Another UK laydeee:)

[Deviant Magenta]

HI all

Stumbled upon this forum whilst surfing and really felt the urge to join. Just a little bit of background - I'm mid thirties and have always been overweight all my life, although I did have spells of being physically active (did a few years of martial arts) and tried VERY hard as a teenager to convince my dad to let me do body building but it was a no go.

I am now at the stage where I really want to do something my health - I don't really care how much I weigh, I just want to have more energy. I have issues with my thyroid function which plummets from time to time and this occurs when I eat crap and let my weigh creep.

So here's the deal, I've had six children, the oldest is 12 and the youngest is 2. I have just miscarried at 12 weeks and am feeling quite 'biologically defective' because of it. Have been looking at what I am eating and cutting out snacks, and am feeling much better for it. Now where I am stuck is the fitness bit. I am trying out my rowing machine again - I loved rowing although I didn't really get very far with it. I know I just need to persevere and eventually my heart won't feel like it is about to burst out of my chest. I don't feel ready to join a gym yet somehow and I know it is a confidence thing.

So my aim is? I'd like to get better with the rowing, and also take up the weights again. I'm avoiding female friends who feel that all weight problems can be resolved by going on the Cambridge or Lighter Life regime and I have to say, I don't think they are any healthier, in fact maybe just more depressed and have strange relationship with food. So any encouraging words will be great. Thanks.

 

[Bikini Mod]

Hello and welcome!! Thanks for sharing about yourself. Even though the information you shared was not your stats (height, weight and bf%) it was very valuable because the board gets a feel for *who you are* right off the bat. This helps us to guide you better.

So now let me cut to the quick. You say that you are "not ready to join a gym". Why is that? I understand about the confidence but think about this, if you want to improve your fitness and health why would you NOT join a gym? Isn't that sort of a counterproductive frame of mind? Why not make it fun? Unless you live in the sticks I am fairly sure that there will be a ton of gyms all over so make it a field trip. Pick a day or visit different facilities over the course of several days. Let the facility IMPRESS YOU. What do they have to offer YOU? Why should you join THEIR facility?

Now I want you to post up here what it is that YOU THINK you are looking for from a gym.

Next thing I want you to post up a food diary here because we will all tell you that while you need to put your body in motion if you aren't fueling the machine properly your situation will NOT improve.

So glad to have you here.

 

[Tatyana]

Hello and welcome

I love it that we have more women here from the UK.

To be honest, it is women that are dealing with issues like yours is the reason I dedicate time to moderate on this site.

Kini covered some of the first basic stuff.

We have a few women here who are just awesome with tweaking diets, so if you want to post up a typical day to see if there is any alterations that can be made to get you going to feeling fit and fab, feel free.

One thing with the depression issue, I do think that there is often a bit of the emotional issue and an organic/biological issue.

Good fats, especially fish oils can really improve and even eliminate the symptoms of depression.

What is your fat intake like?