cherylxx
Silver Member
hey everyone.
i just wanted to put this post on in case there is anyone else on cambridge who is living the lie i have been living for the past 11 weeks.
this is my third time doing cambridge and im now going to admit something........ i have cheated every single time.
by cheating, i was crafty.
every time i get weighed my comfort/reward eating demon rears his head and i feel like i should eat as a reward for my weight loss, for the achievement i have just done by completing another week.
so on a wednesday i would always have a meal out and throw myself out of ketosis and to be honest, the meal, as nice as they are , really arent as delicious as i anticipate them to be.
as a result, by the following day my scales at home would show an average of a 4lb gain overnight and i would be hungry as a horse due to leaving ketosis.
so for the next 2-3 days i would have my 3 shakes and an evening meal , consisting of chicken, melted cheese, salad and egg. i would like to say it was an 810 meal but no way, this post is about being honest. there is probably about 800-1000 calories in that monster protein meal of mine cause i am a binger in a big way .
this would carry on 2-3 days until i go into ketosis and the hunger fades. after every chicken meal i would feel sick and guilty but that wouldnt stop me doing the same the following day when i forgot the negative feelings.
i would then be 100% for 3-4 days before my weigh in and i would usually lose 3lbs. to be quite frank, im surprised i even lose that much.
i had somehow managed to convince myself that if i didnt treat myself or have chicken salads it would only make about half a pounds difference on the weigh ins.
i was wrong!
after my last weigh in last wednesday i decided i didnt want to go out for a meal (usually a carvery or a pub meal) as we had a lot to do that day, so instead i decided to have the chicken meal as my treat at night and therefore also stay in ketosis, so thats what i did.
this meant the following day i was still very much in ketosis and wasnt hungry.
that day something just clicked and i decided.... i have until october 15th when i am to be bridesmaid at my sisters wedding, to get rid of as much of this remainding 10 stones of extra weight i carry and even the extra half a pound extra i will get for being 100% will make a difference in the long term.
so, from last thursday onwards, i did myself a graph and every day i put a big red cross on it to show my commitment to being 100%.
today, after 6 days of 100% i went for my weigh in and was astounded when i saw that my usual 3lbs loss has turned into 6lbs loss.
so , if there are others out there struggling to be 100% and kidding themselves that cheating a few times a week doesnt make much difference.... trust me, it does.
i plan, wish, hope and pray i can stick to being 100% from now on. in hard times of temptation i hope to re read this post, which i have copied into my diary and i hope it spurs me on.
please, let it do the same for you .
i just wanted to put this post on in case there is anyone else on cambridge who is living the lie i have been living for the past 11 weeks.
this is my third time doing cambridge and im now going to admit something........ i have cheated every single time.
by cheating, i was crafty.
every time i get weighed my comfort/reward eating demon rears his head and i feel like i should eat as a reward for my weight loss, for the achievement i have just done by completing another week.
so on a wednesday i would always have a meal out and throw myself out of ketosis and to be honest, the meal, as nice as they are , really arent as delicious as i anticipate them to be.
as a result, by the following day my scales at home would show an average of a 4lb gain overnight and i would be hungry as a horse due to leaving ketosis.
so for the next 2-3 days i would have my 3 shakes and an evening meal , consisting of chicken, melted cheese, salad and egg. i would like to say it was an 810 meal but no way, this post is about being honest. there is probably about 800-1000 calories in that monster protein meal of mine cause i am a binger in a big way .
this would carry on 2-3 days until i go into ketosis and the hunger fades. after every chicken meal i would feel sick and guilty but that wouldnt stop me doing the same the following day when i forgot the negative feelings.
i would then be 100% for 3-4 days before my weigh in and i would usually lose 3lbs. to be quite frank, im surprised i even lose that much.
i had somehow managed to convince myself that if i didnt treat myself or have chicken salads it would only make about half a pounds difference on the weigh ins.
i was wrong!
after my last weigh in last wednesday i decided i didnt want to go out for a meal (usually a carvery or a pub meal) as we had a lot to do that day, so instead i decided to have the chicken meal as my treat at night and therefore also stay in ketosis, so thats what i did.
this meant the following day i was still very much in ketosis and wasnt hungry.
that day something just clicked and i decided.... i have until october 15th when i am to be bridesmaid at my sisters wedding, to get rid of as much of this remainding 10 stones of extra weight i carry and even the extra half a pound extra i will get for being 100% will make a difference in the long term.
so, from last thursday onwards, i did myself a graph and every day i put a big red cross on it to show my commitment to being 100%.
today, after 6 days of 100% i went for my weigh in and was astounded when i saw that my usual 3lbs loss has turned into 6lbs loss.
so , if there are others out there struggling to be 100% and kidding themselves that cheating a few times a week doesnt make much difference.... trust me, it does.
i plan, wish, hope and pray i can stick to being 100% from now on. in hard times of temptation i hope to re read this post, which i have copied into my diary and i hope it spurs me on.
please, let it do the same for you .
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