sunflowerlady
Full Member
Well I know most people would start a diary on day 1, but today is day 18 for me.
I started out on day 1 at 18st 3lbs. I usually measure in kgs, so that's 115.7kg. My first target set by my consultant was to get to 99kg (15st 8lbs) which to me seemed impossible but a target I would like to get to.
Some more background to me: I am South African, am 31 years old and have been married to an amazing man for 5 months now. (I weighed 107.5kgs (16st 12lbs) on our wedding day- the honeymoon was all inclusive so I picked up a lot afterwards!) I have always been larger than I should be for as long as I can remember. I lost 20kgs (3st 2lbs) in six months a few years ago on the Dr Phil Diet. I picked up about two thirds of that again over four years.
So.... When I visited my consultant for the first time, my BMI was 41.7, which meant I needed to get a doctors signature on the form before I could start. It took a week to get that, so when finally when this was obtained, I could start the plan on step 2. I was disappointed I couldn't go straight to sole source, but my consultant said it was safer to start with a higher plan and then move down once at a lower BMI. This would also hopefully avoid the withdrawal headaches of day 3 that everyone talks about.
She had also suggested that I begin drinking more water and eating fewer carbs whilst waiting for the signature. CWP recommends this as a week's detox, but few people have the patience for it and want to get stuck straight in to the plan. Because I had to wait, I did this route. (And to be honest I think it definitely helped!)
I started out on day 1 at 18st 3lbs. I usually measure in kgs, so that's 115.7kg. My first target set by my consultant was to get to 99kg (15st 8lbs) which to me seemed impossible but a target I would like to get to.
Some more background to me: I am South African, am 31 years old and have been married to an amazing man for 5 months now. (I weighed 107.5kgs (16st 12lbs) on our wedding day- the honeymoon was all inclusive so I picked up a lot afterwards!) I have always been larger than I should be for as long as I can remember. I lost 20kgs (3st 2lbs) in six months a few years ago on the Dr Phil Diet. I picked up about two thirds of that again over four years.
So.... When I visited my consultant for the first time, my BMI was 41.7, which meant I needed to get a doctors signature on the form before I could start. It took a week to get that, so when finally when this was obtained, I could start the plan on step 2. I was disappointed I couldn't go straight to sole source, but my consultant said it was safer to start with a higher plan and then move down once at a lower BMI. This would also hopefully avoid the withdrawal headaches of day 3 that everyone talks about.
She had also suggested that I begin drinking more water and eating fewer carbs whilst waiting for the signature. CWP recommends this as a week's detox, but few people have the patience for it and want to get stuck straight in to the plan. Because I had to wait, I did this route. (And to be honest I think it definitely helped!)