Anyone 20+ stone and need to lose a LOT of weight?

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I see so many supportive threads on this board but feel like I can never get involved because I weigh so much more than other posters. Or because I’m not doing Wegovy etc so I thought I’d start a thread for any of the bigger women who’d like to join.

I weigh an incredible 22 stone and wear size 20/22 in clothing. I won’t waste our time in explaining how I’ve got to this point but I’m starting to find myself absolutely repulsive. I can’t even walk 2 minutes to the bus stop without getting all sweaty and becoming out of breath. It’s pathetic.

I’ve fallen into a terrible habit of ordering takeout multiple times a week as I barely cook. I know what I need to do. Writing it down is helping me to realise that this can’t go on for much longer, some days I feel as if I’m having a heart attack!

If anyone wants to track their weight journey, show moral support or just come for a moan, please do. I hope we can all do what’s needed in order to live a better and healthier life💃

The biggest thing to first cut out to see a difference is sugar. Then the carbs.

I am similar to you but I cna walk further now you just have to mocenitd going to hurt. I recommend you go to the gym and start doing weights your muscles are weak that's why you can't walk far. I've been strengthening my core and legs and I feel much better I haven't lost a lot of weight but easier to move around. I need to focus on my diet now.

I’m like you @medianewbie I eat a really healthy diet, and then I eat a load of crap as well. Chocolate is my particular downfall. But I’m dealing with it by going hardcore - first I switched to dark chocolate then went up the percentages and I’m now on Montezuma’s Absolute 100%. It’s got nothing in it but chocolate, it’s incredibly rich so you really can’t eat much of it. It’s £3 a bar but it lasts me all week, whereas could easily get through 2 sharing bags of
maltesers in a day. I’m actually not keen on milk chocolate now, it’s too sweet - so that’s a win!

There was a really interesting post last year from a user who lost 9 stone+ without dieting, by focusing on improving her gut microbiome.

I'm not saying it's the answer, but it really stuck with me and I think it's worth a read, if only for the motivation: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4895442-morbidly-obese-help?page=2&reply=129232687

@MattDamon that's an interesting read. I was 3 stone overweight this time last year - and now I'm only a stone overweight. A lot of the loss I put down to really thinking about my diet - and replacing my previous reasonably healthy diet with a lot of snacking on cheese and crisps with a reasonably healthy diet with lots of extra vegetables and different veg and no snacking.

I was 21.5 stone and am now 9 stone exactly. I had a gastric sleeve. Very drastic, but I could not stick to anything before because of overwhelming hunger. Now that background noise is gone, I eat a low carb, keto style diet and exercise lots as I'm not exhausted carrying the excess weight. I used to squeeze into a size 22/24 and am now a size 6.

Honestly, I would recommend the procedure to anyone who has seriously struggled with their weight. You still have to put the work in, I'm 2 years out and can eat much more than straight after surgery but I eat well to maintain my weight (currently a BMI of 19.6).

Hi. I'd like to join too. I'm 19 stone and needing support. I looked into gastric bypass surgery and was approved. After understanding everything I need to do, excercise, eat healthy, track food, etc., the post surgery things you live with weren't worth it to me. Either way I still need to adopt the skills to be a healthier version of myself. I did learn so much, and now understand what goes on in regards to how and what we eat. It's encouraging to have support, and to celebrate others success along the way.

So lovely to see so many comments from people wanting to join. Please don’t worry if you’re not exactly over 20 stone, I was just hoping to create a thread for us ‘bigger ladies’ so to speak!

Both of my children will be starting nursery in September and that will free up some time for me to get back into the gym. I’ve missed it! I’ve done some walking today which made me realise how much of a challenge it is. Reading all of these posts are really inspiring, well done to those that have managed to shake some of the weight off💐