Thank's for the positive comments
The 1st photo was taken on holiday in Morocco in November 2008 and I hardley recognised myself. I knew I had put on weight but I was really shocked.
I knew I had Christmas and New year as well as my son's birthday party in January to deal with so knew I would have to wait until the new year before I tried any diet plan.
A girl I met via work had lost alot of weight and I decided I would ask her how she had managed her weight loss. She told me about cambridge and how she popped to see a counsellor once a week and it appealed to me. No public humiliation of going along to a slimming club.
I deceided that I would not be telling anyone I was staring cambridge as I knew they would not understand and I would get lot's of comments about low calorie diets and how bad they were how I would loose weight and gain it all back and more :sigh:
So in February I made an appointment and went along to see the counsellor she was lovely and explained all about the plan and what I would need to do.
I decided to sole source as I thought it would be better for me to stay away from temptation.
I avoided putting myself in situation with food, at work I would pop out to the shops say I was off to pay bills etc so that I did not sit and have people question what I was doing.
On nights out I drove so no one thought anything of me being on soda water which is already my drink of choice and I would say I am healthy eating and avoiding bloating bread etc to avoid really bad buffets.
The weight started to come off and I started to feel more like me. I had lot's of changes and stresses over the summer and stopped the diet in the autum, in October I went away on holiday and had a lovely time. I started a new job in November and knew I was not in the right place to re start the programme.
The 2nd photo is of a night out in November and the 3rd photo is the works christmas party in 2009.
I moved diet counsellors as the previous lady was now miles and miles away as I had moved jobs etc.
I met my new counsellor but have not really been able to re start the programme as I felt my life kept getting in the way. The new counsellor is very supportvive and a credit to the programme as she has provided encouragement to me even though I have not stuck to the programme.
I have been able to maintain my weight of sorts and only gained a few lbs, so I am really pleased with that as I don't want to be the person in the 1st photo ever again.
I have my 1st weigh in this Sunday and am looking forward to it, I just want to finish the journey I started last February, I am sure I will have moments when I think I just can't do it but I am going to keep looking at that 1st photo and remind myself how far I have come
Thank's for reading I wish everyone success
