So, tomorrow will be the last weigh-in day for my first month on slimming world. Throughout the month I've searched the net for help and advise and always been took to mumsnet, so I've made an account today and thought I'd join the community to try and share my journey and help others a long theirs.
Now please let me start by saying in no way, shape or form am I am expert, or somebody who's experienced in weight loss. But I am somebody who knows that sometimes as humans we look to somebody else for advise, wether that be through a post on here or a friend/family member. Somtimes hearing somebody else's story answers a load of self doubt we have in ourselves.
July 2018 - I had just got married and u was weighing in at 23 stone and a half. At this point I has spoken to somebody about advise on weight loss as I was struggling to maintain the gym as I work 49 hours over 6 days so my free time and physical ability was very limit. He basically advised me to look at my eating habits, and see which ones are the worst and try and change those. So immediately I knew it was white bread, excess sugar and a lack of water. So I at that point I'd slowly begin to cut out my intake of white carbs (which mainly consisted of bread) and excess sugar which again mainly consisted of sugar in my coffee. This for me was the hardest part of my journey. To cut out something you have, almost as a habit, is definitely mind over matter.
Early November - I skip this far a head because honestly I wasn't tracking my weight at this point. But from July I had completely gotten used to only having 1 sugar in my coffee rather than 3, and I had no white bread at all. I still had carbs but I didn't have bread. One day I decided to step on the scales and I was 21 stone.. this came as a complete shock as I didn't anticipate how much impact cutting out the foods I did would make. This is what ultimately gave me that spirit to say "I can change".
My first week sticking to the extra easy plan was actually really refreshing. It was a little like clockwork trying to set my self my daily targets for writing everything down, well, for me it was just remembering it my amazing wife handled all of that. But mainly to make sure I've had my 5+ speed foods, what I can and can't have, what I spend my syns on, what meals for my lunch at work will be! Honestly it's daunting, and that's normal.. But it really does get easier. Now the best thing I can advise on the first week is please don't go in expecting an absolutely massive weight loss like 9/10 articles you read suggest you will. Honestly, it doesn't always work out that way. This is the breaking in stage for your and your body to adjust. Have fun with it, enjoy your self. Explore more food options, expand your food pallet.
My first week I lost 3lb... and I instantly compared it to the people losing 8lb+ in their first week and I felt so disappointed. Tomorrow, I'm hoping to have lost a stone in a my first month of slimming world.
I just wanted to share my story, my journey. I want somebody to read and hopefully relate. You can change, never doubt yourself. - Tootin.