Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Am 5ft 2 and have always been around 8 stone; I'm hypoglycaemic and have low blood pressure and a rapid metabolism so I have always had to eat plenty and often just to keep my weight up to 8 stone and to stop me fainting. In the past, if I ever dropped much below 8 stone, I had to have "fat" drinks from the GP - I have been known to lose 5lb just from having an upset tummy for 24 hours. After DS1 was born, I was back at 8 stone in 3 weeks, having made no effort whatsoever.
But not after DS2! I am still 9 stone 10 lb and feeling very unhappy with my body shape - not to mention not being able to fit into my jeans! So, I joined up with this. I have never dieted in my life but eat so much, often high calorie foods, I thought if I cut back on stuff like chips, pasta, bread and cheese, that would do the trick - I didn't want to go mad cos I am breastfeeding.
My typical days food would have been:
Cheese on toast for breakfast
One of those ready meals for lunch - canneloni, hotpot etc
Dinner - all sorts, usually chicken kiev with baked potato and cheese, pizza and chips, sausage and liver casserole etc, but certainly not particularly low calorie
Evening - one of those pasta in sauce mixes
I also had plenty of nibbles, sweets, crisps, chocolate, jam and bread and so on
I made a half hearted effort at first, but the last couple of weeks, I have tried really hard
Toast and diet flora for breakfast,
salad with tuna or cold chicken for lunch
cornflakes / yoghurt for evening snack
dinner much the same but no chips and no cheese on the baked potatoes and nothing fried.
Snacks are fruit / yoghurts, odd bag of crisps. I do still have some chocolate, but its one or two squares a day - not 6 or 8
But I'm not losing any weight and I don't understand it. What am I doing wrong??? What should I be doing? I caught sight of my tummy sideways on, in the mirror yesterday as I got dressed, and its really upset me, I look horrendous and I have no waist! Help