5 weeks on SS+, still struggling but trooping through it.

[charlisparkle]

Hi anyone who is reading this.
First time for me in a forum, i'm 24 and i started on The Cambridge Diet 5 weeks ago (well today was my 5th weigh in so that makes it 5 weeks right?). Anyways my consultant recommended this site to me as a few of her other clients talk on here. I must say i am amazed with the weight loss but it's so hard, i've just started dating again and obviously there's no going out for meals, cinema consists of me with a bottle of water, going out for drinks is a no go as no alcohol is to be consumed. Obviously my weight loss speaks for itself and i don't want it to stop but how do other people cope with the cravings and socialising, i mean i created a website where i could publicly blog about my weight loss and obviously i never want to put on there that i've put weight on. But what do you find works when you're invited out all of the time, or you're in a supermarket with family and you're wondering, how much damage would 1 crumpet do?
Any support would be amazing as this diet has kinda alienated myself from my life if that makes sense.
Charlotte
x

 

[fabulous_clara]

Hi Charlotte, you're doing great! Socialising is awkward, but do-able. So long as friends/family are supportive all will be well. I was invited to dinner by a couple of old colleagues and told them I was on a v strict diet, and suggested that we go for an afternoon coffee instead to which they were very amenable (and if they hadn't been then I wouldn't consider them true friends!). Me and boyf often have poker nights with our mates, including free flowing booze and kebab , I had porridge, cups of tea and sparkling water and had a fab night! It's all about making things fit around the plan. My friends know I'm committed to this and they know the reasons why. If any of them tried to sway me then to be honest I would have to have a good think about just how much I need them in my life. The losses are so worth a temporary bit of sacrifice - and it's great to wake up feeling fresh and slimmer, rather than wrecked and bloated!

As an extra point, I was out on Saturday night at a 40th birthday party. I drank soda water all night (luckily as I was playing piano, if I'd had wine I would have sounded like Les Dawson!!!), and had to walk through all the revellers in town to get to my car. I can honestly say I was shocked at what I saw through sober eyes. Young girls putting themselves in such dangerous situations as they were so drunk, and what sticks in my mind is a group of girls slouched in a bus shelter, wearing moulin rouge costumes, with one of them her head between widely spread legs throwing up on the pavement. It scared me to think that when you're drunk this is all perfectly acceptable. Maybe I'm getting old! But was extremely glad I was sober.

Anyway, stick at it girl, your ever decreasing weight is the reward here - and in my eyes that's the greatest reward of all x