Im back for good! 2012 is my year to taste success-& it tastes like a cambridge shake

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Morning girlies,

Not feeling so good this morning! Had a mental night out on Sat night, got in at 5am on Sunday morning!

Was good with food ALL week whilst working, then things just seemed to go wrong from Fri night!

I was REALLY good all week when i was working, cereal for brekkie, fruit and a wrap for lunch and a cooked meal for tea, no snacks. But then I went out for dinner Friday night - had a cajun chicken breast and a few fries.....saturday I went shopping with the girlies and we had lunch in the harvester (simply chicken with new potatoes and salad so didnt feel TOO bad and that WAS all I ate all day!) then I had a girlie night out! got wrecked on slimline vodka and diet coke and a few white wines!

Then yesterday I had a MASSIVE hangover!! Skipped breakfast, had chicken breast in leek sauce for dinner with chips!! followed by a strawberry milkshake, a toffee crisp bar and a pack of monster munch!!

Then tea was a plain white baguette with a bowl of vegetable soup!

Not good! Tasted SO nice tho!

Back on track today, am having toast for breakfast, a salad for lunch, a protein shake before going to the gym then a healthy tea - prob jacket potato and chicken breast.

Weighed ,..... loss of 2lbs! Not TOO bad after no exercise and a bingeing weekend! I'm going to try ALOT harder this week though!

Plan of action for today:

*Make brekkie soon - cereal and a yogurt

*Drink lots of water and take Xenical tabs

*Go for a long walk (if I can find the pram!)

*Healthy lunch of chicken salad

*Gym tonight - aerobic activity

*Healthy tea

Can't wait til Friday! Seeing the hypnotist at 4.30pm!! So straight from work and off I go!! Not hoping for a miracle, just a more positive frame of mind, and knowing that I CAN do it!

I'm thinking of getting some hoodia gordoni tablets....they;re meant to be scientifically proven to supress your appetite and leave you full up...they're 100% natural so shouldn't interfere with Xenical but the proper ones are £40 for a month's supply on the net...so I might see the hypnotist first and then poss order those next week....

I've changed my goals in my signature because I've decided to go by "clothes goals" rather than weight goals and not weigh until the end of May!! I prob won't be able to resist jumping on the scales but I'm not going to measure my success by what the scales do or don't say!

Right, going to give AB brekkie now and get myself shifted!

xxxx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Here is some of the information about the hypnosis I'm having:

Psychotherapy and Counselling:
Psychotherapy involves treatment of problems by a wide range of techniques such as counselling, cognitive and behavioural therapy and neurolinguistic programming(NLP). Because counselling is part of psychotherapy then they both involve listening and then discussing possible ways of dealing with whatever the problem is. It is encouraged that the client comes up with his/her own ideas and the therapist is there to help this happen.

Some techniques such as NLP, mentioned above, are more directive and follow certain procedures which are taught to the client in order to come to solutions. But these solutions are still expected to come from the client’s mind.

THERAPY:
Therapy is beneficial to people in all walks of life. It is not only appropriate for problems, crises, pain and habit control, relieving stress and anxiety, it can also be a very important aid towards self-growth and in releasing one’s hidden potential. Therapy is about control of symptoms, rather than cure. Complete control is like cure, but a person has to be careful that a problem does not return. Therapy therefore is about increasing confidence, strengthening the mind and releasing some of the enormous reserves of energy existing in the subconscious mind. Once therapy is completed with the therapist, a person should have been taught to be his or her own therapist. Only in this way can the effect be truly permanent.

EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLING:
Educational counselling covers academic problems of study techniques and concentration. Help is given with time-tables of study, methods of memorisation, organising what needs to be learned, exam taking and confidence building. Hypnosis is a very good technique to reinforce concentration and confidence and to improve memory. Self-hypnosis can perform the same function. Indeed, research shows that it can be very useful in learning foreign languages. Educational counselling can cater for those with educational problems at all levels of study from secondary school through higher education.
HYPNOTHERAPY:
Hypnotherapy is the psychotherapeutic technique in which suggestion and an altered state of consciousness are combined to produce change in behaviour.

Questions which are asked about hypnosis:
Q. What is hypnosis?
A. Hypnosis at it’s best is a state of deep relaxation and mental calmness. It is a state of ‘altered awareness’, even heightened awareness, a sort of guided day-dreaming. You are aware of everything which is taking place, but able to concentrate effectively and intensely without fear and anxiety

Q. How will I be hypnotised?
A. There are many ways of inducing hypnosis but nowadays the most common one is to use the verbal method. This involves sitting comfortably in a chair or lying down on a couch. The therapist then gives suggestions of progressive relaxation in a soothing voice.

Q. Will I lose consciousness during hypnosis?
A. Under hypnosis people are not unconscious, but in a state of relaxed attention. Because of this awareness, lightly hypnotised people may not think that they have been hypnotised at all. People who fall asleep during hypnosis may think that they have gone ‘deep’, but sleep is not the same as hypnosis. Using the word sleep is therefore misleading.

Q. Could I be hypnotised to do anything against my will?
A. Most research shows that any form of hypnosis is self hypnosis, so what happens under hypnosis is under your control. You have total freedom to accept or reject suggestions, but the client and therapist form a partnership in which any given suggestions are first agreed. As you are in charge of the hypnotic session you can leave the hypnotic state at any time, just as easily as you entered it.

Q. Are there any dangers?
A No... as long as the hypnosis and therapy are carried out by a properly qualified, properly trained and competent therapist.

Cassette Tapes and CD’s:
Cassette tapes can be provided which are a live recording of the session that is done with you. They are free as they take no extra time to prepare. CD’s are £20 as they have to be prepared outside of the session itself.
By listening at home it is possible to practice going deeper into hypnosis and to reinforce suggestions in the subconscious mind that were given in the session.

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

TEN REASONS DIETS DON’T WORK

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1. The body will conserve fat to produce energy. It will do anything to conserve fat
even at the expense of lean muscle.

2. The set point will slow down the metabolism so when normal eating is resumed
the metabolism will be slow and the weight regained will be in excess of the
weight lost.

3. No rigid diet will deal with habits learned over a lifetime.

4. Strict diets deprive you of favourite foods which then become an obsession.

5. Humans prefer pleasure to pain. Diets are usually associated with pain in the
form of hard work and deprivation.

6. Diets will not take into account any neurosis or hidden agenda that may underlie
an eating disorder.

7. A diet rarely encourages you to improve your self esteem or to value your body. It
just reminds you that you are fat.

8. Diets are temporary, so the results are temporary.

9. Diets are not compelling or enjoyable, usually they are repetitive and boring.

10. Diets don’t handle excuses like “I’ve got big bones”, “I have to cook for everyone
else”

Hypnotherapy works on the subconscious mind to suggest that you are on a diet in the good sense of the word. This means that you eat healthily and feel you are in control rather than on a restricted diet. It helps you to put eating into perspective with the rest of your life as shown by the Life Grid. This means you eat to live; you don’t live to eat. It works on the positive aspects of what you are doing so works from your strengths and works on your weaknesses.

 

[flabbybumbum]

Hiya...sorry i havent popped by for ages, hope you are getting on ok...and refreshing to see you are not weighing til May...we all get bogged down by the numbers and its really about how we feel isnt it. xx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Morning everyone,

I'm feeling very optimistic! Saw the hypnotist on Friday and it went well. It's more like therapy/councelling/life-style coaching and light hypnotist "focusing". It felt a bit weird at first, but now I definately feel more in control of my own destiny!

I have given up bread! Not because I "have" to, but because I want to because it makes me sluggish, bloated and fat!

I eat far too much and its not even needed in my diet!

I'm having another session on April 9th where I'm going to look at giving up potatoes and liking fresh seafood and fish! (Which at the moment I can't stand!)

Giving up potatoes scares me more than giving up bread.....but if I can overcome these obstacles I'm sure to be on my way to a new me!

I'm feeling quite liberated and instead of looking at my weight loss and an unachievable mountain to climb, I'm seeing it as an exciting challenge where I get to see the new "me" at the end of it!

He did actually tell me anything "new" or anything I didn't know - he just got me to face my demons head on and realise that the destiny is in my own hands. We recognised that there's going to be challenges and temptation along the way but its how I deal with these obstacles that count!

I'm not saying I'm going to be saint - I'm taking it one step at a time - so it's "no bread" for now, but I'm still going to give in to the odd pack of crisps and chunk of chocolate if I feel like it! For now!

I've had a fab' weekend - he's started to get me to listen to my body again and what my body wants and needs. This includes listening and stopping eating when I'm full.

I can tell you what I've eaten all weekend and this is without having to write it down! I'm starting to feel like I food is for food's purpose - to give us energy - not as a pick me up after a shitty day - a cuddle can do that without adding pounds (or in my case stones!) it's not an emotional crutch that I need to lean on - I can lean on the treadmill instead!! It's just food for food's purpose! It helps us to keep running..

Saturday I had a bowl of special k and skimmed milk, wholemeal pasta in a tomato sauce and a chicken salad. Shed loads of alcohol as I had a girlie night out! But good food choices!

Sunday - no brekkie as caught up in sick and poo as Bella is ill. Dinner was a chicken breast in tomato sauce with fresh veg and a spoonful of ice-cream. Tea was a bowl of cocopops and skimmed milk. Snacks - one alpen cereal bar.

Today I've had a bowl of special k with skimmed milk, a pack of dairylea lunchables ham and cheese crackers and half a packet of monster munch crisps. Was starving this morning and eating on the run with a pooing, sicking baby in tow! not nice!

Dinner is going to be a chicken breast with 2 potatoes, a pile of veg and low fat gravy.

Tea will then be a chicken stir fry cooked in fry lite!

I'm enjoying making good choices! Yes half a pack of crisps and dairylea lunchables are not "good" but they're not a big mac and chips are they??!!

I'm going to stop beating myself up over everything and just count up my calories and enjoy working towards a slimmer me!

Looking forward to the summer now! I'm going to wear a nice floaty summer dress - in the day! shock horror! and be proud! Because this time I KNOW I CAN DO IT!

It's nothing "new" or nothing that the hypnotist has "given me" - he's just allowed me to take a step back and look at things with a new perspective - what I had and what I need was there all the time - I just wasn't listening!

Good luck on your journey's girlies - mine's just began and I'm going to enjoy every step of it!

xxxx

 

[abz]

sounds like a fabulous experience honey good luck

 

[kae]

hhheeeeellllllllllllloooooooooooo hunny!

wow you have been busy! Glad you enjoyed the hypnotherapy sesh! Is it expensive?

Its fab to have u back hun! missed ya

xxxxxxx

 

[flabbybumbum]

Very inspiring post that was hun....and Im liking the floaty dress idea...had an image of you strolling through the park pushing Bella in her buggy with your floaty dress lookin fab! Believe it CAN happen xx

 

[kae]

defo agree there hun! I think you should go look for one on tinternet an print it off!

was it u who was going to have a dairy and print piccies and stuff? you could add it to that!

hope u r ok hun! hows AB getting on the poor lil mite!

R u enjoying ur new toy?

love katie
xxxx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Heeeeeeeeeello everyone!!

I'm back! Well I've never been gone! I've just not been posting but I've been lurking and reading everyone else's posts!!

I've been really good for the last weeks.....am still refusing to weigh til May / end of May! So that's why I haven't been posting/updating my ticker as not alot to post!

The hypnotist has really made me feel more in control and made me aware that I really need to assess my relationship with food and tackle some problems head on.

I'm waiting for blood tests off the doctor, they're checking for a few things, including glandular fever and an underactive thyroid....so I'll get those results on Monday 19th April now - thats how bloody long it takes me to get an appt with my doctor!

Until then I'm following the low carb, low protein way of life and only drinking green tea and water.....then......wait for it!!

I'm going on the Cambridge Diet!! It sounds drastic but I know that it works, and being a complete meal replacement plan it allows me to take a step back from having to make food choices for a while. Then whilst I'm on it, I'm going to have counselling for my food addiction and meetings with my Cambridge Diet Consultant to plan a healthy plan for me to follow once the weight is off. I'm going to continue exercising on the plan - which contrary to popular belief you CAN do, as long as its light exercise and toning activities. So that along with body butter and bio oil should help combat the dreaded saggy skin as much as poss.....

But this is my new journey and I've been SO excited about it that I haven't been able to sleep! lol!

I should be starting it properly on Friday 24th April and will then be going week-to-week with my progress!

How do I put my thread in the CD forum part?

I'm def gonna still be on mini's tho guys! I need the support more than ever! and i'd miss you all too much!!

Katie, Abby and Ali - you're doing fab and are my inspirations!! Here's to catching up with you lot!!

xxxx

 

[flabbybumbum]

Hello stranger! Looks like you are out on the lash tonite lol!! Best get it out of your system before cambridge!!
You need to message an admin to ask for your thread to be moved, or you could start a new one on the cambridge forum, up to you.
Good luck with it, and dont forget to keep us all up to date! xx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Thanks Hun! Yeah it was my little sisters 18th birthday, it was a bit of a wild one! My last night Out for a while! Gonna concentrate on loosing weight for the next few months now instead!

I'm really excited to start the CD. I know it's gonna be hard but im going to try my best!

Right going to try and sleep off this hangover now! Xxxx

 

[abz]

it is hard honey but it really does work. it was the only thing that worked for me to lose weight for my wedding. of course then i got preggers straight away... ha. good luck with it

but remember, and you will get told this a lot. the first time is the golden time. so don't fall off the wagon or it's so much harder

abz xx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Thanks Abz,

I'm REALLY going to try so so hard!!

How's the pregnancy going hun? Do you know if you're having a boy or girl? Any names? It's such a magical time! I didn't really appreciate it whilst i was pregnant as I was too busy moaning about an aching pelvis, achey legs and being sick and tired! lol! for ages after I really missed being pregnant! If i DO have another one i'm going to appreciate the feeling of being pregnant.

How much did you lose on CD? Did you do the SS? I'm planning on trying to do the SS for the 12 weeks straight then do a week on the 810 plan then back to SS/SS+ for another 12 weeks and so on until I get down to 10 stone, then start building back up through the plans....when I have events / holidays I'm hoping to stay on it and not cheat - just do the higher end of the plan (1000/1200 cal plans).

I know its going to be hard because I'm going to need to be on it for such a long time to lose all the weight I want to lose. But I've planned it quite well to cope with the hard times.....I'm combining it with hypnotherapy and food counselling so the CD will allow me to take a step back from having to make food choices for a few months, and whilst I'm doing this, the hypnotherapy and food councelling will look at my reasons for over-eating, why I don't want to be stuck in that cycle anymore, how i can break the patterns and choosing a healthier lifestyle. My CD consultant is also going to help me with a CD maintainer diet plan for life.

The first 3 days of the diet are meant to be the hardest, as it takes this long to get into Ketosis. People suffer from hunger pangs, light headedness and mood swings! So I'm going to book a Friday off work, start this diet on a Friday so my first 3 days of it are over the weekend, so if I need to rest I will and it wont affect my work.

For the first 3 days people also get bad headaches due to withdrawing from caffeine and carbs so over the next two weeks until I start I'm going to follow a high protein, low carb diet and only drink water and green tea....this will let my body adjust slowly and hopefully I won't get too many headaches then when I'm on the plan.

You need to drink around 3.25litres of water every day on the plan, I barely manage 2litres normally so I'm going to start working on increasing my water intake over the next 2 weeks before I start the plan also.

I'm going to fill up 6 x 500ml bottles in the morning and carry these with me and make sure I finish them every day. The remainder .25l can come from the gallons of green tea I plan on drinking!

A good tip to remind me to drink, drink, drink is I'm going to wear 6 silver bangles on my right arm and when I finish a bottle I'm going to move a bangle over to my left arm....by the end of the day the 6 bangles should be on my left arm! It's a fab tip that I read somewhere on the mini's site.

I've changed my goals in my signature to be more CD inspired .... things that will keep me focused / broken my targets down and they're also things I can look forward to so when I'm feeling down I can look ahead at what I have to look forward to!

My low carb, high protein pre-plan diet starts tomorrow, so hopefully I'll lose some weight on that too before I start CD.

I meet my consultant on Tuesday to get all the books and info - it was meant to be last Friday but AB was poorly again! So I had to postpone it. She is going to give me all the info to read over and the forms for the doctor to sign.

Then I have my doctors appt on Monday 19th April to discuss my blood tests, hopefully the doc will sign my forms there and then so I can start CD on that Friday (23rd April)!!

So Friday 23rd April should be the start of my new life!

I know its going to be hard and I need all the motivation, help and support I can get!! But I am going to try.

I am planning to avoid social events and meeting up with friends for the first 12 weeks of the plan, this is to avoid temptation but also so that I get good head start on the plan coz I think if I manage to complete the first 12 weeks relatively blip free then I'll feel on top of the world and the rest should be plain sailing! Also, if I avoid social events, then when I DO meet up with my friends around weeks 13-14 then they will notice a difference and their compliments will be a fab motivation for me.

I'm not telling anyone apart from OH and my best friend that I'm on this diet, as I can't deal with the negativity that i get from most of my friends....so when they start to say i've lost weight I'll know they'll mean it coz they wont know what I've been doing.

I'm not looking forward to being so tired and loosing some hair - two common side effects of CD, so I've planned a list of questions to ask my consultant - such as can i take a multivitamin on this plan and can i have a cod liver oil capsule per day to help with concentration.

I feel like I've prepared myself mentally for this challenge so hopefully I'm setting myself up for success!!

Wish me luck girlies, I'll let you know how I get on!

xxxx

 

[abz]

good luck honey

definately cut down on caffeine now. having carb withdrawal and caffeine withdrawal simultaneously is like the world's worst 3-4 day hangover...

i lost about 3.5 stones with cambridge. but i lost it incredibly slowly, only getting half the average loss of most people. but it worked for me and got me into my wedding dress

as i am now with bump i have, of course, put some of it back on. and i didn't move up the plans. BIG MISTAKE. make sure you do this!!

i think cambridge is fabulous and definately has it's place, but it isn't magic. it is so so hard, especially when social events get in the way. and as for losing hair, don't worry about this too much. you stop shedding hair when on cambridge, so when it suddenly feels like loads is falling out, usually it's just all the hair you WOULD have lost over time falling out all at once

good luck honey

oh. questions. ha. am having a girl we think (she said 80pc sure) but have managed not to buy too many girlie things.

pregnancy is hard. i am still being sick, have major pelvic issues and have been signed off work but not long to go and she's worth it love feeling her wriggle around i'm doing slimming world at the moment so hopefully won't have much to go before i'm back to my wedding weight after she's born

abz xx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Morning everyone!

Well I've started my Cambridge journey sooner than expected!

I met my consultant last night and she is absolutely lovely, she gave me all the info, booklets and weighed me etc.

I also had chance to look through all the products and see what is available, she even gave me 3 of the products free to try!

I wanted to start asap whilst my head's "in the zone" but I need my doctor's signature on my MRF to start the SS plan (as my BMI is over 40 - sad face!)

So I need to get that Tuesday when I go back to the doctors to get my blood results. Fingers crossed she'll sign it coz I'm raring to go now!

Anyway, my CD consultant discussed preparation for the diet, to stop me getting carb and caffeine withdrawl at the same time.....luckily for her my consultant never had ANY of the nasty side effects.....I'm hoping I don't either!

But I know I'll prob suffer with headaches on the plan as I suffer terribly with those now so going to prepare for those with plenty of paracetamol!

I'm in my "preparation" week this week so I'm giving up carbs and caffeine and just going to eat healthy protein rich meals and no snacks.

For brekkie this morning, I had the CD apple and cinnamon porridge with an apple. For lunch I'm having a CD strawberry shake and some salad and then for tea I'm going to have a chicken dinner with lots of veg! Quite excited to see if I lose at all when I go to see my CDC next Tues to get weighed to actually start the plan properly.

I'm going to see her tomorrow night to purchase some of the CD products for my preparation week coz I'm still finding it hard to make sensible choices so this takes away the need! So I'm going to buy some porridge, shakes and soups to eat over the week then I can start properly on Wednesday! (If my doctor agrees to sign my form for me!)

Woop woop!! Say good bye to all this fat once and for all!

I've seen/read/heard from people who have lost 6-7lbs a week on CD, with a 12lb/13lb/14lb in their first weeks!

I'm just hoping for a steady 3-4lb loss per week EVERY week.....this isn't far fetched if I stick to the plan 100%....

How much did you lose per week Abz?

xxxx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Morning everyone!!

I had a down day about CD yesterday, was worried about "giving up food!" but after some reassurance off my girlies (jabbathehut, franbella and katie!) I feel 100% more positive. I've realised I'm not "giving up food" merely taking a step back from it until I can cope with making healthy food choices!

I know I WANT to do CD now so going to try no matter how hungry I think I am!

I went to the doctors this morning for my blood results, my thyroid test results showed low levels but within normal so i'm not going to receive any treatment for it. So I'm all ready to start CD!

My blood did show that I've got glandular fever.....the doc thinks I'm over the worst as I'm feeling much more energetic and actually feel like getting out of bed! But the doctor wasn't impressed when I mentioned CD and wouldnt sign the medical form there and then so I had to point out that it wasnt for "permission" it was just her signature to confirm that the medical details on the form were correct! She said "give it to reception and i'll have a look at it!"

I phoned my CDC devastated as I thought this meant I couldnt start til the form was signed....but she said she'll treat it as if she IS going to sign it and I can start from today, if its not back in a week we'll take it from there! She's even willing to phone up the doctor as she's a patient of the same surgery and lost 5 stone doing CD and has kept it off for 3 years so she said she'll point this out to them and that they signed her form!

So I'm on my official day one! No more practising! And I'm one shake and 500ml of water down!

Oooh I blended my shake today in the smoothie maker and it was bloody delicious! The banana flavour with 8 ice cubes and 250ml of water and it comes out all fluffy! Tastes just like something naughty from Mcdonalds! Ha ha!

I'm not working today so I've got to keep myself busy to keep my mind off food! I'm going to nosey on here for awhile to keep me inspired then going swimming tonight so that should help!

I'm going to drink LOTS of water today to ward off headaches and other nasty side effects!

Wish me luck on day one!

xxxx

 

[kae]

Hellllo hunny!

Hope yu are well!

Im sooooo glad you have started your CD journey! Boooo on the doc with the medical form! I remember when I did ligher life when i was 17 and my doc wouldnt sign it! I was sooo upset but he finally signed it when I went to see him again!

You can sooo do this hun and your friends are right your just taking a step back from it and if your strugglin you can always move on to the plan where you can introduce a meal!

How did the low carb high protein go? Has you cdc wieghed you yet?

hope your well an keep us posted!

love katie
xxx

 

[Soon to be yummy mummy]

Hi Katie,

Thanks for stopping by hun, it was getting a bit lonely over here! Lol!

I think I should pinch your motto, "gonna be a fatty forever!" the low carb, high protein I started in Feb was going good, I lost over a stone then I went away in Feb for the weekend and didnt stop eating and then I just ate my way through March and most of April! So I have readjusted my stats to show my starting weight of (gulp) 245lbs!!

Low carbing and high protein in preparation for CD went well though. I'm being weighed tonight so fingers crossed. Think it'll prob only be a pound or two though. Thats the thing, my weight loss is always so slow......I guess I just want it all yesterday!

How's Slimming world going hun??

I'm going to take a "step back" from food for at least 12 weeks by doing SS/SS+ and then I may re-assess how I feel and carry on my weight loss journey with my own mix of Slimming World and Atkins (so all red days, low carbs but cooking it the healthy way like SW recommend rather than fat, fat, fat like atkins! Lol!) and the gym.

I'll see where I am after 12 weeks.....

3:19pm and I’m not going to lie to you I feel like ****!! Got the start of a headache and I’m starving! I know it’s because I haven’t drank enough water but I just can’t face anymore!

Up until about 2pm my hunger was just emotional, I just wanted to eat out of habit, so I just kept busy with Annabelle. But now I’m genuinely hungry and it’s now that I feel like I can’t face 12 weeks (let alone any longer!) without food!

Food……………….Why does it rule my life so much?? I want to be free from the shackles of living to eat but I can’t escape from under this blubber! It seems such a mammoth task!

I keep thinking of Slimming World or Atkins and talking myself into doing one of those instead of this….I keep saying “they both have good weight loss results and at least I’ll be able to have food! Lots of nice, yummy food!”

But I know that if I do it’ll just lead back to binge eating! I need little or no food and re-education! I need to lose weight the hard way!

I know this, because it’s I know that it’s like I can’t connect eating too much with being a size 22! It’s like my brain doesn’t connect the two! This way I’m FORCING myself to realise the connection as I won’t be eating much and hopefully be getting thinner!

3:27pm Feeling a little better after typing that. I’ve reminded myself of my goals and WHY I’m doing this. It’s because I’m 25 years old and trapped in a fat suit! I want to be able to enjoy a day without thinking about food. I want to “slip” into something sexy, instead of “squeeze” into whatever fits! I want to re-discover my love for shopping and fashion and dressing up nice…….all of these things are more important than food!! Go me!!

Reasons for sticking with CD:

1) Rapid weight loss
2) Allows me to “step back” from food and re-assess my diet
3) Gets me closer to my goal
4) I like the shakes and porridge – so no excuse!!
5) Extra water will leave my skin and hair looking fab’
6) I will be able to fit into smaller clothes in just a few weeks time
7) Only £35-£40/week – I spend more than this on takeaways!
8) Convenient to take to work, no hassle cooking.

Reasons for wanting to lose weight:

1) To feel more confident and look good in clothes
2) To be able to go shopping in any shop and know the clothes fit and look good
3) To re-discover my love for clothes and shopping
4) To improve my sex life
5) To improve my relationship as I will be more confident
6) To be a yummy mummy and not a slummy mummy!
7) To have energy to take Annabelle out and do energetic things, swimming, walking, football, running,
8) To not be a slave to food!!!
9) To go on holidays in August/September and not have to worry about not fitting in a plane seat / be able to get the belt around me
10)To go to Alton Towers in August and not have to worry about not fitting on the rides
11)To be able to wear a mini skirt with pride
12)To be able to wear summery clothes in the hot weather and sexy, smart clothes in the winter (jumper dresses and tights anyone??!! Yes please!!)
13)To be wolf whistled
14)For someone to say “wow you’re stunning,” rather than “but you’ve got a really pretty face!” L
15)To be able to dance on tables and not worry I’m going to break them!
16)To be able to start playing netball again.
17)To be able to go to the gym in little shorts and a vest and look GOOD!
18)To be able to go out in fancy dress for my sister’s 21st in October and look GOOD (leggings, body suit, tutu and leg warmers!)


There’s lots more! These are just a few.

Already that has made me feel better!! And less hungry! And more willing to drink more water!!

Think I’m just bored. If I was busy I’d be feeling better!

I’m going to have my second shake soon…..toffee and walnut!

xxxx

 

[fed-up-and-fat]

I know how hard the first week is chick but once you are inketosis it will be so much easier. Try water in different ways - fizzy or warm - it might help ease the boringness of water a little. Is so hard to drink at least 2 lites to ebgin with, but I promise it will get easier. I mange at least 2l a day without thinking about it now.

Keep going, but day 5 (ish) you will be in ketosis. Watch those goals whenever you feel hungry and remember you are doing this for YOU

Will go slap your gp for you lol

Charlie xx