I haven't been on this topic before as I'm not quite sure how it works!
Basically, I'm completely fed up with this extra stone that I can't shift. With both my babies I kept on the extra weight (about 3 stones each time) until I stopped breastfeeding, then dropped 2 stones pretty quickly. But the last stone just will not budge, and it's now been 3 years. And now my weight is now starting to creep up as well.
I'd really like to start on New Year's Day and lose that stone, which would get me down to my previous weight and clothes size. The things that are stopping me, as I see it, are:
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When I cook for the family, I can't resist eating the same as them. After running around after everyone else all day it just doesn't seem fair not to get the same to eat as everyone else, or to have a tiny plateful while everyone else tucks into lovely grub (DH is rake-shaped )
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When the kids/life is getting me down, I often find myself automatically standing in front of the cupboard nibbling at snacks without even being aware that I've started doing it!
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I'm doing a college course that takes up every spare second of evenings, etc - and even that only gives me half the recommended hours to do it in. So I simply don't have time to exercise.
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For similar reasons, I don't have time to cook special meals for myself.
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I tend to crash-diet and end up feeling weak, shaky and hungry when my blood-sugar goes down, so binge on chocolate, to which I think I might be physically addicted!
I know that a stone doesn't seem like much, but I honestly found the first couple of stones easier than this last one. Given the above, does anyone have any motivational advice - or would anyone care to join me?
Xmascaroltygirl (a.k.a. Scaltygirl)