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[Dione]

Thanks Bren
I am determined to do this. I lost all my weight and got to a size 12 2 years ago then just used that as an excuse to eat for England This time i am serious as i hate that i havehad to put the size 16's back on
I have saved a pair of my size 10 skinny jeans (which is what i wore when i 1st met my husband) and i am determined to be able to get back into them!!! I want to be a yummy mummy again rather then a frumpy mummy
I must admit this site has really helped me over the past few days. It has taken my mind off of my food and entertained and inspired me at the same time.

LETS GET SKINNY!!!!!!

[Laura Croft]

Thanks Bren xx

Just a joke about KD. She's a wise one but she can be strict when she think it's necessary. If you haven't done so, think about getting the book Eating Less. It is a fabulous book to help with retraining the brain. One of the first things i learnt from it, and from KD was that the addictive desire to eat isn't a 'bad' thing. It's a natural response for us and just because we have that feeling, it doesn't mean we need to act on it.

I'm going for a ride now. I need some air. x

[Dione]

ok hun. I havent had the pleasure of meeting KD yet, cant wait til i do as i have heard alot of good things about her
Speak soon hun happy riding xx

[Bess]

I cant understand how i seem to be the only one inketosis and still hungry

Dione,

I was just the same. Ketosis doesn't stop all people being hungry. Don't worry about that. Diversion tactics are the thing and I find that black coffee, being a strong 'after dinner' taste helps. I never drank it before. Has to be deaff for me though or I can't sleep. I also always keep a bar to go with the evening coffee. I can delay it for quite a while - 'I'll just bring the washing in..feed the horse...shut up the fowl...check the sheep....ring someone'.......then I find the crossword from the paper, or settle down with a DVD, coffee, bar and yum!
Good luck,

[Laura Croft]

Another tip Dione is try and split your packs up as bit so you have 6 meals instead.

[Dione]

Thanks Laura, think i'll give that one a try xxx

[DisneyParis]

Thankyou for posting this.

[slimwannabe]

Wow what do you say to that??

I have goosebumps and tears in my eyes.

I want to thankyou for such an honest and open post as there are no doubt so many of us on here that feel the same way.

This is my 1st time on cd and this definately makes me understand just how important it is to follow the plans right to the very end.

Thank you again and goodluck on your new journey xx

[wannadrop3st]

Laura,
Just read your post sadly this is the position i am in now
I have put on 1/2 stone of the 3 i lost
So tomorrow, new year new me...
I will, with the help on this forum, lose the weight and keep it off forever

thanks for posting
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[kellierocks]

This is one of the hardest posts I've ever written but I just hope it helps someone.

Last year I completed SS, losing about 3 stone and ending up quite happily around 9 stone 10.

Like many on here, I'd battled with weight and depression all my life and thought I'd finally finally broken the back of it. I felt great, I looked great, and I was finally beginning to live. I made a lot of plans for this year doing all those things I'd put off for being overweight and just enjoying 'being normal.'

I finished SS and thought that was it, I had it made. I was really careful with my food and exercise and maintained my weight for a few months. I didn't do the steps because I didn't think I needed them.

Then I didn't deal with some of the issues that were bothering me. I made a few half arsed attempts to get back on track and would do okay for a bit but slowly, and then faster, I went downhill and I kept on tumbling.

I didn't learn how to control my food, I didn't reach out properly for help, I stopped weighing myself, I stopped exercising, I stopped planning my food. I started to feel sorry for myself, I started to think 'just one won't hurt' and I thought tomorrow would be another day.

Now I find myself 6 months later wondering what on earth happened. I'm back at the weight I was before I started CD, and perhaps a little bit more. I'm isolating from friends and colleagues, especially those that were sceptical about the diet. The diet didn't do anything wrong, it was me.

We've all got battles to face and after the honeymoon period of losing weight is over, the hard part really begins. This is time you really need your CDC for guidance, use the forums and follow the steps - they are there for a reason.

To anyone out there who is thinking about not doing the steps, about going it alone, please reconsider. We've all learnt how to NOT eat in SS/SS+, now it's time to learn how to eat. The steps teach you how to be control of your food.

I don't want anyone else to end up like me - 6 months later looking at photos of a me that was so happy and feeling so free and knowing they have to go through the process all. over. again. Instead I feel guilty, ashamed, sad, and I'm hurting because I let down the one person I really need to look after - me.

So financially things are going to be tough too but I'm determined to still have a life as much as I can. For (cliche two) it's often been about what's eating me, not what am I eating so I will get out there and keep meeting the triggers that have caused me to run back to the food and isolation before. I can do this, but it's just a pain I have to do it all over again!!

I'm a big believer in life trying to teach you lessons and if you miss them the first, second, third.... time, they'll come back at you so you can learn them in order to move onto your next stage. This is where I am now, the kid whose just been told she needs to repeat a whole lesson that really the answer was just there on the page, she just didn't really think she needed it.

After a really bad week, where i lost control, took 5 sessions of training OFF (out of 8) and have been struggling to get into my healthy frame of mind, this entry was just what I needed, and odd how i happened upon it (obviously its to help me learn the lesson)

I have a really good friend who also believed that until you learn the lesson it will keep coming back on you, whatever the area of life.

Inspirational. Life does not start tomorrow, it starts now. Actually it already started so I better jump on, full steam ahead the life I was meant to live.

[Dione]

This post really did make me cry as i did the same. I thought i could go it alone and gained 20lbs. I am now close to target and following the plans correctly

Thanks for your inspirational words xx