Starlit_Cazza
Restart 3/9/2013
Well. Here I am again. Back with my tail between my legs, all the 5stone I lost in 2008 safely regained + 1 more for good measure. It's been a very traumatic 2 years, one that has not seen me in any good place to diet. I have tried a couple of times and failed horrendously and miserably. However I have to do something as the weight HAS to go. It is affecting my health, my job, my everything.
I originally started CD in June 2008. I stuck to it rigidly for 3 months and 5 stone literally just fell off. It was bloody hard work, and I don't deny there was the odd "bo bo" but on the whole I did ok and like I said - 5 stone fell off
However I still needed ideally to get off at least another 5 stone, if not another 7 stone, to be deemed "healthy". Unfortunately however on 23rd September 2008, my world kind of caved in.
Mum had an appointment with a Neurologist. It wasn't her first - she had been seeing one for 6 months or so after she developed a problem with her leg. She had been undergoing lots of tests, and she expected it to be another routine appointment - so much so she went on her own. Sadly it was not routine in the slightest - mum was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - a rapidly progressive degenerative disease that robs the sufferer of all muscle movement (including swallowing and eventually breathing) whilst leaving their pain sensors intact. Most suffers will die within 18 months of diagnosis.
Mum's progress was rapid - there didn't seem to be any plateaus or breathing space before the next deterioration. Within 6 months of diagnosis she could no longer walk or weight bear or move her legs at all, 3 months after that her arm movement became seriously reduced. Less than a year from diagnosis she was completely dependent on those around her to care for her as she was barely able to feed herself. in early 2010 her speech began to go, and her swallowing became affected. She couldn't cough any more - strange as that may sound.
In July 2010 mum choked on a piece of food, which became stuck in her lung. This caused her to develop aspiration pneumonia, which resulted in a months stay in hospital - amazingly her first admission since her diagnosis. It was during this stay that we were told that mum had entered the final stages of the disease, and that she would only have a few months left. Mum came home from hospital in early august with an intensive home care support package. Sadly however she developed another infection and left us on 9th September 2010.
Motor Neurone Disease is a horrific disease - not just for the sufferer but for everyone around them. This ended up being rather long winded, but I guess I just wanted to get down and out of my head why I haven't been in the right place to fight my weight up until now. But that is going to change.
I am on holiday right now, back at work for a few days, then off for xmas. Once xmas is out of the way I plan to be right back on the Cambridge bandwagon - ready to shed that weight and more¬!
I originally started CD in June 2008. I stuck to it rigidly for 3 months and 5 stone literally just fell off. It was bloody hard work, and I don't deny there was the odd "bo bo" but on the whole I did ok and like I said - 5 stone fell off
However I still needed ideally to get off at least another 5 stone, if not another 7 stone, to be deemed "healthy". Unfortunately however on 23rd September 2008, my world kind of caved in.Mum had an appointment with a Neurologist. It wasn't her first - she had been seeing one for 6 months or so after she developed a problem with her leg. She had been undergoing lots of tests, and she expected it to be another routine appointment - so much so she went on her own. Sadly it was not routine in the slightest - mum was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease - a rapidly progressive degenerative disease that robs the sufferer of all muscle movement (including swallowing and eventually breathing) whilst leaving their pain sensors intact. Most suffers will die within 18 months of diagnosis.
Mum's progress was rapid - there didn't seem to be any plateaus or breathing space before the next deterioration. Within 6 months of diagnosis she could no longer walk or weight bear or move her legs at all, 3 months after that her arm movement became seriously reduced. Less than a year from diagnosis she was completely dependent on those around her to care for her as she was barely able to feed herself. in early 2010 her speech began to go, and her swallowing became affected. She couldn't cough any more - strange as that may sound.
In July 2010 mum choked on a piece of food, which became stuck in her lung. This caused her to develop aspiration pneumonia, which resulted in a months stay in hospital - amazingly her first admission since her diagnosis. It was during this stay that we were told that mum had entered the final stages of the disease, and that she would only have a few months left. Mum came home from hospital in early august with an intensive home care support package. Sadly however she developed another infection and left us on 9th September 2010.
Motor Neurone Disease is a horrific disease - not just for the sufferer but for everyone around them. This ended up being rather long winded, but I guess I just wanted to get down and out of my head why I haven't been in the right place to fight my weight up until now. But that is going to change.
I am on holiday right now, back at work for a few days, then off for xmas. Once xmas is out of the way I plan to be right back on the Cambridge bandwagon - ready to shed that weight and more¬!
