Gemma's Dieting Success Story
Using WLR has stopped Gemma's cycle of crash dieting and
unhealthy eating.
Success Story: Gemma
(alias Beany on WLR)
Age: 25
Height: 5' 7"
Start Weight: 11st
Current Weight: 9st 13lb
Goal Weight: 9st 7lb
Weight Lost: 1st 1lb
Working to Rate of Loss: 2lb a week
Time Taken: 6 weeks
Dieting History
I hadn’t really tried any specific diet in the past I just
used to presume that crash dieting was the way forward. I crash
dieted in the week and then really binged out at the weekend and
feel rubbish for the rest of the week while I was trying to
starve my self again.
Have you lost weight before and regained the weight?
Always with the crash dieting but my main gain however was
when I fell pregnant at the age of 17. If eating for 2 was the
saying then that meant I was pregnant with octuplets!
I put on 2 and a half stone in 9 months. I managed to lose
this (by the fact I couldn’t drive and had to walk absolutely
everywhere) for about 2 years and then was put on medication for
my bad PMT. This medication gave me the attitude of not really
caring about anything, including what I put in my mouth which
therefore caused me to put all the weight back on again.
How being overweight has affected you…
My weight over the past 7 ½ years has stopped me being as confident as
maybe I should be and it also has stopped me from wearing the clothes
that I want to wear.
Motivation to Diet
Clothes really. I am a clothes and shoe freak and really love
shopping.
It was not until I started this website that I started caring
about my health, but I am actually now interested in studying to
become a dietitian.
Discovering Weight Loss Resources
Depressed about my weight again one day and thought right if
I start a food diary at least I can see what I actually am
putting in my mouth.
I typed in ‘Food Diary’ in the search engine on the internet
and up came Weight Loss Resources. I browsed the website for a
couple of minutes and it only took that long to realise that
this was the key to me loosing weight.
I signed up for the 3-day free trial and was addicted. After
2 days I signed up to the subscription and have not looked back.
How Weight Loss Resources Helps
My health is the main change I have noticed as the website
calculates the amount of fruit and veg that you are consuming on
a daily basis. My average is around 8-10. I never realised there
was so many types of vegetables out there. I used to suffer from
eczema on my neck and since joining WLR have not had an
outburst.
I am now the lightest I have been in 7 years and I feel
great. My clothes are really loose so perfect time for
shopping!!
Although I don’t post as much as other people do, I find
reading the posts really helpful as you realise that you are not
the only one who sometimes feels down and consumes ½ of their
weekly calories in one meal!!
The Best of Weight Loss Resources
The food diary is my main port of call. I find the fact that
it has nearly every food from every shop on the database really
useful and also the fact that it calculates all the nutrition
for each food for you is so convenient. I also get a bit of a
buzz when I find a food that is not registered on the database
so that I can add this myself knowing that I am helping others
on the site.
Gemma's Dieting Tips
EAT & DRINK MORE. That is my main piece of advice. I never
feel hungry anymore because I am eating all the right foods and
you can eat so much in one day if you make the right choices.
Water is also great. The more you drink the more weight you lose
due to your body not being dehydrated.
I would say give the free trial a go and if you still
think that you would not have enough time to enter what you eat
every day then you are wrong. It takes 5 minutes and once all
your ‘favourite’ foods are added into the system it doesn’t even
take that long.
If it was not for this website I would still be crash dieting
and eating very unhealthily but now I have never been healthier
and now enjoy the healthier option compared to the alternative. |
