I have switched from CD to WW. I did a grand total of 3 weeks on CD but have done 14 weeks on LL earlier in the year.
The last three weeks I hope will have helped me break from eating lots of really unhealthy food but I really want to try dieting while eating. I think it is going to take me a while to adjust in my head my goals and fully realise that the weight will come off much more slowly.
I thought I would start one of the diaries (I see a lot of them on the other diet threads). My sister suggested starting a blog of some sorts might help. Couldn’t think of anywhere better than Minimins.
I have been overweight (mostly obese) since I was 10. My first proper stab at a diet was when I was 15, I lost quite a lot but was still overweight. I felt great, started eating chocolate again….and put it all back on. I steadily gained more and more over the following two years and by the age of 18 I weighed somewhere over 19 stone. I’m not exactly sure how much I weighed as I tended to avoid scales – they only told me something I didn’t want to know.
The following year I moved away from home and walked about a bit more and dropped a dress size without trying (a first for me!). At about the age of 20 I dropped quite a few dress sizes and got down to about a size 16 – I still have some of clothes and hope to fit into them soon. I’m not really sure how it happened. Over the following two years I put all the weight back on and stabilized at about a size 24. At 23 I joined Weight Watchers with a friend and shed 3.5 stone (to a size 16-18) …and then put it back on again. Bit of a pattern here……
In March this year I discovered VLCDs. A series of incidents had finally persuaded me I needed to lose weight. LL was the first time I met other people who ate like me – as much as possible in one go and preferably crisps and chocolate.
I stuck to the 14 weeks and lost over 4 stone, getting in the 13s weight-wise. Afterwards I tried to go to WW but fell down on the moderation part and went back to my old habits. In November I realised I needed to lose at least the weight I had put on – walking/stairs were more difficult, my trousers were too tight and my pride hurt! I’d heard about CD and did three weeks on that, which got me back into my size 20 bottom halves. I'm now back on WW (my old friend!) and looking forward to eating again. What I must do this time is STICK to my points.
I may have an inital gain from switching from a VLCD. Am a bit nervous about that but am just hoping I can start losing again in the second week.
I have never been a healthy weight since I was 10 so am curious to see what I will look like - what shape will my face be? Am I apple or pear shaped (rather than blob-shaped)?
My ultimate goal is to reach 11 stone to 11 stone 7 - I need to stick to dieting, through the frustrations, blips, ups and downs (hopefully far more downs!)
The last three weeks I hope will have helped me break from eating lots of really unhealthy food but I really want to try dieting while eating. I think it is going to take me a while to adjust in my head my goals and fully realise that the weight will come off much more slowly.
I thought I would start one of the diaries (I see a lot of them on the other diet threads). My sister suggested starting a blog of some sorts might help. Couldn’t think of anywhere better than Minimins.
I have been overweight (mostly obese) since I was 10. My first proper stab at a diet was when I was 15, I lost quite a lot but was still overweight. I felt great, started eating chocolate again….and put it all back on. I steadily gained more and more over the following two years and by the age of 18 I weighed somewhere over 19 stone. I’m not exactly sure how much I weighed as I tended to avoid scales – they only told me something I didn’t want to know.
The following year I moved away from home and walked about a bit more and dropped a dress size without trying (a first for me!). At about the age of 20 I dropped quite a few dress sizes and got down to about a size 16 – I still have some of clothes and hope to fit into them soon. I’m not really sure how it happened. Over the following two years I put all the weight back on and stabilized at about a size 24. At 23 I joined Weight Watchers with a friend and shed 3.5 stone (to a size 16-18) …and then put it back on again. Bit of a pattern here……
In March this year I discovered VLCDs. A series of incidents had finally persuaded me I needed to lose weight. LL was the first time I met other people who ate like me – as much as possible in one go and preferably crisps and chocolate.
I stuck to the 14 weeks and lost over 4 stone, getting in the 13s weight-wise. Afterwards I tried to go to WW but fell down on the moderation part and went back to my old habits. In November I realised I needed to lose at least the weight I had put on – walking/stairs were more difficult, my trousers were too tight and my pride hurt! I’d heard about CD and did three weeks on that, which got me back into my size 20 bottom halves. I'm now back on WW (my old friend!) and looking forward to eating again. What I must do this time is STICK to my points.
I may have an inital gain from switching from a VLCD. Am a bit nervous about that but am just hoping I can start losing again in the second week.
I have never been a healthy weight since I was 10 so am curious to see what I will look like - what shape will my face be? Am I apple or pear shaped (rather than blob-shaped)?
My ultimate goal is to reach 11 stone to 11 stone 7 - I need to stick to dieting, through the frustrations, blips, ups and downs (hopefully far more downs!)