I am going to lose weight!!
I have tried to steer various doctors towards telling me that being overweight does not help my joints but amazingly none have said so. So dear ladies and gentlemen of the forum, for each pound that I manage to lose I shall be donating the same in sterling to NRAS. I hope that this public declaration of my current weight 91.7 Kgs (that's 14st 6lbs in english with a BMI of 30.75) will spur me on. I am giving myself a realistic time scale (the end of the year) and would welcome any tips and advice.

hi Eve,

just wanted to wish you good luck.

losing weight isn't easy but i managed to lose a vast amount in 2008 it took me a year,

i went to a Clinic and was given a well balanced diet planned for me. it was normal food but under portion control.

i had to have very limited Carbs.

now i have maintained my weight well for two years.

i would be housebound now if i hadn't have lost the weight as i have bad Osteo in both knee's.

keep posting and let us know how you get on.

P.S. to Jean well done you

Suzanne x

well I had a bit of a slow start, like not really dieting at all for a month or so, but have finally managed to rid myself of just over the first stone. I decided to go vegan for a while to see how that worked and I don't really feel it is any hardship, though in our house it's like the nursery rhyme,"Jack Spratt could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean" because at the same time hubby has decided he would go the atkins route. As I am not being a vegan for ethical reasons I really dont mind preparing meat, though of course I can't test what I am cooking, but I've not had any complaints so far. One thing I have done, which both horrifies me and spurs me on, is to collect sand in a strong carrier bag which weighs the same as I have lost, adding to it each time I lose a little - much easier to do if you are weighing yourself in kilos and grams. When I pick it up I am shocked but eager to make it even more shocking. The beach is only 200m from the front door walking or 700m on the bike, so there is a plentiful supply and a good excuse for a little exercise.
I hope jo, jenni, and jean are still doing well - we must have lost a whole person between us by now!
.....eve xx

hello jean, well it's actually taken me over two months which I am more than happy about, I've done too many of these quickly off, quickly on diets in my lifetime. Don't despair jean, 2stone 10 lbs is amazing, it must be doubly difficult to lose weight when you are reliant on a wheelchair. It would be great to see some people via facebook and now I am curious about jenni's before and after photos. I still haven't got the hang of putting photos on here but I enjoy put the odd thing on there. I am not quite ready to "like" NRAS because I don't quite like RA yet, so is there another way we can find each other?

Eve - if you give NRAS a call, they will pass on my e-mail address and we can then all exchange pics and encourage each other xxx