Too right!!! This is a one way tripOriginally Posted by FatFairNForty(ish)
Damn right!! I NEVER want to have to go through all this again - EVER!! I figure that investing this 12 months of regime will be the best investment for my health and wellbeing that I will ever do, but I ain't doing it to go back and regain and have to face it all again!!! Nope nope nope!!
WE'RE never going to repeat this!
Well I'm back from my weekly weigh in ...feeling a bit odd. I've lost 1.5lb which is fine considering I ate, I was happy to lose some....
So this week in my development group there was just me! No-one else there...I don't like it when there's just me as I don't know what to talk aboutUsually LLC says to go if there's just one but she asked me what she could help me with but I couldn't really think of anything.
I love my LLC, I think she's fab.....I don't love development, I hate the fact there's no constant group and I feel that it's not worth paying £66 a week for it when sometimes we don't get the counselling session because people don't turn up or give up
I'm hanging on and hanging on to do Management as I know I am going to need help when food is back on the menu full time.......I really want to do Management with my LLC....BUT...at the rate I am losing it will be another 2 months before I lose this 2 stone to get to management.
I discussed CD with my LLC as I'd really like to be CDC - I have recommended it to so many people as I don't think everyone needs the intensity of LL. However I can't be a CDC unless I do CD but then I'll miss out on the management sessions with my LLC. Although if I switch to CD I'll save a small fortune. My LLC did say I'd be able to do CD standing on my head so that did make me feel confident. Although I'm scared of cutting the apron strings from my LLC if that makes sense...
I know I know, I'm always on about switching, I can't help it, just gets to me some weeks when it's a crap (or in this case none existent) group.
This has unsettled me and what was the first thing I did when I got in? I saw a tube of mini eggs on the side..I opened them and sniffed..mmm they smelt good! I imagined getting a big huge handful and shoving them in my mouth, crunching and munching the crispy shell and chocolate. Then I put the lid on and put them in the cupboard. Now I didn't have any but what's this nasty little habit returning, feeling sorry for myself so wanting to stuff my face...hmmm.....scary stuff...it's taking every ounce of my willpower to stay away from the kitchen!
Hi Kath - you ought to be VERY VERY proud of yourself - you put them back! You did make the initial habitual turn to comfort food BUT BUT BUT you DIDN'T EAT THEM!!!! See now, to me, that shows control!!!! Previously they would be long gone!! Right?
So... another 1.5lb! Fantastic!!! AND you resisted mega temptation! Sooooo much respect for you!!
You will find old habits popping up - I started opening the fridge every time I walk in the damn kitchen!! No idea why as there's no freakin food in it anyway!! lol BUT.. old habits die hard - right?
BUT, the difference is, the beginning of the habit was there , but not the conclusion
CD is ace and a damn sight cheaper too, and some CDC's are the dogs doodahs.. (mine certainly is)... if you aren't getting your value for money from LL tell her how you feel, she's a counsellor.. and you are a client and a customer too... you are entitled to your money's worth at the end of the day.
Hope you get some straight thinking on it all and that this doesn't send you off on a wobbler.. you are just doing so incredibly brilliantly.. only a measly 28.3lbs to go! Next week you will ONLY have 1 stone something left to lose!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOWOWOWOW!!! How fab is THAT!!
OH.. and STAY AWAY FROM THE KITCHEN!! Go to bed! night nightx
Former successful CD'er (and CDC) - now regained most of it despite having kept it off for 18 months!
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OMG yes that's true - next week only 1 stone something lol, I like the sound of 1 stone something
Well I didn't eat the mini eggs, they are well and truly in the cupboard..I didn't eat the peanut butter that also keeps on telling me to just dip my finger in and have a little bit...I DID EAT ANOTHER HALF A BAR
Just made it into biscuits so I've had half a pack more than I should have done. Although...on Monday I only had 3 and a half packs so I justified it that I was owed a pack. Clearly I was not taking into account the carvery and fish and chips of the weekend when I decided I was owed the half a pack!!
But, I decided that if I was going to have something, better to just half some of my 'medication' so to speak. So half a pack over shouldn't cause me too much major damage.
Do you find the add a meal tough on Cambridge? I remember being jealous of the cambridgers with their meals every 4 weeks but now I worry that if I had a week of meals every 4 weeks I'd scoff my face
Hey Kath -- This made me laugh out loud -- cuz I think all of our chatterboxes are from the same country/town...how dare they assume that we deserve food...but well done you for not dipping in the PB/scoofing those mini eggs (which are for your DS)
btw, a half pack shouldnt do damage -- you apparently are learning how to quell the once overbearing wave of the chatterbox -- keep up the great work!!!
If you do what you've always done, you get what you always got!:
Mini goal: July --> lose 30 kg/80 lbs... collect rewards along the way...well massive weightloss on hold!
Now to switch to a healthy pregnancy
Goal 1: get through week one, two, three, four
Goal 2: finish 1successful month ELLIE SAAB perfume
Goal 3: drink 3 liters of h2o everyday
Goal 4: lose 10%
Goal 5: stick with exercise program for a 1,2,3,4 weeks
Goal 6: lose 20%
Hey Kath, I am so glad that you resisted the temptation of the Mini Eggs, now that is willpower. Like you I have been thinking of switching from LL to CD. I have an appointment booked for my CDC in April. I will have finished foundation, and now that I know that the Management sessions aren't always as structured as they should be I don't feel so bad. I really like my LLC and over the past 9 weeks I feel I have gotten to know her better, she is GREAT! I just don't want to let her down by changing plans, I know she can help me further....but its such a long drive and so expensive (but hey worth it for the weight loss and maintenance). I wish you well Kath, I know that you can do this, you are strong, you have come so far....so just say bol**ks to the mini eggs (sorry if my choice of words offends anyone), and hurtle towards your next stone off! Angela x
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I love my add a meal. I enjoy every morsel!! I do scoff my face , well, no, that's not strictly true., I have my allotted amount of protein and then have too much salad and pickled beets etc. But to be honest, I'm not tempted to have anything very bad. It's weird. I know what I can have and I do increase the quantities (only on the veg side), which is probably why I lose about 2lbs following AAM weeks, but I don't have anything else. Never considered having bread or carbs or owt.. I just stick within the constraints of the diet.OMG yes that's true - next week only 1 stone something lol, I like the sound of 1 stone something
It sounds fantastic doesn't it!!!
Well I didn't eat the mini eggs, they are well and truly in the cupboard..I didn't eat the peanut butter that also keeps on telling me to just dip my finger in and have a little bit...I DID EAT ANOTHER HALF A BAR
Hey, that's mega impressive!! GOOD CHOICE!! I couldn't have a jar of peanut butter within 10 miles of me!! lol You see.. you have control
Just made it into biscuits so I've had half a pack more than I should have done. Although...on Monday I only had 3 and a half packs so I justified it that I was owed a pack. Clearly I was not taking into account the carvery and fish and chips of the weekend when I decided I was owed the half a pack!!
you made me chuckle with this.. lol.. the thing is.. we 'forget' such things
And anyway.. I'd have made the same calculation! lol
But, I decided that if I was going to have something, better to just half some of my 'medication' so to speak. So half a pack over shouldn't cause me too much major damage.
It won't have done any damage at all, it was a very wise choice to make. How do you make them into biscuits??? I've never done that!
Do you find the add a meal tough on Cambridge? I remember being jealous of the cambridgers with their meals every 4 weeks but now I worry that if I had a week of meals every 4 weeks I'd scoff my face
The thing is, it's good practice for when maintenance arrives! Also for my holiday as Ailsa (my CDC) and I have discussed the practicalities of SSing in the caribbean! lol
So, no, I don't find AAM tough, I look forward to it, embrace it fully and go right back to SSing the second it's over. It's good practice of food control, although I need to work on portion sizes! lol I think that's always been my problem. Mega-portions!! Still, at least it's only salad bits nowadays
AAM is not the green light by a long stretch, lol there are major restrictions. My taste buds adore it though.. which is why I go for pickled things because they are so strong in flavour. Sorry.. have waffled on way too much about this!!
Abstinence is FAR easier!
Former successful CD'er (and CDC) - now regained most of it despite having kept it off for 18 months!
Skydive:http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/6833983
Lol, I can just imagine all these chatterboxes sitting together slowly starving cus we're not letting them have mini eggs :rofl:
Will you be near your goal weight when you've finished foundation? I still had a few stone to lose once I finished foundation that's why I moved into development. Personally, if you're going to be near goal weight at the end and your LLC is good then I would stick at it and do management with her. The management is supposed to be brilliant with a good counsellor, it's just development I struggle with as people can come and go in development and there's no structure, at least with management you're following a 12 week plan
I should have checked your tracker before replying! But if you have a few stone to go then maybe you would be better switching to cambridge whilst you lose that - it's a tough decision to make that's for sure!
Hmmm..this is food for thought (might as well think it as I can't eat itI love my add a meal. I enjoy every morsel!! I do scoff my face , well, no, that's not strictly true., I have my allotted amount of protein and then have too much salad and pickled beets etc. But to be honest, I'm not tempted to have anything very bad. It's weird. I know what I can have and I do increase the quantities (only on the veg side), which is probably why I lose about 2lbs following AAM weeks, but I don't have anything else. Never considered having bread or carbs or owt.. I just stick within the constraints of the diet.
The thing is, it's good practice for when maintenance arrives! Also for my holiday as Ailsa (my CDC) and I have discussed the practicalities of SSing in the caribbean! lol
So, no, I don't find AAM tough, I look forward to it, embrace it fully and go right back to SSing the second it's over. It's good practice of food control, although I need to work on portion sizes! lol I think that's always been my problem. Mega-portions!! Still, at least it's only salad bits nowadays
AAM is not the green light by a long stretch, lol there are major restrictions. My taste buds adore it though.. which is why I go for pickled things because they are so strong in flavour. Sorry.. have waffled on way too much about this!!
Abstinence is FAR easier!
I need to really really think about this don't I.
You're right though, abstinence is far easier isn't it, takes away the stress of food mostly!
Cookies: Take a bar and cut it into 12 pieces or less if you want bigger biscuits.
Then put 3 pieces at a time on a side plate, cut side up and squish them onto the plate a little bit so that they are a bit flatter.
Then, stick in the microwave and cook for about 1 minute unless you have a high power one then do it a bit less.
Take them out and scrape them off the plate straight away and put them onto a COLD plate (they'll keep cooking otherwise). You can eat them warm and soft or leave them a minute and they'll go crispy like biscuits. Delicious with a black coffee.
Then just repeat for the rest of the biccies but best to use cold plates each time otherwise they burn
off to try this! ta!Cookies: Take a bar and cut it into 12 pieces or less if you want bigger biscuits.
Then put 3 pieces at a time on a side plate, cut side up and squish them onto the plate a little bit so that they are a bit flatter.
Then, stick in the microwave and cook for about 1 minute unless you have a high power one then do it a bit less.
Take them out and scrape them off the plate straight away and put them onto a COLD plate (they'll keep cooking otherwise). You can eat them warm and soft or leave them a minute and they'll go crispy like biscuits. Delicious with a black coffee.
Then just repeat for the rest of the biccies but best to use cold plates each time otherwise they burn
Former successful CD'er (and CDC) - now regained most of it despite having kept it off for 18 months!
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Ooh tell me how it goesoff to try this! ta!
I sometimes do half a bar and save the other half so I can have cookies later
Hey Kath, for some reason I thought you were in management. I have 4 weeks left in foundation, and still have 40 lbs left to go. So I will have to go in to the development programme. Sorry I misread your situation. Anyway you were still a superwoman to avoid all of those temptations. Stay Strong, Angela x
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No I've got a couple of stone to go - I've made a decision to switch to Cambridge...I'm so nervous about it! My LLC worked out it would probably take me another 2 months to lose this last 2 stone so that's at least 8 weeks...she also said she hadn't got another foundation group finishing for 4 weeks so there'd be no newbies coming into developmet and after there was just me there last night I was really disheartened. It's sad, I'll really miss my LLC she was ace and I would have loved to do management with her.
I do really really want to become a CDC though, it would be just fantastic to be able to help people lose weight like I have.
4 weeks left, so that's a month roughly and you could lose another stone...leaving you with 26lbs to go? Giving you a max of 2 months in development if you wanted to get to goal before management...
See how you feel when you get to the end of foundation
Kath xxx
Just HAD to post this as I'm doing this
I had just opened the door to get something out the porch and the postmas was coming up the path so I waited and opened the porch to take the post off him.
He said 'I keep not recognising you' - I said
He said 'it's amazing, how have you done that you look great, not that you didn't before, but you look completely different and it's so fast'
So I said what I always say 'oh I did it on something that's like the Cambridge diet (no-one ever knows what I'm talking about when I say Lighter Life!) so just drinking shakes and that'
He said "I need to do something like that, I've really put some weight on since I hit my 20's and it doesn't shift despite all the excercise in this job" I said ooh well I reccommend it to everyone I think it's great, only another 2 stone to go..
He interrupted and said "2 stone, you don't need to lose any more, I mean you look really great"
Wooppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee How ace do I feel
whooooohooooo --- turning men's heads now eh???? great for you....and your self esteem -- now go on and reward your DH, if possible...let out your minx...
BTW, wanted to share with you a momment last night which reminded me of an earlier journal entry you made. had some potato gratin in the fridge and opened it, sniffed it, and picked up a starchy piece to my tongue---- and guess what I thought about!!!! you and your journal entry how you just put that food away and went to bed -- I did that and felt so free!!!!!!!!!!
i am breaking the ties with my chatterbox....and it feels gr8t!!
so when do u start CD??
If you do what you've always done, you get what you always got!
Mini goal: July --> lose 30 kg/80 lbs... collect rewards along the way...well massive weightloss on hold!
Now to switch to a healthy pregnancy
Goal 1: get through week one, two, three, four
Goal 2: finish 1successful month ELLIE SAAB perfume
Goal 3: drink 3 liters of h2o everyday
Goal 4: lose 10%
Goal 5: stick with exercise program for a 1,2,3,4 weeks
Goal 6: lose 20%
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