Hello Joz,
Great to hear from you and I am looking forward to being your CD buddy as well. I have just sent you a friend request so we can chat off the forum as well, hopefully it works.
It does seem like there is a long way to go, but together we will get there, I have my ups and downs but am happy to say that at the moment the thought of fitting in to a size 12 dress is definitely keeping me on the straight and narrow, I have just over 2 months till my next fitting so am trying my best to religiously stick to SS.
The first time I did SS was for three weeks (two months ago), I lost a dress size 15.4lbs and was so happy that I got abit too excited quickly and came off it for two months, enjoyed eating again and now have come back to lose the rest. I was quite impressed when I went back to my CDC as I had only put on 4.4lbs in that two months, which was good because I was not watching what I was eating at all.
I'm going to see my CDC tomorrow at lunch as I have run out of my weekly supply.
So you are starting Friday, that is a good day to start. I usually find the first day a breeze, but after that it gets harder. The weekend is good because you can always find ways to occupy yourself. I'm not sure about you, but when I am on SS, I clean the fridge and cupboards, I can't have anything there to tempt me. My fridge for the moment is filled with water only!
I'm finding the CD okay this time around, I think because after a few failed attempts I have come back this time and I know I am ready and that I HAVE to do it, it isn't really an option. I wanted the easy way as well, fast weight loss, but I feel once I get down to my healthy weight it will be like pushing the restart button, and I can really start to exercise and look after myself like I should have done in the beginning.
I'm a big comfort/emotional eater as well, well I'd prefer to say I "was" rather than I "am". I used to eat through a whole cake, tub of ice-cream, biscuits, chocolate, crisps on the weekend all by myself, and to make it worse, I used to hide all evidence of it from my fiancé because I was worried he would be disgusted by all the things I ate.
I am keeping a journal, a blog of everything, but am looking forward to writing to you and us supporting each other.
Sorry for the late reply by the way, just got back from lunch - am having my spicy tomato soup as I write.
Chat to you again soon - hope you got my friend request by the way - got lots more to say but don't really want to advertise it here - lol.