great things
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hi hun
just checking in and bumping your diary up for next week, or the week after or whenever
just checking in and bumping your diary up for next week, or the week after or whenever
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girlygirl1
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I used to be in the same situation, years back. I was 20st 7lbs and only 5' 4". Not at that top weight for more than a matter of months because I had gained three and half stones very quickly due to being bed-bound after a serious back injury. I had nibbled and nibbled and my only exercise had been my struggles to heave my bulk to and from the bathroom. I felt so ill and weak and breathless I got very scared.
I honestly, sincerely recommend to you at this precise time to try Atkins or basic low-carbing that involves ordinary, everyday, regular food. Within a matter of days you will be in ketosis, and you will be losing or will have lost around 7lb of water (glycogen) weight. Once your ketosis is established and your hunger and cravings have gone you can gradually replace one meal with a pack, then a few days later, a second meal with a pack, and so on. At that point if you feel you want to go back to SS or SS+, you can. Or you can do 810 or even 1000. Adding, of course, only low carb food.
You have nothing to lose, and maybe everything to gain, by giving this a go. And whilst on the Atkins Induction part you can eat until you are no longer hungry ALL the countless permitted foods. Please try it. Those of us who are sensitive to carbs usually end up bingeing when we eat them and worse still those trigger-food binges can last days or weeks.
Good luck hun, whatever you decide to do, and don't lose heart. You will get there x
I honestly, sincerely recommend to you at this precise time to try Atkins or basic low-carbing that involves ordinary, everyday, regular food. Within a matter of days you will be in ketosis, and you will be losing or will have lost around 7lb of water (glycogen) weight. Once your ketosis is established and your hunger and cravings have gone you can gradually replace one meal with a pack, then a few days later, a second meal with a pack, and so on. At that point if you feel you want to go back to SS or SS+, you can. Or you can do 810 or even 1000. Adding, of course, only low carb food.
You have nothing to lose, and maybe everything to gain, by giving this a go. And whilst on the Atkins Induction part you can eat until you are no longer hungry ALL the countless permitted foods. Please try it. Those of us who are sensitive to carbs usually end up bingeing when we eat them and worse still those trigger-food binges can last days or weeks.
Good luck hun, whatever you decide to do, and don't lose heart. You will get there x
great things
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i believe surf is doing something like this at the min!
girlygirl1
Banned
Yes, you will! I lost ten stones eventually. Regained two after YEARS of maintaining after my Father passed away. Have managed to shift one of those stones over the past couple of months. Just keep at it and please be kind to yourself. For people with food and weight problems dieting is like trying to come off hard drugs!
Surfhunny
Laugh in the face of food
I managed to maintain for almost 3 years but a big US holiday, Christmas and a big injury meant I've put lots back on, not all though. I just lost my way and once the bad habits came back it got too hard to get the good ones back again, so now I'm having to start over.
cornishkez
Gold Member
I'd never thought of using Atkins to wean yourself back onto CD? Sonuds logical though.
kellyshines
Banned
or even Dukan too
hope your well today Surfhunny x
Surfhunny
Laugh in the face of food
I'm fine today thanks feeling a bit stronger and in control of myself, had long chat with a good friend who's going to chivvy me along when I feel like I can't do it! So feeling a bit happier, she told me to think about how good I'll feel in a couple of weeks if I manage to get a handle on this!
girlygirl1
Banned
Dukan includes oatbran every day. And it limits the days you can eat vegetables. It also forbids fats, even healthy ones.
The World Health Organisation in Spring 2011 listed Dukan as one of the top five most dangerous 'fad' diets currently in use. And a nutritionist who said in public that Dukan was dangerous and could lead to heart disease, cancers and other horrors was sued by Pierre Dukan in the French courts. The nutritionist also said that Dukan was a charlatan; that he had cobbled together Atkins, South Beach and several other low carb plans, removed fats, added a tiny amount of oat bran, and then claimed he had invented a new and wonderful weight loss plan.
The judge agreed that what the nutritionist said was true, that Dukan had NOT been slandered nor his diet brought into disrepute and Dukan had to pay a huge settlement to the nutritionist and also pay the court costs.
If I later remember the nutritionist's name - he advocates healthy eating, whole foods, balanced diet etc. - I will edit this post.
Please Dukan fans don't take this personally, I have no wish to offend you. But I personally agree that Dukan is not healthy nor safely sustainable over any reasonable length of time.
The World Health Organisation in Spring 2011 listed Dukan as one of the top five most dangerous 'fad' diets currently in use. And a nutritionist who said in public that Dukan was dangerous and could lead to heart disease, cancers and other horrors was sued by Pierre Dukan in the French courts. The nutritionist also said that Dukan was a charlatan; that he had cobbled together Atkins, South Beach and several other low carb plans, removed fats, added a tiny amount of oat bran, and then claimed he had invented a new and wonderful weight loss plan.
The judge agreed that what the nutritionist said was true, that Dukan had NOT been slandered nor his diet brought into disrepute and Dukan had to pay a huge settlement to the nutritionist and also pay the court costs.
If I later remember the nutritionist's name - he advocates healthy eating, whole foods, balanced diet etc. - I will edit this post.
Please Dukan fans don't take this personally, I have no wish to offend you. But I personally agree that Dukan is not healthy nor safely sustainable over any reasonable length of time.
*Shanny*
Gold Member
wow a long shift sal..I'm nights tonight, 14 hours of hell in A&E
hope you are ok x
Surfhunny
Laugh in the face of food
I've just bought yet another self-help book (my book shelves are groaning under the weight of my collection). This one will hopefully teach me to like myself a bit more and stop me being so self critical about every single thing I do (particularly my weightloss endeavours)!! I hope it works even a little bit!!
Can you tell I'm starting to get desperate??? :cry: :cry:
Can you tell I'm starting to get desperate??? :cry: :cry:
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cornishkez
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Hey surf...Canada is very hot! Too hot for me, just can't get comfortable. It's in the 30's most days, peaking at about 38 midday in the sun. The house is baking, I spend most of my time trying to find a breeze or a bit of shade and at night have the fan on full whack to try to cool down.
Scott on the other hand is loving it! I am feeling very glutenous, have been eating and eating and eating. My poor stomach is so bloated! And I am clearly not drinking anough because my fingers are so swollen I can't even spin my ring, let alone get it off. And my ankles are all puffy and achy
I'm going out on the combines today, into the city tomorrow, riding on wednesday and swimming in the lakes on thursday...so I am hoping being a bit more active will help me feel a bit better.
When I get back I am starting Exante and it's going to be hell! But I will need to do it and there are no excuses. If you want to join me in whatever diet you are doing? I'm going to be on my app day and night! lol
Scott on the other hand is loving it! I am feeling very glutenous, have been eating and eating and eating. My poor stomach is so bloated! And I am clearly not drinking anough because my fingers are so swollen I can't even spin my ring, let alone get it off. And my ankles are all puffy and achy
I'm going out on the combines today, into the city tomorrow, riding on wednesday and swimming in the lakes on thursday...so I am hoping being a bit more active will help me feel a bit better.
When I get back I am starting Exante and it's going to be hell! But I will need to do it and there are no excuses. If you want to join me in whatever diet you are doing? I'm going to be on my app day and night! lol
Surfhunny
Laugh in the face of food
Rant Alert!!!!
Our work uniforms have finally arrived!! These are the uniforms we were measured for and ordered in December last year!!!! Out of the 75 of us only 4 people's uniforms actually fit properly. They are shapeless sacks they're unisex but the boys tops are stretched across their chests and the girls tops are all tight across their hips. They are awful, it's meant to present a smarter corporate image but we all look like overstuffed scarecrows.
My uniform looks terrible my bum is far too big for it, I'm seriously going to have to crack on and diet my a$$ away fast!!! I knew I'd put on weight but really this is stupid, I look like I've been poured into the top, and the trousers are baggy round my hips, tightish across my thighs and they refuse to fasten at the waist!!!????!!! The only place my top fits is the sleeves :cry:
I'm devastated really and I've really only got myself to blame, but I can't help thinking that if it hadn't taken 9 months for them to arrive I would still fit into them now cos I wouldn't have been able to out grow them. I would've noticed they were getting tight and done something then, instead I've gradually got bigger inside my old baggy uniforms without really noticing.
The woman in the sewing room said I could send them back for a bigger size (XL), but I want to be a smaller person not be forced to get bigger clothes :cry:
God I can't stop crying, I'm emotional because I'm tired anyway but I'm so upset that I've let myself go to this extent :cry: :cry: :cry:
I'm going to have to SS whether I want to or not because I need this weight gone fast, we have about 6 weeks before we have to start officially wearing these uniforms so I need to shift a bit more than a stone by then I hate myself right now for being so greedy and food motivated they say you have to hit rock bottom before you can start climbing back up. I hope this is my rock bottom because I can't feel much lower right now
Our work uniforms have finally arrived!! These are the uniforms we were measured for and ordered in December last year!!!! Out of the 75 of us only 4 people's uniforms actually fit properly. They are shapeless sacks
they're unisex but the boys tops are stretched across their chests and the girls tops are all tight across their hips. They are awful, it's meant to present a smarter corporate image but we all look like overstuffed scarecrows. My uniform looks terrible my bum is far too big for it, I'm seriously going to have to crack on and diet my a$$ away fast!!! I knew I'd put on weight but really this is stupid, I look like I've been poured into the top, and the trousers are baggy round my hips, tightish across my thighs and they refuse to fasten at the waist!!!????!!! The only place my top fits is the sleeves :cry:
I'm devastated really and I've really only got myself to blame, but I can't help thinking that if it hadn't taken 9 months for them to arrive I would still fit into them now cos I wouldn't have been able to out grow them.
I would've noticed they were getting tight and done something then, instead I've gradually got bigger inside my old baggy uniforms without really noticing.The woman in the sewing room said I could send them back for a bigger size (XL), but I want to be a smaller person not be forced to get bigger clothes :cry:
God I can't stop crying, I'm emotional because I'm tired anyway but I'm so upset that I've let myself go to this extent :cry: :cry: :cry:
I'm going to have to SS whether I want to or not because I need this weight gone fast, we have about 6 weeks before we have to start officially wearing these uniforms so I need to shift a bit more than a stone by then
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cornishkez
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Oh surf...there is nothing worse than having to wear clothes you dont feel comfortable in. I am quickly running out of clothes that fit me
By the time I get back from Canada I reckon I will be heavier than my previous heaviest. The only reason I am not feeling too down about it now is becuase I am in a different country where nobody knows me and I have larger people around me.
But I know I will land back in the UK with a very hard bang. We'll do this together!
By the time I get back from Canada I reckon I will be heavier than my previous heaviest. The only reason I am not feeling too down about it now is becuase I am in a different country where nobody knows me and I have larger people around me.
But I know I will land back in the UK with a very hard bang. We'll do this together!
Surfhunny
Laugh in the face of food
There's no way I could wear these at the moment waaaaaay too tight to move in I just got off the phone blubbing to my mum about it. She said see how I get on SSing over this next week on my own, and if I struggle, to go see my CDC without her, cos we're starting back together in Sept when she's back off holiday. She said not to wait for her if I can't cope on my own. I'm just so ashamed to go back
I just got off the phone blubbing to my mum about it. She said see how I get on SSing over this next week on my own, and if I struggle, to go see my CDC without her, cos we're starting back together in Sept when she's back off holiday. She said not to wait for her if I can't cope on my own. I'm just so ashamed to go back 
