Well, a little bit about me. My name is Elizabeth, I am 24, and I live in South Wales with my husband and 2 staffordshire bull terrier dogs (Bailey & Saffie). Hubby and I have been married for just over a year, we own our own house, and we both have reasonable jobs.
The main reasons that I am trying to lose weight are:
1) We have been trying to conceive for 18 months with no hint of success. My husband has had a semen analysis (all fine), I have had blood tests (all ok), and most recently I had a laparoscopy & dye test (again, all fine). I have now been prescribed metformin (it apparently has links with increasing fertility), and if I am not pregnant by April, I will be prescribed Clomid.
So yes, I'm hoping that losing my excess weight will not only increase my chances of conceiving, it will also mean that I am not a huge whale when I eventually do get pregnant!!
2) We are going away on holiday in May to Greece, and I can't bloody wait!! I want to lose as much weight as possible, and then go away and really enjoy myself. Eat & drink what I want, and then no doubt need to get back on the CD wagon when I get back to lose the 10lbs I'll probably put back on!! :8855:
3) I want to feel more attractive. Don't get me wrong - my husband loves me just how I am and I know that. But still, I'd love to feel confident enough to walk around in front of him wearing just my underwear. At the moment, I'm getting my inspiration from watching MTV Dance. Have you seen all the hot, skinny women they have on that channel??! Whenever I get a weak moment, I just put that channel on and try to envisage myself looking like them (albeit with a few more stretchmarks, and cellulite than them, but you can catch my drift...)
The lowest weight I have been since I have been an adult was when I lost 2 stone and was 12 and a half stone. That happened after breaking up with my ex, and I felt really good. I think I am one of those people who carries their weight quite well. People tend to be quite shocked when they find out how much I weigh. I think I have quite a big frame, and I tend to carry my weight all over, as opposed to in just one place. When I got down to 12 and a half stone, I was obviously still overweight for my height, but I actually looked quite slim. I was a size 14, and for once, I was happy with how I looked.
But then I met my husband and contentment set in. I put on 4 stone within 2 years, and when I started Cambridge Diet in April of this year, I was 16 stone 10lbs. I got down to 14 stone 3, and then came off the diet. I had gotten bored and decided to try weight watchers instead. I soon got bored of that too, and although I maintained my weight for quite a while, after XMAS I had shot back up to 15 stone 3.
So here I am now. Back on Cambridge and finding it so much easier (mainly because of the porridge I think!!) This morning I was 14 stone 1lb, so yay. I cannot wait to get into the 13 stones. I haven't been there for ages!
My goal for Greece in May is to get into the 11 stones. If I can do that, I would be ecstatic! (Unless of course I get pregnant in the meantime, and I will obviously have to come off the diet. But I would be even more thrilled to get pregnant, whatever my weight is!)
So yes, I have rambled on for long enough now, and if you have read all of this, you deserve a medal!
xxx
...... just wish she could was with me now and could be part of my journey.... she'd be so proud .....
