merlynne08
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I just finished my first day SS on Cambridge - it was ok actually. I already know I don't like Fruits of the forest, Spicy tomato is quite nice and Chocolate tetras might just save my life ).
I haven't told anyone I'm doing this diet for various reasons so I wanted to kind of 'announce' it so I don't have the excuse to cheat or go easy on myself because "no-one knows anyway."
I know we've all gots tons of reasons to start on CD but just wanted to mention one reason that I'm starting and really need to stay on it 100%.
I'm sorry in advance if this contains a bit too much information or is a bit upsetting. Just felt like it was something I had to write. I'm a nurse so I'm going to fudge some details here for confidentiality. A while ago, a youngish mother was admitted to the hospital where I worked. She was about 26 stone. Her son had found her gasping in bed one morning and called an ambulance. Her heart stopped but they were able to restart it luckily. I looked after her some of the time in hospital. It sounds stupid to say this - I knew being overweight was bad for your health, obviously but the problems this poor woman suffered in hospital made me determined to do something about my own weight. She had something called obstructive sleep apnoea due to her weight, which meant she would randomly stop breathing during the night and go blue very fast (the reason why her heart had stopped in the first place). It took six people to move her from bed to bed and to turn her to wash her. It was very difficult to get needles/lines in her which I know caused her a lot of pain. Her young family were very upset especially when it became clear that she had brain damage because her brain had been deprived of oxygen too long.
I'm sorry if I'm being too graphic here but it really hit home to me. I'm in my twenties and if I keep putting on weight at the rate I am, I'm in trouble. I want to have more confidence, and wear much smaller clothes, but in the end, most of all, I want to be around thirty years from now.
These boards are great by the way. Thanks for all the really helpful tips so far.
I haven't told anyone I'm doing this diet for various reasons so I wanted to kind of 'announce' it so I don't have the excuse to cheat or go easy on myself because "no-one knows anyway."
I know we've all gots tons of reasons to start on CD but just wanted to mention one reason that I'm starting and really need to stay on it 100%.
I'm sorry in advance if this contains a bit too much information or is a bit upsetting. Just felt like it was something I had to write. I'm a nurse so I'm going to fudge some details here for confidentiality. A while ago, a youngish mother was admitted to the hospital where I worked. She was about 26 stone. Her son had found her gasping in bed one morning and called an ambulance. Her heart stopped but they were able to restart it luckily. I looked after her some of the time in hospital. It sounds stupid to say this - I knew being overweight was bad for your health, obviously but the problems this poor woman suffered in hospital made me determined to do something about my own weight. She had something called obstructive sleep apnoea due to her weight, which meant she would randomly stop breathing during the night and go blue very fast (the reason why her heart had stopped in the first place). It took six people to move her from bed to bed and to turn her to wash her. It was very difficult to get needles/lines in her which I know caused her a lot of pain. Her young family were very upset especially when it became clear that she had brain damage because her brain had been deprived of oxygen too long.
I'm sorry if I'm being too graphic here but it really hit home to me. I'm in my twenties and if I keep putting on weight at the rate I am, I'm in trouble. I want to have more confidence, and wear much smaller clothes, but in the end, most of all, I want to be around thirty years from now.
These boards are great by the way. Thanks for all the really helpful tips so far.