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Calculus anyone!! LOL  http://www.minimins.com/cambridge-diet-forum/44968-calculus-anyone-lol.html

Well…Im sitting here ripping my hair out as after 10+ years out of study I decide to do a Maths degree…(the stress of Dieting wasnt enough)…
As usual I can feel the pangs of hunger - ooops I mean - the sums are baffling me so Im going to eat instead!!
SOOOOOOOOO Here’s what I have decided…Both diet and studies are giving me stress but I really want to achieve both so I have to tackle both head on…
Well I work shifts and often start work at 4pm…giving me plenty of study time…but I dont really get to study at home as I’ve mentioned B4 hubby is a DJ and is always practicing…(we live with parents so he cant even go in another room!!)…At work we have a library so I’m gonna start using it…I can go and spend the day there b4 work…that way when the work begins to stress me I cant go and find food for comfort (I dont carry money to work…so I cant go shop either!) and I will have the right environment to concentrate and get my work done (and glug my water!!)…Then straight to work and by the time I get home the day is over!!…Even if i work early shift the library is open till 8 so I’ll do the same in reverse!! I start this new plan of action tomorrow!!

(Ulterior motive in all of this…I wanna go spring break in Jamaica…one mad party holiday for drunken students…I know Im 30 and married but when i was 19 and in uni I had a boyfriend who was mentally torturing me hence the reason I went from 12 to 25 st!!)
(DONT WORRY I WILL BE TAKING THE HUBBY ALONG!! LOL)

SORRY FOR RAMBLING BY THE WAY

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04/06/08
Start weight = 21st 11lbs - DONT ASK!!
(THIS TIME LAST YR I WAS 15ST WHAT HAPPENED!!?)

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Getting back into it - its all mind over matter  http://www.minimins.com/cambridge-diet-forum/47531-getting-back-into-its-all-mind-over-matter.html

I’ve had a brain-wave and am just kinda thinking out loud - I dont know if anyone will agree with this theory?

Well, I’ve had so much past experience myself with the whole starting and stopping thing, whether its just because you had a bad weekend and needed a break willing to get back into it on Monday, you had a holiday, a wedding, a birthday etc…its all reason that we should have a break because really when it comes down to it, we ARE dieting, but sometimes you cant worry and you need to have fun and let your hair down.

I think if you know that you are going to have a break coming up you have to mentally prepare yourself for it and prepare yourself that you are starting again on the following day/Monday whenever; I think people too often push it to the back of their minds and say yer im starting again that day and then when the day comes they are like oh god yes right todays the day i start again, and its a bit of a shock to the system.

What I am getting at, is this, its ALL about mind over matter - we all know this as its proven when we have good days we do not feel hungry and when we have bad days we want food - we aren’t actually hungry but we aren’t right in our heads so we think we are.

SO

I think what I PERSONALLY am going to do is this:-

• Have my break from 2nd July - 6th July (my mid summer CD holiday I shall call it)
• Start again on 7th - with a new ticker, a new signature and a new goal.
• Completely FORGET I have been doing it for 6 weeks or so and tell myself its a new start - so I do not dwell on how well I did last time etc (this was what helped me to get back into it this time)
• Totally refresh my mind

I think this will work for me - so far on this diet I think I’ve actually been really focussed because I have TOLD myself that I am going to do it. I was worried about AAM week and then coming off of that and coming back onto SS but I just TOLD myself NO MORE chicken today its SS again Lauren - and I listened to myself. I am quite impressed that I listened and I feel like i’ve disciplined myself.

Does this all make sense - or does it sound like the rantings of a mad woman?

Yes it might sound easier said than done - but I think if people actually prepare themselves in their heads it shouldnt be as hard.

I am going to start a new wagon on 7th July, I will have 8 weeks till my holiday and I want to be 10 stone for that.

Thanks for listening - all views welcome?

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Started CD on 6 May 2008
Want to get down to 10 stone for the first time ever!
Completed first 4 minigoals!
GOALS AS OF MAY 22ND!
5th - Get to 11 stone! DONE!
6th - Stick to SS for 4 weeks! DONE!
7th - Get down to 10 st 9
8th - Get into Oasis s12 jeans DONE!!! before others!!

 http://www.minimins.com/cambridge-diet-forum/47043-grandmas-very-sad-news.html

Dear All

I am sorry to have to tell you that my beloved Ken died suddenly this afternoon. We had had a lovely afternoon driving along the North Norfolk coast and he was chatting about the lovely time we’d had and making plans for going back to Canada last year and saying what a wonderful time we had and how he had so enjoyed his birthday just two weeks ago with all the family together - and he sighed and died! I tried to resusciate him - as did some lovely bikers who stopped to help till the ambulance arrived but they couldn’t get him back. The doctors think he had a massive heart attack - nothing to do with his previous problems - but as it was a sudden death, we have to have a post mortem and police will be involved.
I am just absolutely numb at the moment but I also know that he loved me so much and he was so proud of me and of all his children and grandchildren. He was my soul mate - and I’m not sure how I’ll get through this, but I will do it for him and in his memory. He was so proud of the weight I’d lost too that I have been spurred on to do even better now for him. I will get on here as often as possible - but I know you will understand that I need time at the moment.
Thank you all for your love and care over the past months while he was in hospital. At least he died with me by his side and having had a lovely day out doing what he loved best.
Chris
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Start weight on 29/01/08 - 327lbs

 http://www.minimins.com/lipotrim-forum/46967-happy-being-fat.html

I really find it hard to believe that you can be happy being fat, yes I agree you do see fat people that are happy, confident and enjoy their lives immensely, however, I feel that if you told them that you could make them slim, whatever that meant to them 8, 10 or even 13 stone and that they could stay that way whatever they ate then they would go for it.

Just look at Dawn French she is funny, happy and has more confidence than you can even measure (Darcy Bussell, ballet sketch OMG) she did actually say herself, that she is happy being large. She has even created a clothing range for large ladies and loves it. On the other hand she also did loose a heck of a lot of weight for her wedding because she wanted to look her best and have nice pictures, what does that tell you? She said that it was good being slim for 10 minutes but she started putting the weight back on at the reception.

I truly believe that we tell ourselves things that shield us from the hurtful truth, it is extremely hard to loose weight even harder to maintain, things happen in life that send us spinning out of control often and its hard to admit, even to those that you love that your life/body/weight is not exactly as you want it to be, we don’t like to be seen as failures and so mask the truth with a great big smile.

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 am on day 4 today I feel okay, perhaps a little toooooooooo grumpy lol. I tell you my strategies so far.

I have a list of all the reasons I want to lose weight, it contains lots of thing even the little things are on there.

I have bought a x stitch to do and jigsaw for necessary distraction (but not needed them yet).

I’ve been in the bath every night.

I’ve watched SATC on paramount and thought of all the lovely clothes I’m going to wear.

I’ve been through the next directory and circled clothes.

I have put the weighing scales in front of the fridge (it annoys my H and today that’s a bonus lol).

I’m going down to my Mums later to get the foot spa she has never used.

I put washing up liquid on my children’s leftover so I can’t be tempted.

My H has ate things I don’t like all week.

Oh I have bought a colouring book too.

I have also been looking on the La Perla website but goodness knows why because I won’t be able to afford anything even when it will fit.

I look at the inspirational slide show on here.

I know that some of them are weird but find what works for you and good luck

Wow, where to start!

My Health, I have been watching all the scary fat programs of late and am starting to freak out a bit. I have a bmi of 43 and am approaching 40; Dad and Nan have heart problems and Diabetes.

Comments, Looks and Attitudes, people think that fat people cannot hear, have a valid opinion or care if they are shouted or sneered at. A teenager recently said to his Mum right in front of me ‘Wow look at that really massive woman’ I couldn’t help it, I stared right back at him and said ‘Wow look at that really rude kid’ and you know what, he was shocked, he acted as if I could not have heard his nasty comment, his mum just shoved him and they walked off. The other one is comments from some men, like, Don’t like yours much and you have the fat one and my favourite look at the size of her arse (does make me laugh sometimes though I just stick it out further and pull me power pants right up) or some girls comments, I went into a normal shop to buy a present for a friend and the shop assistant actually said to me ‘we don’t have anything in your size unfortunately‘, the other assistant was smirking behind the counter, I told her that I will go next door then and spent the £50 I was about to on a Jacket for my friend and that she could go back to gossiping with her weird looking friend behind the counter about spot cream and cheap perfume. I am strong now and this sort of thing does not really get to me any more, however it would be nice if it stopped.

Clothes Shopping, It would be nice to have more than one shop to go to, I love shopping and clothes and have just replaced clothes with handbags, much to the dismay of me bloke (I have started to smuggle them in ) . I have a huge collection but nothing to wear with them so they just sit in the top of my wardrobe waiting.

Be Fit, I’m always pooped, red, hot and lack enough energy to do all the things I really want and used to do.

Respect, Bit of the above really just covers so many situations, work, home and friends. I don’t want to be invisible anymore.

Sorry bet you wished you hadn’t asked , however I guess this is a sign that I am really ready for this weight loss journey I am starting.

It is so good to be able to read so many nice things on here and the support being given to one another really is so very special, I don’t think some people realise how much a little kind word or just listening to a rant/vent ( like this one ) makes such a difference.

So thank you and so very sorry for my rant I’m not normally this gobby, my passion is flowing tonight (not in a gross way, eww sounds it though)

start weight 15st 13lb
one week on this morning i couldnt believe my eyes as i looked down at the scales in the chemists 15 st 0 lbs ive lost 15 lbs in a week, feel well and really energetic and im the next size down in clothes already. headache day 4 for 3 hours and 2 hours day 5 but thats it past it and im not even hungry but i have been an angel and not eaten one thing just had a coffee with milk once a day (lovey my coffee)really pleased keep u informed on further progrress from Lorraine X

100 is a huge number

But I guess like anything else, you just have to attack it one step at a time.

HI Century people, can I come play with you?

OK, 50 year old ex pat English person, lived in Canada for 2 1/2 years, here. I know that I have over 100 pounds to lose, but to be honest, and I’ve promised myself with you guys, whats the point in being anything else but honest, I’m not sure how big the problem is My scales measure up to 21 and a half stone, and when I stand on they just say “Get off Fatty” and show an error.

Now don’t laugh, and I know I’m not the only one who has done this (OH GOD I HOPE I’m NOT THE ONLY ONE) But when you stand on the scales and rest some of your weight on the sink, it doesn’t take much to make them measure a weight. Based on this very scientific evidence, I’m currently saying that 3 weeks of dieting hasn’t shifted any weight, but I suppose it’s possible that it has.

So my first target is a simple one……………get the scales to register a weight to see just how big the problem is.

Currently I’m following a Shapes type diet, counting carb points, but it doesn’t feel like it’s working at all, so maybe I need to look for something else. I go mad trying to straight calorie counting, but units are OK. I’m really looking for something that doesn’t take much brain power

The good things about watching weight out here, the chocolate is not nice, so we have ‘aid packages’ sent from the UK every so often with proper Cadburys chocolate, it gets stored in a tin, and there is a strictly controlled 2 square a day rule (broken only by me on the odd PMS day) I don’t eat other sweets, so that’s easy.

We live out in the middle of no where so fast food isn’t!!!! Takes us 40 minutes to drive to the nearest take away, so we usually only buy fast food if we have been out, less than once a month.

OK I’m now rambling and going into far to much detail, but just to say living in isolation is great, but it would be great to have a support network to help me on this long journey. I have a great reason to lose the weight, a new horse that I want to ride, I know some of it went on because of being laid up with my knee last year, and through giving up smoking recently, so that should be reversible.

Any suggestions for a ‘quick start’ diet to get this old body in line, would be great. Then need to find something that I can live with long term, as I know that it’s going to take a while.

Allergic to food and immune to diets: my gastric bypass story

Welcome everybody!
I am writing this thread partly to write myself better and to share my story with others who are like me. I don’t claim to have all the answers, but hope that I can help somebody by sharing my experiences.
Since I can remember I seem to have always been on a diet because of my weight. There isn’t one significant event that turned me to food, but the events that put me off my food have been rare and far between! I’ve always enjoyed my food and didn’t like to waste any. I never used to have a sweet tooth, but eat large amounts of the right things and a few naughty bits in between. Regardless of what I eat I always end up gaining weight, which is why I’m suggesting that I’m allergic to food! Lol.
I have joined slimming classes over and over again over the years. Don’t get me wrong, I have lost weight, but not as much as I needed to lose. After a while my weight loss would stagnate and I would lose motivation and then binge until the next fad diet came along.
Four years ago I started Slimming World for the second time. It was back in Wales, where I come from, and the class was friendly and I fit in great. Over two years, by following the plan and increasing my exercise, I finally lost a significant amount of weight in two years of sticking to the diet: 8 stones and 10 pounds to be exact. I was over the moon! I had never experienced being anywhere close to a size ten in my life and being under it made me feel like for the first time I could act like myself because people could see me as who I really was, instead of hiding under layers of fat. Unfortunately, I wanted to lose more and found it increasingly hard to stick to the diet as I was going through quite a few changes in my life. I kept stopping and starting the plan and, eventually, even when I stuck to the diet it wasn’t working! This is why I have decided that I’m immune to diets! Lol.
My weight has fluctuated all my life and I know that yo-yo dieting does me no good. It frustrates me that despite my efforts, I still end up becoming bigger than I was when I started a diet when things go wrong.
It may surprise you that growing up in Wales I wasn’t brought up on a “farm” diet of full-cream milk and home baked pies! I lived a fairly “normal” life where food wasn’t a big issue for friends and family, so it baffles me why it has gained such an importance for in my life!
Moving to Manchester last year, having quit my job and embarking on a Masters at university, I thought it would be a fresh start, which might have influenced my weight and turned me into a trendy,a fit Mancunian lass! No such luck! I continued to pile on the pounds because of the busy lifestyle and, now, I’m almost back to my heaviest weight.
Before Christmas I looked into plastic surgery to see what it could offer me, but was disappointed to find out that they couldn’t lipo all my excess fat! I came across the idea of weight loss surgery, but thought it was too drastic. I decided that I had lost the weight once and could do it again. Christmas came and went, but I still got bigger.
I have always felt like I have been in the “don’t quite fit in” category because of my weight. I am morbidly obese at 17 stones and 5 foot 2, but I’m not quite as bad as the “Half Ton Dad” and friends on TV. My weight doesn’t affect my health, but makes me different as I shop in different shops and am probably looked at in a differnt way by some people. This, obviously affects my self conscience- I want people to see me for me, not just as a fat person!
In April I decided that enough was enough and that my only hope of losing weight and, most importantly, keeping it off was through surgery. I spoke to a lovely surgeon called Marcus Landauer on the phone, as a result of looking at his highly accredited website. Marcus recommended that I have a gastric bypass as it would reduce my food intake permanently and stop me absorbing all the calories. I knew that going private was my only option as the NHS seem to only consider people who have health issues, whereas I’m healthy and want to lose weight to stay that way! Marcus referred me to Professor Basil Ammori at Spire hospital in Manchester. I had a consultation with him on May 2nd and he laughed his head off at me when I turned up with pages of questions from my very extensive research. He patiently answered every question and assured me that my odds were good as I was young, healthy, female and my BMI is only 43. My biggest worry was dying on the operating table! After an hour and a quarter of answering questions, I was partly convinced that I was better off going for the operation! I did, however, wart Marcus, who had said he would put money on me living through the operation, that if I died I would come back and haunt him!!
Since then I have met lots of lovely people on this website, who have answered every question under the sun and are a great support - thank you all!!
Today I went for my pre-operative tests. It was a doddle. They took my blood pressure (which is fine) and took some blood and urine to test. I have also paid in advance for my operation today. I feel quite naughty spending so much money on myself, but I’m hoping that it will be worth every penny.
I am now counting the days until the operation on May 31st. There doesn’t seem to be a lot left to prepare. I have bought mouthwash, minty spray, airfreshener and tissues for after the op. I really will miss glugging down drink, so I’m hoping minty spray will make up for it!
Emotionally it seems to be a rollercoaster. I have the operation booked 2 days after my last exam at university. I thought the exams would stop me worrying about the operation, but the operation is distracting me from my revision! I also got engaged on friday, which I am really happy about. It’s lovely to feel loved even at my size! If he loves me now I can’t imagine how much he will love me when i have lost my weight and stop being so self-conscious and upset about my weight! I went to church on Sunday, hoping for some divine intervention. I’m planning to keep going because it feels right. My family and fiancee are all worried about the operation and I really do hate putting them through the whole stress, especially when my fiancee’s ill himself at the moment, but I ahve explained to them that the risks are low and this is my choice. I have started writing letters to them in case, for whatever reason, I don’t make it. I don’t want to tempt fate, but as always like to be prepared!
After today I will have ten full days until the day of my operation. I intend to keep you all updated on the journey (in between exams and anaesthetic! Lol!) and hope that you share your experinces too.
Sorry for rambling on for what now seems like forever! I hope I’ve not sent you all to sleep!!
Here’s to a slimmer tomorrow!!

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Sara xxx

Hi all, havnt been on this site in a long time so thought i would put up some recent pics. I started cd in august 07. i have now lost 6 stone, i had got 1 stone left till target (may go bit lower depending on how i feel as will still be classed as overweight)

before photo in aug 07 weighed 18stone

6 stone lost by my bday 8/5/08

this one was taken of me on my bday night out on 9/5/08 size 10 dress lol. in first photo i was a size 22. At my biggest i was a size 24 and was 18st 10 but managed to lose some prior to cd. I am about a size 8/10 top and 12/14 bottoms at moment depending on where i buy clothes from which i am chuffed to bits with. Never thought it possible could lose so much weight. Wish i had found out bout cd sooner. All pictures on cd forum and on this site and helped keep me motivated to keep on this diet and i want to be able now to do the same for someone else.

yvette xx