DAY 14 – MOTIVATION MONDAY – Julz is joining the challenge!*
*Results may vary. This is not a guarantee
Hi everyone! Woohoo! Well today is Day 14 of the NEW YOU PLAN SUMMER HOLIDAY TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGE but it is DAY 1 for me! I am excited to be joining everyone with the challenge.
I am currently in Crete, staying with my Mum in her Villa, in a place called Old Hersonissos. We arrived here on Saturday night, and will be here for a couple of weeks. At last I can bring you some sunshine everyday!
I am excited to be joining you all on the summer holiday transformation challenge! Today I want to share with you my story, and I also want to hear YOUR STORY too! I have some extra BONUS PRIZES today, for the best stories too! So keep reading and take part in today’s challenge task! 🙂
If today is YOUR DAY ONE, please also leave a comment below and let me know you are starting with me! If you want to join our challenge, you can join us at anytime! Just CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
MY STORY SO FAR…
I got married in June 2010, and got pregnant in September 2010, I soon started suffering from Pelvic Girdle Pain, within 2 months I could not wear heels, by 3 months my mobility was so bad I could not bend down to pick things up or put my socks on, I ended up on crutches just to get about the house from one room to the next and spent months in bed. It was a very hard time, I lost all control over my body, it was a painful and scary time, I really did feel so helpless, and I just piled on so much weight. It took a year after giving birth before I had a enough strength to go for a good walk, and even now 2 years later I still suffer from some pelvic pain and have to manage the condition.
At my heaviest I was 249 pounds / 17st 11 / 113kg. This was a BMI of 48.6, which is really high risk and a very scary weight to be! Especially as I had never been over BMI 30 before.
When my daughter was 6 months old, I decided that I needed to really focus on losing the weight and getting my mobility back, and my life back! The pain of not being able to play with her, and go for walks with her as she was going to turn into a toddler was my motivation to succeed.
I could not do so many basic tasks, I had never been out with Isabella on my own, because I could not put the pram up or down, or lift her out of her car seat. Everyday tasks where just too hard for me, and it was very frustrating to say the least! I wanted to be able to run around and play with Isabella, and knew I needed to take action.
I started TFR at 236 pounds / 16st 12 / 1o7kg with a BMI of 46.1. I was wearing size 20/22.
The same week I started TFR in January 2012, we found out that Isabella’s hips were not growing right and that she needed to be put into metal ring splints for a few months. This news was so upsetting to me, but I stayed 100%, I was so determined that by the summer I would be slim and waking about, and that Isabella would be out of her splints and walking with me.
I also found a lovely Yoga and Pilates trainer called Victoria from www.stretchbodymind.com who came to my house every week and helped me to get my strength and flexibility back. I worked with Victoria from January to May. In March I went out with Isabella on my own! Victoria helped me so much, and we have actually created a yoga and pilates DVD, that will be launched to you all very soon!
I really wanted something to look forward to and a deadline to work towards, and as I had been stuck in our tiny wee house for so long due to my mobility problems, I wanted to get out and see the world, so I booked a 6 week trip to America! I think people thought I was nuts, but it motivated me so much to go on this trip!
By the time I went on my holiday I was wearing size 12 and feeling very happy, proud and healthy. My weight was 11stone and my BMI was 29. Just out of the obese category.
My healthy BMI 25 is 9st 2, and this is where I ideally want to be! But I have not made it to his goal yet! That is why I am taking part in this challenge now!
I got down to 10st 7 for my birthday in November last year, and then I was all set to lose the last 1.5 stone in the new year. I have got down to 10 stone a couple of times, but I have found breaking into the 9 stone bracket to be elusive to me! 2013 has been a crazy busy hectic year for me, I have been working 60+ hour weeks, and for one reason or excuse every time I tried to focus on losing the last bit of weight, I just didn’t have the same willpower as the year before. I had wanted to lose the weight before I started the Summer Challenge Videos, and almost felt like not doing the challenge, because I had not achieved my goal. But I decided to go ahead with it, and took the plunge to make the videos and lose weight at the same time. So here I am, ready and committed to completing my journey with you all!
I am now in Crete, staying with my Mum in her villa, we arrived her on Saturday night, we all went out for a lovely Greek meal last night, which was kinda like my last supper, as I told everyone that I am starting TFR on Monday!
I don’t have any scales here, so I am not sure what my exact weight is, but I am sticking to the plan until I can wear my size 28 Ted Baker Jeans, that I bought just before I came on this trip, with the goal of wearing them before the end of the trip! I can just about button them up, but it isn’t a good look to be honest! lol
So here I am joining you all with this challenge and ready to rock my ted baker jeans!!!
I will be married 3 years in June, and it has been an amazing crazy journey, the best 3 years of my life! I really want to get to my target before my wedding anniversary on 15th June, and cannot wait to make a video of me wearing my jeans!!
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TODAY’S TASK
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BONUS PRIZES – 3 bundles
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I look forward to reading your stories and will announce the 3 winners in tomorrow’s video! 🙂
Ive struggled to control things out of my hands ( Bad relationships, work, finances) by putting junk into my hands. I have eaten rings around me to stop the fears i was facing to get near!! Once I lost the ring ( wedding ring) that was triggering my eating I got complacent that I was alway big boned always tall or funny enough to be the BIG girl …..now Im nearing goal and loving the freedom i have and im happy to be the funny one without having to be BIG just a BIG LAUGH instead xx
You certainly are a laugh Sarah! Your transformation pictures are simply outstanding! I am so happy for you and for what you have achieved xxx
Xx
Awwwwwww great Blog Julz… I had no idea you went through so much on your journey… very strong lady! xx
I am 26 years old and first started my weight problems when I went to college. In my first year, I was nervous and scared and so far away from home that I just turned to food… (this and the fact that it was so much easier then actually cooking something) then in the first year alone I gained 2 stone and that was only the beginning. I kind of spiralled out of control from then onwards. In second year I lost a stone and felt good but then a break up at the time set me back and I gained another 2stone bringing my total to + 3 stone and over the next few years I kept gaining. I never quiet got to manage my weight from then onwards. I currently am about 7 stone overweight but would be happy with a 6 stone loss. My weight stops me from doing EVERYTHING.. Girls nights out cause I have “nothing” to wear, going swimming because I’m afraid someone will be thinking “what is she doing here?”! Not going to festivals because I dreading the photos and I have even avoided going into town on numerous occasions because of a genuine FEAR that I will bump into some I knew from School.. Petrified that they will be thinking “Woah she ballooned up” ! I cant even begin to tell the amount of dates/love interests I skipped or job opportunities I avoided due to thinking that they wouldn’t want a fat girl working for them!
So that’s my story as of now! Simple but nevertheless sad..!!! Finally, feel like I have a plan that will help me beat the demon that has been torturing me for the last 10 years! One goal at a time :):) <3 xx
Hi Patricia, I am so glad that you are with us now and making great progress on your personal new you journey! The future is BRIGHT, hun!! You are on an amazing transformational journey, and I am glad to be sharing it with you! LETS DO THIS xoxo
Xx
i was always slim, never really worried about my weight
then i met my first “love”, unfortunately this turned out to be a mental and physically abusive relationship. i was fortunate enough to get out of it 3 years into it, at this stage i had a child with this person, the only good thing that came from him
during this time ,my ex eroded my confidence so much isolated me from friends and family and continuously told me how fat i was even at my lowest weight of 8 stone which at 5 ft 5″ ws not attractive
luckily i escaped that relationship, met my husband a year later, got married 4 years later and we now have another 2 girls to our brood and i couldnt be luckier!
however as the years went by and especially after having the 2 girls the weight slowly crept on from eating hordes and hordes of chocolate!it was an addiction and slowly again my confidence evaporated and i was no longer happy with me, avoiding mirrors and photos.
i finally realised this year that i was now punishing myself like my ex did and i was not happy. luckily i saw a link to new you plan on FB and this was the beginning of the new me!
15lbs down another 21lbs to go, i couldnt be happier because i know ill achieve it!
21 pounds to go! That will be gone in no time, and you will enjoying summer as a slimmer sexier you! I am delighted you are with us and how you have really put yourself into the challenge and tasks! It is great to see your commitment, and I am sure you will get to your goal! xx
Xx
My weight problem started when I fell pregnant with my sonIn 1997. I used to smoke but gave up completely at about 6weeks pregnant. Unfortunately for my weight I replaced the smoking with eating. Id never had an issue with weigh and as I was gaining the lbs I blamed it on the pregnancy.
Anyway once Dan was born I joined WW lost a bit of weight, I then swopped to slimming world got down from 15st to 12st 10lb for when I got married in sep1999.
Our honeymoon was in Florida and the lbs soon came rolling back on. I went up to 14 st ANC that’s where I stayed give or take a few lbs.
Due to whatever reasons I ended having IVF. Then in 2002 my beautiful daughter was born.
For my husbands 40th birthday went to Florida again. I got down to 12st 9, Once again I piled it all back on.
In 2009 as a family we moved to Shanghai, China. The life of an expat revolved around lunches dinners and drinking. 2 years later we moved back to the Uk.
One really good thing came out of Shanghai. A very dear American friend. She does all these bikini body competing in the USA. She showed me that I really need to exercise as well as eat clean.
I’ve done that now for a year. I’ve lost 2 st but hit a wall.
That’s when I decided to join you guy on the NEW YOU PLAN.
I’m now at my lightest since falling pregnant with Dan
My weigh in this morning was 12 st 5.5lbs
A lose of just over a stone in 3 weeks.
I’m really loving this diet and every lb is now a bonus. I will keep going. My plan is to get to 10st 7lbs before our next holiday in August back to Florida.
I think my top weight may of been about 16 st but never weighed myself.
I’m in the right mind set now to keep this weight off.
Helen xx
Helen, what a great story!! The good thing is your friend has given you great advice, so when you get to your target follow her advice and this time you will maintain it. I am so happy to have you with us and smashing your way to your goals!! BRING IT ON!! xx
Thanks Julz. Im now a gym bunny and i love it. i get withdrawals on the days i cant go.
That is just awesome!!! What an inspiration you are!! 🙂 Love it xxx
Xx
Well my journey…. I’m 25 years old, wanting to lose 2 stone and staring trf today wahhhh :).
3 years ago I was a very happy student living in Glasgow with lots of friends and a great social life. However I was skint so ate very little and my weight was never an issue. I started seeing this handsome new man and before I knew it I had moved to a very small village and only had him and his family for company. I wasn’t aware at the time but he had took over my life and controlled every single bit of it. I became very low and turned to food.
About a year into our relationship my mum committed suicide, she suffered from depression and after many years of battling she had enough of life. As u can imagine I took this very hard. I was haunted by guilt that because of this man I abandoned her. Of course I turned to food again and my weight was slowly creeping up. To make up for the guilt and I was determined to support my dad at this hard time. My dad is an alcoholic and alway has been. I have struggled on for 2 years fighting my grief, fighting the control my partner had over me and trying my hardest to get my dad sober.
Well it’s taken a long time but now I have decided to live for me. My dad is an alcoholic and always has been, I’ve taken him to counselling, dragged him out pubs, clean up his sick and blood at times for the last two years and it has done no good, I’ve realised he is the only person who can help himself. I left my partner yesterday :), I’m not going to lie it took all my strength and it will hurt for some time but I know I couldn’t live like that forever. As for my mum, I will forever more feel guilty but I need to continue with my life and learn from the experience in some way. I am looking for jobs and flat I. Aberdeen and plan to move there in the next month. My brother is in Aberdeen, he moved when he turned 18 and has always lived for himself.
Today I started the trf diet to get the couple of stone of I have put on. I am planning a new confident me who will never look back and I can not wait!
Sorry it’s not a very upbeat story x
Hey, I don’t think any story that is related to weight gain is really upbeat… so sorry you have had a hard time, but feel so happy to hear how you are turning it all around, you sound so empowered and ready to grab life and make it great!! I am excited to have you with us, and can’t wait to share this transformation with you! New start, new you! The future is bright for you hun. xoxoxox
I’m going to keep this clear and short 🙂
I’m 18, so very young & I’m 5’1.
I always used to match my age with weight each year :/
I was very conscious and I’m not going to lie. I was teased like being compared to a “house” etc.
So when I was 15 I started trying to lose weight but that’s when it was worse so I was a big comfort eating. Could eat a 16″ pizza without a problem & I was proud.
My heaviest 15.6 my mum was worried because my BMI was 40.5 & being that height I am, I didn’t care. I was still in denial. I was in size 20 but squeezing into 18 to make myself happy. I started seeing pictures of myself out & that was my push. I’d look at others and feel worthless and “why do I even try, il always be fat”. There was the peer pressure to be slim and that drove my weight up to 15.6 & at one stage I know I was much heavier but I threw out my scales.
I adored my friends who would exchange clothes & I clearly was always the heaviest.
My doctor was worried & I’v been to a diff doc nd all never wanted me to go on a diet because i was under 18. Until last year my doc put me on lipotrim but quickly moved to NY.
I did it for a month & I got to 13.0 my lowest but then I went to college and put it up till 14.6 so I said its now or never so here I am, one month in.
I tried lipotrim but it was disgusting & one of my friends told me about new you.
It’s absolutely the best decision I ever made & it’s the easiest thing I’v done.
I’v lost 2 stone 8lbs and I’m currently 12.10 & I hope to be 9.7 by August & I know il get there.
I’m in such a good happy atmosphere.
If ur under 18 & overweight go to your doctor & please get healthy.
I thought I wasn’t that big but looking back now I’m happy to say I am getting there and I plan on sticking to this and 100% is very easy, just have broth or tea.
Keep up the work, every lb counts.
LOve this!! I am 5ft too, and being small it is hard when you put on weight. I am so glad that you are taking action now when you are young, you will be 9st 7 this summer, and shimming around with the world at your feet!! I can’t wait to celebrate that with you!! Keep going Orla!! Life is what YOU make it!! Dare to make it MAGNIFICENT! XOXO
BIG LOVE
julz x
Hi I’m Shell and before I had my son at 18 I weighed 8st 11lbs I put on 3 1/2 stone whilst pregnant, after having him I got postnatal depression, I manged to get back to 10st and was happy for a while.
I then feel pregnant with my daughter, after having her I developed serious post natal and depression and was hospitalized, I was given antidepressants as well as other medications to try and get me back on track.
Unfortunately these meds and lack of exercise made my weight balloon to 15st 1/2 stone, then my dad died of lung cancer. This made me want to give up smoking which I did, my weight increased by another 3st.
I then injured my back and was immobilsed, and put on another 2st.
So here we are at April 19th I start on New you at 19st 3lb I am 4 weeks in and now weigh 16st 12, my ideal weight is 9st-9 1/2 stone. When I reach that I will get my wedding vows blessed in church and will wear the dress of my dreams.
I still suffer from my “off” days but life is looking a lot brighter with New you and my determination to succeed .
Love Shell x x x
Big Hugs Shell!! Wow wow wow!! I am so happy that you are on the road to your new you! What a lovely vision of a goal you have to get your wedding vows blessed in the dress of your dreams. Brings a tear to my eye I am so happy for you and feel so lucky to have the opportunity to share this journey with you.
Big love hun,
Julz xoxoxo
I moved over to Tipperary from London back in 1999 when I was just 21 at a size 10 as a spur of the moment decision as my parents had moved over 6 months previous and I really got lonely in London without them. I met my husband in 2001, I then quit smoking and discovered food and slowly piled on a lot of weight…. I got into a fitness frenzy in 2002 and was out power walking one afternoon when a swarm of wasps chased me and they were in my hair! I starting shaking my head so hard I hit my brain off my skull which resulted in a seizure…. It knocked my confidence for a long time, I wouldn’t socialise or drink anymore… I found comfort in food and more weight crept on…
In 2004 I got married and soon after I realised getting pregnant was going to be a problem as I was diagnosed with PCOS I started fertility treatment in August 2005 and fell pregnant on my second attempt… At 28 weeks I was so swollen I attended my GP who sent my to hospital… I was sent home and told nothing was wrong… A week later same thing, and sent he again…. 4 days later I collapsed I was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with Preeclampsia I was sectioned straight away, and have birth to my daughter 9 weeks premature weighing 2lbs
I tried fertility treatment again and again after that but was told I would need to lose weight…. Unfortunately it was a vicious circle … Eating because I couldn’t get pregnant, not getting pregnant because I was putting on weight…. It was never ending, I was told to tAke a break from fertility treatment, and I was given anti depressants …. Business starting going bad and my marriage was suffering…. I was fed up and at rock bottom….. Then I began to feel unwell… My breasts were really sore and tender and I was petrified I could have a lump but because I’m so big I may not be able to feel it…. I spoke to my mam, “it sounds like you could be pregnant” …. No way, I was told it wasn’t possible to get pregnant naturally, but I did a tests ( infant I did 8 tests)… All positive!
That was in May 2010…. I had just decided to opens own crèche as our construction company was struggling, now I’m having a baby and starting a new venture! Stressed!
In October 2010 at 26 weeks I was admitted to hospital with preeclampsia again… At 28 weeks the time had arrived I could go no further I was rushed to theatre and that’s when the real trouble started…. My husband sat outside the operating theatre waiting up he called in to see his son bring born, but what should have been a joyful occasion turned into his worse nightmare…. After 20 minutes surgeons and doctors began running into the room from all directions, alarms were going off, the head surgeons came to talk to my husband… ” your son is stuck, your wife is losing too much blood, we may have to break babies neck to get him out… We won’t be able to save them both, decisions need to be made… Mother or baby?” 8 hours later my son was settled in ICU in SCBU and I was finally stabilised and moved to ICU
I got no after care after my boys birth, I still suffer from PTSD and have had counciling to help deal with my emotions…. I have good days and bad days, my kids keeps going.
As a result of the delivery in order to get my son out, my uterus was shredded so I am unable to carry anymore children
I wish I could say the dramas stopped there but they haven’t, it’s got to the stage now where I feel like I’m living in a soap opera! But I’ve learned lessons from each experience…. I made a huge decision that 2013 was not going to be unlucky for me ( even though with the carbon monoxide poisoning and car crash, some might say it has been) but still here!!! 2013 is my year…. The year I dedicate to getting the old me back, the fun, confident, outgoing me…. The me, my kids have never seen!
Ive lost 4 and a half stone so far this year, and I’m going back to college to update my portfolio in Childcare…. My hubby is moving to London for work, which will be tough, but we are strong and I know we will make it work! My daughter is making her communion next year which is my goal do I know longer have to hide behind the camera… I want next year to be the start of the new me, like the old me when I was young and outgoing but just a more mature, wiser and sexier!
Bring on my size 10! (Again) boy I’ve missed you
My god I’m so sorry, it’s like a feckin book! Lol
Caitrin U are a legend thrilled to know ya ..brave lady xxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Oh Big big hugs!! What a story! Phew… you really have been through it, but I just how you are determined to make this YOUR YEAR!! You are so strong and inspirational!! 🙂 BRING ON SIZE 10!! You are going to look and feel amazing!! Bring it on! xoxo
Thanks ladies, got my first councilling session after the car accident next week, so I’m sure I will be an emotional wreck afterwards! Heading to London tomorrow, and can’t wait, although for the first time ever, I’m nervous about flying…. Haven’t been home to London in 6 years, so looking forward to ,meeting some old faces, and taking Cora to Legoland!
Hi my weight issues go back for as long as I can remember:(
I got my tonsils out when I was 7 and since then I have kept putting on and off weight I’m now nearly 40 and all my life has been a battle with the bulge 🙁 I have been on every diet going ….never have I been able to do so well in just 3 weeks … I had my daughter just over 7 years ago and after that I ballooned to 15.7 stones omg for my 5.4 frame I was just huge …after I seen some holiday snaps I decided this was it but as before I started and stopped and started and stopped all over again 🙁 I am a comfort eater any excuse and I’d be stuffing my face… Then the guilt would set in and I’d eat more… So after slot of ups and downs I found new you and I have never felt happier that I can lose weight and still eat fab food….:) so that’s my story good luck to everyone xxxxx
We can do it xxx
Love it Ann!! This is YOUR time now!! I am so glad you have found us and that you are making great progress with your new you journey!! So glad to have you with us and winning that battle!! Keep up the great work!! xxx
Hi Julie-Ann,
It looks lovely in Crete and I hope that you will have a great time there. Welcome to the challenge and your jeans look great and will look even better on you in couple of weeks.
My story could take few pages to be told so I will try and shorten it.
My problem with food started when I was a small child. I had a very bad childhood and awful parents who just didn’t care about their child. I was often physically and mentally abused and used food to calm down my emotions, problem was that the food I was eating was all bad food, sweet stuff, cakes etc. Then at 5 years of age I refused to eat anything and lied about having eaten something so that I didn’t have to be forced to eat anything I didn’t want, I soon developed anaemia and was put in a hospital, had to have painful iron injections and lots of tests. However, I found that I was having a best time ever in the hospital as I was away from my parents. Once I came back home I started binging again as my life was juts too much to bear. I have had periods of starvation and binging, like a proper bulimic person, I used to steal food and hide food away and then gorge on it at night. I also took lots of laxatives to try to get rid of unwanted food and I was just 12. Then when I was 19 something awful and amazing happened and I have managed to lose 4 stone in 6 months by eating very little and using Slimfast. However since then I have put the weight back on and more as I was still binging and drinking heavily. I have managed to lose 7 stone on couple of occasions doing TFR but then managed to put it all back on. My life has been pretty miserable and I was just using food to make it better, which of course it didn’t do. After years of just bouncing about and surviving but not really living I was diagnosed with a mental health condition and finally got the right medication sorted, that was just 1.5 years ago and now I am feeling so much better and ready to tackle my weight and the issues with food for good. I have also met the most amazing man in December 2012 and we have been together ever since. I now have something else to look forward to. Although I have never wanted any children, after meeting my lovely boyfriend I now want to have a child with him. But for that I have to be fit and healthy, and I so want to do this, I know I can and will get there. Life is worth living again!!!
Much love. xxx 🙂
Monika, I am so happy for you, because I know not just from this post, but from every post from you, that you are in a good place now, you are centred and strong, and very determined. You are getting to your goal with grace and ease, knowing that you will get there, no matter what.
I am so happy that you have such a great man in your life, and wish you every happiness and success. I can’t wait to see your photos of you wearing your goal jeans 🙂 ROCK ON BABY! xx
My journey has been a very emotional one.
I started gaining weight when I was about 12-13, I have a very difficult relationship with my mother and my dad was in prison and I started eating, mainly in secret. I fell pregnant at 17 and my waters broke on my 18th birthday – 8 weeks early – which was very traumatic but after 2 weeks in SCBU we got through it together as Chloe’s dad was not interested. We had our own little flat but with no family I was lonely and turned to food again. I decided to move to a different area to be with Phil. We stayed in Kent for 2 years but something was missing, I needed to be with my Nan who had moved up north a year earlier – she had been like a mum to me growing up and I missed her!
We moved in 2003 and it was great, the house prices were cheap and we were able to buy our own home. I went to college and started to gain some confidence but it was not enough. I found out some terrible truths about my Nan and she said some very unforgiving things. We made a decision to move back but by doing so we lost everything. All the time we had been living up north we had been struggling and ended up selling our house with lots of debt left. We moved in with my granddad and started looking for our own place.
During this time and after being engaged to Phil for 5 years we made the decision to book our wedding and Phil adopted Chloe as his own. Our wedding was booked for 31 October 2006. During August 2006 I saw an advert for a TFR I contacted the leader (who is now one of my closest friends) and started on 26 September, I was 15stone 10lbs BMI 38, size 20/22 clothes, the weight started dropping off, I lost 6lbs in my first week and 2 in my second and I thought, You know what I CAN do this and I don’t need to be a FAT bride. So I postponed my wedding. It was rebooked for 31 May 2007. In that time I lost 5 stone and I was so happy on my wedding day in my size 12 wedding dress plus I had found my dad again and he gave me away. My mum made the decision not to come but it was her loss.
My weight continued to go up and down, we moved house a few times and I was in a job I hated, I was bullied so badly as a child and it was all happening again at work. Then my Chloe was diagnosed with Scoliosis when she was 8 which was hard and I kept blaming myself, I know now it is just one of those things but I feel terrible that she has to suffer! We moved back in with my granddad and I did a TFR again and lost 3 stone again. Then I fell pregnant with Maisie. It was August 2010, we should have been so happy but disagreements with my family once again left arguments with my granddad and he made us homeless. There we were a married couple with a 10 year old daughter and another on the way. Phil’s mum was great, she let us stay with her but we were all sleeping on her living room floor.
That was the start of my pregnancy! We ended up being housed in a top tiny floor flat….. This is where I can really relate to you Julz the SPD started, by 20 weeks I was in agony and on crutches and by 28 weeks I was almost bedbound and signed off work. I could not get out because the flat we lived in made it difficult and the pain was too much! The weight gain was massive, I went up to 17 stone and stopped weighing myself.
When Maisie was 6 weeks old I joined SW. It is a fantastic plan and I lost 3 and half stone but then with the though of returning to a job and the pain in my pelvis and hips being bad I started eating again. I kept looking at NY but did not have enough money to do it. During this time I started pilates and yoga to help with my flexibility and was also diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome and fibromyalgia but even though I knew I was making it worse I could not stop binging, it’s all I have known, when times are though I eat!
So here I am today 4 weeks on NY and have a job I love that I am fighting to keep but love a fantastic ever supporting husband and 2 wonderful daughters. I did stop pilates for a few months but I am now back to it along with the gym and I am also 20.5lbs down. As long I can keep thinking of myself I think I might finally do this and keep at it. I will succeed this time and lose the weight and keep it off. The lowest I got to before was 10stone 11 but this time I will get to my goal of 9stone 7 . We are still in this horrible flat but one step and one goal at a time. We will have our own family home again. We are hoping the council will rehouse us at some point.
We have a consultant appointment on Friday to see if they are going to operate on Chloe’s spine and I know it is going to be hard, I need to be strong and healthy for her and for me.
Sorry it’s long but this was shortened down a bit lol
Thanks for listening xx
Xx
Tina! “So here I am today 4 weeks on NY and have a job I love that I am fighting to keep but love a fantastic ever supporting husband and 2 wonderful daughters.” <--- love this! You are doing it, you have been through a lot but you are counting your blessings and making stuff happen, you know you can get through what lies ahead! I am so happy to have you with us!! xxx
well my story where do i start from as long as i can remember i was always bigger than others im tall and when friends heard my weight they would say “no you can’t be you dont look that heavy” i may not have looked it but i felt it it all came to a head in Jan 07 i joined another TFR diet and lost 4 stone those are the days i aim to get back too from there the story goes as so…….
i met my husband in Feb 2007 by March 2008 we were engaged and the wedding was July 2009 my weight creep back on from around christmas 08 i gave birth to my son April 2011 i had a great pregnancy no sickness actually went off my food so didnt have much baby weight but once James was born my hungar came back ten fold! i would get up get him sorted fed us both dressed fed james again then took the easy option for me and jumped in the car and got a take away this went on for the forst 6-8 months of his life over the years i have tried many a diet food replacment, weekly weigh ins, cutting down, exercise! i find with me its all or nothing i first came on the new you plan just after christmas 2012 i was going great and then i found out we were expecting our 2nd child i can off TFR and stuck with the blog to keep me focused but in Feb we lost our little bubble and i turned to food again and ate all around me the thing is its not just sad times i eat its happy times, sad times, adventures, love, loss, everything im just addicted and struggle on a daily basis…..
sitting here now on the 3rd week of the summer challenge i am honest and i have found it hard my weight loss hasnt been great and i know thats due to my blips but im not giving up as i believe that would be the undoing of me i turn 30 on 2nd July and i dont want to wake up that morning and feel the way i do every morning at the moment i am happy to say here and now i am 18st 8lb as of last Friday i dont want to be that weight my 1st main goal in 15st and then i need to take another look at myself we are hoping for baby number 2 sooner rather than later so again that will all be taken into account but im here and im not going to let the big bad wolf get me on the rail road to unhappiness again
so for now this is my story and it begins NOW!!!!
xxx
Big Hugs Lynn! Thanks for sharing your story with us, and you are right, it does start NOW!! I am so glad that you are with us now on the challenge! I hope you wake up and feel excited about the transformation that lies ahead of you! Give it 100% and get some exciting results, once the momentum builds you will be flying and smashing your way past 15stone! A healthy happy future lies a head 😉 xoxo
Big Love
Julz xoxox
All of this is true and if I have got through all of this, the final piece to fix is my weight.
I was born an only child. When I was 6 my Dad was diagnosed with cancer and he died the month before my 12th birthday. It was then that food started becoming important, treats on the bus home from town etc, my Mums way of trying to comfort me I suppose. I remained a healthy weight though because i was so active.
At the age of about 15 with the hormone change etc I was maybe a size larger than my friends but nothing major. When I started work at 18 the extra money, teabreaks and lunches took their toll and at 20 I joined my first slimming club weighing 10st 10 (I am 5’4).
I met my first husband at 22 and we married when i was 26. My weight fluctuated between size 10 and 14. When I was 27 I was attacked, victim of an attempted rape. I was lucky that I got away. I was depressed and it affected my marriage, he wasn’t exactly sympathetic. 2 years later I had to attend an ID parade as they thought they had caught the man who attacked me. I was pregnant at the time, 11 weeks, and miscarried 3 days after the identification as the man was in the line up and I was totally freaked out as you can imagine.
I then however went on the have my son at 31 and that was the healthiest I have eaten in my life as I didn’t want to lose him. I only put on 13lbs during my pregnancy and he was 8lbs 7 of that. I then sadly had another miscarriage in 2002 and at the end of that year my husband said he wanted a divorce. I had found out he had been cheating in the summer of 2002 and tried to forgive him etc but the trust was gone.
It was then that my weight got bad, alone with my toddler son, eating in loneliness at night. I went up to size 16 and was miserable. i again joined a slimming club and got back to around 11 st.
At the end of 2003 I met the man who was to be my 2nd husband. I thought he was my soulmate. It all moved quickly, he was a divorcee who had custody of his 2 daughters slightly older than my son. We moved in together, married, bought a dog, it was bliss so I thought. Then after 4 years together i discovered he was on seedy sex sites and was advertising himself as bi-curious….news to me! We split in summer 2008 and again I was alone and I stuffed my face, getting so large it was scary.
I had a few relationships after that but they were the wrong men for me. So in 2011 I decided to do something for me instead. I joined Lighterlife and went from 14st 1 to 10st 8 in 3 1/2 months, I felt amazing, and I got a lot of attention. I did not however complete the maintenance programme…big mistake.
On facebook I have a lot of school friends. In March last year Alan who I had
last seen in 1985 asked me for a drink and it was boom! At that point I was about 11st 3. We are still together, he lives with my son and I now and I will never do better than him. If it doesn’t work out with him I am giving up on men completely.
I have got too complacent being with him though and my weight crept up to 12st 6. Thanks to New You, after 1 week I am back in the 11s and have weigh in this Wednesday for week 2. I am determined with your help to get under 10 st this time, just like Julie and I know I can do it.
Thanks for reading and please don’t be sad for me. yes I have been through a lot but at the age of 45 I have a good job, a lovely home and the most amazing Mum, Son and Partner in my life. xxx
Xx
I love your last paragraph, so empowering! Very happy ending to your story. We cannot go back to create a brand new beginning, but we can start now to create a brand new ending 🙂 This is going to be a great summer for you babe and I am soooo happy you are with us xxx
Hi everyone heres my story iv been overweight for the last 10 years, i did do weight watchers and lost 3 stone for my sisters wedding 8 years ago but piled it all back on, i also tried lipotrim and surprise surprise only lasted one week… i have 5 children 2 from my first marriage, i have had 2 babies in the last 2 years (Irish twins lol) was not planned like that but such is life!! i call evie our surprise “well its nice to be called that instead of a mistake lol” i also suffered horrendous spd in my last 3 pregnancies i had never heard of it before i was diagnosed on my 3rd, the pain was horrendous nearly not able to describe how bad it was so i was told after the 4th babs not to have any more and i really didnt think we would have because i suffered so much, but along came our wonderful surprise, i was so afraid waiting for the spd to kick in and by god it did this time with a vengeance, i was only able to walk with crutches, couldnt even turn over in the bed ended up in hospital on morphene, induced four weeks early.. but thank god all was fine, i still am not fully better and manage it like you julie ann. BUT that pain was worth my beautiful daughter. so that was march 2012 and 2 pregnancies back to back did nothing to help the weight situation i now knew i had to do something about it as i was suddenly not going out to work and been at home with 5 kids is no easy task, at least u get a toilet break at work lol. i started to eat crap out of boredom and developed the worst habbit of not letting anything go to waste!! The only place those leftovers were going was on my waist..!!!!! so i came across New You on facebook last july and read all i could about it reviews etc and every week i was going to order and start but one excuse after another took me to february 2013 i ordered and started and havnt looked back, i have just over 2 stone gone and after flaffing around due to a break ln the last 2 weeks im back on the wagon to try to get to 10 stone. im only 5ft one so my ideal weight is in the 8 stone bracket but im been realistic and setting smaller goals as i go along and i never want to see 13 stone again..i have a wonderful partner and we plan to get married but i wont set a date until iv lost this weght, so enough motivation there, yes there are days when i fall and blip and i have had many along the way but i have learned that not giving up is the key to my success it does not matter how many times i fall if i keep getting back up i will eventually suceed in my journey and get to my goal, it might take me longer but slow and steady and all that….. watch this space xxx
I am so glad you found us and got started!! Your results so far are amazing 🙂 I love your attitude!! xxx
PS. SPD sucks 🙁 xx
Well ladies, this sure is hard to fess up to as its easy to hide behind a smile but by golly Julz you are really making us face our demons for all the right reasons on this challenge….
Here goes…
My weight demons started when I was first pregnant (almost 8 years ago) and I convinced myself I was eating for 2. Well I ate for 2 and them some…
When my son was born I too had Pelvic issues which went on to develop into sever sciatica which left me house bound for months… despite pulling my eating into check and breast feeding all my weight stayed with me.
At 26 I was a dress size 22 and not able to exercise I felt like a monster! With my wedding fast approaching I found a physiotherapist that helped with the movement and went on LL. Within 6 months I was moving about and able to walk for more than 3 hours without suffering and come my wedding day I was 16 (still big but a lot better than before).
From the time I said my vows having baby no. 2 was a priority and sadly I had too many miscarriages to count and so turned to food. Again within the year I was back at a size 20.
4 years ago I was desperate for a second child and decided to start to get fit and take control and slowly it happened, I fell pregnant with twins only to lose them both at 24 weeks, again the food kicked in…
So my weight has been up and down continually right up to December 2009 when I found out I was again pregnant and this time really knuckled down. I was pregnant and gaining a belly but with a little exercise and very strict diet I lost weight, when my daughter was born in 2009 I was a size 14 and happy 12st.
Being fit and healthy inspired me to qualify as a fitness coach and I started to teach Zumba and for the first time ever I was looking good, feeling great… then the crap happened… my dad passed away from cancer, my grandmother died without warning and I fell down some steps and cracked my spine… again unable to exercise and generally peed off with the hand I had been dealt I turn’t to food…
When my daughter had her 3rd birthday we went out for the day and I couldn’t run with her or throw her around… this broke my heart and this had lead me to the place I am now…. Starting point this year at 16.8st and severely obese I am now 13.10 and simply obese, but I can run with my children and play with them and with the right exercise I am getting back to fitness….
I will be slim, I will be me again and I will put two fingers up at the past and say I wouldn’t change you as you have made me what I am today… and what I am to day is a healthy mum of 2 beautiful children and the wife of a wonderful husband and for that I can hold my head up high.
You have been super fit before and you will get there again! Really happy that you are on a road to reclaiming your body and fitness again!! Go you xoxox
Oh my goodness this is going to be quite a story. I have been over weight for as long as I can remember. I remember standing on the scales at 12 years old and being 12 stone! Throughout school I was bullied about my size which just gave me an excuse to keep eating and putting on more weight. At the age of 22 I was up to 23 stone and miserable and happily still doing nothing about it! I then started on Lipo Trim when I was coming to the end of university and lost 3 stone. This really gave me a boost as I was feeling really great having lost weight. I then got together with Jamie and being comfortable in the relationship, I started to pile on the weight. I then discovered New You and set myself a target of 15 stone ready for my Holiday to Florida. This target was no where near what I should be but it was a start. I hit my target and straight away after Florida I piled it back on but making myself believe that I hadnt put any weight on and all was fine.
We planned on Florida again the next year and so it was time to jump on the New You train, hitting 15 stone again. Then in Florida Jamie popped the question and I knew it was time to be serious about the weight lose if I wanted to be happy on my wedding day and think about having children.
I decided the best way to hit my 11 stone goal was to do it in stages. So in 2012 I went from 19 stone 11 pounds to 14 stone 11 pounds. I managed to keep a lot of it off over christmas and then started again in Jan 2013 at 17 stone 12 pounds. This time it was time to get to my target of 11 stone. I am 3 stone off that target with 7 weeks left on the plan. I am absolutely terrified about getting to my target but also really excited to be happy on my wedding day 🙂
Hannah you are looking amazing at the moment! I love your recent pictures!! I love that you have not given up on yourself! This really is a journey, and sometimes we need to go through the process a few times before we finally click it into our heads what we need to do, where we need to be disciplined, and that choosing the healthy option is choosing the happy option.
Here’s to a slim bride, a yummy mummy, and a long healthy happy life to you and Jamie xxx
Xx
Wow – Julz, what an incredible woman you are, to go through so much and become such a success in everything – a true inspiration 😀
My journey is not nearly so inspiring, but nevertheless… 😉
I have always been on the larger side, but never obese – just a bit curvier than other girls. I was born in South Africa and grew up there till I was 12 years old. When I was younger I was incredibly active, a ballerina, avid swimmer, and a really happy, bouncy little girl who took part in EVERYTHING!
Then my parents decided to move to a small town in Northern Ireland, and I was uprooted suddenly and forced into the end of first year of high school.
The move destroyed my parent’s marriage, my mom became dangerously depressed and I was being bullied constantly for being a foreigner – the odd one out.
I went quickly from being the eager, enthusiastic girl I was to hiding in the toilets at lunchtime, gobbling down bags and bags of crisps, bars of chocolate, anything I could get my hands on. When I got home I had to look after my mom, and as a crutch I would hoard all the junk food I could get and eat it in secret when she finally went to bed.
This system became my emotional crutch for many years after, through school, university, stressful jobs… until I reached 17stone.
It is incredible how much I fooled myself into thinking I wasn’t as heavy as I was, if there was an award for denial I would have it on my mantlepiece!
I have avoided so many things because of my weight, but all the time making other excuses – for example I haven’t been on a sun holiday in about 10 years (last time I went I was 16 years old!) because the idea of a swimsuit would make me so terrified I couldn’t even entertain the the thought!
I had really lost the real Melissa altogether, that girl who would jump on stage at any chance, who would dive into any challenge… I was merely surviving, hiding behind the scenes.
NOT ANYMORE.
Something in me broke randomly one day. Just a little thought that surfaced… why must I be the one to suffer this weight? Do I not deserve the same as others? Do I not get to feel pretty?
And it just dawned on me… I could change this. It was POSSIBLE. But how?!?
Then I found the New You Plan. I can honestly say it has completely changed my life – my thought processes about food, my confidence, and it has made me feel much less alone too through the wonderful people in Secret Slimmers 😀
I am nearly 4stone down (I will be next week, so help me!) in a few short months!
People keep saying to me “My god, look at the weight you’ve lost!!” – but to be honest there is one major difference I see now when I look in the mirror…
My Smile.
Melissa I love this story, I love how you are feeling so empowered, happy and positive about yourself and your future!! GO YOU 🙂
I got goosebumps at this —> “People keep saying to me “My god, look at the weight you’ve lost!!” – but to be honest there is one major difference I see now when I look in the mirror…
My Smile.”
Love
Julz xx
I have been reading all the posts here all evening and all i can say is wow .. And we are all on this emotional roller coaster of a journey, but with each others help we will get there xxx
Amazing stories Karen!! 🙂 xxx
im on day one too julz!
WOOHOO!! XXX
My weight gain started when I was 13. My father passed away leaving a void in my life that never will be filled. I sat by and watched my mother morne the loss of the only man she ever loved. She had no will to get through the day. I fended for my self mainly with crisps and any other junk food I could get that didn’t have to be cooked. I to was grieving and the only way I could get through the day was by eating crap. As the years went on my weigh gain got worse. At 18 I was a massive 17 stone, I was the only one to not go to my graduation. When I reached 24 I tried to do something about my weight, I joined different slimming clubs but nothing was working. I’d no confidents in my self and a very low self esteem. When I was 27 I met my now husband, I lost 2 stone for my wedding and walked up the isle a size 26. I rejoined another slimming club weighing in at 21 stone, I was truly gutted. I managed to loose 5 stone over 2 years of tears and hard work. I then got pregnant and lost the baby and suffered great depression and gained back 2 stone. I’m now hoping and praying that the new you works for me. I’ve tried it on and off and just can’t get the hang of it and stay away from food. I’m going to start again day 1 and hope this works. I’m desperate.
Thats my weight journey. Thank you for reading
Come on Caroline!! This is YOUR TIME hun… day by day you can do this…. I am here for you!! 🙂 Once you do 21 days in a row you will not know yourself, you will feel so in control and empowered. Stay close to our community, do the daily tasks and stay focused on your WHY. It is easy and the results are so motivating… give it a real good go and you will not regret it xxx
I’ve always had a problem with food, when I say problem, I mean that I like it too much…. I grew up in what you’d call a “broken home” loved dearly by both parents who couldn’t love each other… my mother relied heavily on my grandparents (dad’s parents) to bring me up (an only child) therefore I developed a very strong relationship with them. Fast forward to when I was 19, I met my wonderful man (who’d eventually become my husband). We were involved in a nasty rta with an artic lorry and I broke my back, suffering immence pain still to this day…. at 20 I left college as I just couldn’t sit for any length of time for lectures, and then, unexpectedly became pregnant. “eating for 2” when I already couldn’t exercise, made my weight rocket to 15 stone, a long way from my size 12 super fit days before the crash… developing toxaemia aaron was born in an emergency having been starved of oxygen… I believe it is why he is autistic, my wonderful, intelligent boy. We got married when he was 3, and our honeymoon baby arrived 9 months after our wedding! Joey was only 11 months and I was pregnant (again by surprise) with our 3rd child, my beautiful, precious Zara. As my weight rocketed, Zara was born early, as soon as she was born, we knew something was “wrong” with her head… she had no eye socket, a “wonky” nose and a big hollow in her forehead… she was diagnosed with craniosynostosis, a word I couldn’t pronounce at first never mind spell but now comes effortlessly to my lips… a long and horrible journey followed of being on a emergency surgery list as we waited for zara’s skull to be removed, the pressure on her brain to be released and for plastic surgeons and neurosurgeons to create a new skull for her, eye sockets and give my precious baby girl the chance of a “normal” life…. finally at 16 months (after all that time comfort eating) she had her 8 1/2 hour surgery, kissing her goodbye we were told that we may not see her again… the single most horrible and heartbreaking day of my life… thankfully everything was a great success but I continued to keep the eating habits I’d developed, telling myself that “I could so easily have lost Zara during surgery, or to brain damage from the pressure, that if I felt like that mars bar to make me feel better I can have it”….. soon after Zara’s surgery, just when some sort of “normality” was coming, my darling Grannie got sick, in hospital for 3 months, not only did I visit her twice daily, but also we moved next door to my grandfather to take care of him…. when Grannie was released from hospital, we stayed on renting near them (while struggling with our mortgage) so that I could get Grannie up in the morning, bring her to the loo during the day, help her to bed and cook/clean for them…. when she fell ill on 8th October 2011, I had no idea that the end was so soon… she had a “blocked up bowel” so was taken to hospital for strong enemas and some fluids… which went to her lungs… kissing her goodbye that evening telling her “night night, sleep tight, I’ll see you in the morning” I NEVER thought that that would be the last time I would see her…. she fell asleep, let me leave the hospital and when I’d made the 15 min drive home I got a call to go back in…. I remember getting there, I remember being told she’d gone… falling to the ground and the pain that I felt, my heart being torn from my body…. it still hurts to this day…. no one will EVER understand how close she and I were (when she had surgery when I was 14, I fell asleep on the waltzers in the fair while she was being put under anesthetic) we had a bond that nothing could break… until her death…. the following 5 days are a blur… but…. once again, about a week after I lost her, i began once again to comfort eat… and eat I did…. because that’s what I know best….
so here i am today, mum to 3 beautiful kids age 5, 7 and 11, full time carer for both my autistic son and my 95 year old grandfather, and trying to be the best wife that I can be. I dont’ want sympathy, I dont’ want pity… I want encouragement….
Because for the first time…. for the first time in YEARS…I am doing something FOR ME… I am loosing this weight FOR ME, so that I feel better in myself… I still have sad days, I still have stressful days…. I’ve just in the door now having put my grandfather to bed (as I do everyday) and I’ve lunches to make and tidying to do….
Being thinner is something I can control in a world that I feel that I’ve had no control over… I can’t wait to post my after photos… to feel good in myself, stand proud and say… HERE I AM….. ME….
Love your post, big hug xoxo
Oh wow… what a heart felt story… I am so glad that you are feeling so empowered and ready to achieve your goals! I cannot wait to see your after photo!!! PLEASE DO THIS HUN!!! I WILL BE SO HAPPY FOR YOU XOXOXOX
Wow, where to start! I have struggled with my weight for 15 yrs – since my Uni days. When I went back home I couldn’t eat with the family, I used to have cereal or jacket potato all day everyday. Apart from the usual snacking when I was at work. I did LL in 2006 and got to a weight I was happy with but failed at refeed as there are so many foods I do not eat. I have a 3 year old son now and I can’t run around with him as much as I would like to. I have been wanting to take him on holidays but I am so embarrassed about my size. I would also like to have another baby but as I am on blood pressure medication (since I had pre-eclampsia) I really should lose weight. I really need to lose 5st to be a doctor’s healthy weight, though 4st will actually be enough for me.
I signed up to New You for the Christmas Challenge and needless to say I failed miserably. Every month I had started to join challenges but could never motivate myself enough. But I have seen friends and relatives go through various illnesses and I really don’t want to ignore my own problems any more.
I had stopped socialising and going to family events because I didn’t want to shop for clothes just for the day and I didn’t want to look as though I had turned up wearing a black sack as that is exactly what the clothes on me looked like. I don’t wear women’s t-shirts – low necks, short sleeves, short in length – I wear men’s t-shirts. And I have a lot of the same track bottoms, mostly black and some navy. I’m the only parent I have seen at my son’s nursery that seems to wear the same clothes each day. I guess I have been depressed over the years about my weight but ‘depressed’ is a word I really don’t like to use.
I have to lose weight for health reasons as well as my son. I blipped in the first week of May but because I still lost weight it motivated me to do better and I have been doing better. I have my 4 packs a day. Water I am still struggling with a bit but I am getting there. I am hoping to lose about a stone a month and I will be trying my best now.
YOU CAN DO THIS HUN!! THIS IS YOUR TIME 🙂 I am so glad that you keep giving it another go!! It is so good you are not giving up on yourself, but now you need to give yourself 100% commitment 🙂 XXXX
BIG LOVE XX
Goodness me, my reasons for getting to an unhealthy weight, and why I want and need to slim down, just pale into insignificance after reading all these heart-wrenching stories you guys have been through to get to today, the now, the taking control and being so positive and brave.
So, I’ve decided you are all my motivation to keep on track. If you can do it, I certainly can.
I have about 5 stone to lose, (aiming on 28lbs for the Summer Challenge) all gained since getting a desk job when I was 40 and working excessively long hours. Now at 56, and coming through several years of menopausal anguish, I ache from inactivity, and am scared of aging badly. I want to age healthily, light and fit. I guess that’s it… Facing my demon… unhealthy old age… When 60 these days is still so young 🙂
So, here’s to us all facing our demons, however great or small, and remaining focused, and smiling our way to our goals.
I look forward to seeing what your exercise DVD is like, Julz. I tried Tae Bo, but that is too crazily energetic as a first step back into fitness. A more gentle lead-up is needed!!!
Good luck everyone 🙂
Hey Christine, so lovely to have you as part of our challenge, I am so happy with us!! The DVD should be out this summer!! Yoga and Pilates are great! Good luck with your journey hun!
I love this line “So, here’s to us all facing our demons, however great or small, and remaining focused, and smiling our way to our goals.”
AMAZING 🙂
Good luck
Julz xxx
All your stories are so touching, I am very moved this morning, mine is a simple one, I have battled weight all my life, got to goal seven years ago and managed my weight with running, bikram and eating sensibly. My life time friend and partner passed suddenly September 2007 and I stepped out of life and dealt with the loss of a wonderful man. Grief as we know is a funny ould world, it can be a struggle to do normal everyday things.I lost myself in work and probate and others and am only recently coming back to myself and wanting for me again so this is the first step back to a New Me with new zest and verve for life and living.
I piled on the weight, I dont actually know what I weigh, I am blind weighed as I found putting it all back on very distressing. I lost 8 stone the last time and assume I have a similar journey to make.
I as always am wishing you all well along your journey and know I love the posts and the craic and the ups and downs of the group.
xx Kathy hugs galore
Day by day you will get to where you want to be! I think the most important thing is to enjoy the journey, look on the bright side, that it is an exciting transformation, a gift to yourself 🙂
So glad to have you with us on your journey hun xoxox
Hey Kathy,
Could you please email Ellie or Grant at [email protected] please as we
need to get further information. Thanks <3
So many touching stories my heart goes out to you ladies and gents x My story is that I was always slim till my 30’s, a heartbreaking divorce followed where I had no money, moved a lot to keep the mortgage payments low, many horrible stressful jobs one so bad where I started losing my hair, then eldest daughter got attacked, went to court, guy jailed for 12 years, 2 v close friends died within a year, I turned to alcohol but denied it and in 15 years my weight ballooned to 23 stone altho could be higher as I went into denial, I then lost my home 8 years ago, both daughters had left home but got another job felt more settled and managed to get to 19 stone, started New You 4 years ago managed to get to 16.7 thought this is it I’m on my way I can get back to my healthy weight.. Then… got made redundant 🙁 .. Weight piled back on That was 3 years ago I am now in a better place as my youngest daughter got diagnosed with a mental health disorder and now 3 years later she has her own place and is engaged.. I think I lost who I am in all off this and now this is me time again, So I am trying New You again and I will get to goal Im already 10 pounds down in 2 weeks 🙂 Have to say I can’t and wouldn’t be able to do this without all the lovely support from New You xx and the SS on facebook Thank you from the bottom of my heart No more putting my life on hold Hope the world will be ready for the New Me xx
WOOHOO!! You are starting a new happier healthier chapter of your life hun, I am so glad you are back with us and making positive steps to a healthier new you!! Thank you for being part of our community xxx I wish you every success on your journey and I am here to help you xxx
Julz x
Hey Pamela,
Could you please email Ellie or Grant at [email protected] please as we
need to get further information. Thanks <3
SO pour yourself two pints of water and then come back..it’s gonna be long.
Early years I was lanky .. very skinny but lanky. All my friends were petite so therefore I thought I was fat and at that stage I was prob a size 6 …..!!
Fast forward Secondary school …Every morning noon and night I was training for Basketball, Athletics and Gaelic football. All this exercise meant I could eat whatever whenever and it never mattered.
College 1995- Catering college, started drinking, ate junk, GAVE UP SPORTS … big mistake … pounds and pounds slowly crept on, so much so I remember a bunch of us pounding the streets at night to lose the pounds then we’d reward ourselves with wine and goodies.
FF>> 1998 Having spent the last few years working myself to the bone and learning the greatest of all gourmet dishes from the various restaurants I worked in More more and more pounds. I recall dipping bread in to the most delish of sauces and there was nothing of the rich and good fayre that I did not try …. so much so it became a hobby traveling the world to dine in specific restaurants …..
While in working and galevanting around Galway city and having the time of my life ….. I met the man that I thought I would marry …. I recall telling a friend that he WAS THE ONE” three weeks later he asked me to take the night off work as the housemates were all away. I couldn’t let work down so I couldn’t … when I arrived at work another guy had turned in by mistake and I jokingly said to him that he could work for me as I had to cancel plans he agreed and I went back to the house to find “THE ONE” in all his glory on the couch with a colleague in all her glory …… END OF THAT or so I thought ….
FF>> two months and a very sick me realizes she is pregnant….. OOOOPPPPSSSS
The only thing I have to thank him for is MY pride and joy my now 14 year old son Oran who like all of ye love him with every inch of my big FAT being!!!
I moved back to my home town, never saw “THE ONE” again but I’ll come back to that !!!! I was devastated to move home, my friends had all moved on the had new friends and new lives I was very lonely. Baby born and I went straight back to work when he was 4 weeks … I had to as we needed the money and I needed away out of my home house even though they were so so so good and supportive I felt smothered.
Moved into my own home with my son and started a rigmarole of friends over for dinner every week maybe twice a week I would cook three, four and even 7 course meals for anyone who would keep me company ….. wine and food. Anything not to be lonely. Food was my crutch all this time ……. pounds pounds and more pounds
Ok Julz Get more water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At this time I was working in a fancy rest and running a bar for another man … two jobs. I started secretly dating a guy I worked with for 5 years we ate slept and worked together …. thought we were really going somewhere in 06 but he found love elsewhere !!! But forgot to tell me to say I was heartbroken is an understatement ….. he really destroyed me …. cue turn to food !!!!!
I got over him and eventually fell for a guy who drank on the bar where I worked he was an alcoholic and a compulsive liar. HIS FRIENDS were telling me I was too good for him. Eventually he cheated on m too >>>> CUE FOOD >>>>> I did however make excellent friends from this relationship and still love them. I suppose I could make excuses as to why I stayed with him he was so much fun and I preferred to have an alcoholic liar who was ..good in the night!!! AND was so much fun than to be on my own ….. we broke up in 08 I have not dated anyone since …. I am so lonely !!!! >>>> CUE FOOD >>>>>
I did however surround myself with loads and loads and loads of friends and belonged to about five different groups of friends >>>> Cue a social life to rival all other people>>>> FOOD DRINKING and you know yourself !!!!
6 years on I am paying the price …coming home from hols and eating cos I was sad to be back to my lonely only ….. >>>> Cue vicious circle >>>> LONELY -EAT- FEEL GOOD -GET FAT- STAY LONELY -EAT and so on …..
We all know that people do judge a book by its cover and unfortunately they don’t give the time of day to people on the larger side this is where I used my friends as crutches —- along with food —- to be happy because I really was …and am so lonely.
This year for me has seen me JEALOUS …. yes happy for people but JEALOUS TOO ….. My friends and family are all now married and starting families. my Baby brother is getting married this year as is my last remaining single friend 28th June !!! They are all now too busy to see me or call me and my 6 big groups of friends have been intentionally weedled down to the ones that I know really care honestly and truthfully … SO out with the fake friends who were really hanging in there for the social life to get themselves sorted and the nice gourmet meals I was cooking… But I don’t want to be on my own and I do want to get married and I do want two more children.
I guess what I’m really coming round to is that after looking after them all and not taking care of myself I am now fat and lonely but not for long.
My son wants to contact his Dad and I don’t want him to see me this big. I want a man of my own for good …. so I need to look good to get past the first post! I want to be healthy and happy for my son. In March this year my GP suggested I was depressed … I was crying all the time, I had no energy, I had a lump in my breast which worried me at the time but thank good was nothing… I left my son to school and would go back to bed. Then Id get up just to collect him and go through the motions of the evening wishing the bedtime to arrive. I have a big personality and have always been happy and this was not me and the real bugbear is the weight.
I came home from Spain last year August time and was 23 stone and 6 llb …. disgusting and the photos are disgraceful …. friends and family stared to comment and also worry for me … I took to facebook >>> CUE MORE FOOD AND FACEBOOK and was addicted to both but in the deepest depts of my brain knew something needed to be done… Several times I was laid up with my back and could not do the one thing I loved which is to walk the shore here in Bundoran. I could not make the end of the drive. >>>> CUE MORE MORE AND MORE FOOD AND FACEBOOK …..
But on Facebook this little colorful logo kept catching my eye and the glowing reports were amazing … I kept logging in and trawling but never made the leap. I January this year I wrote down a list of TO DO … and one was a NEW ME ….. that evening I was on Facebook again and the NEW YOU logo appeared .. I bit the proverbial bullet and placed an order this was the best thing and ME DECISION i have ever ever made. I cleared out more negative things and more FAKE friends and started for ME ME ME ….
When I started in January I had gotten down to 22 stone … I lost a stone and a half straight away ….. here I have to be honest …. I was skeptical as to whether the weight would stay off as I lost it so quick …. but YES IT DID which is why 20 days ago I said I had to go again for the long haul….
It took me 10 days to sucessfully do day 1 but I got there finally and I am now in such a good place I know in my heart and soul I will never go back to…. not only my old eating habits but back to my old life …. Healthy happy me for my son and I and my family and TRUE friends is where I am at. My career is a very very long story but has gone from strength to strength…
We have lost a very good family friend at a young age this year … life is too short to be on facebook, feeding my face and having a fake life.
Life is for living and making every moment precious as you never know whats around the corner. Today I feel on top of the world, This week I have walked 5/6 miles three times breathing in the most magnificent air and life
This caterpillar can see the beauty in being a butterfly and she will fly if its the last thing she does !!!!! The only thing left to clear out is the BIG FAT WARDROBE ….. xxxx
Wow! What a story!! I am so glad our little colourful logo caught your eye! 🙂 I am so glad that you are part of our amazing community and taking control of your life…
I love this…”This caterpillar can see the beauty in being a butterfly and she will fly if its the last thing she does !!!!!”
Julz xxx
The million euro question, Why did I start the plan????? (Apologies for the essay)
In October 2012 weighing in at 14 stone, I developed a swelling in my neck (on my carotid artery). Following consultation with an ENT surgeon I was sent onto a vascular surgeon and to my relief I was told my carotid artery was OK but he informed me I had a brain tumour. My husband was with me and the 2 hour journey home seemed to take forever. In that time I had my funeral planned in my head and was trying to decide on the best plan of action to tell our 3 girls.
I then had to wait for an appointment with a neurosurgeon. The longest wait of my life. Not even labour could be compared to it. After 10 days I was in Beaumont to meet the surgeon and to my total disbelief he told us that there was nothing showing up. I was clear and he couldn’t understand why I was sent to him. Some of you might think that I panicked but my mum died in Jan 2005 from a very aggressive brain tumour (5 months from diagnosis to funeral, aged 61). Anyway, we were relieved but then I started to question the original diagnosis on my carotid.
So…… off for a second opinion AND yes there is a swelling on my neck but not of any harm. The biggest shock was to find out that my cholesterol was 7.9. Not good.
During Christmas 2012 I was researching ways for weight loss and came across the NY plan. That was it. I placed my order and started on the 2nd Jan. Although I have take short breaks since then I’m now just under 10 1/2 stone with a cholesterol level of 2.9.
Cant do better than that. It was the shock of imagining my daughters growing up without me that gave me a kick in the ass to do something about my weight. I found my motivation and Im getting there. I still have another stone and a half to shift but Im working towards it.
Love, luck and laughter to you all.
We can do this.
Just love this ending paragraph…
“During Christmas 2012 I was researching ways for weight loss and came across the NY plan. That was it. I placed my order and started on the 2nd Jan. Although I have take short breaks since then I’m now just under 10 1/2 stone with a cholesterol level of 2.9.
Cant do better than that. It was the shock of imagining my daughters growing up without me that gave me a kick in the ass to do something about my weight. I found my motivation and Im getting there. I still have another stone and a half to shift but Im working towards it.
Love, luck and laughter to you all.
We can do this.”
WE CAN DO THIS!!
And a massive congratulations to your achievements so far!! You are killing it!! 🙂 What a great drop in your cholesterol level xx
Here’s to a healthy happy NEW YOU! woohoo xxx
Julz xx
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