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what's going on? you only not come on here if 1) you are working or b) have been bad!
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edibeedee
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I know what you mean we are going through something similar. Teachers cut from their campuses and not getting a job. It has been so sad and so much in the air. I am going to school so I can be an administrator but am not sure that there will be any jobs like that in my district when I am finished in December. I do hope that I don't have to have my graduation gown special ordered so it will fit. lol Doing pretty good so far so praying I continue SS until the end of the month then on to WW. Keep hanging in there sweetie, it has to get better!Thanks Edi, I'm just so run down right nowI need the nutrition from CD packs I think, that might help. As for getting another job I love my job it's just with how the health care service is run in the UK theyre having to make massive cut backs so our working patterns are changing and no-one knows what's happening, its all set to change on 31st October but no-one knows what we'll be changing to
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you ok? worried about you! was in JC today. ENT - things ok not having any ops!
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Hi sal i have been reading but just havent posted because i didnt know what to say.. regarding your CD blips, but i do understand as i did have so many restarts the last few months and know its a tough.
Glad you enjoyed zumba this week.. I hate to read that you and Nikki are both struggling but in one post you did mention SW and nikki mentioned ww.. both of you have been thinking the 'same'
I'd like for both of you to have a long think... i hope i dont come across stuck up or rude.. but i know when you want to be able to stick to cd so badly hun, hope u are ok? x
Glad you enjoyed zumba this week.. I hate to read that you and Nikki are both struggling but in one post you did mention SW and nikki mentioned ww.. both of you have been thinking the 'same'
I'd like for both of you to have a long think... i hope i dont come across stuck up or rude.. but i know when you want to be able to stick to cd so badly hun, hope u are ok? x
Surfhunny
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I'm here and I'm okay glad to hear no ops for you Nikki, what did they say?
I've taken the last couple of days to have a long hard think about what I'm doing, not just with my diet but my life in general!! I was talking to my friend yesterday who is fighting breast cancer and she's put a lot into perspective for me. She told me two things that have made me take stock:
1: health is precious and you have to do everything you can to minimise your health risks, there are too many things that can't be controlled, without adding to it.
2: don't waste time thinking about tomorrow!!
She's right, I'm putting my health at risk by being overweight, I'm contributing to potential problems, when really it's something I can control. And I'm forever saying tomorrow this or that (or worse still "when I'm thinner....")
So here's my plan......
Tomorrow:
Family party tomorrow night, make healthy choices and limit food and alcohol intake.
Sunday:
Begin final assault on weight loss!!! I will give CD my best shot, sticking to it to the letter (substituting K & exante products where necessary).
Get back into ketosis by Tuesday and stay there!!
IF it all goes pear shaped and CD doesn't work out, then I will join SW and go to group!
I HAVE TO DO THIS!! I CANNOT become like my LL friend who now hides away at breaks and lunch times with a bag of food so no one can see how much she eats, she is pushing 30 stone from being 12st a couple of years ago and is completely out of control. She has the support if she needs it but she won't or can't take it. I WILL NOT LET THAT BE ME!!!
I am going to do this for me because I owe it to myself, I'm only a failure if I stop trying!!
glad to hear no ops for you Nikki, what did they say?I've taken the last couple of days to have a long hard think about what I'm doing, not just with my diet but my life in general!! I was talking to my friend yesterday who is fighting breast cancer and she's put a lot into perspective for me. She told me two things that have made me take stock:
1: health is precious and you have to do everything you can to minimise your health risks, there are too many things that can't be controlled, without adding to it.
2: don't waste time thinking about tomorrow!!
She's right, I'm putting my health at risk by being overweight, I'm contributing to potential problems, when really it's something I can control. And I'm forever saying tomorrow this or that (or worse still "when I'm thinner....")
So here's my plan......
Tomorrow:
Family party tomorrow night, make healthy choices and limit food and alcohol intake.
Sunday:
Begin final assault on weight loss!!! I will give CD my best shot, sticking to it to the letter (substituting K & exante products where necessary).
Get back into ketosis by Tuesday and stay there!!
IF it all goes pear shaped and CD doesn't work out, then I will join SW and go to group!
I HAVE TO DO THIS!!
I CANNOT become like my LL friend who now hides away at breaks and lunch times with a bag of food so no one can see how much she eats, she is pushing 30 stone from being 12st a couple of years ago and is completely out of control. She has the support if she needs it but she won't or can't take it. I WILL NOT LET THAT BE ME!!!I am going to do this for me because I owe it to myself, I'm only a failure if I stop trying!!
Surfhunny
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Ha ha Shanny I thought of that too! I'll see how I go first I think. I've downloaded Bob Harpers book Are You Ready and another book, the Secrets of A Former Fat Girl onto my Kindle, I find if I'm reading about losing weight it keeps me more focussed too.
I should also add that as well as doing CD I'll be doing 30 Day Shred every day and Zumba on a Wednesday. I'm going to limit my activity to that for now, don't want to slow my losses too much in the early stages.
Thanks everyone for your encouragement and being patient with me during all my blips and downfalls, I appreciate it more than words can ever say, and without you I'd be like my LL friend which is a very scary thought!! Big hugs xxxx
I should also add that as well as doing CD I'll be doing 30 Day Shred every day and Zumba on a Wednesday. I'm going to limit my activity to that for now, don't want to slow my losses too much in the early stages.
Thanks everyone for your encouragement and being patient with me during all my blips and downfalls, I appreciate it more than words can ever say, and without you I'd be like my LL friend which is a very scary thought!! Big hugs xxxx
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good choices sal. i'm going to give cd one last shot next week. i've got my mum's birthday on monday so going to choose wisely then tuesday an all out asault on cd. i might do the ss+ plan, i know i've said it before but i just need a big focus. i also need to not get on those scales as they're the nightmare that pushed me off the 810 plan when i was doing so well on it mon, tues, wed. it's only cause my weight went up by 3lbs that i stopped the 810 plan. think i'm retaining water really badly as my fingers are sausages and whenever i take tablets i retain water and put on weight. then when i get to 11st 7lbs i'm going to get back on ww again and look at portion sizes, food, alcohol in take and be rigid most days and have a day off. that's my plan. need to loose about 1st for this to happen! i'm now 12st 7lbs! there i've said it. back to 12st 7lbs! it's crept up from 11st 1.5lbs where i looked brilliant and felt wonderful. i want to get into the 10st ultimately but realistically i'm not going to manage it on cd in the long term. cd is not for life, it is a short term fix that works wonderfully at breaking habits and getting the weight off but i need and most people will need a long term plan. it's like planning in schools. you've got your long term plan for the year, your medium term plan for the term and then your short term plans for each week or even each day. i need to look at the long term plan but use the short term plan to get there with the medium term plan being the cross over period. i just can't do sw as i can't seem to get my head round it. seems to hard.
1st for this to happen! i'm now 12st 7lbs! there i've said it. back to 12st 7lbs! it's crept up from 11st 1.5lbs where i looked brilliant and felt wonderful. i want to get into the 10st ultimately but realistically i'm not going to manage it on cd in the long term. cd is not for life, it is a short term fix that works wonderfully at breaking habits and getting the weight off but i need and most people will need a long term plan. it's like planning in schools. you've got your long term plan for the year, your medium term plan for the term and then your short term plans for each week or even each day. i need to look at the long term plan but use the short term plan to get there with the medium term plan being the cross over period. i just can't do sw as i can't seem to get my head round it. seems to hard.
Surfhunny
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I'm the same with ww, I've never managed to lose weight on it yet, I've tried a couple of times in the past sw works for me. It was the scales that knocked me off course this time too, I don't know why I went on, I insisted I wasn't going to but it just got the better of me and I jumped on.
I'm retaining water too, I think it's the heat! The hospital is like a sauna at the moment, my feet are like puddings at the end of the day, which is upsetting as my feet are the only bony part of me right now lol.
We can do this Nikki, if we drag each other through it, we'll get there!! Im not going on the scales I'm going to use photos and clothes to judge how well I'm doing and not allow the numbers on the scales to influence me!! Good luck Hun you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm retaining water too, I think it's the heat! The hospital is like a sauna at the moment, my feet are like puddings at the end of the day, which is upsetting as my feet are the only bony part of me right now lol.
We can do this Nikki, if we drag each other through it, we'll get there!! Im not going on the scales I'm going to use photos and clothes to judge how well I'm doing and not allow the numbers on the scales to influence me!! Good luck Hun you can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cerulean
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It's so hard isn;t it - first time round I swore I'd never abuse myself with food again...and pretty much as soon as I finished LL that's what I did...I used to bury everything in chip butties. Possibly because there was just too much stress. This time I just decided 'I cannot keep stressing my body with this VLCD/pile it all back on routine. When I get to goal this time, I have to have a 5lb limit and a pair of do or diet jeans - if they don't do up, I diet! But aside from all te tough talking, I need to find a way to be gentler to myself than this crazy all or nothing stuff I've been doing to my body over 5 years.
Hmmmm...it's a tough old life isn't it? But half the fun is figuring it out
Hmmmm...it's a tough old life isn't it? But half the fun is figuring it out
edibeedee
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Thanks for that Sarah, I to need this very message. I love the do or diet jeans, I will put that plan in place. Surf, you have done it before, you can do it,that is what I keep telling myself anywayIt's so hard isn;t it - first time round I swore I'd never abuse myself with food again...and pretty much as soon as I finished LL that's what I did...I used to bury everything in chip butties. Possibly because there was just too much stress. This time I just decided 'I cannot keep stressing my body with this VLCD/pile it all back on routine. When I get to goal this time, I have to have a 5lb limit and a pair of do or diet jeans - if they don't do up, I diet! But aside from all te tough talking, I need to find a way to be gentler to myself than this crazy all or nothing stuff I've been doing to my body over 5 years.
Hmmmm...it's a tough old life isn't it? But half the fun is figuring it out
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Surfhunny
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Oops so much for trying to be sensible tonight!! I chose well from the buffet, it's such a shame I'm easily led when it comes to drinking, my cousins encouraged me with Magners and 3 bottles and a few spirits later I'm sloshed tomorrow will be an interesting day, day 1 & a hangover to boot. Going to spend the day making a star chart and 30 Day Shred progress chart, I need visual aids to get through this!!!
tomorrow will be an interesting day, day 1 & a hangover to boot. Going to spend the day making a star chart and 30 Day Shred progress chart, I need visual aids to get through this!!!
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Liking the visual aids
I'm away at hubby's parents house. Have just decided fresh start Tuesday. Had a nice weekend and scales have gone down. Shocked! Had 3 large Bacardi and coke zero last night crisps and nuts but scales have gone down. Just don't know why! Nice though. Had a BBQ last night for tea, well I had quorn sausages and 2 bread buns! Yes 2!!!!! Maybe my body is crying out for more food and holding on to everything possible. Proper food though not biscuits that I do turn to when stressed. I brought my cd stuff this weekend but have not touched it got weigh in Monday and I know I've put weight on from the last one but been I'll and not stuck to it then had mini melt down etc. It starts Tuesday for me, an all out assault on this stone! I'm missing fruit, porridge, bread, orange juice, an occasional iced coffee from costa, Ivan chips, veggie Sunday dinner with vegetables and a Yorkshire! 3 weeks then I need to move up plans seriously and finally go back on to ww for long term maintenance.
Together we can do this. I'm going to put up a ticker on Tuesday of how much weight I want to loose in total. I think this will be my visual aide!
I'm away at hubby's parents house. Have just decided fresh start Tuesday. Had a nice weekend and scales have gone down
. Shocked! Had 3 large Bacardi and coke zero last night crisps and nuts but scales have gone down. Just don't know why! Nice though. Had a BBQ last night for tea, well I had quorn sausages and 2 bread buns! Yes 2!!!!! Maybe my body is crying out for more food and holding on to everything possible. Proper food though not biscuits that I do turn to when stressed. I brought my cd stuff this weekend but have not touched it got weigh in Monday and I know I've put weight on from the last one but been I'll and not stuck to it then had mini melt down etc. It starts Tuesday for me, an all out assault on this stone! I'm missing fruit, porridge, bread, orange juice, an occasional iced coffee from costa, Ivan chips, veggie Sunday dinner with vegetables and a Yorkshire! 3 weeks then I need to move up plans seriously and finally go back on to ww for long term maintenance. Together we can do this. I'm going to put up a ticker on Tuesday of how much weight I want to loose in total. I think this will be my visual aide!
Surfhunny
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Here's to a fresh start and a better day!
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cool. last day off diet. mum's birthday meal tonight and i've got a cake made for her. lovely it is! then tomorrow is D day for me! i'll be getting my water ready today. tesco's strawberry and i'm loving the cd berry flavouring stuff it is fantastic. i've never 'drank' it before. i've always made it into a jelly!
