Hi all

I have had a problem with my weight for over 4 years now. Before I had children I was a little over 9 stone and now I'm 13 stone.

My old GP said I need to do more excerise and eat less calories at that time I was doing 4 evenings martial arts and eating 1200 calories a day. For a year I did this and got absolutely no where. Because I am so hooked about my weight I feel sick when I go out of my own home. My GP told me that I should convince myself that I will always be fat and to get on with my life

I really want to lose weight and wear the clothes I used to wear, but now I think it's a dream and I'll never be happy with myself.

I'm part of another forum for skin conditions, which has been very helpful with my eczema and skin trauma. When speaking to the guy who runs it he mentioned that if I did a search for weight loss forums that I may find a little support out there.

So here I am and I am hoping you will be able to help me deal with this problem.

Hello!

I am sorry to hear of your sooo sympathetic GP!!! I live in the south west too and am a sahm to my two boys but am a Montessori teacher by trade. I go to SW classes and have lost 14lbs so far. I really like this way of eating as it fits in really well with the rest of the family.

How do you know that you were eating 1200 cals only per day - do you weigh everything? I weighed my breakfast cereal the other day and discovered that it weighed twice as much as I had guessed! Also I weighed my jacket potato today and it was 11oz - it didn't look that big!

Anyway, welcome aboard!

Hello. My weight was an issue before I had the kids, but since I had them I have ballooned. Before son number one I wieghed an extrodinary light 13 stone, 4 months after his birth I was down to 10 stone and in my element. Then I went back to work and within a year was pushing 14 stone.

Carrying son number 2, keep me on the straight and narrow for a while, but since his birth - he is five. I have hovered between 14.5 stones and 16.5.

I have joined WW as I felt I was going no where on my own. But it is still slow. We can do it, some of the group are doing amazingly well and we are a lovely bunch of ladies (if I say so myself)

I've been through the stage of trying to love myself this size. I managed to kid myself on until I saw a mirror. I am a big woman and I have to live with my size, doesn't mean I need to love it. If we start to love being bigger and not mind some of the hassles, the clothes, the out of breatheness, the chaffing, the skin and other general health problems then we'll never do anything about it.

I say stuff your doctor. Not literally !! If you want to lose it, weigh and write down everything (the writing down is my big failing) And remember to enjoy yourself while doing it.

My doc has just left the practice so I thought I would pop in and see the New GP. What can I say what a turn around, I'm in tomorrow to have a hormone test. She's not happy about my weight and said I should have lost more then a couple of pounds in a 5 months.

I also suffer from water retention which doesnt really help.

Hi Tups, welcome to the board - i am sure that you will find a lot of help here. Let us know how the tests go.

Where in the SW do you live - i am in Wiltshire.

Tracy
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Hi Tracy

I will get my results back in a weeks time.

I live near Cirencester.