........I am back on a healthy living plan... trying to lose weight. I was 25 stone at my heaviest, I lost 8 but put back three so working it out IM now 20 stone, well I was, Im now 12 pounds lighter in the past three weeks.
Just wondering if any of you are on a long term weight loss, longer than just trimming down for summer, cos its sometimes a lonely road.
Its not always easy saying things on here but if anyone wants to email please do so, just wondering if anyone else finds it hard going sometimes. I know the goal is a long way off but I want to get back into the clothes i was in 2 years ago.

I'm still slowly losing only put on a pound this week because it was Mother's Day - lots of chocs. Gone down 4 sizes but I'm always in between sizes so can never find anthing to fit me. LOL

I'm on a long weight loss plan too Tracey. I've lost 2 stone so far, but still have at least another 3 to go. I know it's going to take a while to lose, I've been big for years, so it's not going to come off overnight.

At my heaviest, I was 16 stone 6, way too big for my 5ft 3 frame! I'm following the Jigsaw diet, which is a cross between Weight Watchers & Slimming World, but more flexible.

I've dropped 2 dress sizes so far, which has boosted my confidence no end!!

Jigsaw diet? I'd be very interested to know more....

I believe there is a website.

Hi
Im also on a long term weight loss program. I was 23stone when I started last year and am now 19st 2lb . I have had great support from my doctor and started weigh****chers in January this year. I have also just started at a gym and love it. If anyone wants to email my address is cherrycat78@hotmail.com .

Hi

The link for Jigsaw is www.jigsawslimming.co.uk. It's a fab diet, so easy to follow & there's a lot more free food than WW

There's also a great forum which a lot of Jigsaw members are on, as well as WW & SW members. Its www.slimfo.com.

Thanks for that - I'll have a wee read.

Well done to all you dieters you've done fantastically well.

Well don to all of you, its fantastic, i only wish i had the will power to stick to a diet i really need to loose a few stone.

Well done to everyone on their weightloss. I lost 11 stone and then put a couple back on. I've been seeing a chinese Doctor for the last 2 months and have almost lost those 2 stone again. It's hard but worth it and it feels so nice to be able to get nicer clothes too.

this place is fantastic, I feel totally at ease here talking about all my weight problems, as everywhere in my life before I have always just been judged.

I am on a long term weight loss programme, I used to be so depressed about my weight that I thought the whole world was against me and got to the point where I wouldnt even leave the house, that all changed when I had Sam, and that put things in perspective for me, I only every wanted to lose weight to look nicer, but now thats not what is important, Im doing it for my health,to be able to have fun with my girls and not embarras them by being the "fat Mam" at school, which I got picked on for because my mam was the big one, and to also live long enough to see my own grandchildren one day.

when I met John 9 years ago, I was if I say so myself a sexy size 14/16 curves in all the right places, and I weighed juat 10 stone, which at 5 ft 2 was probably a bit much but I was happy and healthy, within 6 months of being with him (and on the pill) I had gained almost 6 stone and was up to a size 20 and weighed in at just under 16 stone, since then I have gone on to have 3 girlks and at my heaviest i weighed a massive 18 stone 6 and couldnt bear to look at myself, which I still cant do as the person I see isnt the me i feel like inside, in the past year I have really struggled and have safely lost a stone, sometimes more.

I find it really tough and I lack motivation, I dont know exactly why I struggle with my weight but 1 thing I do know is that with each of my 3 pregnancies I always give birth and weigh at least 2 stone less than I did when I fell pregnant, I dont know if this is because Im not on the injection/pill anymore, or if its a hormone imbalance which adjusts itself when pregnant, ( i researched thyroid problems and found that pregnancy can affect the function of the thyroid, as I have had borderline results in the past)because I dont eat any differently when I am pregnant.and then within a few months of having the baby and going back on the contraception the weight starts going back on again

everyone here is great at offering support and advice and it helps to know that your not alone

Oh can empathise with you having the 'fat Mam' as mine was a rather rounded lady too - also mine was a lot older than all the other Mums, grey hair etc. so that caused me a lot of hassle too. I was always arguing/fighting with the others who kept saying she was really my Gran and I didn't have a Mum. Despite her weight problems she lived to be over 80.

Ultimately, I have 4 1/2 stone to lose.

I'm aiming at shifting 1 1/2 stone by Christmas. I have something called Polycystic Ovary Syndrome which tries to hang on to fat, so that makes it twice as difficult to shift. Not impossible - just harder.

I'm not on a weight loss program as I'm pregnant at the moment but wanted to say good job to everyone.

Since being pregnant, I've actually lost a lot of weight in the past 4 months. I'm just now increasing the weight but it's been due to mainly the baby. However, I was overweight to start with. I am worried about when the baby comes what it is going to take to lose weight not to what I was but what I need to be to be healthy and up to speed to take care of a little one.

Thanks for this as now there's a place I can go if I struggle!!

Hats off to everyone!