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Once upon a time, there was a girl called Mince. Mince had struggled with her weight as an early teen after a knee injury that halted her active lifestyle which included regular dance and swim groups, going to a healthy weight at around 16 years old, using Weight Watchers. Mince was lucky enough to attend one of the best universities in the world, however, with this came intense pressure, and in her final year, she gained weight, worrying about final examinations. Upon finishing university, Mince found none of the opportunities that had been promised to her by university, and found herself unable to attain work. She became severely depressed, and didn't leave the house for months upon months on end, in a period of agoraphobia lasting over two years, upon which she gained more weight, and became more terrified of seeing people, rocketing up to around 205lbs.
Mince eventually lost a little weight, through help of Orlistat, a NHS programme and later WeightWatchers, and developed a little more confidence to start to leave the house more often, and eventually start work. Then disaster truly struck, Mince had a fall, and injured her leg, activating the old knee injury, and rendering her immobile for weeks. The weight gain grew, and the injury left her unable to resume her gym routine that she had adopted on Weight Watchers, and Mince's weight slowly crept back up to almost 200lbs.
Mince's best friend, who had also suffered with his weight, had told Mince about Cambridge, and she had been shocked by his transformation, including a loss of around 6 stone. Unable to exercise, she recalled him mentioning that on Cambridge, exercise was not entirely necessary, and horrified by photographs of herself at a friend's wedding as a size 20, Mince found the Cambridge website, and telephoned a local counsellor. In the meantime, she was enamoured by a pair of leather pants in the asos.com sale, and promptly bought them, telling her colleague hopefully, "I'll fit into these!".
Her slim colleague looked at Mince with scorn, offloading comments such as
"There is no way in hell you will ever fit into a size 10, I can't even fit into size 10 pants."
"This shake diet is hilarious, you'll never stick to it."
Mince was upset, however, she ignored her colleague, using her scathing remarks as incentive, and was 100% Sole Source for 10 weeks, losing 2 and a half stone, and dropping to a size 14, before taking hiatus from Cambridge, gaining very little in the interim.
Frustrated with her inability to lose more weight and get to her goal, which alluded her by almost 2 stone, Mince decided to restart Cambridge, and adopted Sole Source last Wednesday.
Last night, already half a stone lighter, those size 10 leather pants zipped up and fit.
The purpose of me posting this (apart from to brag and say how much I love the diet) is mostly to say this:
To all those of you starting Cambridge who encounter naysayers and people who make nasty comments about your weight - please, please, please ignore them. Stick to the diet, it works - you will be the one who is laughing
I never, ever thought I would fit into size 10 pants, and as a size 20, comments from people about weight really did get to me. Just shrug them off, content in the knowledge that you are making a change that reaps real results. I've had people telling me I can't lose weight all my life - "friends", colleagues, I even had a boss make really nasty comments about my weight and how I looked, as well as medical experts telling me that losing weight would be "extremely difficult" for me (as I have PCOS), but it CAN be done!
Good luck to everybody on the diet - restarters, those mid-diet, the Cambridge faithful, newcomers, and maintainers!
Mince eventually lost a little weight, through help of Orlistat, a NHS programme and later WeightWatchers, and developed a little more confidence to start to leave the house more often, and eventually start work. Then disaster truly struck, Mince had a fall, and injured her leg, activating the old knee injury, and rendering her immobile for weeks. The weight gain grew, and the injury left her unable to resume her gym routine that she had adopted on Weight Watchers, and Mince's weight slowly crept back up to almost 200lbs.
Mince's best friend, who had also suffered with his weight, had told Mince about Cambridge, and she had been shocked by his transformation, including a loss of around 6 stone. Unable to exercise, she recalled him mentioning that on Cambridge, exercise was not entirely necessary, and horrified by photographs of herself at a friend's wedding as a size 20, Mince found the Cambridge website, and telephoned a local counsellor. In the meantime, she was enamoured by a pair of leather pants in the asos.com sale, and promptly bought them, telling her colleague hopefully, "I'll fit into these!".
Her slim colleague looked at Mince with scorn, offloading comments such as
"There is no way in hell you will ever fit into a size 10, I can't even fit into size 10 pants."
"This shake diet is hilarious, you'll never stick to it."
Mince was upset, however, she ignored her colleague, using her scathing remarks as incentive, and was 100% Sole Source for 10 weeks, losing 2 and a half stone, and dropping to a size 14, before taking hiatus from Cambridge, gaining very little in the interim.
Frustrated with her inability to lose more weight and get to her goal, which alluded her by almost 2 stone, Mince decided to restart Cambridge, and adopted Sole Source last Wednesday.
Last night, already half a stone lighter, those size 10 leather pants zipped up and fit.
The purpose of me posting this (apart from to brag and say how much I love the diet) is mostly to say this:
To all those of you starting Cambridge who encounter naysayers and people who make nasty comments about your weight - please, please, please ignore them. Stick to the diet, it works - you will be the one who is laughing
I never, ever thought I would fit into size 10 pants, and as a size 20, comments from people about weight really did get to me. Just shrug them off, content in the knowledge that you are making a change that reaps real results. I've had people telling me I can't lose weight all my life - "friends", colleagues, I even had a boss make really nasty comments about my weight and how I looked, as well as medical experts telling me that losing weight would be "extremely difficult" for me (as I have PCOS), but it CAN be done!Good luck to everybody on the diet - restarters, those mid-diet, the Cambridge faithful, newcomers, and maintainers!
