5 Stone down....4 Stone to go......

I started a diary here back in October when I originally began the Cambridge Diet, unfortunately CD really didn't agree with me. I just couldn't get on with the products, and when I came down with shingles the week before starting work again I thought my plans for loosing the weight would have to end there.

However there was a silver lining to having shingles....the (really very powerful) painkillers I was on removed my appetite completely!! I found that I would eat 3 times a day, but only because I knew I was ill & had to eat. There was no pleasure in eating at all. So even though I was eating 'normal' food I wasn't eating very much & the weight started to gradually drop off.
When I realised this was happening I decided to take advantage of the situation & started a Low Carb & Low Cal diet of my own devising, mainly focusing on protein rich foods, dairy, fruit & veg. The weight just fell off me!! Without the constant hunger (which has been driving me crazy for years) I was finally able to steadily loose a sizeable chunk of weight. Dropping from 18st12 in October 2011 to 14st7 by Feb 2012!!!

Then life happened. :sigh: I hadn't been on the appetite suppressing painkillers since November & with my partners birthday & other life stuff I just kinda fell on & off the wagon for the next few months. I did manage to get down to 13st3 (my lowest weight in 10 years!!), but kept bouncing back up again as I just wasn't really sticking to it.

When I stepped back on the scales last Saturday I realised I had gone from my lowest weight of 13st3 all the way back up to 14st12 . To say I was horrified would be an understatement!! I was nearly 15st again!! All my hard work, everything I had worked towards was vanishing.
This particular moment has crystallised in my mind. A moment of absolute clarity, where I realised exactly what I wanted. My own personal epiphany. I instantly started my diet again & in my first week I have lost 11lbs!!!

This will be my diary of the second stage of my diet.

So far so good.

Yesterdays food:

6am Actimel
9am Greek Yogurt
1pm Cottage Cheese, salad & Pepperdew Peppers
6pm Tuna mayo, sweetcorn & salad
& about 3 litres of water

Been back on my diet for 12 days, and apart from a slight sunny day induced slip of a few cubre libre's on Sunday, everything is going well. So I'm hopeful of a good week again this week.


However, apparently there is research to suggest that after a week of good losses your body tends to go into mild shock & hold onto more water than usual, which is why sometimes you don't loose any weight even though you do exactly the same things as before!! Which is just soooo frustrating.....but hopefully this week won't be one of those weeks lol.


I'm also rather chuffed at myself for hopping on the treadmill yesterday. I didn't do a lot, but something is better than nothing.

You've done amazing, it's really motivating. I have 6 st to lose, although realistically I have 2 children since I was 11st so we will see but I will try my best.
Keep up the good work x

Thanks for the support Oasis!! If I can do it you can too. We can keep each other on the straight & narrow.

That'd be great. I lost 2lb today, doesn't seem a lot but I'm happy with that x

oasis6918 said:

That'd be great. I lost 2lb today, doesn't seem a lot but I'm happy with that x

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All the lbs just add up & when you've been at it a month that couple of pounds every now & again has added up to a whole stone!!! 2lbs is fantastic!!

Thanks, got my babies christening in 3 weeks so hope I can get a few more lb's off before then x

I've started to believe that I only have the will power to do 2 things at once, at the moment the 2 things I'm focusing on are dieting and work, but once I add a third thing into the mix (like economising) everything gets a bit screwy. So I made a command decision this morning, while I wandered around Sainsburys, I shall stop economising!! This doesn't mean I'm gonna go crazy & blow the budget, but if I want to treat myself to something small (like an expensive box of tea - £2 lol), then I shall. No more shall I stop myself from buying the little treats that I've been denying myself. Because if I'm sticking to a diet I'm choosing to not treat myself with food any more. So I bought the new Clipper green tea, even though I had other tea at home, & even indulged myself in a new pretty mug to drink it out of. So now I'm sitting here feeling all indulgent with my extravagant £5 of purchases totally for me, & i've got to say its made me really happy. lol