newbie with a question

[mummyamy]

hi all, i have just ordered my packs, expecting them to arrive after the weekend. i really want to get started straight away however i have a wedding to attend the 29th. i just want to get started straight away but obviously a meal will be involved at the reception. sorry if im posting in the wrong place. i don't want to starrt the diet 'cheating' but i also want to get started right away? many thanks and again sorry if posted in the wrong place x

 

[mummyamy]

I've just realised how many times I've said the phrase i want to get started straight away! sorry! x

 

[FifiSands]

Hi Mummyamy, I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. All the advice I can give is from my own experience.

I am enjoying the diet and after a few weeks am finding it easy to stick to. It's quite a dramatic change and can be hard the first couple of weeks so you really need to want it.

I don't think starting the diet and then having a meal will cause you any harm, but it will be a huge effort for you to stop eating again afterwards. The hunger stays with you for a few days and in effect if you start on Monday and then eat at the weekend, you will have to start over again with hunger! If I were you, I would either wait until after the wedding.

I did have a birthday party to go to which involved going to Jamie's Italian for dinner two weeks into the diet. I agonised over the menu for ages and decided in the end that I didn't want to eat and stick to the diet so I took a bar to the restaurant and explained I was on a special diet and had a couple of coffees and a bar instead. Is this something you could consider?

Good luck and let us know how you get on!

Fiona

 

[mummyamy]

Thankyou fifisands, I'm not sure how she would react to me not eating the meal. I guess because they have spent a lot of money for us to spend their special day with them I would feel guilty. I have done CD twice so kind of have a feeling how hard it is to stop eating. I may just eat the meal but not any of the 'Bad' stuff like dessert etc. I may change my mind closer to the day I just don't want to fail again. Decisions decisions. Thankyou once again xx