Before, it was a real battle with food as I always equated food with mood. When I was happy, I liked eating to emphasize that happiness and when I was sad I liked eating to make me feel better. Afterwards, I was always disgusted with myself...and I was endlessly attempting to lose weight. It was no way to live.
I weighed 13 stone and half a pound when I first began Weight Watchers. The photograph below was what I recieved when I lost 10% of my body weight - which was 18lbs. Altogether now, I have lost 26.5lbs.
Now I have lost this weight I can fit into nicer clothes and I find myself making the effort to look nice. It was never like that before as the only way to deal with how I looked was through ignorance. Shopping when you're overweight is always frustrating as sizes don't go very high and even then I found it depressing discovering however expensive or nice it looked, it wouldn't look that nice on me.
I really feel fairly different now. I used to hate looking at myself in mirrors and shop windows and now I feel alright about it.
I don't think that people who aren't the 'normal' weight can't look nice as I think everyone is attractive in their own way . I never thought people who were "fat" weren't attractive. I just couldn't see myself as attractive, I just didn't feel I suited the 'plump' look. I have quite a small chest. And a protruding stomach and little chest just looks strange - it made me think I am not meant to be like this and look this way.
When you attend Weight Watchers you have to line up and wait to be weighed. Once it's your turn you usually take your shoes off, and if you think it has been a bad week you end up taking your glasses/earrings/cardigans off in the hope that will make a difference. Mostly women go (to mine) but there are a few men also. Then you have to pay - which I find humorous as every time I always end up in an embarrasing situation with the woman that deals with payments. For example...
Woman: How much have you lost love?
Me: 2lbs
Woman: 4lbs! That's right good!
Me: No..just 2lbs.
or
Woman: You've done right well you! How many stones is it...5?
Me: No...
Woman: 4? 3? 2?
Me: Just over 1!
Long pause.
Oh well..at least she is friendly!
They also have a shop where they sell different Weight Watchers products which you can't buy in shops such as crisps, chocolate bars, cookery books, sweets.
Then you can also stay for the meeting in which the leader discusses various things relating to weight loss and Weight Watchers...
I really like going to Weight Watchers as it's a supportive environment and the "diet" itself doesn't feel like a diet, as you can eat what you want. So if anyone was considering losing weight, then I highly recommend Weight Watchers.
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I think I'd be too scared to go. Loosing weight is something I always want to do but never quite manage to stick to. I'm not drastically overweight but I'm definitely larger than I should be, and I would like to be slimmer... but I just like eating far too much! Probably this wouldn't be such a problem if I exercised more, but I've never had a good relationship with exercising!
I think you have to be quite brave to start something like weight watchers. It sounds like you're doing well too - well done!
Ah well I do recommend it if you did ever want to take the plunge! What I like about it is it doesn't feel that restrictive and I never feel that hungry.
The fact you have to attend weekly and someone has to see how you're doing is one motivation for staying on track - that's why it never worked in the past for me.
I was quite nervous when I first started but after a few times, it feels fine as no one is judging you for it!
Perhaps if you did some sort of exercise that you enjoy - like swimming or tennis, rather than going to a gym it would appeal to you more?
Oh dear..I'm sounding like a walking advert.
Exercise that I enjoy... hmm... therein lies the problem! I like walking, but that isn't terribly useful! Swimming I quite like in a fearful kind of way, but it's the additional time taken by getting to the pool and back. I'm intending to start cycling, but I'm working up to that. What I need, is exercise that fits into my life rather than exercise I have to stop my life to do, if you see what I mean. Now if I didn't have to work, that would be a different matter...
Haha yes I see what you mean. Well it's the thought that counts..well..sort of :P
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