Please can you tell me how your life improved once you finally got round to losing weight .

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Tia

Sorry if I sound preachy

I lost 2 stone and got pregnant! (I have pcos).

toffee, you don't and this thread is really helping me.

I have lost about 7lb since mid September and I am still losing but so slowly, it's on the verge of treating my insomnia!

so it's been really good to read these inspirational stories and even if I only lose half a pound a week.....I really want to lose the weight once and be done with it as well, so I'm looking at it all as a lifestyle change not a diet.

Cut out sugar and alcohol

Ive been very surprised by how much I can eat now that Im almost down to no confectionary in a day. Im also doing a dry January but Im not much of a drinker anyway so thats not really been an effort.

I keep on having to check Ive not miscalculated my calories.

Exercise wise today I did a Shbam class then this evening I went back for beginners Pilates. Tomorrow its my personal training plus some cardio and that should set me up for the 3 days I'll miss due to being away camping.

God, yes, another major one, I was told to lose 30 pounds to improve chances of conception.

Lost said 30 pounds (cycling and lower carbing) and soon conceived DS.

I wasn't that much over weight, but I did gain 50 pounds whilst pregnant, so if it would have been 80 pounds it might well have been very dangerous for health of me and baby.

Another thing is try not to think of it as weight loss but really change of life habits for good then the weight will drop off.. I had to say to myself this is my new eating habits and that's when it started to come off

If it's not a change in eating habits for good as soon as you lose and it how you used to it comes back again sorry to be patronising but we are what we eat

I know it varies for everyone, but wondering how much weight you have to lose, on average, to drop a dress size. I'm 165cm if that makes any difference.

This is such an inspirational thread. Loving hearing all these benefits and looking forward to feeling them myself in the future.

Weighed in tonight and only gained 2 and a half pounds in the whole of December. A pound less than the previous Christmas. So pretty pleased.

Just a stone off has made me feel great. Confidence has rocketed. Sex life needless to say has benefitted purely down to my confidence. Feel and look better in clothes. Feel in control. I did 5:2. Took 2 months to lose a stone. I do 6:1 to maintain it. It's great.

brokenbiscuit I'm 165cm too. The stone I lost took me from a size 12 to a 10 but I would think it depends on shape.

I'm going to buck the trend a bit, sorry. I went from 92kg to 62kg over around 2-3 years and am currently sitting at 65kg.

My life hasn't changed since I lost weight, except for the fact that I wear different clothes.

I am neither happier nor sadder, I haven't really noticed a change in the mirror (I never thought I looked particularly large with a BMI of 35+, I don't think I look particularly slim now with a BMI of 25), my personality hasn't altered at all. I don't feel any more confident than I did when I was larger, and if I put on the odd few kilos over Christmas (as I have), I don't feel any less confident. I don't feel healthier at a lighter weight, I did a lot of exercise when I was heavier and I do the same amount now.

The only major change was developing gallstones (from weight loss) and having to have my gall bladder out just before Christmas.

I realise this doesn't give anyone any motivation - but honestly my weight didn't define who I was or how I felt about myself and it still doesn't. I am still who I was at 92kg, just in size 10 trousers instead of 18. I lost the weight because I felt it wasn't healthy to be morbidly obese, but not for any other reason.

Ultimately you cant control where the weight come off despite what some misogynists in the media or medical profession will tell you which is why im now a 32HH

Draconis SNAP I had my gall bladder out back in April 2003 also due to weight loss............shit that was 13 years ago.....we are now in 2016

broken It's generally said that losing a stone means you drop a dress size. This is true for me. Ive lost 3.5 stone in the last few months and have dropped 3-4 dress sizes depending on the shop. Losing weight can be expensive

A nice kind of expensive, though Twoton Congratulations on your weight loss by the way - 3.5 stone and 3-4 dress sizes sounds fab!

I lost 8 and a half stone in 17 month.
I have so much energy it still amazes me every day!
It was like watching myself shed a fat suit, i am now much happier and feel great!
I did it for health reasons rather than wanting to look better, but my god, when i look at old pictures i am amazed that i let myself get into that state!
So i was a size 24 and am now a 10-12 depending on the shop but the best part is going to the front of the rail instead of the back for a size that will fit me.
I also concentrated on eating well rather than how much i had lost, i don't weigh myself often as i know i will lose weight if i stick to my "plan" i didn't want to treat it as a weight loss club mentality.

Wow, popcorn - that's amazing!

Thanks Brokenbiscuit!

Popcorn youve done amazingly

Well this happened many years ago after I moved to Mexico. I was vegetarian but at the time there was not much choice and I lost my appetite from the lack of choice. I am a grandmother now and in those days Twiggy was my idea of beautiful, but Mexicans prefer a more rounded figure so all my neighbours were very sad to see how I had lost my good looks.

I also felt the cold a lot more, nobody ever told me about that.

I am worried to weigh myself after Christmas but estimate I'm about 11st at 5'6. My new size 12 dress won't zip up!

Reckon half a stone/get into dress is do-able by end of Jan though. I feel so much lighter when I'm a 10-12 and move easier...My stomach doesn't have a mind of its own when I lie on my side!

I'm cutting alcohol for Jan and low carb.

My sister has lost 3 stone. She has type 2 diabetes and her blood readings have improved hugely with weight loss and a sensible intake of food that is more healthy to the extent her medication has been able to be reduced.

Question for the over 40 crowd who lost 30-40 pounds: how did your skin do? one of the reasons my mother is resisting losing too much weight is the saggy left over skin (she wouldn't risk surgery to remove it.) She carries her extra weight around tummy and thinks it will look even worse having loose saggy skin, than carrying the extra weight. I suspect she's been looking at extreme examples where people have had a gastric band, so wonder if anyone has any personal experience they could share.

I lost 2 stone in the early part of 2015. I lost nearly 3 11 years ago but a decade, two babies and fertility problems meant it crept on. I actually only meant to lose 1st 4lbs but as I started running the rest came off and I've been at my current weight for about 6 months now.

While not a life altering amount of weight, I'm now fitter than ever which means I just feel better! Clothes fit better, I have more energy and my DDs think Mummy running is just a normal part of life which I think is a great influence.

I started last year thinking 'if I don't get a handle on this now, it'll be a bigger hill at the end of the year.'

WW helped me get started (I'd also done it 11 years ago) but now it's just portion control and exercise. I don't like diets that exclude any one food group which is why WW works for me.