seems like as soon as I stop stepping on the scale, my gaining begins. Then I don't want to and I avoid it because I don't want to see how bad it is. I know you're not supposed to weight yourself daily, but I have been just hoping to break my avoid-the-scale tendencies.

You can do it!!