baby_callalillies
Full Member
....I've decided my need to be slim and within a 'healthy weight range' is much more important to me than giving in to food cravings!!!
I'm proud of what ive achieved over the past 8 months, but i want to be normal for once in my life. Since puberty, i've always been chunky...then fat and ive always hated the way i look and been very depressed and sad at how i look. When i started CD in january, i set a goal of 10 st, which is still overweight for my 5ft 2 in frame...but for me it was a million miles away from anything i had ever been as an adult. However, the closer i got to this goal, the less i stuck to Cd as i got complacent and those 12/13lbs didnt seem so far away!
Then.... i realised that if i thought like this i would spoil how far ive come by always being these 12-13 lbs away from goal. I havent achieved anything over the past 2 weeks, so, back to the drawing board i went. What do i really want to achieve this year, with the ONLY diet i know works and will get me there????
I WANT to be slim, and considered healthy by the medical profession, and i want to stop grading myself on numbers from scales or clothing sizes....maybe the psychology of the BMI works better. Im hoping that when i reach a BMI of 23, then i will be happy with whatever size nature intended.
Now i have 27lbs to go - it seems like such a mountain now, but for me seeing a larger number means i know i have to put that bit more effort in. For once, im being honest with myself.
Sorry for the long post..... just thought that if it was written down, then i would be shamed into sticking it out.
I need this place more than ever.
This week has made me realise, the last few pounds are the most important to me, and the hurdles i overcome are more satisfactory.
No idea how stabilisation and maintenance will be, but i will be in a better place when the time comes.
Good luck everyone on your journeys, we are all amazing to have come as far as we have.
Anni
xxxx
I'm proud of what ive achieved over the past 8 months, but i want to be normal for once in my life. Since puberty, i've always been chunky...then fat and ive always hated the way i look and been very depressed and sad at how i look. When i started CD in january, i set a goal of 10 st, which is still overweight for my 5ft 2 in frame...but for me it was a million miles away from anything i had ever been as an adult. However, the closer i got to this goal, the less i stuck to Cd as i got complacent and those 12/13lbs didnt seem so far away!
Then.... i realised that if i thought like this i would spoil how far ive come by always being these 12-13 lbs away from goal. I havent achieved anything over the past 2 weeks, so, back to the drawing board i went. What do i really want to achieve this year, with the ONLY diet i know works and will get me there????
I WANT to be slim, and considered healthy by the medical profession, and i want to stop grading myself on numbers from scales or clothing sizes....maybe the psychology of the BMI works better. Im hoping that when i reach a BMI of 23, then i will be happy with whatever size nature intended.
Now i have 27lbs to go - it seems like such a mountain now, but for me seeing a larger number means i know i have to put that bit more effort in. For once, im being honest with myself.
Sorry for the long post..... just thought that if it was written down, then i would be shamed into sticking it out.
I need this place more than ever.
This week has made me realise, the last few pounds are the most important to me, and the hurdles i overcome are more satisfactory.
No idea how stabilisation and maintenance will be, but i will be in a better place when the time comes.
Good luck everyone on your journeys, we are all amazing to have come as far as we have.
Anni
xxxx
Last edited: