Helen's Slimming Success Story
Using WLR has confirmed to Helen the relationship between
calories in and calories out.
Age: 41
Height: 5' 7"
Start Weight: 11st 4lb
Current Weight: 9st 9lb
Goal Weight: 9st 9lb
Weight Lost: 1st 9lb
Working to Rate of Loss: 1lb per week
Time Taken: 6 months
Slimming History
Weight Watchers
mainly and own low fat plans.
Have you lost weight before and regained the weight?
I was a slightly chubby teenager but slimmed down in my 20's.
I was 9stone 5lb on my wedding day and wore a size 10 dress. 2
years later I had our first son and gained 4 stone , I had just
managed to lose it again when he was 6 months old when I fell
pregnant with boy number 2 and again gained 4 stone. It was much
harder to lose this time around, but I eventually got back down
to around 10stone, and again fell pregnant. Unfortunately I lost
the baby and for a while comfort ate. Six months later I was
pregnant again, this time with twins. I ballooned massively in
this pregnancy and suffered various complications, including
severe liver problems. The babies were born prematurely, but
fortunately with no lasting problems, and we all came home.
I was now at home with 4 children under 6, including a boy
with ADHD, and exclusively breast fed twins - slimming was the last
thing on my mind! I got down to around 11 stone 7lb and sort of
settled, until earlier this year when I decided to finally do
something about it.
How being overweight has affected you…
I always refused to buy nice clothes in larger sizes, so I
have turned down social invitations as I had nothing to wear. I
felt that if I was overweight, I didn't deserve nice things. It
affected my confidence and mood. My husband and children were
fed up with having a miserable wife and mother.
Slimming Motivation
I suddenly realised that I was over 40, and had a whole
wardrobe full of nice things I was too fat to wear. We also have
breast cancer in the family and I wanted to do all I could to
improve my general health. I also wanted to set a good example
for the children, I didn't want my daughter growing up with a
mother who had issues with food.
Discovering Weight Loss Resources
By typing weight loss into Google - I was looking for a
quick, easy fix, instead I found WLR and here I still am.
How Weight Loss Resources Helps
WLR really helps by confirming the relationship between
calories in and calories out. It reinforces the fact that you
can eat what you like - as long as you account for it. I now
know exactly how far I've got to run if I want to eat a Magnum -
and when you realise how far that is, it really makes you think
twice!
The Best of Weight Loss Resources
Initially I was obsessive about the food diary - now I'm
maintaining I'm less so; however if the scales start nudging
upwards slightly I go straight back to strict recording.
The message boards are brilliant - loads of support from a
great bunch of people. It is largely thanks to the great crowd
on the runners board that I have started running for the first
time in my life.
Helen's Slimming Tips
Become obsessive - at least initially. Weigh everything,
record everything - if you do that and stick to your calorie
allowance, then this site will work and you will slim down and lose weight.
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