22-01-2004, 03:24 PM
Ok, I shall lay my cards on the table...
2 years ago I had put on loads of weight, well for me I had,
I was not obese but had got overweight, I had gone up 2-3 sizes,I had always been a naturally slim person(my family are all slim people) and could not understand why I had put on so much weight....seeming...
1. I was and still am a fitness freak, my fitness is at athlete level
and my resting pulse is 48bpm and have an amazingly quick recovery rate, so am very very fit.
2.Have always eaten sensibly, have had the odd chocolate binge , but not enough to make me fat...
I could not understand why this was happening to me. I had tried out all sorts of diets, spoken to nutritionists, bought books on nutrition read up on it as much as I could, as I have always been interested in the health side of things... Yet the weight would not budge....So it got me thinking that
.... maybe it was the age/hormonal thing as I am in my late 40s, maybe I was diabetic or something.... So eventually went to the GP had blood tests done and it turned out that I had a very underactive thyroid....
Since being on thyroxine for my thyroid plus going to Weight Watchers,I have gone right back to my natural size again.
I have managed to maintain my weight now for well over a year
and hope to stay that way. Personally, I found Weight Watchers
great, it suited me, it did not suit some of my friends. So what I can only deduce, is that it definitely depends on what suits each individual. Some thrive on Atkins, some dont, it definitely all depends on each individual. I certainly do not have anything against overweight people or even skinny people, everyone is treated the same in my books....
2 years ago I had put on loads of weight, well for me I had,
I was not obese but had got overweight, I had gone up 2-3 sizes,I had always been a naturally slim person(my family are all slim people) and could not understand why I had put on so much weight....seeming...
1. I was and still am a fitness freak, my fitness is at athlete level
and my resting pulse is 48bpm and have an amazingly quick recovery rate, so am very very fit.
2.Have always eaten sensibly, have had the odd chocolate binge , but not enough to make me fat...
I could not understand why this was happening to me. I had tried out all sorts of diets, spoken to nutritionists, bought books on nutrition read up on it as much as I could, as I have always been interested in the health side of things... Yet the weight would not budge....So it got me thinking that
.... maybe it was the age/hormonal thing as I am in my late 40s, maybe I was diabetic or something.... So eventually went to the GP had blood tests done and it turned out that I had a very underactive thyroid....
Since being on thyroxine for my thyroid plus going to Weight Watchers,I have gone right back to my natural size again.
I have managed to maintain my weight now for well over a year
and hope to stay that way. Personally, I found Weight Watchers
great, it suited me, it did not suit some of my friends. So what I can only deduce, is that it definitely depends on what suits each individual. Some thrive on Atkins, some dont, it definitely all depends on each individual. I certainly do not have anything against overweight people or even skinny people, everyone is treated the same in my books....
Petunia/Carry