I was 8 stone overweight with a BMI of 45 AMA!

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I hope this doesn’t have tumbleweed round it! AMA!

Oooh how did you lose the weight, and how long did it take you? Looking for inspiration here!

First of all well done on that loss, amazing!!

What was your motivation? What kept you going? What did you eat when you were hungry? I find I am good for a while then give in to binge and I’m miserable.

@LassyClassy

Oooh how did you lose the weight, and how long did it take you? Looking for inspiration here!

Thanks for answering! I’ve lost 5 stone through doing exante but it was definitely a mind thing rather than a physical one. It took having a family and realising they needed and deserved the best version of me. Still got 2 and a half left to go.

@Crappyfridays7

First of all well done on that loss, amazing!!

What was your motivation? What kept you going? What did you eat when you were hungry? I find I am good for a while then give in to binge and I’m miserable.

This was me. I kept starting, sticking to it, then caving.

It was ridiculous. I remember this day in 2019. Monday 1st July - I thought it was ‘my’ day for sorting my life out. Ha.

I had an accidental head start as I lost my appetite completely after Christmas and when it came back I’d lost some weight so decided to keep going!

Well done op !
Was your GP helpful at all ? At 3 stone overweight mine prescribed a 3 month subsidised leisure centre pass.

@Sundancerintherain

Well done op ! Was your GP helpful at all ? At 3 stone overweight mine prescribed a 3 month subsidised leisure centre pass.

No, which is annoying as I was repeatedly told throughout my pregnancy that I was an obese geriatric mother!

How did you find doing Exante?
Any advice ?
Well done op !!

Initially it was fine. As things have opened it’s got a bit harder as socialising is difficult. I really want to get to under 10 stone, though.

What’s the biggest benefit you’ve noticed since losing the weight?

What did you eat when you were starving but it wasn’t a meal time ?

kanaloa I’m hard pushed to think of an area of life that isn’t better now. But as for best I’d say it has to be clothes which I know is impossibly shallow but I used to live in size 22 cheap trousers from primark and huge black tops in size 22/24 from places like Asda and Tesco. I am NOT saying anything is wrong with these but my choice was so limited and everything looked so awful.

dinosaur the big challenge was I just didn’t. I don’t think I’ve ever been starving really. Plus I have a very young child who takes up a lot of time! So go for walks etc as distraction!

Yes I thought it would be clothes! The limited choice for bigger people is hard, I know when I’ve gained weight I struggle in summer to find comfortable clothes that don’t look awful on me.

I have a vivid memory of last summer, I had no clothes. Just leggings and t shirts, George from Asda black and white. That was it. I also gave up wearing bras as I found them so painful. I love having nice underwear now!