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| Sinmara |
During the past few days I reached my initial goal of 65 kg - a journey which I started in November 2007. I lost nearly 20 kg (=over 3 stone) during that time, without help. I'm very proud of myself, I wouldn't have thought I had the willpower to do it!
I never starved myself, I just radically overhauled my eating habits to eating healthy, regularly and minimise the junk, and going to the gym several times a week + yoga twice, three times a week.
My new goal is 58kg, if I get there I'll still be chubby - but that's ok, I can live with that. My main reason for losing weight was to get fit and healthy anyway, and getting thinner was just a very nice side-effect.
And the good thing is: I still have my daily dose of ice cream, and a little bit of junk at the weekends 
PS: every woman who was ever bullied in school for her weight will know the feeling when all you want to do is dress up the nines and show those twats just how gorgeous you look now haha
Edited Wed 19 Aug 09, 7:54 PM by Sinmara
| 19 Aug 09, 7:55 PM Crystal_Eyes UK, 5 yrs   |
You know, I was looking at that profile pic of yours the other day and thinking how fantastic you look.
Congratulations chick, you've done really well. ------------------------------------------ | |
| 19 Aug 09, 7:56 PM just_iana UK(SS), 6 yrs |
wow, thats an amazing success, its something i just struggle with, and so i am very inspired and impressed by your success. Enjoy how it feels, and good luck with your next target. | |
| 19 Aug 09, 8:00 PM totallycoverme UK(M), 4 yrs |
woo! fantastic stuff i can totally relate, love that feeling of "ha! i showed you ya buggers" lol
i'm glad to read you lost the weight over a long term period...tis something the nhs is helping me to do at the moment so i don't have another failed attempt at crash dieting
keep up the good work, you look stunning
Laura Isn't it funny that the day we realised we like you was the day you got a pool! | |
| 19 Aug 09, 8:01 PM Qwoins_calamity UK(S), 3 yrs  |
oh darling i know how you feel i was always the fat girl in the corner that was picked on and told she smelt and pushed around , i stayed fat till a few years ago now the girls and boys that bullied me have tryd contacting me by nilla sites iv taken great delight in turning them down , the old saying i might be fat i can diet but you will always be ugly springs to mind some of the girls instead of being beauty's look every inch the age they are and dare i say it ugly lol well done hunni 4 speaking out 4 yourself and i sincerely hope you stay happy and healthy xx hugs he will find out if i have been bad. | |
| 19 Aug 09, 8:01 PM penwiggle UK(CB), 5 yrs  |
Congrats! And thanks for the inspirational blog!! Just what I needed. xxx You say Ouch like it's a bad word. | |
| 19 Aug 09, 8:01 PM gingerbread UK(TW), 4 yrs |
Well, well, well done. Its so bloody hard losing weight! I'm only half way through my weightloss.... at the point where nothing fits, but I dont want to spend too much on new things that hopefully wont fit me soon! I'm thinking of joining a gym, well one day when I dare. Need to be a bit skinnier first I think.... Dont know about you, but I've found the weightloss has changed my confidence and affected how I see myself, especially out and about. At a club on the weekend I felt so much happier than a year ago, when I went to my first ever club. Good luck with the last little bit! | |
| 19 Aug 09, 8:26 PM switch_honey UK(ME), 4 yrs |
wow! Massive congrats! Hope I can have the same success. | |
| 19 Aug 09, 10:29 PM Painpet UK(CB), 3 yrs |
Yay well done for doing so well and sticking to it, there's nothing greater than that feeling you get when you finally achieve what you have strived so long and hard for, good for you x | |
| 19 Aug 09, 10:38 PM Sinmara UK(N), 6 yrs |
thank you @ all
losing weight over a period of time can be rather frustrating, especially at the beginning when it's sooo slow, and then it stops for a few months, and then it goes down again... but it's worth it - and I know I'll never be that heavy again because now I know how to eat properly!
Mind you, I never did crash dieting because I was always fairly comfortable in my skin, but the weight crept up; and one day in November I stepped on the scales and I nearly fell over backwards in shock! That was enough for me to sign up at the gym the next weekend ------ I'd rather be poor and creative than rich and boring (Patrick Wolf) | |
| 19 Aug 09, 10:40 PM Sinmara UK(N), 6 yrs |
oh, you don't have to be skinnier to go the the gym, I went to Fitness First for half a year before I joined the YMCA gym, and even at FF were lots of rather heavy people - no one cares about that.
I go there with my earphones in and don't care about anybody else I think I do feel more confident nowadays, but that's mainly due to me being older and knowing myself better - my weight never really knocked my confidence. I was just fed up not being fit enough to run up the escalators without gasping for air afterwards lol ------ I'd rather be poor and creative than rich and boring (Patrick Wolf) Edited 19 Aug 09, 10:41 PM by Sinmara |
