I found I lost weight for a few weeks then nothing for a few despite the fact that I was eating exactly the same food. That I found very disheartening.
Then I found out that the diet I was on pushed my cholestoral levels up – not happy!!. I also found out the one I was given initially was supposed to be amended at 6 weeks. I had been told it was for life. That diet long term is dangerous for kidney function and can affect other organs too. Various friends and relatives who are in the medical profession were very concerned about it. So I requested a 2nd opinion. The loss was slower but my energy levels were consistent and I could exercise, not struggle to even walk to the letterbox and back.

Good for you! Congratulations fir realising you need to do something and fir actually stepping up and doing something. I’m a bit like you, I know I could lose some weight, but lack motivation and am easily disheartened, not to mention that junk food is so delicious and hard to resist

I hope you achieved your goal.

woo! did you get there! i hope so mumma!

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Hope you had success with your goal. Good on you!

You go girl! My sister was extremely overweight and she found boot camp was her ‘thing’ to help her exercise.

Just thought I’d post an update on my progress. At the end of my first week, I’ve lost 1.6kgs, and have lost 0.5cms from around my upper arms, 3cm from around my chest, 2cm from my waist, 1.5cm from my hips and 2cm from my thighs. I’m pretty stoked, as well as being impressed!

Thanks Melynda – I’ll print it off and start tomorrow!

AussieMum, I’ll see if I can upload the picture of the one I’m doing for you. I’m now on Day 6, as every 5 days is a rest day.

Melynda – that challenge sounds as though even I could give it a go. Do you have the name of it, or are you tailoring it to your needs? If it has a name, I’ll Google it and do it with you. Good luck!

congrats Hon and I know how impossible it is to loose weight with PCOS as I have had it since the age of twenty and no matter what I did nothing worked. when I was working as a linen assistant in a very large private hospital I did drop some weight also I am 4ft 10in in height i went from a 16/18 to a size large 12/14. Some times you just need to be happy with how you are and if you loose some weight than fantastic. Good luck with it all

Thanks ladies. The first ‘challenge’ that I’m doing is a 20-day beginner one, with a rest day every 5 days. It starts off with 20 star-jumps and 10 crunches, with each subsequent day increasing by 10/5, and let me tell you, they haven’t made an exercise bra yet that would hold my girls in place! I’m hoping that by the end of the week, when I weight and measure myself again, I’ll have some progress to post, so please, stay tuned for more updates!

Well done Melynda! It would be lovely if some of us ladies could perhaps do one of your ‘challenges’ together and support each other through it. You’re not alone – many of us can relate to your story, but you’ve made the first (and hardest) step.

Good on you, getting started is the hardest part! I am also struggling with my weight after my first baby in August last year. I put on close to 25kg and been told I have developed hypothyroidism from the hormone shift so my weight has been slowly creeping up. I used to be a catwalk model and now I don’t even want to go out with my friends any more because I feel so fat. I have started the last 3 weeks, exercising again and am starting to see a difference in shape and and energy levels.