After reading quite a few of your blogs, I decided I should start my own.
A bit about me, my history and struggle: I'm a career girl in an office 10 hours a day. I have always been more an academic than a physical person, but the last ten years of being in an office has really seen my weight fluctuate living a sedentary lifestyle with bad food and alcohol choices that come with networking and business development (and a lack of willpower too on my part). I quit soccer and swimming, and I sold my bike when I moved to a smaller apartment that couldn't fit it in. I also lost a baby at 16 weeks a year ago, and the pregnancy weight and subsequent depression saw me put on 12kgs that never budged. My lowest point occurred a few weeks ago after coming back from holiday with my partner in January, when I hopped on the scales at his mum's house (we don't own scales at home) and had quite a shock to see that after just one week on holiday my weight shot up by 5kgs. You guessed it, this hasn't budged either.
My previous method and body issues: I've exercised daily (walking between 30mins to an hour a day), cut out gluten and basically felt like I starved myself, to lose absolutely nothing after 3 weeks of consistent trying. I was told that being pregnant changed your hormone levels and that my weight might be difficult to budge much with the higher estrogen in my system, and to add to this problem, the more fat you have, the more estrogen your body creates, leading to weight retention and gain. Basically, my body was a mess and I decided to speak with my GP about some alternative options.
My Duromine beginning: My GP suggested I try Duromine, and here I am on Day 3. I originally looked up this site today to read the results of others as I'm a skeptic on a good day (our contractors love to lie about what they've done and haven't done), but it would be fair to say that's also the result of being beaten a few times and not gotten results that I felt I deserved. Hopefully I can change my mindset once the weight starts to come off while I'm on this drug, so I can regain my confidence and find a method that works for me and allows me long term resolution. That's why I have set what I believe to be a realistic goal of 5kgs for the month of Duromine I have been prescribed. I don't want to live a short life, and getting my health in order is the first step in prolonging it.
My stats:
Starting weight: 105kgs
Height: 179cm
BMI: 32
First month on Duromine goal: 100kg
Overall goal weight: 75kgs
Goal BMI: 23
I realise there are those of you out there who don't put a lot of sway by BMI numbers; however for a girl with hardly any strength or muscle behind her, I feel these numbers are accurate indications for me as to the poor state of my health.
I will be checking back on this blog perhaps every few days and will post some photos as well if there are positive results to be shared with you all.
A bit about me, my history and struggle: I'm a career girl in an office 10 hours a day. I have always been more an academic than a physical person, but the last ten years of being in an office has really seen my weight fluctuate living a sedentary lifestyle with bad food and alcohol choices that come with networking and business development (and a lack of willpower too on my part). I quit soccer and swimming, and I sold my bike when I moved to a smaller apartment that couldn't fit it in. I also lost a baby at 16 weeks a year ago, and the pregnancy weight and subsequent depression saw me put on 12kgs that never budged. My lowest point occurred a few weeks ago after coming back from holiday with my partner in January, when I hopped on the scales at his mum's house (we don't own scales at home) and had quite a shock to see that after just one week on holiday my weight shot up by 5kgs. You guessed it, this hasn't budged either.
My previous method and body issues: I've exercised daily (walking between 30mins to an hour a day), cut out gluten and basically felt like I starved myself, to lose absolutely nothing after 3 weeks of consistent trying. I was told that being pregnant changed your hormone levels and that my weight might be difficult to budge much with the higher estrogen in my system, and to add to this problem, the more fat you have, the more estrogen your body creates, leading to weight retention and gain. Basically, my body was a mess and I decided to speak with my GP about some alternative options.
My Duromine beginning: My GP suggested I try Duromine, and here I am on Day 3. I originally looked up this site today to read the results of others as I'm a skeptic on a good day (our contractors love to lie about what they've done and haven't done), but it would be fair to say that's also the result of being beaten a few times and not gotten results that I felt I deserved. Hopefully I can change my mindset once the weight starts to come off while I'm on this drug, so I can regain my confidence and find a method that works for me and allows me long term resolution. That's why I have set what I believe to be a realistic goal of 5kgs for the month of Duromine I have been prescribed. I don't want to live a short life, and getting my health in order is the first step in prolonging it.
My stats:
Starting weight: 105kgs
Height: 179cm
BMI: 32
First month on Duromine goal: 100kg
Overall goal weight: 75kgs
Goal BMI: 23
I realise there are those of you out there who don't put a lot of sway by BMI numbers; however for a girl with hardly any strength or muscle behind her, I feel these numbers are accurate indications for me as to the poor state of my health.
I will be checking back on this blog perhaps every few days and will post some photos as well if there are positive results to be shared with you all.
