5 years ago I weighed in at a toned 72 kilos after losing 25kg A job in a call centre & lack of movement , had me back up about 94 kilos in September 2013. I made a conscious effort to shift some & over a few months dropped to about 88. This was just calorie control mostly. I had a fall in the shower that had caused bursitis in my hip which made me less inclined to get active.
By April 2014 I realised I had to keep losing & take pressure off that hip as well as my OA knees.
I started out walking 15 mins a day. I hate exercise & getting hot & sweaty! I knew I just had to get into a routine. Success followed. Walking further, longer & faster I also noticed my hip pain was much less. Now if someone can fix my knees i'd be grateful!
My original goal was to get back to 72kg, which I almost reached in March this year, getting to 74kg.
I guess because I've only been walking I didn't look as slim as I thought I had before- or maybe now is it just because I'm a grandma & in my 50's?

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I decided to try lose that last 2kg but I was firmly stuck in a plateau. Increased workouts & changes to diet made no difference.
I was due a GP visit in July & I asked if I was able to get Duromine to try break the plateau. He agreed & I took a script for a months supply of 30mg.
Disaster! The week I started, I had an accident at the park on the play equipment ! ( no laughing!) Who says I'm old??!! Twisted my knee so badly I was on crutches for 3 days & it's basically taken all July & some of August for it to be 'normal' so I could get back to walking.
My first month on Duromine I had the dry mouth thing...not helpful when you are on the phone in a call centre ! Sleep went out the window for a while & dizziness ..could be my vertigo though. Hard to tell. But I did lose! Yes! I went down to 68.5! I took a few days break ( well- I couldn't get an apt with the GP !) then went back for another pack.
I started that pack on Sunday- today's Wednesday- & this morning I'd gone to 66.7.

I'm thinking of seeing how far this pack takes me then maybe stop there. I don't want to look too saggy with all that extra skin now

probably 60kg is about as far as I'll go.
If you can deal with those pesky side effects, this can be a good tool as part of a plan ,including exercise, to shift the flab & regain the Fab!
Good luck everyone!