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Alexmummy's learning journey... Hi to everyone
I'm really sorry but my first post on here is going to be quite long...
Firstly I'm Claire, I'm 22, and I have a little boy called Alex (hence the forum name). I've struggled with my weight most of my life, bullied at school for it, I did weight watchers from 16 onwards, and by 17 I was actually down to 10 stone 6, but still for my height overweight. I fell ill with glandular fever, then Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and given steroids to try to help, ballooned on them, as well as on the depo provera, and comfort ate even more! I met my fiance' and he was a bad one too, even though he has done kick boxing etc, all his cooking used to be fried! He was a real one for fried breakfasts, lots of take aways and we both made lots of excuses about why we didn't have 'time' to cook. (Just to note fiance' also dieted not on CD though, but healthy eating and exercise from Jan this year, and looks fab, he has gone down from 12 stone 3, to 10 stone 3 and is my own little Jamie Oliver in the kitchen now, and is my biggest supporter)
In December last year, I decided I'd had enough, I had tried every diet going after having Alex, and nothing worked, I even had both the dr's drugs, reductil and xenical (ali in the pharmacy) and I lost 4lbs in a month...at 17stone that's nothing! I was fed up, hated myself, and avoided every photo possible. In the first year of Alex's life, I have hardly any photo's of me with him, and the sadest part of all, is the day he was born I have none because I was embarrased how big I was (not from being pregnant either) On Alex's 1st Birthday this was exactly the same, the only photo I have is a face shot of me with him, and the same at Xmas.
So I decided, I want to be around for my family, I want to be in those photo's and feel good in them too, I don't want to feel forced to go to family do's any more and hate going because I know I'm the biggest person there, and have nothing nice to wear, and end up rowing with fiance' because it's not his fault at the end of the day.
I want to be healthy for me, and for my family, and as soon as Xmas Day was over that was it for me, I haven't looked back.
So why am I here when I haven't got to goal yet?
Well after debating about whether or not to start a diary here for a while, it's almost been decided for me. Finacially things haven't gone to plan. After my fiance twice being made redundant last year, all our savings have gone, so when our family car broke down (again) about 4 weeks ago we were to say the least very worried, but my parents stepped in and offered to pay for repair for us. To cut a very long story short, on Thursday we were told the mechanic has come back and said without spending thousands and thousands and basically throwing money at a car that keeps having problems it isn't fixable, and in his opinion isn't worth it. (Very honest for a mechanic, and to be fair he has done himself out of work, which I think is honourable in this current credit crunch) Anyway spent most of Thursday in a daze as to how on earth we would get around this, as fiance works a good 15 or so miles from where we live, buses are a nightmare, and train would cost £18 a day! Ouch! Decided at that point that CD would have to come to an end...gutted.
Fiances' mum came over that night, and had a few phone calls from nan, and eventually they have decided between themselves that they want to help us as they know our situation and that without the redundancies and our run of bad luck (there's a fair bit more to all this but I'm babbling already!) that we would be on our own 2 feet. They agree CD is expensive and would like me not to quit, but to go up another plan (1000) so that we are at least trying to save some pennies each month, now that I have lost a bigger chunk of weight, and have less to go to goal now.
So have spent the weekend (somehow still staying 100% on 810) looking for cars, and have picked out a Renault Scenic 1.6 Expression + in Silver and we pick it up on Saturday. It's not brand new or anything, but it's nice, it's big, for future, and fit's Alex's buggy in! lol (it's like a 4x4 his buggy!)
Last night I weighed in with CDC and have lost 3lbs this week taking me to 12 stone 1 1/2, so I have 2 stone to get my BMI goal, and if you will have me here I would love to try and finish my journey here because I feel a bit odd in the other forums for being on a high plan, and I think my aims are slightly different now. Yes my aim is to lose those next 2 stone (and in a way as quickly as possible) but in another way, I also have got to Maintain, as I don't know how my body is going to cope on 1000, and most importantly if finances were to get any worse I need to be prepared to go to 1200 at any stage, which if 1000 scares me the way it does, then 1200 terrifies me.
Ok so will stop rambling now, I just wanted to get all I could remember out on one thread instead of keep going off on loads of tangents!
I'll just leave my menu for my first (terrifying day of 1000)
Breakfast
CD Shake - Choc Mint
2 Shredded Wheat + Milk from allowance
Lunch
Small Salad +fat free dressing
small banana
Tea
CD Bar - Caramel
Lemon & Basil Chicken
CousCous
Small Salad
++ Lots of water!
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Originally Posted by aussieraquel 
and it really helps me to stay focused I think!
, so don't really want to go upto 1200 yet. After SS it seems a lot of food on 1000, don't you think? I had a job fitting in the 2nd CD item last week, am trying harder this week 
Week 2 
must just be me not being used to having carbs again!
