Ive lost over 9 stone in 6months!!!!!!!!!!

hello to all you lovely dieter out there,i just want to say ive dieted on and off for 18 years and never been able to get to my ideal weight but now i have!i never thought at 40 i could do it not with the yoyo dieting my body had got use to.im as fit as i was 18 years ago and my local gym has even published an article about my success of which im very proud of...my doctor has even sent me a letter congratulating me!
just a few word of encouragement from me to you....dont beat yourself up about the fact that your are "allway on diet"this is a good thing,imagine how much weight you would have gained had not dieted on and off over the years,so feel proud of the fact that you doing something about it.if you happen to "cheat" on your diet again dont beat yourself up or feel guilty,come on.....tomorrows another day!
stick to a"diet" that you enjoy or make up your own eating plan and include the things you enjoy eating,dont eat thing you dont like!!whats the point,life is too short.
ive been very fortunate that due to the amount of weight ive lost from over 22stone to 13stone that the only excess skin ive got is on the bottom of my stomach which i may have removed next year,but this is a small price to pay to have my life back!i cannot begin to tell you how my life has changed having lost the weight so just hang-in there and dont give up,you owe it to yourself,loose the weight for YOU,not your partner or anybody else.my whole outlook on food has changed as though im "reborn"i cannot for the life of me understand how for so may years i had been eating the way i did,junk,sweets,fatty food ect,i took a look at my body whilst having a bath one day,and thought to myself this is the only one i have!why oh why if i only have this one do i not give it the best...(in this i mean food)if you own a car like me,would you go putting in petrol at a dodgey looking filling station knowing that their fuel is know not to be clean and it does your car no good?no ways,if you are like me i prefer a nice clan filling with clean fuel knowing my my car is ganna be "healthy".our bodies are amazing,work with it ,give it what it needs and not what your temptations allow you to give it, well ive taken up enough of your time and wish you all the very best with your weight loss,rob "the best way to predict the future..... is to create it"

Can you help and advise me

hi well done to you for hsving the stamina i am nealy 20 stone have type 2 diabetes and just cannot do a dieat i realy do not know what are the best foods for me yes i know salads etc are good but i seem to feel week and having bread and potatoes give me a very very slow weight loss what did you eat i would so love to loose what you did my life wopuld change so so much i would be happier and go out more please please tell me the truth of your diet diary know it wasnt easy i will look forward to hearing from you thanks jackie

Well done

hi there ,thank you for your down to earth e mail you must feel great and your encouragement has made me look at myself and say yes lynn you can do it.i have been going to a slimming club, lost 3stone but in the last mth have put a stone back on,but after reading your story im going to try harder,because i want to feel as good as you do .many thanks

Keep going....

hi lynn,the fact that you have still lost 2stone is brilliant!what you need to do is try and find the foods that are causing you to put on weight...thats were a food diery could help you.try differant foods and when the find whats rite for your body you will start shifting the weight.stay focused,and you will get there.now is the best time to be "dieting",wouldent it be great knowing that loosing weight is not going the top of your "new years resolutions"list,dont focus on the stone you have gained,focus on the 2 stone you have lost....keep going,rob..

Wow

OMG in 6 months!!! i bet you have lots of loose skin! im not being rude but you should have done it slower. I respect you for loosing weight but doesent it make you realise how much u abused your body to get it in that state in the first place? i wonder how you cope witht that?? I used to be big, i was 13 stone and it took me 2 years to get to 8.7stone but i still have wobley bits that will never go back and im seing a therapist that helps me cope with the abuse i did to my body and why i let myself look so terrible.

4-5 pounds a week.....

hi there,i was loosing around 4-5pounds a week which is not unhealthy,sure i was abusing my body thats why i did something about it,and as far as loose skin i have a bit on my lower tummy but its a small price to pay for loosing the weight!i go to the gym to firm up and i am cosidering a "mini tummy" tuck early next year.if i felt it necessary to see a therapist it would have been while i was overweight and not now,im now enjoy feeding my body with healthy foods and lots of excercise...well done to you for your weightloss.

Tumy tuck

will u get this on nhs???

Great!

Exactly what are you doing to lose 4 to 5 pound a week?