JUDDDChris
Member
Well I’ve been lurking in these parts for a long time – about three years in fact! It’s a long but perhaps familiar story…
Back in August 2009 I was 18 stone, and determined to do something about it. I started CD as it seemed to promise quick results. And indeed it did – I dropped from 18 stone to 13 stone 6 in just four months, and felt amazing. It wasn’t easy, I became a social recluse but I had a lot of support from colleagues at work. At Christmas I felt amazing, and after a few drinks on New Year’s Eve I agreed to do a 10k run with my best friend. I followed a training plan and did the 10k in 1 hour 5 mins in May 2010 – without doubt one of my greatest achievements ever. My weight had crept back up to 15 stone by that point, but it didn’t seem to matter. I decided to take a week off from running as a treat. Which became two weeks. And then a month. And I haven’t been running again since that day.
Sadly CD did nothing to help me with my long-term eating issues, which are driven by carbs, beer and giant-sized portions, and compounded by a new job which I love, but where I spend 10 hours in front of a computer, followed by an hours’ commute in each direction. I’m now back at my biggest ever size – 18 stone 6 lb.
This time I want to lose the weight for good. Like many other folks here I watched the Horizon programme about JUDDD, and rushed out to buy the book. The book made sense, and overall it seemed too good to be true; a way of continuing to enjoy food, but maintaining my weight in the long term without fundamentally changing what I love to eat.
The bank holiday weekend was a big party with friends from all over the country. The first DD is tomorrow. I’m currently sat next to an anonymous box containing the starter kit from Slim&Save – it looked like the cheapest way to get started, and had lots of interesting flavours. I’m planning to have three S&S meals a day plus a small bowl of lettuce to make up around 500 calories, and to eat three meals normally on the other day without counting calories, but trying to avoid having both lunch and dinner carb-heavy (I’m prone to eating pasta for lunch and then risotto for dinner!)
So what’s the goal? 13 stone seems sensible – it’s the upper end of the normal healthy weight range for my height. I’d like to get there by my birthday next year, which is the end of March. After Christmas, I’m going to do C25k to get me running again (I’ll kill my joints if I start again now!), and then next summer I want to do a 10k in less than an hour. I’m hoping that like Michael Mosley I’ll be able to do it long-term by having, say, two DD per week.
I guess the final thing I haven’t answered is why I decided to start a diary. Well I guess there are a couple of reasons. The first is that I’m determined that if I do loose the weight, I’m not going to put it back on again. I hope that I can reread it if temptation strikes! Secondly, I know there’s not many guys here, but I’m hoping for few supporting cheers from the sidelines from all of you awesome guys and girls!
Right then, off to make a decent dinner!
Chris x
Back in August 2009 I was 18 stone, and determined to do something about it. I started CD as it seemed to promise quick results. And indeed it did – I dropped from 18 stone to 13 stone 6 in just four months, and felt amazing. It wasn’t easy, I became a social recluse but I had a lot of support from colleagues at work. At Christmas I felt amazing, and after a few drinks on New Year’s Eve I agreed to do a 10k run with my best friend. I followed a training plan and did the 10k in 1 hour 5 mins in May 2010 – without doubt one of my greatest achievements ever. My weight had crept back up to 15 stone by that point, but it didn’t seem to matter. I decided to take a week off from running as a treat. Which became two weeks. And then a month. And I haven’t been running again since that day.
Sadly CD did nothing to help me with my long-term eating issues, which are driven by carbs, beer and giant-sized portions, and compounded by a new job which I love, but where I spend 10 hours in front of a computer, followed by an hours’ commute in each direction. I’m now back at my biggest ever size – 18 stone 6 lb.
This time I want to lose the weight for good. Like many other folks here I watched the Horizon programme about JUDDD, and rushed out to buy the book. The book made sense, and overall it seemed too good to be true; a way of continuing to enjoy food, but maintaining my weight in the long term without fundamentally changing what I love to eat.
The bank holiday weekend was a big party with friends from all over the country. The first DD is tomorrow. I’m currently sat next to an anonymous box containing the starter kit from Slim&Save – it looked like the cheapest way to get started, and had lots of interesting flavours. I’m planning to have three S&S meals a day plus a small bowl of lettuce to make up around 500 calories, and to eat three meals normally on the other day without counting calories, but trying to avoid having both lunch and dinner carb-heavy (I’m prone to eating pasta for lunch and then risotto for dinner!)
So what’s the goal? 13 stone seems sensible – it’s the upper end of the normal healthy weight range for my height. I’d like to get there by my birthday next year, which is the end of March. After Christmas, I’m going to do C25k to get me running again (I’ll kill my joints if I start again now!), and then next summer I want to do a 10k in less than an hour. I’m hoping that like Michael Mosley I’ll be able to do it long-term by having, say, two DD per week.
I guess the final thing I haven’t answered is why I decided to start a diary. Well I guess there are a couple of reasons. The first is that I’m determined that if I do loose the weight, I’m not going to put it back on again. I hope that I can reread it if temptation strikes! Secondly, I know there’s not many guys here, but I’m hoping for few supporting cheers from the sidelines from all of you awesome guys and girls!
Right then, off to make a decent dinner!
Chris x
We are all lovely and happy here in the world of JUDDDD :-D
