CDROME
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After reading many inspirational stories and upon seeing the progress of others on this forum, I've decided to start my own weight loss diary. I'm hoping that tracking my performance will remind me, further down the line, of the effort that I had to put in, in order to achieve results and that it will lift my spirits if I ever feel down or defeated.
I will be starting the Cambridge Weight Plan Step One (Sole Source) on Sunday 5th January 2014. I'm looking forward to speaking to people in a similar position and am hoping that those of you who have recently started or will be starting soon, will be here to provide support and encouragement.
I was a thin (albeit extremely self-conscious and insecure) girl growing up. I was 5ft5, 8 1/2 stone and aged 18 when I met my boyfriend. It was the first time that I accepted myself just as I was and I'd never felt more confident. Within a year, the weight gain began and has gradually and steadily increased until now; aged 25 and weighing 13.4 stone. On one hand, I was eating because I finally let myself go and began enjoying life with my boyfriend. On the other, amongst other things, I had detached myself from my closest group of friends, following a row. Life suddenly felt empty and in the loneliness, hurt and anger of it all, I began eating to fill the void.
Over the last six years, I seem to have lost that short lived happy, content and confident girl. Embarrassed at the thought of people from my past seeing me like this, I have avoided social situations where I may bump into them. My early 20's should have been full of laughter and fun but I hid away and stopped living. I no longer feel like myself. While I am still with my boyfriend and he has been nothing but supportive and loving regardless of my size, it does affect our relationship, from my end.
I joined many gyms and bought a number of workout DVD's. But mentally I never pieced together the root cause of my unhappiness and consequent dependency on food. And so naturally, I failed. It took a while to look past my anger and accept responsibility of the things I had done wrong, as well as those I could not control. But now that I have, I'm ready to turn a corner and recognise that only I can make the change. A change not so as to improve what others think of me. But a change for a better me and a healthier relationship with a man I love.
I aim to lose 4 1/2 stone, bringing me down to 9 stone. I hope that you will join and support me in my journey. It begins now. X
I will be starting the Cambridge Weight Plan Step One (Sole Source) on Sunday 5th January 2014. I'm looking forward to speaking to people in a similar position and am hoping that those of you who have recently started or will be starting soon, will be here to provide support and encouragement.
I was a thin (albeit extremely self-conscious and insecure) girl growing up. I was 5ft5, 8 1/2 stone and aged 18 when I met my boyfriend. It was the first time that I accepted myself just as I was and I'd never felt more confident. Within a year, the weight gain began and has gradually and steadily increased until now; aged 25 and weighing 13.4 stone. On one hand, I was eating because I finally let myself go and began enjoying life with my boyfriend. On the other, amongst other things, I had detached myself from my closest group of friends, following a row. Life suddenly felt empty and in the loneliness, hurt and anger of it all, I began eating to fill the void.
Over the last six years, I seem to have lost that short lived happy, content and confident girl. Embarrassed at the thought of people from my past seeing me like this, I have avoided social situations where I may bump into them. My early 20's should have been full of laughter and fun but I hid away and stopped living. I no longer feel like myself. While I am still with my boyfriend and he has been nothing but supportive and loving regardless of my size, it does affect our relationship, from my end.
I joined many gyms and bought a number of workout DVD's. But mentally I never pieced together the root cause of my unhappiness and consequent dependency on food. And so naturally, I failed. It took a while to look past my anger and accept responsibility of the things I had done wrong, as well as those I could not control. But now that I have, I'm ready to turn a corner and recognise that only I can make the change. A change not so as to improve what others think of me. But a change for a better me and a healthier relationship with a man I love.
I aim to lose 4 1/2 stone, bringing me down to 9 stone. I hope that you will join and support me in my journey. It begins now. X
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