Hi...
My name is Kim and I`m here to get support and encouragement to lose weight before I cycle across china in September.
At the moment if i could lose a stone and a half before I go then that would be great. You`d think that cycling 3 hours at a time several times a week the weight would drop off but it don`t budge!!!
I was always under weight as a teenager and never gave a second thought about what I ate but boy has it changed!
I follow the weight watchers no point diet and have managed to go from 13 stone at xmas to 14 stone 7 in 6 months!!?? I do take a cocktail of pills for arthritis but that shouldn`t make that much difference.
I`m hoping to weigh in and report every Thursday and need lots of help to make it.
Thanks in advance for anyone willing to help and support me.
Kim

Hello Kim, and welcome! China sound really exciting and a fantastic thing to be able to do. Keep us updated on your progress!

Hi Kim - and Welcome to 3 Fat Chicks!

I've not done the WW diet but I'm *fairly* sure you shouldn't gain 1.5 stone on it!!!!! Exercise does put on muscle while reducing fat - but either you have got absolutely MASSIVE muscles or something has got a bit wrong. Have you spoken to your doctor about it?

Its not a cure-all but it might help if you get tested for an under-active thyroid.

Your China adventure sounds amazing - you are a very brave lady - are you doing it alone or with friends?

Come and join in on some of the other threads. We've got a 'natter' thread going called July Summer Chat (or something like that)

Thankyou for the replies so far ladies.
China should be a great thing to do. I`m going with 17 other people..none of who I know and will only meet them when I get to Heathrow. Another thing is I`ve never flown before and have only ventured as far as Paris so it`ll be doubly a big thing.
About the weight gain..well they said it was caused by the fact that I cary alot of fluid due to medication and that I was allergic to wheat and that the points diet of weight watchers meant I was eating too much...pity they didn`t tell me before i`d gained that much....mind you sometimes I feel that even if I sniff chocolate I put weight on.
At the moment I can cycle a good 10 miles on road and a couple of hours on an excercise bike..add that to twice weekly swimming I should be thin as a rake..mind you saying that I have noticed that my legs are getting bigger.
It`s going to be 417km in China so I`ve a bit more practise to do yet.
I`ll go now and have a browse in the other threads...keeps me away from food!!!
Bye for now Kim

Woow! You will have fun in China!

Just one warning - at night they (Chinese cyclists)don't appear to have lights on their cycles - or breaks. Listen well and you may hear some voices in the distance getting closer and then suddenly at least 20 cyclists will cycle past!!! My aunt and I were about to cross a road. It wasn't that late but of course they did not have much in the way of lighting and it was only cos my ears pricked up at a sound int he distance - I stopped my aunt from being mowed down by such a group!!

Thanks for the warning!!!!
Never having been a traveller I have no idea what the rest of the world is like so all advice is good advice!
Maybe a miners helmet would be a good idea..one with a light on!