Hi ladies, I've been stalking your thread for weeks now and this should i/shouldnt i topic compelled me to join in. Realise you've moved on to men talk now but I started righting this a few hours ago then got caught up doing something else - sorry to change subject!
Will try and keep it brief cuz my cd journey has lasted 7 years now so I could go on all night!
I'm 39, mom 2 lovely 17 year old daughter. I was a chubby child, chubby teen and many rounds of conventional dieting saw me spend my teens and early 20's going from around 12 st down to 10st and back again. I gained 5 and half st during my pregnancy and ended up at rosemary connelly at 17st when my daughter was 2. Within 8 months I lost 5st then just stopped dead- couldn't seem to get a lb under it following the diet so started restricting further, cutting out carbs etc. After few years of my 'own' diet. Which was basically eating only chicken and vegetables, but boozing when the fancy took me, I managed to maintain a weight between 9 and half to 10 stone for about 2 years- and treated self to tummy, chest and bottom surgery for my trouble. Then I lost control a little and went up to 10 and half stone and wanted a quick fix. Along came cd......and I haven't managed to get off it since! I've had great success on it- even got to 7st 13lb once (only for 1 day tho!) which was prob what i weighted age 7 or something!
I have tried SO many times 2 get nack to 'normal' but it feels impossible. My body just doesn't respond to conventional dieting anymore, every time I go back on cd it is ALWAYS the last time. But them I'd find myself back up to 11 stone, panic and go back on it.
In October last year I meant business tho- I was not going back on it no matter what- but then 13 st happened and here I am again- 63 days into a 100 day ss pact with self.
The point to my long post is to say i think you are right to be concerned that dipping in and out of this diet isn't good. Its setting a dangerous precident for your dieting success in the future. And the fact we are on this forum means that we are amongst the unfortunate percentage of the population who are always going to have to diet/watch closely what we eat. You all seem so nice and I'd hate to see you end up like me 7 years on!
If I could have my time over I would have made my 10 and a half stone 32 year old self eat healthy and exercise and accept that 9 stone wasn't going to happen overnight.
I'm not dissing the diet at all but I think for people like me (and perhaps by the sounds of it you too) it isnt something that should be relied upon long term. My mind frame is all or nothing - I can ss like a dream. Going up the steps is impossible, once the food switch is flicked on i lose control. I need to get back to a place where I moderate what I eat and out of the 'might as well get hung for a sheep as a lamb' mind frame - which has seen me eat a slice of cucumber, beat myself up for cheating then go into a full scale binge lasting days, weeks, months.
I know cd isn't the diet for me anymore, I am sick to death of it, it's ruined my social life for seven years and made me obsessive and depressed. Yet I'm on it? I feel I have no choice.
My plan, which my partner rightly tells me he's heard a million times before, is to get to the end of my hundred days then eat the cupboards full of left over diet chef meals I have in the cupboards, then follow a healthy eating plan- and never have another milkshake or vile black coffee again!
Hope you don't think I'm trying to put you off or am being preachy- its just that I recognise so much of what I've read in the last few weeks from the last 7 years and wanted to share it with you in case it helps you make a decision on which diet to proceed with.
I wish you all great success in which ever route you take!
Sorry for waffling- and that was only the brief version! X
