This is my second posting on this forum, the first gave me a much needed reprimand for only having one or two of my sachets a day. I am getting much better at fitting them in now , buying some tetra bricks and bars helped, although still have had the odd blip.
So this thread is on a more positive note I did CD about 4 years ago only for about 5 weeks before going on holiday i didn't do maintenance i just went back to eating normally. contrary to what some people say about CD I didn't pile the weight back on in fact I went back about 3.5 months later just before Christmas as I felt like I needed a quick boost before the party season started to find I'd lost another stone without even trying, purely because CD had broken all my bad habits. Unfortunately over the last 18 months triggered by some extremely stressful family issues I am now back where I started. Have faffed over the last 9 months saying I was going to have to go back on CD but never got further than day 4 or 5. This time was different. I am going to a glamour models wedding in Jan in jamaica, without my own kids (age9&6) as my husband is best man and so it's also the honeymoon we never had. I decided this was it I sent the following text to all my close friends and family to tell them what I was doing
"It is a frightening only 10 weeks till I go on holiday, the clothes that I have are at the moment several inches too small for me that's the positive way of saying I'm several too inches too big for them. If I try healthy eating between now and then not only will it be extra hard especially with christmas in the middle but I can realistically only expect to achieve 1-2 lbs a week loss .... This will not get me in my holiday clothes!!!!! and as i cannot buy beach wear in January I have decided to do sole source on the Cambridge diet (yes again) FOR THE LAST TIME!! I am writing to you all as my closest friends, this is a massive financial commitment and a massive challenge please do not judge me but please support me....xx"
Sending this text really helped me I am now starting Day 19. at my last weigh in on Day 14 I had lost 9lbs taking me just back into the 11 stones and masses of inches even off my hips!!!
What has also helped me especially for those first two weeks is my wonderful CDC who agreed to see me twice a week, knowing that I hadn't got time to cheat and then start again before my next weigh in has really helped. As did the almost daily texts of support.
Don't really have a goal weight, I tried some of my size 14's on last night their still a bit too tight, my beach wardrobe Is all from 3 years ago and is all mostly size 10, it'll be a tall order to get in them by middle of Jan but the thought that I won't be able to buy shorts and bikinis in January is what Is pushing me on.
So this thread is on a more positive note I did CD about 4 years ago only for about 5 weeks before going on holiday i didn't do maintenance i just went back to eating normally. contrary to what some people say about CD I didn't pile the weight back on in fact I went back about 3.5 months later just before Christmas as I felt like I needed a quick boost before the party season started to find I'd lost another stone without even trying, purely because CD had broken all my bad habits. Unfortunately over the last 18 months triggered by some extremely stressful family issues I am now back where I started. Have faffed over the last 9 months saying I was going to have to go back on CD but never got further than day 4 or 5. This time was different. I am going to a glamour models wedding in Jan in jamaica, without my own kids (age9&6) as my husband is best man and so it's also the honeymoon we never had. I decided this was it I sent the following text to all my close friends and family to tell them what I was doing
"It is a frightening only 10 weeks till I go on holiday, the clothes that I have are at the moment several inches too small for me that's the positive way of saying I'm several too inches too big for them. If I try healthy eating between now and then not only will it be extra hard especially with christmas in the middle but I can realistically only expect to achieve 1-2 lbs a week loss .... This will not get me in my holiday clothes!!!!! and as i cannot buy beach wear in January I have decided to do sole source on the Cambridge diet (yes again) FOR THE LAST TIME!! I am writing to you all as my closest friends, this is a massive financial commitment and a massive challenge please do not judge me but please support me....xx"
Sending this text really helped me I am now starting Day 19. at my last weigh in on Day 14 I had lost 9lbs taking me just back into the 11 stones and masses of inches even off my hips!!!
What has also helped me especially for those first two weeks is my wonderful CDC who agreed to see me twice a week, knowing that I hadn't got time to cheat and then start again before my next weigh in has really helped. As did the almost daily texts of support.
Don't really have a goal weight, I tried some of my size 14's on last night their still a bit too tight, my beach wardrobe Is all from 3 years ago and is all mostly size 10, it'll be a tall order to get in them by middle of Jan but the thought that I won't be able to buy shorts and bikinis in January is what Is pushing me on.