Thanks Mike, valuable point. To be perfectly honest I am really thinking this particular CDC is the ideal one for me. She is based right by my work and we got on really well over the phone, she seems very similar to me and was very encouraging. She is young and totally gets my reasons for doing this.
CDCs I have had in the past (all but my first CDC who was fab) have been quite brash, stern, older women who I just didnt gelle with at all. Part of me wonders if that's why I never succeeded with them. They were 'in and out' counsellors who didn't have the time to chat through issues with me, and it was very much a case of I was paying for the packs and not the service.
But I think this lady will be different (I very much hope so!) and I agree Mike, I think with her I will be paying for the support, which I am more than happy to do as its not for a long time, and while I am on the diet I need the support!!
Am looking forward to meeting her on Monday, still have a few packs that are in date but plan is to buy my supplies for a week from her anyway and I will be left with a few extra at the end of my time on the plan which I can use when I'm working up the plans.
Thanks for your help and wise words guys xxx