I'm on my first ever diet....

[sillymillyb]

I was hoping I could use this as a sort of diary for the week if that is ok? I don't know if there is a section more appropriate than this?

I have had a really unhealthy relationship with food in the past, when I used to model, my weight was around 6 stone.... I am (as of today) 12 stone 2lbs. So double what it was (tbf, that was 6 years ago and a baby later!) I'm 5ft 2 by the way.

I used to use diet pills and just not eat, and since having DS I have really gorged on food, mostly through knackerdness. I really need to get back to a healthy weight - I'd be chuffed with 10st, but I want to do it in a healthy way and feel better.

I've decided to do a 3 day juice diet to kick start me and detox, then swap to maybe a juice for breakfast and lunch and then a proper meal of meat / steamed veg etc in the evening.

Exercise wise.... I was thinking of trying to do the shred again, but I'm worried if I go too hardcore I will give up. My willpower is zero!!

Does this sound achievable and sensible? Because I've never done a "proper" diet (as opposed to just having diet pills) I am not really sure how to go about it. Any tips are welcome, but mostly, I just wanted to have a public record of what I am doing as I know I am going to find it hard.

Hi. I've also doubled in size (thanks to meds) and back again over the years with similarly disorganised habits. Am trying to knuckle down to a plan of 3 meals and 3 snacks a day, with some support, although not trying to lose weight but stabilise my eating and be a bit more mentally normal.

The juice fast thing sounds like more yoyo dieting stuff, I think if you had 3x 500 cal (ish) genuine meals (with protein, vegetables and or fruit) a day and ate regularly and built some more physical activity into the day you'd start losing weight. This is the only healthy way really. MFP might help you too.

if you start doing some weights it will help a lot too