20 years of dieting

I have been overweight for almost 20 years.  Wow, that is a long time!  I cannot actually remember a time when I wasn’t dieting or just about to go on a diet.  I think fat genes must run in my family, as we all struggle to lose weight.

I am now on a roll with the amazing support of Diet Chef, but over the years I have tried MANY different diets; Weight Watchers, Slim Fast, Slimming World, 5:2, Atkins, the list goes on…. and on!

I recently considered gastric band surgery, although the irony is that I would have to put weight on before I was allowed it!  I have looked at pure hcg drops site ‘s to find out more about taking the hcg hormone combined with a low calorie diet.  I have even considered asking my Doctor for diet pills.

Prior to my pregnancy I joined a gym and hit it regularly.  I combined this exercise with a low calorie diet and barely shifted a pound which was very frustrating.  I think that sometimes in the past I have probably not eaten enough, which has meant my body has wanted to hang on to everything!

I feel the success of a diet starts and ends in your head.  You have to have your head in the game and find a diet that works for you.  As parents, we are often up at all hours and suffering from a lack of sleep.  I find this makes fasting type diets very hard to sustain.  I also want to eat with my daughter, I don’t want her to grow up watching mummy skip meals or having a meal replacement shake.  This is not the example I want to set her.

I am so glad that I have found a plan that is working for me.  A lot of people think all you have to do to lose weight is to eat healthy and exercise, but if like me, your exercise options are limited then this makes things a little more tricky.  I suffer from Arthritis, disc issues and SPD, so taking up running or the like, would be out of the question.

My advice is to keep going, eventually you will find a programme that works for you and I wish you all the luck in the world when you do.

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