Hey All,
I just joined this group today hoping to shed some light on weightloss, and also gain some advice as well. Firstly, I would like to introduce myself quickly..My name is Linayra or Lin for short, I have a 6 year old daughter. I am 25 years old, currently weighing 106.6 kg. I'm only 5'3 (158cm) approx.
I've always been overweight growing up, I come from a family who are large and/or cuddley. We all have broad shoulders and my sister and I have large breasts...and also suffer from servere back pain from it.
The problem for me is not enough excercise...not eating ENOUGH..I skip meals and my breaky contains a coffee and 2-3 ciggies thats it!! I had no modivation whatsoever to get out and go for a walk, I sat at home feeling sorry for myself, not really having a social life either...Just stayed in my small contained flat doing the cleaning, watching tv or on the internet. Thats what my life would contain of 7 days a week.
Recenlty, my daughter started grade 1 and I was left with alot more time on my hands. The first couple of months was great, but eventually I got sick of feeling trapped and having nothing accomplished at the end of the day. So I went onto Every Job Network I could find and Apply for hundreds of Jobs...Literally hundreds..I wasn't fussed, I just wanted a job to bring security, be finacially stable and most importantly to be happy.
Eventually I got a call to do some temp work in the Brisbane City with the Bank of Queensland, atleast I would get a few weeks pay and I wouldn't be home feeling sorry for myself. Within 2 weeks of working there I have now gone full time.
The reason I'm telling you this...Is because since working, EVERYTHING has changed, Me as a person and a Mum. I now have so much confidence, modivation, and a huge self esteem boost as well. I'm only loosing 1-2 kg per week but atleast thats something. I can now look in the mirror and say how beautiful I look. Before working, I never looked in the mirror, I never wore make up and my wardrobe consisted of clothes I wore when being pregnant 3 years ago. Slowly i'm building that up to consist of the appropriate Office Clothes. I'm doing more things for myself like getting nails done, hair etc to feel more like a human being.
The main thing I lacked was confidence and modivation!! Every excuse under the sun I used because I didn't want to leave my comfort zone...Now, I can honestly say due to having a job and security I'm not going back!! I will be on a long road to reach my goal of 60 kg but no obsticles can get in my way.
A few tips that helped me is:
I needed to accept that I'm overweight and that I had a weight problem.
I needed to learn to love myself and be able to look in the mirror and smile
Knowing that by eating less or nothing at all, or by skipping meals that I wouldn't loose weight.
I learnt that I had to stop making excuses for myself, don't think about it..just do it.
That your not going to loose weight overnight, its a combination between eating the reccomended serve of 5 vegies and 2 serves of fruit per day does help.
I don't excercise much, start with only 15-20 mins of walking per day..you may not see results straight away but don't let that discourage you. Keep at it and you will start to see results within a few weeks.
I only weigh myself once a week, if I know I haven't lost anything, then I walk faster. I catch public transport to work but I do walk home (about a 15 min walk) I power walk home even if I do feel stuffed by the end of it.
I'm a big coffee drinker, so I cut that in half as well as my ciggies. I have a cup of coffee to 2 cups of water etc to make sure I have my daily intake of water each day (reccomend 7 glasses of water)
I hope some of this helped...Just remember we are all beautiful and there is nothing that we can't accomplish together. If your needing modivation or find it fustrating..let us know and we'll do our best to try and help...and hopefully beat this weightloss together. xxxx from Linayra