I am scared, you should be too! Cholestrol doesn't know or even care about the difference between fat and skinny people. I have to conclude efter 6 years on this journey it is so about what we eat if we stay healthy or get ill both fat and skinny people a like.
Exercise is a must, it was hard but I just do it and have learned to appreciate my present fitness level.

I am doing this journey with no regrets, the many excuses sound so lame when written on paper and the screen, ...

I am scared, you should be too! Cholestrol doesn't know or even care about the difference between fat and skinny people. I have to conclude efter 6 years on this journey it is so about what we eat if we stay healthy or get ill both fat and skinny people a like.
Exercise is a must, it was hard but I just do it and have learned to appreciate my present fitness level.

I am doing this journey with no regrets, the many excuses sound so lame when written on paper and the screen, we have so much to loss if we don't wise up.. If I end up in a wheel chair because of my back, I can truelly say I listened to what the experts raved about.. I have had huge battles with mindsets my before photo's still smack me in the face- reality check girl you did it.. But all I know now, is keep trying even if you don't see the scales move, the cms disappear, if you feel better, get more energy stuff is happening a person can't weigh or measure - hold on to this fact..

Don't go bananas and burn out, add stuff slowly.. Cross in the house I had to make decisions, I gave up alot of hobbies to get fit..
Well these days, I don't miss sitting on my backside life just got interesting being a whole person lighter..

I pray to God, thank Sir for letting me meet people in trouble to open my eyes like scourge on christmas night.. The dear people whom have fallen have taught me facts- Thankyou and it was good having your presence around and I miss you all like a flower needs rain in a desert.. Each one of you thankyou for telling me not to make your mistakes. See you later, I want to live life and what of this borrowed time good.


MY HISTORY:-
-I am no super women, actually I suffer from AdHd (ALL my life) and have also two teenagers whom suffer worse than me..
-I have been 139,2 kgs (306.2lbs heavier)..
-I started my journey back in week 46 in 2004 with the Danish Weight consultants and reached my goal weight of 69 kgs in week 9 in 2007.
-I still looked overweight and with extra skin issues have to be careful as plastic surgery hurts.. I didn't like being on the borderline of always paying while experimenting with maintenance food.
-So I let my weight drop down to 61.5 kgs, I have been as low as 59 kgs, but my doctor was worried about more skin issues starting, as when saggy skin makes folds it can cut of circulation and die. Keeping in mind I already had this problem with my stomach folds and belly button smelling bad.
I had a heavy tummy tuck removing 35 cms of loose skin (800 grams 1.76 lbs of skin removed), the doctors tightened my stomach muscles up and replaced my tummy button on the new skin.. 3 months of hell and no training out over walking was doctors orders..
-I have had a huge network of professional people help me along the way. Lotta Boey was my best support, she was a leader for a project for overweight women in my trade union and getting us back out on the work market while taking consideration to our individual problems... Many of us had injuries, were solo moms and have many social problems to deal with at the same time keeping us from being productive women..
My trade union offered to pay for me to join the "danish weight consultants" but I choose to wait until my husband passed away, my youngest son was given a good foster family to relieve my stress and my depression got under control with a max dosis of Efexor I took over a 1 year period of time..
On Efexor I was doped so I could stand up 24.7.365 and not break down each time I had to admit my husband because of another health setback or my son having a melt down not understanding what the world wants from him most days.. Naturally I couldn't hold a real job down as was dead tired on my feet, push up against a wall and just angry at life. But I still had to smile to keep moral up for my family.. The final defeat was last summer when my oldest teenager got his diagnose with ADHD/Asperges, I have come along way but was beating myself up thinking I had neglected him having a depression.. He stopped still and school went to hell, I had teachers phoning and howling at me he was lazy.. So back to the childrens mental hospital, this smack hurt but I am surviving and taking the challenges as they turn up..

The Present..
I have proved I can stick to my lifestyle change by getting to maintenance and stay here over 2 years.

I was a weight watcher 6 years in New Zealand but by accident fall over A danish concept called "The Danish Weight Consultants." A little company compared to weight watchers but with what I feel easier rules and no points system to cheat on..

They offer danes and 5 other european countries a program to women, men and young people plus a diabetes type 2 program to both men and women..

We are encouraged to use energy on making exciting food that tastes good, as 75%-90% of our weight loss is because of nutrition alone..

WE are encouraged to eat varied and avoid as much processed sugar products, animal fat and alcohol in the weight loss phase of the program..

It is expected that we weigh and measure our food, so we know we are getting the exact amounts. Weight loss and regular depends totally on exact numbers!

I was promised if I followed the program 100% I would loss on a average of 2.21 lbs a week, many can loss more and men double so much..

The program is documented and changes are accepted or changes are denied by a Head Doctor Søren Toubro whom researches obesity in Denmark..

The program promise total coverage of daily needed protein, carbohydrates, essential fats, minerals and fiber if I follow it honestly...

The program also offers a maintenance plan and has 50 or so pages with all the information I need without guessing maintenance and what to strive efter..

The scales they use are checked by the health department regularly so are always accurate.

Why this method?

We spend our money on so much stuff, I used my hard earned money to sit on the school bench and learn what it will say to do the above.


MY WEIGHT JOURNEY:-
Start weight
week46 2004- 139.2kg (306.2lbs)
week46 2005- 82.4kg (181.3lbs)
week46 2006-71.3kg (156.9lbs)
maintenance week 9 "69.0" (151.8) (BMI too high)
week46 2007- 62kg (136.4lbs)
week46 2008- 61kg (134.2lbs)
I have been done to 129.9 lbs, but my weight consultant told me to put on weight as my skin hangs too badly, needing all over body plastic surgery. I started body building and the skin factor is not such a huge factor and where I can live with it now.. I swing gently now at a steady state between 61.5-63.5 kgs. My doctor also backed up my consultant, so I am listening to their advice and putting my pride on the self. I have and always will keep my goals healthy for the right reasons. Body building has removed cms off my waist and I now have muscles where they should be!


129.9 was too low, my weight consultant has been constantly efter me to eat more food.. I do and am eating on a average about 2,500 cals on a average work day. I do about 7-10kms of walking in my working life, out and over my 2-3 visits to the gym a week and 90 minutes on days free from work..

I write my food journal, I put general things on so I don't annoy the organisation that owns the rights to the program. I also don't always put all my food up. I hate giving stuff I paid for away free..
However, 2 years on maintenance and never paid a cent since was 2007 was the best investiment if I wanted to pay for something..

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