Val's Weight Loss Success Story
A medical complaint motivated Val to give up smoking with
the result she gained lots of weight. Using WLR has meant Val is
now a healthy weight having lost 2st 9lbs.
Age: 45
Height: 5' 6"
Start Weight: 12st 2lb
Current Weight: 9st 6lb
Goal Weight: 9st 7lb
Weight Lost: 2st 9lb
Working to Rate of Loss: 2lb per week
Time Taken: 6 months
Weight Loss History
Basically I have no dieting history; my weight had always
remained stable letting me fit into clothes around a size 10 to
12. However I was a smoker, and since
stopping smoking two years
ago the weight has piled on. I’ve been a vegetarian for 20yrs+.
Have you lost weight before
and regained the weight?
No, this is the first time I’ve needed to lose weight. I’ve reached
my target weight now and will stay with WLR to maintain this
weight.
How being overweight has affected you…
Over the past years, a medical complaint which apparently has
been with me from birth, made its presence felt. Cysts on the
outsides of my lungs would pop allowing air to pass through into
my chest cavity causing my lungs to collapse. Therefore I
underwent two pluerectomies (removal of the pluera on the
outside of the lung, the lung is inflated and stuck to the chest
wall to prevent it from collapsing anymore) within two years of
each other.
Although the smoking was not the cause of the complaint, I
was told that stopping smoking would help with my health, as I
would be more prone to chest infections and stuff. So two years
ago I stopped. The down side was I gained lots of weight.
Carrying this extra weight caused me to get out of breath more
easily; not be able to walk very far, having to rely on inhalers
to get up the stairs.
Motivation to Lose Weight
- To get back my original dress size
- To help my breathing and health
Discovering Weight Loss Resources
I discovered WLR as I presume many other members did by
entering dieting into my search engine on the computer. The
reason why I chose WLR was I used the free trial and it gave me
what I was looking for.
How Weight Loss Resources Helps
Where do I start? It...
- works out the calorie content for you, due to its huge
database of food items
- works out your exercise calories
- adds up everything and gives you an immediate view of you
food and exercise diary
- offers you challenges ( S.U.R.F.S. was great motivation)
- has a good help team
- Best of all its members - the message boards are always
full of tips, hints and encouragement
- at the minute the callanetics pledges are interesting to
me on the Fitness and Exercise board. Everyone encourages each
other and I’m waiting for a video to arrive so I can start
toning up
- questions that are put to both members or help team are
always answered promptly
The Best of Weight Loss Resources
I think I’ve covered this question above, but also in my opinion I
feel that the exercise diary is one of the best tools on weight loss
resources. With my breathing problems, I thought that I wouldn’t be
able to exercise. That wasn’t so as just even doing 1 minute burns
calories. That’s where I started at, 1 minute on a gravity walker. Now
I can do 5 minutes. I know it doesn’t sound a lot, but 5 minutes six
times a day is enough calories for a treat at the end of the day.
Val's Tips for Losing Weight
- Enter everything into both your food and exercise diaries
- Drink plenty of water
- Plan your food diary at the beginning of your day even if
it means getting up 30 mins earlier
- You will then be able to plan your exercise diary
- Try and stick to what you have put in both your diaries
- If you do lapse you could catch up the next day or within
the week of your weigh in
- Leave enough calories for a treat at the end of the day.
If you don’t have enough forfeit the treat or do some more
exercise
|
