alison1256
Full Member
Hi all, in replying to another post I kinda got into why I was about to embark on the CS diet, and thought it may be a good topic for us all - why CS, why now, was there an event, is there an incentive to work towards etc etc ?!?!?
Well, let me begin and I hope you're sitting comfortably......lol
I've always since my teens had a weight problem - always the funny, chubby one! I did, however, lose it all in my early 20's but put it and more back on by my late 20's after marriage etc (tried to eat as much as my 6ft hubby, I'm only 5ft!). Had 2 kids in my early 30's and have been fat all of my 30's, until last year. I was 36 and a size 18-20 at 14 stone, the biggest I'd ever been, even whilst pregnant!
In June last year we went to a wedding reception and I'd hunted high and low for an outfit but being the size I was, I was limited in where I could buy from - very annoying and demoralising. I eventually bought a very expensive dress, which I did like but didn't love - but it fitted me, so it had to do. On the night I was sitting there chatting, lent forward over the table and froze - my zip at the back of the dress had "went" - panic, embarrasement and "what the hell I'm I going to do" set in....my friends came to the ladies with me and managed to get the zip back up and assured me it was simply a faulty zip - my backside - I was too fat and it happended several times duing the night. Well, that was it for me. Then by sheer chance I saw a tv ad for Lighter Life, I'd never heard of it before so checked it out online, phoned the local lady and was on the programme within a week.
I'd never done a meal replacement diet before or gone to any diet clubs - I've always calorie counted on my own. So it was all new to me and what an eye opener. I did it for 12 weeks leading up to our family holiday to Majorca and in those weeks went from an 18-20 to a size 12-14 and had to replace my entire wardrobe and undies drawer, even some shoes!
When I finished LL I did still have a stone or so to lose and thought I could do this on my own before Christmas, but I didn't, I did, however, manage to maintain my weight until the festive period kicked in and I went wild! Come January I stepped on the scales and I'd put on 10lbs in a month - omg! I got rid of all my size 16s, 18s, 20s and a lot of 14s too, so I've no choice but to either lose this weight I've regained and the last, stubborn stone or go out an buy bigger clothes and be miserible again - no choice really, I MUST finish what I started last summer and succeed with CS
Then again, the tv spoke to me...and ad for Celebrity Slim - again, I'd never heard of it, checked it out online and ordered my started pack..it sounded so good and then I found this forum, which is a godsend for me.
So here I am, the reason why and if I could do LL, I can certainly do CS!
Good luck to everyone and I wish you all every success in the world x (PS - so sorry this is such a looooooong thread - oops!)
Well, let me begin and I hope you're sitting comfortably......lol
I've always since my teens had a weight problem - always the funny, chubby one! I did, however, lose it all in my early 20's but put it and more back on by my late 20's after marriage etc (tried to eat as much as my 6ft hubby, I'm only 5ft!). Had 2 kids in my early 30's and have been fat all of my 30's, until last year. I was 36 and a size 18-20 at 14 stone, the biggest I'd ever been, even whilst pregnant!
In June last year we went to a wedding reception and I'd hunted high and low for an outfit but being the size I was, I was limited in where I could buy from - very annoying and demoralising. I eventually bought a very expensive dress, which I did like but didn't love - but it fitted me, so it had to do. On the night I was sitting there chatting, lent forward over the table and froze - my zip at the back of the dress had "went" - panic, embarrasement and "what the hell I'm I going to do" set in....my friends came to the ladies with me and managed to get the zip back up and assured me it was simply a faulty zip - my backside - I was too fat and it happended several times duing the night. Well, that was it for me. Then by sheer chance I saw a tv ad for Lighter Life, I'd never heard of it before so checked it out online, phoned the local lady and was on the programme within a week.
I'd never done a meal replacement diet before or gone to any diet clubs - I've always calorie counted on my own. So it was all new to me and what an eye opener. I did it for 12 weeks leading up to our family holiday to Majorca and in those weeks went from an 18-20 to a size 12-14 and had to replace my entire wardrobe and undies drawer, even some shoes!
When I finished LL I did still have a stone or so to lose and thought I could do this on my own before Christmas, but I didn't, I did, however, manage to maintain my weight until the festive period kicked in and I went wild! Come January I stepped on the scales and I'd put on 10lbs in a month - omg! I got rid of all my size 16s, 18s, 20s and a lot of 14s too, so I've no choice but to either lose this weight I've regained and the last, stubborn stone or go out an buy bigger clothes and be miserible again - no choice really, I MUST finish what I started last summer and succeed with CS
Then again, the tv spoke to me...and ad for Celebrity Slim
- again, I'd never heard of it, checked it out online and ordered my started pack..it sounded so good and then I found this forum, which is a godsend for me.So here I am, the reason why and if I could do LL, I can certainly do CS!
Good luck to everyone and I wish you all every success in the world x (PS - so sorry this is such a looooooong thread - oops!)
