Wendy's Dieting Success Story
With WLR Wendy liked the way everything she needed to lose
weight was online with the added bonus of support from people in
the same position.
Age: 62
Height: 5' 7"
Start Weight: 11st 11lb
Current Weight: 10st 7lb
Goal Weight: 10st 11lb
Weight Lost: 1st 4lb
Time Taken: 13 weeks
Dieting History
Cabbage Soup Diet (ugh!)
Rosemary Conley Hip and Thigh
Atkins Diet
Weight Watchers Points system
Have you lost weight before and regained the weight?
Yes, many times.
How being overweight has affected you…
I didn’t think I was overweight particularly, it just crept
up on me. When I’d tell anyone I was a size 18 they would ALWAYS
say ‘but you’re big so you can carry it and you don’t look it
anyway’!
My lifestyle didn’t alter and I’ve never been moody, it was
just that I’d really wanted not to be size 18.
Motivation to Diet
My daughter got engaged in July 2006 and has set the wedding
for August 2007 so I thought now I’ve got an incentive to get
below a size 18 and a whole year to do it in. I thought I’d try
and get to 10st, something which would give me some leeway
if/when I regained some weight.
Discovering Weight Loss Resources
I was trawling the web one day and just came across it.
How Weight Loss Resources Helps
I find it very helpful in counting calories for me without me
having to work them out for myself. Also in working out the
extra calories I can have through exercise. I never realised
before that just doing housework could let me eat more!
Just losing 2lb a week is quite easy. In fact I didn’t
realise it showed until people began to remark on the fact that
I looked thinner.
I haven’t really changed the food I eat, I was always a fish
rather than red meat eater. WLR made me realise just how much I
was eating and helped me to downsize on my portions but I have
never felt hungry.
I always make a point of recording what I eat either straight
after I’ve eaten it or, if I know the menu for the day I do it
in the morning. That way, if I feel a little peckish in the
evening I know I can have a snack and still be within my
allotted calories.
However, because I couldn’t get to my computer, I found the
food and exercise jotter particularly helpful when we went away
for the weekend, just the right size for my handbag and small
enough to be able to make notes at the table without drawing
attention to myself.
The Best of Weight Loss Resources
I only mainly use the food/exercise diary although I have
been in a chat room and was able to give someone details of
where to find cycle routes.
Wendy's Dieting Tips
The exercise page has really encouraged me to actually do
more exercise. I find I am now in a routine of doing something
for at least an hour a day; walking, cycling, swimming, golf
etc. I hate going to the gym and knowing that I can gain
calories from just walking to post a letter, for instance, is an
incentive to get out and about.
I like the way that everything you need to help you lose
weight is online with the added bonus of support from people in
the same position as yourself without having to physically join
a ‘slimming club’.
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