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Post by buildingblocks on Nov 29, 2007 18:21:55 GMT
I would love to try Manblokes advice but thought I would ask you ladies as well
Firstly I have to lose a hell of a lot of weight and really want to do it but I hate exercise and love my food.
I have up until recently been trying SW again but my heart wasn't in it. I am seriously thinking about trying a different club but to be honest have been to them all on and off over many years since I first started to put weight on.
The thing is I really love SW but think I have become complacent with it. I like WW as the points plan make it so easy but I am thinking of Rosemary Conley because of the exercise in class. nut I like the freedom of SW for the free foods and the plan.
I actually quite like exercise as in swimming (find it quite hard to get to a pool very often because of the times they open) but I really love cycling and walking but find because I weigh so much that doing any exercise makes me feel unhappy and miserable as it is a vicious circle.
Say we go walking on Sunday at Sherwood Forest I start off in a good mood but by the time I have walked for 10 or 15 mins my knees are giving me pain and my back is killing me (and yes I know it is because I am fat) and am usually in tears and hating myself.
Would love to hear your ideas on why you like the plans that you do and how to make exercise more enjoyable if that makes sense
love Kate
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Post by loum on Nov 29, 2007 19:49:30 GMT
Maybe the problem isn't actually with what plan you are on, if you are the type of person who becomes complacent with everything at some point, then I would say, stick with SW, better the devil you know!!
Have you chatted with your consultant? Ask about Fast Forward plan.
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Post by carolinel on Nov 29, 2007 23:22:25 GMT
i've only ever done sw and it's always worked for me, but i know just what you mean about becoming complacent. I'm having the same trouble and have been for the last year.
I have joined so many times this year and have now given up. I am trying (unsuccesfully) to eat sensibly until christmas then will rejoin in the new year, hopefully will be more focused and determined by then.
I need to lose 3 stone but will be more than happy with 2.
from what i've heard about different diet plans, i would stick with sw. there is so much to eat you shouldn't be hungry.
Do you do shopping lists/diet plan. I find that if I sit down on a thursday and work out exactly what meals i am going to have the following week I can stick to it. otherwise I end up messing up and having things like pie or sausages because I haven't taken meat out of freezer or thought properly about what to eat.
Sometime i think i would do better if I joined a different sw group, so it's all new faces and a new consultant.
Do you stay to class? I know I do better if I do.
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
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Post by angeldelight on Nov 30, 2007 9:21:50 GMT
Sorry Kate that you are struggling I know the feeling
I have put on so much weight plus my medication has helped me put on even more
I have tired every diet club going over the years and always get bored and end up loosing weight then putting it all back on again
Before I got ill with my leg I did lose a lot of weight but I did it myself - no clubs no nothing I never weighed myself in all the 6 mths that I was on a diet- If I cheated and I put on a few pounds one week it was never a big deal There is nothing worse than being really good and putting on 2pounds so by never weighing myself I never knew
I also walked a lot about an hour at least every single day I too used to feel unhappy about walking but I just did it and within a month I started to feel better
I really am going to get cracking again after Christmas and I hope you will too I will support you and I am sure everyone else will too I do know how you feel though I feel a little like that at the moment I feel like a giant marshmallow I am dreading the forum meeting next week and I know everyone says it is fine but I know how I FEEL and I am not happy with my weight at all
Whatever you decided to do Kate do not set your sights to high and do one step at a time I am going to try and get everyone motivated again after Christmas so watch this space
Angel xx
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Post by buildingblocks on Nov 30, 2007 13:13:33 GMT
I think in my heart of hearts that I know I will return to SW as said already better the devil you know.
I have been so many times before and got fed up with finishing work at 6.30 and then going straight to class and not getting home until gone 9pm.
So this time I went to a 5.30 class it was great as i was home for just after 7pm but I think this has been my trouble as I have struggled to get to class sometimes and certainly haven't been able to stay for quite a few times due to work hours have ended up going to get weighed and dragging mindees with me mums are fine with that but I am not if that makes sense.
I am already making excuses for after Christmas as hubby goes on shift work so every other week I will have to make my own way to class. I either need to find a class I can walk to that starts at 7pm. i think there is one nearer that starts at 6.30 and may try this one (don't know this consultant either as never been to one of her classes before lol) and if working till 6.30 may persuade parent to drop me there
thanks everyone for your advice
love Kate
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Post by emler on Nov 30, 2007 17:55:53 GMT
Good luck Kate. I always start well when I try to lose weight & then 4-5 weeks down the line I start craving something "bad" and slip back into old habits. Recently I have been walking as much as possible & it really has made a difference. I feel like I have so much more energy after a brisk walk. I think over Christmas we will all be eating whatever we want and enjoying it so we will all be in the same boat in January!
Emler x
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