Hi and welcome to both Sarahs and E.

E - ah never a truer statement said, and not just for people with PCOS, weight is always so easy to put on but not to lose. Now if only we could reverse it lol.

Good luck to all on your chosen diets,

Hugs,

Ammi

Hi - I joined tonight after seeing so many tickers over on The South Beach Diet forum. I'm 52, a grannie to a 5 year old little girl and a week old little boy. My granddaughter lives in germany so I don't get to see her very often, but I am hoping to enjoy seeing my grandson grow up as he only lives a few miles away. I've been a yo-yo dieter since having my boys over 25 years ago, having tried weight watchers three times, rosemary conoly, and various diets from magazines. I got to goal weight eventually with WW but put it all back on plus some. Last year I tried a low carb made easy diet from australia which was really good but as it separated carbs from protein at meals I found it too difficult to do. Now I've signed up for the south beach diet. Trouble is, I know what I should and shouldn't eat, but those darned cornish pasties and cream teas have a way of sneaking up on you!

I had an infected gall-bladder early in 2001 and had to have mega doses of anti-biotics, which played my intestines up big time. I had my gall-bladder removed but ended up with IBS and a permanent area of lower bowel which is extremely painful most of the time. I eliminated gluten from my diet and put on a stone in 6 months, and then another, and another. Since then I've found it's the pesticides they spray onto cereal crops that I am allergic too so I can eat organic cereals in small amounts - although they still bloat me. My health has not been terrific over the last 4 years and finally I was diagnosed with CFS in February and have been off work since. I cant exercise very much so that doesn't help the weight either! I also have arthritus in my neck and shoulders and wont be able to return to my secretarial job even if I had the energy.

Oh - hobbies and interests include paper crafts, knitting, cross-stitch, and complementary therapies. I am a reiki master healer, qualified aura-soma consultant and crystal therapist and have studied Bach flower remedies as well - all in my quest for health rather than as a therapist.

That's enough for now!

grannie annie

Hello Grannie Annie,

Lovely to meet you. I am amazed at all the stuff you can do, being a reiki master healer, aura-soma consultant, crystal therapist, and Bach flower remedies. Not that I have heard of the last one, but it sounds impressive!!

I am sorry you have suffered so much with your health. I had Ulcerative Colitis and ended up having surgery to have an ostomy done. I have had two more surgeries since then so know all about not being able to exercise. I hope that dieting will help me to lose weight without exercising. Although I do make my housework my exercise. An hour a day.

Congrats on your two grandchildren, I am sorry you don't get to see your grand daughter often, but am glad you are having a lot of visits with your baby grandson. I love babies

I hope you find lots of people here who can help you with the South Beach diet, I use the WW points system, it really works well for me.

Take care and I am sure with everybody here to support you you will get your weight off.

Hugs,

Ammi

I already posted this in the intro section but I will put it here too:

Hello,

I just found this forum purely by accident today and hopefully it will motivate me to get past this plateau I have reached.

A bit about me - I am Lindsay, 28 years old, married, I live in South Manchester, UK, work full time in HR and study part time towards my CIPD so I am pretty busy.

I love going to the gym and running, though I can't run for longer than a few minutes at a time due to my asthma - I alternate running and walking. I am addicted to internet forums, LiveJournal and MSN and have to be prised off the PC at night!

I have been dieting all year but been very naughty too so have lost 30lb with another 14lb to go. I am getting lazy as I am so close to target and have been up and down for weeks. I need to get back into it properly. I am doing Weight Watchers. I did Slimming World for a while too but prefer WW.

I would love some buddies to chat to and help keep each other motivated.

Lindsay
xxxxx

Hi Lindsay and Grannie Annie

I'm an asthmatic too, and a gym bunny, but I can't do high intensity cardio without sounding like Darth Vader's cousin! And I work in Salford, so not a million miles away from you.

I love Bach Flower remedies, they really help my stress levels.

I'm at work so can't chat long, but just thought I'd wave and say hi!

My name is Chantelle, I'm 21 years old Christian. I was married on the 18th of June 2004 and had my son Lucas on the 27th of July 2005. I live in sunny Queensland, Australia and love it I'm currently studying for my Bachelor of Business degree, Currently majoring in Marketing but will soon be transferring over to Human Resources. Being a stay-at-home mum I can only do my University part-time now and should finish at the end of 2007. I was 260lbs just before I had my son and have lost 30 lbs thus far. My ultimate goal is to be 140lbs by the end of 2007 when I have completed my degree. I enjoy bike-riding, swimming, movies and playing with my son. Oh, and shopping! I don't like cooking, Jerry Springer or really hot summer days...

Nice to meet you all!

Hi Chantelle well done on your weight loss so far I am happy to see you don't like Jerry Springer. I can't stand the man (well the show anyway) myself. If I wanted to see people like that arguing I'd watch my neighbours.

Hello All!

Well my name is Marleen, I'm 24 to be 25 in a week, I'm from a distant coutry in Central America, Panama exactly, married to a british, right now we are living in Cheltenham, planning to move to Evesham.
I've been here for a while, just looking your stories and your post, and feeling like I have to lose weight but not really proposed to do it. Until now, that I just realised that I'm 14st 7 lbs, when I just arrived to England about 6 months ago being 12st. or less. So yes, I'm feeling quite depress, but I know now for sure that I have to do something.
As I said to my husband, back in my country I always used to put excuses to loss weight, that I didn't have time because my work (I used to work in airline bussiness that I want to do again in the UK), when I first arrive to the UK, the wedding plans, and looking bigger people than me makes me think that I wasn't that fat after all, but now I have no excuse. I went to buy some clothes, and I had to buy a size 18 jeans, when normally I was 14, actually the last pair of trousers that I bought before this were size 14!!
My husband says that when I start to work I will do someting else and have more activity, so I will lose weight. I don't think so, I think I have to start now.

I do want to lose about 50 pounds to be in 150 pounds again. But it's not going to be easy, I have never been on a diet or regular excercise, so I think I have to take it easy.
So, I'll be here a lot, I do admire you girls because I've seen so incredible lost of weight, focus on targets and cheer up even when the lost it's just for 3 pounds! I do really think this is what I need.

Cheers

Welcome to the forum Marleen

Hello veggie!!

Hi Marleen, moving countries is hard, I moved from Australia to Britain three years ago. I didn't gain that much, about 15 lbs now I have lost all my English weight and some Australian weight too

Hi angelrose. I did a bachelor of business in Human Resource Management!!! I used to live in Tassie, but have come here for the better weather!!! LOL

Don't lurk and visit often!! We don't like lurkers, we like to chat!!!!

LOL! don't worry I'll keep in touch!

Hello Everyone!

I'm Donna and I'm 32.

I currently live in Wiltshire. Previous homes have been in Durham, Edinburgh, Troon and Redditch. I am a Chemistry teacher.

Today I started on the weight-loss thing AGAIN! I started on a diet this time last year and lost 23 lbs before Xmas, getting me to my pre-preg weight. Not a great weight so I wanted to continue. However, I have since put 12 lbs back on, lol! Almost certainly due to finishing off my son's food and being a general pig.

I am following the weight-watchers diet and going to the gym.

Hiya Donna