In the next 6 weeks....

[NoMorePleaseNow]

I am going to try really really hard to reduce if not eliminate prosecco, sugar and carbs. I look rough. I look bloated and fat. I also have a hairy face. Someone please support me !

I’m doing the same OP, I’ve just had 2 weeks off work and drank far too much and eaten very unhealthily. I hate how sluggish I feel, dry and dull my skin is, I’m overweight and always tired.

I’m back at work tomorrow and I’m planning on making better choices.

Im 10 bloody stone. Same I feel sluggish and like I have a moon face.

Im in the gym 4 times a week doing hit, lbt and the stepper. Its my diet that holds me back.

At 38 I cant believe how hard it is to lose weight!

I’ve been low carb, keto actually, for a decade and it’s amazing how well I feel. I only realise it when I have something like bread and I immediately bloat and get sore joints.

It’s hard getting started but so worth it.

Wow a decade! Well done ! Did you lose weight ?

10 stone is my target weight. Unless you're 4 foot 8 OP that's not hugely overweight.

Oh don't be silly.
My target weight is 10st 10lb and I'm 5' 3"

How tall are you? 10st is not horrifically overweight!

Im 5 foot 3 but I used to be 8 to 9 stone. 10 stone looks bad on me trust me.

Nonsense. We're the same height and I'm quite sure that 10st is just fine.

What size are you at the moment?

Edging to a size 12. Id like to be a smaller size 10. I just struggle with control around food! It's a battle !

If you feel like 10 stone looks bad on you, I would suggest the answer is exercise rather than a diet.

I've found I look as good at 11 stone as I did at lower weights now I do some weight lifting and more exercise.

Still nonsense.
Your BMI is normal.

Edging to a size 12?

So you're a size 10.

I am 5'3 and am 10 stone 10lb. I'd be very happy at 10 stone. That's comfortable size 10 and I have enormous boobs. I'm a comfortable 12 and 8-9 stone was a 6-8.

9 stone on me is still a 10 which im happy with. Its my legs rubbing together I dont like! Im at the gym 4 times a week.

That’s too heavy for your height

Does this cause a hairy face? Im also trying to lose weight and it is so damn hard.

Yeah but there’s a big size ten and a small size ten. I was a big 12/14 and now Im a normal 12. Feel so much healthier. But that’s my body frame.

Carb heavy diets drive insulin resistance which can cause excess body hair.

Oh wow ok.

Not according to the NHS BMI calculator. And I'm a size 10/12 already, with my current weight being 11st 10lb!

Also, at my age (69) the NHS is starting to admit that older women's BMIs should be higher than younger women's. It's healthier.

I've lost 8st 6lb. I was a size 24/26 to start with. Now I'm a size 10/12.

If I go down to 10st or less, I'll be a size 6/8, which looks horrible.