Anyway, after reading my diary I've been thinking. My friend did LL, she started before I started CDand really inspired me!! She was 23st 7lbs when she started and got down to 12st, she lost a massive 11st 7lbs, which was totally amazing, she looked great at Christmas 2008.
But rather than working back up the LL plans she came off the diet with a celebratory curry and bottle of wine. (now I'm not judging her in anyway because I've done that myself, come off plan without working up - not with curry though). Talking to her about the group therapy sessions I wondered how beneficial they were. One of the first things they were told was that once you cheat you will never get back on track....I think that was a horrible negative thing to tell them.
A lot of the issues they talked about were not really relevant to her, but made her start having these issues too. I found the homework very strange too.
Anyway in the end she came of LL and almost immediately started to put weight on. She hadn't leaned anything about how to maintain her loss or how to make good food choices. And now the saddest thing of all is that she has now put on 14st and is heavier than ever! She has got a 1 year old daughter who is struggling to progress normally because her mum doesn't go out and socialize and the baby sits in a bouncer for most of the day, it's sad and I'm worried her weight is affecting her in so many ways, but Isherwood won't talk to anyone about it.
I'm determined that it won't happen to me, even if it means coming back to CD every so often I will do it! Anyway I don't really know why I wrote all that I guess it's just because she reminds me of how easily it could be me!!
Right I'm off to devote my attention to Bob!
