Hi

I thought I'd introduce myself and my weight loss saga. My name is Ann, I;m 27 years old and live in England. I have been trying to loose weight for a while and on Monday I went to the hospital and was told that loosing weight would help my medical condition (I have a BMI of 34). The consultant thinks that my problem is no so much what I eat but the fact I can't burn the calories as easily (I have mild cerebral palsy) so he has referred me to physiotherapy to get some exercises that will help and that I can do.

I have been thinking back to where my problem started and I think it started when I had a large asthma attack 2 years ago, prior to that I had been doing quite a bit of walking as I didn't have access to a car. Just prior to my attack I had met my boyfriend and I got used to him taking me everywhere as my stamina was bad because of the attack. Therefore my stamina never recovered and I put on weight, the more weight I put on the more my stamina reduced and the less exercise I did and so the vicious cycle began.

I am trying to be pro-active about this but it still didn't stop me from wanting to eat a whole bar of chocolate when I got back from the hospital (I didn't eat it though).

Anyway that's my story thanks for reading.

Ann

Hi Ann and

You're in the right place. There are a number of threads devoted to your "neck of the woods" as they say, both geographically and addressing dieting with challenges. Jump right in, you will be welcomed any where you go!

All the best to you.