To ask you to tell me why I should lose weight

[MarylinMonhoe]

I hate my weight. I'm so fat since having a baby. I feel shit, I'm uncomfortable, tired, self-conscious. I'm not myself. After six months I have finally decided to do something about it and start a low-carb plan on Wednesday, have ordered multivitamins to help with my energy and plan on drinking a lot more water and exercising more. BUT I really don't want to slip. So, I was wondering if it was possible for people to post comments telling me why I should lose weight, the benefits or even roasting me, so that I can come back and read this thread when I am lacking determination.

Please, be as mean as possible.

Because if you don't do it now you will spend the rest of your child's life hiding from the camera, then when your kids are grown and you look back on photos it's like you were never there.

I feel shit, I'm uncomfortable, tired, self-conscious

There are your reasons. What anybody else says isn't important

That's a very good one. Thanks @ecdysis! x

What is your bmi? All I would say is if it's about 27/28 - ie. just into overweight catagory then yes, losing slowly/keeping it the same/watching it is worth it

It's important to keep healthy and not obsess though, crucially to enjoy food and life.

Enjoying your diet is quite different to 'being on a diet'.

It will come from you, not us.

And of course you can do it.

Vitamin pills don't give you energy, but exercise will. Even if you hate it at first, you may well come to enjoy it - effort pays off. Do try lots of different sports and activities, you'll surprise yourself.

Losing weight means eating less, and eating better. Can be a long slog. Focus on the better

Join a mutual support thread in 'weight loss chat' - really helped me.

You want to be fit and healthy because it feels good. Also if you dislike your weight it might stop you doing things I.e. swimming, trip to the beach due to putting on a swimsuit.

Being fit and healthy so you can keep up with your kid(s) as they get more mobile.

Don't shame yourself as motivation OP, try think of all the good reasons to get to your healthy weight/eating well!

• More energy
• More stable moods without cravings
• Able to wear your favourite dress again
• Better equipped to fight off covid
• Doing something for you

You can do it! Best of luck

You should lose it as you need to be a good example to your kids. They are surrounded by overweight people and the message is that it's normal. It's not, being overweight is not normal. We all need to challenge that idea.

Because you will feel more confident which will benefit your dc as well as yourself.

Because your baby needs his/her mum to be healthy and active throughout at least the next 20 years. Being fat and unhealthy at best sets a terrible example and risks him/her growing up to be a sedentary couch potato, and at worst could leave him/her orphaned (obviously pretty unlikely but you haven't said how overweight you are). For your baby's sake, you need to get your body healthy.

You want to be fit and healthy in old ageso you can enjoy your children. I'm 50 and I can see very clearly the difference between those a few years older than me who have got obese and don't exercise and are starting to have weight related health issues and those that are still a healthy BMI and exercise regularly and are as full of energy as ever. Nothing ages you as much as being overweight.

I’ve been motivated by wanting to wear my pre-pregnancy clothes again and not able to afford to replace them all with bigger ones! It is just easier to dress when you are smaller.
Good luck, Op! Remember it’s not all or nothing so if you have a small slip up don’t give up or punish yourself. Regular treats like weekly takeaway, drinking only at weekends and once a week cake (slice - previously would have been a whole one!) have really helped me.
You CAN do it, you WILL feel better.

Please don't give up on your weight loss journey if you have one day of bad eating; just continue your journey the next day.

Be strong and determined but also understanding and kind to yourself.

Best of luck OP!

Covid is worse for the overweight.

Best of luck to you.

You’re doing it for your future health as once we hit forty all our chickens vole home to roost sadly. Low carb is fabulous. I’ve lost 19lb since last year. I’m never hungry. Health boggles have gone. I am NEVER going back.

*niggles

I'm in a similar position op and want motivating too. When I successfully lost a lot of weight in the past I felt better with every half stone gone - it wasn't a case of only seeing the benefits when I hit my target.
However when I did hit my target, I realised I'd been walking around with an additional x stone attached all day, every day.
I'm really annoyed that I've put some if it back on. Can already feel my joints and flexibility suffering. Am worried about diabetes.

These are the reasons I'm telling myself, OP:

• my clothes will fit better and look nicer
• I'll have more energy to chase around after DD
• I'll put less pressure on my dodgy knee
• I'll feel happier in my own skin

Good luck!

Although a fellow poster said vitamins don’t give you energy, vitamin d and b12 deficiency will make you feel tired and drawn out. Also painful joints. It won’t do you any harm to take vitamins, just make sure you get your green veggies, make colourful salads etc. Don’t just stick to “green” either. Be creative, get back to loving your veg.

My son is rather selective in his eating and we do a carrot salad. The carrot is shaved using a potato peeler to get ribbons and then mixed with tomato. So the carrot replaced the leaf.

You can also use carrot ribbons to bulk up noodles (so you just use half a pack for one) -great with small pieces of broccoli, sweet corn, chickpeas/edame beans. Depending on how you do it, you can make one pack of noodles stretch 3 people. You get your carb fix, but less carbs more veg.

So I’ve just weighed myself... holy sh*t I’m 17 stone. I’m only 5’5. I was 12 stone when I got pregnant, went up to 15 stone during pregnancy and have gained since having him in April. I’m disgusted. How fast can I lose seven stone? Ugh :(

Set yourself little targets, don't try to lose 7st at once. Eg target 1 is 16st. And when you've reached it, reward yourself with a new item of clothing, pair of earrings, whatever floats your boat and suits your budget. Then target 2 is 15 stone... Etc I know it's hard. Good luck xx

Oh and why? Because ime when you do lose the weight you will be so very proud and pleased that you did.

I guess you have to ask yourself if you want to be around for your child’s future, being overweight carries higher risks of many diseases including over a dozen different cancer types

You lose the weight because you want yourself back. You do it for you, not for anyone else.

I'm bigger than you (also taller), doing 16:8 and the weight is visibly coming off. It's easy and it works and I already feel loads better - am half a stone down after 5 weeks.