Posts by aliceyoung

Hi there, ive just come down from 152 to 144, im 30/f & 5'3".  Ive been excersing a little but eating around 1300-1400 a day, i tried for a long time to lose some weight and thought that "diet" meant not eating much and working out like crazy....ive now realised that i wasnt eating enough to keep my body going and thats why the weight was staying put, im now losing about 1-1.5lbs a week and im feeling pretty motivated.  ive got another 17lbs to go but i feel that i can achieve it with the way that im eating at the moment.  I agree with laphipps that is 80% diet - 20%work out.

Woke this morning and weighed, ive got to tell you im not disapointed, i know its early days but ive lost a few ounces??!!!  at the moment i weigh less now than i have done in a few years, this has helped me try and get over the eat more weigh less anxiety cause now after 1 day it seems to be working.......baby steps i know but if it makes you happy then why not shout about it.

Do you feel bad about eating on a diet? i feel shameful today, im really full more that what i normally feel.  I guess it just takes time to adjust your mind to that way of thinking. 

I walk between 1.5 to 3 miles a day and also 20 mins on treadmill, im building my self up after a bad chest infection which has lead to adult asthma so ive gotta take my time. 

Fingers x i will start to see some decent results, but i would be happy losing 1lb a week if it was consistant.  Thanks for your input.

I got a Wii fit and they are fab!!  I would highly recommend buying one, the games on there are easy but provide you with a good work out, the hula hoop is the best, it really gets your heart rate going, my best is 310 hula's in 70 seconds, i would like to see what the higest score in the hula is.

I got mine after a few days of searching but I live in Wales so it may be more difficult for you to get one in the states, I paid £69.99.  Hope you manage to get one, once you do prepare yourself for a good laugh!!

My thyroid has not been checked, how do they do it?  what symptoms do you get?  Although im excersing I still feel really tired, is that normal?  What can you do about hypothyridism?

Thats the best bit, when you have to tighten your belt to the next hole to hold your jeans up. 

I started walking the kids to school and back every day and it works out to about 3 miles a day that was about 2 weeks ago, I thought I would see a difference even if it was just a little but there is nothing, thats when I decided to get a runner, at least when I get tired I dont have to run home, I can just get off.

When I first started seeing my partner I weighed about 120lbs and was really confident about my body but it seems to have crept on slowly over the last 4 & half years, I know he loves me whatever but ive really started feeling crap with myself, hiding myself and switching the light out etc etc.........so its time to change!!